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Norway.com » Norwegian Americans http://blog.norway.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Sharing their story http://blog.norway.com/2012/01/03/sharing-their-story/ http://blog.norway.com/2012/01/03/sharing-their-story/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:49:41 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=26752 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

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

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http://blog.norway.com/2011/12/29/sharing-our-history/feed/ 0 Educate so people may never forget http://blog.norway.com/2011/12/23/educate-so-people-may-never-forget/ http://blog.norway.com/2011/12/23/educate-so-people-may-never-forget/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:10:47 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=27031 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

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

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http://blog.norway.com/2011/10/14/a-family-tradition/feed/ 0 On open waters: The Norwegian-American voyage of the FOX made the impossible a reality http://blog.norway.com/2011/08/16/on-open-waters-the-norwegian-american-voyage-of-the-fox-made-the-impossible-a-reality/ http://blog.norway.com/2011/08/16/on-open-waters-the-norwegian-american-voyage-of-the-fox-made-the-impossible-a-reality/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:30:46 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=25924

“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.

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http://blog.norway.com/2011/08/10/norway-in-our-hearts/feed/ 0 A wish fulfilled http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/23/a-wish-fulfilled/ http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/23/a-wish-fulfilled/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:30:42 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=25773 Kari Tauring, a Norwegian-American from Minneapolis, Minn., was a contestant on the Norwegian TV program “Alt for Norge” in 2010. Photo: TVNorge.no

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

http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/23/a-wish-fulfilled/feed/ 0 Honoring a legend http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/02/honoring-a-legend/ http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/02/honoring-a-legend/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:11:10 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=25733 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

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

http://blog.norway.com/2011/06/02/honoring-a-legend/feed/ 0 The changing house http://blog.norway.com/2011/05/13/the-changing-house/ http://blog.norway.com/2011/05/13/the-changing-house/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 16:37:49 +0000 norway http://blog.norway.com/?p=25634 Lidunn Øverdahl Cain is a Norwegian architect based in Vashon Island, Wash. Photo: Øverdahl Cain Building Design

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

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