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Vintage Sons of Norway lapel pins worn by members. The Sons of Norway was founded as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway. [2] The organization was founded by 18 members on January 16, 1895, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to insure each other when they were unable to secure life insurance on their own.
The Sons of Norway have lodges to teach making lefse to younger generations. A lodge in Vancouver, Washington, uses up to 60 pounds (27 kg) of potatoes to make lefse every month. [15] While lefse used to be eaten as a snack food, it is now more often made in large quantities for such lutefisk dinners. [2]
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In 1884, the Minneapolis chapter of Den Norsk-Amerikanske Venstreforening sent 4,000 kroners to Norway's Liberal Party (the party that favored independence.) [7] Norwegian-Americans campaigned enthusiastically for the United States to recognize Norway's independence from Sweden, with petitions and letters arriving in Washington, D.C. from most ...
A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of killing two people who were found dead at a home in the Scandia neighborhood near Poulsbo earlier in the afternoon.
The state of Washington levies its own, statewide B&O tax, separate from municipal taxes like Poulsbo's. If a business operates in a Washington city with a municipal B&O tax, it must file taxes to ...
The population of Poulsbo almost tripled over three years, and the diversification of the population led to the dominance of English as the primary language. On October 22, 1975, King Olav V of Norway visited Poulsbo as part of the celebration of 150 years of Norwegian immigration to the United States. [16] His son, Harald, visited 20 years later.