Washington Lodge 3-428
June Lodge Program
Stave Churches in
Norway
June
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Directions to
For further information, contact Event Chairperson Frank Jones at 703-243-5770
or by email to
Frank Jones .
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Our June program is going to be an
interesting talk about the Stave Churches in Norway.
(A stavechurch is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam
construction. All surviving stave churches except one are found in
Norway.) Dr. Verlyn Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian
Studies and History at Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minn. He is
also Cultural Director at the second largest lodge (with 1400
members!) in Sons of Norway. Dr. Anderson is a veteran of some 40
trips to Norway, mostly as a tour guide for groups from USA. His
presentation will include his own photos of all 29 surviving
(originally, there were more than 1,000) stave churches built
between 1050 and 1300, along with the churches’ histories. The
event chair is Vice-President, Kristin Oen Stone.