Upcoming Events
Note: Due to the health risks of COVID-19, our lodge is temporarily suspending all physical events and activities as precautionary measure. We will be holding virtual meeting through Zoom. Please reach out if you would like to join our lodge and these virtual activities.
Hampton Roads Lodge 2021 Schedule
Remainder of the year
Please check carefully for updated information
January 2021
January 7 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
January 21 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Program “Norwegian-American Genealogy” by Dana Kelly, Executive Director of the Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library
February 2021
February 4 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
February ? New Membership Breakfast (to be rescheduled later in the year)
February 14 Watch the Stoughton Norwegian Dancer’s preform live via their Facebook page Valentines day (February 14th) at 1:30 CST, which is 2:30 pm our time EST. Learn more about the event and the Stoughton Norwegian Dancers here
February 18 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. “Norwegian Fairy Tales and Fairy Tale Collectors” by June Cooper
March 2021
March Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
March ? Norwegian Tall Ship – Statsraad Lehmkuhl tour/lunch. Date and Time TBD. (Probably canceled)
March 18 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Program, “Searching for Nora: After the Doll’s House” by Author Wendy Swallow. Click here to learn more about the book. Click here to read Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House.
April 2021
April 1 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
April 10 Opus 9 Fellowship Luncheon – HR and Norge Norsemen at 11:30 AM
April 26 Norge Norsemen meeting Viking Hall 6:30 PM
April 15 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Program “Norwegian Fairy Tales and Folklore” Continued by June Cooper
April ? Fellowship Lunch, time and place TBD (If possible)
May 2021
May 6 Board Lodge Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
May 17 Lay Flowers at Forest Lawn Cemetery at 10:30 AM, Fellowship lunch 12:01 PM. Location TBD
May 17 Norge Norsemen “Syttende May Party” Viking Hall 5:00 to 7:00 PM
May 20 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Program “Answering Your Questions About Sons of Norway” by SON International President, Ron Stubbings
June – August 2021
June ? Midsummers Picnic – time and location TBD
June 3 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
June 5 NATO Festival – Check here for more info
June 27 Norge Norsemen picnic at Berkley’s Green at 4:00 to 7:00 PM
July 1 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
July/August Fellowship Lunch Date, time and place TBD
August 5 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
September 2021
September 2 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
September 16 Membership Lodge Meeting, Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program TBD (If not possible , Zoom at 7:00 PM)
September ? Fellowship Lunch Date, time and place TBD
September 27 Norge Norsemen Meeting, Viking Hall at 6:30 PM
October 2021
October 7 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
October 9 Leif Erikson Day Celebration, Mariners’ Museum in Newport News at 12:00 PM. Followed by Fellowship Lunch.
October 21 Membership Lodge Meeting, Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program TBD.
November 2021
November 4 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM.
November 5 Set up “Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar” at Francis Asbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
November 6 “Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar” at Francis Asbury United Methdist Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. 9:00 AM t0 3:00 PM.
November 12 Set up Norge Norsement “Christmas Bazaar” at Viking Hall 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
November 13 Norge Norsement “Christmas Bazaar” at Viking Hall 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
November 18 Membership Lodge Meeting, Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program TBD.
December 2021
December ? Christmas Party, time and place TBD
December 2 Board Meeting, Bayside Presbyterian Church – Room 506 at 7:00 PM
December 11 Norge Norsemen Jul Fest at Viking Hall at 11:30 to 3:00 PM
Check back often. Upcoming events, programs and activities will be added/updated upon approval of the board.
Past 2020 Events
January 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 506 at 7PM
January 11 Fellowship Lunch at Surf Rider North Restaurant 928 Diamond Spring Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23455 (Cypress Point Shopping Center) at 12 PM
January 18 Saturday Potluck/Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall 5PM. Program “The Ghost of the Norwegian Lady” by guest speaker, Susan Harrell
February 6 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM CANCELED (due to weather)
February 8 New Member Breakfast at Holiday Inn 5655 Greenwich Rd., Virginia Beach, VA. 23462 from 9 – 11 AM. Followed by Bazaar Wrap Up Meeting immediately after the breakfast (around 11 AM)
February 20 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program is “Norwegian/American Athletes” presented by Mike Solhaug. CANCELED (due to weather)
February 29 Fellowship Lunch at Il Giardino – 3333 Virginia Beach Blvd, Suite 17 (Private room) at noon
September 2020
September 3 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
September 17 First Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Program is “Norwegian American Athletes” by Mike Solhaug
September 2020
September 3 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
September 17 First Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Program is “Norwegian American Athletes” by Mike Solhaug
August 20 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7 PM
October 1 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7 PM
October 15 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Program “Prince Leopold of Albany and His Relation to Norway” by local historian, Robert Hitchings
October 1 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7 PM
October 15 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Program “Prince Leopold of Albany and His Relation to Norway” by local historian, Robert Hitchings
The entirety of the month of November included a Membership Drive, new members received our lodges dues refunded to them. This included a $14 refund with new single membership or $28 refund with new family membership.
November 5 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
November 7 Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 9 AM – 3 PM – CANCELED
November 19 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Program “Vesterheim: The National Norwegian-American Museum & Heritage Center” by museum president/CEO, Chris Johnson
December 3 Board Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
December 6 Christmas Party – 5:30 PM Holiday Inn at 5655 Greenwich Rd in Virginia Beach – CANCELED
December 17 Membership Lodge Meeting via Zoom – 7:00 PM. Special Christmas Program “Merry Christmas from Sonja Henie” by local historian, Robert Hitchings
Past 2019 Events
January 3 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church room 506 at 7 PM
January 17 Installation Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program “Norwegian Sweaters”
January 26 Fellowship Lunch, noon at “What the Gritz” at 689 Phoenix Dr, Virginia Beach
February 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room at 7 PM
February 9 New Member Breakfast at Cypress Point Country Club 9 – 11 am. Followed by Bazaar Wrap Up Meeting immediately after the breakfast (around 11 am)
February 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program “The Greatest Migration in the History of the World”
February 23 Fellowship Lunch, 12:15 PM at “Cobalt Grille” at 1624 Laskin Rd, Virginia Beach
March 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
March 8 Norwegian tall ship “Statsraad Lehmkuhl” tour/lunch – Waterside Norfolk at 2 PM. Be at the ships bow by 1:45 PM
March 17 Lodge Bowling Party – Little Creek Amphibious Base Gator alley at 2 PM
March 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM Program “Island of Hope, Island of Tears, the Story of Ellis Island”
March 23 Norwegian Lady Ceremony – Virginia Beach Boardwalk 25th St. at 1 PM
April 4 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
April 13 Fellowship Lunch – Noon at The Bier Garden Festhaus at 2272 West Great Neck Rd.
April 18 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Guest speaker Roland Larsen presents, “Vikings in Greenland”
April 27 NATO Parade. Downtown Norfolk 10 AM
May 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
May 16 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program “First Shot – Norwegians Sink the German Heavy Cruiser SMS Bucher”
May 17 Lay Flowers for Norwegian sailors at Forest Lawn Cemetery 10:30 AM – Fellowship lunch, Freemason Abby – 12:00 PM
May 23 Norwegian National Day celebration at the Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach. Hosted by the Norwegian NATO group from 7 to 9 PM
June 2 Brannboll Tournament (Vager Dere) at Red Wing Park at 2 pm (picnic also).
June 20 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
June 22 Mid-summers Picnic at Ralph Peterson’s house – 3 – 9 PM
July 18 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
August 3 Fellowship Lunch – Noon at “Bahama Breeze” in Pembroke Mall, 4554 Virginia Beach Blvd Suite 10
August 15 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
September 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
September 19 Membership Lodge meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Viking Runestones in North America: Fact or Fiction” by Mike Solhaug.
October 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 504 7 PM
October 5 Norfolk International Children’s Festival at Town Point Park Waterside, 10 AM -3 PM
October 9 Leif Erikson Day Celebration – Mariner’s Museum in Newport News at 12:00 PM. Followed by Fellowship Lunch
October 17 Membership Lodge meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Myths and Legends of Trolls” by Deanna Rumney
November 1 Set up for Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall. 3 – 5 PM
November 2 Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall. 9 AM – 3 PM
November 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506. 7 PM
November 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Childhood Memories and Traditions of Christmas in Norway”
December 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 506 7 PM
December 7 Christmas Sermon – The Good Shepard Church in Virginia Beach (Norhouse items for sale afterwards) at 10 PM
December 8 Christmas Party – Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Conference Center. 5655 Greenwich Rd. 5:30 – 9 PM