In loving memory:
Judith Gabriel Vinje
The Norwegian-American community remembers Judith Gabriel Vinje, accomplished journalist and longtime contributor to The Norwegian American.
Category: Norwegian Heritage
In loving memory:
In loving memory: Max von Sydow
Swedish actor Max von Sydow, famous for films like The Seventh Seal and Hamsun, has died. Lori Ann Reinhall offers this obituary.
The search for Thor
Randi Millman-Brown offers another episode of her search for Thor, where she finds his marriage announcement in Lofotposten printed a month after his death.
Norway House presents Oleana
Casting on for a new generation Carstens Smith Minneapolis “Work hard. Be kind,” is how Gerda Sørhus Fuglerud, CEO of Oleana summarizes the company’s ethos. Oleana, a knitwear company based in Ytre Arna, Norway,...
A long overdue place of pride
Sámi Cultural Center of North America Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. The Sámi, called the “people of the sun” in their national lore, have inhabited the North of Scandinavia and Russia for about 3,500 years. ...
Rediscovering and remembering
Ellen Marie Jensen gives the Sámi people in America a new voice Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Living in the Arctic extremes requires adept skills at adaptation and improvisation. Besides the Inuit, there are only...
Angelina Jordan
A unique talent wins the heart of milllions Tove Andersson Oslo Eighty-nine percent of “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” viewers, voted for Norwegian singer Angelina Jordan after her performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Born and...
Lyle Bonkrud of the Greatest Generation has turned 100
Gratulerer med dagen! Lyle Bonkrud was born Feb. 11, 1920, to Dave and Thelma Bonkrud. Both of Lyle’s parents were of Norwegian descent. Growing up near Dallas, Wis., talking and hearing Norwegian was commonplace....
Family fun with folk art
Vesterheim offers new intergenerational programs in 2020 Vesterheim Decorah, IA New in 2020, Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center, is offering several intergenerational hands-on learning opportunities for ages 8 to adult. The...
Nordic Spirit
Scholarly symposium looks to folklore to bridge the gap between nature and spirit, the known and the unknown David Moe Sun City, Calif. It is from the writings of Asbjørnsen and Moe that a...
