When I was born, my father made a mistake on my birth certificate and called me Nelson Dean Huseby instead of Dean Nelson Huseby. I was...

The last place my Huseby ancestors lived before immigrating to America was the Husabø farm, where they were tenant farmers. Like most...

They had us laugh. Sometimes they made us angry or even cry. They often provoked us to think, evaluate, and even change our attitudes,...

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” or so the saying goes. However, with all the beauty in Norway, there must be those who have...

If I had not become a city planner, I would have wanted to be an architect. My closest colleagues know I constantly analyze architectural...

When it comes to Viking mythology, I have to profess total ignorance. I embarrassed myself when watching Jeopardy that I could not answer...

This story begins with a Norwegian immigrant family. When the mother passed away, the father took his American-born son, Olaf, back to...

Americans cannot even begin to fathom what it must have been like for a nation to be invaded and conquered by a foreign power, but that...

In an earlier article, I indicated that there were as many Norwegian in America as Norwegians. This was because of the massive...

I always thought that I was full-blooded Norwegian-American! Then I discovered I had some Swedish, but that happened a thousand years...

Wow! Admitting my Danish ancestry has been easier to write about than the article on my Swedish ancestry, even though my Swedish...

I grew up in Whittier, California, near two wonderful Norwegian-American families - the Sevolds and the Gundersens/Thorseims. I always...

Whew! Americans made it through another election. We heard promises that they may or may not keep. We threw some rascals out, knowing...

In America, Columbus Day (on October 12th) overshadows Leif Erikson Day (on October 9th) to commemorate the “discovery” of America....

Growing up, we had an old trunk stuck in one corner of our garage. I do not know where it came from and never thought to ask. My dad used...

We just returned from a cruise to Alaska and had an enjoyable time. In this age of jet travel, we can complain about 3-6 hour flights...

This month my Aunt Agnes would have been 102 years old, and soon she will have been gone from us for nearly twenty years. Yet her impact...

One of the greatest lessons I have learned in exploring my heritage is that I am not 100% Norwegian, and no one really is. Yes, my...

Recently I attended a Black History Month event, and the presenter lamented that white women benefited more from the civil rights...

Happy anniversary to all our Norwegian family and friends. May 17th or Syttende Mai is always special, but this year Norway celebrated...