Jean Callister-Benson, St. Olaf employee (right), tells the group the history of the room they are in, the Norway Room. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Jeff Sauve, St. Olaf Associate Archivist (left), shows the group some of the Norwegian-American archives stored in the Rolvaag Library. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
The group watches film salvaged from Norwegian troops training in World War II. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Commodore Ketil Olsen, Norwegian Home Guard officer, holds a flag presented to St. Olaf in 1908 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen from the magnetic north pole. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Solveig Tweet Zempel, St. Olaf Professor of Norwegian (left), tells the group about the files behind her. The files, Rowberg files, newspaper clippings of family records collected by a news editor in Northfield. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Lt. Col. Ingvill Eidsvag, Norwegian Home Guard officer (left), and Lt. Col. Neil Sather, Minnesota National Guard Soldier (right), search for their family names using the Rowberg files. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Commodore Ketil Olsen, Norwegian Home Guard officer, thanks St. Olaf College for the tour and lunch, hoping they will be able to come back in the future. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
Major Gunn-Sissel Sanner, Norwegian Home Guard officer (left), talks with St. Olaf Board of Regents member during the luncheon. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
The group tours the St. Olaf campus. They walk toward the Wind Chime Memorial which has a wind chime for each St. Olaf student who passed away before completing their degree. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
The group looks at the historic Old Main building (right), the first building to make up St. Olaf college. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
A St. Olaf science professor (left) shows the group a classroom in the recently built Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. A group of Norwegian Home Guard and Minnesota National Guard members visited St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. on Feb. 19. The group toured the campus and the college's archive of Norwegian-American historical documents, and had lunch with the St. Olaf staff and board of regents.
