Lodge Meeting is on March 21 New Perspectives on the Vikings
Washington Lodge Website Version 6.3 March 2, 2025
Welcome to our website.
If you have questions about lodge membership please contact Vice President Keith Aleckson at VP@NorwayDC.org
For all other questions or concerns please contact President Linda Hestvik at President@NorwayDC.org
Recent Scientific Discoveries About the Viking Ag
by Dr. Jennifer Paxton.
We are pleased to welcome back Jennifer Paxton to discuss recent scientific
discoveries that are shedding new light on the Viking experience. Dr Paxton is a prominent Historian and a popular lecturer. Also The board will also present the 2026 budget followed by a vote by our membership.
Please bring a potluck dish to share. Doors open at 5 P.M. Business meeting
starts at 5:30, potluck around 6, and the presentation will start around 7.
A Zoom link will be emailed closer to the meeting date.
We have had the following activities (Cooking and Baking, Music Appreciation) in the past and would like to have them in the future. Are you interested? Contact President Linda Anderson at President@NorwayDC.org
Registration for attending the Fall Festival and volunteering to help is now open.
Check out the Festival 2025 page for more information.
Tubfrim Report
Pat DeRoche recently sent off over two pounds of used stamps to Tubfrim. Over a pound were foreign, mostly Norwegian. Thanks to everyone who saved those stamps.
Welcome to our Website
Are you interested in Norway Literature, History, Folklore, Genealogy, Food, or Language? Do you want to connect to your roots, study the Viking age or the Norwegian Resistance in WWII, or discuss the latest in Norwegian culture?
The Sons of Norway members in the nation's capital, representing a diversity of background and nationality, share an interest in Norwegian and Scandinavian Culture. We trust that all ages will find something of interest -- in our web site and in our lodge. We have almost 400 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.
For information on membership, please contact Vice President Linda Hestvik at VP@norwaydc.org . For all other questions or concerns please contact President Jeff Jorgenson . president@Norwaydc.org
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Cultural Skills
This fall the lodge is running a Cooking Pin Challenge. Photograph the Norwegian treats and main dishes you cook this fall, and let’s see how many lodge members can earn a first, second, or third cultural skills pin before the end of the year! Email culturalskills@norwaydc.org to find out more about the Cultural Skills program.