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.
Category: Norwegian Heritage
War sailor Karl Aksel Andresen honored as a hero
Business and Sports Editor Michael Kleiner reports on World War II war sailor Karl Aksel Andresen’s 100th birthday celebration in Norway.
The Restauration sets sail again
A group in Norway plans trip in 2025 from Stavanger to New York in schooner Restauration to mark 200 years since emigration to America began.
Playing with identity
Vesterheim announces a new exhibit, Dolls: Playing with Identity, featuring the work of Rønnaug Petterssen and Hild Næss Hildahl, to June 2023.
A different kind of Stavanger
Lars ldar Waage writes about a town in Illinois called Stavanger, where community members keep Norwegian traditions alive at the local church.
The Search for Thor
Randi Millman-Brown reports on her visit to Norway to write a book about her great-uncle Thor, who was in the resistance during World War II.
Finding Norway at the Minnesota State Fair
Laila Simon tastes new food, including Nordic Waffles, Nordic Spiced Tea, and Ole and Lena’s Norwegian Onion Rings at the Minnesota State Fair.
The wreck of the sailing ship Prince Arthur
Terje Birkedal and Paul Gleeson tell of the Prince Arthur shipwreck in 1903 and the Norwegians who buried the dead and helped the survivors.
Norgesskolen offers norsk in total immersion
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall writes about Norgesskolen in Telemark, Norway, that offers two-week summer camps for kids to learn Norwegian.
På norsk, selvfølgelig!
Nick Rogness shares his experience as a teacher in Vesterheim’s Norsk Skole as part of his Nordic Studies at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
