“Trolls are a big part of Norwegian folklore,” our Tromso guide Wilma said. “They are bad and they can only come out when it’s dark because when the sun shines on them, they turn into stone.

The celebrated Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) had already illustrated a multivolume work of folklore when, in 1887, he moved to Norway’s far north and was led to think about the ...

Swedish animated kidpic “Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber” has sold to 69 countries, according to NonStop Sales. English-language pic, which had its first screening this weekend at the ...

Irene Kucinski loves her Norwegian traditions, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, and one can find gnomes popping up everywhere at her home.

If being in the land of demented-looking ever-present trolls wasn’t quirky enough, I’ve now entered Norway’s Twilight Zone high above the Arctic Circle. This would be Longyearbyen, the northernmost ...

Swedish animated kidpic “Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber” has sold to 69 countries, according to NonStop Sales. English-language pic, which had its first screening this weekend at the ...