NEWS
Posted 03/05/2023UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Department of German, Nordic, & Slavic+
North Americans with Norwegian heritage Survey
March 2023
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PHILANTHROPY
NORWAY HOUSE, Minneapolis, MinnesotaNORWAY HOUSE THANKS TRØNDERLAG OF AMERICA FOR ITS LATEST DONATION.
To date our
donations to Norway House are $1,100 (and with matching
grants, effectively $2,100).NIDAROS DOMKIRKE, Trondheim, Norway
Trønderlag
of America donated 15.000 NOK to Nidaros Cathedral to help
pay for the restoration of the Steinmeyer organ. The
donation was presented at the cathedral in 2014 where our
Heritage Tour group was given a private tour of the
cathedral, a private performance on the organ and
photographed and interviewed by the Norwegian newspaper,
Aftenposten. When it was learned we were in Trondheim, we
were interviewed by three different newspapers, attended
church services at Nidaros with the King and Queen and
marched in the Syttende Mai parade on the 200th anniversary
of the signing of the Norwegian constitution.Officers of Trønderlag of America were also present at the 1930 dedication of the organ. That year the Norwegian-American community also donated a Silver Crucifix in 1930 made of 90 KG (198 pounds) of silver. This was all done on the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Stiklestad.
Photo Attribution: By DXR - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41149357
HANS BARLIEN MEMORIAL, Sugar Creek (Keokuk), Iowa
When a group of
30 Trønders came from Norway to place a memorial at
Scandinavian Cemetery in rural Lee County, Iowa, Trønderlag
of America assisted with some tour logistics and donated
$500 to help pay for the placement of the memorial. Our
President traveled to Iowa for the placement ceremony and
our Treasurer and the Norwegian Consul General of Chicago
were guest speakers at the group's farewell dinner prior to
their returning to Norway. Our President also made a
generous personal donation to the group. Hans Barlien
has been credited with the 1839 establishment of the first
Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in Sugar Creek,
Iowa. On our 2019 Heritage Tour our group traveled with one
of the original members of the group to the Norwegian area
of Hans Barlien's heritage.Photo Attribution: Lauren Zechin / Daily Gate City
PUBLICATION DONATIONS
Trønderlag of America has published a series of Årbøker (year books) which contain family histories, biographies, etc.). In 2017 our Board voted to donate årbøker to genealogy/family history organizations. That donation list can be found on our publications page.