Nordic Blue

I believe I have identified photographs of a member of the Winje branch of my family who emigrated from  Vinjeøra, Norway and arrived in Ame...

Regina Winje Strand (1873-1899) Duty, Fate, and Beauty: A Norwegian-American Pioneer Legacy Remembered (a repost from February 200...

In 1886, at age 25, my great grandfather Ole Martin Johnson married and brought his 17-year-old bride, Malla, to live on the farm his parent...

Each autumn after an annual membership drive, the Chippewa County Historical Society of Minnesota holds a special event, the "Enchanted...

After spending most of my life hearing about Minnesota and my mother's early years on a Norwegian American farm, I finally got to visit ...

On January 7, 1873, the day before my great great grandmother's 32nd birthday, a severe blizzard struck the upper Midwest. It was swift ...