My father, Rev Richard T Wanberg (1888-1988), was a pioneer pastor to area churches for 45 years, including years of service with the historic Norway Lutheran Church near Towner. He was instrumental in locating the…
The humble paperclip takes on a new meaning for networking and building relationships among veterans A collegiate Veterans Project, called the “Golden Paperclip,” has its symbolic roots in Norway with the 500+ students with military…
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Fred Kavli strives to make the world a better place by Larrie Wanberg, Grand Forks The Kavli Prize will be presented in Norway on September 4, with His Majesty King Harald bestowing the…
Stories create word pictures from time immemorial. Today, digital storytelling as a method is popular in Norway, sometimes referred to as “Place-based Stories” or “Story Mapping.” These designed stories in media arts are primarily visual, narrated…
“Bakken Gold” was a huge graphic backdrop on a stage of speakers discussing the promise, advancements and realities of North Dakota’s “Oil Patch,” now the second largest oil producing state, next to Texas. The 20th…
There is one place, for sure, that one can still be in touch with how America was intended to be – the geographic center of North America at Rugby, North Dakota. Last weekend, over 400 people attended…
I stood on Karl Johans gate in Oslo on May 17, 1958, amazed at the endless stream of school children, in bright National dress, briskly waving small Norwegian flags, and singing national songs. This day was indelibly imprinted…
“How in the world did the acorn of an idea grow into the largest Scandinavian festival in North America?” I asked David Reiten, the new President and CEO of the annual “Høstfest” event in Minot,…
A small film studio in Solvang CA is openings in May to train youth in the art of digital storytelling through short first-person film-stories that preserve the community’s heritage of people and place – its…
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