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Thursday, October 9 at 7 pm Calvary Lutheran Church, Federal Way (map) Pre-register here Friday, October 10 at 7 pm Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue (map) Pre-register here Sunday, October 12 at 3 pm Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle (map) Pre-register here In collaboration with Puget Sound Concert Opera we will be commemorating Crossings 200 with performances of Seattle’s own [...]
New Land, New Life October 13 -18, 2025 Thief River Falls Public Library, 102 1st St E, Thief River Falls, MN Exhibit on Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota, 1825 to 1925. Farm settlements and homesteading, churches and congregations, urban life, folk arts, fine arts, and more. For additional information on any of the above, contact: [email protected]
Historic Nordic Wooden Instruments Monday, October 13, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Northland College Auditorium, 1101 Hwy 1 East, Thief River Falls, MN Carol Thompson from Maddock, ND has made a number of historic wooden Nordic instruments, including a Psalmodican, Langeleik, Finnish Kantele, Lur, Kuhorn , Mountain Dulcimer, Swedish Nyckelharpa, and Bowed Psaltery, which is not Scandinavian but a more recent type of psaltery [...]
Sloopers, Cleng Peerson and Immigration prior to Civil War Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Thief River Falls Public Library, 102 1st St E, Thief River Falls, MN Faye Auchenpaugh, local historian, will speak on Cleng Peerson’s extensive travels in America and his impact on Norwegian immigration, how Quakers ended up in Norway with its Lutheran national religion, why the Sloopers decided [...]
Imagine Life on Board the Restauration Saturday, October 18, 2025, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Elks Park, south side of 3rd Street Bridge, Thief River Falls, MN The Restauration measured 54’ long x 16’ wide and held 52 passengers for the voyage to America. The ship will be outlined in the grass and, beginning at 2:00 p.m., everyone will be encouraged to be [...]
Hardanger Fiddle player, Eden Ehm, will start out our 2025-26 concert series at Janice K Lund Performing Arts Center. The Sons of Norway, Gro Svendsen Lodge 1-689, will be sponsoring the event. Open to the public. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Sons Of Norway-Gro Svendsen Lodge will be holding it's monthly meeting at Wallingford Lutheran Church on Wednesday, September 10th at 6:30 pm. Fellowship will start at 5:45 pm with JoEllen and Dick Shonkwiler as our hosts. Jo makes amazing kringle! We sure hope she is planning on bringing some for dessert. Our guest is Dave Okeson from Coon Rapids, MN. He will [...]
This event is hosted by the Sons of Norway Scandia Lodge on Tuesday November 18, 2025 at the Waconia Middle School Auditorium. The Looney Lutherans are a trio of wacky, lovable gals from the cast of the popular “Church Basement Ladies theater series. The Looneys use music, comedy and audience participation to create a uniquely enjoyable and family-friendly theater experience that will [...]
This annual Scandinavian Festival is free and features a bake sale, vendors with Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic and more products, crafts, gifts and specialty food times including Waffles, Rommegrot, Polse, Norwegian cookies, Coffee and more for purchase. Lots of parking and easy access -- bring cash and do your Christmas "baking" and shopping all at one event on Saturday, Nov. 22 from [...]
Brugjeld Peterson Historic Farmstead will be holding it's annual fundraising concert featuring Glenn Henriksen and Friends. The event will be held at Estherville Lutheran Church, formerly Norwegian Lutheran Church, on Sunday, November 23rd at 12:30pm. The items for the silent auction will be on display until the music starts at 1:00 pm. After the concert, bidding will close after 30 minutes and [...]
