Velkommen!

Welcome to the Sons of Norway Maihaugen Lodge 1-665 website. We are delighted to have this means of communicating with our Lodge members, as well as others interested in learning more about Sons of Norway. We hope you will find this an interesting and informative website.

Sons of Norway is the largest Norwegian-American organization in the world. We are passionate about preserving and promoting Norwegian heritage and culture. Maihaugen Lodge was formed in 2003 to serve the greater Kansas City community. We meet regularly to promote Norwegian traditions and fraternal fellowship through cultural and social opportunities. You can find details of upcoming events as well as past activities on this website.

We invite everyone of all ages and nationalities to take advantage of the fellowship of our friendly Lodge community. Please join us for a meeting or as a member of our Lodge.

Vennlig Hilsen
(Warmest Greetings)

Diane Adamson
President

The monthly social gathering, business meeting, and program is usually held on the second Thursday of most months (excluding May and August) at 6:30 PM at:

First Lutheran Church
6400 State Line Road
Mission Hills, KS 66208-1947
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• [Lodge Management] (available to Lodge members only)
• Cultural Skills (language classes, etc.)

• latest issue (December 2011) of our newsletter, The Maihaugen Messenger
• see the Newsletter Archive for older issues of The Maihaugen Messenger
• Lodge Officers
• Sons of Norway International
• Sons of Norway District 1

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The following web pages are on other websites and provide a very nice collection of links you can use to listen to Norwegian "Internet Radio" or watch "Internet TV" on your computer or Internet-enabled audio-video receiver or television.

Some stations might not work! Unfortunately, some of the stations (especially TV) that are linked on the pages below only work in Norway.

Audio Only ("Internet Radio"):

• listenlive.eu's "European radio stations streaming live on the internet" for Norway
• Strømdetaljer ("Stream Details") at Multimediaprosjekter ved Høgskolen i Østfold (or try the form on the simple English page)

Video ("Internet TV"):

• StreamTVguide / North Europe
• DeliCast / Norway / Television

The excerpts of articles in this section are provided from other websites; if you follow the links, you will be taken to that site and away from the Sons of Norway Maihaugen Lodge website.

Sons of Norway Blog (The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote and to preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic Countries, and provide quality insurance and financial products to our members.)
ISO Cultural Coordinator
Travel Lessons from Telemark
Sons of Norway Wins National Award
Enchanting Ålesund
Happy Founders Day!
Job Opening: Sons of Norway Seeks New Cultural Coordinator
Oslo's Opera House Doesn't Disappoint
Happy New Year from Viking!
Travel Tips from Harald Hansen
Eighth Annual Christmas Concert from Norway Broadcast in the U.S.

Views and News from Norway (Norway's news in English)
Official apology for Jewish deportation Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg issued a formal apology on behalf of the Norwegian government on Friday for what he called the "brutal" and shameful deportation of Norway's Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II. The apology came on Holocaust Day, and ahead of what will be the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-organized ...
British couple blasts Norwegian laws A British couple's dream of buying a farm in the Norwegian mountains turned into a nightmare, and now they're blasting Norway's strict agricultural real estate regulations and comparing them to those in Zimbabwe.  Paul and Andrea Hodgkinson have launched a media campaign back home in England and appealed to, among others, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,Crown ...
Regretful shoplifter pays up The proprietor of a gasoline station in the small Norwegian town of Skotselv, Buskerud County, received an unusual letter containing NOK 500 (nearly USD 100) this week. The sender claimed he had occasionally stolen candy from the gas station's convenience store as a child, and wanted to repent. "Hi. When I was young I sometimes ...
Police find human smuggling route Norwegian and British police have uncovered what they believe is an organized human smuggling route between Brevik on Norway's southern coast and Immingham in England. The smugglers allegedly hide their human cargo in containers shipped on board ferries that run in scheduled service between the two cities. The alleged smuggling route was revealed publicly after ...
Kidnapping victim released in Yemen Norway's Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday morning that a Norwegian man who's been working for the United Nations in Yemen has been set free by a band of local kidnappers. The 34-year-old Norwegian had been held captive for nearly two weeks. Gert Danielsen, who worked for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), was snatched from a street ...
‘Lilyhammer’ sets new NRK record A new television series starring Steven Van Zandt finally started running in Norway on Wednesday, after a lot of local media hype and unexpected delays. The show, called "Lilyhammer," ended up being watched by nearly a fifth of the country's entire population, and Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) officials are mighty pleased. "We're super-happy that so many people ...
Talks continued in child welfare case Norwegian authorities confirmed that negotiations were continuing to find a solution in a child welfare case that's sparked international media attention, but said no agreement had been reached or affirmed by the court involved. The case involves two small children, both citizens of India, who were taken from their parents' home in Stavanger and placed ...
Bombed buildings’ fate still unclear Norway's government leaders haven't been able to agree on what should be done with their offices that were bombed and badly damaged in last summer's terrorist attack on government headquarters in Oslo. Now they're seeking input from the public on several proposed alternatives. Top officials of the two small parties making up the three-party government ...
Search ends for men missing in storm Three Icelandic fishermen remained missing and were presumed dead on Thursday after their boat sank in stormy seas about 270 kilometers northwest of Norway's West Cape at Stad on Wednesday. The storm, meanwhile, halted helicopter traffic to several oil rigs in the North Sea. Search and rescue officials said there was no chance of finding ...
High-speed trains ‘may be profitable’ Pressure is growing in favour of building new high-speed train lines around Norway, and a long-awaited report released Wednesday didn't put the brakes on support. The report concluded a high-speed network could be profitable, at least from an operational standpoint. That would only happen, though, if debt is forgiven, and the investment needed to build ...

aftenposten.no - Aftenposten ( Nyheter fra aftenposten.no )
Væpnet ran av bensinstasjon i Tromsø Politiet har satt inn alle tilgjengelige mannskaper i jakten på to personer som ranet en bensinstasjon i Tromsø fredag kveld.
Hollandes program får blandet mottagelse Sosialistlederen François Hollandes program for økonomisk omfordeling får blandet mottagelse i Frankrike. Noen kaller programmet urealistisk, andre er mer positive.
– Hasardiøst å slåss mot isen i en sånn båt Jordomseiler Ragnar Kvam jr. tviler på at Jarle Andhøy i det hele tatt kommer seg inn i McMurdo-stredet med seilbåten "Nilaya".
Vintervær og skiføre biter seg fast Vinden vil avta og skiværet i helgen blir bra i Sør- og Øst-Norge, selv om det kan komme litt snø.
Slo ned Frederic Hauge – dømt til to års fengsel Den 27 år gamle mannen som var tiltalt for vold mot Bellona-leder Frederic Hauge og sønnen hans, er dømt til to års fengsel. En annen tiltalt må sone i åtte måneder.
- Vi muslimer er litt naive Ble "innvandrere" og muslimer trakassert og banket opp i timene etter terrorbomben den 22. juli 2011, før vi fikk vite hvem gjerningsmannen var?
Alvorlig skadet etter å ha vært fastklemt i fem døgn Her ble mannen funnet fastklemt i et ubebodd hus. Sent fredag kveld melder Oslo universitetssykehus at han er alvorlig skadet.
- Det var fantastisk å få nyheten om at han er løslatt Gert Danielsen (34) skal ha blitt sluppet fri i bytte mot penger og en garanti fra myndighetene i Jemen.
Etterlyser gutt for seksuell handling i Haugesund Politiet i Haugesund etterlyser en ung gutt som fredag tok seg inn i en bolig og låste seg inn på et toalett med en åtte år gammel jente.
- Etiopiske soldater skal ut av Somalia Etiopias statsminister Meles Zenawi innrømmer at Etiopia har sendt soldater til Somalia, men sier han vil trekke dem ut så raskt som mulig.