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Scandinavian design, at its most classic, is typified by the use of natural materials, light or pale colors, clean lines and shapes and functionality. In a region that battles with long nights, the ...

Kivik. Hemnes. Ektorp. Even if you aren't sure what these funny-sounding words mean, they're probably familiar to you. That's because they're the names of sofas and bookshelves from Ikea. But did you ...

I married a man with strong Scandinavian roots, and visiting countries like Norway and Denmark is high on our bucket list. I want to marvel at the glaciers and fjords of Norway and explore the castles ...

An article in The Oregonian on August 29, "Fewer U.S. immigrants changing their names," discussed the pattern of name changes among immigrants to the US. This article was a shortened version of an ...

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that arguing about the definitions of terms like "capitalism" and "socialism" is a waste of time. So I will simply assert that the world has many flavors of ...

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