Livsreise

Thank you!

Greetings from Lisvreise- Norwegian Heritage Center:

The end of the year brings no greater joy

than the opportunity to express to you

season's greetings and good wishes.

Thank you for visiting us in 2015, our inaugural year.

We hope that your visit reminded you of

family

members long gone, who immigrated and

brought

along traditions from Norway

that you still practice today.

We look forward to seeing you again in 2016.

We are still adding to our artifact collection

and will be having an array of

interesting

speakers in our

auditorium

throughout

the year.

We wish you joy and peace in 2016!

LIVSREISE

277 W MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WI 53589

608-873-7567

VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE

www.livsreise.org

FOR UPCOMING EVENTS!

Manager Marg Listug and Julie K. Allen, professor of Scandinavian Studies and German in UW-Madison's Department of

Scandinavian Studies gave a presentation titled

"Far from the North Pole: Scandinavians in the Midwest."

Kathie Gallagher (Livsreise Staff)

, Nicole Olson, (Livsreise Staff), Sara Johnson (Bryant Foundation and Livsreise Staff),

and Ellen Marie Jensen.

Ellen is the author of

"We Stopped Forgetting: Stories from Sámi

Americans"

and editor of

"What We Believe In: Sámi Religious Experience and

Beliefs

from 1593 to the Present"

Ellen gave a presentation of the immigrant stories from her book "We Stopped Forgetting" focusing on beliefs and spirituality of the Sámi people which encompasses parts of

Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

On Monday October 5, 2015 in the Livsreise Auditorium Jørgen Sando gave a presentation, "The History and Magic of Bunad Jewelry." He is a fourth-generation goldsmith from Telemark who specializes in "bunad silver," which are brooches and other jewelry items for Norwegian national costumes.

December 2015 Yahara School 3rd and 4th graders from

Edgerton School District visit Livsreise.

(above and below)

Livsreise Main Gallery