File - Den Norske Klub

Northern Lights
Autumn 2013
© Simon Annand
Also in this issue:
p3
© Stig B. Fiksdal
A meeting with Artistic Director
Stephen Unwin
© Viasat Film
Financial Evening interview with DNB
Chief Economist Øystein Dørum p4-5
The Norwegian International Film
Festival in Haugesund
p6
Important dates
3 October
Ghosts Gala Event
10 October
DNK Autumn Golf Day
24 October
Financial Evening
25 October
Masked Ball
14 November
Fårikål Dinner
30 November
Christmas Dinner
AN INTERVIEW WITH LORD MAYOR
OF LONDON ROGER GIFFORD p 8-9
Message from Your Board
Dear DNK Members
Welcome back and we hope you had a fantastic summer. We
have a series of exciting events lined up for this autumn. We have
already kicked off with our Friday Drinks in September, where
nearly fifty people attended on a glorious late summer evening.
On 13 September our partner SEB Private Banking has invited
us for a tour of the Mansion House’s Harold Samuel art collection
followed by a lovely lunch hosted by the Lady Mayoress.
Following the art tour we will be attending a Norwegian Gala
Evening on 3 October, to which our partner DNB Private Banking
Luxembourg has kindly donated 20 tickets for DNK members to
watch a performance of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. The performance
will take place at the renowned Rose Theatre followed by a
gathering at the Wyndham Chelsea Harbour Hotel.
On 10 October the DNK Autumn Golf Day sponsored by Nordea
Bank S.A. Luxembourg will be held at the stunning Burhill Golf
Club. Our Chair has taken up golf lessons and is very excited to
attend this event.
New Members
The DNK is pleased to welcome the following new members:
Mr Callum Stewart, Ms Sandra Johansen, Mr Ewald Kihle,
Ms Paulina Wilhelmsen, Miss Eva Berg Wilborn, Mr Toon Deleeck,
Mr Kristoffer Nielsen-Fehn, Mr Andrew Lloyd, Mr Alastair Wilkerson,
Ms Elizabeth Parnemann, Ms Anna Ferraro, Mr Christopher Hjelseth
and Mr Erlend Kjellstad.
Membership Benefits
All DNK members have access to the Naval & Military
Clubhouse (The In & Out building) from Friday noon until
Monday morning 9am, when members may use The In & Out
facilities on offer, including the gym and swimming pool free of
charge. The Clubhouse has its own hotel where members may
stay at a reasonable room price. DNK members may use the
facilities of the hotel during the week if they are staying at the
hotel during the week. DNK members may also be combined
members of the Naval & Military Club. Enquire with the Klub
Secretary for prices and other details.
DNK members may no longer use the restaurant The Coffee
Room during the week, except if they are staying at the
hotel. The bars and Coffee Room restaurant are closed at
weekends, but The Goat Room is open.
Discounted prices from
Scandinavian Kitchen.
Scandinavian Kitchen offers
10% off their shop prices on on-line orders and purchases
made at the shop. DNK members shopping in the shop
should bring their membership card to obtain the discount.
For online shopping, please enter the code DNK2013.
We will have an exhibition stand on 12 and 13 October at The
Scandinavia Show. Please come and see us at the DNK stand and
bring your friends. They will have the opportunity to join DNK on
very favourable terms.
Our annual Financial Evening, in co-operation with DNB Private
Banking Luxembourg and NBCC, will take place on 24 October
with returning speaker Chief Economist Øystein Dørum. On 25
October we are holding a Masked Ball in the beautiful Coffee Room
at The In & Out. There will be a champagne reception followed by a
three-course dinner, music and a cash bar until 1am.
Finally, the Board would like to thank retiring Board Member
Nicholas Brocker-Ruud for his efforts. Also, we would like to
mention that our Chair has edited this issue of the magazine but
we are pleased to announce that Nikolai Napier Jørgensen is our
new Editor and he will be editing the next issue. He has already
been of great help.
We hope to see you at one of our many exciting autumn events!
Kind regards,
Your Board
Enjoy free entry to
fabulous night club
The Roof Gardens, an exclusive members-only nightclub off
Kensington High Street, offers DNK members + one guest free
entry to the nightclub (Q-jump).
* All members and one guest have VIP complimentary entry to
The Roof Gardens all year
* Additional guests will receive the discounted rate of £15 entry
(discounted applicable from Oct to April only, excluding December)
You must supply The Roof Gardens with a guest list, prior to
arrival. It is also advisable to register before 5 pm on the Friday
for both Friday and Saturday. Show your membership card at
the door, abide by the rules, dress code is smart/casual and get
ready for a fantastic night out!!
The nightclub is open Fridays and Saturdays.
Email address for registry: [email protected]
Roof Gardens home page: www.virgin.com/roofgardens
Contents
Message from Your Board
2
New Members
2
Membership Benefits
2
A meeting with Artistic Director Stephen Unwin
3
Financial Evening interview with
DNB Chief Economist Øystein Dørum
4-5
The Norwegian International Film Festival
6
A Very English Barbecue
6
An interview with Lord Mayor of London Roger Gifford 8-9
Scandinavian Prawns Rule
10
See their advertisement on page 10.
A Summer Highlight
13
Swedish furniture at discounted prices
Recording Hedda:
A new take on Ibsen’s venomous seductress
13
The Swedish furniture importer Swedish Chair is pleased to offer
DNK members a 10% discount on all purchases. See homepage
www.theswedishchair.com for more information.
What’s on the DNK Programme?
14
DNK Events
15
Your Board
Catharina
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M. Patjas - Chair & Editor-in-Chief
Patrick Jonassen - Member Jens Wilhelmsen - Member
Magnus Gundersen - Treasurer
Anette Fondevik - Member Geir-Espen Fygle - Member
www.dennorskeklub.co.uk
Vacant - Editor
Millicent Scott - Member
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A meeting with critically
acclaimed Artistic Director
Photo: Simon Annand
STEPHEN UNWIN
by Chair Catharina M. Patjas
DNB Private Banking Luxembourg has kindly donated 20 tickets
to Den Norske Klub members to a Norwegian Gala Evening at
the renowned Rose Theatre were a performance of Ghosts by
Henrik Ibsen will be held on 3 October. The performance will be
followed by a gathering at Wyndham Chelsea Harbour Hotel.
This performance of Ghosts has been translated and directed
by Stephen Unwin, who has directed six productions of Ibsen
including an award-winning Hedda Gabler seen at The Donmar
in 1998 and The Lady from the Sea starring Joely Richardson
at the Rose Theatre in 2012. Ghosts is co-produced with The
English Touring Theatre. It will also mark Stephen Unwin’s swan
song as Artistic Director of the Rose.
DNK: What was your vision when you assumed
the role of Artistic Director at the Rose Theatre
in Kingston in 2008?
First of all we wanted to create an artistic hub and culture
centre for people in South West London. The Rose offers a
wide range of events such as comedy, opera, dance, music and
much more. We have staged more than twenty home-grown
productions such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream starring Judi
Dench and directed by Sir Peter Hall. There are nearly 900
seats at the Rose so it is important that a play appeals and
engages with a broader audience. Ghosts by Ibsen is in that
sense challenging; however we are very excited about
this production.
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There is a huge pressure to universalise Ibsen, especially in
Scandinavia, however I believe that this is a dead end. I look
at language and text when I approach a play rather than taking
a concept. The environment shapes people. If you change
the environment, you change the people. This production is
designed by Simon Higlett and inspired by Edvard Munch’s
original stage designs for a 1906 staging in Berlin to honour
Ibsen shortly after his passing. This set creates the perfect
room and setting for Ghosts. Ibsen is a naturalist and realist
writer. His direct and spare language brings vitality, strength and
depth to his characters. Ibsen’s plays are written in a Lutheran
environment and are a product of their time. He touches on
extremely broad questions about how they live their life. I would
like the audience to listen and leave the theatre thinking: “I did
not know that Ibsen was such a great playwright.”
DNK would like to thank Stephen Unwin for taking the time
to talk to us and we wish him all the best for the future.
Ghosts will play at Kingston’s Rose Theatre 19 September –
12 October and the cast will include Patrick Drury as Pastor
Mandors, Florence Hall as Regina, Kelly Hunter as Mrs Alving
and Mark Quarterly as Oswald. DNK looks forward to a
Norwegian Gala Evening at the Rose
Theatre on 3 October and would like to
thank our partner DNB Private Banking
Luxembourg for Inviting us to this unique
Gala Event.
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DNK is delighted that our by now traditional annual Financial Evening
in co-operation with DNB Private Banking Luxembourg and NBCC
again will be presented by Chief Economist Øystein Dørum from DNB.
DNK Treasurer Magnus Gundersen has had the benefit of an exclusive
interview ahead of the Financial Evening, with this year’s topic being…
GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK:
Awash With Cash – But Is It Enough?
Central banks are propping up optimism, markets and activity by
abundant supplies of cheap cash, with Bank of Japan the latest
arrival to the stage. While it alleviates the current crisis, it does
not solve any fundamental problems. And it may create new ones.
DNK: By way of introduction, can you please
comment on the above headline question?
Though by the time we have our Financial Evening in October,
the US central bank may well been reducing their Quantitative
Easing (QE) efforts, I still think the headline holds. There is a big
emphasis on the central banks’ mandates to generate growth, so
let’s look at what they have done:
• Cut interest rates to record low levels
• Kept interest rates for the last 5 years or so at near-zero levels
purchased their own government bonds. We are talking pretty
dramatic numbers here if you look at the statistics; in terms of
multiples we are looking at 5 times pre-Lehman bankruptcy in
broad terms (industrial world). Japan is printing money more
aggressively than we have even seen in order to keep long
rates low
• The largest central banks are playing to market expectations
by keeping rates low, subject to two conditions: employment
and inflation does not take off.
In conclusion, central banks will do whatever it takes!
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But herein lays the problem: more money does not in itself
solve anything. Interest rates may well be low, but one has to
use the money in order to generate economic growth. Low
interest rates in themselves do get rid of the high public and
private debt levels. However, we need to look at what our
alternatives are, and as currently constructed, we have none!
DNK: With that important message in mind, how
are central bankers going to exit QE without
providing a shock to investor confidence, market
confidence and finally growth? Will they ultimately
be successful?
This is a central question in this debate. There are different
views on whether central banks will ultimately succeed, but the
increase in long interest rates we’ve seen was not appreciated
by central banks. There is a limit to how high rates can go
without central banks intervening, but intervene they will, and
we think they ultimately will be successful, though they cannot
do it completely on their own. We also need investor confidence
to prevail and finally political reforms to lift growth
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DNK: The longer QE lasts, the more economic
behaviour gets distorted and harder to reverse have we already created an economic system which
is permanently distorted?
I don’t completely disagree, but first you need to ask
yourself:”What are our alternatives?” We could have chosen a
1930s approach post-Lehman and let banks and businesses
fail on a large scale. This would have reduced the public sector
debt burden, but the risk would have been a much deeper
and more serious downturn, though possibly with a more
rapid recovery. Economists do not have a textbook answer to
this question. If you look at this deterministically, then central
banks are doomed, so they have to continue buying their own
governments’ debt. Many market participants agree with the
central thesis that we’ve essentially taken on too much debt and
that debt levels are unsustainable. In the industrial world, the
population is ageing and productivity is declining which is not
helping. From a policy perspective these are our main options:
• Bankruptcy (restructuring). This is situation of Greece. They’ve
done two rounds already, and look like they will be asking a
third time for help.
• Inflation. Japan may not have gotten this right earlier, but
seems like they now are going all-in and may well succeed
• Financial repression, i.e. forcing banks and insurance
companies through regulations to hold more government debt.
We’ve seen in certain regimes an enforcement of savings in
either real estate, government bonds or other government
assets as a way to finance government debts
DNK: Should central bankers rethink their approach
to QE? Have they not facilitated a new possible
asset bubble and burst?
Let’s think about the endgame here for a moment. Debt
forgiveness of sorts is the order of the day, but how do you
finesse it? You can default on your debts, manage inflation
levels, print money or let central banks keep buying. In relation
to your last question, I agree to an extent. As long as low
interest rates create new jobs and economic activity, the central
bank will keep rates low, which is consistent with its task.
Having said that, letting asset prices run in order to stimulate the
economy through cheap cash, does mean investors seek returns
where they can get it and that is the basis for a bubble. Quite
ironic really: in order to get out of a crisis created by a credit
fuelled bubble, the central bank’s policy is such that it may
induce another asset bubble of the very same nature!
DNK: Would it not be better for longer term growth
to create incentives for private enterprise to make
it easier to set up businesses, remove subsidies
through QE and let businesses fail where they are
economically not viable, including over-leveraged
homeowners, banks and other beneficiaries of cheap
credit?
I agree. Some European countries are in desperate need of
structural reform. Less bureaucracy, greater efficiency in the
public sector and lower taxes will stimulate the economy.
However, there is a price to pay in the short term as public
sector shrinks before the private sector is taking up the slack.
DNK: China looks like a new bubble brewing
where cheap credit also plays a part, how closely
should investors watch this development and how
significant do you think it is?
We are seriously concerned about China! Our latest report
shows a possible scenario of a hard landing for China, where
we are possibly looking at a repeat of the 08/09 scenario with a
$50/oil barrel price target for 2014/15!
DNK: To what extent can Norway’s central bank
policy deviates from other central banks’ policy?
In other words, is there any major risk for rates to
shoot up in Norway against a lower rate environment
elsewhere?
No, we don’t see much leeway for the Norwegian central bank
to deviate much. With a free floating currency, inflation and
currency movements pretty much excludes any ability to act
independently of these forces.
DNK: Any implications in any of this for the
Norwegian kroner?
We have not yet discussed our central these for the Norwegian
economy. We see a modest economic activity growth ahead
and for the currency we therefore don’t see an extreme
strengthening to a low 7.30 vs. euro area, but rather a currency
at current levels (at time of writing slightly above 8.00).
DNK: Which leads us to our last questions, has the
European single market been a success or a failure
from an economic perspective? Will it not have to
move towards a closer integration of both fiscal and
monetary policy across the EU in order to survive?
Lastly, has it not arguably been beneficial for Norway
to be outside? If so, does this mean currency unions
are doomed to fail and that we’ll continue to suffer
from fallout from EU policies?
The EU has under-communicated the benefits of the EU project.
The original idea was to open up trade across barriers and
generate more cross-border synergies. I don’t think we’ve seen
the full benefits of this yet. It’s been more of a success than a
failure. It was impossible to foresee all its flaws, and now postLehman it has created a basis for further development. As far as
Norway is concerned, it’s thus far been a benefit to be outside,
but they are not large on the margin. The challenge next will
be around energy policies, where being outside the EU may be
detrimental and our influence in energy policy questions which
have a major bearing on the Norwegian economy may well be
marginalised. Are currency unions doomed to fail? Yes, history
tells us so, but the US is effectively that though with a much
greater fiscal integration than in Europe, so of Europe follows
through on that track, it can work. The alternative, a break-up
of the European Union would be much more costly as an endgame. Therefore, a currency union requires a greater fiscal
integration than we’ve seen in Europe thus far to work longer
term.
And with that last comment, we thank Øystein Dørum for
taking the time to give our readers an exclusive preview
of the topic for the Financial Evening in October. Please do
come to our Financial Evening at DNK on the 24 October for an
exceptional opportunity to hear more about this topic.
This evening is sponsored by DNB Private Banking Luxembourg.
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The Norwegian International
Film Festival By Kjersti Westeng
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Every
year film enthusiasts travel to the
Norwegian
International Film Festival
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in Haugesund to get a glimpse of
what
Scandinavian film has to offer
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in the coming year. However, as the
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cinema.
The festival opened 15 August with
the premiere of Erik Skjoldbjærg’s
Pioneer, an exciting thriller about
the beginning of the No
Norwegian oil adventure. Aksel Hennie
plays the professional diver Petter, who is obsessed by the idea
of being the first person to reach the bottom of the sea. Hennie
missed the press conference beforehand but was flown in from
Budapest in his own private jet - just in time for the premiere.
Actor Aksel Hennie
Photo: Viasat Film
The highlight of the film festival in Haugesund is always the
Amanda Awards – and this year was no exception. With the
Norwegian film elite together in one room it is difficult not to
get a little star struck, especially when they all look so good!
Pia Tjelta came wearing an amazing peach coloured dress from
the Norwegian designer
Leila Hafzi, made of over
80 meters of silk. The
dress was worth 91 000
Norwegian kroner and in
order to make it down the
red carpet she needed
her boyfriend Mads
Ousdal to carry the veil.
Actress Pia Tjelta
Minister of culture Hadia
Photo: Viasat Film
Tajik looked gorgeous in
a yellow dress from Malene
e
Birger, while Aksel Hennie and Tobias Santelmann both came
straight from the filming of the new Hollywood movie Hercules,
showing off their new muscles and manly beards on the red
carpet.
The whole Kon-Tiki crew was there, looking sharp and
handsome in their suits. Kon-Tiki had received a total number of
eight nominations and was expected to be the big winner of the
evening. In the end, Kon-Tiki received four awards, but the most
prestigious awards went to the comedy drama I belong (Som
du ser meg), who won Best Norwegian Film, Best Actress, Best
Original Screenplay and Best Director.
This year, Viasat Film gave out a brand new audience award
with a very special meaning; Breakthrough of the Year. The
winner got to give 100 000 NOK to a cultural organization of
their choice. After a two week intense campaign and 267 000
votes, Kaia Varjord from 90 minutes won. She gave 100 000
kroner to Bifrost, a small theatre group for kids.
Once the award ceremony was over it was time to celebrate
and one thing is for sure; Haugesund sure knows how to throw
a good after party!
A VERY ENGLISH BARBECUE
by Board Member Millicent Scott
Earlier this summer The In and Out Club
- with whom we share our premises on
St James’ Square - invited all Den Norske
Klub (DNK) members to their annual
summer barbecue. It was a delightful
and very English event in the serene
surroundings of the club house courtyard.
The only thing missing to make it a
complete English occasion was the rain.
Thankfully all the guests enjoyed sunshine
the entire evening.
Decorated festively, the meal of the evening was a full hog
roast and a delightful array of salads. In this peaceful and well
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arranged setting, members
of The In and Out and of
rs
DNK mingled. Our members
made promising business
er
contacts and also met other
interesting members from
The In and Out.
The annual Summer
Barbecue has been a
good occasion for some
years running. It tends
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to be a relaxed and friendly
event where you can meet interesting people
nounce the English summer, it
from both clubs. Set to announce
happens just in time for DNK’s members to be able to attend
before disappearing off to Norway for the summer holidays. Do
look out for your invitation next year.
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Photos: John Quintero
When I first arrived in Haugesund I found it
difficult to believe that this was the home
of Norway’s most famous film festival. But
once I saw the celebrities walking down
the red carpet to the prestigious Amanda
Awards, I began to realise why this is the
most talked about film event of the year.
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An interview with
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
ROGER GIFFORD
by Chair Catharina M. Patjas
SEB Private Banking has
invited 20 DNK members
to a unique opportunity
to view the Mansion
Houses’s Harald Samuel
Collection followed by a
lovely lunch in the Mansion
House hosted by the Lady
Mayoress on 13 September.
DNK was granted an
interview with Lord Mayor
before this exclusive event.
DNK: How do you approach the
task of setting yourself specific
objectives for your term as Lord
Mayor?
A prospective candidate to be Lord
Mayor has four or five years to think
about this question. Naturally, you focus
on your core capabilities and interests.
Mine lie professionally in banking and
corporate finance and, on the other hand,
in music and the arts. Oh and I have had
a strong ‘beer’ theme this year too!
DNK: How has your experience of
30 years in a Scandinavian Bank
helped you in your role as Lord
Mayor?
One of the defining characteristics of the
Nordic banking model is its integration
to the “real economy”. My banking
life has involved delivering finance to
tangible projects and enterprises, such
as financing dams in Iceland, export
trade from Sweden or shipping in
Norway. I believe this creates a healthy
attitude towards capitalism that helps
to develop a positive environment to
foster innovation, which is something we
strongly wish to encourage in the City.
Having seen it first-hand in Sweden,
I hope I can bring that resounding
endorsement of practical, responsible
capitalism to the City.
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Photo: Tim Hodges
DNK: You visited Norway earlier this year. What
surprised you about the country and the people?
Nothing! I have been to Norway many dozens of times and I like
the country very much. I have also toured Bergen and the west
coast with a choir, and participated in the Bergen Festival back
in the 1980s. Norway is a stunningly beautiful country – second
only to Scotland! – and the Norwegians I know are great people
with a great sense of humour.
DNK: How do you look at Norway’s role and
presence in the City of London? How can Norway
get more out of its strong financial position
internationally?
Norway’s strong financial position provides numerous great
opportunities for deeper connectivity with the City of London.
Deeper partnerships between Norwegian firms and their UK
counterparts in the infrastructure, energy, biochemical and
pharmaceutical sectors, and in the digital economy, are areas
with great potential for profitable relationships. Norway can also
look to London as a partner well-placed to provide investment
s
Tim Ho
dge
Scandinavia suffered its own banking crisis in the early 1990s,
and so in many ways can provide a useful lesson to those
European economies currently experiencing crisis conditions
on how to grow out of recession. Technological innovation and
active, long-term relationships between Government, companies
and banks, are two key ways Nordic companies have found
success – enabling long-term planning and helping to underpin
the success of their exporters.
advice and
opportunities
for its
sovereign
wealth fund,
as it does
today.
Photo:
DNK: What can the rest of the financial world learn
from the Scandinavian banking model?
DNK: Den Norske Klub’s members are delighted
about the Lady Mayoress’ Art Tour of The Harold
Samuel Collection at Mansion House. Could you
please tell us a little more about the Collection and
the Lord Mayor’s Appeal?
The Harold Samuel Collection is the finest private collection
of 17th Century Dutch and Flemish paintings assembled in
the UK. It was left to the City by the great entrepreneur and
philanthropist, Harold Samuel – the founder of Land Securities
– on the condition that it was displayed at Mansion House.
50,000 people visit the house each year for events, meetings
and tours, so Lord Samuel ensured the Collection would be
seen and appreciated by a great number of people. As part of
this year’s Lord Mayor’s Appeal, we are bringing the Collection
to an even wider audience, through a new guidebook produced
by my wife Clare, the Lady Mayoress. Proceeds from the
sale of the guidebook will create a new fund, for the ongoing
conservation and promotion of the Collection. This is very much
in keeping with the overall mission of
the Appeal – to encourage excellence in
Music and the Arts, support young talent,
and champion this sector as an invaluable
part of ‘Brand Britain’.
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Scandinavian Prawns Rule!
By Clare Harrison
Photos: Geir-Espen Fygle
According to Scandinavians,
their cold water prawns are
reputed to be the best in the
world! We invited more than
twenty DNK members and
their friends to challenge
this particular theory on the
evening of Thursday 27 June in
Central London at the
he annual
DNK Prawn Feast
event.
Guests arrived at the lovely
and cosy Scandinavian Kitchen
en
cafe, and were greeted by
welcoming cafe staff with
canapés and prosecco.
The headline event was soon
underway and guests tucked
into fresh prawns accompanied
off freshly
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f hl baked
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crusty bread, quiche, vegetable salad, new potatoes with dill
vinaigrette, and small bowls of mayonnaise and aioli.
To cap the fantastic feast, guests were presented with a
superb “bløtkake” for dessert – layer cake filled with cream and
strawberries.
The verdict from the guests regarding Scandinavian Prawns?
-“Yes, they are indeed the best tasting prawns! And please do
tell us where we can find the recipe for bløtkake?”
DNK is grateful to our friends at Scandinavian Kitchen for an
exceptional evening.
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A SUMMER HIGHLIGHT
by Berit Scott
The DNK Ladies’ Luncheons keep reaching
new heights. We loved this year’s summer
luncheon, which was held in early June at
the Babylon Restaurant, a delightful part
of The Roof Gardens hidden in the skies
above Kensington High Street.
About a dozen ladies – some members, some guests – had
braved the murky London skies and made it to Kensington on
this blustery June day. We swiftly made the ascent to the top of
the seven story commercial town building and the restaurant.
On our arrival, we were welcomed with a glass of sparkling
prosecco, which we sipped while admiring the London rooftops
and the horizon beyond. One level below us, we could see the
famous Kensington Roof Gardens with its lawns, terraces, ponds
and full-size trees. Named after the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
– one of Antiquity’s seven wonders of the world – the restaurant
and its setting were certainly not far behind.
The menu had a good variety of starters, mains and desserts. For
our first course, we were torn between Grilled Cornish Sardines,
Mushroom and Tarragon Soup, Pork Belly Confit or a Baked
Aubergine Salad. This was followed by a choice of Sea Bream
with Lemon
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rounding it all off with a cup of coffee.
The food was delicious and elegantly and simply served on white
china. Wine and water were ample in supply and the friendly
waiters provided impeccable service. And the view, of course,
was heavenly.
With its sophisticated appeal, we are sure to return to the
Babylon Restaurant. For others seeking to dine in style, it is open
for lunch all week from 12 to 2.30pm and for dinner from 7 to
10:30 pm every day except Sunday. Just remember to book your
table in advance. More information can be found on The Roof
Gardens website: www.
roofgardens.virgin.com.
Recording Hedda: A new take
on Ibsen’s venomous seductress
by Nikolai Jørgensen
Ibsen has a long history with London.
The first performances of Ibsen’s plays in
London date back to the late nineteenth
century. For that reason, it should perhaps
be no surprises that there is always an
Ibsen play on in London. Even so, the
Ibsen Stage Company is different as they
challenge the traditional norm. Little by
little, the Brits have got used to the idea.
We met with Hilde Syversen, the producer,
to discuss Ibsen on their stage.
“When we started twelve years ago, many were shocked.
We were messing around with Ibsen!” says producer Hilde
Syversen. At that point, the British audience had been used to
traditional Ibsen, and enjoyed that. They were not expecting to
see classics out of their 19th century setting. In the last year
or so, several modern, British, Ibsen performances have been
staged, though still to mixed reviews such as, for instance, the
Young Vic’s modern interpretation of Public Enemy. Meanwhile
the Ibsen Stage Company has worked on their new Hedda,
taking this concept even further.
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“We like to say that we go to the core of Ibsen’s ideas. We
are faithful to his views and what he communicates, but try to
bring it across in a way that speaks directly to people living in
2013. Being Norwegians, it may be that we can be slightly more
daring? After all, it’s our own cultural heritage we are dealing in.”
comments producer Hilde Syversen to Northern Lights.
Recording Hedda is set in a recording studio, where seven
actors are recording Ibsen’s play, Hedda Gabler. Music
composed by Kaja Bjørntvedt carries the play, which is a result
of collaboration between Bjørntvedt and director Terje Tveit.
As the recording progresses, the actors impersonate their
characters, and progressively the line between the actors and
persona they are recording becomes blurred.
“This brings us to the core of Hedda Gabler. Who is she really?
Is she just acting the role of Hedda Gabler? After all, Gabler is
her maiden name; the newly-wed Hedda is really called Tesman.
She manipulates and uses the men around her. She is perhaps
not very sympathetic, but certainly fascinating,” explains
Syversen as she continues to describe how the new setting
makes the play accessible to the London audience. Recording
Hedda will be staged from 11 September until 28 September.
DNK members are invited to a performance of Recording Hedda
Tuesday 17 September at New Diorama Theatre followed by
a Q& A session with the director. The performance starts at
7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £15.50 per person.
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welcome drink, wines and coffee. Please contact our Secretary to book your place.
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DNK Events
For further details about the Klub:
Den Norske Klub at The In & Out, Naval & Military Club,
4 St. James’s Square, London SW1Y 4JU Tel: 07766 810 080
email: [email protected]
Klub Secretary: Clare Harrison
DNK is also on Facebook. Just go to our website www.dennorskeklub.co.uk and click on ’Find us on Facebook’.
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Ghosts Gala Event at the Rose Theatre
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Friday Drinks with Quiz in the Canning Bar
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Friday Drinks in the Canning Bar
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Fårikål Dinner at the Norwegian Church
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DNK Autumn Golf Day at the Burhill Golf Club
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Christmas Dinner in the King Harald V Room
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The Scandinavia Show at the Tobacco Dock
December
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Financial Evening in the King Harald V Room
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Christmas Friday Drinks in the Canning Bar
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Masked Ball in the Coffee Room
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Ladies’s Luncheon in the Coffee Room
Invitations to all events are sent out to members by the DNK secretary – please check your e-mail inbox!
For up-to-date information on all these events, please see the DNK website at www.dennorskeklub.co.uk
The In & Out Events NBCC Calendar 2013
Membership & Events on 020 7827 5730 or
email [email protected]
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Big oil & gas projects – Radisson BLU Portman Hotel
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Anti-corruption event – Statoil UK
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Aquavit tasting event in Aberdeen
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Advisory Board Dinner at the Norwegian
Ambassador’s Residence
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Financial Evening at Den Norske Klub
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Nordic Thursday Drinks
Fashion Show: Browne & Daughters
Fireside Chat: Churchill’s First War
National Portrait Gallery
Trafalgar Dinner
Bridge Night and dinner
Latin American Dining Club
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Amistice Lunch
Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall
Remembrance Day
Music Evening
Fireside Chat: Space – The Farthest Ocean
Bridge Night
Wine Circle
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Aberdeen event with Greater Stavanger
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Nordic Thursday Drinks at Republic of Fritz Hansen
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Christmas dinner for young professionals and
students at the Norwegian Church
St James’s Square Carol Service
Club Christmas Party
Christmas Duplicate Bridge and Dinner
Member’s Christmas Lunch
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