Daughters of Norway

These sites offer help to those wishing to connect with Scandinavia.

• Gule Sider Internett —the Norwegian Internet Yellow Pages for Norwegian business phone numbers can be accessed by anyone. The white pages for home phones are also available, if you have a Norwegian person number (like a social security number). Great for genealogist.
• Jobbguiden — the Job Guide for Norway
• Careerjet.no — A Norwegian job search engine. One simple search is all it takes to access a huge selection of jobs from various internet sites.
• denmark-jobs.com — written in English offers job listings in Denmark
• Finnish Employment Services — Ministry of Labour explains in English how to search for jobs
• FINDING A JOB IN ICELAND — a youth portal for finding work in Iceland
• Employment Opportunities — Europe — scroll down to Europe area for links to jobs in some Scandinavian countries
• Eniro (Sweden) — searchable site for telephone numbers or job searches (in Swedish)
• Eniro (Finland) — searchable site for telephone numbers or job searches (in either Finnish or Swedish)
• Nordic Staff — (Nordic language recruitment service) for both job seekers and employers.

Many of the Government Links have links to their countries main newspapers. The following online link pages are not always perfect in updating links, but the names of papers are listed and an internet search for that paper's name may yield the proper site.

• Norway: onlinenewspapers.com — complete listing of online Norwegian newspapers.
• Denmark: onlinenewspapers.com — complete listing of online Danish newspapers.
• Sweden: onlinenewspapers.com — complete listing of online Swedish newspapers.
• Finland: onlinenewspapers.com — complete listing of online Finnish newspapers.
• Iceland: onlinenewspapers.com — complete listing of online Icelandic newspapers.

• Flags of the World — find country flags
• Sondre Norheim — legendary Norwegian skier and inventor of the Telemark style of skiing
• BRYLLAUPSFESTEN — the Norwegian Folk Wedding Tradition
• Willow's Edge Farm – Norweigan Fjord Horses, Bothell, WA
• Icelandic Horse Farm — (Vernon BC, Canada) has Icelandic ponies and Norwegian Fjord horses that are thought to have derived from the same Viking stock
• Nordic Roots & Branches – traditional and contemporary music of Scandinavia [Tues. 8:30 - 10:30pm PST on 90.7 (KSER), Everett WA streams live] ... online archive playlist.
• The Scandinavian Hour — heard weekly on Saturday from 9am —10am over KKNW radio 1150am in the Puget Sound region. Ron Olsen and Doug Warne have been the weekly hosts since 1959, delivering music, community news & interviews. To receive information about public events, send e-mail to Doug.

• norway.com — this Norwegian American Foundation website has information on Norway (history, culture, travel, government, etc.) in addition to the best Calendar of Norwegian events occurring in the US
• InfoNorway — a directory of English Language web sites about Norway including online newspapers, travel, etc.
• Norwegian Immigration Association (NIA) , Brooklyn, NY offers living history of Norwegian immigrants to the New York area from 1825 to today.
• Scandinavia.com — a Nordic "online community" website magazine with a bit of everything including shopping, resource links,cultural information, current news, etc. about all Nordic countries – currently under construction.
• Scandinavian News — online news site offering Nordic news
• Scandinavia Now — another online news site offering Nordic news
• American Scandinavian Foundation — promotes educational & cultural exchanges between the U.S. & the Nordic Countries
• Sons of Norway — a fraternal insurance company. Their site is mostly for members, but there are some general resources with open access.

• Norway Day Festival — San Francisco, California is the largest all Norwegian festival in the United States held yearly on the first weekend in May (location may vary, but usually Herbst Pavillion, Fort Mason)
• Viking Fest — held on the waterfront in downtown Poulsbo, Washington in May
• 17th of May (Syttende Mai) Celebration — Ballard (Seattle), Washington includes a festival, parade and great food every year (since 1889)
• Norsk Høstfest — billed as largest Scandinavian Festival in North America celebrating all Nordic cultures and top name entertainment every fall — Minot ND
• Scandinavian Fest — the largest all day festival celebrating Nordic cultures in the East coast held every September —Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ