Landings Across the Ocean

85th Anniversary Publication (1910–1995)

In 1997, Landings Laget of America published a 211-page 85th anniversary book (1910-1995), Landingslag Across the Ocean. This commemorative volume features more than 125 photographs, along with an introduction, six chapters, seven appendices, and an index. This blue hardcover book is 8⅝” wide, 11″ tall, and 1″ thick.

The book was written by members of Landings Laget of America and was carefully compiled and edited by Carol A. Olson, Ray A. Olson, and Ann Ryall Edwards.

Gold print on a blue book with no other adornments. The title is Landings Across the Ocean. The only other print is at the bottom: Landings Laget of America.

About This Online Edition

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For convenience, this web page also includes the Table of Contents before the book and a Table of Personal Names after the book.

Introduction (pages i-xii)

Contributors (page iv)

Dedication (page v)

Map of Land in Norway (page vi)

Preface (page vii)

Letter from Landings Laget President (page viii)

Letters from Land Officials (page ix)

“Why We Came” (Poem) (page xii)

Chapter 1. Landings Laget i Amerika: Its First 75 Years (page 1)

Chapter 2. Memories from Land 1989 (page 29)

Chapter 3. Words from the Norwegian Landings (page 45)

Part A. Letters and Essays from Norway (page 45)

Part B. Lands Museum at Dokka (page 51)

Chapter 4. Churches in Land (page 67)

Chapter 5. Notable Landings in Norway and America (page 83)

Chapter 6. American Descendants and Their Land Farm Ties (page 95)

Appendix A. Landings Laget Member Genealogy (page 151)

Appendix B. Numbered List of Farms in Land and Photos (page 161)

Appendix C. Stevner and Officers of Landings Laget (page 165)

Appendix D. Goplen Letters Leading to the First Landings Lag Stevne (page 167)

Appendix E. Landings Laget Artifacts Inventory as of July 1997 (page 171)

Appendix F. Records of Land on Microfilm (page 175)

Appendix G. Landings Laget Library and Suggested Readings List (page 177)

Index of Personal Names (page 183)

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