Focused on the futureBuilding on our history

Sons of Norway Foundation 2008 Annual Report

Building on our historyThe Sons of Norway Foundation was formed in 1966 primarily for Norwegian literary and scientific research. From its humble beginnings we have continually added opportunities for our Sons of Norway members, lodges and their communities.

Beginning in 1984 with the Astrid Cates scholarship, and expanding into today’s five separate scholarship categories, we are allowing the next generation the ability to reach for their educational dreams. Norwegian-Americans have al-ways had a high regard for education as a means for success.

Since 1990 we have added four grant categories designed to promote our unique Norwegian heritage and culture to wider audiences. Lodges and communities across the country are showcasing Norwegian arts in the form of theatre offerings, musical performances, rosemaling, genealogy and folk dancing workshops and participation in community heritage festivals.

The third focus of our Foundation is our Humanitarian Fund. It was formed in 1997 with monies donated from the Norwe-gian government to assist victims of the Red River Flood. It has grown since then and stands ready to provide assistance to our members during times of natural disaster. We have provided grants for Sons of Norway families who have been victims of hur-ricanes, floods and tornadoes, as well as for 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Indonesian Tsunami and the 35W Bridge Collapse.

What began in 1966 with small stipends has grown into awarding over $100,000 in 2008 alone. Since 1984 we have awarded over $1,000,000 in scholarships and grants.

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In 2008 the Sons of Norway Foundation awarded over $100,000 in scholarships and grants. That is the good news. We also saw the impact the world wide financial crisis had on our bottom line. That is the bad news. We are not alone. A majority of foundations experienced declines in their assets.

The Foundation is focusing on the future through our scholarship recipients as they learn Norwegian history and language and keep us up to date on the Norway of today. Just as our Viking ancestors led us on interesting discovery paths, the Norway of today is leading the way in many technologies, diplomacy issues, world health partnerships and environmental topics.

The Foundation is building on our past by funding opportunities to showcase all the different cultural fac-ets that make up the Norwegian experience. Rosemal-ing workshops, folk dance instruction, genealogy clinics, Viking encampments and Grieg and Ibsen presentations are all represented through our 2008 grant awards to in-dividuals, lodges and their communities.

I hope you enjoy reading through this report to get a picture of the range of opportunities your Sons of Nor-way Foundation helps to fund. Your continuing financial support will keep us moving forward. I encourage you to visit the foundation section of the Sons of Norway website at www.sonsofnorway.com/foundation to view all we are doing.

Cindy Olson

From Our Director

Building on our historyGeneral Heritage & Culture grantsChicago, Illinois

Friends of the Viking Ship

PowerPoint presentation on the 1893 Viking Ship that sailed from Norway to Chicago for the World’s Colum-bian Exposition in Chicago.

“Creating this presentation was a larger task than I anticipated. My research at Vesterheim Museum was only the beginning. I also searched the archives of the Chicago History Museum, read hundreds of newspaper articles, and reached out to Viking Ship experts in the U.S. and Norway.” - Lorraine Straw

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General Heritage & Culture grants Portland Revels - Portland, Oregon

The Christmas Revels In the 14th year of The Christmas Revels in Portland we took our audience to the dark and cold northlands and treated them to a light and dark mixture of Scandinavian myth, music and dance. Thanks to a grant from the Sons of Norway Foundation over 7,000 audience members experienced our wonderful production. - Deborah D. Garman

“This year The Christmas Revels will follow the North Star to the land of Kalevala, in a happy celebration of the winter solstice. Audiences will enjoy songs from Norway, Sweden and Finland. This show will feature musicians visiting from Karelia, dancers from Norway and local singers and musicians in a rich collaborative blend of holiday celebration and storied traditions.” - The Christmas Revels

QGeneral Heritage & Culture grants Rollins College - Winter Park, Florida

Grieg Festival at Rollins College “The Grieg Festival brought together internationally-known Grieg scholars, concert artists, talented young musicians and Grieg researchers from all parts of the world to share and discover some of the rarely-heard music of Edvard Grieg.

Grieg scholars from Norway and America, the competitors, judges, and other attendees were in agreement that the festival exceeded their expectations in terms of excellence of presentations and performances.

Our competition yielded three winners in piano, two in voice and one in violin/piano. The grand prize winner received a concert tour in Norway as his prize.” - Dr. Sylvia R. Eckes

Where words fail, music speaks.- Hans Christian Anderson

General Heritage & Culture grants All Soul’s Church - New York, NY

Musica Viva’s Music of Norway “Our program was a journey of exploration and discovery. We expected the accessible and familiar from Grieg and his contemporary, Svendsen, and something of the contemporary from Nystedt. We started out seeing only the faces of mountains and simple reflections on the surface of fjords. What we found was a multi-dimensional picture and great depth, a full range of music and poetry and sheer sound, all expressing Norway’s distinctive and adventurous musical spirit.”- Miriam S. Michel, Musica Viva

“The program featured both traditional and modern music, all sung in Norwegian. New Yorker’s came away in admiration – indeed awe – of Norway’s rich musical heritage.”- Winnifred Olsen, Musica Viva

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Local Lodge Partnership grants Vesterheim 6-118 - Estes Park, Colorado

Scandinavian Mid-Summer Festival “The Scandinavian Mid-summer festival is the largest midsummer festival in Colorado, celebrating the powers of nature and rejuvenation of life, this magical Scandinavian weekend welcomes the summer solstice. Thanks to the grant from the Sons of Norway Foundation our event was well received by the community.” - Cathy Allen

Scandinavians celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, with a festival of light, flowers, food, and music. The summer solstice celebration has its roots in pre-Christian practices and is a day when the spirits of nature join the human community to rejoice in the long days of summer.

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Helping Hands to Children grants Vidda 4-663 - Crosby, North Dakota

Norwegian Youth Day Camp ”We held our first Youth Day Camp and the day was filled with activities including Hardanger embroidery, yam carving, folk dancing, rosemaling and Norwegian cooking. We used our grant from the Sons of Norway Foundation to provide brushes, paint, wood, rosemaling supplies, carving knives, lunch ingredients for the kids and rental of the facility. Our day was so full that we did not get a chance to play the Norwegian games that we had planned. All of the children want to do this again. The day was a huge success!” - Rosemary Howard, Vidda 4-663

Do not judge by the

harvest you reap, but by

the seeds you sow.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Our grant opportunities

Local Lodge Partnership GrantsFor individual lodges to fund festival participation, cultural skills workshops, books for lodge libraries, lodge anniversary celebrations, Syttende Mai, parade floats, etc., designed to highlight Norwegian heritage & culture.

General Heritage & Culture GrantsFor community-wide events aimed at wider audiences showcasing Norwegian culture including choral and orchestral presentations, theater, museum shows and books.

Helping Hands to Children GrantsTo fund programs specifically for youth including Sons of Norway Adopt A School, Barnas Norsk Klubb, chil-dren’s language and heritage day camps or Syttende Mai and Christmas celebrations.

Helping Hands to Member GrantsTo provide disaster relief from the Sons of Norway Foundation Humanitarian Fund to current Sons of Norway members who lose their homes due to natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires or floods.

To view all the qualifying information and download the applications please visit www.sonsofnorway.com/foundation

“Thank you to the Sons of Norway Foundation for the scholarship to Oslo International Summer School! My friends, classmates and I celebrated how enriched our lives have now become through this unique cultural and academic experience…and I will treasure these memories for the rest of my life.”

Laura Ewing Oslo International Summer School Recipient

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“This past year I spent a semester studying at Universitetet i Bergen. I loved everything about Norway. I was lucky enough to learn a lot about other nation’s cultures while sharing my own in the role of student ambassador. I am so glad that I was given the opportunity to explore the incredible nation where my fam-ily comes from. Studying abroad was undoubtedly one of the most eye-opening and best experiences of my life!”

Ashley Colberg King Olav V Scholarship Recipient Study abroad program in Bergen, Norway

Trondheim Bridge, Norway

“ Thank you to the Sons of Norway Foundation, I just wanted to say again how much I appreciate this scholarship. I will be working in Italy for five weeks at the Borexino detector, a solar neutrino experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory. The scholarship from the Sons of Norway Foundation was one of the main reasons I was offered this position. You have helped me out in so many ways!

Amanda Lund Nancy Lorraine Jensen Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Physics Major, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Borexino Detector, Gran Sasso Italy

Our scholarshipsKing Olav V Norwegian-American ScholarshipsAmerican students, 18 years old and up, who wish to study Norwegian language or culture at accred-ited schools in the US or Norway, and, Norwegian students, 18 years old and up who wish to study American language and culture in the US.

Nancy Lorraine Jensen Memorial ScholarshipsFor women, 18-35, who are majoring in Physics or Chemistry or Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering at accredited universities.

Oslo Summer School ScholarshipsFor students accepted and attending Oslo International Summer School, in Oslo, Norway, for a six week intensive language and international study program.

Astrid Cates/Myrtle Beinhauer ScholarshipsFor any post high school area of study at accredited schools.

Helen Tronvold Folk High School ScholarshipsFor students ,18–24, attending any one of Norway’s 70 folk high schools for an entire school year, Aug-June, to intensively investigate very specific fields of study.

We need to open global gateways and inspire students to explore beyond their national borders. Vivien Stewart

You are making a differenceYou are the reason the Sons of Norway Foundation is able to fund our many grants and scholarships. Your finan-cial support makes what we do possible. Please accept our sincere thank you. We hope you enjoy and learn something new about our Foundation by reading this annual report and the comments from our recipients.

In 2008 we received over 100 scholarship applications. We awarded 24 scholarships. One in four qualified appli-cants received funding. This also means 75% did not. We can assure you that your donations go to worthy students with real dreams. These scholarships have enabled Sons of Norway youth to further their academic studies.

Each grant recipient has sent a thank you letter telling us what the funding from our Foundation has meant to them. We wish we could share them all with you. How the grant helped provide the means to host wonder-ful Norwegian themed programs.

Three Sons of Norway member families were awarded Helping Hands to Member Grants in 2008 to help them recover from the severe flooding in Iowa. Your donations to the Humanitarian Fund made this possible.

Two thousand eight was a good year; however, during these tough economic times scholarships and grants are needed more than ever. We have many opportunities for giving. You may donate on-line, by check in our donor envelopes, at Foundation Month fundraisers, during a lodge meeting by Passing the Piggy and through memorials or honorariums.

As you can see, your 2008 donation has made a difference. Tusen takk!

FINANCIAL REPORTSons of Norway Foundation

Statement of ActivitiesYear Ended 12/31/2008

Revenues

Contributions $247,703 Investment Income $116,150 Merchandise Sales (Net of Expenses) ($28,323) Net Realized and Unrealized Loss ($1,370,193)

Total Revenues ($1,034,663)

Deductions

Grants and Scholarships $102,978 Expenses $110,668

Total Deductions $213,646

Decrease in Net Assets ($1,248,309)

Net Assets as of 12/31/2008 $3,398,856

Scholarships$138,521

Other$29,110

Humanitarian$27,888

Grants$52,184

Member$188,036

Other$17,456

Lodge$42,211

CONTRIBUTIONS BY SOURCE

CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROGRAM

Founded in 1966, the Sons of Norway Foundation today has assets of more than 3.3 million. Our commitment is to maintain and grow the charitable assets entrusted to us. The financial information contained in this annual report is a condensed version of the Fiscal Year 2008 audited financial statements for the Sons of Norway Foundation. A com-plete set of the audited financial statements is available by contacting the Sons of Norway Foundation office.

2008 Foundation year in reviewGeneral Heritage and Culture Grants totaled $9,950. From Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and all across the country, Norwegian culture was celebrated with Grieg concerts, Ibsen plays, accor-dion bands, folk dance workshops and genealogy clinics. Norwegian performers appeared in commu-nity-wide events.

Local Lodge Partnership Grants totaled $8,785. Sons of Norway lodges participated in Norwegian heritage fairs, mid-summer festivals and Viking fests. They celebrated lodge anniversaries, appeared in local parades, taught Norwegian language classes and hosted rosemaling workshops.

Helping Hands to Children Grants totaled $5,505. Local lodge ‘Adopt A School’ programs were funded to help schools purchase equipment and buy much needed books and supplies. Lodges brought Norwegian programming to classrooms, held Norwegian cooking and baking classes and sponsored local academic competitions.

Draxten Fund camp scholarships totaled $11,410. Over 200 Sons of Norway youth at-tended Norwegian language and heritage camps in each of the six districts in the US. This allowed the next generation to enjoy connecting with their heritage and with each other.

Academic scholarships were awarded for a total of $47,415.

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Member DonationsAakhus, PamAamodt, JohnAasgaarden, SverreAckre, George & SusanAdams, SonjaAgerter, Mark & ReginaAgre, MaxineAhlborn, ZeldaAhrndt, LindaAlcorn, JamesAlley, NancyAlmaas, EgilAloia, GerlindeAmensen, SusanAndersen, ErnstAndersen, JackAnderson, BarbaraAnderson, Harold & YvonneAnderson, Jo DonAnderson, KatherineAnderson, MarilynAnderson, Mary AnnAnderson, MiltonAnderson, Myron & MarionAnderson, PeterAnderson, Roger & EstherAnderson, RuthAnderson, SigneAnderson, VickiAnderson, WarrenAnderson, ElmaAnderson, Harland & JuneAnderson, MaynardAnderson, MilesAndol, JorleifAndre, Kristine

Andreassen, ArnoldAndrew, MarthaAntonsen, TanyaAnvik, CharlotteArdizzone, JosephArild, JonArneson, AllanArneson, DarleneAskew, SusanAtkinson, MarjorieAult, LindaAursland, Jorun & HelgeAustin, RodneyAustring, RobertaBachmeier, BernellBacklund, Wallace & IreneBader, GregoryBailey, PaulBakich, KrisBakke, GlennBakken, Jostein & LillianBandow-Minenko, AleciaBang, AnneBaran, MetteBarbera, HectorBarlow, MaryBarnes, CanuteBartram, ConnieBartz, EllenBates, EleanorBeck, KristofferBecker, EuniceBell, FrankBellows, KarenBender, BaryBender, SolveigBenjamin, Thiele

Bennett, MaryBerardi, DominickBerg, AndrewBerg, BeatriceBerg, DonaldBerg, ErikBerg, Galen & MarleenBerg, GeneBerg, JamesBerg, RaymondBerg, Ross & ShirleyBerg, PhyllisBerg, RoyBergan, CatherineBergan, MarianBerge, LyleBerge, MechelleBergendahl, La VoyBergerson, CarolBergerson, Ove & NormaBergerud, JamesBergset, OleBergsrud, GilbertBerntsen, Barbara & RoyBerntsen, JennyBerntsen, RoyBickel, PeterBieber, SheilaBiegler, JoannBirk, ThomasBirkedal, TerjeBirkeland, PaulBittner, Burton & JeanBjornland, RogerBjorseth, GerdBjorseth, EricBlevins, Latrilla

Boden, HeidiBoe, DorisBoe, GustavBonneville, JudithBorgersen, Svenn & SusanBorgnes, ArneBottolfson, HarryBouchoukian, TuridBoudreau, ThomasBoughal, JohnBradley, JosephBrandvold, DonaldBraun, RichardBraun, Richard & CarolBremseth, ChristineBrenden, GeneBrennalt, NathalieBrennan, CarolBrennan, IanBrennan, MayaBrideau, KarenBriggs, CarolBriggs, CharlesBright, DorisBright, JackBrinkman, KarenBrinkman, IngeborgBristol, BillBritten, Byron & MarlysBroadhead, TeresaBrockert, A.Broderson, CarolBrommer, ElroyBrown, LisaBrown, GretaBruechert, AnneBrunner, Cathy

Brunstad, HaroldBudrick, RichardBueing, Waldo & JaneBultinck, WilliamBummer, BeverlyBune, DonaldBunker, NoreneBurreson, DennisBye, ElsieCallahan, VirginiaCallihan, FrancesCampbell, BrandonCampbell, CarolCampbell, JeanCampeau, BonnyCarlin, MichaelCarlson, GlenCarlson, Leonard & KathyCarlson, MarilynCarlson, MaryCarlson, PeytonCarlson, RonCarlson, SharunCarroll, KathleenCarter, JennaeCash, ArvidaCazzell, MaryannCernoch, AliceChadbourne, EarleneChampeness, HaroldChandler, NeldaChapin, GaryChaussey, MatthewChristensen, RossChristenson, SolveigChristiansen, WayneChristiansen Jr, John

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Christianson, ConradChristianson, PatriciaClark, SandraClimis, IngridClove, CaraCoffman, EvelynColeman, ThomasCollins, JudyColness, MarvinConlan, EileenConlan, JohnConner, JaneConner, WilliamConrad, EdwardCooper, JudyCoordt, ArleneCormack, IanCorneliussen, MarilynCotanche, De EldaCrabtree, MarenCrandall, BonnieCrawford, MelanieCretal, NormaCrews, WilliamCruze, RandiCulloton, MelissaCummings, MarilynCurley, MarleneCurry, JulianneCustance, KarinCuster, GenevieveDahl, CharlotteDahl, MarieDahl, Robert & CarolynDahle, GardisDanielson, DouglasDanielson, Donald & Charlotte

Dauffenbach, VeraDavies, HowardDavis, IngermarieDecker, RuthDecker, AnnaDemers, MyrnaDenholm, RobertDevito, CarolDevries, JohnDewees, FrankDexheimer, CarolDiallo, MohamadouDickson, JanetDion, AnneDisbrow, SisselDitschler, MargaretDollymore, KatherineDonovan, MaryDoty, KarenDove, WilliamDryden, FrankDunn, DarrellDurkin, JudithDutcher, JohnDwyer, SallyEck, RodneyEcklund, JohnEdwardson, PhillipEgenes, PaulEgenes, RuthEhlers, OpalEide, ElmerEide, JoelEide, ThelmaEidem, JerryEidsmoe, RobertEidum, Perry

Eikeberg, NancyEinarsen-Vinberg, AnitaEkedal, GerardEkloff, Rolf & GailEklund, HarrietEkse, RichardElde, KaareElde, OrvettaElliott, Martha & CraigElmer, RogerElmquist, MarionElvekrog, PearlEndahl, BarbaraEnget, JoanEnglish, DonaldErdahl, JanetErdahl, ShirleyErdal, RasmusEricksmoen, LawrenceErickson, CharlesErickson, DorothyErickson, GeraldErickson, KevinErickson, MarylouErickson, SigridErickson, SusanEsperum, DuaneEspeseth, RobertEvenstad, EarlEwanowski, Stanley & BarbaraFagerheim, F.Fane, KjellFang, ChenFarina, BeverlyFarinelli, KimberlyFazio, RuthFidje, Jorgen

Fiederlein, PhilipField, RobertFields, VirginiaFife, Donald & ElviraFinlay, Dale & JaniceFisher, SandraFlatebo, SarahFlathers, BenjaminFleming, LiseFlynn, NellieFolland, RaynoldFoote, JennieForde, AlfForseth, JamesFosaaen, DebraFosberg, Ted & HelenFosmoe, Bill & JuneFox, CharleneFrancis, CarolFriday, LorraineFrisch, RaymondFruchtl, JanetFuhrman, ClaireFuller, WilliamGalstad, FernGammons, VirginiaGardner, L.Gardner, SharonGargiula, GayeGargrave, JohnGarske, RobertGerding, PeggyGilbert, Wendel & RhodaGiles, Robert & LouiseGillespie, CarolGinsberg, ShermanGirard, Holly

Gjessing, ArneGlick, LynnGlozman, IlanaGoranson, Lee & JoGordon, RuthGraham, GailGraham, GeraldGranum, RichardGreen, DorothyGreenwood, ReidGregg, Vera RyenGreison, InezGriffin, EnidGrill, ColleenGrimsrud, DeeGroe, JacquolynGrorud, Marjorie & GarryGross, JudithGroth, Pamela & FrankGundersen, AgnesGunderson, AnnGunderson, BerniceGunderson, EdwardGutierrez, LindaGythfeldt, Audun & MargaretHaberlein, CharlesHagen, DeanHagen, FrederickHagen, RobertHall, SherylHalmes Nicholls, BethHalverson, AudreyHalvorsen Sr, MichaelHalvorson, DianeHalvorson, MarkHammen, IngridHanevik, Cara

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Hanevik, MargaretHanevik, RobertHanna, KimberlieHannon, JosephHansen, GladysHansen, KjellHansen, LindaHansen, RigmorHansen, VirginiaHanson, Charles & EstelleHanson, DorothyHanson, GeraldineHanson, KarenHanson, La RueHanson, MichaelHanson, NoraHanson, PeterHanson, R.Harang, MarianHarstad, GudrunHartnett, EricHaspel, CarolynHasvold, CarolHatleberg, Gale & RosemaryHatlestad, ArneHatlestad, EvelynHatlevoll, RichardHauge, CarolHauge, Lawrence & LoisHaugen, JamesHaugen, LyleHaugen, RichardHaugland, NinaHausvik, RichardHavens, MarjorieHayden, DorothyHazelet, Esther

Heavirland, LaverneHeckles, ThomasHedlund, CarlHegarty, BarbaraHeiberg, Eivind & StephanieHeindel, YvonneHelgeland, ThomasHelgeson, KennethHella, BruceHella, KarlHellen, AliceHellerud, CleoHendricks, ElectaHendrickson, BudHendrickson, GraceHenricksen, JaniceHerem, EricHernandez, MariaHernes, JoelHessel, BarbaraHeywood, MedaHicks, AudreyHill, JohnHill, WilliamHilstad, AliceHines, NormanHitch, SherrodHitchings, JohnHlivyak, John & Aud-HelenHockert, Rachele & GeorgeHodge, GloriaHodgson, VerlaHogelee, RagnhildHolland, LorraineHolland, PaulHolm, EugeneHolmstrom, Linda

Holt, JeannetteHoman, ElaineHookom, LavonneHoover, Robert & DorothyHoovestol, BurtonHornnes, Roger & BarbaraHosheit, MandaHovre, VickiHoward, AlfredHudson, LinneaHuesers, Anna MarieHume, MyrtleHunsaid, AnnHusby, ErlingHusmoen, KennethHuvaere, WilliamImbro, EugeneIngvoldstad, Carl & Mary BethIsaacson, BettyIversen, MarilynJacob-Forseth, BonnieJacobs, LamoineJacobsen, ArthurJacobson, MaryJakobsen, KennethJakobsen, KrestenJansen, GjermundJarvela, PatJasensky, VioletJensen, ArnoldJensen, Dr. Arthur S.Jeppesen, KristiJershe, ArleneJespersen, Ronald & PatriciaJevert, PaulJindrich, Edward & JudyJohansen, Billy

Johanson, Peter & BarbaraJohnsen, ArnoldJohnsen, JohnJohnsen, RaymondJohnson, AlmaJohnson, BoydJohnson, ClariceJohnson, ClaytonJohnson, DonaldJohnson, E.Johnson, EdnaJohnson, GloriaJohnson, Dick & IreneJohnson, JackJohnson, JamesJohnson, JoanJohnson, Jonas & ArdysJohnson, JudithJohnson, MilfordJohnson, StanleyJohnson, TimothyJohnson, Willis & InezJohnston, DaleJones, FayeJonsen, La DonnJordahl, IreneJorstad, JonathanJosvold, LuanaKaczmarek, Eugene & TordisKahn, FrankKalinowski, StephanieKallenbach, FloKapsak, CheryleKarlsen, AndyKarlsen, EdithKarlsen, John & BettyKarlstad, Avis

Karpack, EvelynKauserud, RobertKeller, LillianKelley, SandraKelly, Janie & PatKelly, JohnKelly, MaryKerfoot, LaVonne & ScottKidd, CherieKiesz, ShirleyKing, RichardKinker, AdriannaKirkwood, JaniceKlein, BarbaraKlinge, SveinKlotz, JohnKnudsen, PennyKnutsen, AllanKnutsen, CarolKnutson, AdamKnutson, DelmerKnutson, Earl & ElizabethKnutson, KarlKnutson, MauriceKnutson, Raymond & SallyKnutson, RyanKnutson, StevenKnutson, VickieKohlhase, J.Kolberg, JillKolstad, SarahKornbrekke, RuthKoske, BurtonKrause, AnnKrause, ElsieKristiansen, Marit & KjellKruckenberg, Martha

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Krum, HildegardeKuell, SonjaKuveke, RandiKvam, KarenKvernvik, LloydLaber, WilliamLafko, IrmaLageraaen, MargaretLambert, LuellaLand, MarciaLarsen, John & LouiseLarsen, OysteinLarsen, RoyLarson, AudreyLarson, BarbaraLarson, JinannLarson, MarciaLarson, MaryLarson, NormanLarson, OscarLauritsen, Carol AnneLaurvik, ErlingLeavitt, MildredLebeck, JacobLechnyr, Ronald & CeliaLee, OrinLegard, LawrenceLeghorn, JohnLeiseth, RobertLemberg, LuanneLeonard, MartinaLeppke, RuthLerbrek, SvenLien, CliffordLind, WallaceLindau, TrudyLindberg, Duane

Lindblom, RobertLink, JanLinne, ToniLipus, BernardLiss, AddieLitke, LorettaLoken, IonaLorentzen, SallyLorentzsen, NormanLowman, KarenLuhr, BarbaraLulofs, JackLund, John & EvelynLund, MarjorieLunde, EstherLundeen, James & BeverlyLynch, LetteMadson, NancyMadtson, JaneMaglin, NancyMagsamen, EllenMahle, Cory & KariMahnke, EdithMaloney, MavisMancuso, AnitaMapstone, BjorgMarose, JoanneMarshburn, JoniMartens, EllaMartin, JamesMartin, RobbieMartin, VernMartinez, JimMartinson, LouiseMathern, JudyMathisen, ArthurMathisen, Sigurd & Cynthia

Maurseth, GeraldMayes, ChristianMazsick, IngridMc Carthy, CarolMc Killop, James & JoanMc Murray, RichardMcDougall, GordonMcKenney, IolaMcMullen, CharlotteMelby, HaroldMeloni, ChristineMelum, GunnvorMeshefski, CarolMeyer, HelenMichalsen, GunnarMichalsen, LoisMickelson, JohnMiliante, DoloresMiller, CoryMiller, MollyMitby, JeanMjoen, KennethMoe, AdaMoe, CathrineMoe, RichardMoen, MichaelMoheban, JaneMolter, AnnetteMolter, DianeMolumby, MaryMonson, David & MargueriteMonson, JohnMontgomery, JaneMoore, Carol A.Moore, Carol J.Moore, Helga

Morgenthaler, Herb & VirginiaMorrow, RobertaMorton, ArdisMorton, VerlinMossberg, AdeleMostrom, JamesMostrom, RobertMuckle, BettyMudrey, MichaelMullen, KennethMullenbach, VikkiMunski, DouglasMunson, LawrenceMyring, HaraldMyrom, RonaldNassen, ElaineNayes, Le RoyNelsen, PhilipNelson, ArdellNelson, ColleenNelson, DonaldNelson, Elaine & SigneNelson, HerbertNelson, JanetNelson, LindaNelson, Lyle & KayNelson, Marvin & SandraNelson, MarybethNelson, OliverNelson, TerryNerhus, AstridNerland, EgilNess, David & VickiNess, MarionNeverdahl, John & CarolNielsen, Robert

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Pietsch, GerhardPifer, James & HelenPlagens, KarinPlasha, KaronPolk, GrantPotts, VictoriaPrestholdt, EdnaQuaas, KariQualley, LynnQuam, MarkQuinn-Britnall, ChristineRandall, RussellRandall, SereneRasmussen, MaryRasmussen, RobertRecine, EileenRedilla, NancyReduto, M.Reed, DarrelReed, MichaelReese, HowardReiten, NadyneRemple, TimothyRhude, James & JoanRice, DavidRichardson, RamonaRies, Bob & LoisRike, ElseRiley, NordisRilling, JohnRindy, WalterRingness, EdwardRiniker, KariRoberts, LydiaRobison, JanaRoe, DennisRoesholdt Cook, Anne-Grethe

Roholt, HartvigRolla, RonaldRonholm, GudrunRonneberg, JohnRood, RichardRose, IreneRosenthal, StephenRostad, Asbjorn & BarbaraRostad, Michael & KatherineRotter-Thomassen, DannyRove-Stevens, DorisRowe, PatriciaRucks, GeraldRude, Dan & BettyRudie, LeonardRudny, InezRuetz, LeroyRumney, RobertRyan, MaryRygh, PerSabat, JaniceSakshaug, ArnoldSampson, LloydSand, LloydSando, HazelSandvick, EstherSanzone, ElseSarchet, MervinSather, JoanSatrum, JonSawyer, JudySceals, IngeborgSchaller, JoanneSchanche, BurreScherer, HelenSchey, JohnSchieck, Donald

Schlemmer, NormaSchmidt, JoanSchmidt, LoranneSchmus, FreyaSchussler, KariScott, NormaSeaholm, David & MarianSean, RogerSeddon, AnneSeger, JanetteSeibel, MarthaSeiling, I.Setzer, AlphildSeverson, Dale & SharonSeverson, DonnaSexton, RuthShabez, AnneShaffer, BenedictaSharples, GlendaShepardson, DawnShipman, GloriaShirley, PhyllisShook, JenniferShubert, CharlesShufelt, FrederickSibert, Arlon & SuzanSievers, GeorgeSilseth, Lowell & HelenSimpson, HelenSinagra, TuridSisson, DavidSisson, JonathanSivertson, LoryceSivula, VickiSkarphol, IoneSkinner, EulaliaSkjelbreia, Evelyn

Skogen, JuliannSkollingsberg, GunnarSkovseth, HelenSkreen, RobertSkrove, SigurdSlaaten, DorisSmerud, LyleSmith, ClariceSmith, FredSmith, James & FlorenceSmith, JoanneSmith, RobertSmythe, ThomasSnell, DianneSnyder, JamesSnyder, MerrittSogn, Robert & MarjorieSolbak, MarySolberg, BeverlySolem, PerSoleng, KarstenSolgard, KarenSolheim, Oystein & Carol LeeSolie, IreneSommer, PatSong, FosterSorensen, FlorenceSorheim, DennisSoroos, HowardSporaland, CarolSpuhler, EugeneStang, RolfStarr, KathrynStaveteig, ErvinSteen, TyroneSteine, JuneSteinke, Bernice

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Stenberg, GailStenerson, RichardStengel, EvaStenshagen, GeirStenvig, ThomasStenvold, DelorisSteuck, EstherStevenson, Robert & ErleneStewart, JaniceStiller, DeanStiltz, OrmaStockwell, LeonaStocz, JaniceStordahl, WayneStorm Rodrigues, ElseStover, VergilStoylen, DavidStrand, BettyStrandlie, JamesStrandoo, MargaretStrandrud, DorrineStupin, ThoraSulaiman, ChristieSunderlin, JanSundet, RaySundquist, NormanSuri, JoanneSvedjan, ArnoldSvendsen, EdgarSvendsen, EugeneSwain, WillardSwanson, David & JudithSwanson, JackSwanson, MargaretSwee, RichardSween, RobertSwenson, Philip & Julie

Swenson, RichardSwenson, Sherrill & DoloresSyverson, MarilynTakle, JeromeTallar, AprilTalley, CliftonTandberg, Sharon & RolfTangen, HerbertTaylor, ChristineTaylor, RobertTehven, Jon & GloriaTeigland, GeorgeTengdin, RobertTenney, DorothyThole, WayneThompsen, JoannThompson, DarleneThompson, DoloresThompson, EddieThompson, ThelmaThomsen, Oscar & KathrynThomsen, Tom & MarlysThomson, HenryThorne, RonThorsen, ThomasThorson, JuneThorstenson, DaleThul, KennethThurston, GudrunTilder, MichaelTimoney, HelenTiwater, VernieTokle, BjornTolfsen, RandiTonder, JannekeTorgersen, JudithTorkelsen, Arthur

Torsoe, KennethTownsend, James & CarolynTranby, RaymondTrogstad, RamonaTroseth, ElaineTschumperlin, Philip & NancyTucker, LorraineTurcott, LornaTwesme, KimberlyTweten, SelmaUlfsson, IvorUndheim, AlanVaage, BirgerVamstad, StuartVandenberg, ThomasVanderhoff, MarcineVangsness, Elmer & NellieVanstrom, FrederickVargas, PilarVatne, PeterVatshell, John & AnneVav Doozer, IngerVehstedt, ChristineVelline, ChrisVermund, StenVettrus, Sharon & DennisVictorson, FransViggiano, GlennViken, KennethVikse, RobertVisness, RonaldVogelhuber, KarenVold, HaroldVon Seggern, MarieWaddell, Richard & EstherWaling, A IreneWalker, Thora

Wallen, EvaWallschlaeger, JosephWalsh, AudreyWalsh, DorothyWalsh, HeidiWalsh, John & SandraWarneke, DanielWatness, KathleenWatson, WilliamWedul, OttoWeiman, JoyceWeis, Leonard & DonnaWeiser, RobertWergeland, FloydWesterberg-Bagg, JohannaWesterdahl, SwenWick, MagneWidman, HarryWiegandt, James & ArdytheWierenga, EvelynWiigs, AlisonWikan, SharonWilberg, GenevieveWilcox, Loyd & VirginiaWiley, MarjorieWiley Robbins, BridgetWilhelmsen, EdvinWilliams, DianeWilliams, KariWilliamson, JohnWillis, DavidWinkelman, WendyWinters, NormaWisness, AmyWittrock, MargaretWold, LarryWold, Robert

Wolff, DouglasWollack, SusanWolverton, AnneWood, NancyWright, JerryWu, SandraWutzke, JudithWyman, SandraYapel, MaryYoung, EmilieYoung, RobertYoungquist, EdmundZarling, CarolynZarnitz, JosephZiemke, ElverneZiemke, LaurineZimmerman, DavidZimmerman, MarjorieZimmerman, MaryZuidema, CraigZurcher, Rodger & Mary

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Lodge DonationsAskeladden, 5-610Bernt Balchen, 3-566Birkebeiner, 5-611Bitterrootdalen, 4-656Bjarne, 4-086Bjorgvin, 1-010Bjornstjerne Bjornson, 6-014Bondelandet, 3-612Cascade, 2-087Circle City, 5-614Cleng Peerson, 1-645Columbia Basin, 2-80Dalen, 4-553Desert Fjord, 6-133Dovre, 5-353Draxten, 1-464Edmonds, 2-130Edvard Grieg, 5-657Edvard Grieg, 6-074Elvedal, 5-556Elvedalen, 2-129Elvesund, 5-593Faerder, 3-109Fagernes, 5-616Fedraheimen, 1-059Fedrelandet, 2-023Fjeldheim, 2-047Fjell Heim, 4-524Fjell Syn, 1-667Fjelldal, 4-543Fjelldalen, 6-162Fjellheim, 6-107Fjordland, 1-508Fjordland, 5-606Fossen, 5-534Fram, 3-564

Fridtjof Nansen, 6-009Garborg, 6-056Glitne-Sioux Viking, 1-167Grønnvik, 5-632Granittdalen, 1-651Grays Harbor, 2-004Gulldalen, 6-128Gyda-Varden, 4-021H R Holand, 5-549Haarfager, 1-040Hafrsfjord, 5-206Hampton Roads, 3-522Hardanger, 4-652Haugaland, 8-018Heim, 4-178Heimsyn, 1-015Henrik Ibsen, 3-393Hjemdahl, 4-481Hovedstad, 4-528Hundreårsjubileum, 1-671Idun, 5-074Island Viking, 2-145Jaabæk, 1-264Kenyon Viking, 1-487Kong Olav V, 1-483Kråkeelva, 1-676Kringen, 4-025Løven, 5-029Lauris Norstad, 1-558Leif Erikson, 1-032Leif Erikson, 2-001Leif Erikson, 5-097Lodsen, 4-138Loyal, 3-252Maihaugen, 1-665Maine Nordmenn, 3-664Mandt, 5-314

Marsteinen, 1-596Midnatsolen, 1-058Mjosen, 1-175Mollargutten, 4-478Morgensolen, 3-545Myrmarken, 5-609Nansen, 3-410Nidaros, 1-001Nor-Bu, 3-427Nordland, 5-544Nordlandet, 5-620Nordlyset, 4-488Nordlyset, 5-183Nordskogen, 1-626Nordstjernen, 1-563Norge, 3-337Normanden, 4-424Normont, 4-507Norrona, 6-050Norse Valley, 5-491Norsk Carolina, 3-679Norskeland, 5-580Norskfodt, 1-590Nortonna, 1-638Nortun, 1-016Odin, 2-041Odin, 4-087Olympic, 2-037Oslo, 1-002Oslo, 2-035Ostestaden, 5-642Overtro Fjell, 6-153Port Orange, 3-551Poulsbo, 2-044Prairie Fjord, 4-649Restauration, 1-548Runic Vennskap, 1-530

Samhold, 5-473Scandia, 6-075Scandiana, 5-600Sjoland, 5-635Skjold, 5-100Skogvannet, 1-658Smaa Fjell, 4-557Snorre, 1-070Snorre, 6-061Snowshoe Thompson, 6-078Sognefjord, 5-523Sol Byer, 6-134Sola, 6-168Solbakken, 6-064Soldalen, 6-067Solglimt, 1-547Solheim, 5-278Solskinn, 1-550Solskinn, 6-150Solvang, 5-457Sonja, 2-038Stavanger, 1-538Stillehavet, 6-116Storelva, 1-655Storting, 1-519Sun Viking, 3-607Suncoast, 3-562Sundfjord, 6-065Svalbard, 2-033Sverdrup, 4-107Synnove-Nordkap, 1-008Tampa Bay, 3-515Terje Viken, 1-017Thor, 2-042Thor, 4-067Tre Elver, 5-628Trollheim, 1-511

Trollheim, 6-110Vakkertland, 5-570Valdres, 1-503Valhall, 5-168Valhall, 6-025Valheim, 1-364Vennlig, 4-618Vennskap, 1-554Vennskap, 5-622Vesterdalen, 2-131Vesterheim, 6-118Vestland, 1-601Victory, 6-043Vigeland, 6-155Viking, 5-625Vikingland, 1-495Vikings Of Lake, 6-166Vinland, 6-159Wergeland, 2-021Wergeland, 5-028

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Partner DonationsAbbott, AlanAbcecedarian Book, Inc.Alisal Water Corp.Allrigh, GladwynAnderson, Margret B.Anderssen, MaryBagley, WilliamBarfuss, JoanneBollmeier, DonBuettner, RamonaCalifornia Water Assoc.Chandler-Smith, C.Cunningham, JeanDistrict 2 ConventionDistrict 4 ConventionDistrict 6 ConventionDominquez, William D.Falk, LydiaFisher, KristinFox, Carly JoFrenz, BillGross, BarbaraGunderson, JoanHaiby, ReynaHawks, J. K.Heat-Treating, Inc.Heiden, Billie J.Holland, AlHystad, RollyInternational Conven-tionJohnson, JohnJohnson, Judith M.Kukla, DonMcMillan, Joan

McVay-Dyche, JenniferMelcher, MichaelNelson, LyleOlympic CollegePaddock, PeggyPleva, May AnnQuirk, BobRank, Carl Jr.Richards, SuzanneS. G. Valley Water Co.San Jose Water Co.Skaar, ColleenSouthwest Water Co.Spaletto, JohnSuburban Water SystemSweeny, Mr. & Mrs. JamesThompson, MarkTryon, Woody K.Vail, RobertWestley, CherylWilson, Allan Jr.v

Dan Rude, PresidentMarit Kristiansen, Vice PresidentLee Goranson, TreasurerGene Brandvold, Asst. TreasurerAudun Gythfeldt, SecretaryJon Tehven, District 1Bill Fosmoe, District 2Barbara Berntsen, District 3

Elaine Nelson, District 4Jostein Bakken, District 5Sherrill Swenson, District 6Erik Brochmann, District 7Ernst Granly, District 8John Lund, CEOCindy Olson, Foundation Director

2008–2010 Board of Governors

Sons of Norway Foundation1455 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408

(800) 945-8851 www.sonsofnorway.com/foundation

Cover Image: Terje Rakke/Nordic life/Innovation NorwayInside Back Cover Image: Jens Henrik Nybo/Innovation Norway