The Worlds Greatest Torske Klubb.

Welcome to Norske Torske Klubben.

Stories abound about the Klubben, some of which may be true or exaggerative, but are always provocative. These particular stories relate to our food and drink, our perseverance, and our relative success in recruiting members.

Bill Farmer described our meals as consisting of  1“A wad of  torsk the size of a baseball and a boiled potato of equal girth” and “ … a shot of aquavit has roughly the same generating power of NSP’s Monticello plant.”   In that same vein, Don Boxmeyer said 2“ It took a special meeting of the Norske Torske Board of Directors to add a sprig of parsley, and the vote was said to be far from unanimous.”

So much for our meals!   

Don Boxmeyer said our 3 “…city would have to be 20 feet under water for Norske Torske to be canceled.”

Both Bob Loughrey and Tom Given confirm that we have never cancelled a meeting, although one year our attendance was way down due to a horrendous snow storm.

Oliver Towne described us as one of the 4 “… largest in the United States”

At the time of his quote (1983) our membership had reached 280.