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A Genealogical Odyssey or An On-Going Life work of Perserverance by Bradley Hanson (Christian Hansen Homseie and Ingeborg Askildsdatter Komperud); Landing Pioneers in Oregon by Arvid Sandaker — John Nelson (Nilsen) Gulseth (from Torpa) and Mari Kristensdatter Rud (from Ostsinni) to Oregon, U.S.A.; Nova Looks at Vikings in America; The Lillehammer Olympics – One Year Later; Obituaries of Leroy H. Zimmerman and Erma Olson Gorder

Golden Reflections from Cal by Cal Pederson; Robert Aasen; Obituaries of Emily Gilbertson, Bjorn Bakke and Gerhard B. Naeseth

Do You Know Ole Olsen from Norway? by Arvid Sandaker; Humor in the Hospital by Kirk Johnson; Jerome and Aagot Nysveen at Salt Lake City by Jerome Nysveen; The (Olympic) Games are Over, but the Glory Goes On, By Arvid Sandaker; Who are the Sami People and What is “Baiki”?

Biography of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson by Carol Olson; Olympic Games at Lillehammer – Olympics 1994 in Norway; Johan Jørgen Holst obituary

Peter Lanning and Ole Bull by Beverly Lanning Webster; Nisse by Beverly Lanning Webster; Nordsinni Church by Alastair Brown (organ); Peter J. Lanning obituary

Biography of Rikard Nordraak by Carol Olson; Numbered List of Farms in Land

Biography of Peder Aadnes, Land’s Own Artist by Carol Olson; Hans Nygaard’s Tailor Trunk Improperly Placed in Eau Claire by Carol Olson; Maren and Kristian Sviur (Husmannsfolk under Rødnes in Fluberg – Maren was the daughter of Elise and Erik Viken and Kristian was the son of Martin and Berthe Sveen); Pieces to Genealogical Puzzle Discovered by Thelma Johnson (the Aasen family from Torpa – includes names of Røste, Felde, and Shager); Lorraine R. Lanning obituary

Christmas in Torpa by Clara B. Monson

Curtis L. Olson obituary

Engvold Hanson, Immigrant from Land (son of Hans Olsen and Marthea Kristiansdatter and father of Marjorie Wills); Searching for American Cousins by Paul Avre Buskum; Borghy’s (Borghild Olson) Audience with King Harald; Obituaries of Odessa Jacobson and Marie Sandaker