The members of Sigrid Undset Lodge invite all interested parties to join them at one of their meetings Contact the lodge for additional information.
LODGE HIGHLIGHTS
Members wear festive bunads for special occasions at lodge functions.
Sigrid Undset Lodge offers members great educational programs, fun outings and great fellowship. Members actively participate in the annual San Francisco Norway Days held the first weekend in May.
Meetings are held in beautiful Palo Alto, home of Stanford University and conveniently located between San Francisco and San Jose.
Small groups occasionally meet outside of lodge meetings to pursue common interests including Nordic cooking, crafts, needlecraft, crawfish dinners and literature.
The current calendar of programs and events is available here. A sampling of their past Nordic programs include:
- Films
- Travelogues
- Norwegian Weddings
- Music & dance performances
- Cultural events & celebrations
- Craft projects & demonstrations
- Food demonstrations & workshops
- Talks on art, contemporary issues, folklore, history, genealogy, language & literature
Santa Lucia Processions, Lodge's Annual Julefest
MEETING DETAILS
- WHEN: Third Saturday1 of month at 9:45 am
- WHERE: Brown Hall, Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley Street, Palo Alto CA
LODGE'S NAME
The lodge is named after the famous Norwegian author, Sigrid Undset, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 for her historical novels of life in medieval Norway. The best known of these major works is the thousand page trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter consisting of three separate books: The Bridal Wreath (The Garland), The Mistress of Husaby (The Wife), and The Cross (all either published separately or in a single volume). This novel is available in two English translations—the 1930 version and the more recent one by Tiina Nunnally. Kristin Lavransdatter was made into a movie by Norwegian film star and director Liv Ullmann. Sigrid's other historical novel cited by the Nobel Prize committee is the four-volume series, The Master of Hestviken, which is also available in an English translation. More ...
- 1 Lodge does not hold meetings in July and August. Contact them for other activities that may occur during these months.
