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...

When we were in Norway in 2018, my good friend, Harald Søren Storaker, took me to some prehistoric archaeological sites in what was then...

What the heck are you thinking writing about surfing, Dean? Is there a Norwegian American who is a famous surfer? Maybe, but no, that is...

My wife and I only met my cousin, Joyce, once, but for several years, we corresponded with each other about many things and felt like she...

I have often stumbled upon blog topics quite by accident. This topic is an example, and it grabbed my immediate attention. Hopefully, I...