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will conduct its annual meeting next month in Spicer, bringing together several organizations of descendants of emigrants from Norway to North America.
Registration is open now for the June 11-13 meeting at Hope Presbyterian Church, 7730 North Shore Drive, Spicer.
Programs may feature a variety of Norwegian cultural and educational activities, including genealogy searches/assistance, noted speakers and displays of Norwegian arts and crafts, according to the news release announcing the meeting called a stevne.
According to the news release, speakers and topics this year include the following: author Dean Urdahl, the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862; Sandra Bestland, Norwegian pioneer women; Carolyn Sowinski, the Gabriel Stene family in Kandiyohi County; artist Andrew Nordin, Norwegian ancestors in Norway; and author Candace Simar, the lives of Scandinavians in frontier Minnesota.
Vestlandslag is an umbrella organization of eight bygdelag — Hardangerlag, Møre og Romsdalslag, Nordhordlandslag / Sunnhordlandslag, Rogalandslag, Sognalag, Sunnfjordlag, and Vosselag, according to the news release announcing the event. Each “lag” seeks to preserve and strengthen bonds with its home district or community-of-origin in Norway.
The Vestlandslag website at
www.fellesraad.com/vestlandslag.htm
has more information about
and the event’s
For any questions, contact Ann Romo, Vestlandslag president, at 507-990-6397 or email at
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