This year we have been celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary. Nothing has been more challenging for our democracy than dealing with the immigration issue. I have written a number of specific challenges that Norwegian Americans faced with their immigration. One hundred years ago, Norwegians faced discrimination here because of the large number of immigrants coming to America. At one point, it was illegal to speak Norwegian in public in Minnesota, and they tried to do it i

Norway has qualified for the World Cup in soccer only four times (1938, 1994, 1998, and now 2026). In each of those previous events, Norway did not achieve what it has done this year. To qualify this year, it created what amounted to Norwegian hysteria that the Norwegian soccer (fotball) team reached the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals by knocking off perennial favorite Brazil. During their drive to the crown, a national phenomenon called the Viking Row was birthed. It seemed th