Old Norse was a Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, petering out in the 14 th  century. Wherever the Vikings settled, they took their language with them. It eventually evolved into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic, plus the language of the Faroe Islands. (Note: Finland is often referred to as being part of Scandinavia, but their language is totally different, evolving from the Ural Mountains area of Russia.)             It is my understandi

I have written a few articles about tunnel engineering feats in Norway, including this one, but when I saw the rendering below, I had to share it with you. Once completed, it will halve the travel time between Stavanger (Norway’s fourth-largest city) and Bergen (the second-largest city). That is quite a feat, given the current travel time of over 21 hours. The tunnel, known as the Boknafjord Tunnel, is 16.5 miles long and travels 1300 feet below the surface of a wide fjord. R

I don't know about you, but after a few weeks, I am ready to get home from a vacation, even if I am having a great time. The longest time away from home was a summer job, and four-week trips to Israel and Norway. For centuries, Norwegians have been a seafaring people. As exciting as their adventures were, I am sure that they longed to return to their families in Norway. Read More Here:

I have always been interested in organic farming, whether as a novice grower or as a consumer. In my single-family lot in northern San Diego County, I have been able to squeeze in three varieties of avocados, a pomegranate tree, an orange tree, a fig tree, an apple tree, a Fuji persimmon, three grape vines, three blackberry bushes (which I will probably yank out for not producing), and an herb and vegetable garden. This has been the case wherever I have lived. I guess the far

This year is significant since Norwegian Americans will commemorate both significant bicentennial and centennial events. In 1825, the...

Maybe it is time to take a step back, do a little soul-searching, and learn something from the Scandinavians about happiness. For the...

The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) was established in London in 1940 to manage the Norwegian merchant fleet after King...

For a small nation, Norway is at the forefront of many innovative and preservation efforts. This includes the Svalbard Global Seed Vault....

This month, it was 80 years ago that Germany agreed to end the five-year occupation of Norway during World War II. As Americans, we...

Sometimes, it is better to be a glass-half-full than be a glass-half-empty person. This is true when it comes to concerns about global...

One of the hottest political issues that influenced America’s recent election was immigration. Without getting myself into hot water with...

George Edward Bergstrom was born on March 12, 1876, in Neenah, Wisconsin. His father was George O. Bergstrom, who was a prominent...

I can't believe that it has taken me 157 articles to finally write an article on the Vikings. These people came from Norway, Denmark, and...

One of my dad’s favorite aunts was Sunniva (Susie) Huseby. Never marrying, she was a devoted home economics teacher for the deaf for 32...

In America, we have no idea what it was like to have lived through the Nazi occupation of Norway. I know many would like to forget that...

My cousin, Inge Johansen, alerted me on Facebook that this year marks the 1000th anniversary of the Mosterhamn church’s role in...

Wow! It has been a couple of years since I provided the last trivia quiz. It is one test that no one should feel bad about flunking for...

I thought I would write the story of two churches in which my Huseby family worshipped during the late 1800s and early 1900s. While this...

When I looked at the DNA origins section on Ancestry.com, I found a history of life in southern Norway, where my paternal Nelson-Jensen...

Although I am no longer Lutheran, it is still very much part of my DNA and those of Norwegian descent. So, I was astonished when I...