Landingslag, the First 100 Years

100th Anniversary Publication (1910–2010)

In 2010, Landings Laget of America published a 486-page centennial book, Landingslag, the First 100 Years. This commemorative volume features more than 650 photographs, along with an introduction, four chapters, and an index. This red hardcover book is 9″ wide, 11″ tall, and 1½” thick.

The book was written by members of Landings Laget of America and was carefully compiled and edited by Ann Ryall Edwards.

© 2010 Landings Laget of America. All rights reserved.

Gold print on a red book with no other adornments. The title is Landingslag, the First 100 Years. The only other print is at the bottom: Landings Laget of America.

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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction (pages i-xvi)

About Landings Lag (page v)

Leaders of Landings Lag (page vi-viii)

Preface (page ix)

Map of Norway and Land (page x)

“Can You Forget Old Land” by Arvid Sandaker (page x)

President’s Message (page xi)

Letters from Land Mayors (pages xii-xiii)

Landings Lag Earliest Members (page xiv)

Quick Look (page xv)

Landings Lag Centennial 2010 (page xvi)

Chapter 1. Landings Lag

The First 100 Years (pages 1-46b)

Goplen Letters Leading To First Landings Lag Stevne (pages 1-2)

First Meetings of Landingslag in 1910 (pages 3-4)

The Constitution of 1910 (pages 5-6)

Stevne of 1911 & Photo (pages 7-8)

Tidbits From Early Landings (pages 8-9)

Selected Summary Stevne Minutes & Photos 1912 – 1977 (pages 9-23)

Landingslag Newsletter (page 24)

Selected Summary Stevne Minutes & Photos 1978 – 2010 (pages 25-46)

Photos from Stevne in 1930, 1948, and 1952 (pages 46a-46b)

Chapter 2. Nordre and Søndre Land

Part A: Land, Its Past and Present (pages 47-53)

Part B: Churches in Land (pages 54-60)

Per Einbu Watercolors of the Land Churches (between pages 54 and 55)

Part C: Landings in Norway (pages 61-69)

Arvid Sandaker, Per Einbu, Leif A. Wien, Birger Olsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Rikard Nordråk, Peder Aadnes and Erik Tandberg

Photos of Churches in Land: Østsinni, Fluberg, Nordsinni, Lunde (page 70)

Part D: Lands Museum & “Hilsen Fra Lands Museum” (pages 71-100)

Chapter 3. Landings in America

Part A: Land Settlements and Churches in America (pages 101-138)

Per Einbu Sketches (page 101)

Trails of the Land Pioneers (page 102)

Settlements in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa (pages 103-138)

Essays by: Walter Gilbertson, Ed Goplin, Orlinda (Helland) Hauck, Mary (Hanson) Herness, Thelma (Aasen) Johnson, Clark O. Kidder, Janet (Thompson) Lund, Carol (Nygaard) Olson, Randal Poppe, Mel Sherman, Larry Shoger, Ruth (Tenneson) Strand, Deborah (Peterson) Studley, Cara (Shager) Thorison

Part B: American Descendants and Their Land Farm Ties (pages 139-336)

Authors: D. Paul Anderson, Dorothy Bakken, Howard D. Baumgart, Ann Delano, Ann (Ryall) Edwards, Walter Gilbertson, S. O. Gjefle, Orville H. Goplen, Ed D. Goplin, Orlinda (Helland) Hauck, Sandra (Foss) Hendrickson, Mary (Hanson) Herness, Barbara Horn, Duane Hovelsrud, Nancy (Mrs. Marlan) Hvinden, Thelma (Aasen) Johnson, Carol (Pederson) Jorgenson, Arlan Knutson, Gayle (Mrs. James) Kollitz, Roland J. Krogstad, Pat C. Lindgren, Connie (Bottolfsen) Loftus, Janet (Thompson) Lund, Marilyn (Fickbohm) Lyle, Gary Madson, M. Leroy Madson, Lynn Harold Mahlum, Michelle L. Menken, Linda Mohn, Clara B. Monson. John C. Monson, Meredith (Mitchell) Morgan, Bruce Nelson, Helena Nelson (Sjaahem), Ole Nelson (Sjaahem), Richard R. Nelson, Theresa (Johnson) Nelson, Borghild (Lindevig) Olson, Carol (Nygaard) Olson, Art Paulson, Randal Poppe, Joan (Hagenston) Porter, Ann W. Reeve, Gayle Rehn, Larissa (Frank-Ainsworth) Reutgen, Wendell Rude, Arvid Sandaker, Leland B Jr ‘Terry’ Sateren, Richard Shager, Karen Schaeffer, Milfred W. Sherman, Larry D. Shoger, Anne (Grover) Sladky, Linda (Ricketts) Sørbo, David Sorum, Donna Stadsvold-Eich, Walter E. Steffenson, Deborah (Peterson) Studley, Alf A. Swenson, Ray Syverson, Mary Ann (Hall) Tapey, Cara (Shager) Thorison, Virgil Thorstenson, Peggy (Knudslien) Timm, Patricia (Pederson) Tvinnereim, Ron Ulberg, Kimberly (O’Keefe) Wagner, Edgar F. Westrum

Part C: Landings Laget Member Genealogy (pages 337-362)

Individual Land genealogies (pages 337-350)

Index of names in these genealogies (pages 350-362)

Chapter 4. Lag Trips to Land

Lag Trip in 1989 (pages 363-370)

Photographs (pages 363-368)

1989 Stevne at Lands Museum (page 369)

Thoughts from Alf Swenson, Arvid Sandaker and Alastair Brown (page 370)

Lag Trip in 2000 (pages 371-400)

Speeches (pages 371-384)

Speeches by: Arvid Sandaker, Per Einbu, Ann Edwards, Sandra Hendrickson, Rolf Ødegård, Per Ole Lunde, Geir S. Loeng, Ole Tøndrum, Oscar Lund

Newsletter & Photographs (pages 385-394)

2000 Stevne in Dokka, Norway (page 395)

Newspaper Articles & Final Thoughts (pages 396-400)

Lag Trip in 2005 (pages 401-417)

Newsletter & Photographs, Lag President’s Bygdedag Speech (pages 401-412)

Articles by: Harold Shannon, Ann Edwards, Mary Herness, Sandra Hendrickson, and Alastair Brown (pages 413-417)

Lag Centennial Trip in 2010 (pages 418-431)

Newsletter & Photographs (pages 418-431)

Speech by Landingslag President (pages 423-424)

Final Thoughts by Sandra Hendrickson (page 430)

Newspaper Clipping (page 431)

A Visit to Norway, poem by John Monson (pages 432-434)

Index of Personal Names (pages 435-486)

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