The Elverhoj Museum of History and Art recently launched a new informative email series to share unique bits of Solvang’s history with the community during the museum’s indefinite closure.
The series is titled This Day in History and premiered on April 7 with an insightful flashback to Danish royalty visiting Solvang on April 7, 1939. That day, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark (later King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid) paid a brief but substantial visit to the town, in which they attended a Good Friday service at Bethania Church.
The royal couple also visited Atterdag College and were honored during a reception at the Solvang Veterans Memorial Building. The email also includes historical photos to accompany the story, including one of Frederik and Ingrid during the reception (pictured).
To subscribe to the new email series, sign up for free at elverhoj.org. For more details, call the Elverhoj Museum at (805) 686-1211.
This article appears in Apr 16-23, 2020.