The Scottish Invasion of Norway
Friday 2:30 PM Salon C-D
The year was 1612.
In August of that year, a force of 300 to 900 Scottish Highlanders
organized by Captain Alexander Ramsay landed in Romsdalfjord on the central
coast of Norway.
It was to be their intent to march south and east to join Swedish
forces fighting the “Calmar War.” The Scots were organized into three units
– one of which was headed by the flamboyant Lord George Sinclair.
After a grueling six-day march through the parishes of Lesja, Dovre
and Vågå – during which unspeakable atrocities were perpetrated on the
bønder, their families and property – a hastily organized group of aged
men and women along with children ambushed the main Scottish force.
This momentous event occurred near a farm known as Bredebygd at the
spot called Kringen along the River Lågen in northern Gudbrandsdal.
The speaker will present the events of this legendary week in
Norwegian history with images and narratives.
Prillar Guri will once again signal the onslaught.
In addition, those in attendance will have the opportunity to
participate in “The Sinclair Ballad.”
C. Marvin Lang is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at
the University of Wisconsin
– Stevens Point and a long time member of the
Genealogy Committee of Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library
(now Norwegian American
Genealogical
Center
and Naeseth Library) in Madison,
Wisconsin.
Marv’s father was born on Langørgan Gård in Rissa Parish,
Sør-Trøndelag,
Norway.
His mother’s ancestors were from Tretten-Øyer in Gudbrandsdal, from
Lunder/Norderhov in Ringerike District of Buskerud, and from the Finnskoga (Solør)
regions of Hedmark. His wife of
over 47 years is …
Louise J. Lang, currently a full-time homemaker
after having raised three sons and a 12 year career with Sentry Insurance
Company, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She currently volunteers at local nursing
homes and is a 2nd grade Sunday School teacher. Both Louise’s
parents were born and raised in Småland,
Sweden, who then immi-grated
to the USA
where they met and married. Her
ancestry has been found to have lived for over 400 years in Jönköping,
Kalmar
and Kronoberg Län, Sweden.