Molly Jones
Norwegian American Weekly
Over 122 years after its construction, the Norway Building has returned to its birthplace in Orkdal, Norway.
The residents of the Orkdal municipality initiated this homecoming on November 10, 2014, when they established Project Heimatt with the intention of bringing the stave church from Little Norway in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, back to the city of Orkanger.
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