TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS – Olav Sigurd Kvaale was convinced he had seen the last of the nomadic building constructed in his homeland with the help of his grandfather in the early 1890s. But a year after ...

MOORHEAD (AP) -- At age 58, Guy Paulson retired from a satisfying career as a research scientist. Then he really went to work. Practically single-handedly, he built a full-sized replica of a ...

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Moorhead Stave Church replica, the Hjemkomst Center will host an event that includes a Norwegian kaltbord dinner and a presentation featuring key figures ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The largest of Norway’s remaining stave churches, Heddal stave ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Moorhead Stave Church has sometimes been the "other" attraction at the Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival, second to the famous Viking ship from which the festival takes its name.

The Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Moorhead Hopperstad Stave Church replica donated to the center and the city of Moorhead in 1998 by the Paulson ...

The Norwegian stave church-style home in Oronoco Township just northeast of Rochester includes custom timber frames and wood carvings throughout the home. As a Norweigan stave church-style home, there ...

What is the Norwegian Seamen's Church? I didn't know we had that many Norwegian sailors in New Orleans. Dear reader, If you were in the Lower Garden District last weekend, you might have heard the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Before attending the packed Sunday morning service, Queen Sonja of Norway praised Mindekirken congregation for having maintained worship in Norwegian for all 100 years that the church ...

Mar. 30—THOMPSON, N.D. — Sitting in the pews in many churches throughout the Midwest, members of the congregation view paintings of Biblical scenes behind the altar every Sunday, but they may know ...

If you were in the Lower Garden District last weekend, you might have heard the sound of jazz coming from the Norwegian Seamen's Church on Prytania Street. It marked the church's biggest annual ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Before attending the packed Sunday morning service, Queen Sonja of Norway praised Mindekirken congregation for having maintained worship in Norwegian for all 100 years that the ...