HALLINGLAG of America
founded in 1907

The Hallinglag banner was presented to the Hallinglag of America in Gol, Norway, June 1914. Members of the Hallinglag of America take pride in the lag's banner, which is pictured on the front of each issue of Hallingen and was depicted on a commemorative plate created in 1975.

Sixty-one years before that, Hallinglag members helped establish the tradition of commemorating the lag's heritage when a group of them traveled to Norway to celebrate the country's 100th anniversary of independence. A total of 1,242 Norwegian Americans went on that trip. 

The Americans brought the Norwegians many gifts; in return the Norwegian Hallings traveled to America the following year and presented the Hallinglag of America with a silk banner made in Christiania.

The banner's motif is from Hol, Norway, and Hallingskarvet is in the background. The man's costume is from the Norwegian town of Aal and the woman's is from the town of Gol. The banner proudly declares the lag's theme, "Let Us Not Forget Our Forefathers" which is from an Ivar Aasen poem.

Walker, MN STEVNE, August 23-26, 2012

at Chase on the Lake

Printable stevne program.

104 things to do at the Hallinglag Stevne 2011—See You There (and that’s 105!)

●Meet new Halling folks ● Meet familiar Halling folks ● Listen to music ● Dance to music● Hear a good yarn●●Laugh at a good Joke ● Sing the national anthem ● Hear a guitar ● Hear a piano ● Nibble on cookies ● Slurp coffee ●● Dunk your cookie ● Shake hands ● Listen to speeches ● Make a speech ● Laugh out loud ● Salute the banner ●●Pose for pictures by the banner ● See the Bunads on Parade ● Tell a Good Joke ● Ride a Bus ● See a Viking Sword ●●Gaze at Photos ● Touch a plank of Hjemkomst ● See Amanda’s Shield ● View the Hjemkomst video ● Taste Norwegian Goodies ● Hear a Hardangar Fiddle ● See costumes of Scandinavia ● Put my hand on my heart ● Sing along ● Hear beautiful voices sing ● Hear who is off-key ● See cultural displays ● Meet an unknown cousin ● Find a missing ancestor ●  Praise God ● Hear the akkordeen ● See dancers leap ● Trip the light fantastic ● Hear prize-winning Hardangar fiddler ● Find a no-good ancestor ● Promenade in the Bunad Parade ● Place a Bid ● Place the winning bid● Say your prayers ● Sing on key ● Swim ● Win a sølje ● Win a knife ● Load bus promptly ● Walk ● Shop ‘til you drop ● Photocopy everything you find ● Lose a bid –boo hoo ● Enjoy dinner conversation ● Applaud an 80 year old ● Accept your 80 year old certificate ● Report an 80 year old pretending to be 79 ● Haggle ● Pay a fair price ● Weave a tale ● Play piano ● Spin a yarn ● Hand over havet ● Laugh a little ● Laugh a lot ● Smell the pine ● Smile ● Say gammelost! ● Snakke lite Norsk ● Solve a mystery ● Wave the flag ● Pose for pix ● Take some pix ● Salute the flag ●Accept compliments on my bunad ● Have some fun ● Run to the Genealogy Room ● Remember Hallings both long & recently gone ● Celebrate the Hallings here today ● Greet fellow Hallings ● Sympathize with non-Hallings ● Vote ● Answer questions about your bunad ● Make plans to go to next year’s stevne ● Squeeze a hand ● Shed a tear ● Get Boomeranged ● Learn about the Digital Arkiv ● Bygdebøker mystery no more ● Eat too much ● Say “Uffda” a lot ●Shine your silver ● Admire the new rosemaled trunk ● Say “takk for siste” ● Save room for dessert ● Kick up your heels ● Kiss a troll ● Gossip ● Sing with passion ● Play guitar ● Tune the fiddle ● Be grateful for all

Last updated 12/14/2011 09:05 AM -0700