sonsofnorway.com VIKING JANUARY 2020 25 1995 1982 Sons of Norway commemorates its centennial with celebrations throughout the organization. District 8 is created in Norway. At this time, Oseberg, the fi rst Norwegian lodge in Tønsberg, has been meeting for 18 months. 1966 The Sons of Norway Foundation is established. 1961 The new international headquarters are built on Lake Street in Minneapolis. After many years of renting space around the city, then buying and remodeling a building in 1955, the organization builds a new home for itself. 1998 Penny Joseph Knudsen is elected Sons of Norway's fi rst female International President. 2007 The Sons of Norway Foundation reaches nearly $5 million in assets for the fi rst time. 2020 Sons of Norway celebrates its 125th anniversary with a newly constructed headquarters building at the site of its historic home in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minn.http://www.sonsofnorway.com