
It’s National Read Across America Day
Today, March 2nd, is National Read Across America Day in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss. In honor of ...
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Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood
When you hear the words “Norwegian Wood” you probably think of the song by the Beatles. But there’s a new ...
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Meet The Finnish Miss Marple
If you are looking for some great summer reading (or for that matter any other season) we suggest you get ...
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Happy Birthday Elsa Beskow
Happy 145th birthday to Elsa Beskow. Elsa Beskow was one of Sweden's best-loved writer and illustrator of children's books. “For ...
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The Emigrants — An Important Story
Immigration is in the headlines these days. Ingebretsen’s was founded by Charles Ingebretsen Sr. who emigrated from Norway in the ...
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Becoming Astrid
If you were to read a typical biography of Astrid Lindgren it would say when she was born, when she ...
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Nordic Humor Books (Yes, really)
Scandinavia has received a lot of attention lately its Nordic Noir crime fiction. And for good reason – it is ...
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Who Is Ove and Fredrik Backman?
Meet Fredrik Backman. The most popular Swedish author since Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” series. If you ...
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If You Love Fairy Tales You Can Thank Sweden
Last Monday was National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. Fairy tales were often written accounts of folk tales that were ...
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Celebrating Sigrid Undset: Norwegian Writer
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 for which she was ...
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