Category: Norsk Språk

Editor-in-chief Lori Ann Reinhall shares words and translation to a popular Scandinavian-American song about greeting friends back home.

Christie Ericson’s Norsk 101 column focuses on the Sons of Norway organization and what it offers members regarding their Norwegian heritage.

Andy Meyer creates new crossword puzzles about studying abroad in Norway for readers of the Education issue of The Norwegian American.

Celebrate the change of seasons with Norway’s Høstsang (Autumn Song), sung to the tune of the children’s song, Bjørnen sover (The Bear Sleeps).

Norsk 101 columnist Christie Ericson writes about many ways to learn Norwegian and how to keep language skills strong with practice.

An article compares similar words in five languages: Old Norse, Icelandic, Nynorsk, Bokmål, and English to showsimilarities and differences.

Parker O’Halloran shares eight interesting facts about Iceland and its language, including their creative translations of American movie titles.

M. Michael Brady talks about construction words related to timber framing in house building, something that has been used for thousands of years.

The Norwegian American features comics by renowned Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan and Lille Berlin.