Category: Features

Eric Stavney Mukilteo, Wash. If you talk to high school counselors when considering going to college, you’ll probably get an earful on how a college degree is the minimum qualification for landing even a...

The museum’s Folk Art School has a new director, a new apprentice program and a new goal of connecting traditional Norwegian arts with their contemporary descendants Jim Dietz-Kilen Des Moines, Iowa The Folk Art...

Summer acting studio teaches drama skills and life lessons while putting on a great show Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American It’s already been six years since the Disney animated musical Frozen took America...

Submitted by Thor A. Larsen On a very hot afternoon in Closter, N.J., at the Belskie Museum, there was a grand opening of the Scandinavian Roots exhibit and sale of fine arts and crafts...

Summer science for kids Brought to you by Lori Ann Reinhall It’s summer, a great time to take a walk in the woods with our families and friends—and to learn a little while having...

We are happy to share what our readers have to say about our newspaper: “I love my online subscription to The Norwegian American; as the only Norwegian-American paper in the United States, it’s great...

We are happy to share what our readers have to say about our newspaper: “I am one of those who has Norwegian ancestry back a ways. It was my great-grandparents who came from Norway...

Michael Kleiner The Norwegian American My family’s trip to Oslo coincided with the American Independence Day celebration in Oslo, which was held on June 30 in Frogner Park. Other cities and towns in Norway...

We are happy to share what our readers have to say about our newspaper:   “I read The Norwegian American because it’s a unique way to connect with the Norwegian-American community and understand their...

How does a country with only 5 million people support a robust literary industry? Ali Ashrafi Norway Today Norway’s literary system is based on the fact that Norway is not a big country. Therefore,...