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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

This Scandinavian Almond Cake is the essence of simplicity, perfect for a busy day when there is little time for baking, but the idea of a homemade slice of cake to go with your afternoon cup of ...

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 ...

The farm sprite, later known as nisse, has a long history in Norse tradition. The oldest witness is found in the 12th-century Saga of Olaf Trygvason. In 981 A.D., an old Icelander reminds his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...