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HALLINGLAG of America |
"Lat oss inkje forfederne gløyma"
(Let us not forget our forefathers)

100th Anniversary Group Photo
To view a full size picture with
names click here
| Hallinglag's official Centennial Book is now available for purchase. |
Hallingdal is a rugged mountain valley in Norway, part of Buskerud County (fylke). Many people migrated from this valley coming to America and Canada, especially during the 1800’s. The Hallinglag is an organization formed in 1907 by these immigrants and their descendants. The Hallinglag aims to preserve and promote the unique cultural heritage given to us by these pioneers.
The
Banner
The Hallinglag banner was presented to the
Hallinglag of America in Gol, Norway, June 1914. Members of the Hallinglag of America take pride in the lag's banner, which is pictured on the front of each issue of
Hallingen and was depicted on a commemorative plate created in 1975.
Sixty-one years before that, Hallinglag members helped establish the tradition of commemorating the lag's heritage when a group of them traveled to Norway to celebrate the country's
100th anniversary of independence. A total of 1,242 Norwegian Americans went on that trip.
The Americans brought the Norwegians many gifts; in return the Norwegian Hallings traveled to America the following year and presented the Hallinglag of America with a silk banner made in Christiania.
The banner's motif is from Hol, Norway, and Hallingskarvet is in the background. The man's costume is from the Norwegian town of Aal and the woman's is from the town of Gol. The banner proudly declares the lag's theme, "Let Us Not Forget Our Forefathers" which is from an Ivar Aasen poem.
The next stevne date is June 19-22 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Minot ND.
More details to follow as we work out the plans over the coming year.
Please join us for all the activities and have some Halling
fun!
Our 100th year stevne was June 28-July 1, 2007, at Minnesota State University--Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
LINKS
http://www.hallingen.net/naering-turisme.html
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