A Norwegian "vimpel" pennant is often used as an alternative to the flag of Norway throughout the ... More Getty Images The Michigan couple who came under attack for displaying the Norwegian flag ...

ST. JOHNS, Mich. (AP) — A couple who came under attack for displaying the Norwegian flag outside their mid-Michigan inn because some observers mistook it for a Confederate flag have found ...

Several community members have urged the couple to put the Norwegian flag back up, but the Offenbeckers say they won’t until they can figure out a way to make sure it is not mistaken for the the ...

Greg and Kjersten Offenbecker own the inn, which is a large Civil War-era mansion in St. Johns, the Lansing State Journal reported. Since 2018, the couple have displayed the Norwegian flag, a nod ...

A Michigan couple took down a Norwegian flag from outside their bed and breakfast because it was regularly mistaken as a symbol of the Confederacy. Greg and Kjersten Offenecker, who own The Nordic ...

ST. JOHNS - The owners of a massive Civil War-era mansion turned bed and breakfast have removed a Norwegian flag that's hung outside its main entrance for two years because they say too many ...

Offbecker said the flag was hung as a way for her to represent her heritage, but with the confusion, she took it down because it was not worth the frustration, the television station reported.

The flag will be replaced by a vimple, which is a long, pennant-shaped flag, according to The Associated Press. "When you look at it, it has the feel of the Norwegian flag," Kjersten Offenbecker ...