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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like many Norwegian Americans, lefse holds the highest place of honor in my family, and it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas without it. Both of my parents have strong Norwegian roots and grew up with ...

I grew up knowing the tradition of the syv slags kaker—or seven sorts of Norwegian Christmas cookies—by taste rather than by name. Krumkaker, sandkaker, spritz, and any number of other buttery cookies ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...