Nina Fasi – Hawaii’s Norwegian Consul (Book Excerpt)
After growing up in Sandviken, Norway, she left the country at 18 years of age to go abroad and ended up in Honolulu as the Honorary Norwegian Consul. Her name is Nina Fasi, nee Hamre. …
After growing up in Sandviken, Norway, she left the country at 18 years of age to go abroad and ended up in Honolulu as the Honorary Norwegian Consul. Her name is Nina Fasi, nee Hamre. …
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