15 Jun, 2018
Countless celebrations of the life and music of Norway’s famous composer are planned Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American June 15, 2018, marks the 175th birthday of Bergen and Norway’s most famous composer, Edvard...
12 Jun, 2018
The Search for Thor: Thor Jensen, 36, moves from Oslo to Hammerfest. He is promoted to bank manager, becomes engaged, and takes a one-month hiking trip through occupied Finnmark in 1941. By the end...
30 May, 2018
Genealogy Detective A monthly column putting people in touch with their Norwegian roots with Liv Marit Haakenstad When I was visiting Wisconsin in March 2018, I was introduced to Darlene Bankes, who had some...
29 May, 2018
NYC Heathens is a group for practitioners of—and those curious about—the old ways Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Nazis tried to usurp parts of the Viking culture for their own propaganda. They even held up...
28 May, 2018
A weekend of speeches and musical performances marks the much-awaited opening Eric Stavney Mukilteo, Wash. The “new” Nordic Museum opened with fanfare in Seattle on the weekend of May 4-5, after an exhausting two...
17 May, 2018
A remnant of New York’s rich Norwegian history is now likely to be preserved Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. It isn’t often in this age of McMansions and Starchitects that historic low-story buildings can be...
15 May, 2018
Or: How a loving grandfather accidentally commissioned an 8-foot foam creature Terje Birkedal Anchorage, Alaska Once there was a grandfather who loved his little granddaughter with all his heart. She had red hair and...
15 May, 2018
Signs of the 19th-century urban-rural housing phenomenon still mark Norwegian cities M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway At the age of 21 in 1871, London-born Ebenezer Howard left England to take up farming as an...
14 May, 2018
Twenty down; 4,837 to go by Randi Millman-Brown Thor Jensen, 36, moves from Oslo to Hammerfest. He is promoted to bank manager, becomes engaged, and takes a one-month hiking trip through occupied Finnmark in...
3 May, 2018
Through the Depression, WWII, and more, Norwegian Americans mark Grunnlovsdagen Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Norwegian-American festivities tend to happen in clusters, grouped around red-letter days: May for Syttende Mai, June for Midsummer, October for...
Happy 175th birthday, Edvard Grieg!
15 Jun, 2018
14 Jun, 2018
Face covering prohibited in education
14 Jun, 2018
Miners and rail lines and bears, oh my!
14 Jun, 2018
Happy 175th birthday, Edvard Grieg!
15 Jun, 2018
The new Nordic Museum opens in Seattle
28 May, 2018
28 May, 2018
New Norwegian startup investment group
28 May, 2018
28 May, 2018
