Modesty, she tells me, is what makes her distinctly Norwegian. Naming her cat Lisa, not so much. ("Lisa is not but a common name actually, but it is in The Simpsons," she says.) And then, of course, ...

Gåte is a Norwegian progressive folk band that formed back in 1999, went on hiatus in the mid 2000s, and returned with a new album, Svevn, in 2018. They followed it this year with a new EP, Til Nord ...

Norwegian folk duo Konradsen are returning in 2024 with a new album titled Michael's Book on Bears. It will be released on March 8, 2024 via 777 Music. On this new record, Konradsen bring us deeper ...

SETESDAL, A WINDING valley to the north of Kristiansand in southern Norway, was once a place of traditions little changed since medieval times. Chief among these were song and dance marked by ...

Moddi’s Pål Moddi Knutsen was an activist before he was a songwriter. As a member of Norway’s Socialist Youth and Young Friends of the Earth, he began writing tunes to update the groups’ anthems, and ...

A new Scandinavian festival opens Friday in Minot, aiming to continue cultural traditions left behind after the longtime Norsk Høstfest ended.

Cross Lutheran Church in Yorkville hosted the Stoughton Norwegian Dancers Sunday, March 6. The performance was sponsored by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 4-472, a Montgomery-based social-service ...

NEW YORK - The Washington Island Scandinavian Fest Dancers received quite the present for their 75th anniversary. The group was named a winner of a $30,000 grant from the American-Scandinavian ...

“Jeg elsker musikken din,” I tell Norwegian folk singer Juni Habel near the start of our virtual meeting, she in her country house an hour outside Oslo, and me in my country house outside New York ...