News:

• Current Newsletter:  
           June 2025     
   
• October 3-5, 2025
  "Celebrating Norwegian Immigration - The Slooper 200th Anniversary"    
  A three-day weekend of Norwegian Cultural fun featuring Slooper and Fox Valley Settlement pioneer history, traditional Norwegian culture programs and craft classes, Norwegian games and movie night, "Sluppen" fun walk, Norwegian barn dance with Norwegian folk music and food, traditional Norwegian worship service, and a chance to meet descendants of the first Norwegian-American slooper immigrants at their Slooper Society annual meeting. This is a Sons of Norway District 5 Adult Norwegian Cultural Weekend event to be held in Norway, Illinois, and sponsored by the Polar Star and Cleng Peerson Sons of Norway Lodges, the Norsk Museum, and the Slooper Society of America.   
  Pre-registration is required. 
  Download these three PDF files for the full weekend schedule information and registration forms:   
  - Schedule - Information   
  - Weekend Registration Form   
  - Fun Walk Registration Form   
   
• 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:  

August 3, 2025 - Sunday 
- Program:  Pioneer Polse Piknik and Ice Cream Social.      
- 1:30 Pot Luck Luncheon.
- Hotdogs will be served. Please bring a dish to pass, your table service, and a lawn chair, and a non-perishable food donation for St. Olaf's food pantry.    
- Polar Star Monthly Meeting 
- Kitchen Hosts: TBD.   

September 7, 2025 - Sunday    
- Program:  Annual Scandinavian Festival.   
 - Vasa Park in South Elgin, 10 am - 5:30 pm. 
- Set-up 9 am.   
- Program: Scandinavian Festival Waffle Making; Polar Star Bakery and Flea Market booth.   
- All Members:  Start baking (and freezing) your favorite Norwegian baked goods to sell in our Bakeri booth, and look for Norwegian collectibles at garage sales to re-sell in our "Loppemarked" (flea market). We will be baking Norwegian Vaffler with Lingonberries on site, as well as selling pre-packaged baked goods and Norwegian knit items and collectibles. 
​- Contact Nancy Andersen with volunteer shift and baked goods.

October 3-5, 2025 - Friday through Sunday - Norway, Illinois  
- "Celebrating Norwegian Immigration" - Culture Weekend at the Community Center in Norway, IL. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian immigration to the Fox Valley area, and a fun look at the early "Slooper" settlers. 
- Please plan to bring lots of Norwegian baked goods to share with all participants over the entire weekend. 
- Weekend includes Sunday Norwegian church service at Stavanger Lutheran Church, and the Slooper Society's Annual Meeting and Luncheon.  
- Hosts: Polar Star Lodge, Cleng Peersen Lodge, and Norsk Museum.     

 Additional Meetings and Events 

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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. 

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