by Karen Nyenhuis | Sep 1, 2024 | Early Scandinavia, Just Knud Qvigstad, Norse Mythology, Sami History
I am certain there has been new scholarship on the Naeroy Manuscript since Just Qvigstad published his summary of it in 1903, but since he was my great-grandmother’s brother and he looks like my late father, I have been slowly translating his work for my own...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Aug 15, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Many of Just Knud Qvigstad’s works are out of print, and most are not in English. This is my paraphrased translation of stories from Sápmi from a French translation of his work. The Angry Loon God made the magnificent birds and let them fly away. The loon grumbled...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Aug 8, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Historical Clothing
Far Left Image. The rug was handwoven by IGMA fellow Judith Dean Adams. Center Left Image. The rug was handwoven by IGMA fellow Judith Dean Adams. Center Right Image. Far Right Image. The doll was handmade by Hantverk in Dockan,...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Aug 8, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
An unusually cold spring and summer in 1867, followed by drought in 1868, caused a famine in Sweden during the years 1867-1869, and a subsequent wave of immigration to America. Most Swedes ended up in the Midwest, but a few followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jul 17, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
Chinese Immigrants in Gilded Age San Francisco. My mother made immigrant apartments for three different ethnic groups: Irish, Swedish, and Chinese families, in one apartment building. In the harsh reality of the Gilded Age, these different ethnic groups lived in three...
