September President’s Message Welcome back from summer. Welcome September. Velkommen tilbake fra sommeren. Velkommen September. Meetings on Zoom or meetings in person? Some lodges are meeting in person for the...
Viking History
Architecture In The Viking Age: Urban Planning, Emporia, And Strongholds By Victor Roua Much of Viking Age architecture that was initially rooted in central and southern Scandinavia and then subsequently applied in...
“On The Road” in the 3rd District
The Pennsylvania Dutch Country – the home of Bondelandet Lodge 3-612 Pennsylvania Dutch Country, sometimes called the Distelfink Country, is an area of Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania that by the American Revolution had a high percentage of Pennsylvani...
Our Heritage and Culture- The Fjord Horse
The Fjord horse or Norwegian Fjord Horse (Norwegian: fjordhest) is a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway. It is an agile breed of light draught horse build. All Fjord horses are...
Our Heritage and Culture – What the School Children of Visnes, Norway Know
Norway’s own link to Lady Liberty Many Norwegians are still claiming their own link to the legendary monument in New York’s harbour. Not only have hundreds of thousands of Norwegian...
3rd District Charitable Giving
The Trustees of the Third District Lodge Charitable Trust wants to thank the members and District Lodges for responding in a very generous way to the Charitable Trust month of...
From Your 3rd District Cultural Director – Andy Mathisen
The Story of Norwegian Rosemaling Rosemaling is the decorative folk painting of Norway and its history began in the low-land areas of Eastern Norway about 1750 inspired by upper-class artistic...
District 3 Secretary’s Letter
(You may have been sent to this page inadvertently. Follow this link to read about the Vikings in Ireland!) Dear Lodge Secretaries, Hilsen! There really is not much new news...
From Falmouth to Lauderdale – District 3 Happenings
Washington Lodge 3-428 Washington Lodge has been holding, on average, 3 meetings a month by Zoom – each month we have a regular lodge meeting with a speaker, and also...
The Zone 7 Report
The Zone 7 Report The Quarterly Newsletter of Zone 7, District 3, Sons of Norway July – September 2021 Editor: Bill Browning [pdf-embedder url=”https://3dsofn.org/wp-content/uploads/2.-The-Zone-7-Report-3rd-Quarter.pdf” title=”2. The Zone 7 Report 3rd...