When I looked at the DNA origins section on Ancestry.com, I found a history of life in southern Norway, where my paternal Nelson-Jensen...

Fourth Generation: Clifford Simonson (7) Donald Simonson (8) Genevieve Simonson (9) Gladys Simonsen (10) Jeanette Simonsen (11) Stanley...

Norway has a rich architectural history, and like any form of art, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Personally, I love...

If I had not become a city planner, I would have loved to have been an architect. Unfortunately, that did not happen, so I must be...

Across the bay from the church my grandparents (Haakinson) were married in before they moved to America is the Bryggen section of Bergen,...

I have a confession to make. I am a descendant of the Dukes of Saxony in Germany. Why must I make this confession besides no longer...

If people can be prevented from obtaining an education, they can be manipulated and easily dominated. Norwegians were intentionally kept...

When my wife and I went to Norway, I thought I would try out my few phrases in Norwegian, but to my surprise, they corrected me in...

Syttende Mai (the seventeenth of May) is probably one of the most important holidays in Norway. It celebrates the signing of the...

Contrary to what my dear friends of African, Asian, and Hispanic descent may think, whites are not all alike. You cannot call an Irishman...

As a city planner by trade, I was delighted to find that the hometown of my great grandparents, John and Jensine (Jensen) Nelson, was one...