Viking Magazine - March 2015 - 5
Norwegian Heritage Center | Livsreise - " Life's Journey "
Opening in early 2015
Sons of Norway Headquarters
1455 W. Lake St.
Minneapolis, MN 55408-2666
612-827-3611 or 800-945-8851
sonsofnorway.com
International Offi cers
PRESIDENT JON TEHVEN ......................................................... 319-352-6094
jon.tehven@sofnboard.com
VICE PRESIDENT RON STUBBINGS ........................................ 604-941-0760
ron.stubbings@sofnboard.com
SECRETARY DAN RUDE.......................................................... ...406-543-3219
dan.rude@sofnboard.com
TREASURER RAY KNUTSON .....................................................815-393-4926
ray.knutson@sofnboard.com
International Directors
MARCI LARSON .........................................................................904-260-4064
marci.larson@sofnboard.com
ODD HARALD OLSON ..........................................................+47-90-75-19-07
odd.harald@sofnboard.com
LYLE BERGE ...................................................................................720-470-4961
lyle.berge@sofnboard.com
JON GRINDE ................................................................................ 608-513-6434
jon.grinde@sofnboard.com
ELAINE NELSON ..........................................................................701-364-0834
elaine.nelson@sofnboard.com
ERLENE STEVENSON ..................................................................425-712-9788
erlene.stevenson@sofnboard.com
GLORIA BENAZIC........................................................................250-562-7320
gloria.benazic@sofnboard.com
BOB HOOVER ..............................................................................218-847-6345
bob.hoover@sofnboard.com
Headquarters Staff
EIVIND J. HEIBERG ...................................................... Chief Executive Offi cer
eheiberg@sofn.com
LEN CARLSON ................................................................. Director of Agencies
lcarlson@sofn.com
DEAN NELSON .................................................................................. Controller
dnelson@sofn.com
RACHELE HOCKERT ........................................Director of Information Technology
rachele@sofn.com
LINDA PEDERSON ...............................................................Fraternal Director
lpederson@sofn.com
LINDA NELSON ...............................................................................Webmaster
lnelson@sofn.com
CINDY OLSON ................................................................ Foundation Director
colson@sofn.com
DEAN P. STILLER ....................................................................................Actuary
dstiller@sofn.com
DIANE GILL .....................................................................Director of Insurance Services
dgill@sofn.com
Tubfrim Chairperson
GENE BRANDVOLD ......................................................................952-831-4361
genegbrand@aol.com
Viking Staff
ANYA BRITZIUS ..........................................................................................Editor
abritzius@msp-c.com
SARA SCHLUETER ...................................................................Assistant Editor
AMY ARMATO ...................................................................................................Art Director
MARY MANGAN ....................................................................................Project Manager
JOSH ALLEN .................................................................... Production Manager
NICOLE JOHANN ..................................................................Advertising Sales
njohann@msp-c.com
PAUL MARIHART, ALLISON COOK..................................Advertising Artists
STEVE MATHEWSON, BILL SYMPSON.... ..............Digital Prepress Group
Viking magazine for the members of Sons
of Norway (USPS 611-600, ISSN 0038-1462),
which reaches the largest Scandinavian-American audience in North
America, is published monthly for Sons of Norway, 1455 W. Lake
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Plaza, 220 S. 6th St., Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55402-4507. MSP's
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