As he embarked on the project anyway, he found the answer was more complicated than he originally believed. Nilsson worked for six years traversing the frigid region he calls home to understand how ...

Uffda Foundation has announced a new celebration of Nordic heritage, community and culture in Minot. Fjord Folk Fest is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 21 and 22. The board of Norsk Hostfest, ...

The Twin Ports Rosemaling society held their 42nd annual Scandinavian Fest celebrating Nordic culture and sharing unique art. The festival took place at the St. Luke’s sports and event center in ...

Less than two months ago, spokespeople with Norsk Høstfest announced it's not returning this year, leaving behind a void in North Dakota's Scandinavian culture. But Amber Grause, a former Miss Norsk H ...

Duluth will come alive this weekend with lively fiddles, traditional dancing, and Scandinavian spirit as the Duluth-stamman Festival kicks off its annual celebration of Nordic music and folk culture.

Through scholarship and a popular podcast, CU Boulder professor Mathias Nordvig brings the Viking Age to the 21 st century When Robert Plant sang the opening lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s raucous, enduring ...

Scandinavian Culture Day begins its 17th year at Jamestown Community College on Saturday, Oct. 4. Opening day has many events in addition to traditional workshops. Since Oct. 4 is Kanelbullen’s Dag ...

This article appears in print in the May 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Here’s a recent story that seems to address a shift in Seattle culture. Earlier this year, a resident of Greenwood thought ...

FAIRBANKS — On a snowy evening in early February, members of the Arctic Viking Lodge of the Sons of Norway gathered to share stories of how their ancestors came to America from Norway and other ...

When Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf awards the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature on December 10 to the beguiling French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio — the Swedish Academy doesn’t always get ...

All Scandinavians are Nordic, but not all Nordics are Scandinavian. The term Scandinavian encompasses the countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while "Nordic" includes those countries along with ...