Planning a visit to “Historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia”? Why not check out the home of the FIRST Sons of Norway Satellite Lodge, Hampton Roads-Norge Norsemen. Norge is an unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia, United...
Norumbega, or Nurembega, is a legendary settlement in northeastern North America which was featured on many early maps from the 1500s until European colonization of the region. It was alleged that the houses had...
Mandal Amazingly, this scenic town in Southern Norway , with only a population totaling around 11,000 has produced some of the greatest artists of its nation. I think you will...
St. Olaf’s Church, Balestrand Wikipedia Creative Commons‘ CC BY-SA St. Olaf’s Church “The English Church”) is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in Sogndal Municipality in the county of Vestland in Norway. The church was built in 1897...
Monuments and Sculpture Pay Homage to History in the Art Nouveau City of Ålesund Norway Excerpts from Wikipedia Creative Commons‘ CC BY-SA Visitors to Ålesund can not but be struck...
The Nobel Peace Prize Submitted by Kathy Dollymore Norway has ever so many winter traditions, such as skiing, building snow lanterns, drinking gloegg, overeating at the julebord, changing to winter...
Gunnar E. Kaasen was born the son of Hans and Anna Kaasen in Burfjorddalen, in Troms county, Norway. He went to the United States to mine for gold in 1903, in the...
The mysterious disappearance of Greenland’s Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been due to the overexploitation of walrus populations for their tusks, according to a study of...
After nearly a year following the difficult decision made by the Third District board to sell our beloved Land of the Vikings, news of the sale’s closing is finally here...
Herbjorn (Bjorn) Peter Egeli (15 November 1900 – 20 October 1984) was a Norwegian-born American portrait painter and maritime artist. Herbjorn Peter Egeli was born in Horten, Norway. He was the eldest of...