Norwegian Don’T Play with Your Food? Christian “Ketsjup” Says Otherwise American Story on Page 20 Volume 127, #2 • June 17, 2016 Est
the Inside this issue: NORWEGIAN Don’t play with your food? Christian “Ketsjup” says otherwise american story on page 20 Volume 127, #2 • June 17, 2016 Est. May 17, 1889 • Formerly Norwegian American Weekly, Western Viking & Nordisk Tidende $3 USD Ready for a parade? A look at this year’s Syttende Mai with photos from around the US and Norway WHAT’S INSIDE? Nyheter / News 2-3 Business 4 Sports 5 Vi skal more oss til den lyse « Taste of Norway 6-7 morgen; for på sankthansnatten Bulletin Board 8 The Vikings’ forgotten children går ingen til sengs. » Letters 9 – Henrik Ibsen Exhibit shines light on the “Yatvings,” Baltic-area warriors Opinion 10 Research & Science 11 who were likely descended from Viking explorers Norwegian Heritage 12 Syttende Mai photos 13-17 DAVID BURKE TRUDE BRÆNNE LARSSEN Norway near you 18-19 Skoppum, Norway Gjengangeren Arts & Entertainment 20-21 Fiercely pagan until the latter Dark Ages, the near- saw, which excavated a large Yatving settlement in the Travel 22-23 ly forgotten Yatving people dwelled close to the Baltic hilly/swampy Masurian Lake District of northeastern Fiction 24 Sea and were likely the descendants of Nordic Vikings. Poland. The region is the source of the Dnieper River, Puzzles A new show at the Viking museum, Midgard Histori- which became a major route for Viking exploration 25 cal Center, in Borre, Norway, tells their story. and plunder clear to the Black Sea. Norsk Språk 26-27 “Yatvings—The Forgotten Warriors,” on through “The Yatvings (also called Sudovians) were a November 27, 2016, features both a detailed narra- Prussian tribe that thrived from the 800s until the late $1 = NOK 8.271 tive and fascinating artifacts, including a warrior’s 1200s,” says Dr.
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