The Sons of Norway members in the nation's capital, representing a diversity of background and nationality, share an interest in all things Norwegian and Scandinavian. We trust that all ages will find something of interest -- in our web site and in our lodge. We have around 300 members. Most are from the local area of DC, Maryland, and Virginia, but we also have members from another 16 states as well as Norway, Canada, and Great Britain (many of whom have a connection to the area). Our lodge has around 400 me-mbers from the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We are one of hundreds Sons of Norway lodges throughout the United States, Canada and Norway. Learn more about us or Join Sons of Norway. For more information, please contact Susie Fosaaen, 703-861-4071 or fosaaens@earthlink.net. Get the latest news & events in our monthly newsletter: Upcoming Lodge Meetings & EventsJuly Lodge Zoom Meeting: Norway Today Jul 18, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time We are pleased to have Inger Dreng discuss Norway Today.
 Contact Bill DeRoche for Zoom information (programs@norwaydc.org) Need help with Zoom? While the lodge remains closed to meetings, we’re using Zoom because it’s relatively user-friendly for presentations. You can join a meeting by simply clicking the link you are sent by email for a specific meeting. There are many options for how to participate. You can listen quietly and not be visible to others or you can have the full experience of talking with and being seen by everyone. If you need help with Zoom please contact Program Chair Bill DeRoche and he will walk you through the process. Call 202-270-9528 between 9 AM and 9 PM. Genealogy Interest Group, July 18 The Genealogy Interest Group will meet by Zoom on July 18 at 3:00 PM. The speaker will be David Wilderberg Howden. David is the Website Editor and Board Member of the Norwegian Genealogical Society. He is the Administrator of the Norway DNA Project and has participated in a "cold case" shown on Norwegian television TV2 Crimescene Norway where DNA was used to help identify the family of a child found in a trash container. https://norwaytoday.info/news/the-newborn-baby-that-was-found-in-a-trash-container-in-1990-has-found-her-mother/ If you are interested in joining the meeting please email Joel at genealogy@norwaydc.org. To get tips from last month’s GIG meeting on finding your ancestor’s birthplace, see page 7 of the June Newsletter. Norwegian History Roundtable July 21 July Meeting: “Fridtjof Nansen, the godfather of all modern polar explorers” a talk by Timothy Boyce Time: Jul 21, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Fridtjof Nansen (1861—1930) is considered the godfather of all modern polar explorers. In 1888 (at age 26) he became the first person to successfully cross Greenland from coast to coast. At age 31 he organized and led a second expedition to the North Pole, which lasted three- and one-half years. Although he and his crew ultimately did not reach the Pole, they came closer than any humans had ever before, breaking the previous record by 150 miles. This lecture will explain who Fridtjof Nansen was, how and why he organized his polar explorations, focusing on the incredible challenges his venture to the North Pole faced, and his indomitable will to overcome all obstacles. Timothy Boyce practiced law for many years, most recently serving as the Managing Partner of the Charlotte, NC office of Dechert LLP, a global law firm with offices in 13 countries. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Finance, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Tim, who currently lives in Tryon, NC with his wife Tara, two horses, two dogs, three cats, and almost 5,000 books, retired in 2014 to devote full time to writing . August Meeting “Odd Nansen and his diary ‘From Day to Day’” by Timothy Boyce August 18, 7 PM Hailed by The New Yorker as “among the most compelling documents to come out of the war,” From Day to Day is a World War II concentration camp diary—one of only a handful ever translated into English—secretly written by Odd Nansen, a Norwegian. Arrested in January 1942, Nansen, son of polar explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen (Nobel Peace Prize, 1922), was held captive in various Nazi camps in Norway and Germany. This inspiring diary brilliantly illuminates Nansen’s daily struggle, not only to survive, but to preserve his sanity and maintain his humanity. After having been out of print for over 60 years, Timothy Boyce rescued the diary from oblivion after reading the memir of another Holocaust survivor, whose life, as a 10 year-old boy, was saved by Nansen while both were prisoners in Sachsenhausen Please contact Bill DeRoche for Zoom meeting codes and other information. Programs@norwaydc.org The Reading Circle The Reading Circle will meet on Tuesday evening, June 16. It will be a Zoom meeting. The reading selection is: Karin Fossum's The Whisperer.If you are not yet familiar with this engaging author, you might find her novels perfect reading while you are in quarantine. You could begin by reading an article about her with synopses of some of her books in the Norwegian American at www.norwegianamerican.com/writers-in-depth-karin-fossum-norways reigning-queen-of-crime.
WWII Liberation CommemorationThe WWII Liberation Commemoration will be rescheduled. We will decide when the we are able to select a date.
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