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Recent Blog Posts
What do you get when you mix aquavit, apricots, amd rømmegraut? The sweet concoction that was served at the banquet on Saturday evening! The same sweetness can be said of …
The 2002 Stevne was held from June 20-22 at the Oaks Hotel and Convention Center in Sioux Falls SD. Thursday Many Samband members participated in an afternoon tour of …
Reprinted with permission from December 2001 Budstikken By Aaron Hanson For only the third time in its 102 year history, the Valdres Samband held its annual stevne in Decorah, Iowa. …
The 101st anniversary stevne of the Valdres Samband took place in St. Cloud, Minn., from June 22-24, 2000. A total of 222 people registered for the event, and 186 signed …
100th anniversary of Valdres Samband Stevne
Dates and places of the first 100 years of Valdres Samband stevner from 1899 – 1998