Norway News

Laird Daniels' knuckles don't look any the worse for wear, but there were plenty of times decades ago while working on airplanes that he scraped them 'till they bled.

Being born with Norwegian, Swedish and Danish blood pumping through his veins and living in Minnesota wasn't enough for author Eric Dregni to convey the Scandinavian experience in America to readers.

The 13th annual Barnelopet is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Registration is from 9:40-10 a.m. Barnelopet is a non-competitive ski or walk event for children ages 3-13. It is open to girls and boys of all skill levels.

Seventy years after their father escaped the German occupation of Norway in a fisherman's boat, crossing the North Sea to Scotland, his two sons find the boat intact.

Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of the memorial site, died Friday on the 67th anniversary of its liberation.