All Lodge meetings, except the August picnic, include a sit-down meal and are held at Cedar Falls Woman’s Club, 304 Clay Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa on the fourth Tuesday of the month (unless otherwise noted).
Saturday, January 25, 2020Frokost: 9:30 a.m.
Installation of Officers |
Koselig
Dawn Ask Martin & Robin Voster The weather outside maybe frightful, but we will be having a delightful time discussing the Norwegian concepts of creating “coziness & togetherness” with our family and friends, especially during the winter months. Norwegian clothing, food & media will be use in the program so that you can replicate “koselig” with your own family & friends at home. January 9, 1895 Sons of Norway became a fraternal benefit society. |
Tuesday, February 25, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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Norway to Iowa: Discovering the Plants of Norway and How to Enjoy Them Here
Steve Eilers Steven Eilers is the Urban Agricultural Specialist for ISU Extension and Outreach of Black Hawk County. A Master Gardener himself since 2008, Steven enjoys learning about all kinds of plants and flowers. He is on the board of Cedar Valley Arboretum and the Waterloo Urban Farmers Market, leads the Master Gardener group, and heads the classes each fall. Steven has helped bring a popular garden symposium to the Cedar Valley, and will soon be starting the free garden classes in local libraries. |
Tuesday, March 24, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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Abel Prize
Dr. Joel Haack Joel Haack, UNI Professor of Mathematics, will tell us about Niels Henrik Abel and the Abel Prize. The Abel prize is equivalent to the Nobel Prize and is awarded annually by the King of Norway for research in mathematics. This award is in commemoration of the brilliant 19th-century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established on Jan. 1, 2002, and it is administered by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. In addition, Joel, and possibly his wife Linda will present on the UNI Glee Club trip to Norway in 2016. Lots of interesting details about singing with Norwegian women's folk group in Native costumes, among other topics from their trip. |
Tuesday, April 28, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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Anniversary Dinner
On April 22, 1975 Solglimt Lodge was instituted as a lodge with Sons of Norway. |
May 26, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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History of Nordic Fest: Ten Things to Know about Nordic Fest
Dawn Svenson-Holland and Martha Griesheimer Dawn Svenson-Holland is the daughter of one of the founding members of the Nordic Fest Board, the late Gary D. Svenson. In 2016, she researched and wrote Nordic Fest: 50 Years Strong, a book that celebrates the beautiful story of this uniquely nonprofit, noncommercial special event held the last full weekend of July in Decorah, Iowa. Martha Griesheimer is the Coordinator of Volunteers at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, and has been arranging the museum’s Nordic Fest offerings since 2011. |
Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28, 2020 |
Sturgis Falls Days
Committee Chairs: Joel Johnson & Keith Jorgensen Solglimt Lodge once again will have a food booth at Sturgis Falls Days, and its popularity continues to increase. Our members participate in any or all of the following ways: providing cash gifts to help pay expenses, working at the food booth, and baking Norwegian goodies. |
Thursday, July 24 - Saturday, July 26, 2020 |
Nordic Fest, Decorah
Since 1967, over 1.5 million visitors from all over the world have attended this festival in Decorah, Iowa! The whole family will enjoy delicious food, traditional crafts, a colorful parade, lively entertainment, sporting events, and our Saturday night fireworks display. |
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020Cedar Falls Island Beach House
Pot Luck Picnic: 6:30 p.m. |
Games from Near and Far
Come join our pot luck picnic and enjoy each other's company playing games. |
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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Don Meyer
Don Meyer, a former architect who will discuss how Scandinavian Architects like Eiler and Eero Saarinen influenced America architects including Frank Lloyd Wright. topic will also explain the origin of the steeple churches in the Midwest. Don is a member of our lodge. |
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
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Cruising the Arctic Circle
Chris & Mark McFate, Mark McCune, Deb & Doug Rassler A working cruise from above the Arctic Circle to the Jordebrek (Jordebrekk) family farm and mountain cabin. |
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020Silent Auction: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:30 p.m. |
Keeping Christmas with Family, Friends, and Food
Darlene Fossum-Martin Darlene Fossum-Martin, born and raised in a very Norwegian community of Spring Grove, Minnesota, attributes her strengths and passion of Norwegian baking and cooking to the women in her family, her community, and years spent living in Norway. She has taught traditional Norwegian food class throughout the Midwest, Colorado and taught Scandinavian food classes at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina for several years. She continues teaching traditional Norwegian food classes at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum where she has taught for the past 25 years. She recently retired as the folk art specialist overseeing Vesterheim’s Folk Art School. Darlene has coordinated and led five folk art study tours to Norway and Sweden- out of which included a two week traditional Norwegian cooking class at the Voss Folk High School in Voss Norway. Her mission in teaching these traditional food classes is to keep our ancestral food traditions alive. |
Dec. 15, 2020Hors d’oeuvres: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres Committee: All members are asked to bring Holiday cookies and pastries for dessert. |
Norwegian Music
Joel & Linda Haack Joel and Linda will join us again, this time to share the joy of Christmas and Norwegian Christmas music. |
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021Frokhost: 9:30 a.m.
Installation of Officers |
Story Telling
Kris Meyer |