The following are sites of the Web that have to do with Norwegian culture and heritage. If you know of any others you would like to see added, please e-mail the webmaster with your suggestions.

General Norwegian Interest

Norway.no
Established by the Norwegian govenments as a web portal for most vital information regarding Norway.

Norwaves
Information about Norway in many languages

Norway Online Information Service
A service provided by Royal Norwegian embassies in New York and Washington

Norway on the Web
A lot of information on a whole lot of subjects having to do with Norway

Radio Norway
The official web site of the NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)

State of the Environment Norway
Sponsored and maintained by the Global Resource Information Database in Arendal, Norway

News

Aftenposten
Up-to-date Norwegian news in English

Dagbladet
For those of you who prefer your daily news på Norsk, and a little less official!

The Norway Post
A taste of Norway, in English, with an emphasis on news highlights

ODIN - Official Documentation and Information in Norway
Daily news from Norway, in English, published by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Genealogy

Ancestry.com
The largest collection of family history records on the web.

Ellis Island Immigrant Museum
Passenger searches, family scrapbooks and information on the immigrant experience.

The County archives for Sogn og Fjordane

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are the collective memory of the ELCA churchwide organization, including records of predecessor church bodies, inter-Lutheran organizations, and certain records relating to ELCA synods and their predecessors

Family Search
The Family History Library Catalog describes more than 3 million microfilms, microfiche, books, and other items available at the Family History Library and through your local family history center.

Genealogy Home Page
Genealogy links all over the place

Geneology for the Slekt area in Troms, Norway
This website offers, among other things, good census and geneological data for the Slekt area in Troms, Norway

The Genealogical Society of Utah
The Genealogical Society of Utah is dedicated to gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical information throughout the world. Established in 1894, it is an incorporated, nonprofit educational institution entirely funded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA with local representatives in all parts of the world.

Immigration History Research Center
An international resource, sponsored by the University of Minnesota, on American immigration and ethnic history.

Martin's Norwegian Genealogy Magazine
According to Martin, this is an "edutainment site". It includes recipe stuff, a link with Amazon.com, and other "stuff."

National Genealogical Society
A how-to and reference list

Norsk Slekeshistorisk Forening
Established by the Norwegian govenments as a web portal for most vital information regarding Norway. But the English versions appear not to be complete yet, so knowledge of Norwegian is more than helpful.

Norwayfamily.com
Professional, personal assistance from the Norwegian Emigration Centre in Stavanger

Norway Heritage
Find information about a ship or shipping company.

Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesråd
This page also has links to specific web sites in Norway dealing with genealogy

Norwegian American Historical Association
The Norwegian-American Historical Association was organized October 6, 1925, by a group of far-sighted Norwegian Americans who sought to establish a national center for the collection and preservation of historical material.

Norwegian Emigration Center in Stavanger
Established by the Norwegian govenments as a web portal for most vital information regarding Norway. But the English versions appear not to be complete yet, so knowledge of Norwegian is more than helpful.

Norwegian Historical Data Centre, U. of Tromsø
The Norwegian Historical Data Centre (NHDC) is a national institution under the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Tromsø (UiTø). Our main aim is to computerize the Norwegian censuses 1865 onwards together with the parish registers and other sources from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Norwegian National Archives
This site contains applications, decisions, court sentences, surveys and accounts. In addition, there are census and church records. The material is organized according to the office of responsibility not by topic. Site available in English

The Promise of America
Norwegian emigration to America and Norwegian-American history 1825-200

RootsWeb.com
This Norway Genealogy website was first created in June 1997 to assist those who are researching their ancestors from Norway. This website has grown from about 15 pages then to over 200 now.

Thor M. Anderson data base
Maintained at the University of Oslo, this is an on-line bibliography of documents printed between 1825 and 1930, concerning Norwegian emigrants to the US and Canada.

Trønderlag of America
An association of emigrants and their descendants from the Trøndelag region (middle) of Norway.

Valdres Samband
The Valdres Samband is an organization of emigrant descendants from the

Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library
This genealogical center and library is located in Madison, Wisconsin. The facility holds one of the world’s largest collections of materials relating to Norwegian immigration and Norwegian family history.

World GenWeb Project
Dedicated solely to the assistance of those seeking information about their ancestors, this is the site specific to Norway.

Norwegian Regional Sites

Bergen Travel Guide
Maintained by the city of Bergen, this is a pretty good start to a lot of good tourist information about the city.

Breheimsenteret
An information center for the Jostedalen National park, situated close to Nigardsbreen

Eide Sognelag
A site about Eide Parish, in Aust Agder, maintained by the local history association

Farsund
The largest agricultural district in Vest-Agder county

Hadeland
A lot of stuff “up-to-date” information about the region Hadeland!

Krageberg Tourist Farm
Horseriding and accomodations in the Lillehammer area, along the shores of Mjøsa Lake

Lillehammer
A lot of good tourist information on the Lillehammer area.

Stavanger-web.com
A ton of information about Stavanger, in English

Trondheim
The official site for the city of Trondheim

Tourist and Travel Information

Arctic Circle Norway

Airline and flight information

Bed and Breakfasts of Norway
Norwegian hospitality through Bed and Breakfast. A way to experience Norway closer to its heart.

Bergen-World Heritage City
The official site of Bergen, the old city with a young outlook.

Currency Converter by Xenon Labs
The Universal Currency Converter

 

Discover Norway
A guide to hotels, motels, camping, cities, traveling and sightseeing.

Fjord Norway
Experience the temptation to explore.

The Flam Railway

Friends Overseas
Friends Overseas is a meet-the-people activity for Americans visiting the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Go Norway
This site gives you a complete update of what Norway has to offer using 360 degrees panorama pictures.

Hordaland County
The official site for Hordaland County, Norway.

Lofoten Islands

 

 

National Road Database
Free internet tool made for planning your travel routes while in Norway.

Norway - Tourist Information
Published by the Norwegian Tourist Board

Norwegian Coastal Voyage
With 34 ports of call the Norwegian Coastal Voyage is still a lifeline along the west coast of Norway, showcasing the dazzling scenery of fjords every day, year-round.

Norwegian Hostels
Hostelling helps reducing your holiday budget. Instead you can spend your money on interesting things to do and see when you are awake.

Norwegian Railway information

The Oslo Airport
The official Oslo Airport site. Good information on arrivals/departures,ground transport and weather conditions.

Rail Europe

Route Info Norway

Stavanger Maps
Free City, District & Regional Maps for the City of Stavanger in the language of your choice. All the Maps are PDF format and are ideal for printing!

Tourist information for Norway
Complete with a map, this is published by Uninett, a Norwegian academic and research data network.

Travlang
Tools and information for the traveler. There's also a large section on language for the traveler, in a ton of languages, and it includes listening to the pronunciation.

Visit Norway

Visit Oslo
All you need to know about visitng Olso

Visit Trondheim
Trondheim is the third largest city in Norway with its 150.000
inhabitants, and holds a special place in the country's history and culture.

Food

Gammelost Venner
For those of you dying to know more about Gammelost!

Kokk.no
Hundreds of new and traditional Norwegian recipes!

The Norwegian Table
An attempt to capture many sides of the Norwegian diet from traditional to modern. (Also includes a link to The Daily Norwegian -- an English daily newspaper.)

The Vikings

The Jorvik Viking Centre
The Viking Museum in York, England

The North Bay Vikings
A page by a whale boat racing crew in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Viking Age Club
An organization of people interested in the history of the Viking Age, as well as reenactment.

The Viking Network Web
An evolving educational resource about the Vikings

Education

The American-Scandinavian Foundation
Grants will be offered to outstanding American and Scandinavian scholars, professionals, and artists.

The International Summer School
at the University of Oslo

University of Colorado Scandinavian Program

Language

The Less Commonly Taught Language Project
A project to link teachers of less commonly taught languages across the country

The Norwegian Universities Documentation Project
A project to establish the Norwegian Universities Dabases for Language and Culture

Skogfjorden
The Norwegian Language Village at Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, Minnesota

St. Olaf College Norwegian Department
in Northfield, Minnesota

Music

Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
A non-profit organization preserving and promoting the folk tradition of Norwegian music and dance.

Norsk Musikkinformasjon
The Norwegian Music Information Centre in Oslo (Don't worry - there's a section in English)

Troldhaugen
The Edvard Grieg Museum in Bergen

History

Medieval Scandinavia
A site about Scandinavian history, genealogy and archaeology, but in particular about Norway.

Norwegian Historical Radio Society
The Norwegian Historical Radio Society is a non profit organisation for persons with interest in antique radio and history.

The Spirit of The Vikings
The National Library's database of Norwegian radio broadcasts from the United States during the war years, 1941-47

Turning Points
The link above will take you to 46 articles by and about Norwegian immigrants published between 1893 and 1939. These include short biographies, reminiscences, interviews, memoirs, and obituaries

Miscellaneous Interesting Sites

American Coordinating Council of Norway
Since 1986, the American Coordinating Council of Norway (ACCN) have rounded up most of the Americans living in Oslo and a few thousand of their friends to celebrate America's Independence Day in Frogner Park, one of Oslo's most famous landmarks.

Christmas in Norway
A good resource for information on Norwegian Christmas traditions

Nordic Initiative
Nordic Initiative serves to enhance existing exchange programs to national prominence as well as to generate, initiate and 'jump start' visionary and innovative ideas that can be converted to practical application for mutual gain.

Nordic Libraries: Info Servers
Lund University Electronic Library

The Nordic Pages
All kinds of links on various Scandinavian subjects.

Norskland.com
Created and maintained by Gus Stangeland, there's a wealth of stuff here, including live pictures from various parts of Norway and an audio rendition of some Norwegian music, including "Ja, vi elsker."

Norwegian American Foundation
The Norwegian American Foundation's web site has searchable database of almost 900 Norwegian-American organizations, and a searchable calendar of events.

The Norwegian American Homepage
A lot of stuff having to do with American Norwegian organizations.

Norwegian Football (Soccer) Updates
News, results, leagues, etc.

Project Runeberg
Publishing free electronic editions of classic Nordic literature and art

Scandinavian American Heritage Society
The Scandinavian American Heritage Society is a non-profit organization founded in the late 1970's by Scandinavian Americans representing all five Nordic countries.

Ski for Light
Ski for Light teaches blind and mobility-impaired adults how to cross-country ski, while exposing them to the Norwegian heritage of the
sport.

Tubfrim
Tubfrim, a Norwegian program that collects and sells cancelled postage stamps to raise funds to aid individuals who are handicapped, joined forces with the Sons of Norway in 1986. Since then, Sons of Norway members have donated tens of millions of stamps to Tubfrim.

USA CUP
Begun by Sons of Norway in 1985, this has become the largest youth soccer tournament in the Americas.