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Hjemkomst history, 1980-2007
- Title
- Hjemkomst history, 1980-2007
- Identifier
- P1262
- Date
- 1980-2001
- Creator
- Asp, Robert
- Description
- A Dream is a Dream 1980 (revised edition), the story of a replica of a Viking ship, as told by the builder, Robert Asp. Building of the ship took place in an old potato warehouse in Hawley, Minnesota. Robert Asp died before the work was finished, but his family readied the ship and sailed the Hjemkomst across the Atlantic, arriving in Bergen, Norway, July 19th, 1982. A Minneapolis Tribune Picture Section (August 29th, 1982) and clippings tell the final story. The ship is now housed at the Red River Valley Heritage Society's Museum at Moorhead, Minnesota. (Heritage-Hjemkomst Interpretive Center) Beginning 1997 a replica of the Hopperstad stave church in Vik is being built in connection with the center. Clippings about this church are included, as well as those about the annual Scandinavian Hjemkomst festival held in Fargo-Moorhead. The Clay County Historical Society Archives are also in the center.
Includes programs, invitations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and advertisements for the Hjemkomst festivals. - Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Clay County (Minn.)
- Asp, Robert
- Hjemkomst Center
- Red River Valley Heritage Museum
- Hjemkomst (ship)
- Heritage-Hjemkomst Center
- Paulson, Guy
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Collection
Citation
Asp, Robert, “Hjemkomst history, 1980-2007,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11934.