Cast of Characters

Contemporary Timeline (1984)

Chloe Ellefson—curator of collections, Old World Wisconsin

Roelke McKenna—Chloe’s fiancé; officer, Village of Eagle Police Department

Frank Ellefson—Chloe’s dad

Kari—Chloe’s sister, married to Trygve

Aunt Hilda Omdahl—Chloe’s Mom’s best friend

Kent Andreasson—director, Stoughton Historical Society

Trine Moen—intern, Stoughton Historical Society Museum

Rosemary Rossebo—genealogist

Sonja Gullickson—curator, Hardanger Folk Museum

Ellinor Falk—director, Hardanger Folk Museum

Ulrikke—proprietess, Utne Hotel

Klara Evenstad—employee, Utne Hotel and Hardanger Folk Museum

Torstein Landvik—folklorist studying traditional dance

Reverend Martin Brandvold—retired minister, Utne Church

Barbara-Eden Kirkevoll—employee, Utne Hotel

Bestemor—elderly dance informant

Politi Førsteinspektør Naess—Police Inspector

Historical Timeline

Gudrun—Chloe’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother

Lisbet—Gudrun’s granddaughter

Lars—Lisbet’s husband

Torhild—Lisbet and Lars’s daughter

Halvor—Torhild’s husband

Gjertrud—Torhild’s cousin

Edvin Brekke—musician and folklorist

*Mother Utne—proprietess, Utne Inn

Erik—Torhild and Halvor’s son

Britta—Torhild and Halvor’s daughter

Svein Sivertsson—Britta’s husband

Helene—Britta and Svein’s oldest daughter

Solveig—Britta and Svein’s middle daughter

Amalie—Britta and Svein’s youngest daughter

Jørgen Riis—Hardanger fiddle maker and player

Gustav Nyhus—fisherman

* Real person