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Nordfjordlaget In America ............ Established in 1909
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Participants at the Sunberg, MN 1994 Stevne.
Established in 1909, the Nordfjord Lag is a yearly gathering of people with Norwegian ancestry generally from the Nordfjord area on the west central coast of Norway. We get together for fellowship, food and entertainment of a Norwegian flavor. Many who first come to us looking for genealogical connections return for the cultural and personal contacts.
Lag participants on the Nordfjord Heritage Tour 2005.
June 2nd thru 12th, 2005 current and new members of the Lag joined together on a grand tour of Nordfjord. This tour was planned by the people of Nordfjord as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Norwegian Independence day and as a thank you for their time with us in 2002 . In all a total of 75 Nordfjordings from our Lag, the Wisconsin Lag, and those who joined the tour on their own, went on this wonderful adventure. Many of us stayed on until June 17th touring other parts of Norway.
The people of Nordfjord went all out to not only show us a good time with lots of good food but also to show us the past and current culture of Norway. We were greeted by marching bands, mayors and officials of each community, the best of entertainment, fjord horses, school kids, lots of relatives, and the best of Norwegian hospitality. This was truly a once in a life time trip.
2006 Stevne
Lag participants at the Nordfjordlag Stevne, 2006.
To see photos from the stevne click here.
The 2006 Nordfjordlag Stevne was held on Sunday, September 17 at the Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer, Minnesota. Entertainment was provided by Dassel Leikarring Scandinavian Folk Dancers, Kjell & Elaine Nordlie - Directors.
The 2007 Nordfjordlag Stevne was held on Sunday, September 16 at the Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer, Minnesota. Entertainment was provided by Anderson family.
We had a great time at the Nordfjordlag Stevne on September 21, 2008 at the Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer MN. About 70 members and friends attended. (Photo album to follow soon!)
This year we were pleased to have Christian Skjervold speak to us on the Norwegian Resistance Movement.
In 2009 we are again planning to meet at the Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer, MN. The date is Sunday, September 20, 2009 so mark your calender now to save that date.
Although the lag was initially established in 1909 we have historically held our 25th, 50th, and 75th year anniversary celebrations one year later at the 25th, etc. stevne. Holding with that tradition we will be having our centennial celebration in 2010 to finalize our 100th year as a lag. Work is beginning on that celebration now so stay in touch for more information.
Work has begun on creating a new banner to replace the one we have. As you may know the old banner is showing its age and the lag plans to sent it to Vesterheim Museum in Iowa after the 100th year celebration. To see ideas, comments and the ongoing discussion click here!
Lag dues are still only $5 per year! So register now to get on the mailing list! You don't have much to loose and so much to gain by joining. We are looking forward to our 100th year as a lag and are beginning to look at plans for another trip to Norway sometime in the 2009-2010 time frame.
Nordfjordlag has started a list of E-mail addresses for those who would like to be kept informed of lag activity during the year. This list is kept secure and only lag relevent information is sent to these addresses. Your address will not be sent to any other site nor will it be displayed so that others can see it. To be placed onto the list, to change your address or to be removed from this list please send you request to this mail link. Also to have lag relevent information sent to the list members send that information to the same location and I will see that it gets sent out.
Green Lake Bible Camp is located on the south side of Green Lake, just over 1 mile east of Kandiyohi County Road 8. The address is 9916 Lake Avenue South (building on north side of the road) and the Bible Camp Chapel (Stave Church) is located just across Lake Avenue on the south side of the road.
For more information about Nordfjordlaget see the items listed below:
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NEW! Digital
Archives!
Entries for published articles from the lag archives, digital copies of old registration entries from 1909 - 1960 and more to come!
- An article giving a short history of the Lag
- Pictures from previous Lag stevner.
- Our 1999 stevne was in joint session with the Bygdelag Centennial at Decorah, IA. (See the pictures from Decorah.)
- A greeting from Elmer spoken in Nordfjording (a 236k wav file). Best controlled using Netscape, but should work in many versions of Explorer in spite of the error message.
- For links to Lags from other regions of Norway try the Fellesraad home page.
If you are interested in joining our lag or if you would like
more information, please contact one or more of the
following:
President: Ernest E. Anderson
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Vice President: Gene Rodi
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Membership: Betty Rodi
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Genealogist: Robert O'Neil
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Last update May 10, 2009.
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