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Welcome to Valdres Samband The Valdres Samband is an organization of descendants of immigrants to the U.S. and Canada from the Valdres Valley of Innlandet Region (formerly Oppland County) in …
Welcome to Valdres Samband The Valdres Samband is an organization of descendants of immigrants to the U.S. and Canada from the Valdres Valley of Innlandet Region (formerly Oppland County) in …
Welcome to Valdres Samband The Valdres Samband is an organization of descendants of immigrants to the U.S. and Canada from the Valdres Valley of Innlandet Region (formerly Oppland County) in …
Welcome to Valdres Samband The Valdres Samband is an organization of descendants of immigrants to the U.S. and Canada from the Valdres Valley of Innlandet Region (formerly Oppland County) in …
n all of Norway there are about two dozen stave churches and of these five are in Valdres: Hedal, Reinli, Lomen, Hegge and Hurum (Høre). Hedal’s history is as fascinating as any.
A combined Stevne with the Valdres Samband and the Vestlandet Lag in Alexandria, Minnesota in 2018