Norwegian-style ale bowl

Norwegian-style ale bowl

Norwegian-style ale bowl carved by Hans Sandom and painted by Karen Jenson in Milan, Minnesota, ca. 2000.

Image of Sons of Norway Button

Sons of Norway Button

Pinback button commemorating the dedication of a Sons of Norway lodge home in Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1978.

Photograph of Walter Mondale and Karl Rolvaag with Hubert Humphrey

Walter Mondale and Karl Rolvaag with Hubert Humphrey

Norwegian Minnesotans Walter Mondale and Karl Rolvaag (left and right) with fellow Norwegian Hubert Humphrey (center), ca. 1967. At the time, Humphrey was vice president, Rolvaag governor of Minnesota, and Mondale a US senator.

Photograph of Governor Floyd B. Olson with Governor Clyde Herring

Governor Floyd B. Olson with Governor Clyde Herring

Floyd B. Olson, governor of Minnesota, with Clyde Herring, governor of Iowa, November 13, 1935

Norwegian American dancers

Norwegian American dancers

Norwegian American dancers in Minnesota. Pictured are Anna Hoveland, Gina Kolar, Arne Markusen, Inga Markusen, Caroline Olsen, Inga Skottegard, and Matilda Wamstad. Photograph by Ambassador Atelier, Inc., 1934.

Chorus of singers forming the Norwegian Flag for the Norwegian Centennial Celebration

Chorus of singers forming the Norwegian Flag

Chorus of singers forming the Norwegian Flag for the Norwegian Centennial Celebration at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds, June 1925.

Julebukker (Norwegian Christmas foolers)

Julebukker (Norwegian Christmas foolers)

Description: Norwegian Minnesotans in costume as julebukker (Christmas foolers), ca. 1908.

Norwegian immigrants’ sawmill

Norwegian immigrants’ sawmill

Sawmill operated by Norwegian immigrants to Thor (Aitkin County), Minnesota, ca. 1900.

Sons of Norway parade delegation

Sons of Norway parade delegation

Members of the Sons of Norway’s Nidaros Lodge marching in a parade, ca. 1900.

Photograph of sod house

Sod House

Ms. Beret Hagebak in front of her sod house east of Madison, Minnesota, in Lac qui Parle County, ca. 1896. Photograph by Hugh J. Chalmers.

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