News:

• Current Newsletter:  
         November 2024        
   
• Save the Date!  October 3-5, 2025
  "Celebrating Norwegian Immigration"      3-day Norwegian Cultural Weekend Event in Norway, Illinois, sponsored by Polar Star and Cleng Peersen Sons of Norway lodges, Norsk Museum, and the Slooper Society of America.
  Refer to the Save the Date brochure for  information about registration and activities, 
   
• Culture Programs and Medals

             See Activities and Culture. 

Contact Cultural Director Barb Johnson for additional information and details about the various Sons of Norway culture medals.

• Sports Medal Program
   
  Several Polar Star-specific walking challenges will be offered in 2025, including our ongoing Restauration walk between August 4, 2024 and October 5, 2025, as well as the October 5, 2025 "Sluppen" Fun Walk in Norway, Illinois. Both walks are in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Norwegian emigration to the USA. Contact Sports Director Jerri Lynn Baker for additional information about these challenges and also for the Sons of Norway Sports Medal Program.   

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• National Sons of Norway Book Club

Refer to the January 2024 Polar Star Newsletter or contact Cultural Director Barb Johnson for information and details.

• Polar Star on Facebook:
  Search for the group name: 
  "Sons of Norway - Polar Star Lodge 5-472 Aurora, IL"
   

Polar Star Lodge members as of
December 2023:

• 62    
   

Current Events:   

December 1, 2024 - Sunday   
- Program: Annual Family Juletrefest Celebration and Smakaker (cookie) Bake-off
- 1:00 Tree Trimming, Christmas card making, and cookie decorating. 
- 1:30 Pot Luck Luncheon and gift exchange.
 - Polar Star Monthly Meeting.
- Participate in our 2025 Jólabókaflód ("Christmas Book Flood") by bringing a large candy bar and a book either about Norway or by a Norwegian author.
- See the November 2024 newsletter for all details about our Polar Star Juletrefest.
- Kitchen Hosts:  Polar Star Board   

January 5, 2025 - Sunday 
- Program:  Awards and Viking Music.   
- 1:30 Pot Luck Luncheon.
- Polar Star Monthly Meeting 
- Kitchen Hosts: TBD. 

 Additional Meetings and Events 

Sons of Norway: 
The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote and preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, and to provide insurance and financial products to its members. 

SiteFeatures:

Information about Polar Star Lodge

Information about Sons of Norway International

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Past Events 

News and Newsletters

Activities and Culture

Scholarships

Links to Norwegian-related websites and other information of interest

Contacts (Polar Star officers/board, newsletter editor, webmaster, new members)