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SUMMARY:Imagine Life on Board the Restauration
DESCRIPTION:Imagine Life on Board the Restauration\nSaturday\, October 18\, 2025\, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.\nElks Park\, south side of 3rd Street Bridge\, Thief River Falls\, MN \nThe 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 part of groups of 52 persons standing inside this outline (including children) to attempt to understand what life would have been like on this ship for the three-month voyage. Photos will be taken beginning at 2:00 p.m. Hot dogs and ice cream\, traditionally eaten in Norway on Syttende Mai\, will be served. Shuttles provided from parking lot at 2nd and Horace Streets. FREEWILL DONATION. \n  \nFor additional information on any of the above\, contact: auchenpaugh@gmail.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sofn.com/event/imagine-life-on-board-the-restauration/
LOCATION:Elks Park\, South side of 3rd Street Bridge\, Thief River Falls\, MN\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sloopers\, Cleng Peerson and Immigration prior to Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Sloopers\, Cleng Peerson and Immigration prior to Civil War\nWednesday\, October 15\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\nThief River Falls Public Library\, 102 1st St E\, Thief River Falls\, MN \nFaye 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 to emigrate\, and their voyage and settlement in America. She will also talk of Ole Rynning’s “True Account of America” in which he used a helpful question-and-answer dialog to address the fears of the prospective emigrant and will include patterns of settlement and a brief account of the beginnings of the various Norwegian Lutheran synods. Copies of Rynning’s work will be for sale. FREEWILL DONATION. \n  \nFor additional information on any of the above\, contact: auchenpaugh@gmail.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sofn.com/event/sloopers-cleng-peerson-and-immigration-prior-to-civil-war/
LOCATION:Thief River Falls Public Library\, 102 1st St E\, Thief River Falls\, MN\, 56701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Historic Nordic Wooden Instruments
DESCRIPTION:Historic Nordic Wooden Instruments\nMonday\, October 13\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\nNorthland College Auditorium\, 1101 Hwy 1 East\, Thief River Falls\, MN \nCarol 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 or zither that is played with a bow in contrast to being plucked. Thompson will give a presentation on these instruments\, their history\, the thought process behind the construction\, and each instrument’s sounds and songs. Robert “Bud” Larsen\, Hardanger fiddle maker from Brainerd\, MN\, will explain the history and concept of the Hardanger fiddle and the process of making or repairing one. Aubrey Connett\, recent graduate of St. Olar who studied the Hardanger fiddle\, will not only play several tunes but will explain the many differences in how this fiddle is played compared to a traditional violin. She will demonstrate on both the Hardanger and violin so the audience can see and hear these differences. FREEWILL DONATION. \n  \nFor additional information on any of the above\, contact: auchenpaugh@gmail.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sofn.com/event/historic-nordic-wooden-instruments/
LOCATION:Northland College Auditorium\, 1101 Highway One East\, Thief River Falls\, MN\, 56701\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Land\, New Life
DESCRIPTION:New Land\, New Life\nOctober 13 -18\, 2025\nThief River Falls Public Library\, 102 1st St E\, Thief River Falls\, MN \nExhibit on Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota\, 1825 to 1925. Farm settlements and homesteading\, churches and congregations\, urban life\, folk arts\, fine arts\, and more. \n  \nFor additional information on any of the above\, contact: auchenpaugh@gmail.com \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sofn.com/event/new-land-new-life/
LOCATION:Thief River Falls Public Library\, 102 1st St E\, Thief River Falls\, MN\, 56701\, United States
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SUMMARY:NordicFest
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URL:https://www.sofn.com/event/nordicfest/
LOCATION:Snorre Lodge\, 301 Davis Ave N\, Thief River Falls\, MN\, United States
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