A large effort is underway, both in Norway and North America, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first organized …
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The Valdres Samband 2024 Annual Stevne will be held in Minneapolis. We are celebrating our 125th anniversary of the first …
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From Becky Wood, Dec 2023 Our 2023 Stevne in Starbuck was a success. We had fun. We laughed; thank you …
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September 16, 2022 – September 17, 2022The Valdres Samband annual Stevne is back in 2022 and will be a two day event …
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More Reliable Dates for the Ages of Valdres Medieval Churches by Jahn Børe Jahnsen, reprinted from the Budstikken, May 2005 …
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The old church was, of course, a Stave church and there were external galleries around the church in the 17th …
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Reinli Church Origin Is Source of Legends Reprinted with permission from the Budstikken, December 1982. Before Christianity reached Valdres, the …
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The church was first built in 1125, beside Vangsmjøsa. It was inundated by spring floods which unearthed corpses buried in …
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Ulnes, Strand, Skrautval, Aurdal, Aurdal Mountain Church, Tisleidalen, Tingnes By Jahn Børe Jahnsen There are four old churches in North …
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n all of Norway there are about two dozen stave churches and of these five are in Valdres: Hedal, Reinli, …