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Genetic talent emerges:
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DC Norwegians learn
about rosemaling
Christine Foster Meloni
Washington, D.C.
Rosemaling was brought to America by
Norwegian immigrants in the 19th and early
20th centuries. This decorative folk art then
became very popular after World War II and
continues to be cherished in NorwegianAmerican communities.
According to artist Christina Keune,
rosemaling is no longer common in Norway.
It was a popular but rather short-lived art
form in mostly agricultural Norway from the
early 1700s to the 1860s.
Christina’s career has been dedicated to
sharing this unique art form with anyone interested in Norway’s traditions. She demonstrates rosemaling at craft shows and ethnic
festivals and has taught classes in the Washington, D.C., area, Iowa, New Jersey, North
Carolina, and Wisconsin. She has been to
Norway ten times on work-study tours sponsored by the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa.
She has won numerous awards including
the Gold Medal in Rosemaling from Vesterheim and the Crystal Award from Gammelgården Museum in Scandia, Minnesota. Both
museums have purchased her work for their
collections. She is also the recipient of the
Award of Excellence in the Preservation of
Scandinavian Culture from the American
Scandinavian Association in Washington,
D.C.
Keune recently offered an introductory
rosemaling class to her Sons of Norway lodge
See > rosemaling, page 14
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It’s official, Norway House is open!
Leslee Lane Hoyum
Rockford, Minn.
“Phase One of Norway House is now complete,” said Jeff Mueller, director of operations.
“The Education Building offers a gathering spot
for all Norwegian organizations, programs, and
the community as a whole.”
A 12,000-square-foot structure, the Education Building is the first of two buildings to open
on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. On Sunday,
June 14, it was dedicated in a ceremony featuring
former Norwegian Consul General Thor Johansen,
who helped conceive the idea a decade ago, and
Reverend Kristin Sundt, pastor at Mindekirken,
Norway House’s neighbor.
See > norway house, page 13
Photo: Christine Foster Meloni
Photo courtesy of Norway House
Norway House is located in Minneapolis, Minn., adjacent to Mindekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church.
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Nyheter
Per-Arne Bjerke er død
En av Norges mest erfarne politiske
journalister har gått bort. NRKs politiske journalist Per-Arne Bjerke døde
17. juni ettermiddag etter å ha vært alvorlig syk de siste månedene. Han ble
63 år gammel. Bjerke har vært både
informasjonssjef i Finansdepartementet og statssekretær for statsminister
Gro Harlem Brundtland (Ap), men det
meste av sitt yrkesaktive liv viet han
til journalistikken. Han begynte sin
journalistiske karriere i Helgelands
Blad i 1974. Deretter fulgte seks år
som avisjournalist i Helgelands Blad,
Østlendingen og Arbeiderbladet før
han fikk jobb som programsekretær i
Dagsnytt på NRK. I 1992 tok han jobben som redaktør i Romerikes Blad,
en stilling han hadde i fem år, før han
ble nyhetsredaktør i Arbeiderbladet
i 1997. I 1999 kom Per-Arne Bjerke
hjem igjen til NRK, og der har han
jobbet siden.
(NRK)
To barn til sykehus etter bussulykke
En buss med 26 barn og 9 voksne om
bord kjørte utfor veien og veltet over
på siden i Telemark 19. juni ettermiddag. To av barna ble kjørt til sykehus
etter ulykken. Utforkjøringen skjedde
mellom Skafså og Hallbjønnsekken i
nærheten av Dalen i Tokke kommune.
Alle om bord i bussen ble sjekket av
lege etter utforkjøringen, og to av
barna ble kjørt til sykehuset i Skien
for nærmere undersøkelser. Ulykken
skjedde da bussen kom for langt ut på
siden av veien og veltet over på siden
i en myr. De 35 personene som var om
bord i bussen, var på vei til en korpssamling i Bø i Telemark. Avisa Varden
skriver at barna var i alderen 6–15 år.
Korpset er hjemmehørende på Bryne,
og 19. juni kveld ble korpsmedlem
mene og de voksne kjørt til Bø i en annen buss, opplyser politiet.
(VG)
Mer penger ga flere helsesøstre
Antall helsesøstre er på vei opp etter
at regjeringen satt av mer penger til
skolehelsetjenesten. Antall årsverk i
helsestasjons- og skolehelsetjenesten
har økt, ifølge tall fra Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB). I 2014 ble det registrert en
økning på 157 årsverk, som tilsvarer
7.2 prosent. — Vi ser at satsingen på
skolehelsetjenesten har gitt resultater,
sier helse- og omsorgsminister Bent
Høie (H). Året før var det en nedgang
i årsverk på helsestasjoner og skolehelsetjenesten samlet sett. Nå kan
det se ut som utviklingen har snudd.
— Vi tror kommunene vil følge opp
videre også når de ser at dette ikke er
en engangssatsing, sier Høie. Regjeringen satt av 270 millioner kroner til
helsestasjoner og skolehelsetjeneste
i 2015, og har varslet en økning på
200 millioner kroner til tjenestene i
kommuneproposisjonen for neste år.
Til sammen økte årsverk i helsestasjoner og skolehelsetjeneste med 112
i 2014. Det har vært en vekst i antall
helsesøstre, sykepleiere, leger, fysioterapeuter og jordmødre, mens det
var en nedgang i ansatte med annen
fagutdanning.
(Aftenposten)
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Nyheter fra Norge
Tysk turist angrepet av moskus
En turist er angrepet av
moskus ved Kongsvold
fjeldstue på Dovre
Aftenposten
Ambulanse, luftambulanse og politiet
har rykket ut til Kongsvold fjellstue hvor
den tyske turisten ble angrepet, skriver Adresseavisen. Sør-Trøndelag politidistrikt har
meldt dette på Twitter.
Skadeomfanget er ukjent. Moskusen har
forlatt stedet.
— En tysk mannlig turist er blitt angrepet av moskus ved Kongsvold. Mannen
er ved bevissthet og ambulanse er på vei til
stedet, sier operasjonsleder Wiktor Pedersen
i Sør Trøndelag politidistrikt til lokalavisen
OPP i Oppdal.
Den tyske mannen var på tur med kona
si da moskusen angrep.
Lensmann Finn Skårsmoen bekrefter
overfor Adresseavisen at en patrulje er sendt
fra lensmannskontoret i Oppdal i forbindelse
med at turisten ble angrepet av en moskus.
— Det var en hektisk periode etter
vi fikk meldingen. Det har også vært noen
språkutfordringer, men luftambulansen skal
ha lokalisert dem, sier han.
Turisten skal ifølge opplysningene til
politiet være ved bevissthet. Han får behand
ling på stedet, og skal ha fått skader i skulderregionen etter møtet med moskusen.
— Turistene skal ha vært på stien inn
Foto: Asgeir Helgestad / Artic Light AS / Visitnorway.com
En moskus kan være farlig hvis mennesker blir for nær.
mot Snøheim, opplyser Skårsmoen til Adresseavisen.
— Jeg er ikke overrasket over at dette
skjer. Vi har hatt flere lignende hendelser,
sier Tord Bretten i Statens naturoppsyn.
19. juni hadde han skutt to andre
moskuser i området, og han var i området for
å bistå politiet om de trengte hjelp.
Heller ikke Knut Nyhus som driver
Kongsvold fjeldstue er overrasket.
— Dette bør være unødvendig. Det er så
godt skiltet at man skal holde avstand, sier
han til adressa.no.
Moskusene trekker ned fra fjellet på
våren og er godt synlig fra E 6 over Dovre.
Dette tiltrekker seg mange skuelystne turister som vil se det fascinerende dyret på nært
hold.
Statens naturoppsyn har observert at
turister har kommet svært nære dyren flere
ganger i sommer. Rådet er å holde seg minst
200 meter unna dyrene, og når du møter den
bør du stoppe og vise at du viker til side og
passe på dyrets bevegelser.
English Synopsis: A German tourist was attacked by
a muskox near the Kongsvold Lodge in Dovre. He was
treated for his shoulder injuries in an air ambulance.
Historisk lav
rente av 1.0%
Breivik vil studere
NRK
VG
Det er det laveste rentenivået siden
Norges Bank ble etablert i 1816.
— Norges Banks hovedstyre har
besluttet å sette ned styringsrenta med 0.25
prosentpoeng til 1.0 prosent.
Slik åpnet sentralbanksjef Øystein Olsen den historiske pressekonferansen der
den norske styringsrenta ble satt ned til det
laveste nivået i Norges Banks historie.
Han varsler også at det kan bli ytterligere kutt i løpet av høsten.
— Utviklingen i verdensøkonomien
har vært litt svakere enn ventet. Utviklingen
i norsk økonomi har også vært litt svakere
enn ventet. Utsiktene fremover er også noe
svekket, sa Olsen.
Sentralbanksjefen advarte mot at rentesenkingen kan gi enda høyere press i boligmarkedet.
Han sa også at Norges Bank har gitt Finansdepartementet råd om å øke den såkalte
motsykliske kapitalbufferkravet skal økes
til 1.5 prosent med virkning fra sommeren
2016.
I klartekst betyr det at kapitalkravet til
bankene økes slik at det blir dyrere for bankene å låne ut penger.
Massedrapsdømte Anders Behring
Breivik har søkt om opptak på bachelorstudiet ved Universitetet i Oslo (UiO). Får han
plass, må det tas som selvstudium på cella.
De ansatte ved Institutt for statsviten
skap ble 18. juni informert om søknaden fra
Breivik, opplyser UiO.
— Skulle Breivik få tilbud om studieplass, vil hans soningsforhold tilsi at han
ikke kan komme til campus eller ha noen
kontakt med studenter eller ansatte ved UiO,
sier rektor Ole Petter Ottersen.
Alle innsatte i norske fengsler har rett
til å ta høyere utdanning i Norge, dersom
de oppfyller opptakskravene og når opp i
konkurransen med andre søkere, understreker universitetet.
— Ved å holde oss til regelverket sender
vi et signal til mennesker som ønsker å undergrave vårt samfunnssystem, sier rektoren.
Ifølge universitetsavisa Uniforum blir
det klart om Breivik kommer inn på studiet
når opptaket til høyere utdanning foreligger
20. juli.
Også før semesterstart høsten 2013
søkte Anders Behring Breivik om opptak
til statsvitenskap ved UiO. Han ble nektet studieplass fordi han manglet generell
studiekompetanse, men etter å ha tatt opp
matematikkeksamen fra videregående skole
fikk han ta tre enkeltemner.
Anders Behring Breivik
har søkt om opptak
Norges Bank satte ned på bachelorstudiet til
styringsrenta 18. juni
statsvitenskap
English Synopsis: On June 18, Norges Bank lowered the key interest rate 0.25 percentage points to
1.0 percent, the lowest ever rate.
Foto: Frode Hansen/VG
Anders Behring Breivik.
Han valgte imidlertid å trekke seg fra
eksamenene i alle tre emnene.
Anders Behring Breivik ble i 2012 dømt
til 21 års forvaring med en minstetid på ti år
etter at han drepte 77 mennesker i regjerings
kvartalet og på AUFs sommerleir på Utøya
22. juli året før.
Breivik sitter for tiden på særlig høyt
sikkerhetsnivå i Telemark fengsel avdeling
Skien. Han har en egen avdeling i fengselet
der han disponerer flere rom, og han er totalt
avskåret fra kontakt med andre innsatte.
English Synopsis: The mass murderer responsible for
the July 22 terror attacks, Anders Behring Breivik, has
applied for admission to a Bachelor’s program in political science at the University of Oslo to be taken as
independent study from his prison cell.
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Antarctica and Norway Minister backs
Norway presents white paper on the Antarctic
early language
education
The Conservatives’ (H)
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen
focuses on improved
language education for
preschool age toddlers
Sarah Bostock
The Foreigner
tivities being carried out,” Brende says.
This is the first time a Norwegian government has presented a white paper that
provides a complete overview of Norway’s
interests and policy in the Antarctic. Norwegian Antarctic policy is based on recognition
of the need to maintain Norway’s sovereignty claims, combined with efforts to ensure
that international cooperation under the Antarctic Treaty System is effective and stable.
Ninety-eight percent of Norwegian children between the ages of one and five attend
preschool.
According to the Minister, this high percentage of attendance means it is time to redirect the focus away from building places
for children to what preschools’ curricula actually contain. Language tuition is the most
important.
“We need a policy that ensures systematic language work in daycares,” he told
Dagsavisen last week.
“It is impossible to overestimate the
importance of children’s early years. Starting school without being able to speak Norwegian properly can be a fault that follows
See > antarctic, page 6
See > preschool, page 7
Photo: Lokal_Profil / Wikimedia Commons
Norway claims a large portion of the Antarctic continent.
Norway Post /
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“As a claimant state and one of the 12
original parties to the Antarctic Treaty, Norway has an important role to play in the
Antarctic,” says Minister of Foreign Affairs
Børge Brende.
“Norway has a long history of engagement in the Antarctic. International interest
in the region is growing, with more actors
becoming involved and a wider range of ac-
Battle over Norwegian chocolate
KitKat’s makers cannot
claim a trademark
exclusive affecting
Norway’s Kvikk Lunsj,
initial ruling finds
Michael Sandelson
The Foreigner
The 10-year-plus feud started when Cadbury, owned by U.S. Company Mondelēz
International, wanted to trademark the purple color it uses on its chocolate wrappers.
Judges ruled in favor of Cadbury.
UK High Court judges overturned this
ruling in 2013, however, following a complaint by Swiss conglomerate Nestlé, which
owns and makes KitKat.
In turn, Nestlé’s 2010 attempt to trademark the shape of its four-finger KitKat
chocolate in the UK has landed the Swiss
company in trouble with Mondelēz International.
The U.S. company also owns Norway’s
Freia, which manufactures Kvikk Lunsj. The
chocolate product shares KitKat’s appearance.
«
Who owns the four-finger shape common to KitKat and Kvikk Lunsj?
According to the Advocate General of
the Court of Justice of the European Union,
Nestlé’s move does not comply with European legislation. The decision comes following a request by UK High Court judges for
the preliminary ruling.
KitKat, initially known as “Rowntree’s
Chocolate Crisp” was first produced in September 1935 by York-based Rowntree. Two
years later, it would be re-branded as KitKat
Chocolate Crisp, becoming the well-known
KitKat after the Second World War.
Nestlé has argued that the bar’s physical
There are no foreign
lands. It is the traveler
only who is foreign.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
»
Photo: Emily C. Skaftun
form had “acquired a distinctive character associated with the company since its launch.”
Moreover, the Swiss-owned company has
said that 90% of respondents associate the
chocolate-covered wafer fingers with KitKat.
Norway’s Kvikk Lunsj was created in
1937 and is still in production, which has
been uninterrupted save for a pause between
1941 and 1949 due to a sugar shortage and
flour quality problems. The chocolate was
“an important foodstuff when polar hero
See > kitkat, page 6
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June 26, 2015 • 3
This week in brief
Masses of snow remain
There are still masses of snow in the
Norwegian mountains, both in the south
and the north—up to five times the normal for June.
Measurements made using satellites, show 23 percent of the land area
in Southern Norway is still covered by
snow, and the experts say this is nearly
five times more than in a normal year
for June. In Northern Norway the figure
is 35 percent, more than double the normal for June.
One reason is the cool spring, in
addition to heavy snowfalls, and it is
feared that a sudden rise in temperatures
will result in serious flooding in many
areas, both in the north and the south.
(Norway Post / NRK)
Conservatives and Labor drop in
latest poll
Both the Conservative Party (Høyre)
and the opposition party Labor (AP)
drop on the latest poll, made by Ipsos
MMI for Dagbladet.
Both parties drop 1.8 percentage
points, but for Høyre the result, 21.4
percent, is the lowest for five years. AP,
with 36.8 percent, is still the nation’s
largest political party.
The winner is the right wing Progress Party (FrP), with 14.3 percent, up
1.5 percentage points.
For the other parties there are only
slight changes.
(Norway Post / NRK / Aftenposten)
Taliban in Oslo for talks
Taliban leaders are in Norway for peace
talks with Afghan representatives, according to NBC News quoted by NRK.
NRK says the Afghan government
has confirmed that a delegation has
traveled to Oslo, but will not comment
on the background for the visit.
A Taliban representative says to
NBC News that their delegation will
have important meetings with Afghan
authorities during two days of peace
talks in Norway.
The Norwegian Government did
not comment to NRK on the report.
(Norway Post / NRK)
At least 80 have left Norway to fight
in Syria
At least 80 foreign fighters have left
Norway over the last four years to fight
in Syria and Iraq, according to fresh figures from the Secret Police (PST), published by Aftenposten. However, PST is
of the opinion that the actual number is
much higher.
They also say that 25 of those who
left have returned, while 15 persons are
confirmed killed in battle.
In PST’s opinion, foreign fighters
who have come back may constitute a
potential terrorist threat when they return to Norway, and several are therefore under surveillance.
PST has also apprehended and
charged three persons under the antiterrorism act over the past few weeks,
Aftenposten writes.
(Norway Post / Aftenposten)
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Business
Business News & Notes
Norway interest cut sees historic low
rate
Norges Bank’s Executive Board lowered the
key policy rate to 1 percent on June 18, to the
lowest-ever since the institution’s establishment in 1816.
“Developments in the Norwegian economy have been slightly weaker than expected and the economic outlook has deteriorated somewhat,” Governor Øystein Olsen says
about the 0.25 percent cut.
The Central Bank lists factors including an expected increase in unemployment,
as well as lower-than-projected 2015 wage
growth for March.
Output growth has edged down, and
growth is expected to remain weak for the
coming six months, with an oil investment
decline possibly being “less pronounced than
projected earlier further out,” he remarks.
Consumer price inflation is currently in
the region of 2.5 percent, with lower wage
growth and declining effects of a weaker
krone pulling down on this further ahead.
Household debt is rising steadily despite
property prices having risen at a slowerthan-expected pace.
Borrowers may also see more changes
in the near future.
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for the Norwegian economy suggests that the
key policy rate may be reduced further in the
course of autumn,” Governor Øystein Olsen
concludes.
Handelsbanken senior economist Marius Gonsholt Hov has commented that the financial institution expected Norges Bank to
lower the key policy rate.
“Given that both credit growth and
house prices have developed weaker than
Norges Bank expected, the robustness concern should no longer be strong enough to
prevent an interest rate cut,” he said.
(Michael Sandelson / The Foreigner)
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Statoil makes new gas discovery
Statoil has made a new gas discovery in the
Gymir prospect. With three such discoveries in three months, Statoil says important
progress has been made in unlocking full
potential of the Aasta Hansteen area in the
Norwegian Sea.
Aasta Hansteen will be the largest SPAR
platform in the world and is the biggest ongoing field development project in the Norwegian Sea. It is one of the main projects in
Statoil’s portfolio.
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sports
Look out, Norwegian track and field:
Here comes Jakob Ingebrigtsen,
14-year-old record-breaker
Molly Jones
It’s been quite a month for 14-year-old
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the younger brother of
Norwegian runners Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen. In the first two weeks of June alone,
the Sandnes athlete has set records for his
age in the 1500 m, 3000 m, and 800 m races
and become the youngest athlete to participate in Oslo’s Bislett Games. Considering
all of his recent achievements as a teenage
athlete, it’s no surprise that he’s being called
the Martin Ødegaard of track and field.
Coming from such a prominent family in Norway’s track and field’s scene, the
youngest Ingebrigtsen was destined to start
his career at a young age. In fact, he’s been
referred to as a running phenomenon ever
since he was 10 and ran the 8.2 km Siddisløpet race in under 30 minutes. And as Jakob’s
running career progresses, his potential continues to skyrocket.
On June 4, Jakob certainly demonstrated this potential at the Jessheim 1500 m
event. Starting in the B-heat, Jakob surprised
everyone with his incredible time of 3:50.57.
With this performance, he beat the world record for 14-year-olds by three seconds and
improved his personal record by seven seconds. And this is no small feat; the record
was last set by Canadian Kevin Sullivan almost 27 years ago.
“It’s nuts,” said Henrik Ingebrigtsen
when asked about his little brother’s performance. “He ran so fast that I wouldn’t have
believed it if you had told me in the winter.
He ran at least three seconds faster than I
thought was possible,” he continued.
A week later, Jakob joined the world’s
elite athletes at the 50th anniversary of the
Bislett Games, an IAAF Diamond League
event held annually at Oslo’s Bislett Stadion. He became the youngest ever participant
in the Bislett Games when he ran in the national 1500 m race on June 11.
The race didn’t go as well as he had
hoped, however. After almost falling at the
beginning of the race, Jakob ended up in the
back of the pack and finished in last place
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06/20 Sandefjord
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06/20 Molde
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06/21 Strømsgodset 2 – 1 Tromsø
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Cycling: Another stage win by Kristoff
Norwegian cyclist Alexander Kristoff (Katusja) claimed stage seven of the Tour de
Suisse on Friday, June 19, but Thibaut Pinot
retained the overall lead. This was Kristoff’s
18th win of the season.
(Norway Post / NRK / Aftenposten)
Women’s World Cup recap
Photo: Jakob Ingebrigtsen / Facebook
Despite being a hot sensation, the youngest Ingebrigtsen runner keeps his cool.
with a time of 3:53.80. Of course this was
a bigger race than Jakob is used to and he
admits that his nerves got to him. “I noticed
that I was more nervous than normal,” he
said. “This is much bigger than anything I
have participated in yet.”
Just one day after the Bislett Games, Jakob went on to break the 3000 m Norwegian
record for 15-year-olds at the Tyrvinglekene
event. With his time of 8:25.90, he beat the
previous record by eight seconds.
Jakob was of course pleased with his
victory, but felt he could have done even better. “A fine run from my side. I could have
clearly run a good deal faster,” he said after
the race.
He had a chance to show off his speed
on Saturday as he competed in the 800 m
race. He already held the record in the 800
m, but he broke his own record by two seconds with his impressive time of 1:53.83.
Now that Jakob holds the record for his
age in the 800 m, 1500 m, and 3000 m, he
has a new goal: to beat Henrik’s record for
16-year-olds. And he’s almost there at 14.
“I know that I’m going to take Henrik’s
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record and the world record before I turn 15 in
September. If I had known that I was so close
to Henrik’s time, I would have pushed a little
harder in this race,” he told Aftenposten.
Gjert Ingebrigtsen expects his youngest son to outperform Henrik’s youth results.
“Jakob is many years ahead of Henrik in his
development and has a completely unique potential.” He continues to explain how Jakob’s
training has differed from Henrik’s: “His
training has been more specialized to running
than Henrik’s at the same age, who trained
more hours but also with more versatility.”
Henrik is looking forward to training
together with Jakob and watching him progress. But of course he also wants to keep
his lead over his little brother. “I think he’s
going to be lightning fast, but if I just keep
running faster, he hopefully won’t beat me
again,” said Henrik. The National Championships are coming up on August 1, and it’s quite likely that
the three Ingebrigtsen brothers will end up
racing against each other. Jakob may be only
14, but it looks like Filip and Henrik need to
watch their backs!
Football: Norway disappointed against
Azerbaijan
Norway’s men only managed a 0-0 daw in
their Euro 2016 qualifier against Azerbaijan
at home in Oslo on Friday, June 12.
After a very poor first half, Norway put
pressure on after the break, but did not manage to score. A disappointed crowd at Ullevål
started to leave before the end of the game.
(Norway Post / NRK)
Football: Strømsgodset holds off Tromsø
Strømsgodset took the points against Tromsø with a 2-1 win. Marvin Ogunjimi and
Lars Christopher Vilsvik gave Godset a 2-0
lead, but Tromsø’s Zdenek Ondrasek scored
a goal two minutes before the end. Tromsø
therefore remains in the relegation spot.
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Ada Hegeberg scored twice when Norway
defeated Ivory Coast 3-1 in the last match
of group play in the Women’s World Cup in
Moncton, Canada, on Monday, June 15.
Solveig Gulbrandsen scored Norway’s
third goal.
This meant that Norway (2-1-0) moved
on as the second team from Group B behind
Germany and played the second team from
Group F on June 22.
The previous week, in their second
match of the Women’s World Cup, Norway
managed a 1-1 draw against favorites Germany. Germany had the best start, and after
their goal after only six minutes, they dominated much of the first half.
However, after the break, the Norwegians came back, and in the 61st minute
Maren Mjelde scored a beauty on a free kick
from just outside the 16-meter line.
In their first match, Norway defeated
Thailand 4-0. Trine Rønning scored the first
goal for Norway in the 15th minute. Isabell
Herlovsen scored twice, and Ada Hegerberg
added the fourth goal in the 68th minute.
(Norway Post / NRK)
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[Roald] Amundsen reached the North Pole
in 1911,” Freia says.
Moreover, 10 million Kvikk Lunsj were
sold when Norway arranged the 1952 Winter
Olympics in Oslo. It is also a favorite with
Norwegians while on their walks in Norway,
with the Scandinavian country’s inhabitants
consuming vast quantities at Easter time.
The Court of Justice of the European
Union is expected to come with its advice in
a few months. The case of Nestlé’s application will then return to the UK’s High Court,
whose judges will decide its fate.
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No fundamental changes to Norway’s policy
are announced.
“Our Antarctic policy focuses on safeguarding Norwegian interests relating to a
range of activities in this vast and important
region. Norway has played a key role in the
development of both the Antarctic Treaty System and of regional management mechanisms
and organizations. One of the overall goals of
Norwegian Antarctic policy is to ensure that
the region’s unique natural and environmental
assets are protected,” Brende said.
In the white paper, the government highlights the following key aspects of Norwegian Antarctic policy:
• A science-based policy that is based on
the same fundamental values as Norwegian
policy in the north
• Norway’s role in international collaboration under the Antarctic Treaty System
• Norway’s interests as a claimant state
• Protection of the Antarctic environment as “a natural reserve, devoted to peace
and science”
• Norway as a responsible steward of
marine resources
• Norway’s role in promoting environmentally sound research, tourism, and commercial activity in the region
• The significance of the Antarctic in
both domestic and foreign policy.
The white paper discusses the two Norwegian dependencies within the Antarctic
Treaty area, Dronning Maud Land and Peter I
Øy. Bouvetøya lies outside the Antarctic Treaty area and is undisputed Norwegian territory.
The government is therefore also presenting
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We must not sell our humanity
David Moe
Sun City, Calif.
We have created a god in America
called capitalism, and if we continue to
worship it, we will lose our humanity.
We are being encouraged to eliminate the humanities in our schools and
colleges (music, art, poetry, philosophy,
etc.) and teach only those subjects that
help us make money (business, accounting, sales, etc.). The advocates of this
shift use the old argument that you have
to teach young people to make a living
any way they can. “Success is the objective, even if they have to cheat, lie, or
whatever.” Donald Trump, a candidate
for president, recently said that the solution to the Middle East is to “get control
of those oil fields and bomb the hell out
of them.” I think we tried that in North
Vietnam.
I grew up with this philosophy. My
father went to business school and had
no appreciation for the arts. He thought
it was foolish to study art, poetry, music,
theatre. The objective of school was to
learn reading, writing, and accounting,
take business courses, and learn how
to make money. He wanted me to drop
out of college and work for an insurance
company and make lots of money. I eventually did that and spent most of my life
in the middle of capitalism.
I am not anti-capitalism, but I am
against capitalism that attempts to eliminate the humanities, to degrade our soul.
What evidence do we have that this is
happening? Listen to the news. People
make money by human trafficking, selling body parts, manipulating elections,
and the list goes on and on. Prejudice,
hatred, deceit, and murder are the result.
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Capitalism isn’t inherently evil, but if it becomes our only priority we’ll lose a lot of wonderful things, like art,
honesty, and our respect.
Look at our sports news. Professional
athletes make millions of dollars a year and
should be role models for our youth, yet
think nothing of cheating to win a game. As
Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning isn’t
everything, it is the only thing.” Success is
the objective at any cost.
We have politicians who want to eliminate food stamps because “those lazy people
should find a job and work like I do.” I once
read a book that said, “I wouldn’t want to
live within 100 miles of a city when they
cut off the food stamps.” I have worked with
street people and from my experience, most
of them would love to work, but can’t hold
a job due to mental illness, alcoholism, drug
addiction, or a combination of these.
There is nothing wrong with business
courses or business schools, but they do have
a narrow focus. Accounting is a wonderful profession, but I have learned from
my experience that “figures don’t lie, but
liars figure.” When our humanity is lost,
we will be lost as a nation, because we
will lose our respect around the world.
David Moe was born in
Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota, Morris
in 1964 and received
his M.A. degree from
San Francisco State
University in 1975. He
spent four years in the Navy and 32 years
in the insurance business. He is married to
his wife, Thordis, and they have two daughters and four grandchildren. They now live
in Sun City, California.
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and characterizes the rest of their schooling,”
Minister Isaksen added.
Statistics Norway (SSB) researcher Nina
Drange commented that the sooner children
start in preschool, the better they perform
in language and mathematics in first grade
(from six years of age, normally).
She and colleague Tarjei Havnes have
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• Preschool children performed far
better on assessment tests in language and
mathematics that were held in the spring in
first grade than children who had to wait for
a free space.
• Provision of a preschool place improves performance in both language and
mathematics.
• The size of the effect is equivalent
to the gap between boys and girls, or about
one-third of the gap for children between
highly and low-educated parents.
Moreover, Norway currently has a shortage of some 3,700 preschool teachers. The
Minister proposes increased education for
those already working in these institutions,
as well as raising recruitment levels.
Minister Isaksen’s white paper is set to
be completed next year.
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Taste of Norway
Toscakake: a crowd-pleasing favorite
A light cake with buttery, caramelized almond topping and a mysterious history
Christy Olsen Field
Seattle, Wash.
“Mom, I think I just found your new
favorite cake,” I said on the phone as the
glaze and sliced almonds glistened under the
broiler.
My family loves anything with almond:
Spritz cookies, almond croissants, kransekake. If it has almond extract, it’s a winner in
my Norwegian-American family.
I came across the recipe for toscakake last month in my search for a cake that
I could sell in the 17th of May Café at the
Nordic Heritage Museum. I discovered it in
Scandinavian Classic Baking by Pat Sinclar,
a slim book with recipes for coffee breads,
cakes, pastries, and traditional favorites from
the Nordic region.
Toscakake is an almond sponge cake
leavened with egg whites and topped with
a buttery caramel of toasted sliced almonds.
The winning combination of cake and almonds is a crowd pleaser: short list of ingredients, not too sweet, and equally delicious
in the morning or afternoon. And it takes less
than 45 minutes to make, from start to finish.
But when I began to research so I could
learn more about this delightful cake, very
little information showed up.
Sinclair says nothing about its history in
her recipe headnotes in Scandinavian Classic Baking, and toscakake didn’t show up at
all in my copy of Norwegian National Recipes by Ardis Kaspersen and Arne Brimi.
The internet didn’t reveal much either,
as I browsed my favorite Norwegian food
blogs and websites. I even searched with
Sweden and Denmark’s Google sites, but
nothing came up about the history of this
cake.
Some say that toscakake has Swed-
ish or Danish origins, and many say it is a
Norwegian cake. A few suggest that there is
a connection to the opera Tosca, written by
Giacomo Puccini in 1900. But there is one
common thread through all the comments
and recipes: Toscakake is a favorite among
Norwegians.
I have baked this cake several times
now, and here are some tips I’ve picked up
along the way:
• Use a hand mixer when beating the egg
whites, as this allows the best control over
the texture. The first couple of times I made
this cake, the egg whites became overbeaten, and the cake texture suffered as a result.
Learn from my mistake: Use the hand mixer,
and use two different bowls.
• When the cake is finished, the sides
will be pulled away from the sides of the
pan. This is very important, as the glazed
goodness will spread down the sides of the
cake.
• Let the cake cool for a few minutes
after broiling, then remove the springform
ring. This will make for a more attractive
cake (not to mention easier cleanup).
It took me a long time to discover tos
cakake, but it’s now in my Norwegian Baking Hall of Fame.
Christy Olsen Field was
on the editorial staff of
the Norwegian American
Weekly from 2008 to 2012,
and the Taste of Norway
page was her favorite section. Today, she is a freelance grantwriter for small
to mid-size nonprofits with her business, Christy Ink. Learn more at www.christy.ink.
A glazed almond topping completes this winner of a cake.
Toscakake
Adapted from Scandinavian Classic Baking by Pat Sinclair
Cake
4 oz. (1 stick) unsalted butter
4 large eggs, separated and at room
temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. table salt
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
Photo: Christy Olsen Field
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Tosca topping
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsps. all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 tbsps. half-and-half
3/4 cup sliced almonds
1/2 tsp. almond extract
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease or spray a 9-inch springform pan.
In a small saucepan, melt one stick of butter over medium heat. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy, then gradually beat in the sugar. Keep
beating for about five minutes, until medium peaks form. The egg whites will be smooth and
glossy.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks until they are light and lemon-colored in hue. You
will know the texture is right when it looks like lemon pudding (but it won’t taste like it).
With a rubber spatula, fold the egg yolks into the egg whites. Use a light hand, and combine until just combined—you don’t want to deflate the eggs. It’s okay to have some streaks
of white.
In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Gently fold the flour mixture into
the eggs in four batches, then fold in the melted and cooled butter and the almond extract.
Pour into the springform pan.
Bake until the cake is lightly golden brown and has pulled away from the sides of the
pan, 22–25 minutes. Remove cake from oven, and turn on the broiler to high.
While the cake is baking, prepare the topping. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, then
whisk in the flour and sugar. Whisk in the half-and-half and stir constantly until thickened,
about two minutes. Stir in the almonds and extract.
Pour the tosca topping over the cake, and place under the broiler until the almonds and
topping are golden brown. Keep a close eye on it to ensure the browning is even, and rotate
if necessary.
Cool for five minutes, then loosen by running a knife around the sides of the pan. Remove the springform ring and cool completely.
This cake tastes best in the first 24 hours, and also makes a lovely accompaniment to
coffee for breakfast or in the afternoon.
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June 26, 2015 • 9
Truth in advertising:
Modern day Viking takes back the seas
Victoria Hofmo
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Most of us try our best to avoid commercials while watching television: whether
we purchase a DVR to eliminate the advertisements or do it the old fashioned way, by
heading to the kitchen for a quick snack.
However, I am delighted—nay, enthralled
by—the Viking Cruises commercials. I don’t
mind when they precede Mr. Selfridge on
PBS, sharing this coveted airtime with the
likes of Ralph Lauren. I just become hypnotized by the calming voice inviting me
along for the ride, as I imagine myself sailing down the sparkling river.
Then, I began receiving email ads from
VC with informative videos. It’s through
these short films that I learned the connection
between Penny Loafers/Wegians and Norway. Others arrived. Their marketing was
brilliant, so much so that there were several
I wanted to savor at a time of the day when
I had a few quiet minutes. I started planning
when to watch them. The ones I especially
love are those in which the nice blonde lady,
Karine, invites you to join her while you
check out the local culture with behind-thescenes experiences not found with your average tour guide: Fado Music of Portugal in
a local pub, truffle hunting, cooking Czech
Duck with a Prague chef, and having dinner
at an Uglich family’s home. Here my favorite travel magazines and books come to life.
Last Veterans Day Viking Cruises provided a history lesson, with a moving photo
of the landing at Normandy and seven videos related to WWII. Another time they provided a little-known history lesson in a short
film, “Danish Heroes: Helping the Jews Flee
the Nazis.” In fact, their website has an entire section dedicated to WWII.
This past April, VC sent an email promoting PBS’s long-anticipated Wolf Hall,
with sneak previews. The company’s only
presence was a tiny scroll-shaped Viking
ship logo in the right-hand corner. A few
weeks ago, I received information that hit
closer to home: a Cultural Calendar of Manhattan’s summer events.
So I became curious to learn more about
the company that was producing such wonderful visual delights and educational tidbits
and revealing local culture from around the
globe. And did Viking Cruises actually have
a Norwegian connection?
Viking Cruises was established by Norwegian Torstein Hagan in 1997 and is owned
by a Norwegian and Dutch consortium. They
began by offering Russian river cruises with
Russian ships they had purchased. They began to grow by purchasing more ships and
adding other European river cruises. In 2000
they expanded into the U.S. market, establishing their headquarters in L.A. Today they
are the largest river cruise line in the world
and offer trips as far away as Asia, where
you can sail down the Mekong or Yangtze
Rivers.
In May 2013, VC announced their intention to add small ship ocean cruises to their
itinerary. This time they were building a ship
especially for this endeavor, The Viking Star.
It was christened in a ceremony held on May
17 (Norwegian Constitution Day) this year.
At 9:00 p.m. Viking Cruises began the ceremony along Bergen’s magnificent harbor, as
Photos courtesy of Viking Cruises
Above: The Viking Star’s infinity pool on
it’s “Aquavit Deck.”
Left: The ship’s christening in 2013 was a
spectacular event.
thousands welcomed the ship with fireworks,
festivities, and frivolities.
It began with a concert, followed by a
film, “a tribute to the spirit of Norway’s legendary explorers...” including Leif Erikson
and Roald Amundsen, “and highlighting the
vessels that carved out and shaped nautical
history in Norway...” Lastly, Trude Drevland, the Mayor of Bergen, who was named
the godmother of the Viking Star hit the button that released the champagne bottle that
christened the ship. Gene Sloan of USA Today called Viking Star “the most significant
new cruise ship of the year,” and said, “It
marks an era of a new age in ocean cruising,”
with only 930 guests.
Scandinavian in design, nature surrounds you, as the sea becomes your walls
and light pours fourth, including a retractable poolside megadome. There is not only
a beautifully designed sauna, but also a snow
grotto, where snowflakes gently fall, brushing your skin. The branches of a Norwegian
forest envelop you and make you pause in
awe. The outdoor infinity pool has a crystal
clear wall that allows you to imagine you are
actually swimming in the ocean.
The company is also interested in innovative maritime engineering, which dominates this ship. Viking Cruises had sent an
informational video about the ship’s construction months before it was launched.
The technology and industrial design is
fascinating. It was made to be green, beginning with the shape of the bow and aft.
Thin like a pencil, it glides over the water.
Underneath, the rudder and propeller system
are almost touching, a cutting-edge design
by Rolls Royce that promotes efficiency.
The water goes around the rudder differ-
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puzzles
Norwenglish Crossword
Directions: Translate English words to Norwegian, or vice
versa, before posting in the puzzle. #3 / 92
by Andrew R. Thurston
Across/
Vannrett
1. Gray
4. Slips
7. Chlorine
11. Moden
13. Harvest
14. Commodity
15. Amen
16. Flour
17. Artikkel
18. Ventiler
20. Race
22. Act
24. Skyllet
28. Spaniard
32. Confide
33. Tallow
34. Klype
36. Sen
37. Rask
39. Caliber
41. Metre
43. Ben
44. Milk
46. Barbere
50. Dansk
53. Plage
55. Owner
56. Unclean
57. NNØ
58. Gesture
60. Boil
61. Snow
Down/
Loddrett
1. Grave
2. Rime
3. Open
4. Tame
5. Vigor
6. Or
7. Femininity
8. Lazy
9. Malm
10. Strap
12. Innvikling
19. Ski
21. Pennesplitt
23. Ti
25. Stikke
26. Tease
27. Gjører
28. Stammering
29. Side
30. Landet
31. Rich
35. Kompis
38. Førenn
40. Read
42. Slim
45. Cinema
47. Melodier
48. Åre
49. Sleeve
50. Gravde
51. Er
52. Point of land
54. Play
Norsk-Engelsk Kryssord
Ed Egerdahl wrote these puzzles for Scandinavian Language Institute’s classes at
Seattle’s Nordic Heritage Museum. It’s possible a few of the clues will make more
sense if you remember that—there may be some Seattle-centric answers. There’s
definitely some wacky humor, and if you find yourself uncertain about a two-letter
answer, try “Ed.”
(N) = skriv på norsk. Otherwise, the answers are in English.
VANNRETT
1. Det er helt fylt med masse norske
ord (Ikke sant? Absolutt!)
5. Bilvask vann holder
9. Hjem til fem små grisunger
13. Sett med egne øyne
17. Se på noen med lyst i øyet
18. Troll familie medlem
19. Gripe i hånden
20. Eie, ha
21. Fisk spisende sjødyr (n)
22. Victor Borges hund (sikkert!)
24. Sier veldig positive ting om
25. Uttalte “R” i Røros
27. En reserve er godt å ha i
bagasjerommet, ikke over beltet
28. “Faste” ord i kirken
29. Drar, reiser
30. Amerikanske penger som sjeldent
stopper her
31. De svarte olivener, de røde epler
og de “brune” bananer for eks.
32. Bytte
34. Sko streng
35. Stod fast imot
38. Veien dy tar (n)
39. Stor gate lengde å gå
40. Tannlege, olje-plattform eller
militær trening arbeid
41. Aldo eller laser
42. Mye om ingenting i Shakespeare
43. Romas biskop
44. Høyere lønn
45. Briller holder
46. Kanskje
48. Gammel bilmodell eller
skurepulver
49. Finner en vei gjennom et stort
problem
50. Gull i jorden
51. Onkel, far og nevø
52. Emerils magiske ord
53. Sommer beite for sauer langt
oppe i de norske fjellene (n)
56. Påskeegg dyr (vel, nesten) (n)
57. Leder trafikk, en tur eller et
orkester
61. Spørreord (n)
62. Afrika har to: En blå og en hvit
63. Barn
64. Farge nyanse
65. Over i poesi
66. Oslo, Seattle og København
67. Stirrende blikk
68. Nakkehår på en hest
69. Lager middag for eksempel
71. Ekte, faktisk
72. Gate skuespillere uten ord
73. Delta på et ball (n)
74. Geitost produserer
75. Papir kommer fra det
76. En fra Skotland (n)
78. Søppelplass
79. Sentret av den siviliserte verden!
82. Går i vann på stranden
83. Der du kommer tilbake til gang
etter gang etter gang (to ord)
85. Motor del (n)
86. I slekt med
87. Gjentatt lyd lyd lyd lyd lyd
88. En smal liten veien
89. Det norske telle-systemet
begynner med disse to ordene (n)
90. Beskriver et vakkert hus på øverst
etasje (n)
91. Krydderurt veldig ofte brukt med
fisk i Norge (n)
92. Fuglefrukt
93. Adjektiv for norske daler og fjorder
LODDRETT
1. Ha festen hos deg
2. Den første halvparten av navnet til
Nordlands vakreste sted (+78 L)
The Scandinavian Hour
Celebrating over 50 years on the air!
KKNW – 1150 AM
Saturdays 9 – 10 a.m. PST
Streaming live on the internet at:
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Puzzles by Sölvi Dolland
“Bymål i Gamle Bergen”
by Ed Egerdahl of the Scandinavian Language Institute
3. Vilt dyr spesielt til sørøst USA
4. Nvanrof snereræl ←----- (se opp!)
*(Jeg stod på hodet for å komme opp
med dette—uffda!)
5. Hud hull
6. Adjektiv for fin ost, dyr vin og
noen norsk klasse “lifers”
7. Pensjonist bankkonto
8. Bonde hode
9. Spillekort eller lån proff!
10. Gjøre skarpere
11. Trondheims hellige konge til sine
venner, tror jeg!
12. Påske kaninens store hjelper—
gjemmer eggene, ikke legger dem?!
13. Skapt, formet (poetisk)
14. Lytte på noe eller noen som du
ikke har lov til (to ord)
15. Ikke mere, ikke mindre
16. Hvileplass for 92V
22. Klubb for folk som liker å synge
23. Skjære opp poteter til små
bordspill stykker
24. Drive tilbake
26. Et gyldent funn av 50V
28. Skytevåpen
30. Løpe fra eller hoppe ut av en farlig
situasjon
31. Borte, på en tur noen plass (n)
32. Slengord for munnen, spesielt når
den bør holdes lukket
33. Frekk, ikke snill
34. Kysse instrumenter
35. Gjør druer til rosiner
36. Lette, løse
37. Skifter hårfarge
39. Synes synd på seg selv
40. Skrevet på en toalett dør (n)
43. Liten laks (kryssord ord)
44. Personer i en film
45. Alaska by på Seward Halvøy
47. En arbeider i hagen—ofte
48. Bryr seg
49. Stasjonvogn, kupé eller kabriolet
51. Øl ingredienser
52. Bruke tenner
53. Handle i butikken
54. Noen gang
55. De tre største navn i norsk
mytologi
1/3. Mesteren av torden med sin
hammer i hånden
2/3. Mesteren av det store
kryssord mysterium (hva?)
3/3. Mesteren på tronen med
ulven “geri” ved sin side
(*skriv tre norske navn)
56. Den som fikk jobben
57. Sove litt på sofaen
58. Fransk distrikt med brusende vin
(korkende flyr!)
59. Melodien
60. Forstår
62. Viktig adjektiv
63. Veldig tett
66. Et par bukser
67. Kjempe med et problem eller en
person
68. Der de sager tømmer
70. Oppdagelsesrett
SOlie
71. Stor, tykk bok
72. Fra sangen“…..eller ville du heller
være en ___________”
74. Stor internasjonal tyggegummi
boble konkurranse der du kan vinne
en gul medalje. Uffda!
75. Avstand med skritt
76. Synonym for 32V
77. En av Larsens spesialiteter (n)
78. Den andre halvparten av navnet til
Nordlands vakreste sted (+2L)
79. Dør smelle lyd
80. Kirke seremoni
81. Miste tak i
83. Vitenskapelig forkortelse
84. Ligge etter, forsinkelse
87. Med takk til ham har du dette
papiret du kan pakke en fisk i
89. Den offisielle representant av
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Anna Louise Jahr
June 27, 1925 – June 15, 2015
Anna Louise Jahr was born June 27,
1925, in Stenson Coulee, rural Ettrick, to Alfred and Marquerite (Knutson) Ekern. She
died June 15, 2015, in the Hospice Unit at
Gundersen Health Care Center in Whitehall,
Wisconsin. Following graduation from Blair
High School, she married Milton (Bud) Jahr
October 28, 1944, at Hardies Creek Lutheran Church, rural Ettrick. Her beloved Bud
preceeded her in death on June 12, 1990.
Survivors include six children: Darlene
(Thomas) Krake, Marshfield, Wis.; Gary
(Nancy) Jahr, La Crosse; Donald (Janet)
Jahr, Blair; Shirley (Bruce) Rittschof, Belvidere, Ill.; James (Sharon) Jahr, Whitehall;
Marianne (Philip) Guntner, Augusta. Grandchildren: Kellie Krake (Frank Gunn), Toronto, Canada; Erin Krake, Roslyn, Wash.;
Matthew (Lori) Jahr, Holmen; Christopher
(Tanya) Jahr, Wauwatosa; Sarah Jahr, Racine; Brian (Kailee) Jahr, Blair; Stephanie
(Cody) Aleckson, Blair; Troy (Erin) Rittschof, Esmond, Ill.; Carrie (John) Belvedere, Poplar Grove, Ill.; Jennifer Jahr (Kevin
Michaelis), LaCrosse; Brandon Jahr, Holmen; Joshua Schock, Taylor; Jessica (Kirk)
Schock, Kittleson, Waunakee.
Surviving great-grandchildren include:
Carsten, Sydney, and Isabella Jahr of Holmen; Lillian, Audrey and Miles Jahr of
Wauwatosa; Kyle and Kensi Jahr of Blair;
Haley and Seth Jahr, Blair; Evan and An-
drea Aleckson of Blair; Alexis and Joseph
Belvedere, Poplar Grove, Ill.; Christopher
Rittschof, Esmond, Ill.; Alayna Schock and
Arianna Anderson of Black River Falls.
Anna is also survived by a sister-in-law
Edith Ekern of Holmen, and a nephew, Jewel
(LaDonna) Ekern of Lake Lillian, Minn. Numerous friends also survive, including Doris, Ardys, Carolyn, and Alverne.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, siblings Joel Ekern of Holmen
and Arlene Paine of Ettrick, and a brother Silas, who died in infancy, nephew Max Paine
of Ettrick, in-laws Elmer and Mildred (Elland) Jahr of Blair, and grandson Darren Jahr
(Janna), of Blair, and her special companion
Robert Hamilton of Baraboo and Apache
Junction, Ariz.
Our Mom was proud of her Norwegian
heritage and the often hard life lived as the
daughter and wife of a farmer. She loved the
coulees and ridges, flowers, children and
dogs and reading and embroidery. There
was not a baby anywhere that she could
not soothe and rock to sleep. And she loved
every dog she ever had from childhood to
her final days. She loved music and played
with Pat’s Polka Pals for many years. She
and Dad taught their kids to polka and waltz
and love animals and each other. She was
a 20-year member of the American Legion
Auxiliary, dedicated to helping veterans. She
was a woman of faith and a caring and loving child of God.
Kristian M. Seljaas
Kathy Kerr Wiersma Greta Aberg
Earl S. Hanson
Mrs. Tokle
26. juni
Mrs. Erling Eilertsen Ketchikan AK
Kris Grodahl
Minneapolis MN
Nancy Ring
Issaquah WA
Ivar Strand Winnipeg MB Canada
Marit Warberg
New Town ND
27. juni
Eunice Bellerud
Auburn WA
Else Bentsen Seattle WA
Alvin Blindheim
Seattle WA
Neil Blindheim
Seattle WA
Steven Blindheim
Seattle WA
Dean Felthous
Seattle WA
Sheryl Hove St. Paul MN
G. N. Karlstad
Sacramento CA
Clara Odegaard
Kirkland WA
Borgny Simonis Sidney MT
28. juni
Ruth Atcheson
Noank CT
Frosty Jenstad
Minneapolis MN
Tonny Larsen
Staten Island NY
Washington DC
Joan L. Rynning
Seattle WA
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Lindon UT
Fairport NY
29. juni
Ripon WI
Poulsbo WA
Mo i Rana Norway
30. juni
Wenche Anderson
Concord CA
Elroy Dragsten
Buffalo MN
Ole P. Forsgren Bodø Norway
Thom Hansen
Stabekk Norway
Sigvart Oswald
Clear Lake IA
Emma Solberg
Coeur d’Alene ID
Peter S. Endahl
Hans Staveland
1. juli
Spokane WA
Denver CO
2. juli
Andreas Anderson
Choteau MT
Tristan Pearce Freiler Kensington MD
Ingvald Grimsbo
Lake Mills IA
Hjalmar M. Kampen
Winnipeg MB Canada
Erling Lee
Palmdale CA
DeLora Olivers
Kent WA
Olav Riddervold
San Leandro CA
Irene Thorson
Elk Point SD
Liv Thorvaldsen
Edmonds WA
Johanne Velde
Boca Raton FL
Meridith Wardle
Minneapolis MN
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Pastor Jerry Larson retired to his cabin in Zimmerman, Minn., after 39 years
in parish ministry for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In 2011 he
published a book entitled “Speaking the Word Freely: Writing with purpose,
preaching with power.” Contact him at [email protected]
Believe it or not
Harvard University psychology professor Steven Pinker spoke here in Minneapolis at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum held at Augsburg College last March.
He recently authored a book entitled The
Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence
Has Declined. He said in his talk that we
may be living in the most peaceful era
in our species’ existence, and we should
show gratitude for the institutions of civilization and enlightenment that have made
it possible.
The title of his book and lecture intrigued me, because with the world in
its current state, few people believe that
violence is on the decline. One visit to a
nightly TV news broadcast would make
it seem ridiculous to suggest such a thing.
However, the statistics discovered in his
extensive research make a very good case
for a tremendous decrease in the level of
violence over the past 50 to 100 years. To
be sure, there continue to be numerous
cases of violence in our time. However,
Pinker makes a solid case for a general
decline in all kinds of violence in nearly
every country in the world.
For Pinker, the “better angels of our
nature” are definitely winning the battle
when it comes to violent behavior against
one another. Perhaps just believing this to
be the case can help us get through the disappointments that come our way each day
on the world news. Like all of you I pray
each night that there might be peace in our
troubled world. Knowing that the possibility exists for a meaningful decrease in
violence encourages all of us to both pray
and work for peace and an end to violence
of all kinds.
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california
Trollfjell Folkehøgskule
July 6—11
Alta, Calif.
Trollfjell Folkehøgskule is for 14 to 17 year
olds. This camp will have classes in handverk (handwork), culinary arts, and carpentry. There is a limit of only 18 campers. Visit
sofn6.org/arv/folkehogskule-registration/ to
register. At Sons of Norway Rec. Center.
Camp Trollfjell
July 12—25
Alta, Calif.
Camp Trollfjell is for eight to 13 year olds.
Classes will be in rosemaling, folk dancing,
heritage, crafts, and Norwegian language.
This year campers will learn money management with bank books, Krone, a daily kanteen
for purchasing special treats, and much more
authentic Norwegian food at mealtimes. Visit
sofn6.org/arv/camper-registration/ to register. At Sons of Norway Rec. Center.
Colditz, Escape of the Birdman Program
July 19, 1:00 p.m.
Oakland, Calif.
Join Bjørnstjerne Bjornson Lodge for a cultural program featuring the film Colditz, Escape of the Birdman. The film is based on a
true story and takes place during World War
II. Guests are welcome.
colorado
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
June 27—28, 9:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Estes Park, Colo.
Enjoy Scandinavian music, dance, crafts, and
food vendors, Fjellborg Viking reenactors and
encampment, crafts and lefse demonstration
tents, beer garden, antique Saab & Volvo
auto show, children’s crafts activities, wreath
making, silent auction, and raffle. Begins Saturday with raising of the maypole. Live entertainment continues both days. Free, all ages,
and wheelchair accessible. At Bond Park.
District of COlumbia
The Sunlit Night Book Reading
June 29, 6:30 p.m.
Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Dinerstein will be giving a book
reading and Q&A of her latest book, The Sunlit Night, at Busboys & Poets.
illinois
Vikings exhibition
now—Oct. 4
Chicago, Ill.
Were the Vikings seafaring invaders and
plunderers? Or were they also innovative
explorers, traders, and craftsmen? Through
new archaeological discoveries and hundreds
of rare artifacts, explore the symbolism of
Viking ships, gain insights into domestic life
and death rituals, and understand the importance of travel and trade. View Viking workmanship in jewelry, metalwork, and objects
made from glass, bone, and amber; marvel at
swords and armor from 750-1100 AD. Virtually excavate a boat grave, and play a Viking
game. The exhibition was organized by the
Swedish History Museum in Sweden, in partnership with MuseumsPartner in Austria. At
the Field Musuem.
Visit the Viking Ship
June 27—28, 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
July 18, 1:00—4:00 p.m.
Geneva, Ill.
Visit the Viking ship, a real, full-size replica of
a ninth-century Viking ship that sailed across
the Atlantic in 1893. Docent-led tours begin
every 30 minutes. You’ll learn of Viking construction, journey, and significance. Cost is
$5 to enter the park and $5 for adults, $3 for
teens to tour the ship.
iowa
Nordic Fest
July 23—25
Decorah, Iowa
The whole family will enjoy delicious food, traditional crafts, a colorful parade, lively entertainment, sporting events, and the Saturday night
fireworks display. Events begin with Thursday’s
opening ceremonies at 6:45 p.m. This year’s
theme is “Dancing with the Trolls.”
Maryland
Lise Lorentzen’s Rosemaling Show
now—June 28
Bel Air, Md.
Lise Lorentzen’s rosemaling will be presented at
this one-woman show at Liriodendron Art Gallery. Exhibit runs through June 28 on Sundays
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Contact [email protected] or (410) 879-4424 for more info.
Minnesota
Norwegian Day at the Fair
July 18, 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Thief River Falls, Minn.
Snorre Lodge #70 presents Norwegian food,
crafts, music, and games. Fun for all ages. Free to
enter; food and crafts for sale. Proceeds used to
fund Norwegian language study scholarships. At
Pennington County Fairgrounds.
Trollheim Picnic
July 20, 6:00 p.m.
Waite Park, Minn.
In past years, this summer get-together has been
fun and well attended. To continue this tradition,
please join other Trollheim members and come
to the annual picnic at the Community Center in
Waite Park. This excellent facility provides abundant parking and shelter in case of rain. Serving
begins at 6:00 p.m.; please bring a dish to share,
a plate, and utensils.
BBQ Picnic
July 28, 6:00 p.m.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Come join Vonheim Lodge and enjoy BBQ chicken
and ribs from Caps with baked beans and cole
slaw. Cost is $13 per person. Reservations required to Marilyn at (763) 420-9980. At Wabun
Park on the east side of Minnehaha Park. There
will be various activities for young and old.
new york
Spatial Articulation: An Exhibition of
Transforming Art
now—July 2
New York, N.Y.
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original
work of Oslo artist Sissel Hovden. In Hovden’s
work, a wide range of materials and approaches
come together in vividly realized images. Any art
lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks
and meeting talented and interesting artists is
encouraged to attend. Visit www.agora-gallery.
com/artistpage/Sissel_Hovden.aspx for more
info.
A Portrait of Creativity: Edvard Munch on Film
July 1, 7:00 p.m.
New York, N.Y.
In a companion program to the Prize Prints exhibition, two films examine Munch’s often arduous artistic processes and enduring influence.
The films are Solen, directed by Stein-Roger Bull
(2013), and La skrik bli hørt, directed by Dheeraj
Akolkar (2013). Cost is $10 or $7 for ASF Members. At Scandinavia House.
Rhapsody in Color
July 7—28
New York, N.Y.
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original
work of Norwegian artist Lars Aukrust in Rhapsody
in Color. Aukrust masterfully applies liquid acrylics
on large canvases to create fluid, emotive works.
The opening reception will take place Thursday,
Check www.na-weekly.com/events for complete listings
Calendar of Events
July 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Any art lover who
enjoys thought-provoking works and meeting talented, interesting artists is encouraged to attend.
Røyst Trio Concert
July 9, 7:00 p.m.
New York, N.Y.
As part of their 2015 North American Tour, Norwegian a cappella ensemble Røyst Trio visits
Scandinavia House to inspire New York audiences
with their original and playful arrangements of
traditional Norwegian folk songs. The trio’s music represents a fusion of improvisation and elements drawn from world music, modern jazz, and
folk music. Cost is $15 or $10 for ASF members.
The Sunlit Night Book Reading
July 15, 6:00 p.m.
New York, N.Y.
Rebecca Dinerstein will be giving a book reading
and Q&A of her latest book, The Sunlit Night, at
The New York Public Library.
ohio
Edvard Grieg Lodge Reading Circle
July 11, 2:30—4:00 p.m.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The book choice for this meeting is The Ravens.
This is Vidar Sundstøl’s final installment of his
award winning Minnesota Trilogy. We’ll find solutions to the murder of the Norwegian tourist
on the shore of Lake Superior and the tangled
Hansen family situation. The Cincinnati/Hamilton
County Library sytem has several copies. Everyone is welcome! At Panera Bread on E. Kemper
Rd. Contact Carol Luiso at (513) 683-3631 or
[email protected] for more info and to RSVP.
pennsylvania
Northern Lights: Scandinavian Design
now—Oct. 4
Philadelphia, Penn.
Drawing from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s
exceptional holdings, Northern Lights surveys
Scandinavian design from the 1900 World’s Fair
in Paris to the present, with special emphasis on
objects made mid-century, when an appreciation
for Scandinavian design reached new heights
both in the United States and internationally.
Visit www.philamuseum.org for more info.
Washington
Sons of Norway Border Festival Picnic
July 12
Blaine, Wash.
Join Districts Two and Seven for a Sons of Norway
Border Festival Picnic at Peace Arch Park. Horseshoes begins at 10:00 a.m., followed by a potluck
lunch at 12:00 p.m. Bring your lunch and a dessert
to share, utensils, and beverage other than coffee. The program begins at 1:00 p.m. and includes
a flag salute and national anthems, raffle, Queen
contest, and entertainment. WA State Parks Dept.
requires a Discover Pass to use the parking lot. For
more info, contact Elaine Grasdock at viking1kg@
gmail.com or (360) 734-7753 or Susan Strang at
[email protected] or (604) 291-1664.
Norwegian Heritage Camp
July 13—17, 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Mercer Island, Wash.
Calling all children ages nine to 12. Join us for this
fun day camp featuring Norwegian language for
young travelers, arts & crafts, cooking, dancing,
skits, games, trolls, rosemaling, leather crafts,
treasure hunts, wood carving, singing, storytelling, and more! Camp will be held at the Mercer
Island UMC. Parents are encouraged to volunteer. All are welcome! Children are not required
to be Scandinavian or members of the lodge or
church to attend. Cost: $75. Save $5 on siblings
and cousins. Limited to 25 children. Apply early!
To enroll or for more info contact: Leiann at (425)
313-0193 or [email protected].
Trollhaugen Lodge Steak Fry
July 18
Easton, Wash.
Join the Trollhaugen Lodge for a Steak Fry.
There will also be salmon available. Activities
will start at 11:00 a.m., followed by happy
hour (BYOB) at 2:30 p.m. and dinner at 3:30
p.m. Tickets are $20. Kids meal for $5 is also
available for children ages 12 and under. For
dinner reservations contact Bill Hicks at (425)
672-0194 or [email protected].
Wisconsin
Writing Your Family History
July 8—9
Madison, Wis.
This class is offered to those who would like
to write their family histories in a way that is
clear, enjoyable, and permanent. Instructed
by Jerry Paulson at Ostby Education Center of
the Norwegian American Genealogical Center.
Cost is $125 for NAGC members or $150 for
non-members. For more info, contact NAGC
at (608) 255-2224 or [email protected].
“Gateway to the Prairie” 7 Lag Stevne
July 9—12
La Crosse, Wis.
Prominent speakers and presenters will give insights into the lives of immigrant ancestors as
they settled the prairies. Speaking at the Opening Session, Dr. Karen V. Hansen has researched
her topic for more than a dozen years. Among
the many presenters are Betty Bergland, Howard Sherpe, Candace Simar, and Blaine Hedberg. Notables from Vesterheim, NAHA, and
the Giants in the Earth Center at Spring Grove
will be on hand to answer your questions. The
banquet and bunad parade are at the Radisson
Hotel on Friday. Visit www.7lagstevne.com for
registration and more info.
Vennelag 513 Kaffe Stue
July 18, 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Mount Horeb, Wis.
If you hanker for some good Norwegian food,
come to the Community Center where Sons of
Norway Vennelag Lodge 513 hosts their 43rd
Annual Kaffe Stue. You can sample genuine
foods of the old country, such as lefse, rømmegrøt, sandbakelser, smørbrød, søtsuppe,
and more. Once again they will offer their
popular Troll Roll sandwiches.
Masse Moro Norwegian Heritage Camp
July 19—August 1
Fall Creek, Wis.
Another year brings another exciting session
of the Sons of Norway District V Norwegian
Heritage Camp—Masse Moro! 2015 marks
Masse Moro’s 37th year! The program is for
boys and girls ages nine to 15. You can find
application materials at www.massemoro.
org. Camper applications will continue to
be accepted until July 1. Please feel free to
contact Kaia Ellis, Camp Administrator, with
questions: [email protected] or (507)
581-3700, or Vonheim Scholarship Chair, Dennis Sorheim: (651) 451-7313 psorheim@juno.
com. At Beaver Creek Nature Reserve.
Norway
American Independence Day Celebration
July 4, 12:00—5:00 p.m.
Oslo, Norway
The American Coordinating Council of Norway (ACCN) is pleased to invite all friends and
supporters to the 30th year in Frognerparken
celebrating America’s Independence Day. The
celebration features live music by Moving
Day! and Project Brundlefly, children’s games,
great American-style BBQ food, amazing prizes, and more.
Send your event to [email protected] or call (206) 784-4617
to be added to the Norwegian American Weekly!
Event listings are free, but space is limited. Please contact us at least one month prior to event.
norwegian american weekly June 26, 2015 • 13
In your neighborhood
Midsummer in Colo. Open at last
Celebrate summer like a Scandinavian
during this two-day festival
Norway House is a bridge between
America and modern-day Norway
< norway house
From page 1
Photo courtesy of Midsummer Festival
People from all five Nordic cultures dance before the Maypole at Estes Park’s summer festival.
Special Release
Midsummer Festival
Come bring your family and celebrate
the 2015 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival on Saturday, June 27, from 9:30 to 5:00
and Sunday, June 28, from 9:30 to 4:00. The
festival is located in downtown Estes Park
at Bond Park, at the intersection of Elkhorn
Ave (US 36) and MacGregor Avenue.
The celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning with the raising of the Maypole, followed by a Grand March entrance
at 10:00 a.m. Costumed representatives from
each of the five Scandinavian countries enter the park carrying the flag of their country
and the national anthems are played. Dancing and live music continue all day, including dances with the opportunity for audience
participation.
We expect our Beer Hall Tent—the
“Beer Krog”—a new feature for the festival
this year, to be a huge hit, with lots of drinking songs and much skåling. Also new for this
year is our Cultural Tent, which will encompass traditional Scandinavian craft demonstrations, flower wreath making for the children, and Dala horse painting for both adults
and children. A Volvo and Saab Vintage Auto
Show, located at the bus pull-off adjacent to
the park on Elkhorn, will be returning for
another season. A Fashion Show of the various Scandinavian folk costumes is planned
for both days. As in the past, there will be
a large Art and Craft Fair. Some exhibitors
will be selling traditional Scandinavian food,
baked goods, decorations, and hand-made
crafts. The folk-art of decorative painting
on wood—called rosemaling in Norway and
dalamaling in Sweden—will be represented.
Exhibitors will also feature hand-crafted
items such as pottery, fabric, woodworking,
jewelry, painting, metal work, photography,
glass, and more. Every exhibitor will include
Scandinavian inspired or traditional work as
part of their collection. At the Lefse Tent one
can learn how to prepare these famous thin
Norwegian potato pancakes, which will also
be for sale. The Fjellborg Vikings of Colorado are a big draw for the children. There will
be swordsmanship, traditional crafts, and
daily life demonstrations at the historically
correct encampment. The traditional Church
Service in Bond Park is planned for Sunday
morning at 10:00 a.m. In addition to all this,
there will be a Silent Auction and a Raffle.
The festival is free to attend and wheelchair accessible. Parking and restrooms are
located adjacent to the park.
“Norway House is a convener, collaborator, and provider,” says Mueller. “We want
to work with other organizations to use our
facilities to meet their needs and to work
with them, whenever possible, to provide
opportunities to jointly benefit both organizations.”
Norway House has already had a significant start in its role as collaborator. The
County of Telemark, Norway, has opened an
office in the building. In its role as convener,
Norway House introduces Norwegian government and business officials to the connections they seek, whether in the area of education, business, tourism, or culture.
Furthermore, Concordia Language Villages Twin Cities operations are now located
at Norway House. This autumn Barnehage,
a collaborative effort among Concordia Language Villages, Mindekirken, and Norway
House, moves to Norway House. It offers
Norwegian language and culture education
to preschool children through music, dance,
creative play, crafts, games, stories, and
food.
Another friend has also come to Norway House—Ingebretsen’s, Minneapolis’s
premiere Scandinavian marketplace since
1921. Julie Ingebretsen opened also Ingebretsen’s in the Education Building with a
beautiful array of Scandinavian gifts and a
small menu of familiar Norwegian foods in
its coffee shop.
“We are also very pleased to provide an
incredibly designed gallery,” said Mueller.
“It’s suitable for any medium. So far we’ve
had two exhibits: Red, White and Blue—Norwegian Constitution, American Inspiration,
a celebration of Norway’s Constitutional Bicentennial, and Norwegian Threads, an aweinspiring exhibit combining the festdrakt art-
istry of Norwegian textile with textile- and
tradition-inspired paintings. Both have been
very successful. But we also hope that Norwegian organizations will take advantage of
the gallery to highlight their histories and
missions.”
Two other very important parts of Norway House’s mission and educational endeavors include the Edvard Grieg Society,
which celebrates and promotes the music
of Edvard Grieg and other Nordic composers through an annual concert series, and
the Peace Initiative, which raises awareness
of threats to global peace and stability and
peacemaking efforts worldwide.
“As one can see, ‘education’ at Norway
House is used in the very broadest sense,”
said Mueller. “We do not necessarily mean
classes in rosemaling, knitting, or Hardanger
embroidery, for example. There are many
fine organizations that provide excellent
opportunities for this type of education, although we welcome them to use our facilities
if they desire. We believe our collaboration
efforts will keep the Norwegian community
from duplicating each other’s efforts.
“Now we move to Phase Two, which
is the Event Center,” said Mueller. “It will
house a banquet hall, commercial kitchen,
a fireplace room, a Bygedelag library for
research, and perhaps a small restaurant.
Over the next few years we will learn from
our Education Building experience what the
Norwegian and Norwegian-American community needs from us. We are hoping to take
the next step in three to five years when we
truly will become the Norwegian National
Center in America.”
Norway House is located at 913 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn., adjacent to
Mindekirken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church. For information, call (612)
871-2211 or e-mail [email protected].
Community Connections
Sister and brother used to have to share their birthday cake;
now they share sweet memories and sometimes their birthday cake.
Gratulerer med Dagen
Aunt Irene and Dad
(Papa)!
Love, The Barcias
Photo: Mara LeBlanc
The Education Building of Norway House was dedicated on June 14. Here former board Chair Karen
Tuzcu, former Consul General for Norway in the Midwest Thor Johansen and his grandsons, former
board Chair Linda Brekke Mona, and current board Chair Jon Pederson assist in the ribbon cutting.
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norwegian heritage
Rosemaling expert teaches Washington, DC
< rosemaling
From page 1
in Washington. The class was designed to
show students how to use a round brush to
execute curved and straight teardrop strokes
and make dots with the end of the brush; prepare a wood surface for painting, using sandpaper; apply a design on paper to the wood
using transfer paper and a stylus; and paint
the design with acrylic paint, using the teardrop strokes and dots.
Each student was given a packet containing a brush, information sheets about the
history of rosemaling, directions to practice
the strokes with border design variations as
examples, a piece of Loew-Cornell BrushUp Paper to practice strokes with a waterfilled brush, and a base coat painted but unsanded wooden ornament.
The class first concentrated on varying
the pressure placed on the brush to achieve
wide and delicate weight to the stroke for the
classic scroll, or “C” shape, while resting the
brush hand on the “free” wrist. This was a
challenge or an opportunity, depending on
the student.
After an hour of demanding practice,
several kindly nisser graciously supplied
the bleary-eyed students with a refreshment
break that energized them for the great leap
forward from practice to painting. After a
cup of strong coffee and a piece of delicious
Verdens Beste Kake, they accomplished the
sanding step and then chose a pattern from a
number of color design samples. With the de-
signs boldly transferred onto their ornaments
and with paint on their brushes, the rosemalers’ genetic talent spontaneously kicked in
with gusto! They finished their artwork.
All class attendees were pleased with
their beautiful Christmas tree ornaments.
They came away with a greater appreciation for this native art form and for the master painters, and, most importantly, they felt
even more connected to their precious Norwegian heritage.
More info
The purpose of this article was, of
course, not to teach readers how to do rosemaling. For anyone who would like more information, some suggestions follow.
According to Keune, Vesterheim is “the
true Valhalla of rosemaling information and
of the decorative arts of Norway in general.”
It offers classes, supplies, and more. Go to
its website at vesterheim.org. Vesterheim
members can subscribe to the rosemaling
newsletter, which is published three times
a year and has articles about the rosemaling
pieces in the museum’s collection and information about rosemaling materials and folk
art tours.
Many rosemaling groups throughout the
country offer classes. Google “rosemaling
classes” for links to these groups.
Definitely check out Keune’s website
at rosemalingbychristina.com to learn more
about her impressive background and to
view the lovely studio pieces that she offers
for sale.
Photos: Christine Foster Meloni
Above: Keune, standing, gives the
students pointers as they practice basic
brushstrokes.
Right: Denise taps into the genetic talent that allows any Norwegian to learn
rosemaling.
The burr thrives as Norwegian dialects dwindle
M. Michael Brady
Asker, Norway
All 20-some dialects of Norwegian are dwindling in the face of increasing mobility and ever
more pervasive electronic media. But recent phonemic research points to at least one counter trend.
The burr, a distinctive uvular articulation of the letter R, also called a guttural R, is spreading.
In the Middle Ages, the Norwegian burr, called
skarringen, had a close relative. Across the North
Sea in Northumberland, the burr was part of the everyday spoken language. In the early 18th century,
writer Daniel Defoe, most famed for Robinson Crusoe, decried the “hollow Jarring in the Throat... of
the Northumberland R” in a series of essays entitled
A Tour Thro’ The Whole Island of Great Britain. But
the Northumberland burr is no more, as it has disappeared from the dialects of northeast England.
That the burr thrives in contemporary Norwegian suggests that it arrived in a more regular linguistic migration than via sporadic Viking voyages.
In French, grasseyer (the verb for uvular trilling)
is believed to have originated in the 17th century
in Paris. At the time, Parisian French was much
spoken by the urban upper classes across Western
Europe, so the French burr traveled in many directions, including northward to Copenhagen, where
it was first heard around 1780. How it spread from
there is unknown, but it’s still in some French dialectal articulation, as of rendezvous.
The Norwegian burr was first heard on the
southern and southwestern coasts, in Arendal, Kristiansand, Stavanger, and Bergen, where it became
the norm in the everyday speech of residents born
around 1900. Seventy years on, it had spread to the
surrounding rural areas and moved inland.
University of Oslo Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Arne Torp predicts that the next generation
will take the burr farther northward to make it the
dominant articulation of western Norway. But he
Photos: Wikimedia Commors
Map showing prevalence of the burr in Europe; dark splotches
indicate general use.
also speculates that the spread may slow in the face
of the opposing retroflexion that tends to merge
consonants. If so, the Norwegian burr may never
be as prevalent as the French or Danish varieties.
Even so, the Norwegian burr now has the distinction of having been heard at Cabinet level. Two
Ministers of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s second cabinet spoke with a burr: Minister of Culture
Hadia Tajik, born and raised in Rogaland County
on the southwest coast, and Minister of Labor Anniken Huitfeldt, who lived in Rogaland until she
was six years old. As they now reside and work in
the greater Oslo area, where the alveolar trill, or
“rolled R” is the norm, both parliamentarians report
being suspected of having a speech defect. If so, Tajik observes, “it’s a most beautiful speech defect.”
< cruises
From page 9
ently, saving 3-5% in fuel. Engines
on this ship can work in tandem
or not and when unnecessary they
turn off. Cooling water for the engines comes from seawater. The
heat from this is used in the cabins.
When the water goes back over the
sides it is about the same temperature as the ocean. It is an amazing
video to watch, especially for engineer dummies like me: www.vikingcruises.com/oceans/ships/viking-star/deck-plans.html#video/
viking-star-energy-efficient
It only makes sense that a cruise
line operating in an innovative manner has marketing to match. You can
see the niche they are aiming for in
their website. “Viking Cruises offers destination-centric river and
ocean cruising designed for experienced travelers with an interest
in geography, culture, and history.”
You can even customize your trip.
There is no cookie cutter, follow the
leader with the umbrella tour here.
They even send you a recommended reading list.
VC is targeting a sophisticated
traveler, retired or close to (as evidenced in their images of vibrant
grown-up people on board)—targeting those Americans with the
most disposable income. Not necessarily the richest, but rather those
who worked for their money and
search for “value”—a catch word
they use in their literature.
VC’s focus on quality, good
design, and intimacy reminds me
of what I heard about the Norwegian American Line. People who
took the NAL reminisced about
how it had been their favorite ships
to sail, not for their grandeur, but
for their craftsmanship and subtle
understatement. Two other sister ships to Viking Star are in the
works: Viking Sea and Viking Sky.
Perhaps a new Norwegian American Line is being created.
At a time when Norwegian
sailors are few, when Norwegian
ships are built under other flags to
avoid taxes, it is wonderful that this
company is reclaiming Norway’s
rich maritime history. They reclaimed their Viking heritage when
they began sailing longships down
European rivers and beyond. And
now they are in the vanguard of
ship construction and exploration
for travelers.
We usually bemoan the lack
of truth in advertising. However,
in this case Viking Cruises looks
like the real deal, from a time when
your word and a handshake sufficed. There is no bait and switch. A
skål to Viking Cruise line for putting Norway’s ship-building and
cruising in comfort prowess back
on the map.
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Rønningen Ramblings Beyond Lilyhammer
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!
Ex-Pat TV brings Norwegian television
and music channels to your TV or iPad
Molly Jones
Ever wanted to keep up to date on tions. There is also a basic package available
your favorite Norwegian TV show or watch with just the first four channels.
the matches of your Tippeligaen team but
You pay a (somewhat hefty) one-time
couldn’t find a way? Well, Ex-Pat TV was fee for the box itself, then the service runs on
created to help you solve that problem. The a monthly subscription. Pricing is in British
Ex-Pat TV system offers two products: the Pounds, but currently works out to around
TV Set Top Box and the iPad app.
$46 per month for the full service.
The Set Top Box allows you to plug the
My favorite feature is the Catch Up Sersystem directly into your TV—using either vice, essentially the “On Demand” of Ex-Pat
an HDMI or RCA cable—and watch Nor- TV. By going to Channel 0 or the top of the
wegian TV live right on your big screen. All guide, you have access to hundreds of recordyou need is a TV and a broadband connec- ings of shows on the most popular channels.
tion of 0.9Mb.
Since these are recordings, you can pause the
The box doesn’t use WiFi, however; show, rewind, or fast forward through comyou’ll need to use the Ethernet cable to con- mercials. These titles remain available for
nect it to your router. This may be a problem two weeks.
if your router isn’t located near your TV, but
Although Norwegian subtitles are availyou could always supply your own, longer able on the shows in English or other lanEthernet cable if necessary.
guages, they are not available for the NorOnce your box is set up, you will use the wegian shows. In my opinion, this would be
provided remote control to navigate the TV a nice feature—both for those with hearing
guide, which provides a short description of impairments and for language learners.
the show and the time remaining and is color
I also found the interface to be a bit less
categorized by genre (news, sports, music, user-friendly than what I’m used to, but I got
etc.). One of the interesting features of the the hang of it once I spent some time using
guide is the ability to hide certain genres. it. The same goes for the picture quality; it’s
For example, if you’re not a sports fan, you sufficient, but it won’t stand up to your BluPhoto courtesy of Plymouth Playhouse can opt to hide the sports showings from the Rays. I did encounter some issues with the
guide, and these time slots will appear blank. picture freezing occasionally, but it worked
From left to right, the Church Basement Ladies: Greta Grosch (Mrs. Gilmer Gilmerson / Mavis),
The system uses a time-shift facility based well the majority of the time.
Janet Paone (Mrs. Lars Snustad / Vivian), Dorian Chalmers (Mrs. Elroy Engelson / Karin), and Tara
Borman (Mrs. Harry Hauge / Beverly).
on your location so that if you watch in the
The Ex-Pat TV app for the iPad works
evening, you are actually viewing the shows in much the same way but is definitely a bit
For ten years the Church Basement La- than three million people and all five versions that air in the evening in Norway—rather slower and harder to use than the box. When
dies, based on the book Growing Up Luther- of the show have run in all contiguous 48 than in the middle of the night!
you choose a title and click play, expect a
an by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nel- states and Canada. That says volumes about
The full package includes 20 channels delay as it takes a while to buffer.
son, have taken audiences on the journeys of the relevance of these women for so many.
(NRK 1, NRK 2, NRK 3, TV2 NyhetskaAll in all, if you want to watch Norwelife in the sanctuary of their church basement
Chalmers commented on the attachment nalen, TV2 Norway, TV3 Norway, TV2 Ze- gian TV and don’t mind putting up with a
kitchen. Now the original cast (Tim Drake, audience members have to both the characters bra Norway, TV2 Bliss Norway, TV Norge, few glitches here and there, I recommend the
Janet Paone, Greta Grosch, Tara Borman, and the story. “I think we all want our story FEM Norway, MAX Norway, C More Fot- Ex-Pat TV system.
and Dorian Chalmers) returns in a produc- told, and this show does that for a large group ball, TV2 Sport Norway, TV 6 Norway, Vition of the show that launched the legacy of people… either it’s about them or the wom- asat 4, VOX Norway, Disney Channel Nor- To learn more about this service, visit www.
of these stalwarts of hotdish and humor in en they love: their grandmothers, mothers, way, Discovery Channel Norway, Eurosport mytvabroad.com/naweekly.
2005. Hundreds of performances later, their aunts, and friends.” She adds, “we love these Norway, and Golf Norway) and 15 radio stastory still rings true for many.
women, hence our audiences do too.”
I was curious how living with the same
If the Church Basement Ladies could
characters for so long would affect the ac- leave one word of wisdom with the world,
tors themselves, and Dorian Chalmers (who what would it be? “Laughter is the best medplays Karin Engelson) and Tara Borman icine,” said Chalmers. “Change is good,”
(who plays Signe/Beverly) shared some of said Borman. “I am so proud to be a Church
their insights with me. “Playing a character Basement Lady,” adds Chalmers. “This
for so long has really taught me a lot about show has brought so much joy and laughter
acting and endurance,” comments Borman, to so many people, and I get to share in that.”
adding that she has learned how to leave
Director Curt Wollan on the Church
“real” life behind when she walks onstage. Basement Ladies webpage (churchbaseShe says she has gained confidence in her mentladiesonstage.com) calls these ladies
own ideas and about her character, “who is the “Steel Magnolias” of the church, and
not afraid to speak her mind in any situa- with his collaborators he has created a phetion—which sometimes gets her in trouble— nomenon that “celebrates the women who
but often times inspires change in others.” work so hard and with such dedication in the
Chalmers has observed that both she and church kitchen. Whether they be Lutheran,
her character have learned from each other. Methodist, Jewish, or Catholic,” the need to
“Karin has taken on some of my characteris- serve is universal.
tics” comments Chalmers, learning to “laugh
“If you find yourself in Minnesota,” inloud and sing from your heart.” Karin in turn vites Borman, “come and spend some time
has taught Dorian to “serve others with joy in the basement… a good time will be had
Photo: Emily C. Skaftun
each day, to be patient, and to move forward by all.” The Church Basement Ladies 10th
You can watch NRK in the USA with Ex-Pat TV.
through hard times.”
anniversary show runs June 18—November
The very first performance of the Church 15, 2015. Contact the Plymouth Playhouse
Basement Ladies was in Grand Rapids, Min- (plymouthplayhouse.com) for ticket info.
nesota, and both cast and audience knew from
that moment that it was destined to be some- Postscript: I have been away for the past few
thing special. According to the press release months wrapping up my master’s degree in
for this anniversary show, the ladies of the English and other languages, but now am
Call (206) 784-4617 or email [email protected] for details
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Johannes Farestveit, and Nana Rise-Lynum. Translated by Alexander Knud Huntrods and Odd-Steinar Dybvad
Raneng. Illustrated by Solveig Muren Sanden, Jens R. Nilssen, and Ralph A. Styker. “Tuss og Troll” was edited,
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Fleskeskinka
del 2
the ham shank
part 2
— Det var tjuvane, sa mannen, — og
det var fleskeskinka dei meinte. No gjeld
det at vi tek oss i vare og gøymer skinka
vel, elles kjem fantane att når vi har lagt
oss i kveld, og dreg av garde med henne.
Desse karane er nok ramme til å stela.
Så lurte han lenge på kvar han skulle
gøyma skinka så ingen fann henne. Han
gøymde henne på den eine staden etter
den andre, men tykte ikkje nokon stad
var trygg nok. Til sist fann han på å leggja
henne inn i bakaromnen, og der vart ho
liggjande.
Då det leid ut på natta, kom ein av
dei to tjuvane smygande inn. Han gjekk
på tå så stilt han kunne fram mot grua,
og tok til å stryka med handa langsetter
stonga, Men det hang inga fleskeskinke
der, berre sokkar og skoband, og det var
ikkje det han var ute etter.
Bonden og kona hans låg i senga i
koven og høyrde på dette som tusla inne
i stova. Så gjekk tjuven ut til kameraten
som stod utanfor og venta. — No skal du
gå ned i fjøset og sleppa ut buskapen, sa
han, — så tenkjer eg nok at mannen karar
seg opp or senga.
— Eg gøymer meg attom døra så
lenge, sa tjuven. Ja, den andre gjorde
som kameraten sa, han gjekk ned i fjøset
og hadde ut både kyrne og geitene og
sauene og grisane og alt som levande var.
Og du kan tru det vart eit fælt leven der
på tunet då alle kom ut!
— Kva er det som står på no? sa bonden. Han for opp og fekk buksa på seg og
drog på dør. — Det er likt til at dei vil stela
krøtera or fjøset og! Men då han kom ut,
såg han ikkje noko til tjuvane. Med mykje
slit og strev fekk han jaga buskapen inn i
fjøset att.
“It was the thieves,” said the husband, “and it was the ham shank they
were talking about. Now it is up to us to
take care and hide the ham shank well,
otherwise these felons will come back
after we have gone to bed and run away
with it. These fellows are sure daring
enough to steal it.”
For a long time he wondered where
to hide the ham shank so no one would
find it. He hid it in one place after the other, but then thought that no place was
safe enough. At last he decided to put it
in the baking oven, and there it stayed.
As the night wore on, one of the two
thieves came sneaking in. He tiptoed as
quietly as he could towards the hearth,
and began to feel along the pole with
his hands. But there was no ham shank
hanging there, just socks and shorts, and
that was not what he was out after.
The farmer and his wife lay in their
bed in the sleeping chamber and listened
to the pottering about inside the house.
Then the thief went out to his friend who
was outside waiting. “I want you to go to
the barn and let all the animals out,” he
said, “then I would think the farmer will
get himself out of bed.
“In the meantime I will hide myself
behind the door,” said the thief. Well, the
other one did as his friend had said; he
went down to the barn and chased out
both cattle and goats and sheep and
pigs and everything else that was living
in there. And you must certainly understand that there was a lot of racket in the
yard when they all came out!
“What is it that is happening now?”
said the farmer. He jumped up and put
his pants on and headed for the door.
“It seems that they are stealing the animals from the barn as well!” But when he
came outside, the thieves were not to be
seen. With a lot of hard work and effort,
he was able to chase the animals back
into the barn.
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June 26, 2015 - The Norwegian American

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