The Foundation`s centennial Ball - The American

The Foundation’s
Tarja Halonen,
President of Finland
Norway’s
Queen Sonja
Norway’s
King Harald V
Sweden’s
Queen Silvia
Sweden’s King Carl
XVI Gustaf
M
embers of the Scandinavian royal families and Nordic
heads of state were guests of honor at The AmericanScandinavian Foundation’s 100th birthday celebration
on October 21 at New York’s Hilton Hotel. Nearly 1,200 guests
came to participate in the historical festivities and mingle with
the illustrious crowd. From Denmark there were Crown Prince
Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, from Norway King Harald V
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Bernt Reitan,
Bente Svensen Frantz,
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Denmark’s Crown
Princess Mary
Denmark’s Crown
Prince Frederik
Mrs. Dorrit
Moussaieff
Ólafur Ragnar
Grímsson,
President of Iceland
Sweden’s Princess
Madeleine
Richard E.Oldenburg,
ASF Co-Chairman
Edward P. Gallagher,
ASF President
and Queen Sonja and from Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf
and Queen Silvia. Finland was represented by President Tarja
Halonen and Iceland by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and
Mrs. Dorrit Moussaeiff. Serving as master of ceremonies for
the evening was Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann.
Providing entertainment during dinner was Broadway star Brian
Stokes Mitchell.
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Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
and his wife Dorrit Moussaieff.
Linda Nordberg, ASF Trustee and Vice Chair for
Finland, with Finland’s President Tarja Halonen.
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ASF Co-Chairman Bernt Reitan leads a
welcome toast to the guests of honor.
Sweden’s Princess Madeleine with her parents King Carl XVI
Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
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Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell entertains
at dinner.
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Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary dances with her
husband Crown Prince Frederik.
Guests taking their seats at the Centennial Ball dinner.
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Norway’s Queen Sonja greets Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. as King Harald V and actress Liv Ullmann display
instant recognition. In the background are Sweden’s Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf (partly obscured).
ASF Trustee Christina Lang Assael,
a Co-Chair of the Ball.
ASF Co-Chairman Richard. E. Oldenburg
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Lynn Carter, ASF Executive Vice President,
with ASF Trustee Ambassador Lyndon L. Olson, Jr.
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Christian R. Sonne, ASF Treasurer, and his wife Sally
ASF President Edward P. Gallagher (left) and Co-Chairman Richard E. Oldenburg (right) with, from left, ASF
Trustees Jane Errko, Lise Stolt-Nielsen, Nadia Stolt-Nielsen and past President Lena Biörck Kaplan.
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ASF Trustee, Master of Ceremonies and noted
actress Liv Ullmann with husband Donald Saunders.
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ASF Trustee and Ball Co-Chair Monika Heimbold
with husband Ambassador Charles A. Heimbold.
After-dinner dancing in the ballroom of the New York Hilton.
ASF Trustee and Centennial Ball Co-Chair Inger G.
Ginsberg and her husband William B. Ginsberg.
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ASF President Edward P. Gallagher dances
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U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Barry B. White, bringing greetings from President Barack Obama.
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Nordic Luminaries Open
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Exhibition of the Century
uminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art
Comes to America, 1912, an exhibition of paintings by
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Above: A view of the exhibition, Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America, 1912 in the
ASF galleries. Opposite page: Norway’s Queen Sonja cuts the ribbon to formally open the historic show
in the immediate presence of ASF President Edward P. Gallagher and the exhibition’s coordinating curator
Dr. Patricia G. Berman. Others are, from left, Denmark's Crown Princess Mary, Norway's King Harald V,
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and Finland's President Tarja Halonen.
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leading Nordic artists of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, opened at Scandinavia House on October 20, 2011.
It revisited the groundbreaking exhibition sponsored by the
ASF in 1912 that introduced work by Scandinavian masters
to American audiences and was expanded to include works
from the same period from all five Nordic countries, thereby illustrating the richness of artistic expression throughout the region. These photographs are from the opening-day
ceremonies, with Norway's Queen Sonja cutting the ribbon.
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Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary, Curator Patricia Berman and Norway’s Queen Sonja view paintings
by Norwegians Harriet Backer and Christian Krohg, at left, and Jean Heiberg to the right.
ASF President Edward P. Gallagher and Finland's President Tarja Halonen view a Ludvig Carsten painting.
Norway’s King Harald V and ASF President Edward P. Gallagher confer in front of a painting by Thorvald Erichsen.
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Left to right: Bente Svensen Frantz, ASF Deputy Chairman; Kjersti Reitan; ASF Co-Chairman Bernt Reitan;
Barbara Bunaes and former ASF Chairman Bård E. Bunaes.
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