By Rodger Tveiten,
Dale Goodman, a presenter for the Vesterheim Museum’s speaker’s bureau, will share The Sloopers of 1825 at the Norwegian heritage banquet in Lake Mills on Monday, May 5, 2025. His great-great-great-great-
The event starts at 6:00 p.m. at the fellowship hall of the Salem Lutheran Church with opening exercises and a catered Swedish meatball buffet, featuring two tables of Scandinavian desserts. This bi-centennial gala is organized by the Nordic Lodge of the Sons of Norway. Guests are encouraged to wear folk costumes. Also welcome are Norwegian or Icelandic sweaters. For reservations, contact Kermit Singelstad, lodge president.
This 200 year anniversary celebration is one of the first of many to be held in the Lefse Belt stretching from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Northwest.
