Vesterheim offers classes in person and virtually
Synneva Bratland writes about the evolution of education at Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa, and the classes it offers online and in person today.
Category: Norwegian Heritage
Vesterheim dedicates its new Commons building
Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall writes about Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum’s opening of its new Commons building in Decorah, Iowa.
Honoring a Norwegian-American Civil War hero
Odd Lovoll presented his book about Norwegian-American Civil War hero, Colonel Hans Christian Heg, at Norway House in Minneapolis.
Friends of the Restauration reach out to schools
Norwegian schoolchildren learn the history of the Restauration, the ship whose replica will repeat the voyage from Stavanger to New York in 2025.
Recovering a lost chapter in North American history
The Rev. Duane Lindberg takes a journey in August 2022 to Greenland to recover a lost chapter of 450 years in North American history.
Here come the Norwegians!
A Norwegian couple has traditional vossabryllaup (wedding) with procession on horseback, bunads, and bridal crown in Voss, Norway, in June.
Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie dies at age 99
Former Gov. of Minnesota Albert H. Quie, longtime friend and supporter of Norway House, is dead at age 99.
From medieval manuscripts to black metal
Tove Andersson writes about the National Library of Norway in Oslo and its exhibitions, including one about Norwegian black-metal music.
Two ways to tell a story
Norway House’s Carstens Smith writes about upcoming classes available to students who want to write and draw about family, food, and history.
A heritage trip to the “old country” gone modern
Eric Dregni goes “back to the future” in his latest visit to Norway, discovering the country’s advances in technology without cash and landlines.
