History & Culture
The Rømmegrøt Diet by Rolf Svanoe
Reflections on the Norwegian Immigrant Story. This booklet tells the story of Norwegian emigration to the United States through the lens of food. Rømmegrøt is a delicious creamy porridge beloved by many. Through personal stories, the author shows what life...
$13.95
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow by Elin Anna Labba
The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi The deep and personal story—told through history, poetry, and images—of the forced displacement of the Sámi people from their homeland in northern Norway and Sweden and its reverberations today. Starkly poetic and emotionally...
$22.95
The Princess and the Boat Boy, Heroes of the Primstav by Lucy Tokheim
Lucy is bringing out her first comic book! It is her retelling of the legend of St. Sunniva, the first patron saint of Norway. The Norwegian primstav calendar also made its way into this entirely hand-drawn story. 36 pages, black...
$16.00
The Cabin in the Mountains by Robert Ferguson
The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte, is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians, explores the significance of a national icon in this charming, affectionate history.
Softcover.
$27.00
The Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia by Sven Lindauer
As a former historical artist for National Geographic TV, Sven Lindauer has been painting world themes and traveling the globe for decades. This book of his paintings is a well-researched color narrative of a 'day in the life' documentation of people from...
$49.95
Steel Girders & Steeplechases: The Life & Art of Bernard H. Berntsen by Clifford Miller
Read the facinating story of Bernhard Berntsen. Born in 1900 in Ostre Aker, Norway, Berntsen came to America when he was 19, settling in New York. Soon he was building skyscrapers, threading across open I-beams hundreds of feet in the...
$19.95
Snus I Snogen, Tromf I Brogen En Bok Om Kjenger by Sverre Strandenes
This complete overview of wooden Norwegian drinking vessels features details and images of over 480 pieces. Includes extensive information about the original owners and farms, plus beer brewing, drinking customs, and rural artists. Norwegian text, short English summary, hardcover.
$115.00
Skis Against The Atom by Knut Haukelid
The exciting, first-hand account of heroism and daring sabotage during the Nazi occupation of Norway. The outcome of World War II could very possibly have been much different if Knut Haukelid and his small, but courageous band of Norwegian soldiers...
$15.95
Sing Til The Cows Come Home with CD by Peggy Larson
Kulokk (traditional Norwegian herding call) has taken Larson from Concordia College in Minnesota to teaching positions in Scotland, Corsica, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and even the exotic Amery Wisconsin. This book includes historical notes, vocal techniques, pronunciation guide, plus 19 music...
$25.00
Shortest History of Scandinavia by Mart Kuldkepp
14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World In The Shortest History of Scandinavia, historian Mart Kuldkepp masterfully sketches the outlines of Scandinavia’s rich history—from the first known peoples of the region, who followed...
$16.95
Secrets of the Gnomes by Wil Huygen
The 200 hand-illustrated pages overflow with the authors’ on-the-scene sketches and firsthand observations. In Secrets of the Gnomes, authors Poortvliet and Huygen are invited as more than mere observers. After a meal of mushrooms and cream (which tastes as if it...
$35.00
Sámi – Publication of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Featuring articles about the Sámi, the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Authors include Nathan Muus, Scott M. Williams, Faith Fjeld, J.R. Christianson, and Svein Ludvigsen. Muus and Fjeld were two of the guest...
$5.00
Sami Dreams Exhibit Catalog by Randall Hyman
A photographic and oral journey, the catalog is interactive with QR codes to online links on each page that allow readers to actually listen to each portrait subject speak directly to them. Soft cover. Randall Hyman has traveled the globe on...
$29.95
Roser, Liljer og Blues (Roses, Lilies and Blues) Folk Art, Folk Music and the Romantic Era by Nils Georg Brekke
A shooting script for an up-coming film, this beautiful book of full-page, color photographs outlines the movie's story of two young brothers in 1782, who travel from farm to farm to earn money as rose painters in the fjord districts...
$110.00
Red River Girl - The Art of Orabel Thortvedt
This fascinating coffee table-style book, published in 2020, is the result of a cooperative effort between the West-Telemark Museum in Eidsborg and the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, in Moorhead, Minnesota. This is a remarkable publication that tells...
$45.00
Ragna Breivik: et liv ved veven By Åse Enerstvedt
Ragna Breivik was a weaver who worked at the influential Oslo studio of Augusta Christensen. She wove several large commissions including a wall-hanging from Axel Revold's picture "In Gethsemene." She then went to the Art and Handicrafts School in Bergen...
$40.00
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