Lars, We are all saddened at the passing of Arne Brekke, he loved going with us to Norway each summer with the Brekke Tours Sogn/Voss/Valdres Heritage Tour. He would spend about 4 days with the tour group and then he would spend the next several weeks in Flåm. Our tour member and I always enjoyed learning from him as he shared knowledge about Norway and his love of Norway. Arne and I would have weekly phone visits and he was very much looking forward to the new Volume 12 Luster Bygdebok and the index book. He had ordered one for the collection and one for me and he was excited for this fall when they would presumably be done. He was very proud of the Arne G. Brekke Bygdebok Collection and it is a wonderful legacy to the Norwegian/American community to have. We will all miss him and for my part I am honored to have been his friend for many years. Thank you for letting the Norway List community know about his passing. We all send blessings to his family. Jean Marthaler