Krista Schweppe
Krista “Huldra” Schweppe is an educator who is passionate about language and learning. Her curiosity for Norway piqued at a young age as she developed connections to Norwegian friends and family....
Kathleen Maris Paltrineri
Kathleen Maris Paltrineri is a poet and translator from Iowa. Her translations of Norwegian poet Kristin Berget have appeared in Guernica, Circumference Magazine, Brink, and Poetry in Action....
Eirill Alvilde Falck
Eirill Alvilde Falck grew up in Oslo, Norway, and moved to the United States in her late teens. She is a writer and translator. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review and Poetry Magazine, and is...
Ingunn Henrikssen
Ingunn has a variety of interests that she pursues with enthusiasm, including gardening, most things Norwegian, pop culture, environmental issues, reading and small dogs. She was born in Bergen,...
Magne Hatlevik
Magne grew up in Fosnavåg, Norway and moved to USA in 1976. Skiing has been his lifelong hobby and sometimes his occupation. He worked as a ski instructor in Geilo and Voss, Norway, Avimore,...
Margy Sather Peterson
Margy is a retired church choir conductor and K-12 vocal music educator with a MAT from St. Thomas University. She delights in most things Norwegian and started Kvinnekor, a choir for women who...
Christine Midelfort
Christine is trained as a cultural anthropologist which officially allows her to be curious about everything! She likes studying and living with creatures, human and otherwise. Christine loves to...
John Yilek
John A. Yilek has taught Norwegian history for many years, and is the author of History of Norway, Stories of Norway, and a new Norwegian text called Norges historie. He is an honor graduate of the...
Rachel Peterson
Rachel “Rikke” Peterson enjoys being together with family and friends, spending time outdoors, listening to and creating music, doing leatherwork, baking and children and youth...
Signe Ilstrup
Signe Ilstrup is passionate about reading, music (singing in choir), and travel. She is of Scandinavian descent on her dad's side of the family. When she was in college, the concert band took a tour...
Ethan Bjelland
Ethan “Esten” Bjelland began a love affair with Nordic languages and cultures at an early age. He started learning Norwegian when he was six years old at Skogfjorden, Concordia’s Norwegian Language...
Alan Ingman
Alan “Gorm” Ingman enjoys cooking, music, art, graphic design, and playing guitar. His family has roots in both the Valdres region of Norway and the Lofoten islands. His mother grew up speaking...
Britta Augdahl
Britta loves to spend time outside - running, hiking, hammocking and Nordic skiing are some of her favorite things to do. She loves having the hum of jazz or folk/indie music in the background of...
