The future of Vebjørn Sand's acclaimed Roseslottet art installation in Oslo is uncertain after a rejected permit. This open-air gallery honoring WWII resistance is a democratic monument, but faces ...

The world of the 11th century was bound together less by nations and more by people — by families, whose loyalties crossed seas, by dynasties with roots in several lands at once. A Scandinavian noble ...

The future of Vebjørn Sand’s acclaimed Roseslottet art installation in Oslo is uncertain after a rejected permit. This open-air gallery honoring WWII resistance is a democratic monument, but faces ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Education Minister Kari Nessa Nordtun (Labor Party) agrees with a government-appointed screen use committee on several points. She believes that the digitization of Norwegian schools has failed. “I ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...