2025 Immigration Anniversary

This presentation follows the story of the first organized group of Norwegian immigrants, known as the Sloopers, from its beginning, through the voyage itself, their reception in New York City, and finally to their settlement in Kendall, New York. Dale Goodman is a Vesterheim volunteer, previous trustee, and Slooper descendant. He has given this presentation...

Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College's Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director, facilitates a monthly bokprat, discussing Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. Join us in June for a discussion of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Miller.  In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves his restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard,...