A traditional painting method with many variations based on the different regions in Norway is alive and well at the Crow Wing County Fair. Painting with the Sons of Norway at the Crow Wing County ...

We feature some of our local rosemaling artists in our collection at Thoreson House. A large Kristin Vigdal plate was recently donated. This prompted us to get out all the rosemaled pieces we have ...

Back in the day, Norwegian men used to deal with long, cold dark winters by picking up a paint brush and decorating their houses with the bright colors of spring and summer. Last Saturday, in the ...

Mary Koehler of Winona, who is 100 percent Norwegian, believes it’s important for her to carry on the traditions of her ancestors. So Koehler practices the art of rosemaling — a Norwegian decorative ...

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 form ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Shelley Kendall would rather be rosemaling. The daughter of a Norwegian mother (her father was German), she was the baby of six children, and the only one to learn the Norwegian folk ...

Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department director and artist Juli Seydell Johnson stands alongside a quilt titled "Reaching for the Sun." Seydell Johnson made the quilt, which is inspired by ...

We’re about to embark on a journey into the heart of Norwegian heritage with this captivating segment on Rosemaling. But we’re not going on this adventure un-chaperoned! We’re about to discover the ...

BRAINERD — If you have never heard of kolrosing or krokbragd before, you are not alone. Inside the Crow Wing County Fair Fine Arts building, artists demonstrated several little-known crafts and shared ...

The University of Minnesota Crookston is celebrating Norwegian history and culture with special events planned for 4-6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Sargeant Student Center. Author and translator ...

Edith Kling has adopted the Norwegian heritage as her own. Her ancestors came from Germany, but she has made Norway and its customs her passion. "When my family settled here, we were the first ...