Part of our charter is to share
our love of this beautiful country with others in our
community. GUESTS ARE VERY WELCOME AT OUR EVENTS
AND MEETINGS!
2022
(THE FOLLOWING IS A 2022 MEETING
SCHEDULE WHICH WILL BE MODIFIED TO CREATE A 2023
SCHEDULE(many events occur each year in the same months - it
is easier to modify the existing schedule than build a
completely new one)
A key fun part of lodge members
gathering together is to enjoy having food at a meeting,
especially Norwegian themed food we bring.
All Saints Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois continues
to be our "regular" meeting location but is currently not
allowing food to be consumed on site. To expand the number
of meetings with food, we are exploring a variety of additional
fun meeting locations which include our ability to
have food available until the Covid situation settles down
for the church.
JANUARY 2022
01/13/2022, 6:00PM
01/16/2022, 2:00PM
LODGE MEETING
LOCATION: Norge Ski Club
100 Ski Hill Road
Fox River Grove, Illinois
We will
have open-faced sandwiches and a brief installation of
officers. The day will be a "game day" with a variety of
fun games to play.01/29-30/2022 Noon – 4:00PM
117th Norge Ski Club
Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament,
JANUARY 2022
January
29-30, 2022
(Saturday-Sunday)
Noon
– 4:00PM
Norge
Ski Club’s
117th Norge
Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament
Gates
Open At 11:00AM
Winter 2022 Tournament Admission Button $15.00
Featuring
Sat. Junior Small Hills and JNQ Qualifier on the K70
Sun. US Cup & International 5-Hills Competition
on the K70
Long Standing Jump
Great Food and Beverage
Fun for the Whole Family
FEBRUARY
02/10/2022, 6:00PM
02/20/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
Lodge Meeting
Palatine American Legion Hall122 Palatine Rd.
Palatine, Illinois
THIS meeting location is not handicap accessible.
PROGRAM: Annual chili
cook-off. The program will also highlight the 2022
Winter Olympic games. Bring some of your favorite chili to be judged against others and then we will all try some.
CATEGORIES: RED MEAT, NON-RED MEAT (Eg. White Chicken Chili), and VEGETARIAN.
We are collecting cookies for Barnebirkie (see the next post). Bring as many as you can bring, the kid skiers really LOVE cookies when they’re finished skiing. PLEASE, NO NUTS.
Also, if you like to bake (or don’t like to make chili) you could bring some Norwegian cookies. There will be an award for the best Norwegian cookies.
February
is “Norwegian Sweater Day at Sons of Norway. For this
meeting - wear your Norwegian sweater. Image attribution: Sons of Norway - Newsletter Service
02/24/2022, BARNEBIRKIE - Hayward Wisconsin - Children's ski events
Barnebirkie
Youth Ski TourThursday, February 24, 2022 • Downtown Hayward
Non-Competitive Ski Tour for Youth Ages 3 to 13 Years Old
This is where Birkie Dreams begin! Imagine nearly 1000 kids skiing on Main Street to the iconic finish line of the American Birkebeiner! Kids can choose to ski either a 1/2 km, 1 km or 3 km course.
The Barnebirkie ("Children's Birkie") is part of the greater American Birkebeiner [ February 23 to February 27, 2022] (North America’s largest cross-country ski race) and a homecoming for cross-country ski racers from around the globe!
MARCH
03/10/2022, 6:00pm
03/12/2023, (EARLY ENTRY - DETAILS TO FOLLOW WHEN
AVAILABLE)
SKJOLD LODGE PRESENTS THE STOUGHTON NORWEGIAN DANCERS
(DETAILS
HERE Stoughton
Norwegian Dancers.
LOCATION: TBE.
03/20/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
LODGE MEETING
LOCATION: Norge Ski Club
100 Ski Hill Road
Fox River Grove, Illinois
We will have
waffles and another fun "game day" with a variety of games to
play.
APRIL
04/14/2022, 6:00PM
04/16/2022
FRIENDS OF THE VIKING SHIP
OPENING DAY - 2022!
1pm-4pm
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web
site for the latest details. <Click/Tap
on the logo above>.
04/24/2022, 1:00PM
LODGE MEETING
Location(s): Minnekirken 2614 N. Kedzie Ave, Chicago, Illinois
Ørkenoy Brewpub 1757 N Kimball Ave Floor 1, Chicago, Illinois
As a lodge, Skjold is planning to attend the concert and then adjourn to Ørkenoy brewpub. The concert will be at 1 pm, the brewpub at ~2:15 (following the concert). Members can feel free to go down early and participate in more of the celebration. If they do, they will need to make their own reservations for the lunch. Reservations are not needed for the concert. Warning: Parking may be hard to find. Another option is to park at Cumberland and take the blue line in.
MAY
FRIENDS
OF THE VIKING SHIP
Come visit the Viking in 2022!
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web
site for the latest details. <Click/Tap on the
logo above>.
05/12/2022, 6:00PM
05/13-14-15/2022
2022 SYTTENDE MAI ACTIVITIES
MAY
13, 2022 FRIDAY
*Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce
17de Mai luncheon
*MAY 14, 2022 SATURDAY
*Constitution Day Banquet
*2022 Constitution Day Parade
Learn more
about each of these on our Syttende
Mai Page.
JUNE
NORSK MUSEUM - SUMMER THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 1:00PM - 5:00PM
06/04/2022
NORSK MUSEUM, Norway, Illinois - OPENING DAY
3656 E. 2631st Road, Sheridan, Illinois, 60551
SPECIAL
EVENTS FOR NORSK MUSEUM OPENING DAY! -
06/04/2022
HOME COOKED NORWEGIAN BREAKFAST AND A MUSEUM
TOUR
Start with a Home cooked
Norwegian breakfast at the Norway Community
building in Norway, Illinois from 8 to 11
a.m.and then visit the museum to see all the
great new changes. Details are on the
Norwegian National League Special Events
Page.
Note to website visitors: The museum building is the oldest
Norwegian Lutheran Church in North America, it was
built in the oldest permanent Norwegian settlement
in North America, founded in 1825 by pioneer Cleng
Peerson and the Sloopers. Cleng Peerson is
known as the Father of Norwegian Immigration.
06/09/2022, 6:00PM
06/19/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
LOCATION: Norge Ski Club
100 Ski Hill Road
Fox River Grove, Illinois
The June meeting will be a picnic at Norge Ski Club. The lodge will provide water, coffee, soda and grilled sausages (dogs, brats, . ..)buns, and condiments. This is open to members and friends. Picnickers are asked to bring a side or a dessert to share. Also, please contact Kathy Secora (847-991-2287, ksecora@mc.net) with the number of brats or hotdogs your group is planning to eat. We will also be arranging a few games (appropriate to the weather).
FRIENDS OF
THE VIKING SHIP
See the
Viking Ship on Swedish Day!
Special Hours: June 19, 2022 @ 10:00 am -
4:30 pm CDT
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web site
for the latest details.
<Click/Tap on the logo above>.
JULY
FRIENDS OF THE
VIKING SHIP
Come visit the Viking in 2022!
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web site for
the latest details. <Click/Tap
on the logo above>.
07/03/2022, Sunday,
11:00AM
Norway’s 15th
Ambassador to the United States, Anniken Ramberg
Krutnes will be visiting Minnekirken on Sunday, July
3rd. Ambassador Krutnes
will be offering a greeting to our congregation,
then joining us for refreshments and a light lunch
with questions after our service. Seating for the
light lunch after the service is limited so please
RSVP by Saturday, June 25, 2022. Please RSVP to The Norwegian
Lutheran Memorial Church Chicago at office.nlmc@gmail.com.
.
An expert in security policy,
law of the sea and Arctic issues, Ambassador Krutnes
has served with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs since beginning as a trainee in 1994. In her
previous position with the Ministry, she served as
Deputy Director General of the Department of Security
Policy. Before that, she was Norway’s Ambassador for
Arctic and Antarctic Affairs.
Ambassador Krutnes has had postings in several
European countries, including ambassadorships of the
Netherlands and Luxembourg. She was recently a
member of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on
Advancing responsible State behavior in cyberspace in
the context of international security.
She holds a Master of Laws from the University of
Oslo and a Master of Science in Economics and
Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics,
and has also studied international management at
Universittá Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. Ambassador
Krutnes is married and has three adult children.
07/03/2022,
Tuesday
There will also be a
reception for Ambassador Krutnes at the Norwegian
Consulate Office on July 5. More details later.
Geraldine Hanson Memorial Service at St. David’s Episcopal Church , 701 N Randall Rd Aurora, Illinois
For Geri's funeral details and more information <Click/Tap HERE>
She
served as a Captain in the Air Force in the 109th Aeromedical
Evacuation Squadron , doing triage and emergency nursing as
well as participating in the Berlin Airlift Crisis.
07/14/2022, 6:00PM
07/16/2022, 9 AM to 2 PM
2022 KAFFE STUE-Norwegian Luncheon
Saturday, July 16, 2022, 9 AM to 2 PM
Mt. Horeb Community Center
107 North Grove Street
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
The friendly Norwegians in Vennelag Lodge invite one and all
to their annual Kaffe Stue fundraiser on July 16. Proceeds
allow them to continue their support of the Mt. Horeb
Community. They will be serving sweet and savory options
from 9 AM to 2 PM. Open-face sandwiches and lefse wraps,
meatballs, and hot dogs for the young and the young at
heart. Salads, cold fruit soup, cookies, cakes, fruit
parfait, and smørgrøt (porridge) with brown sugar and melted
butter are all on the menu. Beverages include: coffee,
lemonade, and water. Their Norsk Bake Sale with lefse is
also very popular! Arrive early for best selection! Enjoy
the air-conditioned facility at the Mt. Horeb Community
Center, 107 N. Grove Street.
<CLICK/TAP
HERE TO SEE THEIR FLYER AND MENU FOR THE DAY>
07/17/2022 - 07/30/2022
2022 Masse Moro
Sons of Norway Masse Moro Norwegian Heritage Camp
July 17 – 30, 2022
Beaver Creek Reserve
Fall Creek, Wisconsin
Sponsored by Sons of Norway, District 5
07/17/2022, 2:00PM
LODGE MEETINGAll Saints Lutheran Church
Palatine, IL.
Heedum Hall (lower level). An elevator is available.
PROGRAM: Summer Reading. We will highlight a few Norwegian/Scandinavian books that we have been reading lately. We ask you to bring a book that you’ve enjoyed and give us a few sentences about it. This portion of the program will be available on Zoom. Send an email to ksecora@mc.net if you want a Zoom invitation.
We will have some of our favorite books available for loan and some available for the raffle. (Feel free to add to this collection.)
Coffee and treats will be available. More treats are always welcome.
(We may have to eat on the back patio, depending on the church’s current COVID regulations.)
AUGUST
FRIENDS OF
THE VIKING SHIP
Come visit the Viking in 2022!
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web site
for the latest details.
<Click/Tap on the logo above>.
08/11/2022, 6:00PM
08/20/2022, SATURDAY
2:00PM (This is our August meeting, so no Sunday "meeting on August 21, 2022)
VISIT THE VIKING
SHIP!
LODGE MEETING
Good Templar Park528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
PROGRAM: Field trip to see the 1893 World’s Fair Viking Ship. We will meet on August 20, 2022, SATURDAY at 2pm at for a private tour of the Viking ship. The docents are very well informed. After our tour we will adjourn to Stockholm Inn, 306 W. State St., Geneva, IL for an early dinner. We hope to see you there.
SEPTEMBER
FRIENDS OF
THE VIKING SHIP
Come visit the Viking in 2022!
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web site
for the latest details.
<Click/Tap on the logo above>.
09/08/2022, 6:00PM
09/11/2022, 10:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday, September 11, 2022
10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M
Vasa Park
35W217 Route 31
South Elgin, Illinois
Learn more about Skjold Lodge's participation HERE
View the 2022 Scandinavian Day Flyer HERE
09/18/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
LODGE MEETING
VISITING NORWAY: Is it time to plan a
trip?We invite anyone who has been to Norway to share a few minutes about their favorite sites or events. Did you do “Norway in a Nutshell”? Have you seen the works of Munch?
Participated in a Syttende Mai Parade? Seen the midnight sun? What was your favorite? If planning on sharing please contact ksecora@mc.net with info about what you will be sharing (format, region, time needed). We will have information about current travel regulations and other important travel info.
OCTOBER
FRIENDS OF
THE VIKING SHIP
Come visit the Viking in 2022!
Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois
Always check their web site
for the latest details.
<Click/Tap on the logo above>.
10/01/2022
21st Annual Vasa
Park Fish Boil
Saturday, October 1, 2022, 1:00 PM to 5:00PM
Learn more at the Norwegian
National League Website <Click/Tap
Here>
10/08/2022
NORWEGIAN SMORGASBORD - NORWAY,
ILLINOIS
SEATINGS AT 3:30PM and 5:30PM
This is not an all-you-can-eat buffet due to the second
seating
Norway Community Bldg [GPS: 3667 E 2603 rd Rd., Sheridan, IL
60551]
Advance tickets only (no tickets available at the door);
call 825-343-5070
$25 for adults, $10 for children [8 and under]
All proceeds benefit the Norsk Museum and Stabbur Building
Fund
The Norsk Museum will be open 1:00-5:00 that day as well, so
stop by for a quick tour and work up an appetite – it is just
across the highway [Rt. 71], behind the Norway Store
10/2-3/2021 (WAITING ON 2022
UPDATE TO THIS POSTING)
Norge Ski
Club -"JUMPTOBERFEST"
Annual Fall Ski Jump Tournament
October 2 & 3, 2021
Noon to 4:00PM
Gates Open at 11AM
Admission – Buttons are required and good for Sat.
& Sun.
$15.00 entrance buttons purchased online
$15.00 entrance buttons purchased at local
merchants
– check back for list of local merchants
– Must be purchased by October 1, 2021.
$20.00 entrance buttons purchased at gate
Free admission for children 12 & under
Bring blankets & lawn chairs
No carry-ins allowed
No dogs allowed
10/13/2022, 6:00PM
10-16/17, 2021 Saturday (WAITING ON 2022 UPDATE TO THIS POSTING)
COTTAGES IN THE WOODS
Saturday, October 16-17, 2021
10:00 AM 4:00 PM
Good Templar PArk
528 East Side Drive
Geneva, IL
*Cottages in the Woods is a unique event held in the
historic Good Templar Park of Geneva, IL on Saturday
October 16 and Sunday October 17, 10 am -4pm each day.
Illinois Norsk
Rosemalers Association will be participating in
the event.
10/16/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
LODGE MEETING
All Saints Lutheran Church
Palatine, IL.
Heedum Hall (lower level). An elevator is available.
A Norwegian Christmas: How you can celebrate the Norwegian way.
We'll discuss Norwegian Christmas traditions. What (and when) is a typical Norwegian Christmas meal? We'll have suggestions and recipes.
We'll also view Norwegian Christmas decorations and have directions for making some simple ones. We are planning some demonstration and practice in both the cooking and craft categories. Hope you can join us.
October
is also Foundation Month at Sons of Norway and members are
encouraged to do donate to the Foundation.10/20/2022, 4:00-7:30pm
SPECIAL NORDIC HOUSE SUNSET
CRUISE
Please save the date -
and announce to your groups that the Nordic
House will be coordinating a special event
sunset cruise on Wendella Boats this
fall. We will have special access to
the Nordic House for shopping and to see any
exhibits. More info coming soon.
Med vennlig hilsen,
Susan Meyer
Honorary Consul
Norwegian Honorary Consulate
10/23/2022
50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF
CLENG PEERSON LODGE
12:00 cocktails/social hour – 1:00 buffet – 2:00 program
Knights of Columbus, 401 W. Main St., Ottawa IL 61350
Keynote speaker: Susan Meyer, Honorary Norwegian Consul General of Illinois
Symphony violinist, Kathy Jagiella
Ticket reservations may be obtained by calling Rich Gunderson at 815-252-4208 or
sending a check to him at 3907 E. 1553 rd Rd., Earlville IL 60518
$40 for adults, $15 for children [8 and under]
NOVEMBER
11/6/2022
SUPPORT OUR FELLOW LODGE POLAR STAR
IN MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS AND THEM COME TO OUR HERITAGE FEST
ON NOVEMBER 12, 2022
S.O.N. Polar
Star Lodge
HØSTFEST - AUTUMN
FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Noon - 3:00
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
1223 Douglas Avenue
Montgomery, IL
www.polarstarlodge.com
Polar Star Lodge
Traditional Norwegian smørbrød (open-face
sandwiches)
Special Norwegian desserts
Norwegian folk music
Polar Star Loppemarked (Marketplace) and Bakeri
Lefse and Norwegian cookie demonstrations
Rosemaling and Hardanger embroidery
demonstrations
Contact: Polar Star Cultural Director—Barb
Johnson
Email: barbjjohnsonb@aol.com or by
phone: 630-553-7389
11/12/2022
SKJOLD
LODGE 29TH ANNUAL HERITAGE FESTNovember 12, 2022, Saturday
11:00AM to 3:00PM
Skjold Lodge Heritage Fest, All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S Quentin Rd, Palatine, Illinois. Put it on your calendar. LOTS OF FUN THINGS TO SEE AND DO! Demonstrations and displays, Children's activities, Music, Dancing, Food, Crafts for sale, Bake sale table and lots more!
NOTE: All Saints Church is monitoring the Covid situation and may allow ONLY THE BAKE SALE and not food for sale to be eaten at the church.
Bake Sale
Norwegian food demonstrations
Norwegian folk crafts (rosemaling, knife-making)
Children's activities
Norwegian entertainment
(Norwegian Bachelor Farmer, Leikarringen Heimhug dancers)
11/10/2022, 6:00PM
11/19/2022, 10AM - 3PM
Taste of
NorwayMinnekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Church
2614 N Kedzie Ave
Chicago, IL.
Cost: FREE.
Saturday, Nov. 19th, 10am - 3pm. See the Minnekirken Facebook page for bakery pre-order information.
In addition to bakery items, packaged goods are available, as well as Rosemaling, Scandinavia re-sale, and refreshments.
www.minnekirken-chicago.org
11/20/2022, 2:00PM Sunday
All Saints Lutheran Church
Palatine, IL.
LODGE MEETING
PROGRAM:
Guest speaker author David K Mullaly will speak on his
three Viking-era historical fiction books including The
Viking Women of Birka. David has also dealt in
Viking artifacts and will address his interest and
findings in those. He is a retired high school and
college teacher whose retirement work of buying and
selling Viking artifacts sparked him to do the Viking
research and write his books. Refreshments for the meeting will be snacks and desserts.
THE AUTHOR: "After teaching English and creative writing for a few decades at both the high school and the college levels, I imagined writing something substantial, but I had no clue for a subject. My involvement in buying and selling Viking artifacts, and doing the historical and archaeological research needed to be knowledgeable about them, certainly expanded my horizons. However, it wasn't until I stumbled on the figure of Eadric of Mercia that I found a subject I believed I could present in a genuinely different and hopefully interesting way.
As a side note, while I was learning about the Vikings, I came to the conclusion that I likely have some Norse blood in me. I'm Irish on both sides of my family, going way back, but I have blond hair, blue eyes, a red beard, and skin that just doesn't like the sun--which doesn't sound at all like Celtic physiology. In fact, the Vikings, primarily from Norway, invaded and in some cases settled in Ireland, especially along the east coast.
So, I tell myself that I am part Viking, but I have absolutely no interest in getting a DNA test to confirm or refute my theory. I like the idea of having some Viking ancestry, and I'll leave it at that. Science has its place, but so does a good story".
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ELECTION OF 2023 OFFICERS/SKJOLD BUILDING SOCIETY MEETING: Also, the November meeting includes election of 2023 officers. Immediately following the Skjold lodge meeting a Skjold Building Society meeting will be held.
DECEMBER
12/08/2022, 6:00PM
12/11/2022 3PM
*NEXT MEETING*
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
12-11-2022 3 PM
All Saints Lutheran Church
630 S Quentin Rd
Main level (Gathering Space)
The Nordic Dancers will lead us in
dancing around the Jultre.
Santa will make an appearance. (Secretly bring
wrapped labeled gifts for your child).
Buffet dinner of Pork loin and chicken tenders will be
served.
Price $15 for adults, Free for children 14 and under.
Make your reservation by calling Kathy at 847-991-2287 or emailing ksecora@mc.net with the number of adults and children who will be attending.
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