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Norwegian For A Night: A Norsk Christmas Dinner At The Kringen Lodge
I may not be ethnically Scandinavian, but feel just as Scandinavian as most any Scandinavian. As I've mentioned in previous posts, I was adopted from South Korea by a Scandinavian family when I was a...
Posted on 12/3/12 at 8:37 AM
Lutefisk and Other Questionable Food-Like Substances
I wrote a story about a great local lutefisk supper in a mostly serious way, but I also wrote some extremely silly fake headlines for it that we obviously didn't use.* Here's the real headline: Lots ...
Posted on 10/3/12 at 2:35 PM
The Bridges of Kiel
After an hour's stop at the Lindaunis/Schlei Bridge, the next stop on the bridgehunting tour in Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark is Kiel, the city with over 300,000 inhabitants and is the capital of S...
Posted on 6/2/11 at 5:29 PM
New Music Friday: Donkeyboy
The first thing I think of when I hear the word "Donkeyboy" is that weird half-man, half-horse thing from The Chronicles Of Narnia. As a band name, it really only piques your curiosity to hear what a...
Posted on 10/1/10 at 11:58 AM
Norwegian radio journalist calls it quits -- on the air!
Ahhhh .... No one has the opportunity to quit quite like people in television and radio. Check this out... The Associated Press reports that, "A Norwegian radio journalist quit on the air after compl...
Posted on 9/11/10 at 11:04 PM
Wanted: Polar bear spotter on Norwegian islands
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears.By Associated Press , April 30, 2013
Norway’s top oil official touring N.D.
Norway’s top oil official is spending time in North Dakota this week. Norway Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe is scheduled to speak at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks on Monday, then travel to Bismarck for Tuesday events and to Williston on Wednesday.November 06, 2012
Three inducted into Scandanavian hall
An actor, a best-selling author and a former U.S. Secret Service agent have been inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame.September 27, 2012
N.D. delegation heads to Norway to examine country’s energy industry
A North Dakota delegation of state, local, business, education and other leaders will travel to Norway on Saturday for a weeklong examination of that country’s energy industry and how lessons learned there might be applied here.By By Chuck Haga , Forum Communications Co. , June 01, 2012
Breivik: Insane diagnosis based on 'fabrications'
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik slammed a psychiatric report that declared him insane, insisting Wednesday it was based on “evil fabrications” meant to portray him as irrational and unintelligent.April 25, 2012
Breivik hears witnesses recall turmoil after blast
After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a “war zone.”April 25, 2012
As killer gloats in court, Norway shows no anger
OSLO, Norway — You would have forgiven Norwegians for showing more outrage against confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.By By Karl Ritter, Associated Press , April 22, 2012
Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked a courtroom in Norway with his grisly descriptions of his massacre on an island youth camp.By Associated Press , April 20, 2012
Norway gunman wants freedom or death for massacre
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The right-wing fanatic on trial for massacring 77 people in Norway says he wants either freedom or death, calling the country's prison terms "pathetic" and arguing for the return of capital punishment, which was last used here to execute Nazi collaborators after World War II.By Karl Ritter, Associated Press , April 18, 2012
Norway killer admits massacre, claims self-defense
OSLO, Norway (AP) — With a defiant closed-fist salute, a right-wing fanatic admitted Monday to a bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway but pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying he was acting in self-defense.By Karl Ritter, Associated Press , April 16, 2012
Avalanche kills 5 foreign tourists in Norway
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Five people were killed and one person was dug out alive after Swiss and French skiers were buried by an avalanche Monday on Norway's Arctic fringe.March 19, 2012
Norwegian diplomat stops in South Dakota
January 02, 2012
Nobel winner says Arab Spring will banish terror
Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkul Karman says she believes the pro-democracy revolts that have swept the Arab world will help “drive out” al-Qaida terrorists.December 09, 2011
Norwegian royalty visit Duluth
King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway packed king-sized good will and graciousness into their four-hour visit to Duluth, Minn. on Monday. Duluthians — and people from throughout northern Minnesota and Wisconsin — responded in kind, waving Norwegian flags, singing the Norwegian national anthem with gusto and laughing at the king’s lutefisk joke.By By John Lundy, Forum Communications Co. , October 18, 2011
King and Queen of Norway to visit Duluth, Minn.
There won’t be a head table at Monday’s luncheon for King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway.October 16, 2011
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