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href="http://www.nordikreations.com/">Phyllis's Nordikreations</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/cruises">Book A Cruises With Us</a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Travel U.S.A.</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Travel Scandinavia.</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikids.com" class="qmparent">Nordikids</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nordikids.com/about_nordikids">About Nordikids</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_223221797697356#!/group.php?gid=108591389179693">Nordikids facebook group</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_223221797697356#!/group.php?gid=108591389179693">(Lodge Members Only)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/events" class="qmparent">Events</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/events">Nordikfolk Lodge 761</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikids.com/events">Nordikids Lodge 208</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Distict Lodge Lake Michigan</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Vasa Order of America</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="qmparent">Photos</a> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://photo2.walgreens.com/walgreens/groups/lodge761">Walgreens photo groups </a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://photo2.walgreens.com/walgreens/groups/lodge761">(Lodge Members Only)</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a class="qmparent">Slideshow</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">*</a></li> 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class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2008</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2007</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2006</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" class="qmparent">Video</a> <ul> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nordikfolk">Nordikfolk "YouTube" Channel</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/user7417244">Nordikfolk "vimeo" Channel</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a class="qmparent">2011</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2010</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2009</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2008</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2007</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="qmparent">2006</a> <ul> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lucia Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Spring Fest</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Lodge Activities</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Convention</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a></a></li> <li><a></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/aboutus" class="qmparent">About Us</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/aboutus">Nordikfolk #761</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikids.com/about_nordikids">Nordikids #208</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/aboutus">Join Our Lodge</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/about_the_vasa_order">Vasa Order</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/about_the_vasa_order">About Vasa</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span class="qmtitle">Coming Soon</span></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Grand Lodge Convention 2014</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)">Grand Lodge Convention 2010</a></li> <li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thevasaorder.com/">TheVasaOrder.com</a></li> <li><span 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13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thevasaorder.com/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">The Vasa Order of America</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></strong></span></em></span><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">is a Scandinavian cultural and educational organization.</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Vasa Order of America was <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">founded in 1896</span></span> in New Haven, Connecticut at the height of Swedish immigration to the United States as a Swedish-American fraternal order. Vasa Order of America emerged out of the many Swedish societies that existed as a safety net for early immigrants. Named for the House of Vasa, the historic Royal House of Sweden, it has been noted as the largest Swedish American ethnic or cultural <em>non</em>-<em>profit</em> organization.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The Vasa Order comprises the Grand Lodge, 19 District Lodges, and nearly 300 local lodges. Local lodges in the United States, Canada, and Sweden offer cultural, language, and scholarship programs. The organization owns numerous lodge buildings and several parks, operates the Vasa National Archives at Bishop Hill, Illinois, and administers an Old Age and Sick Benefit Fund for members. Grand Conventions are held every four years.<br /></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/about_the_vasa_order"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><em>More History</em>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> / <em><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.nordikfolk.com/aboutus"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Apply For Membership</span></a></span></span></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>FalsePublicTrue