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Recent Blog Posts
The Original Valdres Fane – used from 1923-1999 The Valdres Fane (our Samband banner) is on display in a prominent place at every stevne. It was presented to the Samband 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.
By Bruce Weaver II Emigration from Northern Europe was a subject often depicted in the illustrated newspapers and magazines of the late 19th century. The cumulative result of this fascination …
by Jahn Bore Jansen The present church at Bruflat, Etnedal was inaugrated in 1750 and moved to its present site in 1774. Before this church there was a timberlog church …
By Valdres standards the Bagn church is a new church, having served the community only two and one-half centuries! It was built in 1736 and was first painted with tar, …
An indepth look at the sinking of the Steamer Atlantic in Lake Erie in 1852 including survivors stories from various Valdres immigrants. By Bruce Weaver