Norway’s latest PISA results show 15-year-olds scoring below the OECD average in reading, math and science. The findings have ...

Norway’s green reputation faces challenges from its oil and gas industry, electric vehicle policies and commercial whaling. These competing priorities reveal the complexities of sustainability and the ...

Before Norway’s fall break became a school tradition, children took time off to dig potatoes and help local farms. Explore ...

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Norsk 101 explores fall in Norway, from colorful autumn leaves and crisp hiking weather to wild berries, mushrooms and ...

The look on the lady’s face said it all as she grabbed at the Thor’s hammer dangling from my necklace. “Skinheads wear these,” she snarled. “Racists and Nazis!” “I do Viking reenactment,” I explained, ...

For over 48 years, her life and death have remained a mystery. Isdalskvinnen, the “Isdal Woman” or the “Woman from Ice Valley,” is one of the most famous unsolved cases in recent Norwegian history.

What is gamalost, you ask? It is one of Norway’s oldest cheeses, and like lutefisk, gamalost was a key staple in the Norwegian diet in the old days. In fact, its name, “gamalost” or “old cheese” ...

I have always been fascinated and impressed with Norway’s role in World War II and the war’s effect on the country, ever since my first trip in 1969-70 at age 11. My father was stationed at Gardemoen, ...

Today is Friday the 13th, a day for bad luck and fear. Does anyone know why? According to folklorists, there is no evidence for the superstition of an unlucky Friday the 13th before the 19th century.

Celebrating Syttende Mai and all that is Norwegian is nothing new to the Norwegian-American community of Westby, Wis. Located in the Driftless Region of western Wisconsin, the area around the present ...

Spring is officially here with the rhubarb harvest. I’ve been a rhubarb enthusiast since I was a kid, and my love for the vegetable grows stronger by the year. Rhubarb was the first thing I planted ...