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The most poignant memories of our childhood usually involve the Christmas Holidays, and the Norwegian Christmas traditions are especially rich. We will be meeting to celebrate those family traditions as a part of our 2012 Stevne. The stevne will include Norwegian Dancers from Toten, Norwegian Christmas treats, a collection of Christmas Carols sung in Norwegian with an opportunity to learn them - we might even have a Norwegian Christmas nisse. Each of our Norwegian areas was isolated enough so that it developed its own unique traditions that were eventually brought to the New World. In America, they became family traditions and were adapted to the available resources here and mingled with the celebrations of other Norwegians in the community. In Norway, the traditions have slowly changed too, and we will have a chance to see how that happened. Click Here to learn more about old Norse traditions. The 2012 Stevne will be held at the Olympia Resort and Conference Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
The Seven Lag Stevne is a yearly gathering of descendants of Norwegian immigrants who came from seven areas of Norway, in Buskerud, Oppland, and Telemark counties. Each of these areas is represented by an organization, or "lag" that works to maintain cultural ties to its ancestral homeland and provides support for genealogical research.
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Host for 2012: Toten Lag |
