Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 for which she was nominated by Helga Eng, member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. She was born on May 20, 1882 in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. She… More Celebrating Sigrid Undset: Norwegian Writer
On Saturday, April 29, two exceptional authors will be signing books and sharing their respective insights that their research has given them. John Yilek’s first book, History of Norway, has been a popular title at Ingebretsen’s since the day we began to carry it. It is an overview of Norway’s past and John used “the… More Authors John Yilek, David Thoreson provide a glimpse into the past and a view of the future
Since the Euro Dollar became widely used in the European Union in 2002, you may have wondered what the European Union is really all about. And if you’re of Scandinavian descent you might also have been wondering why Norway has so stubbornly refused membership into the Union for almost 30 years, even after its Scandinavian neighbors all eventually joined.… More Modern Scandinavia and the European Union