About the Cover: A docent gives a tour of a stave church at the Norsk Folksmuseum in Oslo, Norway.

Columns & Departments
Velkommen: Looking to the new year
Letters to the Editor
Nordic Lites
Traditions: An emigration center in Sletta
Convention Minutes: Fall 2001 Board Minutes
Members Only: Sister Lodges mark 100 years
District Happenings
Lost Branch
Loving Memory
Connections
Q & A: On the road with Rick Steves.