September 20, 2013 - The Norwegian American

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TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY
Taste of Norway
The m e d I ssu e
September is
Business Month!
Det var ikke annet for meg
å gjøre enn å slå meg på
fornuften.
Read more on pages 4 – 5
– Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
How to get your
kids to love fish oil
Read more on page 8
Norwegian American Weekly
Vol. 124 No. 33 September 20, 2013
News in brief
Military
Norway and the UK will look for
opportunities for collaboration
regarding the future training,
operations and sustainment of
the F-35 in Europe. This is the
conclusion after Norwegian State
Secretary Eirik Øwre Thorshaug
met with his UK colleague,
Minister for Defence Equipment,
Support and Technology, Mr.
Phillip Dunne on Sept. 5. The
meeting was held in the offices
of the UK Ministry of Defense in
London, and is the result of initial
talks between the F-35 programs
of the two countries that have
gone on for the past year.
(Press Release)
Business
The Norwegian classification
company Det Norske Veritas
(DNV) has announced that it
is merging with Germany’s
Germanischer
Lloyd
(GL),
effective Sept. 12. The merger was
announed after the competition
authorities in South Korea, the
U.S., the EU and China had
cleared the merger between the
two well-regarded companies,
both of which will soon celebrate
150 years of independent
operations. Headquarters will
remain at Høvik, outside Oslo,
Norway. DNV GL Group CEO is
Henrik O. Madsen.
(Norway Post)
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A four-party government?
Negotiations
began on Sept. 16
to form Norway’s
new government
coalition
Staff Compilation
The four non-socialist parties
that collectively won last week’s
parliamentary elections, began negotiations on Monday, Sept. 16 in
an effort to find a joint political basis for a new Norwegian coalition
government.
The only thing that is definite,
is that the new government will be
led by Conseravtive leader Erna
Solberg.
An agreement must be found
See > government, page 6
Logos courtesy KrF, Høyre, FrP, & Venstre
The Christian Democrats (KrF), Conservative (Høyre), Progress Party (FrP) and Liberal (Venstre) will make up Norway’s next government.
Play with your food! Farewell to a friend
Norwegian food artist and online sensation
to demonstrate at Høstfest in Minot, N.D.
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Hans Wilhelm Mauritzen, 76,
died September 6, 2013, peacefully
at his home in Bellevue, Wash.
He is survived, locally in Seat-
See > farewell, page 11
Another golf battle
Photo courtesy Norsk Høstfest
Food art creations by Ida Skivenes will be available for purchase at Norsk Høstfest.
Rasmus Falck
Special Release
Oslo, Norway
Norsk Høstfest
A new face at this year’s Norsk
Høstfest is cooking up a display
that’s sure to please foodies and art
enthusiasts alike.
Ida Skivenes is a statisticianturned-food artist from Oslo, Nor-
Pettersen brings golf
tournament to Oslo
way. In the summer of 2007, she
turned her daily breakfast plates
into art projects and shared them
with the world via the social networking platform Instagram. In no
Suzann Pettersen brought the
golf battle between the continents
to Oslo Sept. 6 – 8. The American Ambassador to Norway Barry
White teamed up with two of our
juniors on “Team USA” and won
See > food, page 13
See > golf, page 15
Photo: lpga.com
Norwegian golfer Suzann Pettersen.
2 • september 20, 2013
Nyheter
Norge først i Europa med ny traumebehandling av barn
Som de første i Europa får norske fagfolk nå
opplæring i en ny, amerikansk metode som
skal gi bedre behandling av traumatiserte
barn. Virkningen av en den nye behandlingsmetoden kommer fram i en undersøkelse utført av Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold
og traumatisk stress. I den ble i alt 156 norske barn mellom 10 og 18 år tilfeldig trukket ut til å få enten tradisjonell behandling –
eller behandling etter en ny metode utviklet
i USA, kalt TF-CBT. Barna, som tilhørte
åtte ulike norske behandlingssentre, hadde
opplevd ulike former for vold og overgrep,
samt blant annet mobbing eller andre dramatiske hendelser. – Resultatene viser at de
barna som fikk den nye behandlingsmetoden
ble betydelig friskere, på kortere tid, sier
psykolog og forsker Tine Jensen ved Universitetet i Oslo til NRK.
(NRK)
Helleland ny parlamentarisk leder?
Trond Helleland utelukker ikke at han får
jobben som parlamentarisk leder for Høyre
på Stortinget. – Jeg er tross alt den i stortingsgruppa med tredje lengst ansiennitet. Men
både Erna Solberg og Jan Tore Sanner som
er foran meg på lista, går inn i regjeringen,
så da blir det spennende å se hva som skjer.
Det er absolutt mulig, men det skal forhandles først, sier Helleland til NRK. En annen
mulig parlamentarisk leder er Bent Høie,
men han blir etter manges mening helseminister i en ny regjering. – Et spørsmål er også
hva som skjer med Hellelands kone, Linda
Hofstad Helleland, sier Drammens ordfører,
Tore Opdal Hansen. – Hvis hun blir barneog familieminister, ligger det an til at Trond
får en toppjobb i Stortinget. Det er mange
som snakker om ham som parlamentarisk
leder. Helleland selv er uansett ikke uvillig
til å ta jobben. – En ekstrem utfordring, sier
han med et lurt smil.
(NRK)
Partiene bruker 85 mill i valgkampen
Høyre,
Fremskrittspartiet,
Kristelig
Folkeparti og Venstre har brukt til sammen
49 millioner kroner denne valgkampen. De
rødgrønne partiene Arbeiderpartiet, Sosialistisk Venstreparti og Senterpartiet har
til sammenligning brukt 33 millioner kroner, skriver Dagens Næringsliv. Tallene er
innhentet fra partiene. Arbeiderpartiet er det
partiet som bruker mest av alle her i landet
– 25 millioner kroner i årets valgkamp. Det
er 5 millioner kroner mer enn valgkampbudsjettet var i 2009. Høyre har til sammenligning gått motsatt vei. Høyre bruker i år 23
millioner kroner, en nedgang på 6 millioner
kroner fra 2009-valgkampen. Fremskrittspartiet ligger konstant på 18 millioner kroner. Deretter følger Venstre, som i år bruker
6,5 millioner kroner. Det er 200.000 kroner
lavere enn i 2009. Sosialistisk Venstreparti
følger like bak. SV bruker i år 5,9 millioner
kroner på valgkampen, en oppgang fra 4,2
millioner kroner i 2009. Miljøpartiet De
Grønne inntar sjetteplassen på listen over
hvem som bruker mest i årets valgkamp.
MDG har i år 2,2 millioner kroner til rådighet. Det er 2,1 millioner kroner mer enn
i 2009-valgkampen. Bak MDG følger Senterpartiet, som bruker 2 millioner kroner
i år. Det er 2 millioner kroner mindre enn
Sps valgkampbudsjett var i 2009. Kristelig
Folkeparti følger etter med et budsjett på 1,2
millioner kroner i år, ned 500.000 kroner fra
2009-valgkampen. Rødt har i samme periode økt sitt valgkampbudsjett fra 700.000
kroner til 1,1 million kroner.
(NTB)
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Nyheter fra Norge
Rettssaken har begynt
Rettssaken mot 38-åringen
som er tiltalt for å ha
drept Sigrid Giskegjerde
Schjetne (16) begynte 16.
september
Statoil er bekymret etter å
ha blitt advart av Forsvaret
om at det er terrorfare mot
selskapets kontorer og
landanlegg i Norge
VG
VG
Mannen fra Sunnmøre nekter for å ha
noe med drapet på 16-åringen å gjøre. Han
ble ikke spurt om straffskyld ettersom han
kan bli dømt til tvungen psykisk helsevern.
Statsadvokat Nina Prebe åpnet dagen
med sitt innledningsforedrag. Hun sa til fagdommeren og de to meddommerne at det var
tre spørsmål de må ta stilling til:
1. Har tiltalte drept Sigrid?
2. Gjorde han det med vilje, eller var det
uhell?
3. Var han tilregnelig da han gjorde
dette?
Det ble vist frem bilder av campingvognen hvor påtalemyndigheten mener
38-åringen drepte Sigrid og et bilde av stedet
tenåringsjenta ble funnet drept.
Forsvarer John Christian Elden kom
med en kommentar til aktors innledningsforedrag, der han understreket at det ikke
finnes tekniske bevis for at 38-åringen har
begått et drap. – Han har ikke begått et drap,
med mindre dere har konkrete holdepunkter
for at han har begått et drap, sa Elden.
Etter innledningsforedraget, tok faren til
Sigrid, Tom Schjetne (47), plass i vitneboksen. Hans forklaring handlet primært om nat-
Terror i Norge?
Foto: Helge Mikalsen
Her sitter Sigrids foreldre, Ingrid Ruth Giskegjerde og Tom Schjetne, for første gang ansikt til
ansikt med den drapstiltalte 38-åringen.
ten da datteren aldri kom hjem.
– Vi hadde en avtale om at hun skulle
gå derfra ved midnatt. Hun skulle være
hjemme senest halv ett. Jeg satt oppe og ventet på henne, og hun dukket ikke opp. Det
var uvanlig. Jeg sendte henne en SMS litt før
klokken ett. Den fikk jeg ikke noe svar på,
fortalte Schjetne.
Da statsadvokat Prebe ville ha svar på
hva tiltalt gjorde i dagene etter at Sigrid forsvant, hadde han store problemer med å svare.
Ofte svarte han at han ikke husket noe.
– Jeg vet ikke om jeg kan svare på noen
av spørsmålene dine. Jeg er litt stresset, sa
38-åringen.
English Synopsis: The trial of the man accused of
kidnapping and murdering 16-year-old Sigrid Giskegjerde Schjetne began on Sept. 16. The search for Schjetne ast summer was one of Norway’s most massive,
and the trial will be a high-profile one.
Statoil er bekymret for at det vil ta for
lang tid før politiet kan bistå hvis noen av
landanleggene i Norge blir utsatt for terrorangrep, skriver Bergens Tidende.
– Det er et tema som har vært drøftet i
styret. Selskapet har initiert og hatt en dialog med myndighetene om det. En rekke
av våre landanlegg ligger relativt langt fra
etablert politimyndighet og ildkraft. Det er
en av konklusjonene, men som sagt; det er
en dialog om dette, sier Statoils styreleder
Svein Rennemo.
Statoil har engasjert Forsvarsbygg til å
undersøke sikkerhetssituasjonen for selskapets kontorbygg og landanlegg i Norge. Selskapet «kan bli vurdert som et legitimt mål
av voldelige ekstremister av flere grunner»,
konkluderer Forsvarsbygg.
En rapport fra Forsvarsbygg peker på at
tiltak må iverksettes.
– Det er myndighetenes ansvar å gjøre
trusselvurderinger og iverksette terrorsikring – altså den ytre sikkerheten. Det vi har
ansvaret for, og som rapporten peker veldig
tydelig på, er den indre sikkerheten på anleggene. Det ansvaret tar vi, også i Norge,
sier Statoil-sjef Helge Lund.
English Synopsis: Norwegian energy company
Statoil has received threat and fears a terrorist attack
on their facilities in Norway.
Sitter fast Tror ikke det blir rettssak
En hydraulikkpumpe som
ikke fungerer skaper trøbbel
for Dreamliner-passasjerer.
70 reisende måtte gå av flyet
før det tok av fra New York
VG
Flyet skal nå – over fem timer forsinket
– være på vei til Oslo. Men på JFK-flyplassen i New York står det igjen svært mange
passasjerer som alle måtte forlate Norwegians nye Dreamliner før take-off.
– Jeg har fått bekreftet at vi har utfordringer med en hydraulikkpumpe. Dette har
medført at det nå er en vektbegrensning på
flyet, og vi er dessverre nødt å ombooke 70
passasjerer, sier kommunikasjonskonsulent i
Norwegian, Daniel Kirchhoff til VG.
– De er nå på hotell og på nåværende
tidspunkt arbeider vi med å få dem hjem.
Alle passasjerene har fått mat og drikke på
flyplassen, og de 70 passasjerer som må vente får 600 euro i kompensasjon.
Norwegian har hatt en rekke problemer
med det som skulle være selskapets stolthet:
de flunkende nye Dreamliner-flyene.
I forrige uke ble reisende fra Gardermoen flere timer forsinket fordi en del måtte
byttes. Også flere andre langdistanseflygninger har vært kraftig forsinket.
Norwegian lover at de skal få de 70 som
står igjen i New York i dag hjem så fort som
mulig.
English Synopsis: Norwegian Airlines continues
to have problem with the brand-new Dreamliner
aircraft, and a plane was recently delayed five hours
in N.Y.
Den tidligere NRKjournalisten Marit
Christensen tror ikke det blir
noen rettssak i forbindelse
med hennes bok om
Wenche Behring Breivik
VG
16. september kommenterte hun bokprosjektet for første gang.
– Man kan ikke ha en rettssak om en bok
som ikke foreligger. Bare juristene, forlaget
og jeg vet hva den inneholder. Dette er ingen
vanlig biografi, denne historien er min. Hun
har absolutt krav på et vern, men vi må aldri
glemme hvilken viktig del dette er av norsk
historie, sier Christensen til NRK.
14. september ble det kjent at terrordømte Anders Behring Breiviks mor engasjerte advokat for å hindre at forfatter Marit
Christensen gir ut boken «Moren».
To uker før hun sovnet inn, beskrev
Breiviks mor selv hva som skjedde med bokprosjektet. Advokatene Hans Marius Graasvold og Ragnhild Torgersen var da engasjert
for å forsøke å stanse boken. Grunnen var
at hun følte at Marit Christensen hadde tatt
over bokprosjektet.
VG har fått høre opptaket som advokatene hennes tok opp på bånd da hun var innlagt på Rikshospitalet.
Forlaget har tidligere oppgitt at boka
skal gis ut i løpet av høsten.
– Dette handler først og fremst om etikk
og moral og god folkeskikk. Hun følte at hun
ble lurt, og vi mener at både Christensen og
Foto: Anne-Cathrine Reuterdahl / NRK
Marit Christensen.
forlaget må ta rev i seilene og forholde seg
til det. Hennes vilje er at boken ikke skal gis
ut, sa Graasvold mandag.
Marit Christensen sier at hun i boka vil
forsøke å gi noen svar som hun oppdaget i
arbeidet med prosjektet.
– Jeg hadde kontakt med Wenche Behring Breivik 4. mars i år. Vi skiltes som
meget gode venner. Avtalen var at jeg skulle
komme igjen neste dag. Vi var aldri uenige
om noe. Det var hun som tok initiativ til at
denne historien skulle fortelles, sier Christensen.
Det var VG som først omtalte bokprosjektet. Ifølge journalisten og forfatteren
Christensen, hadde hun i ett år nesten daglig
kontakt med Wenche Behring Breivik, som
aldri uttalte seg i offentligheten før hun døde
av kreft 22. mars i år, nøyaktig ett år og åtte
måneder etter terroraksjonen.
English Synopsis: A former NRK journalist, Marit
Christensen, will release a book about July 22 terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s mother.
Norwegian american weekly
Fantastic find
Settlement from 500 B.C.
discovered in Norway
Norway Post
The remains of a settlement from around
500 B.C. have been discovered on the west
coast of Norway.
“This is quite sensational!” says Yngve
Flognfeldt at the University of Bergen Museum. He says that the remains of the houses
are very well preserved compared to what
has previously been found other places.
The property of a new mall in Etne in
Hordaland County turned out to contain an
entire settlement from the Iron Age, including remains of about 40 buildings.
“We see details here from these people’s
lives that have never been seen in Norway
before,” says researcher Søren Dinhoff at the
University of Bergen.
In several of the so-called long-houses
See > find, page 15
september 20, 2013 • 3
News
Welcomes agreement
Norway’s Foreign Minister
endorses the agreement
between Russia and U.S.
Special Release
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“I welcome the agreement reached by
Russia and the U.S. on the removal of Syria’s
chemical weapons. This is a breakthrough
for diplomacy in what has been a deadlocked
conflict. Russia and the U.S. must be
commended for their efforts to achieve this
agreement. I hope this will be the first step
in a new diplomatic initiative to bring the
civil war in Syria to an end,” said Minister
of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
The U.S. and Russia announced on
Saturday that they had reached agreement
on how the Syrian regime’s stockpile of
chemical weapons is to be destroyed. Under
the deal, Syria has to provide details of its
Photo:Almanar.com
Russia and the U.S. came to a much-awaited
agreement over Syria’s chemical weapons.
chemical weapons, including where they are
located, within a week. Failure on the part of
the Assad regime to comply could lead to a
UN Security Council resolution that opens
See > agreement, page 15
An epic pen pal reunion New report
UN releases 2013 World
Investment Report
Norwegian and Grand
Forks pen pals of six
years meet for first time
Marit Fosse
Geneva, Switzerland
Jennifer Johnson
Grand Forks Herald
Kristine Andersen, 18, of Sarpsborg,
Norway, said her first taste of Grand Forks
felt “just like the movies.”
Andersen was hop scotching all over
Sarpsborg’s sister city in August to check
out the city’s most notable offerings – UND,
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Rhombus Guys – to
get a sense of what her pen pal Mikayla Nies,
17, has been experiencing.
For more than six years, the teens have
been exchanging emails, texts and Christmas
gifts after being paired as pen pals when Nies
was attending Kelly Elementary School. Of
the dozens of students who participated in
the initial exchange, only Nies and Andersen
have kept up the correspondence, they said.
Despite their geographic differences,
they say they’re very similar and fill each
other in on every aspect of their lives –
boys, school, shopping. Even though they’re
separated in age by one year, they will both
graduate next fall because Norway requires
Today the UNCTAD annual report,
the 2013 World Investment Report, was
launched in Geneva at an important moment
when the international community is making a final push to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals by the target date of
2015. At the same time, the United Nations
is working to forge a vision for the post-2015
development agenda.
Credible and objective information on
foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute to success in these two endeavors. According to the report, global FDI declined
in 2012, mainly due to continued macroeconomic fragility and policy uncertainty for
investors, and it is forecast to rise only moderately over the next two years.
However, the report reveals that the
See > reunion, page 15
See > report, page 7
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Sarpsborg, Norway (pictured) and Grand Forks,
N.D. are sister cities. This relationship inspired
Andersen and Nies’ correspondance.
This week in brief
Norwegian aid worker killed in Kenya
73-year-old Norwegian aid worker and
missionary, Jan Kristensen, has been killed
in Kenya. “We have received information
that a Norwegian citizen, a 73-year-old
man, has died in Kisumu in Kenya,”
the Norwegian Embassy informs. The
embassy is in contact with Kristensen’s
wife and family in Kenya. A close friend
of Kristensen, Otto Halvorsen, tells NRK
that he was most likely the victim of
attempted robbery. The police are holding
the three offenders. “Three men came to
the gate where Kristiensen lives, asked
for him and were let in by the guard
before they walked up to the house. His
family later found him killed,” Halvorsen
tells NRK. Kristensen and his wife lived
in a residential area along with other
foreign missionaries, in the outskirts of
Kisumu. Kristensen worked in Kenya as
a missionary and voluntary aid worker
for more than 20 years. He also founded
and ran a project to help homeless kids
off the streets, and received Norwegian
King Harald’s honorary silver medal for
his work.
(Norway Post)
Major narcotics ring broken up
The Oslo police believe they have
unravelled a major narcotics network
in the capital, after they arrested nine
persons and confiscated a large carload of
drugs. In a move which had been planned
for months, the police stopped a car in
a parking house in the western part of
the city. In the car they found 100 kg of
cannabis, 50 kg of amfetamin, 12 kg of
cocain and a large amount of pills. The
Norwegian police had cooperated with
police in several European countries, and
had followed the transport on its way to
Norway, before they acted. The police
believe this is a central criminal network
which has supplied drugs to several
Norwegian distributors for years. Among
those arrested is the man they believe
is the leader of the group, a 45-year old
Norwegian. He has pleaded guilty to
the charges, and has been jailed for four
weeks in complete isolation.
(Norway Post)
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Business
Rønningen Ramblings
with Heidi Håvan Grosch
Heidi was a long-time Minnesotan until she married
her favorite Norwegian, Morten, and moved to his
home country of Norway. As a recent immigrant she is
experiencing Norway with a unique perspective, filling us
in on the good, the bad and the unexpected!
The Business of Outdoor Theater in Norway with a
Focus on Elden in Røros
Elden: an outdoor theater experience to remember.
The history of outdoor theater dates
back to the open-air amphitheaters of the
ancient Greeks and Romans and medieval
dramas which were often performed on temporary stages inside barns, courtyards or in
structures constructed for that purpose. It is
fitting then that Norwegians, with their love
for the out-of-doors, have embraced this tradition whole-heartedly, presenting operas,
historical dramas, or just plain silliness under the open skies… in any kind of weather;
I have attended the drama about St. Olav,
the largest outdoor theater work in Norway
(stiklestad.no/english) in both rain gear and
next to nothing the last days of July.
Photo courtesy of Heidi Håvan Grosch
Outdoor theater is big business here,
whether on a professional scale such as the
opera based on Olav Engelbrektsson’s life
at Steinvikholm every August (www.steinvikopera.no/english), or a group of friends
inviting folks to a play in their backyard
or based on local lore. Selling tickets and
making money is naturally a goal for every
production, but most also find great value in
creating opportunities for actors of all ages
and abilities to share the stage. Utilizing the
subtleties of natural light adds a great deal
to an outdoor stage, and many productions
See > theater, page 12
IntraFish’s Seattle, Wash. headquarters.
Photo courtesy of Drew Cherry
Kelsey Larson
Managing Editor
Editorial Director of IntraFish Media,
Drew Cherry, has a proud claim to make.
“What’s interesting is that we launched
as a paid online news service in 2001,” he
says. “I would challenge you to find anyone
who did that before us.”
He’s right: even publications like The
New York Times launched their paid online
service in 2011 – a whole decade later! – and
many news services continue to struggle
with this platform today.
But not IntraFish. They’ve got it figured
out. Their website – IntraFish.com – is polished and easy to read, drawing visitors in
with alluring headlines and boldly displayed
photos. Clicking on one of these leads you
straight to a login screen.
“To have our roots in the Web has been
very helpful,” Cherry says.
IntraFish, the world’s largest seafood
news and information provider, serves seafood industry professionals from the retail,
foodservice, processing, fishing and aquaculture sectors. The Norwegian company
has its headquarters in Bergen, as well as
satellite offices around the world, including
London, Chile, Singapore and Seattle, Wash.
The company is owned by Norwegian
media conglomerate NHST (Norges Handels
og Sjøfartstidende / Norwegian Trade and
Maritime Times). Boasting a long and respectful history, dating back to 1889, the media group publishes a prominent Norwegian
newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv, and has expanded into nautical charts, new media companies and more. “It’s a large and diverse
company,” says Cherry of NHST, which
aside from operating IntraFish also prints
Tradewinds (covering the shipping industry), Upstream (oil and gas), Recharge (clean
energy), and maintains digital platforms
TDN, Europower, and others.
In 1997, Intrafish had been established
as a small fact service to the Norwegian
salmon industry. In 2000, NHST took notice
and attained majority acquisition of the company. The Norwegian website IntraFish.no
was launched in 2001, and the global edition,
IntraFish.com, followed in 2002. In 2003,
IntraFish surpassed 5,000 paying subscribers. By 2011, NHST completed acquisition
of the company, and IntraFish boasted close
to 20,000 paying subscribers.
“It’s been a fun journey, to be with a
media company like this,” says Cherry, who
joined IntraFish as a reporter in 2002. “It’s
developed fairly quickly. We’ve gone from
just a handful of employees to 80 – 85 employees around the world.”
During the course of his time at IntraFish, Cherry relocated to Bergen for four
years with his family. That time was of utmost
importance to him. “I got to experience working immersed in Norwegian culture – and
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books on “Cowboy Logic” stands by a corner
post on his fourth-generation 3,200 acre ranch,
preparing to travel to Norway on a fellowship to
study lessons learned from Norwegian management of oil resources.
nications, where he began writing a syndicated column, “Cowboy Logic,” which today reaches 200,000 readers in agricultural
newspapers in western N.D. and Canada. He
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ages 9, 7 and 5, ranch 3,200 acres of native
grassland 20 miles from the geographic center of North America in central N.D. Nikki
grew up in Keene, a small town in Western
N.D. “The church where we were married in
is now surrounded by oil derricks on the horizon,” Ryan said.
In the role as a citizen rather than a
politician, Ryan believes that what he gains
from his fellowship can be better shared in a
statewide conversation that honors our past,
builds prosperity and creates a proud future
for our children.
As some speculate whether Ryan will
run for political office again, I asked him
what his long-term goals were. “The ranch is
our anchor as a family. It can also be a launch
pad for growth, and a place that sustains our
family. Time will tell where the road leads
as far as my political future, but I know the
road begins and ends on this ranch and with
my wife and family. Those are the constants
that are never sacrificed in any other demand
life presents us.”
Ryan shared some cowboy logic with
me, knowing how to tame the unbounded
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Amid the chaotic development of rapid growth in the Bakken Oil development,
Ryan Taylor, a fourth-generation rancher,
author, motivational speaker and a North
Dakota (N.D.) political leader with Norwegian-American roots, is headed for Norway
to study lessons learned from Norwegian
management of oil resources.
After serving as a N.D. State Senator for
ten years, a minority leader during 2010-12
term and a democratic candidate for Governor during the last N.D. election, he has been
awarded a two-year Bush Fellowship for a
time of study in the land of his ancestors.
“In a nutshell,” Ryan said, “my study involves learning, outreach and engagement. I
will be learning the Norwegian method of oil
development, sharing that with fellow North
Dakotans via statewide outreach and asking for engagement of our policymakers by
those with their new knowledge of Norway’s
successful model.”
“We know the challenges to N.D.’s infrastructures…the problems are largely selfevident by those that live there…what we
know less about is the impact on quality-oflife and how to develop sustainable policy.”
He added, “We need to pause, think, and
develop a statewide conversation about the
current boom, its rewards and its risks…and
we need to pattern our policies after what
works.”
During his fellowship, he will study
Norwegian petroleum policy, which is stated
in principle “to exploit the petroleum industry’s expertise in order to achieve the highest
possible value creation and ensure a qualitatively better society.”
Ryan plans to dialogue with Norwegian
policymakers, who collectively have accumulated almost 50 years experience and
developed the “10 Oil Commandments,”
which are declarations of principles underpinning Norwegian oil policy in a Storting
(Parliament) White Paper in June 1971.
A preamble-like objective of Norwegian
petroleum policy reads, in part, that petroleum resources should “contribute to improving the quality of life in Norway in the
years to come. To achieve this objective, our
management must be comprehensive and
based on knowledge and facts. Management
of the resources must take place within a
prudent framework as regards health, safety
and the environment.”
“Because about one-third of N.D. citizens have a common heritage with Norway,
there is a cultural connection that we can
draw on,” Ryan said.
“My mother’s first language was Norwegian and my ancestors emigrated from
Hallingdal and Gudbrandsdal with names
like Dokken, Oium, Bryn and Larson.”
He added that he was taking an online
course in Norwegian from the University of
N.D.
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Agricultural Economics and Mass Communications in 1992, Ryan started an entrepreneurial business called Sandhill Commu-
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before October 14th, when outgoing prime
minister Jens Stoltenberg will formally hand
in his government’s resignation, after presenting a state budget.
Many issues divide the the four parties,
Høyre (Conservative – H), Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party – FrP), Venstre (Liberal
Left – V) and Christian Democrats (Kristelig
Folkeparti – KrF). Oil production in sensitive areas, asylum policy, financing of infrastructure and health issues are expected to be
tough discussion points.
All agree that the negotiations will be
difficult, and KrF leader Knut Arild Hareide
said again on Monday morning, Sept. 16,
that it was unlikely that his party would be a
part of a government together with the Progress Party.
“There must be many clarifications, but
we have a good foundation,” said Hareide at
the press conference that was held following
the first meeting on Monday evening, Sept.
16 at the Radisson Blu hotel in Nydalen.
“No one thinks this will be easy,” Siv
Jensen, leader of the Progress Party, added.
Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande
didn’t reveal any concrete clarifications of
how the negotiations were proceeding, but
suggested that the Liberals will nevertheless
contribute to a change.
“We have received a mandate from voters to bring about a change. Now we sit here
and try to do it. It’s a change from minute to
Photo: NorskeVenstre
Trine Skei Grande on the night of the election.
The Liberal Party (Venstre) won 9 representatives in Parliament in the Sept. 9 election.
minute about how the individual feels its going,” said Grande.
She added that she wished her party had
gotten more support in the election.
“I wish we had gotten more than the
support level of 5.2 or 5.3 percent. Then we
could have had more impact around the table,” she said, but remained optimistic about
the Liberal party’s sway.
“We should try to maximize the mandate voters have given us,” she said during
the press conference.
Solberg has remained optimistic
throughout the meetings. “We’ve had an
exploratory meeting. It happened in a good
tone,” she said, adding that she has good reasons to believe that all four of the bourgeois
parties will manage to form a government
together.
“I have always lived in the belief that we
will achieve it. Now everyone is sitting and
talking and I will not give any hints on how
much or how little I believe in it. I believe
in it as long as we are all sitting around the
table,” she said.
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New government in Norway after the general election
By Dr. Steinar Opstad
Around one month after the general for all four, so we must wait and see what that. Where we might see some changes
election on September 9, namely on Oc- common platform they can find in those is on improvement of the conditions for
tober 14, the Norwegian Prime Minister cases. If their platform breaks the sitting the business life, especially for the small
during the last eight years, Mr. Jens Stol- Prime Minister Stoltenberg has said he is businesses. There might also be some
tenberg, must inform the King that he has ready to take over again and form a minor- tightening-ups in the immigration policy
lost the majority in the Norwegian Parlia- ity government and work with all parties for people coming here without real reasons to seek our protection. Norway has
ment (Stortinget) and advise the King to in Stortinget from case to case.
signed international agreement for
ask the new majority leader Ms. Erna
Solberg to form the new government.
housing refugees on the UN list, so
This is, of course, formal protocol;
the restrictions will be to be tougher
every Norwegian knows already,
on those who come here to benefit
the day after the election, that Stolfrom our social security system and
tenberg must resign and that Solberg
in addition sell illegal drugs on the
will take over. October 14 is the day
streets.
when the sitting government delivers
For most of us Norwegians will
their proposal for the national budget
here probably be minor changes
for year 2014 in the Stortinget and
and I presume the life will continue
then resigns.
most as it has been. Hopefully for
We have had a hectic short elecanother four years until the next
tion campaign, not filled with very
general election.
Photo: CF – Wesenberg / Høyre
exciting issues and more or less with
Erna Solberg of the Conservative Party will be Norway’s
the result clear weeks before the elecnext Prime Minister.
tion. The opinion polls have during
several weeks said there will be a
I write this the morning after the elecchange of government.
Steinar Opstad, born
The life for the new government will tion night, and it is far too early to say how
1941 in Sarpsborg, Nornot be an easy one. They are four totally this will work out. But Ms. Erna Solberg
way, is the retired Vice
independent political parties who have is optimistic and very motivated to form
President of the Confedsaid they will rule together and give Nor- a government with all four parties which
eration of Norwegian
way a new boost with a sort of conserva- has given her their support. Ms. Solberg is
Business and Industry.
tive leadership. Each of the political par- often compared with the German chancelDuring his career, he was
ties, from the traditional liberal party Ven- lor Merkel. Ms. Solberg is straightforward
an educator and commustre to the rather conservative Framskritt- and focused on the issues and work for her
nicator with positions as a journalist, editor,
spartiet (the Progress Party), have their goals with a long term view.
teacher, and professor. He has a Ph.D. and
So will there be big changes in the
own focus areas and say they must have
Hon. Litt. D. from the University of North
some of them as a part of the common Norwegian policy? Hardly. The relationDakota. He is the author of several profesplatform for the new government. Some ship to the U.S. will be the same. Norsional books. He is also the founder of the
of the issues like the immigration policy way is one of U.S.’s best friends and
American College of Norway in Moss, Norand new green values are not the same the coming government will not change
way.
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From page 5
energy in a young horse to become a valued
productive asset on a cattle ranch.
“If you stand in the middle of a training corral with a young horse, and frantically
wave your arms up and down, the horse will
race around at the edge of the corral looking for a way out. However, if you drop
your arms, turn away calmly, show the horse
there’s a safe place near you in the middle of
that chaos, and, perhaps, have some oats in
your pocket, the horse will gradually come
to the center, nudge your shoulder and offer
to be your partner.”
For me, growing up knowing Ryan’s
parents, remembering the stories his father
shared with me as a youth over six decades
ago and reading the hometown newspaper
column his mother wrote weekly, even when
I was a continent away in the military – all
came back to me in conversation with Ryan,
sitting at the kitchen counter, overlooking a
landscape that his mother often painted in
oils, one of which hung on my family’s liv-
Photo: Larrie Wanberg
A father passes on stories of heritage to his nine-year-old son about life on a frontier, showing a 44
Colt “Lightening” black-powder rifle that the grandfather used in hunting.
ing room wall where ever we lived.
For it is cultural values in a community,
vested in Nature and the land, focused on
the well being of future generations, mixed
with a little horse sense, and marked with a
family-forged branding iron from immigrant
homesteaders that is the true legacy of a legacy oil fund.
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Dear Editor,
In your excellent newspaper there are
frequent direct and indirect references and
articles on energy-related issues which is as
it should be in an age dominated by the use
of fossil fuels. Many countries – and increasingly more – are already and irreversibly addicted to fossil fuels which one might see as
the most powerful narcotic ever to surface
and impact humanity.
Understandably and unfortunately there
are no references to Ecological Economics
(that I have seen); a branch of economics
having surfaced decades ago, yet is not well
known or popular because it does not seem to
fit a dangerous modern economic trend/ailment, sometimes referred to as Growthmania. It simply refers to a mindset of growth
at all cost, including especially taking it on
faith that problems caused by such growth
can and should be cured by further growth.
Standard neo-classical, conventional
economics does not comprehend that a sustainable economy must live on interest from
Ecological Capital. The focus on money
flows prevails and biological deficit financing – a form of cowboy economics – suited
for the empty world of the past – still predominates, being ‘preached’ and practiced
universally. Words like ‘sustainable growth’
are often seen even though they are an oxymoron. There is no such thing as sustainable
growth.
Physical growth is conflated with qualitative growth as ‘development,’ and there is
a persistent refusal to acknowledge the existence of limits. Talk of scale control is taboo.
There is no sign of awareness that the
intended output of the economic process is
the desired emotions (the psychic flux) associated with flows of real matter and energy,
NOT the flows themselves. Misplaced concreteness has in this case shifted all the attention on to the pecuniary and material world.
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global picture masks a number of major dynamic developments. In 2012 – for the first
time ever – developing economies absorbed
more FDI than developed countries, with
Han Ola og Han Per
The global economy is cannibalizing the
ecosphere by converting ecological capital
to short-lived economic capital. Physically
speaking, the ultimate and entire output of
the economic process is WASTE; not just
that relatively small unwanted portion now
referred to as pollution. That being so, why
seek to maximize production? Recycling is
an attempt to turn waste into resources that
is partially successful, limited by the 2nd law
of thermodynamic. Energy, however, is by
that law never successful.
When the scale of economic activities
is such that the cost of a further (marginal)
increase in them (in terms of sacrificed environmental services) exceeds the economic
benefits of the increase, the economy’s relationship to the ecosphere has become pathological. The economy is no longer a benign
symbiont, but has become a malignant parasite on supportive nature. This organismic
property of an economy is not recognized by
standard economic textbooks.
In a time when growthmania has become the world-wide standard recipe for
curing all ills, it is only too symptomatic that
GNP growth is idolized even to the point
where costs and benefits – at the macro level
– are being added instead of compared! The
very core principle of micro economic analyses – that of optimality – is abandoned at
the macro level. National accounting leaves
much to be desired.
Being that the GNP is a woefully inadequate and dangerous index of social progress, it makes sense for us to remember that
– no matter how distasteful it sounds – scale
decisions should be social decisions, and that
– fundamentally – natural and man-made
capital are compliments, not substitutes.
Another questionable feature of standard economics
is its unwillingness to acknowledge –
loud and clear and often – that the discount
rate it uses at any given time is a normative
proposition in mathematical form, one that
operationalizes subjective judgments of the
relative importance of the present and the
future. The common practice is to choose a
rate which implies zero intergenerational responsibilities.
Norway – as pointed out by Maren A.
Johnson (Aug. 30 issue) – is wisely interfering with the free market. It obviously rejects
the universal magic of the invisible hand,
acting instead as if moral obligations exists
and that there will be a future when humans
and other life forms of value will still be
around.
Much thought fortunately goes into
whether one should drill here or there
compared to considerations such as those
touched on above. I have also seen busses
letting the public know that they run on clean
gas, which sounds consciences even though
all of it burns to CO2 (and H2O) the prime
green house gas. In other words, such busses
run on gas that are totally dirty. It also seems
as if it is popular to forget that exported fossil fuels burned abroad releases their CO2
there and it goes directly up into the same atmosphere as if they were burned in Norway.
There are a huge number of such and other
sub-issues compared to those major ones
of ecological economics touched on above.
With respect to socially responsible morally
awake policies, civil Norway is way ahead
of most countries and might as well take the
lead also on adopting a focus on complex
intelligent goals reflecting a genuine interest
in high quality dynamic ecologically sound,
steady-state economics.
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How to get children to take fish oil
If you have trouble getting your child to take fish oil, here’s some strategies that will help him or her to love it!
ga Cure®, a cod liver oil so fresh it didn’t
have any taste or smell. Suddenly, the game
changed entirely. This new, fresh fish oil
didn’t have me burping all day, nor did it
leave a horrid, fishy aftertaste in my mouth.
It wasn’t until years later that we realized the significance of fresh fish oil. Besides
tasting better, we started finding new studies that indicated taking fresh fish oil was
healthier as well.
The fact is many omega3 fish oils on the
market are rancid. One study from Norway
showed that in a sample of over 50 different fish oils, 95 percent were oxidized well
beyond industry standards. Other investigations of over-the-counter omega3s found
anywhere between 11 to 62 percent of the
tested fish oil products to be rancid. Considering those high statistics, I feel somewhat
virtuous recalling how adamantly I refused
my parents’ fish oil in those early years.
When I talk to parents about fish oil today, I tell them that if their children purse
their lips at the silver spoon or capsule, perhaps they should consider a new brand of
omega3.
Often, your children’s instincts are
right, and they shouldn’t consume that oil.
After all, swallowing spoiled fish oil just like
drinking spoiled milk isn’t good for you.
On the plus side, fresh fish oil is available. By choosing fresh fish oil, you not only
empower your child with better nutrition, but
suddenly, her omega3 experience becomes
much easier to swallow.
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May-Elise Martinsen used to shudder at the sight of fish oil. Now, she calls herself a fish oil junkie!
May-Elise Martinsen
New York, N.Y.
Growing up, I hated fish. Worse than
that, I despised all searelated foods: fiskekaker in white sauce, breaded cod fillets presented in kid-friendly packages, elaborate
salmon dishes prepared by my neargourmet
chef grandmother. And let’s not even get
started on fish oil. Seeing the green glow of
the cod liver oil bottle in the refrigerator sent
shivers down my spine. Perhaps disliking
fish is not an uncommon problem in American children between the ages of three and
10. I know adults who swear off fish and
can’t stomach the thought of cod liver oil.
However, when you are a little girl
growing up in Norway, the homeland of fish
and fish oil, refusing to take your daily dose
of omega3 is downright shameful.
In Norway, consuming cod liver oil
is something of a national pastime. From
grandparents to the smallest infants, everyone laps up spoonfuls of oil every day, bonding over the fact that it keeps them strong and
hardy. Strong and hardy is, after all, what a
Norwegian ought to be.
Imagine my parents’ horror when I
wouldn’t even eat a bite of salmon, let alone
take my cod liver oil. Even more embarrassing, my physician parents specialized in nutrition and omega3 fish oil.
How could their own daughter thwart
their efforts to make the world a healthier
place?
Luckily, my parents did not give up the
fish oil fight, and we all learned a few good
lessons as a result. What follows is a foolproof series of tips for how to get even the
most stubborn Norwegian-American child to
enjoy her daily omega3.
Step 1: Start with Fresh Fish Oil
In the early days, my parents employed
a variety of tactics to get me to take my two
teaspoons of cod liver oil in the morning.
There was the strongarm approach: “If you
don’t take your fish oil, you can’t have dessert tonight.”
There was the disguise method:
“Wouldn’t you like some orange juice today,
my darling?” This particular method taught
me to be paranoid at a young age.
In spite of their attempts, my parents
didn’t have any real luck until we moved to
the United States and they developed Ome-
Step 2: Play with the Texture
Even though my parents had solved the
taste and smell problem by developing a
fresh fish oil, I was still skeptical of the oily
texture. If your child is equally stubborn,
you may have to go the extra mile to make
her omega3 experience enjoyable. No worries, though. Solving the texture issue is easy
and can be good creative fun once you get
started.
Omega3 fish oil mixes easily with other
foods, particularly dairy products because
they contain a little bit of fat. Just like other
oils, omega3 fish oil binds to the fat molecules in food, creating a pleasant blend. For
example, yogurts, smoothies and mayonnaise allow you to easily add cod liver oil
and then stir until the oil has completely disappeared into the swirl of familiar tastes.
That’s just the beginning. From those
suggestions, you and your child can invent a
myriad of tasty combinations.
Please note that step two is completely
dependent upon step one. Your child will still
be able to detect the omega3 in the smoothie
or the yogurt if the oil has a distinctive flavor.
Therefore, make sure you invest in fresh, unflavored fish oil before you try your mixture.
Step 3: Try Cookies. Try Chocolate.
By this step, my younger self would
consent to taking cod liver oil without a
fight. Still, I didn’t exactly enjoy the experience. My fish fears were so ingrained, I
needed more help.
So what do you do for a child with real
fish oil problems?
My father’s solution: Break the association to fish altogether by baking it into
cookies and chocolates. That idea lead to
the development of the Omega Cookie® and
the Omega Passion® chocolate truffles. Today, patented technology allows the Omega
Cookie or Omega Passion to conceal all
traces of cod liver oil with tempting flavors
such as oatmeal chocolate chip and oatmeal
cranberry. Not even the most skeptical child
will be able to guess at the ingredients.
(Unless she decides to read the ingredient list...and if she does that, kudos to her!)
Of course, I probably should have
known something was fishy when I found
my father, a man who never bakes, in the
kitchen with a platter of warm chocolate chip
cookies. I should have realized he was smiling a bit too widely as he presented me with
my after school treat.
But as I bit into that chocolate chip
cookie and only smelled cinnamon and tasted melting dark chocolate bits, my fish oil
fears were finally cured. This wasn’t a daily
chore. This was love at first bite.
A Fish Oil Junkie
As traumatizing as my early fish oil
memories might have been, I can now, at the
ripe old age of 23, look back at those experiences and smile.
As my mother puts it, I have become
a fish oil junkie. I eat it in chocolate and in
cookies for lunch.
I add it to ice cream. I pour my dose into
a shot glass, then top it off with a few drops
of juice to chase it down. Sometimes, I drink
it straight from a silver spoon, and lick my
lips afterward.
Perhaps pairing cod liver oil with ice
cream is not the old-fashioned Norwegian
way. But at least I can say with pride that
I take my fish oil every day, and am feeling
strong and hardy at last.
Photo: Omega3 Innovations
Omega Cure, Omega Cookie, and Omega Passion chocolate truffle by Omega3 Innovations, the company owned by the author’s parents.
Travel
Really really blonde in Minneapolis
Moods of Norway grand opening party for new Mall of America store a big hit in Minneapolis, Minn.
Like they did when they opened
their New York City store, Moods
of Norway hosted a fabulous party
to celebrate the grand opening of
their new Mall of America store in
Minneapolis, Minn. on Sept. 5.
Blonde wigs were provided for the
guests, and Norwegian waffles
were part of the party fare. A
fantastic time was had by all!
Photo courtesy of Lola RED PR
Waffle ladies Marit Kringstad, Leslee Lane Hoyum and Kathy Sandom with waffle lovers and Moods of Norway founders Stefan Dahlquist and Simen Staalnacke.
Photo: Hans Sandom
Fashions by Moods of Norway – recommended by
super hot models and some senior citizens.
Photo: Hans Sandom
Ja, skål to a perfect evening says Moods of Norway cofounder Simen Staalnacke.
Photo: Hans Sandom
Not blonde? Fiddle diddle dee, we can fix that!
Photo: George Hoyum
Hundreds of young Nordics gathered at the Radisson Blu to welcome Moods of Norway to Minnesota.
Moods of Norway
Mall of America
Monday – Thursday:
10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Friday & Saturday:
10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Photo: Hans Sandom
Mmm, waffles; the perfect Norwegian treat.
Photo: George Hoyum
The photo station allowed everyone to record the
night she or he was very, very blonde!
Photo: Hans Sandom
Young Nordics everywhere! If you weren’t blonde,
not to worry. Wigs were provided!
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Roots & Connections
Colors
Photo of the Week
Puzzles with Sölvi Dolland
Photo submitted by Marie Sollie Rennie
This photo was submitted by Marie Sollie Rennie of Cadillac, Mich. with the note:“This
photo was taken after the St. Olaf Choir Concert at Molde, Norway on June 13, 2013. Our
grandson Mitchell, from Spring Lake, Mich., second from left back row, attends St. Olaf College
and sings with the St. Olaf choir. His father, third from left, went with my husband and me to
visit my first cousins in Tingvoll, Norway and to attend the choir concert at Molde, which isn’t
far from Tingvoll. My husband and I are in the front row and I have three first cousins and two
spouses in the back row. We were very happy they could attend the concert with us. My father
came to Michigan from Tingvoll, Norway in 1929.”
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tle, by his wife Irina, son Andrew, daughters
Christine and Nina, grandsons Carter, Wyatt
and Alexander, and in Norway by brother
Sverre and sisters Hildur and Karen.
Born in Stavanger, Norway, February
25, 1937 to parents Svend and Hildur Mauritzen. Hans moved to the United States as a
young man to attend the University in Montana and later received his MBA from UCLA
thus beginning his life and business career
in America. After years in New York City,
Hans was inspired by a speech to spearhead
his own shipping company. At 43, he moved
his family to the Seattle area and co-founded
Sunmar Shipping, a company specializing in
the transport of frozen fish from Alaska and
Russia to markets around the globe.
Through the years and after retiring as
President and CEO of Sunmar in 2001, Hans
spent a significant amount of his time supporting the Norwegian-American community in Seattle and across the country. Hans
served as Chairman of the Norwegian-Amer-
ican Chamber of Commerce in 1986 and received the NACC Annual Award in 2000. He
was involved in the formation of the Norwegian-American Foundation, serving as its
Chairman in 2002-2003. He contributed to
the organization and well being of WesternViking/Norwegian American Weekly, Nordic Heritage Museum, and Pacific Lutheran
University, among others. When he and his
family generously gave financial support to
Norwegian-American organizations, it was
done with one condition: “do not tell anyone.” He enjoyed watching his cherry orchard business blossom and grow, from seed
to store. When not feverishly working on
new ideas, Hans most enjoyed spending time
at sea, aboard his beloved Odin, taking portraits of family and flowers, and also perfecting his most recent hobby of bread baking.
Hans will be remembered for his generosity, his keen sense of humor and his infamous stubbornness. He was influential in
many ways and positively impacted many
lives. He left a lasting impression on everyone he met and will be missed.
Ethel Beadell
June 23, 1914 – September 6, 2013
Ethel
Beadell
longtime resident of
Chicago and later, after
retiring, Brownsville,
Texas, died at the age
of 99 on September
6, in the care of loving staff and family at
Scandia Village, Sister
Bay, Wisconsin, where she had resided for
the previous two years.
Ethel Borghild Aarestad was born June
23, 1914, in Hannaford, N.D. and graduated
from the University of Minnesota, where she
affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
and received a degree in journalism. It was
there she met and married her late husband
Walter Beadell and together bore two sons,
Jon Michael (deceased) and Anthony Dirk.
She is survived by three grandchildren, three
great-granddaughters and two great-great
grandchildren.
While in Chicago, Ethel contributed
regularly to the now defunct Chicago Daily
News and received a degree in Fine Arts
from the Chicago Art Institute in 1961. She
continued to study painting and drawing at
the University of Oslo, Norway and the Institute in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Ethel was a prolific and versatile painter.
Most of her academic work was in the loose
free style of modern painting with elements
of realism. She felt all abstract work should
“start with something, or it will end with
nothing.” Her work was exhibited at the Art
Institute, Museum of Natural History, University of Chicago and in New York, at the
Galerie Chevance, Madison Avenue, and the
Ruth Sherman Gallery, East 72nd Street. In
the mid-1960s, while living in New York,
she was a permanent exhibiting artist at the
Brooklyn Art Center.
Besides painting, Ethel was a noted jew-
september 20, 2013 • 11
elry designer working primarily in sterling
and semi-precious stones. Upon her return
to Chicago from New York, she secured her
teaching license and taught at Taft, Phillips
and Schurz high schools for 20 years earning the respect of many students who corresponded with her long afterwards. Ethel
made herself available well into her eighties
as a lecturer on art history, Russian art from
pre-Christian to Soviet-present and Illustrated Manuscripts. She particularly enjoyed
giving cultural enrichment programs on arts
as decoration, as social documentation and
as human experience. She is a charter member of the Brownsville Art League which
thrives today.
Favorite interests and activities which
continued into her nineties included bridge,
recurring op-ed contributions to both the
Chicago Tribune and Brownsville Herald,
daily swimming, extensive world traveling
and gardening. She liked to quote “no one
is too high nor too low to be a gardener.”
In 2010 she wrote, illustrated and self-published “A Black Cat Tale.”
Only two weeks ago upon returning
from a PMF concert, Ethel quoted the final
stanza from a favorite poem by Henry Van
Dyke, ‘America for Me.’
Ethel will be remembered as a woman
both stubbornly determined and fiercely independent. She had a zest for life coupled
with a keen sense of humor, easily able to
laugh at herself. She was classy, sassy and
conveyed an imaginative sense of style. To
soothe others, she often quoted Ephesians
3:5. Her favorite food choice—chocolate!!
Heartfelt thanks are extended to her special family of caregivers at Woodview, all
those who attended to her when family was
not present and at the end, Unity Hospice. A
gathering to commemorate her extraordinary
life on earth will take place at a later time.
Blessed mess
I am going to hide for a while after I
write this. Consider with me the dilemmas
of parenthood, more particularly, your
children’s rooms. How many times a day
have you told your kids to straighten up
their rooms – and have you had any success? You must be a very unique person if
you did. The children’s room in our house
has always looked like an earthquake area.
I never dared enter without proper lighting
or I would be sure to stumble over something and end up crawling. Schoolbooks,
toys, clothes, dishes, bottles, tapes – it’s
amazing how spacious a floor can be. And
how clever one can be to find the bed at
night anyway, with all this glorious mess
spread around.
When I was a young father and very
idealistic, I thought I could win the battle.
Not anymore! You get wiser! I try to tell
myself in line with modern psychology:
“It’s not my mess,” and let it go at that. I
just close my eyes and play it cool.
But lately I have been thinking: I
wonder how the day will be when everything is neat and tidy, no loud radio playing, no shirts on the floor, no mess in the
bathroom – no kidding around – wow! I
am not sure I could take it. How am I going to cope with all that neatness? I guess I
could start throwing things around myself.
They tell me I also have a knack for that!
Oh well – I still have some blessed
mess around so I won’t worry about it. I
am just worrying about what my grown
kids will think about this piece of writing.
I think I’ll go and hide someplace...
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Arts & Style
Calendar of Events
What’s going on in your neighborhood?
California
Nordic Cup Charity Golf Tournament
Oct. 7
Downey, Calif.
The 20th Annual Nordic Cup Charity
Golf Tournament will be held on October 7, 2013 at the Rio Hondo Golf Club
in Downey, Calif. All proceeds from
the tournament benefit two local venues, Nansen Field on the Palos Verdes
Peninsula and the Norwegian Seamen’s
Church in San Pedro. For more information please visit www.NordicCup.org.
Vikingfest
Oct. 19
Santa Rosa, Calif.
Vikingfest is Freya Lodge’s annual celebration of Norwegian heritage and all
things Norwegian: from Viking era reenactments to modern art and pottery,
Nordic arts and crafts, traditional foods,
heritage keepsakes, cultural displays and
demonstrations, and remembrance of
Leif Erikson. Come be a Viking for the
day! Admission is free. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Norway Hall, 617 West Ninth Street.
More information: (707) 778-8120 or
www.freyalodge.org.
Illinois
13th Annual Vasa Park Fish Boil & Harvest Fest
Oct. 5
South Elgin, Ill.
13th Annual Fish Boil and Harvest Fest
begins at 1:00 p.m. with the boil at 2:00
p.m. serving immediately. Cash bar
opens at 1:00 p.m. Entertainment by
“Chicago Spelmanslag.” Hot Dog Plate
available for $5.00 Donation $20.00 per
person for reservations made by September 25. Donation $25.00 per person for
reservations made after reservation date
Children 12 and under $5.00. For information call: (847) 695-6720 or e-mail
[email protected]. Send reservations to Jack Grandin, 7011 Sierra Court,
Darien, IL 60561. Make checks payable
to Scandinavian Park, Inc. NFP.
Minnesota
Leiv Eriksson International Festival
Sept. 29 – Oct. 13
Minneapolis, Minn.
The Leiv Eriksson International Festival
was formed in 1987 under the leadership
of Pastor John Mauritzen, Mindekirken
(The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial
Church in Minneapolis) and members of
the Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish communities to establish an annual festival to celebrate Nordic cultural roots in the United States.
Over the years, the events have brought
top-ranked Nordic talent to the Festival.
This helps us all explore the values and
goals of today’s Nordic countries and
share them with other Nordic Americans.
It also gives the Nordic community an
opportunity to share its heritage with all
citizens. For more information contact
Mindekirken – The Norwegian Lutheran
Memorial Church – 924 East 21st Street,
Minneapolis, MN 55404 – Block of E.
Franklin Ave. at 10th Ave. So. – (handicap accessible) phone – (612) 874-0716
– www.mindekirken.org.
Utah
Norwegian Genealogy Research Tour
Oct. 27 – Nov. 3
Salt Lake City, Utah
You are invited to join the Norwegian
American Genealogical Center in Madison, Wis. for a genealogical tour to the
world-famous Family History Library of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Participating in this tour will give you
an opportunity to work with the largest
collection of genealogical materials in
the world! Jerry Paulson will assist you
with your research and be available for
personal consultation. Class instructor
is Jerry Paulson, Director of Research
at the NAGC & NL Jerry has extensive
experience as a genealogical researcher.
The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel has been chosen for the overnight accommodations
because it is located next to the library.
Contact Jerry Paulson at (608) 255-2224
or at [email protected], if you would
like further information.
Wisconsin
23rd Annual Scandinavian Festival
Oct. 5
New Berlin, Wis.
Join us in celebrating the cultures of
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Swenden at the 23nd Annual Scandinavian
Festival at the Ronald Reagan Elementry
School, 4225 S. Calhoun Road in New
Berlin, Wis. This year’s entertainment
will feature Danish Trobadour Flemming
Behrend is booked for Scand Fest 2013.
Traditional entertainment by the Lykkeringen Youth/Adult Norwegian Folk
Dancers, the Linde-Kipakat Folk Dancers, Lekespel-Scandinavian “Gammeldans” Music, and Lee Hoofnagle on the
Finnish Kantele will also be provided.
There will be traditional arts and crafts,
sales exhibits, a Bunad show, and ethnic
foods representing the Nordic countries.
Events for the kids as well. Genealogy
Specialists will be available again this
year for those interested in learning how
to research their Scandinavian family
history. Doors are open from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $2
for kids 4 through 12. Children under 4
are free. Parking is free! For more information, call (262) 895-6419, (262) 7978146, or visit www.nordiccouncil.com.
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begin at dusk so natural darkness can play
a role.
In order to better understand the business of outdoor in theater in Norway even
better, let me use Elden in Røros as an example. The drama begins in Sweden in the early
1700s when a teenage boy is forced to leave
his sweetheart to go off with the army to attack Trondheim. The audience travels with
him through the subsequent fighting, famine
and the famous retreat that left 3000 soldiers
frozen to death in the Tydal mountains north
of Røros.
It was actually that bit of history that
captured the interest of the two playwrights,
Arnfinn Strømmevold and Bertil Reithaug,
in 1979. Calling upon the talents of fellow
musicians in their rock band, SJAKT, they
created a rock musical version of the story
for the Røros men’s choir and soloists, calling it Det brinner en Eld. It was performed
indoors three times until 1993 when the
Bergstaden Old Stars, Vigdis Sandnes and
Jan Johnstrud took the initiative to expand
the production and add it to the growing list
of outdoor dramas offered during a Norwegian summer.
Everyone got involved; the band took
out personal loans, the city provided funding and finally the financial backing was in
place to make this dream a reality. The Bergstaden Old Stars (the band), Røros Hotel, the
Røros municipality, the Bergstaden Theatre
Company, Røros Commercial Association,
and Destination Røros formed the Elden
foundation, and every year since (with the
exception of 2006) audiences have had the
opportunity to watch the story unfold against
the three-dimensional backdrop of the Røros
mine tailings.
Elden is special for many reasons. The
setting is unlike anything else one will ex-
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learning all the idiosyncrasies of a Norwegian company,” he says.
Back in the Seattle office now, Cherry
emphasizes IntraFish’s global reach. “We
are on Skype every single day, always communicating on a global level,” he says. One
glance at IntraFish.com confirms this; stories
range from Russia to India and China to Brazil. There’s no doubt that IntraFish offers the
most comprehensive news coverage of the
global seafood industry.
And it’s not just international scope that
IntraFish offers its subscribers; it’s also news
from every aspect of the industry. “We try
to have a presence in every step of the seafood chain, from harvesting to sales,” Cherry
says. This broad spectrum of in-depth reporting also serves a different population: the
seafood consumer. On their Facebook page,
IntraFish states that its mission is to “inspire
excellence in the seafood industry.” With
their high standard of detail and sheer scope,
it’s easy to see how they carry this out.
In the Seattle office, three employees report on the wealth of seafood news coming
perience, stretching back many hundreds
of meters, with special effects breathtaking
and at time surprising. Elden has the honor
of being one of Norway’s first original rock
musicals, and every year new songs are written. The script continues to evolve as more
connections to Røros are made and new roles
for women written in. Most impressive is the
number of young people involved. A large
percentage of the approximately 120 amateur actors (in addition to a few hired professionals) are under 20 years old, making
this Norway’s largest youth theater; many of
their young actors have gone on to study theater professionally.
With a budget of 4 million kroner (over
$700,000), approximately 2.7 million kroner
(over $450,000) from ticket sales, it is important that the community remain involved.
It’s a win-win situation since everyone who
attends the drama also spends money in the
local community through purchases of lodging, food and other goods. A 2010 survey
confirms that the Elden drama is essential
to the local economy of Røros; only 17%
of the audience is comprised of locals. That
makes 83% targeting Røros as a destination,
the majority with the Elden drama as their
primary goal.
Perhaps it is your turn to sit in the
bleachers, watch the sunset, and learn a bit
more history. Perhaps it is time for you to
explore the streets of Røros and experience
Elden for yourself. If you don’t understand
Norwegian (or Swedish), this outdoor theatrical experience is still worth the effort to get
there.
ELDEN 2014: July 24th – August 2nd
Ticket and performance information can
be found at: www.elden-roros.no
Promotional videos: en.roros.no/whatson/performances/544008/ OR www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MronpfYw4E
out of the west coast port, while three others sell subscriptions. “Seattle is one of the
world’s major capitals of the seafood industry,” says Cherry. There’s never a lack of information, and in fact the company is in the
process of hiring on another reporter.
The Pacific Northwest has long known
Norwegian connections in the fishing industry – for example, two major U.S. seafood
companies, Trident Seafoods and American
Seafoods, have strong Norwegian ties and
got their start in the Pacific Northwest. IntraFish, too, reflects this strong NorwegianAmerican connection.
“We are a Norwegian company, and
that’s to our great benefit,” says Cherry.
When the world economy took a turn for the
worst in recent years, for example, “the fact
that we are a Norwegian group made a huge
difference.” Norway’s economy has stayed
stable even in the face of financial crisis in
Europe, keeping IntraFish strong the world
over.
“The core of who we are and where
we’re going is Norway,” Cherry says. “Our
DNA is Norwegian.”
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Prepare to be moved!
Norwegian Uranienborg Choir celebrates its ten year
anniversary in Minneapolis, Minn. during festival
Photo courtesy of Uranienborg Choir
The choir takes its name from Uranienborg Church, where it regularly performs in Oslo, Norway.
Leslee Lane Hoyum
Rockford, Minn.
The Leiv Eriksson International Festival is pleased to announce that the Uranienborg Vokalensemble of Oslo, Norway
graciously accepted an invitation to perform
at this year’s event as part of its tenth anniversary tour. The choir will appear in concert
at Mindekirken, Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, 924 E 21st St, Minneapolis,
Minn. on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
During its short history, the choir has
earned an outstanding reputation for it’s
a capella renditions encompassing many
styles of music and eras, including religious,
Norwegian folk and contemporary pieces.
It has performed in several European countries and in the eastern and southern United
States. After its performance during the Nordic Church Music Symposium in Reykjavik
in September 2012, a review in Norwegian
Church Music exclaimed, “Rarely have we
experienced music that moves so many at
one concert.”
The Uranienborg choir has recorded two
CDs under the direction of founder, conductor and artistic director Elisabeth Holte. The
choir has also been recorded by Norwegian
state radio and television and by Danish and
Icelandic national radio.
The choir takes its name from the Uranienborg Church, where it regularly performs. The church is located in the Frogner
district of Oslo, Norway, not far from the
royal palace. Before the city was built up, the
church had a marvelous view over Oslo and
was named after the Uranienborg Observatory located on the Swedish Island of Hven.
Urania was the muse of astronomy.
Tickets are available at the door for $10.
If you have questions, contact Mindekirken
at (612) 874-0716.
Attention, kids!
Enter the Viking Essay Contest
During the month of October the Scandinavian East Coast Museum is sponsoring
its annual Viking Essay Contest, for children
from 4th – 6th grade. This year’s topic is,
“Norwegian Traditions,” the 17th of May
Parade’s (Norwegian Day Parade) theme for
2013.
We encourage students to do research
about Norwegian Traditions: such as
food, language, art and culture. A student
could also take a different tack and examine themes commonly tied to their culture,
such as, exploration, social responsibility
and maritime/construction trades. Another
approach would be for a student to find a
Norwegian tradition that is also common to
their ethnic tradition and write about how the
connection between the two cultures. We are
not looking for a regurgitation of facts, but
well researched and written pieces. All essays should be no more than 2 typed pages.
(They can be hand written as well.)
The Norwegians have been in our neighborhood, for over 400 years, when New York
september 20, 2013 • 13
was a Dutch colony. They founded Lutheran
Medical Center, the Norwegian Christian
Home & Health Center and many other institutions in the Bay Ridge area. Leif Eriksson Park is named after one of their greatest
explorer and contains many Norwegian features, including a Viking ship playground.
Please send essays in by November 30th
to:
SECM
440 Ovington Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11209
There will be 2 winners selected. Prizes
include: a gift certificate to Nordic Delicacies, Viking Memorabilia, and riding on a
replica Viking Ship in the Norwegian Day
Parade May 2014.
For further information, please contact
Victoria Hofmo at (718) 748-5950. If you
would like more information about Norwegian contributions and or history in New
York, we would be more than happy to provide an educational presentation.
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time, she achieved “viral” success, amassing
tens of thousands of fans on her @IdaFrosk
account.
Today, Skivenes has a following of
more than 300,000 users – and she’s taking her show on the road to Norsk Høstfest,
where she plans to add a distinctly Scandinavian twist to her art.
“I want to use Norwegian ingredients
like salmon, brown cheese and berries,” said
Skivenes.
And what about subject matter?
“I’ll design some Norwegian landscapes
– and perhaps some trolls,” she said. “I’d
also like to do a version of ‘The Scream’ (by
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch).”
Skivenes will be creating her food art in
the newly created Nordic Kitchen — sponsored by Dacotah Bank — which highlights
kitchen demonstrations. Høstfest goers will
have the opportunity to purchase her work.
She’ll also be displaying photographs of
some of her most successful food art.
In addition, Høstfest attendees will have
the opportunity to purchase Skivenes’s debut
book, “Eat Your Art Out: Playful Breakfasts
by IdaFrosk,” before it hits the bookstores
October 15.
“The book is sort of a mix between a
cookbook and an art book,” Skivenes said.
“The book is sort of a mix between a cookbook and an art book,” Skivenes said.
Photos courtesy of Norsk Høstfest
Ida Frosk (above) is a popular Norwegian food
personality. Her food art (below) has gone somewhat viral via the Internet around the world.
If you’d like to learn more about Ida
Skivenes, you can find her latest work online
at Instagram (@IdaFrosk), or at her website, idafrosk.com.
N o ta bl e N or w e g i a n s
With David Moe
Blossom Dearie was born in the most successful independent labels in
Catskill Mountains of New York State America. Her first album “Blossom
in 1924 to Norwegian immigrant par- Dearie Sings” introduced her label
ents. When her older brothers learned and her song “I’m Shadowing You,”
of her birth, they were so excited they written by her friend, Johnny Mercer.
filled the house
By 1995, she had
with fresh peach
recorded a total of
blossoms,
thus
17 albums. Imher name. When
pressed with the
she was two years
music and culture
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons
and playing with
Grape” was the
Blossom Dearie, Norwegian-American jazz
local bands.
theme for Banama
singer and pianist.
She
soon
Republic’s Christmoved to New
mas advertising
York City where
of their cashmere
she began her professional career as clothing line and was featured on the
a back up vocalist and musician. She in-store giveaway CD, singing with
played with such groups as the ‘Blue Lyle Lovett. Blossom has appeared on
Flames’ with Woody Herman and the many television shows and is known
‘Blue Reys’ with Alvino Rey. She for her showmanship. The London
went to Paris and started the group Daily Telegraph once wrote of her tal‘Blue Stars,’ playing and singing in ent, “Blossom Dearie is the center of
the night clubs of Paris. Upon her re- excellence in a musical world where
turn to the United States, she began excellence – memorable melodies,
making records with Verve and Capi- polished, literate lyrics – is a rare
tol Records.
commodity.”
In 1973, she founded one of the
14 • september 20, 2013
norwegian heritage
Norwegian Language Corner
NORWEGIAN FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES AND TROLLS
New Decorah exhibit
Duluth, Minnesota, Artists Exhibit Work at Vesterheim
With 18 classic folk tales, fairy tales and trolls from Norway in Norwegian and English,
“Tuss og Troll” is now serialized in the Norwegian American Weekly’s Norwegian Language Corner. The stories are from the collections of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, and retold by Øyvind Dybvad, Gard Espeland, Velle Espeland, Johannes
Farestveit and Nana Rise-Lynum. “Tuss og Troll” was edited, designed and published by Deb Nelson Gourley of Astri My Astri
publishing. Copyright © Norsk Barneblad.
Dei tre kongsdøtrene i
berget det blå
Då tida kom, fekk dronninga eit
vent gjentebarn. Året etter gjekk det
like eins, og tredje året med. Kongen
og dronninga vart så glade at det var
ikkje måte på. Men likevel hugsa kongen på å setja vakt for stovedørene, så
kongsdøtrene ikkje skulle sleppa ut.
Då kongsdøtrene voks til, vart dei
både vakre og vene, og godt og vel
hadde dei det i alle måtar. Det einaste
var at dei ikkje fekk lov å koma ut og
leika seg som andre born. Alt det dei
tigga og bad, hjelpte det like lite — ut
måtte dei ikkje før dei var femten år.
Så var det ein dag kongen og dronninga var ute og køyrde i godveret, og
kongsdøtrene stod i vindauga og såg ut.
Sola skein, og alt stod så grønt og vent
at dei tykte dei laut ut. Så tigga dei og
gnog på vakta alle tre, og bad at han
skulle sleppa dei ned i hagen.
The three princesses in the
mountain so blue
When the time came, the queen had
a beautiful baby girl. The following year
followed suit, and so it did in the third
year. The king and the queen were so
pleased, that there was just no holding
them back. But even so, the king remembered to put a guard on all the doors so
that his daughters should not slip outside.
When the princesses grew up, they
were both beautiful and graceful, and had
it good and well in all manner of different
ways. The only thing was that they were
not allowed to go outside and play like
other children. No matter how much they
begged, it did not help at all — they were
not to go outside until they had turned fifteen.
Then one day the king and queen
went out driving in the fine weather, and
the princesses stood by the windows and
peered out. The sun shone, and everything
was so green and beautiful that they just
had to go outside. So the three of them
begged and nagged the guard, and asked
him to let them outside into the garden.
Translated into English by Alexander Knud Huntrods and Odd-Steinar Dybvad Raneng
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Photos courtesy of Vesterheim
Artwork top from left to right by Alison Aune and Ann Jenkins, and bottom from
left to right by Ann Klefstad and Arna Rennan.
Special Release
Vesterheim
On September 20 Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American museum and
heritage center, will open “Four from the
North,” an exhibition of recent works by
Alison Aune, Ann Jenkins, Ann Klefstad,
and Arna Rennan, artists from the Duluth
Minnesota area. The four artists will be at
the museum during a reception from 5:007:00 p.m. There will be a welcome and gallery talk at 5:30 p.m. Refreshments will be
served.
“Their artworks reflect a deep respect
and love for the natural world and the ways
in which natural motifs have created the traditional patterns of Norway and Minnesota,”
said Vesterheim Chief Curator Laurann Gilbertson. “The artists work in different styles
and media, but are united in a shared Nordic
aesthetic and a mutual appreciation of heritage,” she added.
Alison Aune is a native of Amherst,
Massachusetts, where she received her BFA
from the University of Massachusetts. She
has an MA from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and a PhD in Comparative Arts
from Ohio University. Aune is Professor of
art education at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Her great-grandparents came to
Minnesota from arctic Norway and Växjö,
Sweden. About her work Aune says, “The
patterns that we associate with Scandinavian sweaters and other designs are symbols
that have meanings beyond being simply
decorative. Repetition imbues symbols with
strength and power.”
Ann Jenkins grew up in Duluth. She
received a BFA in painting from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a graduate degree in library science from Western
Michigan University. She did further studies
at the University of Oslo International Summer School. Jenkins’s work has been exhibited in Minnesota, Canada, and Sweden.
Her father’s family came from Telemark to
Muskego and the Wind Lake area of Wisconsin in the late 1840s. Her work is largely
of northern Minnesota landscapes, but the
Norwegian fjords often appear in her paintings, too.
Ann Klefstad is both writer and artist.
She had been immersed in the Los Angeles
art scene before settling in the Midwest. She
covered the arts for the Duluth News Tribune
for several years, first as a freelance art reviewer and then as the arts and entertainment
reporter. Her art has been heavily influenced
by the ideas of the Norwegian philosopher
and environmentalist Arne Næss. Her grandparents came to Duluth from Norway (Lofoten and Gudbrandsdal). The landscape in
Duluth held them and Klefstad found it necessary to return to the North Shore in order
to root her work in the water and the forest.
Arna Rennan was born in Duluth to parents that had recently emigrated from Norway. The walls in their home were filled with
paintings by her grandfather and uncles. She
identified with them and their paintings reinforced her own desires. At age 12, she attended her first painting class at the Duluth
Art Institute. She studied art at the National
Academy of Art in Oslo, Norway, from 1973
to 1981 under Alf-Jorgen Aas. After returning to Minnesota in 1986, she began painting landscapes on location as a way to once
again feel a part of her surroundings. On a
recent painting expedition to the Lofoten Islands, she returned inspired by the fresh air
and the effects of light on the rugged Norwegian landscape.
“Four from the North” will be on view
through April 16, 2014. The exhibition is
sponsored by Janet Isabelle Dyck and James
A. and Elaine Halls with additional support
from Joan Judeen Smith, John and Beryl
Bredeson, Glenn and Carole Hansen, and
Twin Ports Rosemaling Society.
For more information on the museum’s
exhibitions, classes, events, membership
opportunities, and ways to donate, check
Vesterheim’s website at vesterheim.org.
norwegian american weekly < golf
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the ProAm. Both juniors have received golf
scolarships and will head for the U.S. as
soon as they have finished school. Kristoffer Ventura from Oslo is going to Oklahoma
State and Marthe Wold from Stavanger is
going to Berkeley. Kristoffer also had the
fastest drive, the longest drive and closest to
pin. The Ambassador is leaving Norway end
of this month. His enthusiasm for golf will
be missed.
Suzann wanted to give something to
golf in Norway and let us all meet some of
the top players from around the world with
fine golf and great entertainment. According to her it is also important for our country
with golf happenings like this to put Norway
on the world map of golf.
Suzann just passed one million dollars
in price money for the seventh year. She is
september 20, 2013 • 15
Sports
number three in the World and among the
players with the most points in the Solheim
Cup. This was her seventh year in the battle
between the U.S. and Europe. Tom Gundersen from the Norwegian Golfers Association
followed this year’s cup. He said it was a
lot of interest in bringing the Solheim Cup
home. The other player on the Norwegian
team at the Suzann Pro Challenge was Marita Engzelius, also a member of Oslo Golf
Club. She played for the University of Tusla,
turned professional last year and joined the
LPGA this year.
Last year the professionals dubbed the
course “World Class.” Yani Tseng said she
liked the course as it is more hilly than the
ones they play on the LPGA. After a lot of
fun the battle was won by “Team Asia.” On
behalf of the players Paula Creamer said that
we will be back for the Solheim Cup in 2019.
After all Carsten Solheim was born in Norway!
Tippeligaen: Norway’s Premier League
S tand i n g s
Tippeligaen
PLD
res u lts
09/13 Ålesund
1–3
Molde
09/14 Sogndal
1–2
Lillestrøm
09/14 Haugesund
1–1
Viking
09/15 Strømsgodset 3 – 1
Odd Grenland
09/15 Hønefoss
0–1
Start
09/15 Vålerenga
4–3
Brann
09/15 Sandnes Ulf
2–0
Sarpsborg
09/15 Tromsø
1–0
Rosenborg
Next matches Sept. 22 & 29.
To read more about football in
Norway, visit www.uefa.com
1. Rosenborg BK
2. Strømgodset IF
3. Ålesunds FK
4. Viking FK
5. FK Haugesund
6. SK Brann
7. Molde FK
8. Lillestrøm SK
9. Vålerenga Fotball
10. Sogndal IL Fotball
11. Sandnes Ulf
12. Odd Grenland
13. Tromsø IL
14. IK Start
15. Hønefoss BK23
16. Sarpsborg 08 FF
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Sports News & Notes
Football: Norway – Switzerland 0-2
Norway lost their World Cup qualifier at
home to Switzerland 0-2 on Tuesday, for all
practical purposes a farewell to the World
Cup. Switzerland won deservedly, while several Norwegian commentators claim Norway
have never put on a poorer performance. Norway will meet Slovenia away and Oceland at
home in October.
(NRK)
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Norway wins men’s double sculls at
< reunion
rowing worlds
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Nils Jakob Hoff and Kjetil Borch of Norway
won the men’s double sculls on Sunday, the
final day of the rowing world championships.
Hoff and Borch took the lead at the midway
point of the race and held off a late challenge
from Rolandas Mascinskas and Saulius Ritter
of Lithuania to claim their first world title.
The Lithuanians were second followed by
Francesco Fossi and Romano Battisti of Italy.
(Yahoo! Sports)
bought the property to build a new mall in
the center of Etne. However, the companies had to agree to finance any potential
excavations since the land was originally
protected – costs that are now estimated at
close to NOK 5.3 million.
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it is still possible to see traces of exactly
where the domestic animals were kept.
Felleskjøpet and Coop Haugaland
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up for the use of force.
“Norway, together with the rest of the
world, has condemned the use of chemical
weapons in Syria. At the same time, we have
emphasised that it is the Security Council’s
responsibility to respond to serious violations
of international law. This agreement makes it
very clear that the use of chemical weapons
will not be accepted by the international
community. And the fact that the US and
Russia have agreed that further steps must
be endorsed by the Security Council is
important in itself,” said Mr. Eide
Syria announced on Friday that it will
join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
“Syria already had extensive obligations
under international law. All the same, it is a
positive sign that Syria has now announced
that it wants to join the Convention, and it is
one of the last countries to do so. It is crucial
that the Syrian authorities now cooperate
fully with the international community
to reach a rapid solution to the present
situation. This also applies to other issues in
addition to the obligations Syria is taking on
under the Chemical Weapons Convention,”
commented Mr. Eide.
As a member of the Executive Council
of the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Norway will
continue its efforts to persuade the small
number of states that still have not joined the
convention to do so as soon as possible.
said. “Everything is so cheap here, and you
have so many nice brands.”
students to attend 13 years of school instead
of 12.
“It kind of shows that being a teenage
girl is pretty universal,” said Nies.
Best of U.S.
Andersen’s visit has been packed with
American hot spots and traditions, ranging
from a Fourth of July celebration at Lake of
the Woods – complete with fireworks and
red, white and blue food – to a weeklong trip
to Florida’s Walt Disney World.
Jill Nies said her family wanted to give
Andersen the best of American culture, including a sampling of every restaurant in
Grand Forks, a movie theater, a performance
of “Beauty and the Beast” by Summer Performing Arts students and any “place that a
teenage girl would want to go to.”
Of course, there’s always one place that
captures a teen’s interest more than others.
“I think everything has been so amazing,
but I really like Mall of America,” Andersen
Nice people
The cultural difference between the
two friends was made apparent in occasionally funny ways. Andersen couldn’t believe
Nies made cake from a box instead of from
scratch, and once, while trying on a robe in
Victoria’s Secret, Andersen grasping for the
right word, called it that “thing you wear in
the morning.”
Andersen was generally impressed with
everything she’d seen, but her most positive
comment was directed toward the people.
“Everyone is so nice and friendly here,”
she said. “Norwegians aren’t like that.”
She’s reluctant to head back to Norway
in a few days, but knows she can look forward to a future visit by Nies, who may see
her next year, Andersen said. She’d also like
to return to Grand Forks, perhaps with her
boyfriend, she said.
“They just became good friends and
kept going, and it’s just gotten bigger and
bigger,” Jill Nies said.
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