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Norway

“Losje Nordstjernen”, Independent Order of Druids (UDO), was the first Druid Lodge in Norway; it was founded on February 9, 1935 in Oslo. Additional lodges followed at Horten and Toensberg. In March 1939 the Scandinavian Grand Lodge UDO installed the first Norwegian Grand Lodge.

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After World War II a new beginning was necessary. On April 25, 1954 UAOD Sweden accepted membership of the Norwegian Grand Lodge UDO. Norway got its official UAOD Charter and became member of IGLD.

The development was extraordinary. At the end of 1986 UAOD Norway had 1337 Brothers in 23 lodges and has now grown up to 2800 Brothers in 2009 working in more than 50 Lodges.

IGLD had three World Congresses in Norway: 1964 in Oslo, 1976 at Bergen and 2004 at Hamar.

In 1996 UAOD Norway chartered the first Druid Lodge in Iceland. 12 years later Grand Lodge Isafold was founded.

It is worth mentioning, that the development of Birgitta-Lodges in Scandinavia was successfully supported since the early 1980ies.

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“Barden”, UAOD Norway News Letter 4/2009, contains IGLD information which may be useful for those Brothers speaking one of the Scandinavian languages:

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