The university will host a “book talk” by a scholar in Norwegian studies at St. Olaf College and an exhibit opening for Grand ...

ROSEAU, Minn. — Thirty-five years ago, Jean Honl fell in love with rosemaling. She took a community education class in 1974 and has been perfecting her skills in the traditional Norwegian art form ...

DECORAH - From a plain block of basswood, Minnesota loons and fjord horses spring forth. From a plain strip of basswood, intricate patterns emerge in sampler style. Ten students ages 9 to 16 are ...

DECORAH — Kick off the holiday season with a Norwegian Christmas Celebration at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All outdoor ...

Lured by the idea of inexpensive land and the promise of opportunity, hundreds of thousands of Norwegians crossed the North Atlantic in the 19th century, as their Viking ancestors are thought to have ...

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway was welcomed in Decorah by dancers and folk demonstrators as part of a celebration honoring the ...

Sons of Norway members were treated to a presentation on hand-crafted, traditional Norwegian textile items Thursday in the Gyda Varden Lodge in Grand Forks. The speaker, Cathy Flaat Forgit of Fertile, ...

Greg Aldrich, of Billings, recently won a red ribbon in the annual National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition at Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, ...

DECORAH, Iowa (KCRG) - National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School Vesterheim announced on Wednesday it is temporarily closing its campus, including the museum store and main building, due ...

MILAN — Sometimes the most useful tool can also be the simplest — and that is definitely true when talking about the “tollekniv,” also known as a Norwegian work knife. Usually created from a laminated ...

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited Decorah on Monday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first organized Norweigan ...