Newsletter

Hans Tollefsrude’s 1865 Trip to Norway by John Monson; The Adventurous Story of Two Girls From Nordre Land by Arvid Sandaker (Johanne Kolstad (1913-1997) and Hilda Braskerud (1916-1996), skiers from Nordre Land); Stella Lundsetter Greenli; Rock Carvings by Terje Sørensen

Hans C. Tollefsrud, An Early “Victim” of “Amerika Feber” submitted by John Monson (Hans C. Tollefsrud wife Beret Christofersdatter and family); Joel Lund; Marjorie and Willard Wills; How to Read Parish Records (Baptism, Marriage, Funeral) by Carol Olson; Fluberg Church; The Norwegian Languages by Terje Sørensen

How to Read Parish Records (Marriage) by Carol Olson; Land s Lutheran Church, Zumbrota, MN; Moorhead to Dedicate Stavkirke Replica

Amerika Letter submitted by John Monson (written by Helen Synstelien, daughter of Johannes Synstelien and Olava Tollefsrud); Askild Olsen and Christian Askildsen Genealogy Research by Carol Olson (Christian Askildsen Grandgaard/Skinderud, son of Askild Michelsen Grandgaard/Komperud); Torpe Party of 1844 (names recorded by two members, Andreas Erstad and Hans C. Tollefsrude); Elaine Graham; Landings Laget Anniversary Book Presented to Consul General Ulf Christiansen; King Harald to Visit Dokka by Terje Sørensen; Nordre Land and Søndre Land’s Municipal Emblems; Russell A. Bakken obituary

Ole M. Olsen born 28 Oct. 1855 at Larsstuen in Land; Descendants of Other Ancestors by Ann R. Edwards; Westby’s 1997 Syttende Mai Parade Marshal–Violetta Flugstad (granddaughter of Anna Gaarder of Nordre Land and Wisconsin); Christmas in Norway by Terje Sørensen; Lyle Jolson obituary

A Pioneer Emigrant Couple From Land by Arvid Sandaker (Hans Halvorsen Smedsrud and Marthe Olsdatter, married 1842 at Aamodt Church in Land); Letter From 1852 by Ed Goplin (Hans Koller (Collier) of Gran, Norway and U. S. and wife Gudbjar T. Harstira); Knowing Lefses from Rightsies by Wally and Lorraine Gorder; Landing of First Settlers At Wayne County, New York by Carol Olson; That Guy Cal’s on the Phone by Ray Olson (Cal Pederson); Historic Voyage Remembered: Kon-Tiki Sailed 50 Years Ago, from News of Norway; Calvin Pederson obituary

John E. Kleven – Civil War Captain and Nebraska Pioneer by Arvid Sandaker (John E. Klevan and Bertha Hansdatter Brenden, from Land to Nebraska; A Landings Wins Land by John Monson; Norwegian Folk Art: The Migration of a Tradition (international art exhibition); Obituaries of Clifford Olson and Agnes Larson

The Meaning of Double Cousins by Carol Olson; Skiing and The Creation of a Norwegian Identity Part II by Odd Mølster, from News of Norway

Current Landings with Common Ancestors (Askild Mikkelsen Grandgaard/Komperud, Arne Thomle, Peder Olufsen, Tarald Ske, Michel Tordsen Mustad in Vardal, Peder Madsen Lomsdalen and Ane Bjornsdatter Halmrast, Endre Broner, ? Haraldsdatter Jensvold (including the Viker line), Peder Torgersen Skøyen); Velkommen Til Norge I Virginia by Arvid Sandaker (Biography of Carl M. Bergh, founder of Norge, Virginia from Fluberg, Søndre Land); A Reminiscence of a Royal Visit by Charles Gorder; Skiing and The Creation of a Norwegian Identity by Odd Mølster, from News of Norway

Komperud by Randy Poppe (the Komperud cabin in Highland, Wisconsin); Liberation Day in Norway, 1945 by Finn Hanvold