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

In September 2017, I wrote an article on Norway's famous stave churches, primarily built in the post-Viking age between the 10th and 14th...

My dad’s mother’s mother was a Jenssen who immigrated from Norway. A portion of the Jenssen family has deep roots in Kristiansand,...

If I had not become a city planner, I would have loved to have been an architect. Unfortunately, that did not happen, so I must be...

A portion of the Jenssen Family has deep roots in Kristiansand, Norway. The city, the fifth largest city in Norway with about 90,000...

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