THIS
YEAR WAS SPECIAL!
WE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING TO TRØNDELAG ABOUT
EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH AND TO
RECONNECT WITH OUR HERITAGE, FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
WE REPLACED OUR 2015 TOUR WITH A 2014 TOUR TO
BE IN NORWAY FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SIGNING OF THE NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION.
OUR TOUR INCLUDED RESEARCH AT THE ARCHIVES AT DORA, A PRIVATE TOUR OF NIDAROS CATHEDRAL WITH A PRIVATE PERFORMANCE ON THE RESTORED STEINMEYER ORGAN, ATTENDING A SPECIAL ECUMENICAL SERVICE AT NIDAROS CATHEDRAL ATTENDED BY THE KING & QUEEN, THE HEAD OF PARLIAMENT, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.
GIVING
A DONATION FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE
STEINMEYER ORGAN AT NIDAROS, WE WERE
INTERVIEWED BY THREEE NEWSPAPERS WHILE IN THE
AREA.
THIS PAGE SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
TOUR MEMBERS ALSO SUBMITTED SOME OF THEIR
PHOTOS WHICH WE STORE AT OUR MICROSOFT
ONEDRIVE ACCOUNT.
INSTRUCTIONS:
TWO WAYS TO VIEW THE PHOTOS
1. You can go immediately to the picture folders by clicking the photo above with Linda and Tom's photo at the top right. Folder names and the number of photos in each folder will display.
2. You can read more about an individual day below and then click on its photo to view the pictures for that day.
NOTE: YOU WILL BE VIEWING THE PHOTOS AT MICROSOFT "ONEDRIVE:
*AFTER clicking a photo you will be taken to a web page with a small picture on the upper left corner representing the folder containing the photos for your selection. The name of the folder will be in the bottom left followed by the number of photos in the folder to the right. In this example the folder name is T2014-05-15 which contains 2 pictures.
*CLICK on that small picture to "open" the folder of photos. You will see either a list of photos or the photos themselves. Click on a photo or its name to start the viewing process.
*TO RETURN TO THE FOLDER, press the "Esc" key or place your cursor near the top left corner and a left pointing arrow will appear that, when clicked, takes you back to the folder.
*DOWNLOADING PHOTOS: When a photo is displayed a RIGHT CLICK presents a menu to allow downloads. You can also download entire folders.
OUR PHOTOS, DAY BY DAY, FOLLOW:
May 15, 2014
Photo Credit: Our tour guide with Jon's camera
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First day in Norway for most of our travelers. Arrive Trondheim Airport Værnes. Transfer to the Clarion Hotel Bakeriet.
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May 16, 2014
Photo Credit Carolyn Satrum
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We start our first day in Trondheim with a city tour by a local guide.
After our city tour we visit Sverresborg, the 3rd largest cultural history museum in Norway. At Sverresborg we were interviewed by a journalist from www.byavisa.no about why we were in Trøndelag.
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May 17, 2014
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
Click on this photo - Click the small photo that appears in the upper left hand corner - Then click on any photo to start viewing the pictures from that day. After watching the children's parade with 20,000 children marching, we march as a group in Trondheim’s Syttende Mai Citizens Parade on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Norwegian constitution on May 17, 1814
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May 18, 2014
Photo Credit: Carolyn Satrum
Norwegian and American cousins making a wish to be together again. Aase with American money and Jon with Norwegian money.
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This was a "free" day for people to visit friends and relatives.
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May 19, 2014
Finn Karlsen showing us one of his treasurers in the archives.
Photo Credit: Linda Wiig
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Our morning includes a tour of the Statsarkivet i Trondheim (the state archive for Møre og Romsdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag og Nordland) by Finn Karlsen, Past President of DIS-Norge (all of Norway) and DIS-Norge-Trøndelag.
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May 20, 2014
Coffee and cake with the King and Queen (sort of).
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
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Our morning activity, for all travelers, includes a trip to Munkholmen, a small island in Trondheimfjord. Munkholmen (monk’s island). In the afternoon we attend the National Jubileum Service at Nidaros Cathedral. The King and the Queen attend the service and we are just four rows away as they enter the cathedral. Later we have coffee and cake in the square outside the cathedral. Our tent is next to that used by the King and Queen.
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May 21, 2014
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
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Today we journey on a full day tour of Nord-Trøndelag with a local guide. We follow part of the history of St. Olav, including the battle field where he is killed to the ruins of a castle fortress where his shrine lay for a time. We visit a monastery, the site of one of the oldest courts in Norway and stop at a hytte near a fjord for coffee and cake.
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May 22, 2014
Console of the Steinmeyer organ (left) and the silver crucifix of 90KG of silver - originally given to the cathedral by Norwegian-Americans in 1930.
Photo Credit: Linda Wiig
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We had a special tour of Nidaros Cathedral for Trønderlag of America by a Norwegian archaeologist and researcher. After the tour we had the privilege of hearing the head organist for the cathedral playing the restored Steinmeyer organ just for us. Representatives from the cathedral meet us and gave us special recognition for the fund raising members of Trønderlag of America had done for the restoration of the organ. We donated 15.000 NOK (about $2,600). For lunch we went to Tyholttårnet, a tower with a rotating restaurant with very good view of Trondheim and the Trondheim Fjord.
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May 23, 2014
Erling Hansen at his Rennebu church - communion glasses.
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
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We leave our hotel in Trondheim and travel to Rennebu, Oppdal, Tynset, and Røros (a Unesco world heritage site) where we have a walking tour of the town.
One of our stops is the Rennebu church, the church of our guide, Erling Hansen. This church is on the old Pilgrims Trail between Oslo and Trondheim (Nidaros), and is situated 101 km from Nidaros Cathedral.
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May 24, 2014
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
Værnes Church from the 1,100s
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After free time in Røros to explore more on our own we travel to the Væktarstugu Hotel where the owner gave us a presentation of a small exibition featuring the famous Norwegian adventurer and scientist Thor Heyerdahl who wrote some of his famous books at this hotel. Lunch. After Væktarstugu we stop at Granby Gård in Selbu, an impressive, private owned emigration center, featuring the emigration from Selbu to America, and about the emigration from Norway in general. We were given a presentation from the owners. Coffee and cinnamon rolls were served and were able to purchase Norwegian items from a local artist and from Selbu Hisfliden. After Granby Gård we travel to our final hotel in Stjørdal. Some members make one final visit to Værnes church. Built around the year 1,100. At the time of its construction the Norwegian Viking era was still in full bloom. Some say the church is the oldest building in Norway still in active use.
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May 25, 2014
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THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF OUR TOUR AND MAINLY PEOPLE LEAVING FOR THE AIRPORT OR STARTING AN EXTENSION .
BUT, just when you thought your shopping was done and your suitcases and carry ons are bursting at the seams a duty free store appears and you must find room for last minute "necessities".
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"CREATIVE" PHOTOS
Photo Credit: Linda Wiig
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Throughout the tour some of the photos taken were just wonderful to look at just for themselves. We've included some here.
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"PEOPLE" PHOTOS (Our fellow travelers)
Photo Credit: Jon Satrum
Most of us like to see where WE were on a particular outing and be reminded of our fellow travelers.
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Throughout the tour some of the photos taken were just wonderful to look at just for themselves. We've included some here.
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"AUDIO/VIDEO" (A few clips of sights and sounds)
This could take up too much room for our project but maybe we can have a clip or two.
One includes an audio clip of us singing in an inner chamber at Munkholmen. I haven't figured out how to make Onedrive play the audio clip directly. Currently it must be downloaded and then played from your PC.
Videos load enough into a buffer to be able to play and then start.
Speed is tied to your Internet connection.
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