Cottonwood County citizens have participated in local chapters of the national Sons of Norway organization, called lodges, since 1938. Since 1974, Stavanger Lodge 538 has brought members together to participate in cultural, artistic, and community events that celebrate Norwegian American traditions.
Norwegian Minnesotans Walter Mondale and Karl Rolvaag (left and right) with fellow Norwegian Hubert Humphrey (center), ca. 1967. At the time, Humphrey was vice president, Rolvaag governor of Minnesota, and Mondale a US senator.
Norwegian American dancers in Minnesota. Pictured are Anna Hoveland, Gina Kolar, Arne Markusen, Inga Markusen, Caroline Olsen, Inga Skottegard, and Matilda Wamstad. Photograph by Ambassador Atelier, Inc., 1934.