2023 Calendar
This is a the tentative calendar of events for 2023. The festival dates will be included when they are decided by the lodge.
January 19 Thursday Norwegian Language Class
January 21 Saturday Lodge Meeting, Investiture of Officers
January 28 Saturday Open discussion on directions for the GIG
January 29 Sunday History Group planning meeting
February 14 Tuesday Reading Circle – The Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting
February 18 Saturday Lodge Meeting "Having fun and other stories"
February 25 Saturday GIG - Jens Johan Hyvik, 1814 – 1850 in Norway
February 26 Sunday History Group – The History behind the Movie "Narvik"
March 18 Saturday Lodge Meeting - Modern Norwegian Design
March 25` Saturday Information on Immigration Research GIG
March 26 Sunday History Group – The Tragedy of Telavåg
April 15 Saturday New Members Brunch
April 18 Tuesday Reading Circle – The Grandmaster: by Brin-Jonathan Butler
April 22 Saturday Eleanor Brinsko on Norwegian immigrants in the Midwest.
April 30 Sunday Discussion with Don Pugnetti Jr, on the Norwegian resistance,
May 14 Wednesday Syttende Mai Family Picnic Carderock Park, Maryland
May 27 Saturday GIG - Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde on Kristoffer Trondssen Rustung
June 17 Saturday Picnic at Norway House 5 PM
June 20 Tuesday Reading Circle –The Ice Swimmer by Kjell Ola Dahl
July 15 Saturday Picnic at Norway House 5 PM
July 22 Saturday Hillwood Nordic Scavenger Hunt 10 AM - 2 PM
July 22 Saturday The power of Y-DNA in tracing and confirming lineages 3 PM
August 20 Sunday Picnic at Norway House 5 PM
August 22 Tuesday Reading Circle– An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
August 26 Saturday Brick Walls in genealogy research 3 PM
September 16 Saturday 80th Anniversary Gala Dinner
October 17 Tuesday Reading Circle – Men in My Situation by Per Petterson
October 21 Saturday Lodge Meeting Norse Myths with Dr. Lilla Kopár
October 28 Saturday GIG - Vidar L. Haanes on Haugeanism in Norway and the US
November 4 Saturday Washington Lodge Annual Festival
November 5 Sunday Washington Lodge Annual Festival
November 18 Saturday Lodge Meeting Janet Oakley
December 1 Friday Washington Lodge Annual Festival
December 2 Saturday Washington Lodge Annual Festival
December 17 Sunday Lodge Christmas Party
December 19 Tuesday Reading Circle – Through Naked Branches by Tarjei Vesaas