How goals and rituals can help you realize change
Seline Shenoy reports on making New Year’s resolutions and how to use goals and rituals to stick with them and be successful in keeping them.
Category: Features
Jul i gamle dager—Christmas in the olden days
Travel Editor Cynthia Elyce Rubin shares Norwegian Christmas greetings from her treasured collection of nisser, trees, and holiday magic.
Nisse, tomte, and other small supernatural beings
Louise Hanson writes about magical creatures from Scandinavian folklore known as nisse, tomte, or tonttu and their place in the holiday season.
This year’s Juleroser carries on a beloved tradition
Tove Andersson shares the theme of this year’s Juleroser, a Norwegian Christmas magazine, edited by beloved actor and singer Herborg Kråkevik.
Hugs to your heritage with Scandinavian Hearts
Laila Simon writes about Wendy Jangaard Jensen and her business, Scandinavian Hearts, which focuses on cultural symbols in everyday life.
Set your Christmas table with tradition
Business and Sports Editor Michael Kleiner writes about Porsgrund and its collections of dinnerware made especially for Christmas tables.
Welcome to Røros, the magical Christmas town
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall writes about her dream of visiting Røros, Norway, for its magical Christmastime market, sleigh rides, and food.
A peace activist and peace educator
Marit Fosse interviews Ingeborg Breines, former vice president of the International Peace Bureau, about her role as a peace educator.
A great gingerbread adventure leads back home
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall shares her great gingerbread adventure, which went from Bergen, Norway, to Minneapolis, to her home in Seattle.
Holiday knitting for you
Beth Kollé recommends the book Scandinavian-Style Christmas Knits by Thea Rytter, a perfect gift for advanced knitters or adventurous beginners.
