History of the St. Olaf Choir Touring in Norway:

1913, 1930, 1980, 1993, 2005, 2013

The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States. For a century, the St. Olaf Choir has set a standard of choral excellence and remained at the forefront of choral artistry. Conducted since 1990 by Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Choir continues to develop the tradition that originated with its Norwegian immigrant founder, F. Melius Christiansen.

In 2005 the St. Olaf Choir joined the St. Olaf Orchestra and the St. Olaf Band on an unprecedented three-week tour of Norway celebrating both the Centennial of Norway's peaceful dissolution of the union with Sweden as well as 100 years of friendship and historical legacy between St. Olaf College and Norway. The ensembles performed jointly in Oslo, Bergen, Molde and Trondheim, with each presenting additional concerts throughout the country. In December of that year a television special titled "A St. Olaf Christmas in Norway" was broadcast throughout Scandinavia (NRK) and in the US (PBS) and was released on DVD. That television program was seen by over 3.8 million viewers in the United States and continues to be played in syndication