"Overlap between house-marks and arms in Norway"

At the next meeting of NHF, on tuesday 8th November 2011, Hans Cappelen will hold an illustrated talk on the subject of "The overlap between Norwegian house-marks and coats of arms" . As usual the meeting will be held on the premises of the Genealogical Society and DIS-Norway on Christiania Torg- Øvre Slottsgate 2B-  and starts at 7.00pm

See also the "Activity Callander" (in Norwegian) for a map of the area.

The Norwegian Heraldry Society (NHF), together with the Norwegian Genealogical Society (NSF) and DIS-Norge have been successfull in their bid to host the  XXXIst International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. The congress will be held in Oslo in 2014.

The year marks the 200th anniversary of Norway´s constitution, as well as 700 years of Oslo as it´s capital city.

The announcement was made on 31st August at a meeting held during the International Colloquium on Heraldry in Fribourg, Switzerland.

The first world congress was held in Barcelona in 1929, the second in 1953, and the next in 1955. Since 1958 the congress has been held bi-annually. It was held in Stuttgart, Germany in 2010 and in 2012 Maastrich, Netherlands will host the XXXth congress.

The norwegian application was made by representatives of the three societies; Rune Nedrud (NSF), Torill Johnsen (DIS-Norge) and Tom S. Vadholm (NHF). An organising committee will now be set up, together with sub-committees to deal with the program, economy, venue &c.  No logo has yet been developed.

NHF and the organising committee call on all our members to play their part in the work ahead to ensure a successfull event!