Norway-USA in contrast: Income taxation
On the EDGE: An opinion column about issues in Norway and the United States — Join the conversation! M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Norwegian and American personal income taxes are both alike and different....
Category: Opinion
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
Editor’s Notes: Join the conversation! Emily C. Skaftun Editor-in-chief, The Norwegian American At Christmastime, my old favorite neighborhood brewery and pub shut down forever. It was a “public house” in the truest sense, a...
The slippery (ski) slopes of climate change
On the EDGE: An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States—Join the conversation! Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Climate change, we are boldly informed by many scientists and journalists, brings catastrophe....
Does Norway need affirmative action for immigrants?
On the EDGE: An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States Join the conversation! Shane Murray Oslo, Norway There are nations that have immigration woven into the fabric of their...
Norway should promote menstrual cups
On the EDGE: An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States – join the conversation! Ibbie He Ås, Norway The average woman uses about 12,000 to 15,000 single-use sanitary products...
Do Norwegians make “good immigrants”?
On the EDGE: An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States – Join the conversation! Viktoria Kontanse Dauer New York The immigration debate in the United States has reached a...
What is a year?
A message from Editor-in-chief Emily C. Skaftun I know I’m not the only one thinking that, in the case of 2018, it was both the blink of an eye and an eternity. Can you...
Commitment that makes a difference
Editor’s Notes: Join the conversation! A message from Lori Ann Reinhall As I sit here at my desk at The Norwegian American thumbing through our recent Christmas issue, one thought comes to mind: this...
Christmas greetings from
Ambassador Kåre R. Aas
A message to the readers of The Norwegian American Ambassador Kåre R. Aas Royal Norwegian Embassy One of the events we at the embassy look forward to every year is the Norwegian Christmas celebration...
Decolonizing the academy
Norway’s unlikely national debate On the EDGE: An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States Join the conversation! Jonas Njau Ås, Norway The movement to decolonize higher education enters an...
