Your membership in Sons of Norway offers you

Norwegian cultural heritage activities that enrich understanding and foster friendships—and are fun (more below);

Insurance options and related financial benefits to secure the future for you and your family; and

Humanitarian and other outreach opportunities to help others. For example, members assist the elderly, poor, and disabled; support grants, study exchanges, and scholarships. For more information, please see our Foundation page.

Explore and celebrate NORWEGIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE through the Sons of Norway fraternal benefits. A partial sampling includes:

• A networking system to match members willing to share their skills and knowledge with members who wish to observe or learn. The categories in this Resource Database offer a taste of the many flavors of Norwegian heritage promoted through Sons of Norway and available as benefits for members:

Architecture Art Cooking Crafts Cross-country skiing Folk dance Folk costume Genealogy Hardanger embroidery History Holiday traditions Humor (Ole and Lena!) Knitting

Literature Modern Norway Music Norwegian landscape Rosemaling Story-telling Stamp collecting Trade & industry Travel advice Travelogues Weaving Wood carving

Fabulous videos, slide collections, and CDs for loan. Whatever the interest, be it trolls or a history of the WW II resistance activities in Norway, members will find it here.

Magnificent maps, including a Norwegian travel atlas that has 80 city maps among its 230 pages. Members receive Norwegian maps at a discount.

Travel to Norway and nearby countries. Specially tailored trips may be based on a theme (the Lutheran church; WW II sites), a type of place (major cities; the countryside), events (flower festivals; Christmas), and contemporary or historic topics.

Receive the monthly Viking Magazine, in which you'll find, among other things

• Articles on Norwegian royal weddings and on the latest in contemporary Norwegian pop, rock, rap, and techno music.
• A Scandinavian business directory.
• Where (in Oslo) to find the world's best espresso.
• Norwegian recipes.
• Complete information about Scandinavian festivals.
• The latest on whether the "Kensington [Minn.] Runestone" is authentic.
• News from members and lodges.

• Heritage Members (15 years and under) receive access to the Sons of Norway Sports Medal Program, Youth Cultural Skills Program, Idea Banks and Info Banks.

• Norwegian language instruction, including online text and audio, as well as foreign language and culture camps in Norway.

• Member Discounts: Visit the Travel portion of this site for more information about these discounts:

Enjoy a 5% Sons of Norway member discount when you book your qualifying inclusive tour package with Borton Overseas!

Up to 15 percent off your stay at any Best Western hotel in the U.S. or abroad. For more information, visit www.bestwestern.com

Up to 20 percent off Avis car rental at participating locations. For more information, visit www.avis.com

• Activities and meetings at over 400 Sons of Norway lodges throughout the U.S., Canada, and Norway.