The Minneapolis Chapter of Nordmanns Forbundet was celebrating its 80th anniversary with a salmon and pork dinner in Bloomington, Minnesota. The featured speaker was Hallgrim Berg from Ål in Hallingdal, our new friend from the Norsk Høstfest in Minot ND. Hallgrim is president of Nordmanns Forbundet International. He is a writer, in Minot he presented his book about Olav Thon, and he was playing his mouth harp, or do they call it Jew's harp, on several occasions in Minot. Hallgrim is also a former member of Parliament in Norway.