A practical guide to visiting Norway, with an overview of travel logistics, local customs and simple tips for making the most ...

Viken Musikkfolkehøgskole in Norway offers an individualized approach to music education, emphasizing creativity, ...

As Norway settles into fall, debates over declining student performance and political accountability continue, while football ...

As Norway settles into fall, debates over declining student performance and political accountability continue, while football fans remain enthusiastic about the national team despite a difficult run ...

Nordic music strongly reflects the seasons, as life is shaped by the long winter and the longing for spring. Quiet, loneliness, and isolation are frequent themes. With the long winter we have all ...

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, ...

There was once a woman in a U.S. president’s life. But not just any woman: a Norwegian princess. The princess was Crown Princess Märtha of Norway, and the president was President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

Calling the beautiful and mysterious “stonehole rock” pictured here the “Viking Altar Rock” is a misnomer, since Vikings in the true sense of the word were not Christians. The Viking Age had been over ...

Education Minister Kari Nessa Nordtun (Labor Party) agrees with a government-appointed screen use committee on several points. She believes that the digitization of Norwegian schools has failed. “I ...

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.

Before printing made almanacs and calendars everyday articles, Scandinavians used calendric devices made of wood, with lines or notches for the days of the year and carved characters for solstices, ...

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 ...