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200th Anniversary of the Sailing of the Restauration The Story of the Norwegian Mayflower September 28, 2025 Bemidji Eagles Club 1270 Neilson Ave SE, Bemidji, MN 56601 4 PM Museum Exhibit: New Land, New Life: Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota, 1825-1925 5 PM Walleye Dinner including baked potato, green beans, cole slaw, dinner roll & kransekake Following the meal will be: Program on [...]
Norwegian breakfast foods including eggs, heart waffles, herring, smoked salmon, sliced cold meats, smørgrøt, norsk cookies, breads and cheeses. Always plenty of coffee, juice or milk. Serving from 7:30 to 11:00 AM - Saturday, October 4, 2025 at the Mt. Horeb, WI community center, 107 N. Grove St., Mt. Horeb, WI
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 [...]
Why is Oct 9 chosen for Leif Erikson Day? Because the ship Restauration, coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived on October 9. Join us at our October 14 Lodge Meeting. Our own lodge member, Leif Erickson, was chosen to be "the" Leif Erikson while a teenager for the first Leif Erikson Day. He will present his story, starting with his selection, his experiences [...]
Why is Oct 9 chosen for Leif Erikson Day? Because the ship Restauration, coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived on October 9. Join us at our October 14 Lodge Meeting. Our own lodge member, Leif Erickson, was chosen to be "the" Leif Erikson while a teenager for the first Leif Erikson Day. He will present his story, starting with his selection, his experiences [...]
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 [...]
Sverdrup Lodge 4-107 Bismarck ND is hosting its annual Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner
