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Christian Den Fjerdes Laugs Newsletter 2014
Poul Edvin Kjær Sørensen´s
coffin was after the war moved
to the family´s grave site in
Nørresundby Cemetery
The Guild laid a wreath on the grave of a resistance hero
Seventy years ago on August 28th 1943 Poul
Edvin Kjær Sørensen was executed by the Nazi
occupation forces. That’s why “Veterans of the
Resistance” had asked the Guild to lay a wreath
on his grave in Nørresundby Cemetery.
Poul Edvin Kjær Sørensen was the first member
of the Danish resistance to get a death sentence and
be executed by the Germans occupying Denmark
during the Second World War. On the night of
August 18th he was with a group of resistance fighters from Aalborg collecting air-dropped weapons
near Madum Sø in the Rold Forest. On their way
home their van was caught up by a German military
patrol, and a firefight broke out. Niels Erik Vangsted
was killed and Poul Edvin Kjær Sørensen was taken
prisoner. The other members of the group escaped.
After the death sentence and the execution in
Copenhagen a few days later Poul Edvin Kjær Sørensen was buried in Warnemünde (in Germany). It
was done that way by the Germans to avoid further
unrest in Aalborg. After the war the body was
brought back to Northern Jutland to be reburied in
the cemetery in Nørresundby beside his his mother
in accordance with what Poul Edvin Kjær Sørensen
had asked for in a farewell letter to his father.
Benchers from the Board of the Guild accompanied chief bencher Niels Voss Hansen when
he laid a wreath with a band in the colours of the
resistance movement on the grave in Nørresundby.
Also present were members of the family of Poul
Edvin Kjær Sørensen.
The Guild wishes all members a happy new year
The year 2013 has – as usual – been a very busy
year in the Guild. The year started in fine style
with the Guild receiving 25,000 DKK from “Spar
Nord Bank”. The presentation itself took place at
the meeting for shareholders in Spar Nord Bank
in Aalborg, where CEO Henrik Schou – before an
audience of 2,000 people- presented the check to
the board of the Guild – who were dressed in their
red cloaks and while guild troubadour Per Iversen
blew a trumpet fanfare.
Wednesday February 27th the annual Guild
meeting took place with a nice turn out of members
of the Guild. This year the event went to plan – that
is: the microphones functioned.
The Prize of Honour went to Orla Kops for his
great work through many years for the Defense
and Garrison Museum. The Aalborg Prize went to
Anders Hjulmand for his great work for the cultural
life in Aalborg and Ahmed Vakili got the Initiative
Prize for his contribution to the Medieval Days in
Kildeparken.
New at the Guild meeting was also our nightwatchman, as Katharina Fogtmann-Schulz had
taken over this not unimportant job. By far our
prettiest watchman ever!
The Guild´s connection with our branch in Oslo
is still going strong. Monday July 3rd the board of
Oslo and about 80 persons arrived, both new who
were to be initiated and old members. Vice chief
bencher Trygve Sødring had after 5 years wanted
to retire. The initiation was as usual a very cheerful
affair. After the initiation Trygve Sødring took off
his cloak and the chief bencher draped it on the
shoulders of his successor, Helge Qvigstad.
The festivities of 4th of July were also this year
blessed with sunshine. The main speakers were according to tradition initiated – from USA the Nobel
Prize winner Dale T. Mortensen and from Denmark
journalist Steffen Gram. At the tent luncheon they
both received the Guild´s necktie. The new president
of the Rebild National Park Society, Jesper Jespersen,
was also initiated.
As everybody knows, all initiations are a little
different, but some are a extra different such as the
initiation of 50 leaders from IBF (International
Balut Federation), a Danish worldwide organization,
which in June held this year´s world championship
in Aalborg.
The Guild has always had the best relations to
the Danish Army and in 2013 we had 2 initiations
for UNMILPOC (United Nations Military Police
Course). We also initiated 20 officers and crew
members from the Dutch Navy while their ships
were at anchor in the Port of Aalborg.
On August 28th the Guild was asked to – on
behalf of the “Veterans of the Resistance” – place a
wreath on the grave of Poul Edvin Skov Jørgensen
on the 70th anniversary of his execution.
The Foundation of the Guild held its yearly
presentation party on December 4th where hapy
receivers of the donations and onlookers gathered
in the cellar and enjoyed the traditional “glögg
and æbleskiver” which is mulled wine and apple
dumplings.
Our website – www.chr4laug.dk – appears to
perform very well.
The year 2013 has given us a fair portion of
experiences – big ones and small ones. The Guild
has been met with good will from everybody: our
members, our partners and the citizens of Aalborg.
I want to thank you all for your support and good
will towards the Guild.
With kind regards
Niels Voss Hansen
Chief Bencher
100,000 DKK from the Guild´s Foundation
On behalf of the Pensioners Orchestra
Rudi Lykkegaard received a check
from the chairman of the foundation,
Kaj Kjær. Rudi Lykkegaard also
participates in the voluntary work in
the Guild and he is one of the Guild´s
troubadours.
Even though the rate of interest is low these years
the Foundation of the Guild was able to donate
100,000 DKK to social, humanitarian and cultural
activities in the municipality of Aalborg. Every
year the Foundation gives away the yield from the
capital – but this year a little help from the Guild
was needed in order to secure the 100,000 DKK.
“And once again we have decided to give out many
but more modest amounts of money, so that we can
reach far out and reward as many as possible” said
the chairman of the foundation´s board, former
lord mayor Kaj Kjær, when he distributed checks
to 24 applicants.
It is the 16th time the foundation gives out
donations – and true to tradition it took place in
a good Christmas-mood with glögg (mulled wine)
and apple-dumplings in Duus´ Winecellar in Jens
Bang´s Stonehouse in Aalborg. The foundation´s
capital comes from the work of the Guild and from
it´s members all over the world.
Earlier in the year seven other applicants have
received donations from the foundation. It has
been to special projects which were in need of
immediate financial support and could not await
the December distribution. All the 31 recipients
are from organizations and groups where the board
has decided that they contribute to “the voluntary
and unpaid work for the lesser privileged groups
and members of our society”.
The 31 recipients cover a wide field: Kamillus,
which is a support group for Kamilianergaardens
Hospice, Hassinghave, which is a residential home
for elderly and disabled people, the Danish Red
Cross, The Athletic Association for the Disabled
in Aalborg – but also the Pensioners Orchestra,
the “Multisingers”, a club for retired “Tobacco
Girls” from the former Obel´s tobacco factory and
Aalborg Minitown got their share of the money
the Foundation was able to give out in 2013.
Besides Kaj Kjær the board of the Foundation
consists of the former Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, author Mette Madsen, CEO Ernst
Trillingsgaard from AKKC, chief bencher Niels
Voss Hansen and the daily administrator Per
Svensson, the last two also members of the board
of the Guild.
The group behind the summer´s theatrical performance “The
Merchant Jens Bang” in Aalborghus Castle received support
from the foundation earlier in the year, and at the Christmas
event instructor and actor Martin Schwab thanked for the
donation.
Donation to the Guild from Spar Nord Bank
Normally it is the Guild (or the Foundation) who
are giving out the cheques, but at this year’s annual meeting in the Aalborg Kongres og Kultur
Center for the shareholders of Spar Nord Bank
it was the other way around: the benchers of
Christian The Fourth´s Guild were summoned
to the stage to receive a cheque.
“Christian The Fourth´s Guild is an organization which is making a difference in everyday life
here in Aalborg – and possibly in most of the
world” said CEO Henrik Schou, when he handed
over this extra help to the work of the Guild.
This generous donation will help the Guild
to continue its work – and among this also to
ensure that the Foundation every year in the
future can distribute a handsome sum to beneficent purposes.
Happy benchers receive the generous cheque
from CEO Henrik Schou, Spar Nord
Good Spirit Prizes presented to students in Aalborg
Every year in December a Good Spirit Prize is
donated by Christian the Fourth´s Guild to a
student at each of the colleges in Aalborg. This
year however the board of the Guild had decided
that also a student at the Construction College
should have a prize. It is up to each college to
decide which student is worthy of the prize – but
every year the Guild itself wants to present the
prize at one of the colleges. This year a group of
the benchers went to both the Commercial College and the Construction College.
To get the prize the receivers are not necessarily
the cleverest or most diligent students but they are
expected to be cheerful and positive persons with a
sense of good fellowship. “But if a student can be
found who combines these qualities, it is fine” the
chief bencher remarked.
The rather modest sum of money that comes
with the prize is not meant for books, pens and
other practical items, but for the more cheerful aspects of student life – as the chief bencher
pointed out.
Carpenter apprentice Rasmus Lyngbak Søgaard receives
the donation from chief bencher Niels Voss Hansen while
the bencher Børge Clausen, treasurer Ib Regnarsson and
troubadour Per Iversen are looking on.
Jacob Østergaard Nordtorp receives the prize cheque from
chief bencher Niels Voss Hansen, who is escorted by guild
clerk Henrik Jensen, the Guild´s treasurer Ib Regnarsson
and one of the Guilds troubadours, Per Iversen, who blew
a fanfare .
Rebild guests in the Guild of Christian the Fourth
The new president of the Rebild National Park Society
(right) together with the Danish main speaker Steffen
Gram and the American Main speaker Dale T. Mortensen
in procession around Jens Bangs Stenhus
Beverly Mortensen, wife of the American main speaker
Dale T. Mortensen, tested the key to the secret back entrance,
escorted by guild clerk Henrik Jensen.
According to tradition the main actors from the
festivities in Rebild Hills were initiated into the
Guild in Aalborg before they went away to the
Rebild National Park.
The Danish main speaker, Danish Radios foreign
correspondent Steffen Gram, the American main
speaker, professor in economics Dale T. Mortensen
and the new president of the Rebild Park Society,
Jesper Jespersen, were together with several other
participiants in the Rebild festivities initiated into
the Guild at the traditional ceremony in Duus´
Wine Cellar in Jens Bangs Stenhus. And they were
- like all new members of the Guild - presented
with a key to the wine cellars secret back entrance.
The initiation in the cozy and a little gloomy Duus´ Vine
Cellar produced as usual a solemn happiness in the many
Rebild guests, both those who were to be initiated and those
who already have been
Thirsting Baluteers initiated into the Guild
International Balut Federation is a gathering of
fun-loving people, so it was most appropriate that
about 50 IBF-chairmen were initiated into the
Christian the Fourt´s Guild, when IBF held their
world championship in Aalborg at the end of July.
Members of IBF are Danes living and working in foreign countries. There are more than
fifty branches all over the world. The members are
“baluteers”, and they meet to play Balut, which is
a fine game of dice. IFB is a network, but mostly
it is fun and happiness and fun and happiness
are exactly what you find in the Guild too, and
when 300 baluteers visited Aalborg for the world
champion-ship, where about 50 chairmen from all
over the world were initiated.
Balut demands cold beer, and is was a ghastly
experience for the chairmen, when they had to
endure their thirst while looking at the benchers
declaring: “Our thirst first!” - but they had their
revenge later on.
The Guild got a new Norwegian vice chief bencher
As most members of Christian the Fourth´s
Guild know the Guild has for many years had an
extremely active branch in Oslo. It has about 200
members. At least once a year the Guilds board
visits Oslo – and every summer the Norwegian
members visit Aalborg.
Due to the tight ties the Guild for many years
has had a Norwegian vice chief bencher. Since
2007 it has been Trygve Sødring, but he wanted
– after 5 years to retire. In connection with the
Norwegian branch´s visit in June was Helge
Qvigstad appointed new vice chief bencher. He
is also leader of the Guild´s Norwegian branch.
Helge Qvigstad has had a long career in trade and
exports, but is now retired – and he is married to
the well known Danish actress Berit Kvorning.
There was laughter and good spirit in- and outside Duus´
Wine Cellar when about 80 Norwegian members of Christian the Fourth´s Guild visited the guild. They enjoyed the
summer weather and the “out of doors” refreshments – and
to “Danish prices” as they happily remarked.
The new Norwegian vice chief bencher Helge Qvigstad takes
over the guild cloak from the former vice chief bencher Trygve
Sødring (center) while chief bencher Niels Voss Hansen
(left) and vice chief bencher Kaj Handberg are lending a
helping hand.
Guild Meeting 2014
Wednesday the 26th of February 2014 at 7.00 p.m. in Duus´
Vinkjælder in Jens Bangs
Sten­
hus (booking of table
directly to Duus´ Vinkjælder,
telephone +45 98 12 50 56).
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