{"id":9641,"date":"2025-11-07T12:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=9641"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:59:00","slug":"9641-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/9641-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds  week 45 &#8211; 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"1133\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Join me for this week\u2019s\u00a0<strong data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"741\">Friday Finds<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a small discovery from the world of genealogy, history, and Norway\u2019s past<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9644\" style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/9641-2\/128px-grue_kirke\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/128px-Grue_kirke.jpg?fit=128%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"128,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"128px-Grue_kirke\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Grue church&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/128px-Grue_kirke.jpg?fit=128%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9644 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/128px-Grue_kirke.jpg?resize=143%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Grue church Olaerle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"1133\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"774\">Grue Church Fire \u2013 A Norwegian disaster echoes across generations<br \/>\n<\/strong>On Pentecost Sunday 1822, the fire at Grue Church killed at least 113 people. A recent article highlights how families in North Dakota, USA, trace their connection back to that tragedy. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/north-dakota\/north-dakota-families-influenced-by-deadliest-fire-in-norways-history-203-years-ago?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">Grand Forks Herald<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1542\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1203\">Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota: Norwegian-American ties<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1542\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Crown Prince of Norway visited the Twin Cities (USA) in October 2025, marking the opening of the \u201cSaga Center\u201d and paying homage to Norwegian-American heritage. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2025\/10\/07\/norwegian-crown-prince-haakon-visits-minnesota?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">MPR News<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1542\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong data-start=\"1940\" data-end=\"2004\">Glacial finds in Norway: artefacts emerging from melting ice<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2007\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A piece on how melting glaciers in Norway are revealing ancient skis and other relics \u2014 showing how environmental change uncovers new historical sources. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/news.climate.columbia.edu\/2025\/04\/04\/melting-glaciers-reveal-clues-to-climate-adaptation-in-norways-mountains\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">news.climate.columbia.edu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"title-h2 ng-isolate-scope\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\">New emigrant protocols at the Digital Archive<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\">The emigrant protocols up to 1930 have been searchable in the Digital Archive for over 20 years, but there have been several flaws. The Archives has therefore upgraded all the material from the emigrant protocols in the past year in celebration of the migration year 2025. The page is in Norwegian, but your browser can easily translate it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkivverket.no\/nyheter\/nye-emigrantprotokoller-pa-digitalarkivet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.arkivverket.no\/nyheter\/nye-emigrantprotokoller-pa-digitalarkivet<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9646\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/9641-2\/256px-hamar-kaupangen_domkirkeodden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/256px-Hamar-kaupangen_Domkirkeodden.jpg?fit=256%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,171\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"256px-Hamar-kaupangen,_Domkirkeodden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Heidenstrom, CC BY-SA 3.0 NO &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/no\/deed.\n&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/256px-Hamar-kaupangen_Domkirkeodden.jpg?fit=256%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/256px-Hamar-kaupangen_Domkirkeodden.jpg?resize=256%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hamarkaupangen by Heidenstrom, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/no\/deed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0 NO\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1603\">Rediscovery of the lost medieval town Hamarkaupangen<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1606\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Archaeologists have located the lost medieval town of Hamarkaupangen in Norway, using ground-penetrating radar and excavation. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/archaeologymag.com\/2025\/07\/lost-medieval-town-of-hamarkaupangen-rediscovered\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">archaeologymag.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Thanks for joining me for another <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"588\">Friday Finds<\/strong>. There\u2019s always more to uncover \u2014 from old Norwegian records to unexpected corners of history. I\u2019ll keep sharing new articles and discoveries as they surface.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join me for this week\u2019s\u00a0Friday Finds\u00a0\u2014 a small discovery from the world of genealogy, history, and Norway\u2019s past<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friday-finds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday finds week 45 - 2025 - Norwegian Genealogy and then some<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/9641-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday finds week 45 - 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join me for this week\u2019s\u00a0Friday Finds\u00a0\u2014 a small discovery from the world of genealogy, history, and Norway\u2019s past\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/9641-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Norwegian Genealogy and then some\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinRoeEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinRoeEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T11:33:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Friday-finds2.jpg?fit=945%2C948&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"948\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/9641-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/9641-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c88ba0bf75121593e21bc58cfda26790\"},\"headline\":\"Friday finds week 45 &#8211; 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