Dat lutefisk. Der's nothin' like it. Caught off the shores of Norway, dried into hard slabs, then later soaked in water and lye, its pungent odor wafts from church basements and lodges at annual ...

It’s a tough sell for what’s supposed to be a festive meal: a pile of translucent jelly with a questionable aroma. But, as I prepared to celebrate Christmas in my native Norway for the first time in ...

FARGO — The first Norwegian Heritage Festival will be held at the Sons of Norway from Nov. 10 through Nov. 15. The event features a specialty dinner almost every night and ends with Lutefisk ...

MANKATO — Fresh off their flight from Norway, a college class studying emigration to the U.S. arrived to a warm Mankato welcome — and warm lutefisk. And some of the Norwegian guests had never tasted ...

How do you celebrate your 20th year in the Sons of Norway Vennskap Lodge #622? You have a lutefisk dinner. Since 1993, when the Sheboygan Falls-based fraternal organization was formed, they have been ...

Lutefisk is the supreme culinary challenge this side of ­chocolate-covered beetles. There’s just something psychologically off-putting about a Scandinavian “delicacy” that needs to be skinned, salted, ...

There are pretty much only two opinions when it comes to lutefisk: You either love it, or you don't. Helga Staffan, 63, comes down on the "don't" side of the debate. Staffan grew up in a town of less ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Guests can peruse mouthwatering Scandinavian baked goods in Yakima on Saturday without purchasing a ticket to the adjoining lutefisk and meatball dinner. But why would they? No ticket ...

Although the doors don’t open until 11 a.m., the parking lot is already filling up on a Friday morning at Lakeview Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin. Inside, volunteers busily set tables, stir ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Of course little boys like candy and ice cream. But lutefisk? Meet 3-year-old Noah Skatvold, probably the youngest lutefisk eater in the Fargo-Moorhead region. The credit -- or the ...