Living a Norwegian-American dream
A neo-Sveitserhus takes shape in Seattle
BETH KOLLÉ
Seattle
In my 20s and 30s, I spent a lot of time in Norway and Sweden, indulging my yearning for living in an earlier century through folk dancing and music, traditional crafts, and baking. If I could have time-traveled back to the 1800s and lived on a farm by a fjord, I would have fit right in, I imagined. I could have embroidered bunader (regional costumes), woven and spun wool and flax, made krumkaker at Christmas, and been so happy. And in my idealistic dreams, I lived i
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