Hurricane Cronesmoon ([info]cronesmoon) wrote,
@ 2008-01-12 09:04:00
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Lutheran/Lefse
I was googling for Lutheran/lefse history, wondering whether Lutherans were usually of Norse/Icelandic descent or what, and I found this song lyric. Alas, it may amuse only those familiar with ND, I don't know, but I found it delightful.

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[info]tenar10r
2008-01-12 07:08 pm UTC (link)
*SNORK* Whoa! Almost misted the monitor reading that :)

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[info]quietspaces
2008-01-12 07:39 pm UTC (link)
The song's a hoot!

I believe that Luther was German and more Lutherans would be German than Norse. Just a speculation... And I was given to understand that the Lefse Factory (located in the town where we grew up) used my grandmother's recipe. That would be Mary Murphy. :grin:

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[info]cronesmoon
2008-01-12 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, Luther was German, and it makes sense that therefore more Lutherans would be German than Norse, but I'm not sure it's true in the US. Don't know, though.

Too cool about your grandmother's recipe. Does the Lefse Factory still exist?

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[info]quietspaces
2008-01-12 11:39 pm UTC (link)
It was called Carl's Lefse Factory, and no, I don't think it is there anymore.

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[info]quietspaces
2008-01-12 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Not sure how many Norwegians in Norway are Lutherans, though.

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[info]cronesmoon
2008-01-12 08:44 pm UTC (link)
It may be an immigrant thing. What about Iceland? I know nothing about Iceland, but a lot of the settlers around the Upham area were Icelandic, and it's still reflected in their names and culture. I think the Norsk in discussions of Lutherans are as often Icelandic as Norwegian. Hm, but the Hostfest page talks about Vikings, and I think those were from Norway....

I think I am ignorant. (Duh!)

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[info]quietspaces
2008-01-12 11:36 pm UTC (link)

There's a lot of confusion about "vikings" generally. I'd connected the term with the Danes, but this page has some interesting comments: http://eeliag.netwiz.net/etm.html

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[info]cronesmoon
2008-01-13 02:17 pm UTC (link)
That is interesting. Thanks for the link.

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[info]greyorm
2008-01-13 08:02 pm UTC (link)
Heh. That's relevant to northern Minnesota, too. Lots of Germans and Norwegians and Finns. "Uff-da" heh! So Minnesotan.

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[info]cronesmoon
2008-01-14 01:28 pm UTC (link)
Makes sense. I think of it as "so North Dakotan," but ND and MN have a lot in common. Heck, Fargo was filmed in MN.

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[info]twyleth_teg
2008-01-14 04:45 am UTC (link)
HA ha! i havent seen that song in ages! theres a version of it in this old book my parents got who-knows where- called the "worlds greatest Uff-da jokes" or something, published by some guys down in minnestoa or ND or somwhere.[you know, one of those states.]
Mmm. I hope they kept it when they moved- it was hilarious.

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[info]twyleth_teg
2008-01-14 04:48 am UTC (link)
Oh! my family's lutheran- Norwegian on my moms side, german/polish/russian on my dads.[nobody living quite knows where they came from.]
Sorry. Fergot to add that to my last one.
Dun know if it helps any tho.

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[info]cronesmoon
2008-01-14 01:34 pm UTC (link)
Books like that are such an endearing glimpse into a culture. Somewhere online there's a "you might be North Dakotan if..." page that tells more about ND culture than the average informational site does.

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