President Loren Anderson looks to MaryAnn Anderson with Sten Arne Rosnes, Consul General of Norway, San Francisco, to his right and Kim Nesselquist '83, Major Gifts Officer, PLU, and Consul of Norway, Washington, as the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration starts at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Lorilie Steen '58, smiles as the flag is raised during Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Professor Svend Ronning leads a procession while playing a hardanger fiddle for the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Frem left, Sten Arne Rosnes, Loren Anderson, Claudia Berguson, and Kim Nesselquist after the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Foods of Norway served for the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Claudia Berguson, associate professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Sten Arne Rosnes speaks with Loren and MaryAnn Anderson after the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

The procession heading to the Anderson University Center in the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Foods of Norway served for the Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, celebration at PLU on Thursday, May 17, 2012.