Mid summer at Little Norway

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Nestled in a beautiful valley hidden in the foothills of Blue Mounds, WI Little Norway has another more romantic name, the name chosen by its founder, Isak Dahle, which suggests more vividly the sense of magic that pervades this lovely valley: Nissedahle, or valley of the Elves. The buildings are authentic Norse architecture, simple and durable. One has a growing sod roof; another, the spring house, is peaked by three cupolas and most of them are trimmed with warm, fresh blue that is typically Norwegian.

Because the landscape of southwest Wisconsin is much like that of Norway it was in this sheltered valley under the hill that, in the mid 1800's , Osten Olson Haugen from Telemark, Norway settled with his family and called it home.

Let's take a tour of Little Norway