Remembering Col. Gail Halvorsen
Victoria Hofmo writes about Gail Halvorsen, who died at 101 in February and was a decorated military pilot known as the Berlin Candy Bomber.
Category: Norwegian Heritage
A forgotten World War II hero
Tanja K. Eie shares the story of Gunvald Tomstad, a World War II hero she discovered when visiting her father’s hometown of Flekkefjord, Norway.
Koppmoll
Koppmoll is a short documentary film that tells the story of what happened during World War II in northern Norway.
Minnekirken celebrates its grand reopening
Minnekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Chicago, celebrates its grand reopening after its restoration of the building’s facade.
The story of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Daniel Albert tells the story of Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise, her place in the royal family and what she has done to make global headlines.
Dancing with a crown prince
Bonnie Svardal of Sequim, Wash., whose mother danced with Norway’s Crown Prince Olav in 1939, wishes
she had asked her parents more questions.
Glorious Påske memories from New York
Victoria Hofmo interview several people who have special Easter memories from their neighborhoods in Brooklyn, N.Y., from decades past.
The notorious Belle Gunness—she dunnit!
Travel Editor Cynthia Elyce Rubin tells the dark tale of Norwegian Belle Gunness, a serial killer in Illinois from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Connecting threads of the past
Victoria Hofmo connects threads of the past from the Viking Age to today’s ties between Ukraine and Norway, which denounces Russian invasion.
A tribute to the 99th Battalion
Victoria Hofmo reports on the U.S. military brigade called the Viking Battalion set up during World War II to carry out its missions on skis.
