Program 2007 - 2008


Most presentations will be at the Pierce County Library

Peninsula Branch, located at 4424 Point Fosdick Drive, Gig Harbor

7:00 p.m. coffee & socializing; 7:30 p.m. lecture



September 28 Brian Magnusson
'Return to the Future': Moving to Sweden -- Some Initial Impressions



October 5 Agnes Rands Warren - Author
A Scandinavian Family History



November 2 Russ Pfeiffer-Hoyt - Nesset Foundation
The Nesset Farm: Walking Back Into Time, Looking Forward to the Future



December 8 Lucia at the Fox Island Community Center



January 11 Kim-Eric Williams - ECLA
The Indians and the Colonial Swedes



February 1 Jay Haavik – University of Washington
Norwegian Stave Churches and Their Portals



March 7 Olof Kvamme – Nordic Heritage Museum
The Nordic Language Churches in the State of Washington
(1870's to the mid-1930's)



April 4 Lilly Setterdahl – Author, Teacher, Researcher
Swedes in Moline, Illinois