With the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Norway aims to extend its legendary dominance in winter sports. As the world ...

Norway enters the 2026 Winter Olympics biathlon events as the favorites, led by rising star Botn and veteran Lægrid. But they ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics ski jumping events will be a challenging test for Norway. The men are outsiders facing a deep ...

Norway's men led by rising star Stolz and distance specialist Eitrem are favored, but the women lack depth beyond Wiklund, ...

The long-awaited permanent home for the Norwegian Forest Finnish Museum opened to great fanfare, with Queen Sonja presiding ...

The future of Vebjørn Sand's acclaimed Roseslottet art installation in Oslo is uncertain after a rejected permit. This open-air gallery honoring WWII resistance is a democratic monument, but faces ...

The world of the 11th century was bound together less by nations and more by people — by families, whose loyalties crossed seas, by dynasties with roots in several lands at once. A Scandinavian noble ...

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, ...

Though Norwegian Americans practically define who they are through the eating of lutefisk during the Christmas season, I have found to my surprise that the vast majority of Norwegian Americans know ...

Munch and Expressionism, an intriguing exhibit at the Neue Galerie, is on view through June 13, 2016. The first sentence in the Neue Galerie’s mission statement explains its purpose: “a museum devoted ...

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.

The nisse of Norway was discovered in the mid-1800s, but it is unusual to actually see the nisse. Small children and animals are the only beings that are able see him. The farms and households that ...