Meeting Schedule, 2025-2026
5:30 - Dining room open for social time
5:55 - Welcome by the Symra Chair
6:00 - Meal is served
2025
Date Host Location Presentation
Sept. 6 D. Larson Larson home by Dennis Larson
Oct. 17 D. Judisch Nobel Room Business Meeting and “Symra: History and Future” by our 2025 Committee **Pay dues
Nov. 21 S. Goodman Nobel Room "Reflections of the Restauration’s Recent Atlantic Voyage and the NYC Harbor Celebration" by Rolf Svanoe
Dec. 19 L. Gilbertson Nobel Room "Skogfjorden: A Legacy of Learning, Culture, and Community'" by Eddy Galstad
2026
Date Host Location Presentation
Jan. 16 M. Kjome Nobel Room "The Naeseth Letters" by Hayley Jackson
Feb. 20 J. Kemp Nobel Room "Knut Gjerset and the Luther College Museum" by Laurann Gilbertson
Mar. 20 J. Iversen Nobel Room "The Unexpected Connections to Quisling" by Peter and Becky Olafson
Apr. 17 C. Johnson Nobel Room "The Unbending Purpose: Conflict, Controversy, and the Founding of Norwegian-American Colleges in the 19th and early 20th Centuries" by Jennifer Kovarik
May 15 Members Nobel Room "The Decorah Posten and the Anundsen Family Legacy" by Midge Kjome