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by | Sep 18, 2025

A year or so ago, when we last checked in on the flaky Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her…

by | Apr 1, 2025

On March 31, Norway’s biggest TV channel, state-owned NRK1, broadcast a special half-hour program, beginning at 9:15 PM — prime…

by | Aug 26, 2024

A couple of years ago I wrote here about a couple whom I described as Norway’s answer to Britain’s Harry…

by | Apr 6, 2024

I was born and raised in New York City and lived there until my early forties. I loved the city…

by | Jan 31, 2024

If there’s anything uglier and stupider than most of the songs performed at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, it’s the…

by | Jan 27, 2024

What do you think of when you hear the words “Nordic welfare state”? Government-run health care, with reasonable fees for…

by | Oct 7, 2023

“These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognize the years of one’s prime, always…

by | Jun 4, 2023

I don’t have kids, but for several years I’ve belonged to a Facebook group for people who absolutely despise Norwegian…

by | Jun 2, 2023

I grew up in a little Norwegian fishing community that was absorbed into Seattle proper. Just about every family that…

by | Jun 2, 2023

Democratic socialist romantics often justify their views by lifting up the Norwegian system and disregarding socialist-run states like Venezuela, Russia,…

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