Norwegian National League
The Norwegian National League is the place to
celebrate Norwegian American traditions and connect with
Scandinavian events in the Chicagoland area. We
are the “umbrella” organization for many of the area’s
Norwegian-American organizations and sponsor scholarships and three
events during the year (Syttende Mai banquet and parade, a Leif Erikson celebration, and
Christmas Around the
World.
Check our calendars for upcoming member
& special events.
***SOME
HIGHLIGHTS***
Always check the calendar of member
events and our calendar of a broader range of Scandinavian
events and activities, but we thought we'd highlight
some upcoming events.
Coronavirus disease
(COVID-19): Many meetings and events are being
cancelled. We will post the details here as we
learn more.ZOOM WEBINAR
The Secret WWII Concentration Camp Diary of Odd Nansen
Date: September 24, 2020 7:00 pm Central Time
You can register for the webinar at the NACC website.
Hailed by The New Yorker as “among the
most compelling documents to come out of the war,” the
book From Day to Day, a World War II concentration
camp diary was secretly written during his
imprisonment by Norwegian Odd Nansen, son of polar explorer and
humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen (Nobel Peace
Prize, 1922). Nansen had been arrested in January
1942 and held captive for three and a half years
in various Nazi camps in Norway and Germany. This
inspiring diary brilliantly illuminates Nansen’s daily
struggle, to survive, to preserve his sanity and to
maintain his humanity.After having been out of print for over 60 years, Timothy Boyce rescued the diary from oblivion after having read the memoir of another Holocaust survivor who, as a 10 year-old boy, was saved by Nansen while both were prisoners in Sachsenhausen.
Reading the book prior to the program is recommended.
The book can be purchased and inscribed by the author at his website
HERE
The webinar is free to ALL NACC members, for Non-NACC Member the cost is $10.00 per person
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