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NEWS MAGAZINE
ISSN 0113-4965 ● April 2011
Film Evening
Friday April 15th,
at 7.30pm
Come and watch another comedy
Parterapi
(Couple Therapy) 2010
Synopsis: Anders and Puk have bought a new house.
A house that needs lots of work. To be able to
afford all the renovations they have to rent out the
downstairs. A tenant is moving in. He is a marriage
counsellor and the story begins.
Coffee/cake and a hyggelig aften
Movie is served with coffee and cake.
Members $5 Non-members $7
Still a cheap night out
Wednesday Morning Group
Wednesday, April 27th
Wednesday, April 20th, 8pm
Doors open at 7.30pm. Cash bar available.
Tickets on sale at the door ($20)
Call Kim on 473 6455 evenings or 021 502 690 before
4th April to confirm numbers
A superb combination of unbelievable musicianship and humour
merge to produce intense violin solos, crack guitar playing and
spirited, charming vocals, double bass, crisp harmonica and
musical saw. The Dixieland Gipsy Band deliver a fascinating, bold
and seductive musical experience.
Come to the
Open House
Sunday, April 3rd from 2pm
10.30am Coffee and chat
11am Erik the Red: The Road to the West
A stimulating morning awaits you
Bring your lunch to eat following the meeting – All Welcome
Focus of group “Friendship and Danish life and culture”
followed by Danish Church Service with pastor
Anja Grønne Mathiassen at 4pm.
Come and meet your friends or get some new ones
– Everyone is welcome!
Coffee & cake from $2.50
(Next Open House – May 1st)
THE DANISH SOCIETY (INC)
SUBSCRIPTIONS (2011 Financial Year – 1st Oct 2010 to 30th Sept 2011)
P. O. BOX 12 279 - PENROSE 1642
6 Rockridge Ave., Penrose, Auckland
Phone 580 3103
www.danishsocietynz.com
Member:
Senior rate: (65 & over)
Youth rate: (18 to 25)
Children under 18
Family discount: Less
Contact phone numbers
The Danish House
Valhalla, Leigh
580 3103
09 422 6194
REGULAR EVENTS
Committee
PRESIDENT
Inger Mortensen
443 5105
Email: [email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT
Marion Stewart
480 8282
TREASURER
Roger Knights
021 858 248
SECRETARY
Pam Logan 480 9883
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Antony Barrett
444 0939
Kim Basse
473 6455
Kurt Marquart
476 0244
Finn Nielsen
625 5533
Louise Robertson
410 0108
EDITOR “NEWS MAGAZINE”
John Stewart
480 8282
88c Coronation Road, Hillcrest, North Shore 0627
E-mail: [email protected]
MAILOUT
Helle Scott
521 2844
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Kurt Marquart
476 0244
E-mail: [email protected]
Other Addresses
ROYAL DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL
P.O. Box 619, Auckland 1
Fax 537 3067
Phone 537 3099
www.danishconsulatesnz.org.nz
THE TRADE COMMISSION OF DENMARK
P.O. Box 2154, Auckland 1
Fax 307 5207
Phone 379 3119
www.dtcauckland.um.dk
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
1 Harris Rd (P O Box 85-014) Mt Wellington
Phone 579 4490
DANISH CHURCH NEW ZEALAND INC.
Pastor Anja Grønne Mathiassen
www.danishchurchnz.org
Ph 03 464 0218
RATES FOR VALHALLA
Peak
Members
Guests
Adults
$18
$30
Children
$9
$20
Off-Peak
Adults
$12
$30
Children
$6
$20
Whole house daily rate
Off-peak $120 Peak rate $270
Christmas season $320 Functions $320
Off-peak = Mid-week only excluding
Christmas season and school holidays
Peak = All school holidays, Christmas
season and all weekends.
Christmas season = Christmas Eve to the
end of Anniversary weekend.
The house can only be hired for 7 days at
any one time.
Call the Booking Officer: Marion Stewart,
88c Coronation Road, Hillcrest, NSC
P: 480 8282 E: [email protected]
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$60 per member
$50 per member
$50 per member
Free
$30 per couple
DANISH HOUSE
An Open House is held on the first Sunday
of each month from 2pm.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
DANISH MOTHERS’
GROUP
meets every 2nd Tuesday.
Call Christina on 021 161 3159 for venue.
are held on the second Monday of the
month at 7.30pm
FOLKDANCERS
VALHALLA WORKING BEES
meet at 7.30pm on the second and
fourth Tuesday of every month.
CARDPLAYERS
WEDNESDAY MORNING
GROUP
Working bees are usually held on the weekend
of the second Saturday of the month.
meet on the first and third Wednesday
of the month - 11am to 3pm
Meets on the fourth Wednesday
of every month at 10.30am.
QUICK CHECK CALENDAR
April
Sun 3rd Sat 9th Mon 11th Fri 15th Wed 20th May
Sun 1st Mon 9th Sat 14th June
Sun 5th
Open house & Danish Church Service
Valhalla working bee
Committee meeting
Film evening
Jazz evening, Dixieland Gipsy Band
Penrose working bee & Open house
Committee meeting
Open House
Danish Classes
Wednesdays
Beginners 6.30-7.30pm
Intermediate 7.30-8.30pm
Private lessons are available on
Saturday mornings.
For more information call
Connie Kristensen
0274 757 565
Sat 11th
Mon 13th
Fri 17th Sun 19th
Sat 25th
July
Sun 3rd Sat 9th Mon 11th Fri 15th Sun 17th Valhalla working bee
Committee meeting
Film evening
Skt Hans
Mid-Winter Christmas party
(Smœrrebrœds)
Open house & Danish Church Service
Committee meeting
Film evening
Bingo
Danish House Hall Hire Rates
Members rates for hiring the hall for the whole day at
the Danish House, Penrose.
Sunday to Friday inclusive
$100
Saturday:
$150
Half a day is $25 less. Funerals – no charge.
The bond is $150.00 per booking.
The booking/holding fee of $50.00 is deducted from
the total cost.
Call the Booking Officer:
Antony Barrett, Phone 444 0939
Committee Contacts & Convenors for Working Groups
Committee Contact Working Group
Cultural
Card Players
Danish lessons
Danish Mothers’ group
Films
Folk dancing
Library / Videos Society history
Welfare (Cards & Flowers)
Danish House
Bookings
Maintenance
Members
Membership Communication
Editor
Webmaster
Socials
Bar
Socials
Valhalla
Bookings & Maintenance
Working Bees
Convenor
Phone
Oluf Basse
534 2798
0274 757 565
Connie Kristensen
Christina Bengtson
021 161 3159
Kurt Marquart 476 0244
Finn Nielsen
625 5533
Helle Gilderdale
478 7016 Karen Yates
524 6016
Vibeke Courtney
576 3150
Antony Barrett
444 0939
Kim Basse
473 6455
Kurt Marquart 476 0244
email: [email protected]
John Stewart
480 8282
Gitte Abildgaard Nielsen 360 1110
Finn Nielsen, 625 5533
Annette Jorna
630 8722
Marion Stewart
480 8282
Palle Olsen
09 426 6840
Danish Society News Magazine ● April 2011
From the President’s Desk - March 2011
Kære Alle,
I was very thrilled with how busy February turned
out to be. It wasn’t quite planned like that, but a few
last-minute approaches from various groups and
some stellar efforts from committee members and
others saw us celebrating several fantastic “F’s” of
Danish culture: Film, folk dancing, folk music and
Fastelavn. Brilliant.
On the other hand, it was with great disappointment
that we had to cancel the Summer BBQ on 19th of
March due to lack of interest. It is often hard to know
what type of event will work, so we are always keen
to hear from members with ideas for events. We
thought the BBQ would work well considering the
time of year and also because it would mean a lot
less work for the relatively few who usually end up
helping out in the kitchen, setting the tables etc. Please
mark your calendars already now for some of our
upcoming events (have a look at the updated quickcheck calendar), among them Family Dinner and Film
on May 20th, and the Mid-Winter Christmas Party on
June 25th. These should be great events with lots of
entertainment and delicious food.
Louise Robertson, who joined the committee at the
AGM in November, has unfortunately resigned from
the committee due to work commitments. One of our
suppleants was Pam Logan, who is now our secretary,
and the other was Lise Elowsson. Lise has kindly
declined coming onto the committee at this time, so
the committee will continue until the next AGM with
eight members. It is not too early to start thinking
about whether you would like to be elected onto the
committee at the next AGM – or whether you have
nominations. Please let us know if you do – you could
come along to our meetings and get a feel for what we
do already now. We work hard, but we also have a lot
of fun.
Movie & Dinner
Family Dinner followed by
Family movie 20th May
Lovely dinner cooked by Dorte Soelmark and
her team followed by an entertaining movie
for the whole family. Mark your calendars.
Full details in May magazine.
April 2011 ● Danish Society News Magazine
Since last time I wrote, we have had the bad news
of two major earth quakes wrecking havoc and
devastation - one of them right here in New Zealand.
I have thought a lot about these events and felt very
sad for all the people who have lost so much. I found
it was a very unreal feeling, in those first few days
especially, going about my usual business: Getting up,
emptying the dishwasher, sending kids off to school,
going off to work, getting stuck in traffic etc etc - all
the while knowing that elsewhere in our country
people’s lives were changed forever, and nothing was
normal anymore. Many of them didn’t even have a
home, or water, or a job . . . I have been in contact with
Danes in Christchurch and offered our willingness as
a society to help out in any way possible. If you know
of anyone in Christchurch who
could do with some help, please
encourage them to read the letter
posted on our website: www.
danishsocietynz.com .
I look forward to seeing you at
the club one day soon.
Med kærlig hilsen
Inger Mortensen
Penrose Working Bee
Our lovely house at Penrose is the heart
of our Society and like any heart it needs
a bit of tender loving care (TLC). We are
planning a working bee on the 1st May
at 9am. This will be followed by the open
day at the house.
We will be doing all the usual working
bee activities such as tidying the garden,
cleaning the kitchen and pantry house
and doing the windows.
It would be great if you could contribute
a couple of hours of your time just to give
the place a tidy up.
Bring some cleaning equipment and enjoy
the occasion. Morning tea and lunch will
be provided.
Please RSVP to Kim Basse on 021 502 690
or 472 6455 for catering purposes.
All welcome.
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15th SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL
I have been to many Scandinavian Festivals
(Gatherings in the past), but the Festival this year was
something rather special. For me, it was experiencing
history in action , that, made it special.
The Festival was shared between Dannevirke, the
town established by Danish immigrants in the 1870s;
and Norsewood, with its distinctive Norwegian
influence, some fifteen minutes drive away.
The Festival’s format is well known but this year there
were some changes. The Opening Ceremony, was held
on Friday evening in the ornate Dannevirke Town Hall.
Here the Governor General, The Right Honourable Sir
Anand Satyanand and his wife Lady Susan, were the
VIP dignitaries, opening the Festival. It was an honour
to have this recognition. As always, the flags, when
presented, created a very moving ceremony.
Saturday events took place in Norsewood. I
wondered how it would work out as it was hard to see
from the programme what was going to happen, apart
from the street Parade at 10am followed by the flag
raising and some spots of folk dancing.
I was the one to be surprised. The whole of the
Norsewood village, a shopping street, with a café, a
clothing shop known as the Gap, a dairy, the Museum,
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Information Centre and School and church had been
turned into a Market and fair ground. There was
spinning, dancing, films, books and history, genealogy
specialists, market stalls, with a great variety of goods
for sale: food, coffee, jewellery, plants, souvenirs,
clothing, bags, Norsewear socks, wooden furniture and
much more. Four music and dance specialists from
Norway entertained as did a large folk dancing group
from Denmark. For children, there were car rides,
draught horse rides and more to keep them occupied.
The School had a vital part to play. They had given us
a Maori welcome on the Friday afternoon, followed by
a well executed display of Scandinavian dancing. The
school teaches a Scandinavian cultural and heritage
programme and all the children are involved. Each
classroom displayed children’s art and activities of a
different Scandinavian country and the NZ links. There
was a Danish room beautifully displaying the Danish
Flags and a Swedish room and so forth. These children
are taught the history of the district they live in.
On the outskirts of Norsewood the museum village
of “Johanna’s World”. This is a replica of a simple
Norwegian mountain village built by the author of
the book by the same name, ØM Andresen. The story
25th 26th & 27th February, 2011 at Norsewood
is well told of Johanna’s very impoverished life in her
held at the Norsewood School in brilliant weather,
beloved Norway and her journey to New Zealand in
the Keynote speaker, Roger Clausen QSM, spoke most
1873. Here she marries her boyfriend Christian and
eloquently of his life as a second generation New
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Mark this date in your diary now and keep
watching for more information
in the News Magazines
For historic information and programmes of
events in Wellington and Palmerston North
see the websites:
www.monrad.org.nz; http://monrad.info.org.nz
Contact person: Karen Andersen Yates
Ph: 524 6016
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Obituary - Yvonne du Fresne
Yvonne du Fresne, a long-time
member, died on Saturday 12th
March 2011. She was 81. She lived
in Makara, Wellington. Her Danish
ancestors arrived in New Zealand
in the 19th century. A fiction writer
whose works, set in the DanishFrench Huguenot community, are
among the finest literary examinations of non-British
European cultures in New Zealand.
Born in Takaka, du Fresne moved to the North Island
at age three and was brought up in the Danish-French
Huguenot settlement of the Manawatu. Her writing
shows a strong affinity with the region’s landscape.
Du Fresne trained as a teacher in Christchurch,
qualifying in classroom music and voice teaching, and
specialised in teaching music. As a teacher, she worked
in Primary Schools, at Wellington Teachers’ College,
and at the Correspondence School, for which she was
also a drama scriptwriter. Three radio plays have been
broadcast on National Radio, ‘The Spring’, ‘The Ship’, ‘A
Little Talk About Our Winter District’.
Her collection of short fiction, Farvel and other stories
(1980) won the PEN Best First Book
Award and was read over the radio
as ‘Astrid of the Limberlost’. At this
time du Fresne travelled to writers
conferences at Aarhus and Kiel
Universities on a travel award from the
Danish Ministry of Culture.
This debut was followed by a novel, The Book of Ester
(1982), and a collection of linked stories
The Growing of Astrid Westergaard
(1985). Astrid Westergaard features the
same Danish New Zealand protagonist
as Farvel and was also adapted for
radio.
Both collections, writes Nina Nola
in the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
‘attempt to establish a connection between the nonBritish European migrants and Maori.’ The Womens
Press published a selection of the stories as The Bear
from the North (1989) with the subtitle ‘Tales of a New
Zealand Childhood’.
The Book of Ester also has a Hugenot protagonist,
whom critics have described as a grown up Astrid
Westergaard. After the death of her Danish husband,
Ester traces the course her forbears took to arrive in
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New Zealand, and finds consolation in the arms of a
fellow Dane.
Frederique (1987) is deeply engaged with European
history and the mythical world of Danish folklore. While
visiting Denmark in 1980, du Fresne discovered an
entry in her family records about a young woman - the
Frederique of the title - who was wounded during the
assassination of her parents by French Catholic agents
in 1723. This story was the seed for the novel, set in 19th
century New Zealand.
In Motherland (1996), Astrid Westergaard, returns to
Denmark and has a reunion with her
Danish relatives. ‘As romance flourishes,’
writes Janet Wilson in NZ Listener, ‘du
Fresne brings into suggestive parallel
the deeper exploration of Astrids psyche
that love urges with the rediscovery of
her roots in Jutland.’
‘Interweaving Astrid’s story with an underlying
enquiry about nationality, and brilliantly controlling
the surface elements of mystery and romance, she has
written more than a moving and believable story.’
Over her publishing career Yvonne du Fresne
received a number of literary awards and scholarships
in New Zealand and Denmark. After winning the best
first book award for Farvel, she was twice runner-up in
the New Zealand Book Awards for The Growing of Astrid
Westergaard and The Book of Ester.
While on a Writers Residence at Aarhus University
Jutland, Denmark in 1999, du Fresne established future
writers residencies for New Zealand writers at that
university.
In reviewing Motherland in New Zealand Books,
Heather Murray could as easily be describing du
Fresne’s oeuvre when she writes: ‘Yes, it is a story of
coming to terms with one’s heritage but du Fresne
avoids the pitfalls of the well done-over topic. She
writes so beautifully and puts such a new edge on it all,
that the reader finds everything to enjoy.’
Retrieved from: http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/dufresneyvonne.html
Missing Family!
In advance of death in my family I’ve just been told that
I have family in New Zealand. My aunt named Carla
died 20 years ago but came to New Zealand as a child
and had children. If you know Carla from the past or her
children, I would be very happy with an email address or a
telephone number.
Sincerely, Peter Engelhof Jørgensen
We need your help!
at the next Valhalla Working Bees
9th-10th April
14th-15th May
We are seeking your support to carry out a whole range of jobs, both indoors and outdoors. There
is always house-cleaning to do as well as weeding etc. Any help is welcome. Lunch is supplied by
the society, therefore we need to know the number of participants by Wednesday 6th April.
If you are able to help in any way, please contact
Palle Olsen on 09 426 6840, 021 255 0911 or [email protected]
The Mark of Denmark
The Danish astronomer, Ole
Christensen Rømer was born
in Aarhus on 25th September
1644 and died in Copenhagen
on 19th September 1710.
He was the son of merchant
Christian Pedersen, who
originated from Roemoe and
changed his surname to Rømer
to distinguished himself from
other people with the very common name of Christian
Pedersen, and his mother was Anna Olufsdatter.
He studied at the University of Copenhagen under
his mentor Rasmus Bartholin. Rømer was given every
opportunity to learn mathematics and astronomy
using Tycho Brahe`s observations. He was employed
by the French government of Louis XIV, and in 1681 he
returned to Denmark where he was appointed professor
of astronomy at the University of Copenhagen and
became involved at the Observatory at Rundetaarn
using improved instruments of his own construction.
Unfortunately, his observations have not survived, they
were lost in the great Copenhagen fire of 1728.
In 1700, Rømer managed to introduce the Gregorian
calander into Denmark and Norway, which was
something Tycho Brahe had argued for, but in vain, a
hundred years earlier. He also developed one of the
first temperature scales.
Fahrenheit visited him in 1708 and together they
improved on the Rømer scale, with the result being
the now familiar Fahrenheit scale used today in some
countries.
After studies in Copenhagen, Rømer went to the
observatory on Uraniborg in 1671, on the island
of Hven between Denmark and Sweden. Here he
observed over 140 eclipses of Jupiter`s moon Io, while
at the same time in Paris Giovanni Cassini observed
the same eclipses. By trial and error over an eight year
period, Rømer worked out the retardation of light.
He calculated the delay as a portion of the angle
corresponding to a given position of the Earth with
respect to Jupiter. When the angle is 180 degrees the
delay becomes 22 minutes, which is interpreted as the
time needed for the light to cross a distance equal to
the diameter of the Earth`s orbit. This, in part, is the
basis for calculating the speed of light.
A plaque at the Observatory of Paris where Rømer
was working for a time commemorates his work which,
in effect, was the first measurement of a universal
quantity made on this planet.
Sent in by Carlo Mikkelsen
Danish home stay family
Hi, my name is Lars-Bjørn and I am a 24 year old
NZ-born Dane.
I have a Danish citizenship and I plan on going back to
Denmark soon to work, study and maybe relocate
there permanently.
Before I go I would like to improve my Danish and my
girlfriend who is Chinese would also like to learn Danish.
If you can help me, I would like to find a Danish homestay
family who is willing for my girlfriend and I to live with for
a few months before we go to Denmark.
Thank you and regards, Lars-Bjørn
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Danish Snaps
Super Liquor, 13 Aviemore Drive,
Highland Park, ph 09 537 0360
now stock Danish Aquavit
The brand is Bornholmer and it comes in “Akvavit”
and “Traditions Akvavit”. They charge $59 per 700ml
bottle, but are willing to reduce the price to $52 if
customers buy six bottles at a time (can be mixed).
e-mail [email protected]
Foreningsnyt
Congratulations to all the members
who have birthdays and the couple
who have an anniversary in April especially
Ib Meldgaard
som fylder 64 år d. 3.4.2011
Mary Irene Brindle
Helle Scott
Elin V. Jensen
Helen Scott
Inger Mortensen
Bjarke Byllemos
Otto Larsen
Alistair Brian Johnston
Paul Hopley
Jan Jensen
Vibeke Munch Hopley
Peter Futterup
Kurt Marquart
Fanny and Graham Wright
fejrer deres guldbryllup den 15.4.2011
The next magazine deadline is Apr 18
All contributions welcome – in English or Danish (with a
short summary in English).
The magazine can also be read (in full
colour) online at www.danishsocietynz.com.
Note: ads for events must be in a calendar
month before the event.
John Stewart (Editor)
[email protected]
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Bier’s ‘Better World’ wins Oscar
Director Susanne Bier thrilled to add statuette to her
Golden Globe.
A Danish film has won the Oscar for best film in a
foreign language for only the third time in the history
of the awards.
Susanne Bier’s ‘Hævnen’ (‘In a Better World’) upset
the even-money favourite, the Mexican/Spanish entry
‘Biutiful’, to cap a fantastic double following on from its
triumph in the Golden Globes in January.
Referring to her statuette backstage, the film’s director
Bier, whose 2006 film ‘After the Wedding’ was also
Oscar-nominated, said: “I didn’t know it would be this
huge!”
Bier’s rehearsed winner’s speech at the Golden Globes
didn’t go according to plan, and this time she took a
different approach. “I had my speech ready but I didn’t
say one sentence from it!” she revealed.
‘Hævnen’, which will be released in the US on April 1 by
Sony Classics, is the third Danish film to win the award,
following on from ‘Babette’s Feast’ (1987) and ‘Pelle the
Conqueror’ (1988).
Book review of a Danish best seller
A former member of the Danish “Jaegerkorps” (Army
Special Forces) has written an autobiography “Jaeger, i krig
med eliten“ about his time in the elite military unit and his
deployment to the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. It is a
well documented and easy to read
work, and the reader need not
have any knowledge of military
matters to understand and follow
the events.
The author, Thomas Rathsack,
starts by explaining his
overwhelming ambition as
a young man to become a
soldier, and follows through by
describing requirements to be
accepted as a member in the elite “Jaegerkorps.“ He gives
full details about the various deployments, and the tasks he
was given when at war in Afghanistan and Iraq, some of this
has never been revealed to the public before.
The author is a friend of mine, and has sent me a hard
cover edition of his book, which is written in Danish and
has sold more than 70,000 copies, asking that it be gifted to
the library at Danish House. This I am very pleased to have
done. The book is now available and can be taken out by
Society members.
by Carlo Mikkelsen

news magazine - Danish Society

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