sons of norway foundation 2016 annual reportwhile preparing to write this letter, i took notice of...

SONS OF NORWAY FOUNDATION

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Congratulations on celebrating 50 years of success with the Foundation!

While preparing to write this letter, I took notice of two incredibly valuable framed pieces on my wall – my undergraduate and graduate school diplomas. They are purposely hung in my line of view to remind me of something critical: I was a scholarship student both times around

and I would not be here, at Sons of Norway Foundation, serving our grant and scholarship recipients or you, as donors, were it not for the generosity of strangers.

Today, I’m grateful to be in the position to facilitate the scholarships and grants provided by our members. I recognize that receiving scholarships set me on a course that led me to this vocation. Benefactors like you made it possible, and such is the case for the many lives that are touched by our programs.

It is a privilege to be with the Sons of Norway Foundation and work with all of you. You as donors could do so many other things with your hard earned money. You could take a trip, buy some golf clubs, do things that would be relaxing and enjoyable. But instead you choose to invest in people. You have decided to endorse the hard work of your fellow members and say “you are doing amazing things in the community, I value your work and want to help.”

Moreover, you are validating the dreams of students saying “I know you can do it, let me give you the chance you need to prove it.” You are saying to your brothers and sisters in need “I cannot imagine what it is like to lose your home, but I am here, I care and can provide this boost when you need it most.”

As you flip through this report please do not just skim the smiling faces. Please take a hard look, see the joy, the impact, and take the credit you deserve for making these things happen. You - our members - and the Foundation have been making good things happen for 50 YEARS, which is very special.

Femti tusen takk,

Corrie Maki Knudson - Director

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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AWARDS AT A GLANCE

$12,000IN

CAMPERSHIPS

15Helping

Hands to Children Grants

$4,400

$41,000 IN 9DOMESTIC

SCHOLARSHIPS

$24,000 IN 13INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

$106,000 IN 34HERITAGE & CULTURE

GRANTS

15Local Lodge

Partnership Grants$5,900

2Helping

Hands to Members

Grants$2,000

OVER $194,000 in Total Awards

Thank you for “Giving Together” with the Foundation. 2016 marked a banner year, including raising $50,000 together with our members and lodges to celebrate our 50th anniversary. As a result of reaching our goal the Foundation was thrilled to award each district with a $1,000 grant to use for any Foundation related purpose of their choosing. The photo above shows each district president accepting the award on behalf of their members.

50th Anniversary GIVE TOGETHER

Andy Johnsen (D5), Erik Brochmann (D8), Nordy Riley (D4), Chris Hicks (D2), Per Mikalsen (D8), Mary Beth Ingvoldstad (D6),

Dennis Rusinko (D1), Mary Andersen (D3)

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The financial information contained in this report is a condensed version of the Fiscal Year 2016 audited financial statements for the Sons of Norway Foundation. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available by contacting the Sons of Norway Foundation.

The Sons of Norway Foundation is primarily an endowment foundation. Grant and scholarship award payouts are based on a percentage of the total assets, not on annual donations. Our commitment is to maintain and grow the charitable assets entrusted to us. Your financial support helps us reach this goal.

Total Revenues $925,877

Net Assets as of 12/31/16 $6,688,561

DeductionsScholarship & Grant Awards $194,687 General & Administration Expenses $171,725

Total Deductions $366,412Increase in Net Assets $559,465

2016 FINANCIAL REPORT

Statement of ActivitiesYear Ended 12/31/2016

RevenuesContributions $639,970 Investment/Sales Income $165,185 Net Capital Gains $120,722

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GENEROUS DONATIONS BOOST AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

As members of Sons of Norway, we all know that helping others is particularly satisfying and unifies us as a fraternal society. The Foundation is thrilled to honor the donors who created the following endowed funds in 2016, which will increase our scholarship opportunities from seven to eleven in 2017.

These benefactors truly appreciate our focus on Nordic culture and emphasis on finding scholarship recipients with strong character and leadership, making our partnerships ideal. If you have ever been a scholarship or grant recipient, you understand how much support from philanthropy can change your life. We cannot thank these donors enough for their generosity.

- First 4 year scholarship- Up to $3,000 per year- Candidates without parents are preferred

- First scholarship focused on Norwegian or German students- Up to $2,000- Adult learners encouraged to apply

- First scholarship established by a district- Specifically for students in District Six to attend college- The District maintains control of the applications and awards- The Foundation handles the compliance and investing

- First endowed fund established by a lodge- Available to members of Desert Fjord 6-133 for scholarships & educational grants- Created through a bequest left to the lodge that is invested with the Foundation- The lodge still maintains control over the application and award process

Bernt Anker Scholarship

District Six, Sons of Norway, Educational Fund

Desert Fjord Lodge and Agnes Stieler Education Fund

Orel and Marie Winjum Memorial Scholarship

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DONOR HONOR ROLLThe Sons of Norway Foundation thanks the following members for their donations of $10 or more

Karen & Bruce AakerJohn AamodtDerrick AardalJoan & Steven AbbottCarole AbernatheyAndy AganMark & Regina AgerterMaxine AgreJanis AhernZelda AhlbornAllan AlvstadSharon AmannOmar & Rita AmundsonMary AndersenRobert AndersenChristine AndersonElma AndersonJo Don AndersonJudith AndersonLeonard AndersonPeter AndersonGerd AndreassenMartha AndrewBernt AnkerCarol ArceneauKarl & Aunda ArndtDarlene ArnesonPeter ArntsonJohn AspebakkenCorrine AstrupRandi AulieLavaun AusenRodney AustinMaureen AustinsonTheresa & James BairdDuane BakkenMatthew BarstadConnie BartramDouglas & Arlene BeckEllen BeckPaul BeddoeJanni BelgumKatherine BellGloria & Cal BenazicSolveig BenderOdin BendiksenBeatrice BergCathrine BergMeredith BergRoss & Shirley BergGudmund BergeAlvin & Phoebe Bergh

Bob & Helene BerglandPeter BickelSidney BingamanCarla BirkelandBurton & Jean BittnerArlen & Patricia BjorklundG BlomTrond BodalGustav BoeClaudia & Bruce BomierJulianne BonnerArne BorgnesElizabeth BoroGene BrandvoldClark BrekkeChristine BremsethFrederick & Karen BrinkmanTeresa BroadheadGreta BrownKathrine BrowneJohn BrueningWaldo & Margaret BueingGro BuerDarlys BurchSteven BurnsJane ButiebEdward & Clara ButtrickFrances & Joseph CallihanRuth CampbellKaren CarellaNorman & Janet CarlsonRandall & Kay CarlsonSharun CarlsonJanet CarothersLinda CarruthersJoan CarsonArvida CashMaryann & Kenneth CazzellDavid & Ruth ChristWayne & Bernadine ChristiansenElizabeth & Owen ChristiansonLa Vern ChristiansonMyrvin & Anne ChristophersonCurtis ClevelandPatricia CobbKathryn CochranThomas ColemanJudy CollinsJack & Thelma ColmanLa Verne ColnessDiane ConoverGary & Marilyn Cooper

Suzanne CooperDebbie & Otto CornthwaiteGloria & Robert CoulterMarilyn CramBonnie CrandallNorma CretalWilliam & Carol CrewsHarold & Randi CruzeJoan CurtisGardis DahleAnna DalbergAase DaneLynn DavidsonAnna DeckerMichaela DeckerDell DeierlingRuth DeLattreLeslie DemmerKay DeRoosRonelle DeschampCarol DevitoMarjorie DexheimerClarice DieterRobert DillSissel DisbrowCarol DostKaren DotyNils DragoySynnove DragoyHarold DreveckyBrent DrovdalJudith DurkinJohn DutcherRodney EckLois & John EgelhofRobert EidsmoeKarl & Nancy EikebergLouann EkrenRichard EkseKaare & Orvetta EldePer EllingsenCraig & Martha ElliottShirley EngelmannDavid & Patricia EngenKaren EngesethGail EnglerKristi & Kris ErdalGerald & Deanna EricksonLeann EricksonLeland & Marilyn EricksonChristie EricsonJan-Erik Eriksen

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Robert & Mary EspesethJere & Joyce EttesvoldErik & Miranda EvansEarl & Shirley EvenstadSommer EversonDavid FauskeElwood FemriteJonathan FesteElvira FifeDavid FischerJudy & James FisherEdward & Judith FlemingLise FlemingMargaret FlowerSharon FollandAlvin & Julia FordeAllison & James ForemanTheodore & Helen FosbergErnest FosseRobert & Robin FossumLynn FranzRobin FriedmanJanet FruchtlAnniken FullerKarin FureTerje & Tone GabrielsenPaul GaustadPeggy GerdingMorris GjessingSusan & Bjorn GjolmesliJune GlewweDoris GoodlettLuella GrangaardCarol GravesMarilyn GriffithPaul GrindeKris GrodahlMark GronsethDavid & Janet GrossArthur GruenbergGeorge & Sonja GundPatricia GundersonHans & Henrietta GunderudAudun & Margaret GythfeldtEllen & Charles HaberleinLaila HafnerVaughn & Martha HagenKaren HaltinerSteven HalversonTor & Bente HalvorsenDon & Susan HalvorsonKyle Handegard

Janet HanniganDavid HansenRigmor HansenVirginia HansenBruce HansonKaren & Peter HansonR HansonKathleen HarknessJames HarrisRuth HartmanCarol HasvoldArne HatlestadSusan & Brian HatlevigRichard HatlevollPalmer HaugLyle & Ardis HaugenLarry & Dorothy HaydenThomas Heavey, Sr. & Nancy HeaveyBlaine HedbergCarla HeibergEivind & Michele HeibergRichard HelgersonKarl & Dao HellaKaren & Stephen HelmoldKarla HenderlongRuth HendricksonNancy HerakDavid & Patricia HermundsonPaul HernerGail HetlandOle & Lully HillestadNancy HiraokaVerla HodgsonJayne HoganCurtis HogensonDonald & Gloria HollowayRobert & Dorothy HooverMelvin HoplandBruce HornTheodore HoveyLeslee Lane Hoyum & George HoyumSusan HungnessJudy & David ImmelCarl & Mary Beth IngvoldstadJohn & Carol Jacobsen JrKari JahrEdith JaquesAlpha JensenPatricia JensenEdward Jindrich

Jon-Eirik & Becky JohansenAndrew JohnsenCasper JohnsenGloria JohnsonKyle & Heather JohnsonKristine JohnsonLowell & Barbara JohnsonMarjorie JohnsonMelissa & Dennis JohnsonRichard & Irene JohnsonRichard & Ingri JohnsonPatricia JokelaIrene JordahlKeith & Karla JorgensenBarbara JuddMark JustusBarbara JuvenPatricia & Patricia KaaldDelores KalinovJack & Mary KappCheryle & Daniel KapsakAnn & Mike KathanBetty KellyTerry KensrudScott & Gina KerfootPatricia KesslerRuth KinaneJo KirkenaerJanice KirkwoodBernard & Barbara KittlesonDuane & Nancy KittlesonTeresa KlotzGerhard & Gayle KnudsenJohn & Lauren KnudsenHarold & Carol KnutsenEarl & Elizabeth KnutsonKarl KnutsonSally KnutsonRobert & Donna KodalenLynn KolstadAnn & Ronald KrauseKjell & Marit KristiansenHarry & Lillian KuellSevert & Mary KvammeNils & Lois LadderudDavid & Sherri LanhamBarbara LarsonGerhard & Barbara LarsonKent & Marcia LarsonRichard LarsonRonald & Celia LechnyrGregg LeDuc

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Norlan LeeLawrence LegardMargaret LehrMartina Leonard-FossumBecky LewisDuane & Elaine LindbergJohn Lindberg JrRobert LindblomJoe LissLoretta LitkeMary LoeAlan LokensgardEvelyn LundJohn & Evelyn LundOscar & Carolyn LundJack LysneJeanette & Michael MacauleyNancy & Rex MadsonJoan MageeEllen MagsamenCory & Kari MahleCorrie Maki KnudsonVonna MalinenJanet MalmbergMonrad & Karen MandsagerGail ManganTerry & Bjorg MapstoneBrian MarquisAdeline MartinezJudy MathernRonald MathisonGordon MathsenLorraine MavesThomas & Lynn MaxsonRobert Mc CallumArthur Mc CaslandSolveig Mc SheaWendy & Mark McGinleyKathryn & W McHugh-O’BrienGalen McIntoshMaryfrances & Gene McKayRichard McMurrayArlene MehlhoffJohn & Patti MeshnikPer & Marit MikalsenAlbert MillerConstance MillerDonald MoeScott MoeMarilyn MolinariJan MorrisArdis Morton

Nancy MotzkusCora MuenchLisa MutchlerMary Beth & David MutchlerRonald MyromYvonne NatvigAnne NelsonAnnita NelsonBetty NelsonCarol NelsonDean & Terry NelsonDonald NelsonDonald NelsonElaine NelsonHerbert NelsonJane NelsonMarvin & Sandra NelsonOdell NelsonRoger NelsonTerry NelsonVick NelsonEgil NerlandDavid & Vicki NessKim NesselquistNeil NewlunEdna NordbyAsbjorn & Joan NordheimJoan O’BryanJohn OfstehageJeff OheJack OlinAlf OlsenMaureen OlsenOdd & Anna OlsenRobert OlsenArdell OlsonCharles & Barbara OlsonJim & Phyllis OlsonJohn OlsonRobert OlsonAnthony OnoratiLoren & La Ree OpdahlSoren OrleyKaren OswaldBetty PearyJames PedersonJon PedersonJoseph PedersonLinda PedersonRaymond & Arlene PedersonNancy PenkErik & Julie Peters

Lawrence PetryRichard PhillipsLinda PikeyGwen PitsenbargerKaron & Michael PlashaJoseph PotterMark QuamGregory & Jayne RaganChristine & Alf RasmussenCaren & Chuck ReavesJoseph RichardsRyan RichardsRamona RichardsonGlenn & Peggy RiddervoldShirley RingnessDag RivedalNancy RoachDarlene RobersonDonna & James RobinsonGail RobisonSusan RoedelConstance & Earl RogersGlen & Lynne RommesmoPamela RoseNancy RoseenGerald & Patricia RoweKimberly RowlandGerald RucksDan & Betty RudeJo Anne RudoDennis RusinkoNorma SandsRobert & Charlotte SatherJon SatrumJerry & Sonna SaudeJanet ScheevelJohn & Ruth ScheyJames SchiesslFreya SchmusShirley SchoenfeldJames & Kathleen SecoraAstri SeidenfeldTimothy SeldalInger SeverineThomas SherryArlon & Suzan SibertKim SimeRandall SjulstadCarolyn SkaalerudRod SkaflenSig SkarlandSven Skjolberg

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Helge SkjulestadPercy & Linda SlattenowJohn SmebyCarol & William SmithGail SmithJoni SmithClaire SmythDianne SnellLisa SolakKirsten SolbergAndy SorgenDennis SorheimLaurie SormanHoward SoroosLaura StahlJanice StearnsKathleen Steed-LuickTyrone SteenRichard StenersonJanice StevensErlene StevensonDean StillerJanice StoczSusan & Ronald StowRonald Stubbings & Riitta HuttunenChristina SvarverudJames & James SwainsonCarl SwansenDavid & Judith SwansonTy SwansonRobert Sween

Dolores SwensonPhilip & Julie SwensonRoberta SwierkowskiMarilyn & Myron SyversonRoger & Bernadine SyversonRolf & Sharon TandbergJoyce & David TauteJon & Gloria TehvenDonald TeigenErnest TemplinRobert TengdinDani & Robert ThibodeauxJoann ThompsenKathryn ThomsenHoward & Julie ThorsheimFrode TildenKenneth TitlandDean TollefsonAndrea TorlandKenneth TorsoeReidun TotlandThomas TowRaymond & Carol TranbyElaine TrosethLorraine TuckerMary TvengeKimberly TwesmeJessica UlmerStuart VamstadChristopher VarnesOddvar VassengPeter Vatne

Marion VedellAtle VerePaul VesledahlKenneth VikenJohn & Erna VinjeTalleiv & Karen VollenLaurie WadeBilly WadsworthArnljot & Dorothy WagsholmJosephine & Joseph WallschlaegerDouglas WarneSonja WarumEdward WatersLori WeaverDonna WeisJean WeivodaJames WelchThomas WergeFloyd WergelandTor WernerDiane WestArdythe WiegandtVirginia & Loyd WilcoxHarald & Elizabeth WilhelmsenHarold WilliamsonLarry WoldGrant & Nancy WoodRobert & Martha-May WoodmanJerry & Susan WrightEvelyn ZachorJoseph & Grethe ZarnitzDale & Dorothy Zimmerman

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DONOR HONOR ROLLThe Sons of Norway Foundation thanks the following lodges for their donations of $10 or more

Aasgaarden 6-112Abel 2-029Andrew Furuseth 6-049Askeladden 5-610Bernt Balchen 2-046Bernt Balchen 3-566Beverhode 4-589Bitterrootdalen 4-656Bjarne 4-086Bjorgvin 1-010Bjornstjerne Bjornson 6-014Bla Fjell 3-646Borgund 1-532Bothell 2-106Breidablik 2-027Centennial 6-161Central 4-000Central 5-000Central 8-000Christian Radich 5-568Circle City 5-614Cleng Peerson 5-525Desert Fjord 6-133Desert Troll 6-165Dovre 5-353Draxten 1-464Edmonds 2-130Edvard Grieg 5-657Elveby 1-604Elvedal 5-556Elvedalen 2-129Elvesund 5-593Faerder 3-109Fagerlund 4-203Fagernes 5-616Fedraheimen 1-059Fjelldal 4-543Fjelldalen 6-162Fjellheim 6-107Fjordland 1-508Fossen 5-534Fridtjof Nansen 6-009Garborg Disbanded 3-265Granlund 1-240Grays Harbor 2-004Grønnvik 5-632Gulfstream 3-514Gulldalen 6-128H R Holand 5-549Haarfager 1-040Hampton Roads 3-522Hardanger 4-652

Haugaland 8-018Heimsyn 1-015Henrik Ibsen 3-393Hilsen Disbanded 4-520Hjemkomst 1-599Hovedstad 2-094Hovedstad 4-528Hundreårsjubileum 1-671International Island Viking 2-145Ivar Aasen 6-045Jotunheimen 4-499Jotunheimen 5-286Kong Olav V 1-483Kringen 4-025Kristiania 1-047Lauris Norstad 1-558Leif Erikson 1-032Leif Erikson Disbd 5-097Lodsen 4-138Løven 5-029Loyal 3-252Maihaugen 1-665Mandt 5-314Midnatsolen 1-058Mollargutten 4-478Myrmarken 5-609Nor-Bu 3-427Nordahl Grieg 6-052Norden 2-002Nordic 1-502Nordkap 5-378Nordland 5-544Nordlandet 5-620Nordlyset 4-488Nordmarka 1-585Nordskogen 1-626Nordstjernen 1-563Norhaven 4-536Normanden 4-424Normanna 1-052Normanna 2-003Normont 4-507Norrona 6-050Norse Valley 5-491Norskeland 5-580Norskfodt 1-590Nortonna 1-638Norumbega 3-506Odin 2-041Oslo 2-035Ostestaden 5-642

Overtro Fjell 6-153Peer Gynt 6-022Polar Star 5-472Port Orange Disbd 1/2016 3-551Restauration 1-548Roald 2-039Roald Amundsen 6-048Runic Vennskap 1-530Sagatun 1-018Scandia 6-075Scandiana 5-600Shastafjell 6-108Sjoland 5-635Skjold 5-100Skogvannet 1-658Smaa Fjell 4-557Snofjeldet 4-531Snorre 1-070Snorre 6-061Snowshoe Thompson 6-078Sognefjord 5-523Sol Byer 6-134Sola 6-168Solbakken 6-064Soldalen 6-067Solglimt 1-547Sol-Land 2-086Solskinn 6-150Solskinn Disbanded 1-550Solvang 5-457Sonja 2-038Stavanger 1-538Stein Fjell 6-114Storting 1-519Suncoast 3-562Sundfjord 6-065Svalbard 2-033Sverdrup 4-107Synnove-Nordkap 1-008Terje Viken 1-017Thor 2-042Thor 4-067Tre Elver Disbanded 5-628Trollheim 1-511Ulabrand 6-024Vakkertland 5-570Valdres 1-503Valhall 5-168Valhall 6-025Vegas Viking 6-152Vennekretsen 1-559Vennelag 1-546

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DONOR HONOR ROLLThe Sons of Norway Foundation thanks the following lodges for their donations of $10 or more

Vennlig 4-618Vennskap 1-554Vestafjell 6-146Vesterdalen 2-131Vesterheim 6-118Vestland 1-601

Victory 6-043Vidda 4-663Viking 5-625Vikingland 1-495Vikings Of Lake 6-166Vikings Of The Smokies 5-677

Vinland 6-159Washington 3-428Wergeland 4-247Wergeland 5-028

DONOR HONOR ROLLThe Sons of Norway Foundation thanks the following friends for their donations of $10 or more

Mindy BentonAllison BhusriSteve BoeSuzanne ClingmanLisa DavidsLaurie DavisNancy Ellias

Amy HagbergLibby HirshbergByron JohnsonFafinski, Mark & JohnsonAndrea JuttingRobert LeMieuxPenny Livingston

Alroy LunningMariah MouselBarry SilvermanMatt SmithMatthew SpejcherJohn TohrRolf Willy

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“The Draken’s voyage has stirred the imagination of so many people around the world and inspired the hearts of those within our organization, too.”

Sons of Norway CEO Eivind J. Heiberg

DRAKEN HARALD HÅRFAGRE

The fantastic voyage of the Draken Harald HårfagreThe Draken Harald Hårfagre – the world’s largest Viking ship built in modern times – began an extraordinary voyage in April 2016 from Haugesund, Norway. The ship set sail to cross the North Atlantic Ocean with the goal of replicating Viking explorer Leif Erikson’s journey to the New World more than a thousand years ago.

In July, when prohibitive pilotage fees in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes came to light, Sons of Norway and the team leading the Draken Harald Hårfagre’s 2016 Tall Ships voyage entered into a partnership by which the Sons of Norway Foundation would provide the official fundraising mechanism to raise fees for the ship’s pilotage in the Great Lakes. In doing so, all those planning to attend the Tall Ships festivals would be able to immerse themselves in the Viking ship’s historic voyage and engage in the heritage and culture of Norway, as befitting the Sons of Norway mission.

An unprecedented flurry of media coverage for Sons of Norway ensued over the following weeks, with reporters from international, national and regional outlets clamoring to hear the story of the Draken and follow Sons of Norway’s’ efforts to help the cause.

Over three weeks’ time, due to the generosity of eager members, community partners and donors from across the country, Sons of Norway raised $121,000 toward the pilot fees, enabling the vessel to continue its voyage from Bay City, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois, and on to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the Draken decided to end its Great Lakes voyage.

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DONOR HONOR ROLLThe Sons of Norway Foundation thanks the following individuals & organizations for their donations of

$10 or more in support of the Draken Harald Hårfagre’s voyage

John AamodtLin AasvedJane AbbottCheryl AberlyMary AdairAmy AdamsDave AdamsJohn AdamsKay AdamsRaylene AhlgrenMichael AlbertsMargaret AlbrechtMarsha AldermanWyn AlexanderInge AlheidAndrew AllanJohn AlmliLinda AltmanWilliam AmundsenArthur AndersenBarbara AndersenNancy AndersenLaura Andersen-BalesGlenna Andersen-DivineCarol AndersonCheri AndersonJo Don AndersonKristin AndersonMark AndersonNeil AndersonPeter AndersonRichard AndersonRobert AndersonSharon AndersonSonna AndersonWhit AndersonUlrika AnderssonMarra AndreasRobert AndresDavid AndresenErik AndrusRuth Smestad AnglinJoseph AnnottiJerry AnthonyPatricia ArnoldDavid AroAnthony ArvidsonLaura AshlockSally AtkinsGregg AttlesonJoan AubinPascale Aubin-RheaumeSandra Aune

Robert AusuraSusan BabcockRobert BagleyMarena BaileyTerrence BaillargeonRyan BairdKerry BakerRobin BakerMartin BakkenMartin Bakken, Jr. Chris BangsCindy BankBurton BarnardAnn BarnesJames BarnesChristian BarretteRyan BarshickJeffrey BartonKaren BassettKristin BeardenLeslie BearlWilliam BeasleyEunice BeckerMelanie BellemanKeith BennettSteven BensonSteph BentzEinar BerdinessenJeanne BergKaren BergPer Arne BergSusan BergValerie BergDaniel BergesonDavid I BergumAntoinette BerryMichael BerubeThomas BialekMichael BieverMatt BirkeklandMegan BiskupBrian BjellaMark BjorgoBjorgvin Lodge, 1-010Robert BjorkmanSusan BlackLaurie BlackerRaymond BlacklidgeErik-Jan BleekerRobert BlenkarnBryan BlockLaura BocianDonald Bolstad

Lynne BolstadAnn BoomsRikka BothunBobby BourgoinMette BowenNellie BowlesGayle BoyceKathleen BoydAnn BoyerDonald BoysMichael BrandjordPatricia BrantinghamDominique BrascheHolger BraumannValerie BraunshausenShawn BrennanMichael BrotonEdwin BrottBill BroxKathleen BruceThomas BruceEllen BrunoJill BuckAndre BueKate BurgettJeremy BurkeSherry BurkhartChristie BurkholderRussell ButekSarah Bylander MontzkaKaren ByronBette CalderoneEarl CampbellBetty CappsAlan CarlsonLeonard & Kathy CarlsonPamela CarlsonSally Carlson-BancroftMichael CarlssonJanice CarlstenChester CarmanKathy CaronMark CarverJohn CattellKim CauchyNorman CeaglskeMark ChadwickJonathon ChaffeeJustin ChamberlinDavid Bjoraker Charitable FundMike ChattersonElizabeth ChengBruce Chirrey

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Christiania Lodge, 8-004Ruth ClappKathryn ClaycombChristopher ClementJoanne ClementsCleng Peerson Lodge 8-011Lisa ClevelandMaryAnn CliffordSharon ClothierKathi CochranBen CohenGladys ColeCatherine ColganSunniva CollinsScott ConklinWilliam ConlanNeil ConnollyHonorary Consulate General of Norway in Minneapoilis, MinnesotaLisa CooperMargaret CooperMarilyn CooperDavid CopeJulie CorbettChristopher CosherGregory CottleGary CountrymanJames CoxTammy CoxenWilliam CristLaura CrockerLouis CulbertLouise CurnowSusan CurtisDennis DailyJohn Krys DailyDalbuen Lodge, 8-022Cheryl D’Amato & April VoytasEvelyn DanielsonWilliam DanksPenny DarbyDavid DarrPaul DarrowDianne DauntNicole DavarisJeff DavidsonJulie DavisMark DavisDeborah DavittTobias DawsonChuck DayThorin De Schane

Anne DeBoardGail DeBoerBarbara DeetzWilliam DefilippisRuth DeLattreChristine DeMarinisK Lynn DerckPamela DeSmidtKari DestefanoKaren DeweyKaaren DewittCatherine DexterPaul DiCarloTeresa DiMeolaGlenna DivineKyle DivineRobert DlugajJanet DonalKevin DooleyRachel DowneyKala DralleHenny DrangeKristi DrefahlMariette DucharmeDiane DugganSabastien Dujardin James DunaganKatherine DunnTimothy DunnJohn DunsterVicky DuossRichard DuvickBrian EastNancy EatonKaren EberhardtManuel Echeverria CusiLes EckelsSusan EckertMike EcklundDenise EdmondsGeorge EdwardsEidsvald Lodge 8-009Leif EikevikBen EliaMelodie EllefsonCarol ElliottColleen ElmbergKaren ElvinJudith EnfieldThor EngebretsonVicki EngelstadGene EngeneCarl Englund

Earl EnsrudSheila EntgelmeierSarah EpsteinRasmus ErdalJens EricksonMarilyn EricksonPeggy EricksonRuth EricksonChristie EricsonPaul ErikssonDoug Errson-HammerbergChristopher EyreTor EystadFafinski, Mark & JohnsonBaard FarreMichelle FairbrotherChristina M FairchildKari FalkenborgSuzanne FalksenJostein FalletKathy FarisPatricia FarneyDeborah FasselKaren FasterJohn FedakArthur FelioChris FennRobert FenstemakerDeanna FeraAnthony FergusonKate FerrisDavid FikeGerald FindenVictoria FinstadBrian FitzgeraldNatalie FitzpatrickEdward FlemingHelen FloydNancy FolsomCatharina ForbesMary ForteCheryl Foster HerzbergDustin FounrnierLouise FournierSandra FrackletonBruce FranckeBarry FrantumHaakon FredriksenLars FredriksenJohn FreemanKarine FrigonMorten FriisLinda Fronk



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Rebekah FullerKatie FurrColin BarnettJames GaasedelenDale GaaslandEric GaaslandJoyce GabbertCindy Galde-HickPat GaleAnne GalleJudith GanserEddy GarciaLisa GardnerAnnette GerulskiLucretia GhastinKaren GilbertThomas GilbertsenJani JohanssonHarald GjertsenCheryl GlennKaren Glennan-WestKaren GoldbergConstance GoldenRichard GoldmanDoris GoodlettMichael GoraJohn GouldRory GrantScott GrebShannon GreenGreen Bay PMI Entertainment GroupBrian GregsonDaniel GreifWanda GresAmy GriffithsDee GrimsrudGeir GronstadPeter GrossLance GrothJennifer GrotteDebra GruberShirley GrunlohEdward GundersenLance GundersenGregory Lars GunnersonRick GuntherJosee GunvilleMarilla GuptilJason GustafsonKathy GustafsonTim GustafsonBo Gustavsson

Jane GutknechtKim HaakensonSolveig HadlandJodi HagamanNancy HagenPatricia HagenDaniel HahnJeff HallSheryl HallAmy HalleyJeffrey HallockStanley HalpinConnie HalvorsenErik HalvorsonAmy HamiltonMichael HamlinSusan HammerstenRussell HankinsRobert HanmerRebecca HannaAzarey HannesdattirJudith HannonKurt HannulaAnn HanselmanBirch HansenBruce HansenDennis HansenJoel HansenMarie HansenMorten HansenAmy HansonAngela HansonAnn HansonDolores HansonKarl HansonMichael HardyPeter and Kathleen HardyPeter HardyPhil KraskarDebbie HarmerNancy HarrisGaye HarrisonGene HartmannDennis HarwoodJen HastoRichard HatfieldDana HattabaughCary HattebergEdward HattebergMelvin HaugHaugaland Lodge 8-018James HaugeMark Haugen

Marlys HaugenDavid HawkMichael HawkinsThomas HawkinsCharles HaydenCindy HaydenAmy HayesAllen HazenShelley Hazlett-Gooch & Roger GoochThomas & Nancy HeaveyAngela HeberleinSusan HedmanDavid HegdahlOlaf HegglandEivind & Michele HeibergMichael HeldVigdis HelmersenRichard HempEelia HenderscheidJennifer HendersonJilline HendersonJane HendrickDerrick HendricksAriana HendrixJames Hensleyneil HepburnKaren HeppMelanie HermanLouis & Annette HermansenCynthia HertPaul HesseHeidi HessenErica HickeyWendy HigginsHjemkomst Lodge, 1-599Richard HoegMorley HoferGayland HokansonJohn HolmanGlenn HolmbladPayl Holst-RonessNancy HolterRik HomstadJoseph HoopmanEvalynne HoppeSandra HoppeE. HopperstadGary HorstLorine HorvathNorsk HostfestLaura HouseRichard House



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Alfred HovdestadFrederick HoveyLaura HoweErin HowlettGrant HowlettRoger HowleyKenneth HudsonKlara HuesersWendy HuestonDoug HulmesMichelle HunsbergerMaggie HupceySvein HusevoldSue HutchingsDebra HutsonSteven HymanMary Beth IngvoldstadBerit IrgensMegan IrvineJessica IrwinMaj-Britt IsakNancy IsaksonThomas & Paula IversonBruce JacobsenNancy JacobsenHeather JankinsGregory JanssenNorma JanssonCarol JehleChristopher JelenAnita JensenOtto JensenRobert JensenSteve JensenRenate JephcottKarren JeskeJan JohansenMelanie JohnsenAllan JohnsonAllen JohnsonAnn JohnsonCatherine JohnsonCynthia JohnsonDianne JohnsonEric JohnsonGary JohnsonGrant JohnsonJoslyn JohnsonJoyce JohnsonKathryn JohnsonLowell JohnsonMichael JohnsonRachel Johnson

Randle JohnsonRobert JohnsonSteve JohnsonSteven JohnsonSuzan JohnsonKen JohnsonCarol JonesGwen JonesStaci JonesHans JorgensenKeith JorgensenMark JorgensenJeffrey JorgensonNejra JosephBetsey JosselynConnie JulienMartin KammelRebecca KalalWilliam KaneKaye KangasCheryle KapsakYuri KarshakevichMare KaruDale KarweikAmy KasparJeremiah KasterMina BrothertonThomas KeeleyBarbara KeilDiane KellyVirginia KellyCharlotte KennerlyDonald KerkhofRachel KerrBob KerrJames KewleyAmy KierzekMary Theresa KiihnAnn KingVictoria KingslienNancy KingstonSusan KirkvoldKathy KiserStefan KitzigArne KjaeraasEdward KlawitterRichard KlevenRoy KlevmyrKathryn KlosterMichael KnorrMichael KnudsonEarl KnutsonJeffrey Knutson

Julia KnutsonRoger KnutsonBetty KoernerWilliam KofstadShurlea KogerTina KohlmanMarin KosBurton KoskeJudith KoskiDale KoziolArlene KozubKlaus KramerElizabeth KraftGretl KramerJoan KreuterAmy KriesantElizabeth KrischerKristiania Lodge, 1-047 Jana KristinDeborah KufeldtRichard KusThomas KusterJean KvebergRachel LaberMichael LaffertyChristine LafranconiKathryn LafreniereChristian LalandMargaret LambalotKaren LambeckMargaret LammersTeresa Lamo-NelsonRonald and Sharon LanceJanne Anett LangayTobias LangerCandace LanghoffEvelyn LangsholtFelipe Lara-AngeliKathy LarocheRaymond LarsenShawn LarsenCarla J LarsonChristopher LarsonErick LarsonJoann LarsonKathryn LarsonSimon LarssonLisa LaskinJohn LassetterJennifer LassiterHallie DavidsenLeslie LassiterAksel Katz



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Richard LauxCathy LawrickJames & Daneille Le VoguerArlene LeachmanGregg LeDucAlexandra LeeAngela LeeKathy LeeMichael LeeNathan LeeRolland LeeEden LegreeNancy LehmanAnna LeiversKeith LennartsonRaymond LevittDawson LewisJudith LewisMichael LeyhWilliam LidePatrick LiebergDale LienRichard LilleheiAlissa Lincoln SobekSherry LindauerViktor LindholmJane LindhornKirk LindvigRobert LingenfelterDaniel LisekPatricia LockDiane LockerBruce LohnNeal LoidoltRoald LokkenErma LoneAlice LongDan LongFrederick LorenzenPhilip LorenzinEric LowJohn LudsenJohn LundPer LundShirley LundThomas LundeCarl LundstromKayleigh LundyBruce LunningKaren LyonsDonald MacaulayWilliam MaceRoss Macfarlane

Susan MackenKevin MackeySusan MackeyLeslie MaclinRobert MaddockJohn MadlNancy MadsonMagill Consulting LLCBrian MagnussonDavid MainMargaret MaineCorrie Maki KnudsonAnne HossfeldDeborah ManderfieldKathy ManderscheidKaren MannLianne MantioneEileen ManzJennifer MarcusonHenrik MargardDon MarkPaula MarshallThomas MarshallMichael MattinglyMichael MaurerSteve MauerMary MaxsonRoberta MayBruce MaylathGenevieve MaynardMark MazurkiewiczKelly McCarthyDavid McCordRobert McDermottKristina McDonaldJames McDowellWilliam McEneryJim McGuireChristopher McKenzieAnn McLeanDavid R McPhailTom McVicarMaria MeinersNancy MellandChristine MeloniSonia AlariePeter MercureAlain MerletteMeg MeyerErin MeyersBetty MierPer MikalsenDanny & Stacey Miller

Evelyn MillerKevin MillerLee Ann MillerLori MillerLily MinasErik MingeCaroline MisenerDaphne MitchellNathan MitchellBev MoeDouglas MoeFred MoellerKris MoenLisa MolitorJanet MollohanMichael MonsorPamela MoKari MoodyAdelle MooreMatt MooreTracey MooreStina MoranJohn MorganHerb MorgenthalerBrian MorkRobert MorkMary MormanMem MormanSuzanne MortensenClifford MortimerRichard MortonKatherine MossJeffrey MuellerJennifer MullenKaren MullenPat MunkelJoe MunozPaul MunsonMargaret MuratJill MurphyTrisha MurphyMelissa MusumeciNorman MyhrJessica NascaRonald NaversonMarjorie NehibaBlake NelsonCarrie NelsonDan NelsonDavid NelsonElaine NelsonEugene NelsonJerry Nelson



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John NelsonKaren NelsonKristofer NelsonLaura NelsonLauren NelsonLaurie NelsonMuriel NelsonRobert NelsonRobert D NelsonTracy NelsonLori NesbittDavid NessRamona NesseJoanne NetlandAnne NettlesThomas NewlandJill NickAnna NielsenMatt NielsenMelissa NielsenRichard NilssonJ R NorbyCraig NordakerKevin NordbergShirley NorlemJanet NorsetterNeal NottlesonPeter NussbaumSarolyn NyeTracy O’BrienKathleen O’BrienJoan O’BryanAnna O’ConnellDonald W O’ConnorGail OdlandFrode OfstadJohn OfstehageRebecca OfstehageDavid OgdenElse OhlhoffNorm OkerstromKathy OkesonChris OlafsonLeonard OlavessenBarbara OllilaAleksandra OlsenAndrew OlsenBeth OlsenPatrick OlsenVilda OlsenDave OlsonJeffrey OlsonKathleen Olson

Kenneth OlsonLinden OlsonNancy OlsonNancy OlsonRebecca OlsonLynne and Glen Olson RommesmoMargaret OmodtMarilee O’RourkePeter OrumOslo Lodge, 3-438Michael OstermeyerBarbara OstrowskiAlan OtterbacherKatlyn OverboNorman OyenRobert PaddockRichard PaineRudi PakendorfLester PalifkaSue PapkeErik PappaDennis PaulAlicia PaulsonCaroline PaulsonPer PaulssonBjarne PedersenGlenn PedersenMary PedersenJon PedersonLinda PedersonDavid PendletonNancy PenkJeanette PennyChristine PenzerRuth PetermanVernon PetersAlan PetersonCurt PetersonHelen PetersonMichael PetersonNancy PetersonRuth PetersonShannon PetersonMarcia PetreeChanning PeytonBen PfutzenreuterThomas PhillipsRobert PiccirilloDuluth PierNavy PierChris PieringJames PiersolTheda Pittman

Reuben PlanticoPeter PleitnerSiri PoehlsJoseph PopeConnie PoppPeggy PoppBette PoundsCorintha PowellAmanda PoynerAlex PresnallRebecca PrestlyLisa PrimmStacey ProsperAbby ProtheroZachariah ProwellElizabeth PudasGrace PurtellMarguerite PyronJerry QualeyGary QuantockSusan QuickNeal QuigleyKathleen QuinnMichael RabeBonita RadtkeGregory RaganCharles RalffCarolyn RandAxel RanvikLars RasmussenPolly RedmondJeannine ReedWilliam ReichardStefanie ReinholdTerri ReinkeGlenn ReinlBjorn RektorliErik ReselandKatherine ReyesLiana ReynoldsDonna RhodesRacheal RiceC Riley HansenRodger RinghamMark RinnanPeter RiphahnSandra RippetoeMike RizzoSuzy RobertsonJean RobisonKaren RockeySarah RodriguesSharon Rohrback



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Felicidad RonceroSandra RoseMaryann RosenbergLaura RotegardHelen RoushPhilip RovangLee RowleyCorey RoyVicki Rudh-JonesCarolyn RuskDawn GraceR RussellJudith RutkowskiCarolyn RyanDavid RyanRhiannon RyanAnders RydakerGeorge SaadDonald SabourinJoseph SaetveitLinda SalemSteven SaltwickMike SamsonJan SandbergYvonne SandellSusan SandersenDonald SanfordJoan SantiagoChristine SantucciRichie SaulsSarah SavageKathryn SavelaPaul SawtellScandinavian Community of ChicagoScandinavian Club of the MohawkJohn Schafer, Jr.Kelli SchellArthur SchillerJohn SchiolerCharlene SchlueterKathleen SchmidtFred & Laurie SchmidtNiklas SchmidtRobert SchmidtJohn SchnebleCarl SchneiderTyson SchnitkerKara SchockJames SchouSusan SchoutenPeggy SchroederRobert Schuneman

Linda SchwartzEmerson SchwarzPamela SchwarzGretchen ScottDavid SegermarkTeri SelixDavid SellJane SengCee SerfassErik SeversonKristine Heilmann ShanahanDeborah ShawStephen SheieJanice SheldonMarianne ShemaN ShieldsJohn ShillockJodi ShinneyJ. Arthur SholzMargaret ShulerJennifer ShustaKevin SikkilaVicky SilvernailJudy SimpsonCathleen SimunichLeslie SissonVicki SivulaKnut SjursethKnut SkeisvollCarol SkogJonathan SkovholtDirk SlagterKevin and Mary SlettenMark SmabyChuck SmithDavid SmithDeborah SmithGail SmithGerd smithJanice SmithMatthew SmithRandi SmithTimothy SmithKyle SnowMelissa SnowJoan SoldwischDaale SommersLyrae SouterLouis SouvigneyKerstin SoykanDean SpeidelJoanne SpencerSharon Spencer

Steven SpencerJoan SponslerChris SprinkelDulany SrinerKristi St. GermainKay StackKaren StageDiane Standen-DownieJustin StarrenNancy SteadmanArne StefferudDeanna SteinerEvelyn Stenseth-JohnsenGeir StenshagenBryan StensvadNoah SternErlene StevensonAnn Stevning-RoeDouglas StewartScott StewartCherry StoddardInger Stolt-NielsenBarbara StorsleeAnnie StrattonMary StreufertMicah StrohBeth StromGary StromleyTari StullSharon StultsKeith SullivanKevin SundeArne SundtGarth SveinsonFrode SvensenBranden SwansonRebecca SwansonRolland SwansonStephen SwansonTodd SwansonDonald SwantonJohn SwartoutSusan SwartzRachel SwedbergJoyce Anne SwedeanGraeme SweeneyErik SweetTrevor SwoverlandKent SylvanderMickey TaitRobert TakacsTall Ships AmericaDean-ann Talmhain



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Timothy TangenJohn TanquistKari TauringJon & Gloria TehvenAndrea TeichmanRobert TempletonGretchen TernesShawna TerryStephanie TerryJohn TesarLynn-Georgia TeschStephanie TeschMichelle ThayerBruce ThielClaire ThoenOrvin ThompsonScott ThompsonDale ThoreenLarry ThorpMauritz ThorstadClyde ThurstonWilliam TifftTeresa TillerBrian TimmerFreia TitlandAndreas TobinJohn TobisonThomas TollefsenKari ToomeyJarn TopnesSusan TorgersonJack TosdaleCheryl TowersArlette TranaElizabeth TraxlerPer TreblerJeffrey TriggJakob TrostGail TrowbridgeJason TschetterSheri TuchschererSusan Tucker-JuddThomas TunneyJay Turbes ShawGail TurluckJoan UphamAndreas UrdalCraig Valvick

Jackie Van OstenbridgeMark Van StappenSteven VandercookTammi VanGrinsvenTim VanTasselElizabeth VavraMarit VeaPeter VerheyenJudy VerplankLori VickersGlenn ViggianoTalleiv VollenFrans WackersAnna WadeNancy WakelyRobert WalesLarry WalkerNancy WallAnna WalldorfCatherine WallenJanice WamerDavid WanderaasDale WardRobert WardKaren WardenLisa WareEric WarnerLisa WarnerSharolynn WarnerLori WashburnElizabeth WatsonChristopher WattLarry WattersEric WayteSandra WeaverLiz WebbJohn WebbBrian WeberPeter WeeksDavid WegnerSusan WelchAmanda WendtJane WenzelJens WernerJames WestbyRolf WestgardCarl WetlesenO Keith Wheeler

Colleen WhiteMichael WhiteSusan WhittakerBradley WidsethI WiebkeWoodrow WiestChristopher WilhelmAndrea WilkersonJacqueline WilkieMarquis WilkieDonald WilleckeNick WilliamsRobert K WilliamsShirley WilliamsAriene WillkomHarold WilsonPatricia WilsonRobert WinbergGail WireJoy WisniewskiGary WittValentina WitteRene WitthahnBetty WittkeKaren WolosiewiczJoseph WoodburyScott WoodlandGail WoolhiserSusann WoosleyDave WorfelAngie WorksJerry WrightDaryl WunrowKathy WykesWileen Yancey DearDavid YarussoMarilyn YoderShauna YortyKristina YoungMargaret YoungSusan YoungJoanne ZajacLeif ZeebergKathie ZettervallKenneth ZickBarbara ZippelJohn ZippelCraig Zuidema



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Our Mission

The Sons of Norway Foundation is dedicated to funding activities that preserve and promote Norwegian heritage, positively affect members, and

make Sons of Norway communities a more vibrant place to live.

Board Members

Front Row: Blaine Hedberg (Secretary), Dan Rude (Vice Chair), Tom Heavey, Sr. (Chair), Corrie Maki Knudson (Director)

Back row: Dean Nelson (Treasurer), Jon Tehven (International President), Karl Hella, Elaine Nelson, Marcia Sorenson, Doug Warne, Jim Olson,

Eivind Heiberg (CEO)Not pictured: Allison Foreman and Leslee Layne Hoyum

SONS OF NORWAY FOUNDATION(800) 945-8851 • www.sonsofnorway.com/foundation

1455 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408

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