Wednesday — Saturday, July 15-18, 2026, Stoughton, Wisconsin
Connections, Community, Culture
Welcome to Stoughton, Wisconsin, where the Norwegian American traditions, culture, and heritage we celebrate at our Annual Stevne are woven into the community’s day-to-day in very special ways.
Discover the home of the largest Syttende Mai celebration in the U.S., a town where you can buy brunost with a quick stop on your way home from work or drink at a bar shaped like a Viking ship. A place where rosemaling is everywhere you look, bunader are on display at the library, and Norwegian Dance is a high school sport.
With presentations and events taking place in a variety of historic buildings, a bus tour of the culturally significant Koshkonong prairie, the state-of-the-art Livsreise Heritage Center steps away, and unique partnerships with Stoughton’s downtown businesses, this year’s Stevne offers a unique way to discover the connections, community, and culture of this distinctively Norwegian American place.
Telelaget of America has begun collecting photos for a Video Bunad Parade project. Our goal is to collect photos of lag members in bunad to create a slideshow that can be added to year-to-year and shown at Stevne. This year, we plan to run the slideshow on a loop in the hospitality area. But we need your help!
Send us photos of you or your family in their Bunad finery. We would love to have a slideshow that includes representations of bunad from members of each lag! Photos of your cousin Ole in Norway, photos of your grandkids, old photos, new photos, photos of you on that really good hair day, close-ups of the embroidery or solje, group photos from previous events, anything goes as long as the bunad belongs to you or a family member.