Minnesota business ties as President Lisa Erickson attracts Norwegian startups to the state’s strong Scandinavian community, Fortune 500 economy, and thriving tech scene, creating new partnerships and ...

The look on the lady’s face said it all as she grabbed at the Thor’s hammer dangling from my necklace. “Skinheads wear these,” she snarled. “Racists and Nazis!” “I do Viking reenactment,” I explained, ...

Christie Ericson teaches us about the Norwegian language and the resurgence in popularity around Håndarbeid (handicrafts).

Most American tourists to Oslo have visited the museums at Bygdøy, thrilling to the sight of the Kon-Tiki raft, the Polar ship Fram, and the long ships in the Viking Ship Museum. We’ve wandered the ...

Though Norwegian Americans practically define who they are through the eating of lutefisk during the Christmas season, I have found to my surprise that the vast majority of Norwegian Americans know ...

“I was born on a grave, Store Grave, and so my life was destined to become a walk from one grave to another. Still, I was determined to make this walk as long as possible!” And this he did, the great ...

When Suzannah Warlick was growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had no idea that she would one day make a documentary film about the European Jews who escaped to freedom and safety in Sweden during World ...

The nisse of Norway was discovered in the mid-1800s, but it is unusual to actually see the nisse. Small children and animals are the only beings that are able see him. The farms and households that ...

Over the years’s, it’s been a song that is often sung at gatherings in the Scandinavian-American community across North America. I once sang it at a concert in Iceland with my old friend and musical ...

Neanderthal humans (Homo neanderthalensis) are documented in European contexts for around 430,000 years, according to new studies. The accepted genomic contribution of Neanderthal DNA in modern Homo ...

Spring is officially here with the rhubarb harvest. I’ve been a rhubarb enthusiast since I was a kid, and my love for the vegetable grows stronger by the year. Rhubarb was the first thing I planted ...

Norway is not only known for its beautiful fjords and mountains, it is also known for its progressive criminal justice system with somewhat luxurious facilities and accommodations, low incarceration ...