Religious historian Roald E. Kristiansen explains how Christmas in Norway evolved from Norse Yule and Roman festivals into a ...

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 ...

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, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, “it can’t be done,” is motivation. In December 2017, Dr. Jordan Hyatt, assistant professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at Philadelphia’s Drexel University, took his second group of ...

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 ...

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 ...