{"id":4531,"date":"2026-06-12T08:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkivet.no\/from-parachute-to-weddingdress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:20:27","slug":"from-parachute-to-weddingdress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkivet.no\/en\/from-parachute-to-weddingdress\/","title":{"rendered":"From parachute to wedding dress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">From parachute to wedding dress<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-style-lead\">The exhibition \u201cFrom parachute to wedding dress\u201d will be on display in the foyer of ARKIVET from June 2026 and features the wedding dress worn by Olga R\u00f8dland when she married Oddvar Ver\u00e5s on 23 March 1946. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">The dress is made from parachute silk and has once been an actual parachute. The fabric in this dress has floated high in the air, before ensuring a safe landing for people or equipment, at some point during the Second World War. In a symbolic way, perhaps the dress contributed to a safe landing for Olga and Oddvar\u2019s life together?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olga R\u00f8dland was born on May 5, 1925, in Kvinesdal. She grew up first in Brooklyn (USA) and then in Kvinesdal, as the eldest of four siblings. She had a nice youth in Kvinesdal, with good friends. 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