Skol! This year's Little Norway Festival kicks off today with over fifty festivities to choose from including new events, entertainment, and around 70 street vendors.

Petersburg -nicknamed "Alaska's Little Norway"- traces its Norwegian foundation back to the late 1800s. Petersburg's Little Norway Festival, first held back in 1958, coincides with May 17, Norway's Constitution Day.

Although the festival has changed with the times, visitors can taste traditional Norwegian foods, watch traditional dances, and see children running through the streets of downtown Petersburg wearing bunads -tradition...