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Sharing their story

As part of her PowerPoint presentation at California Lutheran University on Nov. 16, Irene Levin Berman shared photos of her Jewish-Norwegian family while she told of their harrowing escape from Norway to Sweden after the Nazi conquest of Norway in 1940. Photo: Richard Londgren

January 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Literature, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

Sharing our history

Photo courtesy of DSFU

December 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Business, Culture, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

Educate so people may never forget

Left: Sonja Buckelew, Erling Dugan, John Syrdahl (Lodge President) and author Irene Levin Berman at Sons of Norway Norseman Lodge #6-91 on Nov. 17. Photo: Karin Arentzen Stahl

December 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

Norway: it’s good enough for us

October 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Culture, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

A family tradition

Ingebretsen

October 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Culture, News, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

On open waters: The Norwegian-American voyage of the FOX made the impossible a reality

“The Voyage of the Fox,” sculpture depicted here is the work of the article’s author, Bill Osmundsen. The prototype was created as a model for a bronze monument to be placed in New York and Norway. Further information about this project can be obtained by visiting the artist’s web site:-http://BronzeSea.org/FoxSculpture.aspx, or by contacting Project Coordinator, Victor Samuelsen at fantslake@aol.com or (203) 561-0005. Photo courtesy of Bill Osmundsen.

August 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

Norway in our hearts

Condolence book at the Norwegian Seamen

August 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: News, Norwegian American Weekly | Leave a comment

A wish fulfilled

Kari Tauring, a Norwegian-American from Minneapolis, Minn., was a contestant on the Norwegian TV program “Alt for Norge” in 2010. Photo: TVNorge.no

June 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans, Travel | Leave a comment

Honoring a legend

Audun Toven smiles as the Svare-Toven Professorship in Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies at Pacific Lutheran University is announced during the Syttende Mai Norwegian Constitution Day) celebration Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Photo: John Froschauer/PLU

June 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Norway in the U.S., Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment

The changing house

Lidunn Øverdahl Cain is a Norwegian architect based in Vashon Island, Wash. Photo: Øverdahl Cain Building Design

May 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Culture, Fashion and Design, Norwegian American Weekly, Norwegian Americans | Leave a comment
 
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