Scandinavia News gathers the top news stories for and about Scandinavia from a variety of well-renowned sources.

Learn about two species of rats, from the diseases they carry to the damage they cause by chewing on materials, urinating on food, and eating stored foods.

A short biography of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the North Pole, the countries that want to claim it, and the effects of global warming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Norwegian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Here you can find a wealth of information about Christmas trees that grow here in the U.S. Content includes tree facts, tree types, selection and care, Christmas traditions, recipes, and more! Be sure to click on Christmas Tree Fun for...

Read this transcript or listen to the broadcast of a radio program about the books and characters created by Nevil Shute, who called himself "an engineer who wrote books."

Trees have importance culturally, economically, and historically. Get up-close and personal with the megaflora of Wisconsin.

This entry from the National Library of Canada's presentation on Canadian Confederation, looks at the 1870 inclusion of Manitoba. Built from the North-Western Territory, the province was founded by Metis, Francophones from Lower Canada,...

Read tales of ghosts and sea demons that haunt the coast of Norway in "Weird Tales from the Northern Seas" by Jonas Lie.

History for Kids provides an overview for elementary students on Canute the Great, who was king of Denmark, Norway and England in the 11th Century AD. Links to teacher resources include worksheets, quizzes and activities.

Great pictures of a Viking ship housed in a museum in Oslo, Norway. Incredible work of art!

Engaging discussion of the role Norwegians have played in the evolution of Seattle and King County. An interesting parallel is drawn between the geography and climate of Seattle with that of Norway, thus indicating why so many Norwegians...

This site from the Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an in-depth look at the historic problems figuring out longitude. Links are provided throughout this article along with pictures, making this a great site to check out.

This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.

Digitized manifestations of European culture in archival documents whith presentations made by city archives and other local archives in 7 cities of culture for the year 2000.

Provides a list of all of the NATO countries along with links to their government sites. Users can find a vast amount of information about each of the member countries. A great resource for researching and learning about NATO or...

CNN delivers the top news stories of the day for and about Scandinavia. Content also includes sports scores, localized weather, and financial market.

This resource contains general inforamtion about the Gilman Park Arboretum in Pierce, Nebraska.

A map showing country boundaries of Europe as they existed in 1888, including major cities, rivers, and landforms. This map highlights the significance of the use of natural boundaries (rivers and mountains) over cadastral (surveyed or...

A map of Europe highlighting the German Confederacy created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The confederacy was made up of 39 states including portions of the Austrian...

A map from 1868 of Europe, showing the physical features, climate, and commercial resources of the region. Mountain chains are represented by lines of varying thickness, with the broader the line, the greater the elevation. The highest...

A Map of Europe during the Crusades period showing the various lands and kingdoms including the German Empire, France, Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden, Republic of Novgorod, Kaptchak, Prussia, Saxony, Kingdom of Austria, Lombardia, the...

A color map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which redrew the continent's political boundaries after the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This map is color-coded to show...