“The Dream We Carry”
Norway shines as the guest of honor at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair Christie Ericson Anchorage, Alaska Frankfurt, Germany, has a long history related to book publishing, dating back hundreds of years, and since...
Category: Norwegian Heritage
The American dream of Norway
Part 9: Lars Phillips Ingerid Jordal Odda, Norway Our ancestors came to America to give their families a better life. Now young Norwegian Americans dream of the old country. This series of interviews was...
Ex-Muslims of Norway
M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Because Cemal Yucel was born in Turkey into a Muslim family of Kurdish heritage, his life seemed preordained. As he grew up, he joined the youth branch of Mîlli...
The mystery of stave churches
Seeing inside makes all the difference Eric Stavney Mukilteo, Wash. As my daughter and I put the spire on the top roof of our second cardboard stave church, a 1/87 scale model (for model...
The Search for Thor
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 1941. By the end of...
Gulbrand and Svend immigrate to Chicago
Mary Jo Thorsheim Norway Art Gulbrand Sether (1860-1941) and Rasmussen Svendsen (1864-1945) were prominent Norwegian-American artists who immigrated to Chicago. Sether was born in Nittedal, Norway, and Svendsen in Elverum. Sether immigrated in 1893...
The American dream of Norway
Part 8: Gabriela Capestany Ingerid Jordal Odda, Norway Our ancestors came to America to give their families a better life. Now young Norwegian Americans dream of the old country. This series of interviews was...
The New York connection
Norwegian immigration Victoria Hofmo Brooklyn, N.Y. Norwegians have been immigrating to New York ever since it was known as New Amsterdam and were an integral part of the early colony. Among the very first...
Norsk Høstfest 2019
Music, lutefisk, and a lot of fun! Nate Axvig Denver, Colo. I have just returned from my first Høstfest in Minot, N.D., and it was quite an experience. For those who have never made...
In loving memory: Jon Russell Pederson
Jon Russell Pederson, July 5, 1930 – August 29, 2019 Jon R. Pederson, age 69, of Spicer, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, Aug. 29, in Osseo. Jon Russell Pederson was born July 5, 1950 to...
