Norwegian North Dakota Tries out Norwegian-Style Justice American Story on Page 3 Volume 128, #16 • August 25, 2017 Est
the Inside this issue: NORWEGIAN North Dakota tries out Norwegian-style justice american story on page 3 Volume 128, #16 • August 25, 2017 Est. May 17, 1889 • Formerly Norwegian American Weekly, Western Viking & Nordisk Tidende $3 USD Why cruise when you can pedal? Expedition Norway travels the story on page 8 Hurtigruten route by water bike WHAT’S INSIDE? « En gang var vår sommer Nyheter / News 2-3 en evighet lang. » Business 4-5 Norwegian design: – Karin Boye Opinion 6-7 Sports 8-9 Research & Science 10 The Riks telephone booth Arts & Entertainment 11 M. MICHAEL BRADY Taste of Norway 12-13 Asker, Norway Norway near you 14-15 Travel 16-17 In the autumn of 1932, Oslo Telefonanlegg (Oslo (literally The National), a simple booth of spray-painted Telephone Exchange) announced an architectural com- sheet metal plates riveted to an angle iron frame. Pro- Norwegian Heritage 18-19 petition for an outdoor telephone booth, in function duction of the Riks booth started in 1933, and the first Norsk Språk 20-21 like those be set up elsewhere in Europe, starting with one was set up that year at the Norwegian America Fiction 22-23 the British Post red K1 telephone booth of 1920. The Line quay in Oslo. By the time production ceased in Bulletin Board 24 Norwegian telephone booth was to cost no more than 1995, more than 9,000 Riks booths had been made. In NOK 1000 ($180 at the exchange rate of the time), be the 1970s and 1980s, more than 6,000 were in service strong enough to withstand winter weather, be amenable throughout the country.
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