Norwegian-American Defense Conference April 3
The 11th Annual Norwegian-American Defense Conference, themed Brave New Alliances – Leveraging Alliance & Partnership Resources for Collective Security, will take place on April 3 at House of NADIC in Arlington, VA.
To counter the challenges we face in today’s geopolitical security landscape, we must increase defense investments, accelerate innovation, ramp up production, and strengthen our collective security through trusted alliances. Read more and register here: nadic.us/2025-conferenceprogram
Organized by the Norwegian-American Defense & Homeland Security Industry Council (NADIC) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, this conference has since its inception in 2013 become a highly recognized and well-attended defense summit between our two nations.
Spring Rosemaling Retreat at Camp Norge April 26-27
This is an all levels class – no prior rosemaling or painting experience is needed.
Onsite accommodations are available.
For this session we will be painting a beautiful jewelry box, with 1 drawer and a flip-up lid. See links below for photos of each design.
If you’d like to attend please fill out and return the form at your earliest convenience (email submissions are highly preferred).
Onya will be offering a Friday night stroke class on 4/25. Great for all experience levels and highly recommended for beginners.
Please see the link below for imore information on the stroke class. If you plan to attend the stroke class, please be sure to check the box on the registration form.
More information here:
Camp Norge
You can follow activities at Camp Norge here.
Registrations are now being accepted for the Summer 2025 sessions.
- Trollfjell Folkehøgskule for youths ages 14 to 17 runs from June 29 through July 12, 2025
- Camp Trollfjell for children ages 8 to 13 will run from July 13 through July 26, 2025.
Southern California Kretsstevne: October 24-26, 2025
Save the date for Southern California Kretsstevne. It will take place October 24-26, 2025. Monitor this link for details.
Digital Vaccination Record for Californians
The State of California now offers a way to record on your mobile phone evidence of COVID vaccination. You get a record that has:
- A QR code
- Your name
- Your date of birth
- Date of each vaccination
- Manufacturer of each vaccination
To get this record, go to https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/ . Enter your first and last name and date of birth. Choose to provide your e-mail address or cell phone number that you used to schedule your shot(s). Enter a code that will be used to decrypt your record. Choose the code so that you will remember it. Click the box that asserts under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to receive the record for the person whose name you entered and then click SUBMIT. You will receive either an email or a text message that has a link to view your vaccine record. That link is good for 24 hours. When you click on it, you will see the record that you want to have in your phone. I am a user of Apple infrastructure, so I put my record into Notes. You can click the FAQ link in the above-mentioned website to find out what you can do with this record.
Update: Be sure to get an image of the certificate to store in your phone. The passcode works for only 24 hours.