Burns

Anniversary Greetings from Bergen Burns Club - Norway

Period:

20th Century

Date:

1959

Description:

Program for the Bergen Club Burns Night celebrations 'on the occasion of the Bi-Centenary' of the Poets birth.

 

Secretary of the Club is Nellie Kristiansen. Nellie was the wife of Arnlijor Kristiansen, a merchant seaman who joined the Norwegian Army at Dumfries in 1940. Arnlijor married Nellie in June 1941, at a ceremony held in Norway House at Burns Statue. When the war was over the couple settled in Bergen, where Nellie was an active member of the town's Burns Club.

Materials/Media:

paper

Source:

Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura

Digital Number:

DMDO091a-c

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council