A December message reflects on a year of renewed visibility and pride in the Norwegian-American community, alongside key ...

Miss Norway 2025 Leonora Lysglimt-Rødland went viral at Miss Universe in Thailand after wearing a salmon costume. The bold outfit drew global media attention and spotlighted Norwegian salmon, ...

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 ...

Religious historian Roald E. Kristiansen explains how Christmas in Norway evolved from Norse Yule and Roman festivals into a Christian holiday, with many modern traditions emerging much later from a ...

Norway’s Labour Party reached a late-night deal with Rødt, Centre, SV and Greens on the 2026 budget without extra oil spending. The agreement includes stronger climate measures, an oil phaseout commis ...

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, ...

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 ...

Today is Friday the 13th, a day for bad luck and fear. Does anyone know why? According to folklorists, there is no evidence for the superstition of an unlucky Friday the 13th before the 19th century.

There are about half a million sheep in Iceland but only around 360,000 people. The sheep are bred almost exclusively for the meat and the wool. They are usually shorn twice a year, in spring and fall ...

Munch and Expressionism, an intriguing exhibit at the Neue Galerie, is on view through June 13, 2016. The first sentence in the Neue Galerie’s mission statement explains its purpose: “a museum devoted ...

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 ...

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 ...