Joyful Nordic Humor: A Family Album

Joyful Nordic Humor includes an essay, "The Finn Who Would Not Take A Sauna" about Garrison Keillor, noted for his radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion." Finland has a million saunas. Joyful includes lefse and lutefish jokes, and lots of laughter!

"Church Lady" Jonna Jensen, a parish pastor in Central City, Iowa, affirms in this book: "One of the best things about Scandinavian humor is that we tell jokes on ourselves. We learn not to take ourselves too seriously. When people come to…