Ancient Viking games came back to life Sunday. Suburban Norwegian-Americans tossed replica codfish, plastic axes, wooden sticks, yarn fjord horses' heads and plastic ninja throwing stars at St. Olaf ...
On July 4, 1825, 52 Norwegians, many of them Quakers seeking religious freedom, boarded a ship named Restauration in Stavanger, Norway. They arrived in New York City on Oct. 9, 1825, laying the ...
DYKER HEIGHTS — The Norwegian Christian Home was the backdrop for a fundraiser benefiting the upcoming Norwegian Day Parade, which will celebrate 71 years in 2025. Arlene Bakke-Rutuelo, co-chair of ...
YEARS IN PRISON. A ROYAL VISIT IS UNDERWAY HERE IN IOWA TODAY. CROWN PRINCE HAAKON OF NORWAY IS IN DECORAH IN NORTHEAST IOWA. HE’S NEXT IN LINE FOR THE NORWEGIAN THRONE. HIS VISIT CELEBRATES 200 YEARS ...
Norwegian tradition and culture were on full display May 18 as the Bay Ridge community celebrated the 71st annual Norwegian Day Parade, commemorating the signing of Norway’s constitution on May 17, ...
Learn about Northeast Iowa's Norwegian heritage at Vesterheim. Learn about Northeast Iowa's Norwegian heritage at Vesterheim. Road Trip Iowa is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...
FARGO — Americans of Norwegian descent have reason to celebrate this week as Thursday, Oct. 9, marks the 200th anniversary of immigration from Norway. On that date in 1825, 52 people arrived in New ...
Luther College and Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, are announcing a visit to Decorah on Monday, Oct. 6, by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in ...
Havila Voyages is launching a new initiative to honor the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the first Norwegian immigrants to America. As part of the Crossings 200 initiative, the cruise line is ...
On 4 July 1825, the ship Restauration departed from Stavanger, Norway, with 52 passengers, Norwegian emigrants known as “Sloopers” because of the sloop style of the vessel. They set sail for America, ...
Two hundred years ago this month, a Norwegian vessel docked in New York, beginning an extraordinary exodus of up to a third of Norway’s population over the next century, creating a diaspora that ...