Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sons of Norway (Norwegian: Sønner av Norge), founded in 1895 as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway, is a fraternal organization principally representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada.
The Canadian Birkebeiner is named after the Norwegian Birkebeinerrennet, which commemorates an important historical event. [2] In 1206 a group of Birkebeiner loyalists, who fought for Sverre Sigurdsson and his descendants in the Norwegian civil war, smuggled Haakon IV, the widely regarded illegitimate son of Norway's King Håkon Sverresson, from Lillehammer to safety in Trondheim.
New Norway, Alberta circa 1915. Norwegian Canadians are found throughout the entire country but with a major concentration in Western Canada. The Prairies were the hub of the Norwegian settlement in Canada. Settlements in Canada which were primarily created by Norwegian immigrants: Birch Hills, Saskatchewan; Rose Valley, Saskatchewan
The Sons of Norway, originally a small fraternal benefit organization, now has more than 60,000 members in America and almost 3,000 in Canada. It is dedicated to promoting Norwegian culture and traditions. [15]
Canada: The city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has a stop on the Edmonton LRT system and a public square named in his honour. Churchill Square, is the main square in that city and was renovated in 2004 for the city's 100th anniversary of incorporation. Churchill Square (St. John's), Newfoundland. The neighbourhood of Churchill Park, St. John's.
He was the third of four sons of John Sjursen and Elisabet Haaversdatter on the Haukenæs farm in the Ulvik parish. In 1882, Haukaness received a grant from the government of Norway, [ 1 ] and from 1882 until 1885 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art (now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry ) with Knud Bergslien in Oslo .
Sons of Norway, the olden kingdom, sing to the harps the festive sounds! Manly and full of solemnity let the music rise, Our song consecrateth the ancestral land. Memories of ancestors gloriously return, each time we mention our ancestral roots. Hearts swelling with pride and glowing cheeks hail the beloved, the sacred name;
Enoch Cree Nation 135, (Cree: ᒪᐢᑫᑯᓯᐦᐠ, romanized: maskêkosihk / m ə s ˈ k eɪ ɡ oʊ s iː k /) previously known as Stony Plain No. 135, is an Indian reserve of the Enoch Cree Nation #440 in Alberta. [4] It is adjacent to the City of Edmonton to the east and Parkland County to the north, west, and south. [6]