But, amid a hodgepodge of boilerplate hotels, stands Sommerro, a portal to Norway circa the 1930s. It’s escapism at its most visually arresting. At a glance, Sommerro is an Art Deco hotel ...

ROSEAU, Minn. — Thirty-five years ago, Jean Honl fell in love with rosemaling. She took a community education class in 1974 and has been perfecting her skills in the traditional Norwegian art ...

She and her husband, Marion Nelson, now deceased, are credited with transforming a small Norwegian folk art museum in Decorah, Iowa, into a 12-building historical heritage center — the ...

the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All outdoor activities are free and admission to the museum's Main Building is free for children ...

DECORAH, Iowa (WLAX/WEUX) – Each year, Vesterheim Folk Art School offers a wide variety of classes and programs for all ages, both in person and online, including forging, Norwegian language ...

Sons of Norway members were treated to a presentation on hand-crafted, traditional Norwegian textile items Thursday in the Gyda Varden Lodge in Grand Forks. The speaker, Cathy Flaat Forgit of ...

Greg Aldrich, of Billings, recently won a red ribbon in the annual National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition at Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in ...

DECORAH, Iowa (KCRG) - National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School Vesterheim announced on Wednesday it is temporarily closing its campus, including the museum store and main building ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Susanna Baker of Port Ludlow earned Honorable Mention in the National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition held at Vesterheim from June 21 through July 27. Vesterheim is the national ...