Celebrations for the Little Norway Festival in Petersburg have been happening all week. But things really get going Thursday evening, May 15. The Little Norway Festival Pageant happens at 5:15 p.m. inside the Petersburg High School gym. That’s a different location than years past on Main Street.
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Celebrations are already underway in “Alaska’s Little Norway.” Every year, hundreds of people flock to Petersburg for the Southeast island town’s iconic Little Norway Festival. There’s a lot to experience throughout the week.
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Every spring, Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival is marshaled in by a horde of vikings and valkyries, who sow joy and chaos across the community. But this year was different — they were also celebrating the life of a lost loved one.
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Every May, Petersburg celebrates its Norwegian heritage with a week of traditional Norwegian dancing, food, community events, and Vikings dressed in furs. The event is always held around May 17, Norway’s Constitution Day. KFSK’s Hannah Flor takes a look at what’s planned this year.
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Ashon McCay — who performs under the name, Lil Realist X — is a Petersburg-based fisherman and rap musician. Sometimes, he even raps about fishing.
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Hundreds of people flooded the streets of Petersburg on the third weekend of May to eat traditional Norwegian foods, dance traditional dances, and sling herring at each other. The week-long festival marked the coming of spring, the beginning of the local fishing season, and Norway’s Constitution Day
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As winter thaws and the ground becomes squishy with rain, Petersburg Borough’s groundskeeper, Colin Perry, had a major horizon on his mind: Mayfest. But spring also means he can re-start his work maintaining Petersburg’s cemetery.
Rachel Cassandra joined Perry in his greenhouse at work and for a rainy walk around the cemetery to see the start of spring through his eyes.
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Wind chimes made out of sea glass, a chess set made out of table legs, and tiny knitted birds in Viking hats — these are just some of the art pieces now displayed at Petersburg’s Clausen Memorial Museum for the Little Norway Festival Art Show, which showcases artwork from community members.
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