Numedalslågen Lag

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#3300CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Numedalslågen Lag</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#3300CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="06aaa7c0.png" border=0 width="170" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="where_are_numedal_kongsberg_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where are Numedal, Kongsberg, and Larvik">Where are Numedal, Kongsberg, and Larvik?</A></div> <div> <A HREF="why_join.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why Join Numedalslågen Lag?">Why Join Numedalslågen Lag?</A></div> <div> <A HREF="membership_application.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Application">Membership Application</A></div> <div> <A HREF="lag_officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lag Officers">Lag Officers</A></div> <div> <A HREF="seven_lag_stevne.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7 Lag Stevne">7+ Lag Stevne</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mini_stevne.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Numedalslagen Lag Mini Stevne">Numedalslagen Lag Mini Stevne</A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library">Library</A></div> <div> <A HREF="norwegian_american_bygdelage.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Links">Other Links</A></div> <div> <A HREF="past_newsletters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Newsletters">Sample Newsletters</A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Numedalslågen Lag</B></div> <div> <B>Founded 1908</B></div> <div> <B>Reorganized 1984</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Let it be shown in more than words that we upheld our heritage so that our forefathers,</I></div> <div> <I>looking back on earth, can recognize their folk and their land.</I></div> <div> slågen Lag</div> <bR> <div> <B>WHAT IS </B><B>NUMEDALSLÅGEN</B><B>?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Numedalslågen</B> is a river located in the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud in southeastern Norway. It stretches for over 160 miles through the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, beginning at the Hardangervidda plateau and meeting the ocean at Larvik in Vestfold. Numedalslågen runs through the municipalities Larvik, Kongsberg, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.</div> <bR> <div> <B>WHAT IS A LAG (BYGDELAG)?</B></div> <bR> <div> A <B>Lag</B> is an organization - you may even call it a club - of emigrant descendants from a particular area of Norway.  The main purpose of the Lag is to preserve and strengthen bonds with its own area of origin in Norway.</div> <bR> <div> <B>WHAT IS NUMEDALSLÅGEN LAG?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Numedalslågen Lag</B> is a lag primarily made up of descendants of people who emigrated from those areas.  We do, however, have many members who still live in Norway and also some who just have an interest in Numedal without having roots there.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/groups/501331333329654/?ref=bookmarks" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.facebook.com/groups/50133133"><IMG SRC="0719a7b0.jpg" border=0 width="410" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>