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An 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gro Svendsen Lodge 1-689 will hold it's monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 12th at 6:30pm. Fellowship meal will be served prior to the meeting at 5:45pm. The meeting will be held at Wallingford Lutheran Church in Wallingford, IA. Cultural Presentation will be Kris Erickson Rowley, author of Trolls: Mythical Creatures. All are welcome. A free will offering for the meal would be [...]
Koselig Helg kicks off on Friday, March 20 with a musical social hour from 7pm-8:30pm. The social hour includes light refreshments, a Norwegian-style sing-a-long, and a brief musical program. Koselig Helg continues on Saturday, March 21, with a full day of classes, coffee breaks, lunch and dinner. For more information call Giants at (507) 498-5070 or visit their website: https://giantsoftheearth.org/event/koselig-helg-2/
"The Teacher's Protest" is an 80 minutes documentary about teachers in 1942 occupied Norway. Teachers must join Nazi Teacher's League and teach Nazi ideas in their classrooms. 8,000 of them write protest letters. They are threatened with salary withdrawal and the sack. Still they refuse. In a desperate attempt to break them, the Nazi government arrests 1000 male teachers and sends them [...]
History you can feel! Connect with your roots at our Scandinavian Skinnfell workshop, hosted by the Rumelva Lodge and Isanti County Historical Society. Don't miss this chance to learn the ancient art of sheepskin crafting! Skinnfell (pronounced "shin-fell") is a traditional Scandinavian folk art of sewing multiple sheepskins together to create decorated blankets, coverlets, or clothing. Dating back to the Viking era, [...]
