Lag Artifacts
inventoried by Paul Anderson, historian

WOODEN PLAQUE – 75 Ar Hilsen Fra Sondre Land, on back is written: “Laget av. Regnovold Einders 2860 Odnes, Norge”, received at Concordia College, 1985.Photo

WOOD CARVING – The Tired Woodcutter, 11-1/2” height, 12” length. Received from Sondre Land Kommune, -at the Lands Museum Celebration, Dokka, Norway. 1989 accepted by Lag President, Calvin Pederson.   Photo

NORDRE LAND KOMMUNE BANNER – Miniature white, blue and gold banner, hanging on stainless steel pole, mounted on 2-1/2” square marble base, received from Nordre Land Kommune during Utvandringsstevenet in 1989, accepted by Lag President Calvin Pederson.  Photo

SONDRE LAND KOMMUNE BANNER - Miniature white, blue and yellow banner, hanging on stainless steel pole, mounted on 3-1/4” square marble base.Received from Sondre Land Kommune during Utvandringsstevenet in 1989, accepted by Lag President Calvin Pederson. Photo

LANDINGS LAGET BANNER (Replacement) – Banner for stevne and parade use plus two bases; made by Odessa Jacobson, Alice Miller, and Alice Rothman; the original banner was placed with Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa in 1985. Photo

LAND PENNANT – Red, white, and blue; 29” wide at top, 67” long, received in 1989. This is used at registration and genealogy room table during the Stevne. Photo

HAND CARVED WOODEN FORK and SPOON - Intricately carved salad service fork and spoon, received in 1989 from Alastair Brown in Dokka; the year 1983 is carved on the underside of spoon and fork handles. Accepted by Lag President Calvin Pederson.  Photo

HAND CARVED WOODEN SPOONS – Three (3) intricately carved spoons, to accompany fork and spoon above  Photo

PEWTER VIKING SHIP – A gift to Landings Laget courtesy of Past President Helen Vinje in 1988, Wahpeton, ND. Accepted by Lag President Alf Swenson Photo

SMALL WOODEN BOWL – Marked 005-1986 Etnedal by Tus, 1988, a gift from Nordsinni Choir in 1988 at Wahpeton, ND. Accepted by Lag President Alf Swenson Photo

LARGE BLACK ROSEMALLED BOWL – Painted by Kari Engevold and Lathed by Osvald Fredlund of Nordre Land; “A gift in memory of those who emigrated to America and a greeting to their descendants of today from the people of Torpa and Nordre Land, Norway. “Congratulations on your 75th Anniversary”, received at Concordia College, 29 June 1985, presented by Arvid Sandaker. Photo

LARGE TABLE CLOTH “Landings Laget” – Handmade by members.

LANDINGS LAGET GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS –mounted on poster board with ID and a copy in 3 ring notebook.

 1910    Dania Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, courtesy of Orin Sather

 1911    Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, courtesy of Calvin Pederson   Photo page

 1923    Fergus Falls, Minnesota, courtesy of Sharon Wilson

 1928    Hillsboro, North Dakota, courtesy of Irvin Halbakken

 1929    Madison, Wisconsin, courtesy of Carl Rognholt

 1952     

 1989    Lands Museum, Dokka, Norway, courtesy of Calvin Pederson

 1994    La Crosse, Wisconsin-(Norskedalen-Coon Valley), courtesy of Paul Anderson  Photo

 1995    Wahpeton, North Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson   Photo

 1996    Forest City, Iowa, courtesy of Paul Anderson   Photo

 1997    Wahpeton, North Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson

 1998    Wahpeton, North Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson

 1999    Decorah, Iowa, courtesy of Paul Anderson

 2000    Wahpeton, North Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

2000     Dokka Norway, Lands Museum Photo

 2001    Rapid City, South Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2002    St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, courtesy of Paul Anderson

 2003    UWM, Winona, Minnesota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2004    Willmar, Minnesota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2005    Stevne/Tour of Land, Norway Photo

 2005    UW Whitewater, Wisconsin, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2006    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2007    Wahpeton, North Dakota, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2008    Stevens Point, Wisconsin, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

 2009    River Falls, Wisconsin, courtesy of Paul Anderson Photo

BUTTON COLLECTION – Framed collection of Landings Laget Buttons and Ribbons: 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1935, 1936, and 1954. Courtesy of Calvin Pederson.

LEDGER – Capital Ledger dated 1937-1946.

SCRAP BOOK – Landings Laget Events 1968-1974.

LANDINGS LAGET 75 YEARS” – Anniversary Publication copy.

NORDSINNI BLANDET KOR – Choir tapes, received in 1988, Wahpeton, ND.

“VESTOPPLAND SLEKTSHISTORIELAG” – Greetings to Hadelandslaget, Toten Laget and Landings Laget; 75th Anniversary Jubilee, received in 1985.

ITOYA PHOTO ALBUM – 75th Anniversary Pictures, 1985, courtesy of Carol Olson.

PHOTO ALBUM – The Story of Landings Laget by Mina Nysveen, Hillsboro, ND.

TAPE – Land Spillmannslag Tape (Fra Land).

FLAGS – 100 Table Flags and Holders; American, Canadian, and Norwegian flags, (property of Norwegian Stevner, Inc.)

PHOTO ALBUM – Prior to 1980.

PHOTO ALBUM – After 1989.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE COLLECTION – Copies from NAHA, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, (in Norwegian). Containing several articles about the Landings Lag Stevnes.

PLATE – “LANDINGSBJORNEN BEAR, 1994” a gift from Alastair Brown, Director of Lands Museum in Dokka, Norway, presented by Finn and Lilly Hanvold at the 1995 Stevne in Wahpeton, ND. Photo

1910 & 1995 BUTTONS – Framed Shadowbox – Landings Laget 1910 button, courtesy of Gilman and Vivian Goplen, 1995 button and frame courtesy of Paul and Joan Anderson, presented at Forest City, Iowa in 1996. Photo

SECRETARY BOOK - 1910 – 1975, (in Norwegian through 1971).Original is stored at NAHA at St. Olaf College, Northfield MN. Translated copy in Historian file.

LANDINGS LAGET NEWSLETTERS – Bound and complete, 1977 to present, copies in the Lag Library.

PORCELAIN FLOWER VASE – Received from Rolf Odegard, Mayor of Nordre Land Kommune, presented by Geir S. Loeng, Dokka, Norway, at the Stevne in Wahpeton in 1997.

NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL – 1925 - Pennant and Pin, donated by David Benson at the 1997 Stevne in Wahpeton ND (Myrtle Benson and Peggy Timm attended this event). Photo

NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL – 1925 - Ribbon donated by Oscar and Joel Lund at the 1997 Stevne in Wahpeton ND. Photo

SQUARE TABLE CLOTH – Gift from Ingvald Eid of Brandbu, Norway, presented at 1998 Stevne in Wahpeton, ND.

1915 – FARGO, ND, REGISTRATION – RIBBON AND PIN, courtesy of Verna Leedahl, presented at 1998 Stevne in Wahpeton, ND.

SKETCH - by Per Einbo, 2000. "Parishioners Walking to Church,"  Accepted by Lag President Oscar Lund during visit to Land. Photo

PRIMSTAVEN - hand carved wooden stick from Norway, used as a calendar before one could buy printed almanacs. (See brochure for a more detailed explanation.) Given to Landings Lag in 2000 by Alastair Brown, Curator of Lands Museum, Dokka, Norway, accepted by Lag President, Oscar Lund. Photo

PORCELAIN DOLLS - dressed in their official Bunads from Land. The Landingsdrakt costume for the girl doll was made by Karen Emilie Dillerud from Nordre Land. The Mannsbunad on the boy doll was made by Marit Os from Sondre Land.   Given to Landings Lag in 2000 by the Mayor of Nordre Land, Rolf Odegard and the Mayor of Sondre Land, Reidar Eriksen, at the Lands Museum in Dokka, Norway, accepted by Lag President, Oscar Lund. Photo

BRONZE MINIATURE LOGGING STATUE – Rolf Odegard Mayor of the municipality of Nordre Land was represented by Geir S. Loeng who presented the Logging Statue to the Landings Lag in 2001 at Rapid City, SD, accepted by the Lag President, Sandy Hendrickson.  The mayor’s committee for cultural affairs said: “The municipality of Nordre Land wants to acknowledge the way the Landingslaget in America has preserved Norwegian culture in general, and especially the “Land culture” in the United States. Nordre Land wants to reward Landingslaget for its excellent and extensive work through ninety years, and present to the lag a miniature of the logging statute in bronze made by the sculptor “Erik Tandberg”. Photo

HENNING WOOD CARVING- Statue of a Prillar-Guri given by Reidar Ericksen, Mayor of Sondre Land.  Accepted by Lag President, Sandy  Hendrickson at the Randsfjorden Gjestegård, Hov, Norway on June 4, 2005  at the 95^th Anniversary of Landings Lag i America Photo .

HENNING WOOD CARVING- Statue of a man given by Liv Solveig Alfstad, Mayor of Nordre Land.  Accepted by Lag President, Sandy Hendrickson at the Ankalterud Gård, Dokka, Norway on June 8, 2005 at the 95^th Anniversary of Landings Lag i America, Photo

CANDLE HOLDERS- Two candle holders given by the Lands Museum, Dokka, Norway. Presented by Alastair Brown. Accepted by Lag President Sandy Hendrickson at the Bygde dag June 5^th, 2005. Photo