Røsegg Lecture | SNS (Glasgow)

The 24th Oddveig Røsegg Memorial Lecture

Author Dr Andrew Orr, from Montrose,

will be talking about Bamse, the sailors' dog that won

the hearts of Norwegian sailors during WW2,

and his brand-new book...

Flight of the Vikings, Audacious North Sea

escapes from Nazi-occupied Norway.

As usual, this will be held in the Belmont Room of the
Church Hall of Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church.

Following a Question Answer session...

we will have Refreshments, tea, coffee, wine,

and soft drinks with delicious

Norwegian Home baking

Oddveig Røsegg Memorial Lecture

Oddveig Røsegg, in whose memory this annual lecture is held, was lecturer in Norwegian Language and Culture for 21 years at the University of Glasgow. For over thirty years she was a driving force in the Scottish Norwegian Society and popular member of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Her contribution to the spread of Norwegian culture in Scotland was recognised by the award of the Medal of St. Olav in 1969.