Darwin Porter and
Danforth Prince (chapters 1–7 and 12–21) have produced numerous titles for Frommer’s. Porter wrote the first ever Frommer’s guide to Scandinavia, and has been covering the destination ever since. He is also the coauthor of
Frommer’s Norway, Frommer’s Denmark, and
Frommer’s Sweden. Prince, formerly of the Paris bureau of
The New York Times, has been a frequent traveler and researcher to Scandinavia since 1980. His byline has appeared on four different guides to the Scandinavian countries, including Finland.
Born in New York City and raised in Westchester County, Roger Norum (chapters 1, 8–11, and 21 [www.rogernorum.com]) has studied literature and taught creative writing in Norway. He writes and photographs features on travel and food for a number of European magazines, including Departures, Wanderlust, and Olive. In 2010, he was awarded the silver prize for Travel Writer of the Year by the British Guild of Travel Writers. Roger currently divides his time between Oxford, England, and Kathmandu, Nepal, where he is finishing up research for his doctoral degree in social anthropology