Over the past few weeks, winter has descended on the Norwegian capital city Oslo. But as the days get ever shorter, the city is brightened up with festive decorations. The light portal pictured above ...

GRAND FORKS — The idea of baking seven types of cookies for the holiday season might seem overwhelming for some, but for a few Grand Forks community members with Scandinavian heritage, it’s a ...

It was just a week or two before Christmas in 2000 when I found myself hiking through the hills above my ancestral family farm in Norway, in search of the perfect Christmas tree. I was 19 years old ...

It’s a tough sell for what’s supposed to be a festive meal: a pile of translucent jelly with a questionable aroma. But, as I prepared to celebrate Christmas in my native Norway for the first time in ...

LONDON (AP) — London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and ...

FARGO — The food line doesn’t open for another hour, but already a group has gathered in the Troll Lounge at the Sons of Norway in downtown Fargo. With the smell of simmering meatballs hanging in the ...

DECORAH - Many families flocked to Vesterheim's Norwegian Christmas from all over the country Saturday. Each year the Vesterheim National Norwegian-American Museum & Heritage Center puts on a colorful ...

Last Tuesday, what may be the most picture-perfect holiday scene played out in Oslo. According to the British newspaper St Helens Star, Norway's annual holiday gift to London was cut down by both of ...