Day 1 - Sunday, June 10 - MPLS/ST.PAUL-OSLO

Depart Mpls/St.Paul on your Icelandair flight or request space from your home city upon registration.

Day 2 - Monday, June 11 - OSLO

Arrive Gardermoen Airport Oslo. Transfer to hotel in downtown Oslo. Dinner and overnight at Rica Victoria.

Day 3 - Tuesday, June 12 – OSLO

Breakfast. Independent transfer to Oslo Byarkiv*. Classes and presentation to be arranged. Lunch on own. Independent transfer to University Library for the. N-A Collection*. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - Wednesday, June 13 – OSLO-HAMAR

Breakfast. Morning transfer by bus to Riksarkiv. At 4:00pm depart for Hamar. Dinner and overnight at Quality Hotel Astoria. Possible presentation following dinner relating to the Statsarkiv.

Day 5 - Thursday, June 14 – HAMAR

Breakfast. Independent transfer to Statsarkiv.* Time for research and lunch on own. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight. Possible presentation following dinner.

Day 6 - Friday, June 15 – HAMAR

Breakfast. Independent transfer to Statsarkiv. Time for research and lunch on own. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

Day 7 - Saturday, June 16 – HAMAR-ELVESETER

Breakfast. Transfer at 9:00am to the Emigrant Museum. Introduction to the resources at the museum. Lunch. At 2:00pm drive to Lillehammer and through the Gudbrandsdal Valley. Continue through Ottadal and Bøverdal to Elveseter. Dinner and overnight at Elveseter Hotel, located in Jotunheimen National Park.

Day 8 - Sunday, June 17 - EXCURSION to LOM

Breakfast. Opportunity to attend Sunday Church service in Lom. Lunch at Fossheim Hotel. Return to Elveseter. Optional afternoon mountain walk. Dinner at hotel.

Day 9 - Monday, June 18 - ELVESETER-VÅGÅ-TRETTEN

Breakfast. Drive to Vågå. Time for research at the Vågå Arkiv. Lunch on own. Depart Vågå at 4:00pm. Drive to Glomstad Gård and Pensjonat in Tretten, our home for the next four nights. Dinner and overnight.

Day 10 - Tuesday, June 19 - TRETTEN-LILLEHAMMER-TRETTEN

Breakfast. Excursion to Lillehammer, nestled by the shores of Norway’s largest lake, Lake Mjøsa. Visit the Maihaugen Arkiv for research and possible presentations. Return to Glomstad in late afternoon. Dinner and overnight.

Day 11 - Wednesday, June 20 - TRETTEN

Breakfast. Seminar activities at Glomstad.* Morning coffee, lunch and dinner at Glomstad Gård.

Day 12 - Thursday, June 21 - EXCURSION to LESJA & LESJASKOGEN

Breakfast. Excursion to Lesja and Lesjaskogen. Tour the Lesja Church, richly decorated with carved tableaux depicting Bible stories. Lunch at museum. Optional shopping excursion in Lesja or optional visit to Lesja Bygdetun, an open-air museum with a collection of 11 houses which illustrates architecture, way of life and conditions in olden times. Return to Glomstad for dinner and overnight.

Day 13 - Friday, June 22 – TRETTEN-AREA EXCURSION- RINGEBU

Breakfast. Excursion with local guide to Espedalen, Skåbu ,Kvikne, Vinstra and Sør-Fron. Visit Krogenes furniture factory, Skåbu Church, Solbraa saeter where Anne Hov "discovered" how to make the Gudbrandsdal Cheese, The Gålå Lake and the stage area for the Peer Gynt play performed annually every August.

Time permitting stop at the Sødorp Church or Sør-Fron Church (the Mid-Gudbrandsdal Cathedral). Continue to Gudbrandsgård Hotel, our home for the next three nights. The hotel, at an altitude of 2443 ft., is situated close to the middle station on the Olympic Downhill Arena at Kvitfjell, one of the most varied and challenging alpine arenas in Europe. Welcome banquet and opening of the Ringebu Emigration Festival at 7:00pm.

Day 14 - Saturday, June 23 – RINGEBU

Breakfast. Visit Fåvang Church. Participate in Ringebu Days (10:30-2:00pm). Individual visits to ancestral farms and/or family visits. Optional excursions available to a sæter, Øksendalen, Storfjellsæter or Gopillen with Gullhaugen Mountain Chapel. Return to Gudbrandsgård for dinner and overnight.

Day 15 - Sunday, June 24 - RINGEBU

Breakfast. Participate in Ringebu Days. At 9:30am guided tour of Ringebu Stave Church with Per Åsmundstad. At 11:00am participate in a church service in the Ringebu Stave Church, one of the largest of the remaining stave churches in Norway from 1220. Coffee at Ringebusamlingene/Prestegarden following the service. Opening ceremony of Weidemann Art Gallery. Mountain visit to Skarvet (Fron) and Venabygd. Lunch and dinner on own. Evening Stave church concert with International Folk Music at 7:00pm.

Day 16 – Monday, June 25 – RINGEBU-OSLO/GARDERMOEN

Breakfast. Morning genealogical seminar at Kaupanger, the Old Town Hall of Ringebu Return to Clarion Oslo Airport Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 17 – Tuesday, June 26 - OSLO-USA

Breakfast. Transfer to airport for check-in. Longer stays may be requested upon registration for an additional charge of $50.

Several speaker arrangements pending with Gudbrandsdalslag

Italicized text in bold indicates arrangements by Ringebu Emigration Festival

PRICE: $3265 based on minimum 25 paying persons

Single supplement: $$550

Land only: $2440

PRICE INCLUDES:

*Roundtrip airfare Mpls/St.Paul-Oslo on Icelandair

*15 nights accommodations double rooms

*Daily breakfast, 2 lunches, 14 dinners including opening banquet

*Entrance & guiding at Lesja Church

*Friday, June 22: Entrance to Skåbu Church, Cheesemaking at Solbraa sæter, local guide

*Sunday, June 23: Guided tour of Ringebu Stave Church, coffee & opening ceremony of Weidemann Art Gallery, mountain trip to Skarvet

*Motorcoach : June 12 - Transfer airport to hotel in Oslo; June 13 – Transfer Oslo hotel to Hamar; June 16-25 transportation as per program. Driver’s food & lodging

*June 16-17 June 26-Transfer hotel to airport

*Meeting rooms at Quality Hotel Astoria on June 13 &14

*Dinner for one guest June 13 & 14

*Genealogical seminar on June 25

*Luggage handling, one suitcase

Price does not include US international taxes & fees, foreign tax & fees, and passenger facility charges totaling approx. $240. All taxes subject to change in the event of rising fuel costs, security, fees, and other surcharges beyond our control.

NOTICE

We all need time for planning. This proposed tour illustrates good initial planning and excellent organization by Brekke Tours. The schedule is the best we can provide at this time as there are many details to be finalized. Reason for publishing this is that we have the basic mechanics completed so we have a very close price (see above), transportation, lodging, archives to visit, a rough schedule of presentations and sites to see. There are always modifications and minor changes. There are many presentations to finalize.

Our committee hopes this is enough to entice you to join us on our second lag trip to Norway. If you are interested and wish to register, please contact: Jim Olson, Lag President at 605-332-1321 or jimolson@iw.net or Marilyn Sorensen, Lag Genealogist at 651-633-1329 or rddlagen@usfamily.net .