On August 28th at 6:35 a.m. King Harald V passed away at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet after being hospitalized for a rare blood illness. Harald V served as Norway’s king for 35 years and passed away just two days before his 58th wedding anniversary with Queen Sonja.
In mid-July, HM King Harald received Norway’s national men’s soccer team at the palace, congratulating the players on a job well done at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. He was visibly moved when talking with national team coach Ståle Solbakken.
In the July/August issue of Viking, we highlighted elements of summer in Norway from A to Z. Let’s round out the season with these last three letters of the Norwegian alphabet!
Does your family have a story or a bit of correspondence that shows how Norwegian emigrants felt about celebrating Christmas in a new place?
It has been a remarkable season for Norwegian road cyclists on the world stage.
One bite and you’ll be hooked!
Once every four years, soccer fans around the world cheer on their favorite teams participating in the FIFA World Cup. Norway fans have been in a 28-year drought, last cheering on their men’s team in the 1998 event.
In April of this year, the largest ever Viking Age coin discovery in Norway was made. The remarkable findings dethrone the previous largest Viking Age coin hoard made almost 200 years ago.
If you have been watching Team Norway play at the FIFA World Cup, you can’t help but notice that Norwegian fans and the country of Norway itself are getting a lot of positive press.
Kebab is a cooked meat dish, with its origins in Persian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Many variants are popular around the world.
