My grandfather emigrated to the US from Nordland after World War II. He died in 1994. I found this medal when going through some old possessions. It seems to be for a musician's organization, but I didn't know he was a musician. He must have valued it to bother keeping it, so I thought some of you wonderful Norwegians might know something more. Mange takk!

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  2. Participation medal for the choral festival in Narvik in 1937, so he must have been a singer in a choir at that point.

  3. It appears to be from a singers convention in Narvik. It is common to get medals for such conventions or events, i have a bunch from my time in the school band. Its probably a participation medal

    Edit: it says “North Hålogaland Singers association, convention in Narvik”

  4. It’s not an army-medal

    Nord-Hålogaland = An area in Nordland county

    Sangerforbund = “Singer’s Association”

    Stevne i Narvik 1937 = Meeting in Narvik 1937

    Vi Lå Der Bak Hundrede Mile = “We left behind a hundred miles” (a motto)

  6. You all are awesome. No one in my family can sing for shit, but maybe he could. Thank you!

  7. It says:

    North Hålogaland Singer Club/Organization

    Convention in Narvik 1937

    I would say he probably attended the convention.

  8. He attended a singing tournament in Narvik in 1937. Its a participation medal

  9. That is for bravery during the troll rebellion of 1937. The existence of trolls were supposed to be kept a secret, so instead they made the design look like participation in mundane things like singers convention, marching band conventions and so on.

  11. Din bestefar fikk mest sannsynlig denne medaljen for å ha deltatt i et sangerstevne (korsamling) i Narvik i 1957, arrangert av Nord-Hålogaland Sangerforbund – en paraplyorganisasjon for kor i Nord-Norge.

  12. The singer convention was in Narvik, 29th and 30th May, 1937. It was between 200 and 300 singers from Ofoten, Lofoten and Vesterålen that participied. The mayor of Narvik had a speech to the singers, at the Town square. From Lofotposten, 31st May 1937.

  13. Tusen takk. Han ble arrestert for å ha slått noen et år eller to etter dette, så han må ha vært en sur sanger. Takk for informasjonen!

  14. Nice! Yeah as the comments have said choral medal – I sing in a men’s choir, joined just as a hobby and to meet some new guys when I moved to a new town, my first choir – amazed at how deep and rich the choral tradition is in Norway. We collab with other choirs, met one in elverum that celebrated its 175 year anniversary and gave out several medals to singers in their 90’s who had been members for 60+ years

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