The Norwegian American is distributed on a monthly basis by mail to thousands of subscribers in the US, Canada and other parts of the world.
The Western Viking was originally founded in 1889 as the Washington Posten by two Norwegian immigrants: Frank Oleson and his brother.
Under his ownership, the Washington Posten was renamed to Western Viking and the paper introduced more English language content.
[2] The Knudsens shifted the paper to include even more English language content while expressing a desire to keep immigrants connected to "the old country" through articles on current events in Norway.
In 1996, the Norwegian investment company that owned the Norway Times wanted to sell it, but the employees purchased the paper to keep it alive.
Prominent members of the Norwegian-American community, under the auspices of the Norwegian American Foundation, became its owners and began introducing new elements and emphasis to the paper.
Kim Nesselquist, who serves as Consul of Norway in Seattle,[3] was first listed as the publisher of the Norwegian American Weekly in the April 20, 2007 issue.
[4] In the August 17 issue, Jake Moe is listed as "Publisher & Editor in Chief" for the first time, and Kim Nesselquist is titled President.