We promote Norwegian traditions and fraternal fellowship through cultural and social opportunities offered in our local lodge and district lodge activities.
Activities include heritage programs, language camps, travel opportunities, Viking Magazine, and outreach programs sponsored by the Sons of Norway Foundation.
Our lodge, formed on June 5, 1930, is named after Fridtjof Nansen. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (October 10, 1861 – May 13, 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner.
Initially starting out as a polar explorer, Nansen achieved great success with his Arctic expedition aboard the shipFram. He later became noted as a zoologist and oceanographer, and was a pioneer of modern neurology.
Nansen was also a distinguished diplomat, eventually becoming Commissioner of refugees for the League of Nations. He was married to Eva Nansen (died 1907), was the father of noted architect and humanist Odd Nansen, and the grandfather of Eigil Nansen.