October Luncheon
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 10:30 am to 1 pm
Location:
Norway House
913 E. Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Directions and Parking
Agenda:
10:30 am Coffee/Social Time
11:00 am Speaker
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Business Meeting
1:00 pm Adjourn
Speakers / Author Panel:
Moderator:
Rebecca Jorgenson Sundquist,
Lakselaget Board Vice President
Guest Authors:
Antonia Felix
Lorna Landvik
Sheryl Ramstad
Plus: The Member Business Fair!
Event registration closes Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
About our guest authors:
Antonia Felix
Antonia Felix, Ed.D., MFA, is the New York Times bestselling author of 24 nonfiction books, several of which are biographies of women leaders, including U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. She has also published fiction and poetry, and her one-act play, La Divina, was performed at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis. Antonia is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato. First and foremost, however, she is proudly Swedish and Norwegian!
Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of thirteen novels, including bestsellers PATTY JANE’S HOUSE OF CURL, ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS and OH MY STARS. Her fourteenth novel, DEAR ELVIS will be published next fall. Also an actor and playwright, Lorna has appeared on many stages and is currently performing with The Masters of Improv. She is a wife, mother and grandmother and proud Norwegian.
Sheryl Ramstad
Sheryl career extended across diverse fields as a trial lawyer, judge, mediator, and public servant when at age 62, she returned to college as a full-time student, earning a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. Her transition into health care was deeply personal—an expression of gratitude for the medical care that saved her life decades earlier. When Sheryl retired from teaching nursing students, she turned her attention to writing a memoir entitled Living Life Full Throttle: Surviving, Serving, and Summiting. Through herwriting and public speaking, she has channeled her own journey of survival into a broader mission of healing and hope. She enjoys spending time with her three adult children and six grandchildren ranging in age from 4 to 12. Sheryl loves learning about her Norwegian heritage.
