"Rapport fra den Svenske Industrikommisjons Besøk i Minneapolis" (Report from the Swedish Industrial Commission's Visit to Minneapolis) by Jacob Stefferud, Acting Consul for Norway in Minneapolis.
Two sailors sitting at a table on a Norwegian merchant ship (Nortraship). Typed caption on front: "Ready for U-boat attack in Norwegian-invented vacuum life-saving suit." Typed caption on back: "This picture was taken on board a Norwegian ship one night when the convoy was being attacked by U-boats. All on board, both on and off duty, wear the modern Norwegian life-saving suits." Stamped label on back: "Please credit Norwegian official photo number W 5120."
Newspaper clipping "Redemption Notice: Kingdom of Norway: Twenty-Year Six Percent. External Loan Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, due August 1, 1944" in the Nordisk Tidende.
Regulations under executive order No. 8389, as amended, relating to transactions in foreign exchange and foreign-owned property, the reporting of all foreign-owned property and related matters. By Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Treasury Secretary for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"Report from Trysil," "Sola Church Torn Down," "Norway Destroyed Financially," "Supplies Used in Norway by Germans." Part of Jacob Stefferud's lecture materials and notes.
Report of Norwegian America Line Film Showings by Minneapolis Office, July 1, 1941 to May 17, 1944, with a column of benefits to the Camp Little Norway Association. (See letter from Jacob Stefferud to Peter Berge, 1944 June 2: p0592_00034.)
Reports of showings of Norwegian America Line films, including "Report of Norwegian America Line Film Showings by Minneapolis Office, May 20, 1944 to October 17, 1948," "Toronto Film" of Camp Little Norway, and "March of Time - Norway in Revolt" with columns showing benefits to the Camp Little Norway Association and Norwegian Relief. (See Letter from Jacob Stefferud to Christian J. Mohn, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1949 October 12: p0592_00038).
Requirement of Treasure License for Communication with an Enemy National Outside the United States. Public Interpretation No. 4, under executive order No. 8389, April 10, 1940, as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto, relating to foreign funds control. By J. W. Pehle, Assistant to the Treasury Secretary.
German officers surrendering Akershus Fortress to Terje Rollem, Norwegian Resistance officer, on May 11, 1945. Front caption reads: "Hjemmestyrkene overtar Akershus festning 11. mai 1945." Handwritten notes on back: "Ragna Kjekstad" and "Tyskernes overgivelse av Akershus lil de norske hjemmestyrker den 11th mai 1945. Den norske hjemmestyrkemannen er Rolem fra Blommenholm (naer Oslo)." (The Germans surrender Akershus to the Norwegian Resistance on May 11th, 1945. The Norwegian Resistance man is Rolem from Blommenholm (near Oslo).)
Resolution made by the Norwegian Luncheon Club at a December 6, 1941 meeting at the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis pledging support to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The return of the Norwegian Royal Family (King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, Crown Princess Martha, Prince Harald, Princess Astrid, and Princess Ragnhild) to Oslo, Norway after the country's liberation from Nazi Germany. Shows ceremonial proceedings at Oslo Harbor and City Hall, with a military parade in front of the Royal Palace. Film available online here.
The filmmaker was Campbell Norsgaard, the official photographer for the Royal Norwegian Air Force during World War II.
Newspaper clipping "Return of Nazi Loot Demanded: UNRRA Hears Stand of Victim Nations" in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. Attached to November 30, 1943 letter from Jacob Stefferud to Hans Olav (see p0592_01323) with other clippings (see p0592_01324-p0592_01326).
Clipping "Rights of Small States Stressed: Norway, Holland, Greece Cited as Needing Fair Treatment, Co-operation" in the Journal of Commerce, about postwar shipping.
Royal Norwegian Air Force member plays with a bear cub at Camp Little Norway. Stamped label on back: "Royal Norwegian Air Force Training Centre / 341 Church Street / Toronto Ontario."
Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel standing at attention by a flag pole and building, at Camp Little Norway's Vesle Skaugum. Handwritten caption on back: "Vesle Skaugum in northern Ontario, 160 m. north of Toronto." Stamped label on back: "[Return to] Norwegian Consulate / 827 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, Minn."
Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel standing at attention by a building at Camp Little Norway's Vesle Skaugum. Handwritten caption on back: "'Vesle Skaugum' the recruiting camp 160 miles north of Toronto." Stamped label on back: "[Return] Norwegian Consulate / 827 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, Minn."
Group of Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel listen to an instructor at the Muskoka airport at Camp Little Norway. Typed caption on front: "1427 - Student pilots at the aerodrome, Muskoka, where the Royal Norwegian Air Force maintains a complete elementary training centre. It is the desire of every Norwegian to bomb Berlin and this sign serves in the meantime to remind them that once in action, the distance after all isn't so great. -30- R.N.A.F. 21/7/42." Stamped labels on back: "Royal Norwegian Air Force Training Centre / 341 Church Street / Toronto Ontario" and "[Return to] Norwegian Consulate / 827 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, Minn."
Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel marching at Camp Little Norway. Stamped label on back: "Royal Norwegian Air Force Training Centre / 341 Church Street / Toronto Ontario."