The Nazis believed they had consigned many of Norway’s wartime heroes to oblivion. History would remember them differently. Just north of Oslo’s main airport, deep within a quiet spruce forest called ...

A Norwegian family’s battle with wet mittens leads to the Hedgehog Dryer, a turbine‑based system that dries gear in minutes.

Marking 100 years since the Norge expedition, this Norsk 101 article revisits how Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, Umberto ...

At Oslo’s royal palace and the National Library, the 2026 Fosse Lecture by Marilynne Robinson and the Fosse Prize for ...

Norwegian Middle East scholar Hilde Henriksen Waage receives the Fritt Ord Prize for fearless research on the Oslo Accords, ...

Photo submissions of your Syttende Mai celebration for the June issue of The Norwegian American. We will do our best to include as many submitted photos as possible in the print issue; however, due to ...

Research on Norway’s Constitution Day shows how May 17 is now shaped more by freedom, community, and children’s parades than by religion, with local organizers emphasizing an inclusive celebration and ...

Marking 100 years since the Norge expedition, this Norsk 101 article revisits how Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, Umberto Nobile, 13 crew members, and the fox terrier Titina flew the airship Norge ...

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, ...

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 ...

I was looking through pictures of my grandparents and other Norwegian relatives in the United States and found very few with people smiling. Those who are smiling clearly did so only on the ...

When Sonja: The White Swan opened in Norwegian cinemas on Christmas Day 2018, it was one of the most anticipated films in recent years. It would tell the story of Sonja Henie (1912-1969) Norway’s most ...