Greetings from Lisvreise- Norwegian Heritage Center:
 
 The end of the year brings no greater joy 
than the opportunity to express to you 
season's greetings and good wishes. 

Thank you for visiting us in 2015, our inaugural year. 
We hope that your visit reminded you of  
family 
members long gone, who immigrated and 
brought 
along traditions from Norway
 that you still practice today. 


We look forward to seeing you again in 2016. 
We are still adding to our artifact collection 
and will be having an array of 
interesting 
speakers in our 
auditorium 
throughout 
the year.
 
We wish you joy and peace in 2016!

LIVSREISE 
277 W MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WI 53589
608-873-7567


VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE 
FOR UPCOMING EVENTS!

Manager Marg Listug and  Julie K. Allen, professor of Scandinavian Studies and German in UW-Madison's Department of 
Scandinavian Studies gave a presentation titled
 "Far from the North Pole: Scandinavians in the Midwest."


Kathie Gallagher (Livsreise Staff)
, Nicole Olson, (Livsreise Staff), Sara Johnson (Bryant Foundation and Livsreise Staff), 
and Ellen Marie Jensen. 

Ellen is the author of 
"We Stopped Forgetting: Stories from Sámi 
Americans" 
and editor of 
"What We Believe In: S á mi Religious Experience and 
Beliefs
 from 1593 to the Present"  
Ellen gave a presentation of the immigrant stories from her book "We Stopped Forgetting" focusing on beliefs and spirituality of the Sámi people which encompasses parts of 
Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.



On Monday October 5, 2015 in the Livsreise Auditorium  Jørgen Sando gave a presentation,  "The History and Magic of Bunad Jewelry."   He is a fourth-generation goldsmith from Telemark who specializes in "bunad silver," which are brooches and other jewelry items for  Norwegian national costumes. 

December 2015 Yahara School  3rd and 4th graders from 
Edgerton School District visit Livsreise.
 (above and below)


Livsreise Main Gallery