2017 Stevne     Hudson, WI

September 13-16, 2017

  Join us in Hudson for our ongoing joint stevne with Romerikeslag:
Hudson House Grand Hotel
1616 Crest View Drive, Hudson, WI 54016 
Phone: 715-386-2394; 
​Email: hudsonhousegrandhotel@comcast.net

Come and find a cousin!

What you haven't missed YET:

Friday:
  • Elaine Hasleton of FamilySearch will speak on Forest Finns
  • John Yilek will share stories about Norway and WWII
  • Laurann Gilbertson will regale us with information about Norwegian immigration . . . and what they brought with them
  • John Haugo will discuss the Heavy Water War
  • Bunad Banquet (no, we won't be eating the costumes . . .) with Doug Ohman talking about Vanishing Minnesota

Saturday
  • Rod and Shanna Kurth will show us how to get around the recent and very annoying changes in the digitalarkivet
  • Joel Botten will provide us with a slide show about the Battle of Kringen of 1612



WHAT IS A STEVNE?  A convention or meeting.
We hold our stevner in September at various Midwest locations. We bring our extensive, varied, and ever-expanding collection of research materials for our registrants -- which are often in use until the wee small hours of the morning.  Our library includes numerous resources for Solør genealogy research as well as general Hedmark materials and Finnish/Swedish Finnskog regions.

We often congregate on Wednesday for 2 days of focused genealogy research.  Featured events on Friday and Saturday may include banquets, Norwegian crafts demonstrations, interesting speakers, tours of local areas of interest, films, and trading the latest Ole and Lena jokes.

other upcomIng events
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February 2018    Norwegian Lag Week, Salt Lake City, Utah
May  2018          Fellesraad Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

Some photos of our ongoing stevne:

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 Our fearless leader, Marie Thompson, leading   our Welcome Meeting on Thursday.
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  Chris Falteisek playing the keyboard   for the opening songs.
Webmaster perk: Shamelessly showing off photos of your family at the stevne. Rod and Randi Kurth, enjoying the Thursday banquet.
You just had to be there . . . LeAnn Hookom, LaVonne Hookom, and Connie Olson goofing off at the banquet.
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And then a miracle happened -- and we managed to get a photo with almost all of the Solørlag members who are here at the stevne.
What to Bring to THIS event
  1. ​Laptop, family research, and flash drive for the genealogy room
  2. Lag member obituaries
  3. Homemade treats and Norwegian goodies for the hospitality room