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    December 18, 2015
    Just-Borre Glomsas, right, and his mom, Lillian Glomsås , and girlfriend Monica Thorheim Olsen, all from Norway, hold family photographs from the late 1960's of relatives that settled in East Grand Forks and Finley, ND, that they are hoping to reconnect with during their visit to Grand Forks to attend Glomsas' son's graduation at UND Friday. (photo by Eric Hylden/Forum News Service)
    Norwegian visitors look for long-lost relatives in North Dakota and Minnesota
    GRAND FORKS -- One Norwegian family is seeking help identifying long-lost relatives in North Dakota and Minnesota. Lillian Glomsas of Harstad,...
    News/North DakotaDecember 18, 2015 - 6:00am
    October 1, 2014
    Norway’s ambassador to the United States visiting University of North Dakota
    GRAND FORKS — Norway’s ambassador to the United States highlighted the importance of education exchanges between the two countries in a visit to Grand Forks Wednesday. Kåre Aas, who became ambassador last year, arrived in Grand Forks Wednesday as part of his first trip to North...
    News/North DakotaOctober 1, 2014 - 10:24pm
    August 30, 2014
    FNS Photo by Kile Brewer Trondheim medical student Torbjorn Kruke studies a patient’s chart at Altru during his stint as an exchange student in the University of North Dakota medical school.
    UND has a Norwegian connection: Medical exchange students learn about health care in Grand Forks
    GRAND FORKS — As they learn and work with doctors in Grand Forks, two medical students from Norway are finding that they have an instant connection...
    News/educationAugust 30, 2014 - 7:00pm
    July 19, 2014
    Submitted Photo The Skjerven family and friends at the Lincoln sculpture on its recent 100th anniversary in Oslo, Norway.
    Renewing a gift of friendship: ND gave Norway Lincoln statue; family and friends return for centennial
    FARGO — On July 4, 1914, a delegation from North Dakota that included Gov. Louis Hanna brought the people of Norway a gift to celebrate their...
    News/North DakotaJuly 19, 2014 - 11:51pm
    January 25, 2014
    Regional dialects reflect history, culture
    GRAND FORKS — English may be the dominant language spoken throughout the United States, but that doesn’t mean we all speak the same dialect. Each region of the country has many words and phrases of its own. For example, Joan Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional...
    News/North DakotaJanuary 25, 2014 - 10:18pm
    Stuff midwesterners like: An anthropological view of our region
    GRAND FORKS — From our favorite foods to most popular sports, to the clothes we wear and the vehicles we drive, there are things in every aspect of our lives that people associate with the Upper Midwestern region. Hotdish, Norwegian dishes Doug Munski, a geography professor at...
    News/North DakotaJanuary 25, 2014 - 10:08pm
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