Celebrating our Norwegian heritage for over 100 years!
Samples of the crafts done by members
Other crafts Solveig members create
Dance Performance by Embla and Solveig Dancers, 2009
Solveig lodge is active in many regional cultural programs throughout the Greater Seattle region, including the Syttende Mai (17th of May) parade held each year in the Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard northwest of Seattle.
In the fall, members present a heritage display at the local library coinciding with their annual Bit of Norway Bazaar. At this bazaar they sell delicious Norwegian baked goods and craft items made by members throughout the year. They also display members' Norwegian heritage items and demonstrate various Scandinavian arts, crafts and food preparation. Past demonstrations have included Rosemaling, Woven Hearts, and making lefse and vaffler. Bazaar visitors can stop and enjoy coffee at the Kaffestue. (2011 flyer here)
Solveig members enjoying wheat weaving
The busy lodge has many craft get-togethers, parties, and Scandinavian programs such as:
2009 Lodge Officers. 2009 President Jody Earle holds large bouquet of flowers.
Standing (left - right):Julie Traub, Bernice Tillman, May Mettler, Vi Neklason, Carol Voigt, Karen Wright. Seated (left - right) Carole Ramstad, Judy Earle, Ruth Durham, Evelyn Lundstrom.
Solveig Lodge invites you to join them in exploring your Nordic heritage and having fun!
The lodge's namesake Solveig, is the woman who loves Peer Gynt, the anti-hero of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. Peer is a self-centered and irresponsible character who wastes his life as he jumps from one mountain top to another on his wonderful reindeer buck when she first meets and hears stories about him. Solveig becomes infatuated with Peer despite his faults. Peer is banished from the village and Solveig eventually goes to his mountain home to live with him forever. Peer is elated, but because his past confronts him that very day, he can never be her husband. He must leave her and tells her to always wait for him. He then leaves Norway and travels all over the world. She is faithful and devotes her entire lifetime, waiting for his return to their house in the mountains. Grieg wrote a lovely melody, Solveig's Song, as part of the incidental music he composed for the play. Solveig sings of her feelings in the song as she looks up at the mountains. Peer returns at last to the mountains and the place they last met to die.
April 6, 1986
Des Moines, WA
Second Thurs. of month1 7:00pm
except in Jan. – Mr. when it meets 2nd Sat. of Month at 10am
Member holding flag in 2008 Ballard, WA's Syttende Mai (17th of May) Parade
Malmõ Symphony Orchestra's Peer Gynt CD