SPECIAL EVENTS PAGE

JANUARY

01/25-26/2025, Saturday/Sunday
120th Norge Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament
Saturday 1/25 11AM – 4:00PM  –  Gates Open at 10:30 AM
Sunday 1/26     Noon – 4:00PM  –   Gates Open At 11:00 AM
https://norgeskiclub.org/
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FEBRUARY

  MARCH

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APRIL

MAY

2025 SYTTENDE MAI ACTIVITIES

**05/17/2025 SYTTENDE MAI LUNCHEON
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Old Orchard Country Club (NEW LOCATION)
700 W Rand Rd.
Mount Prospect, Illinois

**05/18/2025 SYTTENDE MAI PARADE
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Parade and Park festivities:
Sunday, May 18 from 12 Noon - 3pm rain or shine
PARADE: 1:00 PM
Park Ridge, Illinois

**05/25/2025 MINNEKIRKEN CONCERT
Featuring the Minnekirken choir, Normennenes Singing Society and other talented entertaining musicians.

JUNE

06/07/2025
Norsk Museum in Norway, Illinois
Annual Taste of Norway Breakfast and Opening Day Cultural Events
8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Norway Community Building
3656 E 2631st Rd.
Sheridan, IL.

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

10/3-4-5/2025
CELEBRATING NORWEGIAN IMMIGRATION
THE SLOOPER 200TH ANNIVERSARY
NORWEGIAN HERITAGE WEEKEND
NORWAY, ILLINOIS

Two hundred years ago this coming October, the sloop Restauration brought the first organized emigration of Norwegians to the United States.  Known as the “Sloopers”, those 52 Norwegian emigrants were seeking religious freedom and a better life in America.  Not successful in building a first settlement site in NY, they made their way west and found better farmland in the Fox River Valley area, where they founded Norway, Illinois, the first permanent Norwegian settlement in America.

We invite you to join us October 3-5, 2025 in Norway, Illinois to celebrate Norwegian immigration at a three-day weekend of Norwegian cultural fun. 

We've included a link to the full weekend schedule to give you a sense of all the wonderful activities.

The Culture Weekend begins at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 3 at the Community Center in Norway, Illinois, 3667 E. 2603rd Road, Sheridan (Norway), Illinois.

It will feature Slooper and Fox Valley Settlement pioneer history, traditional Norwegian culture and craft programs and classes, Norwegian games and movie night, “Sluppen” fun walk, Norwegian barn dance with Norwegian folk music and food, traditional Norwegian worship service, and a chance to meet descendants of the first Norwegian-American immigrants at their Slooper Society annual meeting.

This is a Sons of Norway District 5 Adult Norwegian Cultural Weekend event in Norway, Illinois, sponsored by Polar Star and Cleng Peerson Sons of Norway lodges, the Norsk Museum, and the Slooper Society of America. 

Weekend pre-registration is required.

Details on all events and activities will be updated as appropriate on:
 Polar Star Lodge website: www.polarstarlodge.com
 Norsk Museum website: https://norskmuseum.org
Questions: Contact Barb Johnson at [email protected] or 630-632-2329.

Contact persons:  Barb Johnson - [email protected]
        Nancy Andersen - [email protected]

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