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"Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad" (NABF), is the national council for the thirty-two (32) affiliated Norwegian-American Bygdelag. Founded on November 17, 1916, the Fellesraad has been continuously active in the bygdelag movement for over ninety years.
From a translation of entries found in the 1929 year book come the following statements of purpose:
For corrections to or questions about this site, you may contact us via Webmaster: .
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Links to Fellesraad information Exploring your Norwegian roots. List of Upcoming Stevne/Events Links to sites of common interest.
Fellesraad
Special Projects
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Use this list of Norwegian Fylker (Counties) to find related Bygdelag.
Akershus
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Use this list of Bygdelag to find related Fylker and links to Lag pages.
Gudbrandsdal
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You may start your search of these pages from a geographic
location (Click on a numbered area on
the Fylke Map of Norway below), from the
List of Norwegian Fylker (Counties) above, or from the List
of Bygdelag above.
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Bygdelag are organizations comprised of descendants of emigrants from Norway to North America. Every "Lag" seeks to preserve and strengthen bonds with its home district or community-of-origin in Norway. Because groups usually hold meetings (stevner) once each summer, Lag publications continue to be essential communication tools in most groups. Except for wartime, these reunions have been occurring since several hundred people from Valdres met in a Minneapolis park in June 1899. Close to 1100 participants celebrated Valdres Samband's 100th year at the Norwegian-American Bygdelag Centennial, which also honored every subsequent "Lag" at Luther Collage, Decorah, Iowa, July 29-31, 1999.
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Stevne programs may feature a variety of Norwegian cultural and educational activities. Displays of Norwegian arts and crafts, consumption of ethnic foods, choral and instrumental music, books and readings, fiddlers and folk dancing, genealogy classes, noted speakers, video tapes, and Norwegian language in signs, songs or speech may be used. Fun and fellowship-as well as help in tracing your ancestry and re-establishing contact with relatives are possible.
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Knowing a little about your ancestors helps. What part of Norway did they come from? Did they move around the country before emigrating? If you know the geographic area where they first lived, click on the numbered area of the Fylke Map of Norway near the top of this site.
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If you know the Fylke (County) a good place to start are the links in the table of Counties above. Many Lags have names that are taken from the major community or feature in their area. You may find a similar name in the List of Lags, also found above.
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| Lag membership is usually a matter of contacting the membership secretary of the Lag and paying a yearly membership. | Dues the generally range from $5 to $25 US. (Please see the information supplied for the Lag you have interest in for more information! |
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Unfortunately there are still a couple of fylker for which no individual Lag exists. Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms are represented by two Lag, Lappmark and Nordland. These fylker cover a large geographic area but admittedly have a smaller population. |
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would like to see Lags available for all fylker and would be willing to help you set
up a Lag if there is enough interest.
At the moment Vestfold is the only fylke with no lag representation at all. (See area 18 on the map.) If your ancestors are from this fylke try contact lags the neighboring fylker to see if they might be of help to you. |
Some bygdelag also plan occasional trips to Norway. Check with the individual lags or their web sites for more information.
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May 2009
Annual Meeting always1st Saturday in May, May 2, 2009
June 2009
Hallinglag - June 11-14, 2009, location will be in Albert Lea, MN.
Nordlandslag Centennial - June 18-19, Granite Falls, MN
Vestlandslag and Vosselag CENTENNIAL - June 18-20, 2009 - , Ramada and other sites, Albert Lea, MN.
Valdres Samband - June 18-20, 2009 stevne will be held at Radisson Hotel in Plymouth, MN. Earl Evenstad 612-861-4793 Sept. 1-6 trip will be held at Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes in Valdres, Norway. Contact Aaron Hanson 651-226-0678
June 20-July 6 - Gudbrandsdal Norway trip
Seven Lag - June 25-28, 2009 - Stevne at
University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI, with Telelag
as hosts.
Contact john
. haugo @ searchamerica . com
July 2009
August 2009
Tre Lag, August 5 - 8,2009 at the South St. Paul Hotel & Conference
Center South St. Paul, MN Reservations due July 1, 2009
(Gudbrandsdalslaget, - CENTENNIAL -Betty Strand, 763
571-1831
Trønderlag Robert M. Fossum 217-359-4270
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Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken Dixie
Hansen 651 690-0872)
September 2009
Opdalslag - September 11-12, in Centerville, SD.
Solørlag and Romerikslaget - Sept. 16-19, 2009 at the Holiday Inn, 2100 East Highway 12, Willmar, Minnesota
Nordfjordlag - Sept 20, Green Lake Bible camp, Spicer, MN
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Yearly annual meeting of the Fellesraad
Two official representatives from each of 32 bygdelag next meet in Minneapolis MAY 2, 2009 (See events)
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Romerikslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Hallinglag Numedalslågen Lag Sigdalslag Ringerike-Drammen Districts |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Lappmark Nordlandslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Solør Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Hardanger http://www.vosselag.org/ |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Møre og Romsdalslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Lappmark Nordlandslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Trøndelag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: www.gudbrandlag.org Hadeland Landingslag http://www.totenlag.org Valdres Samband |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Romerikslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Rogalandslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Trønderlag Opdalslag or Fellesraad - Opdalslag |
Map Area #15. Sogn og Fjordane
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Nordfjordlag Sognefjord Sunnfjord |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Telelag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Lappmark Nordlandslag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Numedalslågen Lag |
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Direct links to Lag home pages: Østfoldlag |
Click on the desired file name below to download a printable .pdf copy of the file (less than 200k):
Formatted for printing on 4 sides of letter size (8.5" x 11") sheets or for direct viewing on your screen:
2008 Explore Your Norwegian Roots (Dec)
NEW - Formatted for printing on 2 sides of a legal size (14" x 8.5") sheet as a booklet:
2008 Explore Your Norwegian Roots (Dec) as a booklet
Click on the desired file name below to download a printable .pdf copy of the file:
Links to Relevant Web Sites Common to all Lags
Sites on Norway
http://www.norway.comA Norwegian paper in english
http://www.norwaypost.noAncestors from Norway
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/index.html
Cindi's List on Norway
http://www.cyndislist.com/norway.htm
Genealogy in Norway
http://home4.inet.tele.dk/skin_rup/norway.htm
Norway Roots
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3856/
Slektshistoriske Kilder 1500 to 1900
http://www.dis-norge.no/genress/
How to trace your ancestors in Norway
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/bn.html
The Norwegian-American Collection collects family histories. They are a source for Norwegian genealogists who seek information about their family in the US.
http://www.nb.no/html/norsk-amerikansk_samling.html
http://www.nb.no/html/norwegian-american_collection.html
http://www.kb.nl/gabriel/libraries/pages_generated/no_en.html
NABF is proud to sponsor this site. You are free to copy information from these pages for use in your Lag activities, publications, or genealogical research, but we sincerely ask that you respect the privacy of the individuals list herein by refraining from posting their personal information on any other web related site or mailing list.
Since the information list here is constantly being updated we welcome and recommend links to this, the main site (http://www.fellesraad.com) instead of copying the material to a site of your own.
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