May 17 is Norway's National Day

Some are surprised to learn that a significant number of residents of the Upper Midwest of the U. S. have Norwegian ancestry and that many Norwegian traditions are still practiced.

That would be the crowd that never listened to A Prairie Home Companion, and so never heard the stories about the Norwegian bachelor farmers during the "News From Lake Wobegon" segments.
 
My Ancestry.com DNA test shows I am ~5% Scandinavian 4% Norwegian and 3% Finnish (updated since I lasr checked). I've yet to find where it comes from as most of my lineage is eastern European (germanic, Ukrainian, Russian), a smaller portion Scotland/Ireland (duh) and a surprising portion Lithuanian.

But I'm not willing to pay their outrageous fees to find there are no records, because, well Irish...draw your own conclusions.
 
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Happy Norway's 212 Birthday
perhaps the bastion of of a compassionate civilization
Id say make it a good one
but i already know they will
(edit) great trip last couple of days really gotta get out more same as you Martin
I rarely photograph people but I did meet a guy today in Osoyoos BC who is keeping motorcycling alive
knows all the usual suspects and where they buried the _
seems as though he got involved with some of the early grim reapers from southern alberta so we got onto that for a short bit and I guess he had a shop for a while
I always get such a charge out of being in the witness protection program; I mean look at Sammy, after three weeks you can be that guy in pulp fiction... what was his name... everybody has already moved on 😆
It was a gas bsn with him i must say
sadly his partner there is not doing very well and he's got to help her out and make some sacrifices
funny what point you arrive in a person life sometimes; reminds me sometimes of
no country for old men
(edit) that's his dad
fought a war
I hope it all works out for him
 

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