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The Uprooting – Crossings
Trinity Lutheran Church – Kalamazoo, MI 504 S Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesThe main part of our Syttende Mai program will be an informal read-through of the play, “The Uprooting” (original title: “About the First Emigration to America – 1825”) by Vigleik Rosseland and translated into English by Kristbørg Eide. First performed in June 2014 at the Sons of Norway District 1 Convention in Duluth, Minn., we are introducing the play, whose main character [...]
Gro Svendsen Lodge Monthly Meeting
This month's meeting will host a fellowship meal before the meeting at 5:45PM. The Cultural Program will be about Sondre Norheim-Father of Modern Skiing to get our members into the mood for starting our Sports Medal Program. Our temperatures have been above average, so hopefully the thought of snow will cool us off. We will hear some ideas from our Sports Program [...]
Free
“Midsommar på Åland: Continuity and Change”
Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge- 5-314 317 South Page Street, Stoughton, WI, United StatesSons of Norway- Mandt Lodge invites the public to a program on “Midsommar på Åland: Continuity and Change” on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 7:00 PM. The lodge is located at 317 South Page Street, Stoughton, WI. Jason M. Schroeder, UW-Madison Scandinavian Studies-Folklore Track, will show film clips of two midsummer locations, one on the main island of the Åland Islands and [...]
Free
The Ship Restauration 200th Anniversary
Resurrection Lutheran Church 12400 W Cold Spring Rd, New Berlin, WIAn Invitation to Our Nordic / Scandinavian Friends to Celebrate: The Ship Restauration 200th Anniversary 1825 -2025. Socialize with Dessert and Coffee at 6:30 Presentation begins at 7:30pm On Aug. 11, 2025, our cultural program will feature member Mark Bjorgo and his presentation about the 200th Anniversary of the first organized Norwegian emigration to North America. On July 4, 1825, a group of 52 [...]
Free
Lodge Meeting: Lawrence Moe: 200th Anniversary of Emigration, 1825
Our Savior's Lutheran Church 2124 Viola Rd NE, Rochester, MN, United StatesThis is the Year to Celebrate! We proudly honor our heritage as descendants of the first 50 Norwegians who bravely journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean to the USA, a voyage that took three arduous months. Unlike the luxurious cruises of today, they carried their own provisions, packed their few necessities into a family trunk, and endured the cramped conditions of a small [...]
Nordic Music Festival
Lion's Park, Victoria, MN 82nd St, Victoria, MN, United StatesScandia Lodge #1-680 in Waconia, MN, is again planning a Nordic Music Festival at the Lion's Park in Victoria, MN. The festival will include a wide variety of Nordic dancers, singers, instrumentalist, bands, and more in the main covered pavillion. There will also be two smaller tents which where smaller ensembles will be performing. A group of Nordic Artists and Crafters will [...]
Free
Scandinavian Day Festival
Vasa Park - Illinois 35W217 Route 31, South Elgin, IL, United States45th Annual Festival celebrating the cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Featuring entertainment by Libido Funk Circus, Songs from the Kingdom of Denmark by Anita Llerche & Bo Riemer, The Nordic Folk Dancers of Chicago, Leikarringen Heimhug Dancers, and story time by Elsa from Frozen. Morning church service, free pony rides and activities for children, Scandinavian food and beverages and Scandinavian [...]
$12 – $15.00
Gro Svendsen Lodge Monthly Meeting
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 [...]
Celebration of the Norwegian Immigrant Story
Idun Lodge 5-074 Sons of Norway and the Edvard Grieg Chorus are working together to present an afternoon of stories and songs to support Trinity Lutheran Church in the restoration of Trinity's pipe organ and sanctuary. The program will include music presented by the Grieg Chorus and celebrations of the Norwegian Immigrants that settled in the Near East Side of Madison. Sons [...]
Free