Jazz Church to close
An end to Seaman’s Mission Maria Bilello Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald The Scandinavian Jazz Church, an Uptown New Orleans landmark, will close its doors at the end of 2018, following more than 110 years of...
Category: Norway Near You
A string quartet to cross oceans
Artists from Seattle and Bergen to make beautiful music together in holiday tour Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American A few years ago, Reidun Horvei, a well-known classical trained folksinger from Voss in Hordaland,...
Lindblom honored
A knight to remember Kåre Aas Ambassador to the United States Wisconsin is home to one of the largest Norwegian-American populations in the United States. For the past 10 years, serving as Norway’s Honorary...
Histories and identities interwoven
Oral history project explores relationship between Nordic immigrants and native people Lori Ann Reinhall The Norwegian American “Don’t feel afraid of your past history, celebrate it,” advises Dr. Sven Haakanson of the Burke Museum...
Meet the inductees
Scandinavian hall of fame Norsk Høstfest Minot, N.D. A Minot restaurateur, a Nordic marketplace, and an international entertainer will be added to the honor roll of the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame at its annual...
Norwegian art on an American street
Issaquah wins award for artful connections Sister Cities Commission Issaquah, Wash. Sister Cities International 2018 Innovation Award for Arts and Culture for a city with a population of between 25,000 and 100,000. The awards...
Final chapter in saga of traveling church
Norwegians who saved Illinois’s stave church travel to Chicago for plaque dedication Jon Satrum Trønderlag of America Norwegians from Orkdal, Norway, traveled to Chicago for the dedication of an Illinois State Historical Society commemorative...
Choose your own “Artventure” at Vesterheim
Christian Midjo’s newest art exhibit was designed to be experienced in different ways Vesterheim Decorah, Iowa Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, opened the exhibit “Christian Midjo: Choose Your Own Artventure” on...
The Draken returns
Modern-day Viking ship visits East Coast ports Michael Kleiner The Norwegian American Visitors to the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo have long been fascinated by the excavated rebuilt long Oseberg and Gokstad ships, dating...
Pennsylvania’s new Norwegian Consul
Susan Satkowski helps retiring Consul Erik Torp establish 30K Challenge to help veterans Michael Kleiner The Norwegian American Susan Satkowski spread the four old photographs on the table at the law firm Lavin, O’Neil,...
