Cultural Skills Medals Currently Available

1. Traditional Norwegian Cooking
   Level 1--Your Favorites
   Level 2--Baked Goods and Desserts
   Level 3--Meat or Fish Dishes
   
2. Reading Norwegian and Norwegian-American Authors
   Level 1--Your Favorites
   Level 2--Fiction
   Level 3--Nonfiction
   
3. Collecting Norwegian and North American Stamps
   Level 1--Collect General Norwegian & North American Stamps
   Level 2--Specialize Your Stamp Collection
   Level 3--Complete a Collection of a Ten-Year Period
   
4. Norwegian Rosemaling
   Level 1--Basic Strokes, Flower Form, and Scroll
   Level 2--Completed Design
   Level 3--Create an Original Design
   
5. Genealogy--Family History
   Level 1--Complete people 1­7 on a four-generation ancestor chart, etc.
   Level 2--Complete four more people on the ancestor, family group chart, and document
   Level 3--Complete all information for 15 people on the charts--document and write an essay
   
6. Hand Knitting
   Level 1--The Basics
   Level 2--Knit with Two Colors
   Level 3--Create a Two or Multicolored Sweater (Based on Norwegian Designs)
   
7. Norwegian Language and Culture
   Level 1--The Basics of Norwegian Language
   Level 2--A Sampling of Norwegian Culture
   Level 3--A Topic from Norwegian Language or Norwegian Culture
   
8. Hardanger Embroidery
   Level 1--The Basics
   Level 2--Complete a Larger Item
   Level 3--Using Your Skills in Creative Ways
   
9. Figure Carving
   Level 1--The Basics
   Level 2--Complete a Detailed Carving
   Level 3--Complete an Original Carving
   
10. Weaving
    Track I
    Level 1--The Basics-Make a Sampler
    Level 2--Inkle or Card Weaving or Rigid Heddle--Complete a Project
    Level 3--Create an Original Design
    Track II (Floor or Table Loom Weaving)
    Level 1--Produce a Sampler
    Level 2--Make a Finished Project
    Level 3--Create an Original Design
    
11. Ornamental Woodcarving
    Level 1--The Basics
    Level 2--Flatskurd
    Level 3--Carve the Acanthus
    
12. Chip Carving
    Level 1--The Basics
    Level 2--Carve Borders
    Level 3--Carve Rosettes
    
13. Folk Dancing
    Level 1--Easy Dances
    Level 2--Intermediate Dances
    Level 3--Advanced Dances
    
14. Music and Musicians of Norway
    Level 1--Folk Music: Roots of Norwegian Music
    Level 2--The Nineteenth Century: Edvard Grieg & Contemporaries
    Level 3--The Twentieth Century: Composers, Performers, Conductors