Sons of Norway Blair

10/03/2026

The last parade of 2026 was Blair Cheese Festival on September 27th.

09/14/2026

Coming up this Saturday!

Kielyn Rowekamp of Merrillan will give a presentation on her year in Norway as a junior in high school.

She will show and tell us about her adventures and sights and living with a Norwegian family as a teenager in Norway.
She might even "snakker Norsk" for us! (Speak Norwegian for us).

Where and when can you attend this program? Well, I'll tell you!

Where: Blair Lutheran Church, 129 S. Peterson Ave, Blair, WI

Time: She will be presenting right at 1:00, before our business meeting.

Date: September 19, 2026.

This would be a great way to start off Blair Cheese Festival Week, with a live and in person report on Norway from someone who has just been there!!

Kielyn and her family are members of the Sons of Norway Fagernes Lodge. We are excited to hear her presentation!

Everyone is welcome. There will be a lunch after the presentation. We will also have a Silent Auction with the proceeds benefiting the Sons of Norway Foundation. The Foundation does a lot of good things.

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08/17/2026

Yes, even without Todd Fetsch, the guys got the mast up on the Fagernes Lodge float in the Whitehall Beef and Dairy Days parade on August 16th.

08/08/2026

It was eye opening. Only 7% of Sons of Norway members have either an insurance or annuity product through Sons of Norway. Wow. That is partly because there haven’t been representatives in many areas.

That might be changing soon! Sons of Norway has partnered with BetterLife, which has insurance and annuity products. They that could be more affordable and better suited to your needs than what Sons of Norway has offered up until now.

I’m not an agent, but I talked to BetterLife representatives this week. I bring this up because we did a VERY smart thing when Jack came into our lives. We took out a life insurance policy through Sons of Norway for him at age 9. The yearly premium is very low. We didn’t take it out in case he died so we could get money for a funeral. We took it out so he would be guaranteed life insurance no matter what happens. Once a person is diagnosed with a chronic or fatal disease, or has an accident that leaves him unable to work, it is probably VERY difficult to buy life insurance. We want him to have it for when he gets married and has a family. He can switch it up to a better policy sometime if he wishes. If by some unfortunate occurrence he does pass away at any time, there will be life insurance for the funeral and for his family.

You can buy policies for your children, grandchildren, other relatives. It would be such a wonderful thing to have that assurance of coverage from a young age for them.

I haven’t looked at the policies or the annuities, but we will. It appears BetterLife has some good options. You can go online to see and request information at

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08/08/2026

This was the week of the Sons of Norway District 5 convention in Stoughton, Wisconsin. It was a very well organized event, with lots of activities, classes and information. Kudos to the Mandt Lodge for a great job. It was fun to have the events in different places, instead of all in a hotel. Leland and I drove the all-day tour of the Koshkonong area, and had 2 great meals and saw a lot of history of the early Norwegians on Monday.

We had 2 silent auction baskets; our lodge banner; a banquet (sorry I didn’t get a picture of Dawn at the banquet); good informational presentations; Nettie had rosemaling at the cultural display, Dawn and Nettie represented Fagernes Lodge; Leland took 3 classes and made items. LaVonne went off the District Board and was replaced by Christina Fairchild as Publicity Director; we had representatives from BetterLife, the new partner with Sons of Norway give lots of information. The crew from Masse Moro did an awesome job of presenting what goes on at camp and answered lots of questions. We ended up with 41 children at the camp this year.

The Silent Auction for the D5 Nordic Heritage Foundation raised over $4,000 for Masse Moro.

Some changes were approved and will be shared with the lodge members at our next meeting.

08/05/2026

I listened to a lot of information and ideas today in Stoughton for lodges.

Any event and idea needs more than 1 or 2 people to succeed. The lodge members have to want to pursue a goal and participate in recruiting events to develop interest in Sons of Norway. We have so many potential members in our area. How do we reach them and get them interested in being a part of our organization?

Doing what we’ve always done that hasn’t brought new people into the lodge needs to be reviewed. What can we do to change that? Are you ready to be a part of something new—or are you satisfied to let our lodge die a slow death???

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07/24/2026

I listened to the Masse Moro children sing before my krumkake class on July 23rd. What fun they are having at camp!