(Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Editorial In Your Neighborhood On the Edge: New home for Ambitions for Et snøfnugg går The Little Viking Norway aldri alene på fest. Read more on page 6 – Simen Beeder Read more on page 13 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 123 No. 4 January 27, 2012 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $1.50 per copy Norway.com News Find more at www.norway.com Six months have passed News Changes in Hurtigruten said early on that they were skeptical about the Norway since the cause of fire as stated in the re- port from the Accident Investi- July 22 bombing gation Board. Now Det Norske and shootings Veritas delivered a report that outlines a different sequence of events. “The DNV report KELSEY LARSON confirms what our experienced Copy Editor chief has said, that the loose bolts on the fuel pump is a con- “Six months have passed since sequence of the fire, and not the last sign of life from you on that the cause,” said Operating Of- rainy summer day in July. This has ficer of Hurtigruten Day Arne been a difficult day, but I have been Wenzel to New Scientist. to your grave and brushed away (blog.norway.com/category/ the snow from the pictures, hearts, news) flowers, birds and other things that Culture we and your friends have left :-) Miss you – you are always in my A new survey shows that 12 heart. Love, mom.” percent of respondents partici- “I cannot believe that six pated in religious ceremonies months have passed. We miss you. after the terrorist acts of July Although the days go by, time 22. In Oslo and Akershus area, about 20 percent of people at- Photo: Christy Olsen Field tended these markers, writes See > REFLECTION, page 6 An impromptu flower memorial in Oslo in the days after the July 22 bombing and shootings. Our Country. In the survey, the concept of religious celebra- tions was extended to include laying down flowers or light- Honored for service Andsnes on US tour ing candles in or outside the Christening of D/S Hestmanden brought church, in addition to religious Pianist Leif Ove services. Typically, between 2 together 240 krigsseilere from World War II Andsnes visits eight and 3 percent of the population attend Sunday church services. cities in February (blog.norway.com/category/ culture) SPECIAL RELEASE Continuing his multi-season “Beethoven Journey,” the cele- What’s inside? brated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove News 2-3 Andsnes returns to the U.S. for an Business 4 eight-city U.S. receital tour that features performances in the fol- Research & Education 5 Photo: Felix Broede Opinion 6-7 See > ANDSNES, page 11 Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes Taste of Norway 8 Travel 9 Roots & Connections 10 Rykhus is Telemark champ Obituaries & Religion 11 Norwegian wins Arts & Style 12 Photo: Lori Vedvik women’s first world In Your Neighborhood 13 Olav D. Vedvik (left) and Alfred Ulversoy attended the christening of the D/S cup for Telemark Norwegian Heritage 14 Hestmanden in November 2011. They served together as krigsseilere (war sail- Sports 15 ors) during World War II. NORWAY POST ORI ED V I K King Harald! $1 = NOK 5.8722 L V Norway’s Sigrid Rykhus won Lake Telemark, N.J. Olav, Alfred, and approxi- updated 1/23/2012 the first women’s world cup Tele- mately 240 other krigsseilere, or In comparison mark skiing competition of the sea- war sailors, were invited to Kris- On Nov. 22, 2011, Olav D. Ve- son in Bohinj, Slovenia on Jan. 22, 12/23/2011 5.9743 tiansand, Norway, to be part of the dvik, 90, and Alfred Ulversoy, 88, ahead of Swiss Amelie Reymond. 7/23/2011 5.4145 christening of the D/S Hestman- 1/23/2011 5.8182 long-time residents of Rockaway Norway’s Thea Smedheim Township, N.J., met His Majesty See > SAILORS, page 13 Lunde captured third place. Photo: Dagbladet Ap har ikke de endelige tallene før om et par uker, men allerede ved utgan- gen av september meldte landsstyret at det var registrert 10.000 nye medlem- mer av rundt 60.000 totalt. AUF hadde på samme tidspunkt fått ca. 3.000 nye medlemmer, et tall som nok vil være større ved årsskiftet. Høyre fikk 5.000 nye betalende medlemmer i 2011 og slo sin interne mål- setting med ett år. Venstre fikk i underkant av 1.000 nye medlemmer. NorwegiaN americaN weekly Online: blog.norway.com/category/news JaNuary 27, 2012 • 3 NEWS Use moderation This week on Norway.com PST chief resigns under fire Smoking may be banned during work Norwegian politicians hours call for moderation in Minster of Health Anne-Grethe Strøm- Erichsen wants to ban ten-packs of cigarettes, salary negotations and also considers it likely that employers will ban smoking for their employees during work hours. The health minister warns JULIE RYLAND Norway Post about tighter rules and regulations regarding smoking, and says that only allowing the sale of 20-packs of cigarettes was one of the suggestions presented at a hearing in Salary moderation is a critical contribu- parliament. Strøm-Erichsen told NRK that tor in order to avoid an economical crisis like this is something that is being practiced in the one in the Euro zone, according to Erna several other countries, and will help show Solberg, leader of the Conservative Party teens how much smoking actually costs. (Høyre). (NRK) In this year’s salary negotiations peo- ple will have to show moderation, and it is NCSE award to Gro Harlem Brundtland crucial that the leaders set a good example, Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Solberg tells Dagens Næringsliv. “This is an Minister of Norway and former Secretary important part of how we face this crisis.” Photo: Ministry of Justice and the Police General of the World Health Organisation Earlier this year, during a seminar for Janne Kristiansen (shown here in a 2010 photo) resigned Jan. 19 from her post as chief of the Police has been given the U.S. NCSE Lifetime the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, Security Service after mentioning Norway had military intelligence agents working in Pakistan. Achievement Award. The award was Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg also encour- presented at the National Council for aged executives to be careful when negotiat- STAFF COMPILATION it quits on Jan. 18. During a hearing in front Science and the Environment (NCSE)’s ing their salaries for 2012. Norwegian American Weekly of the July 22nd Commission, she leaked annual National Congress in Washington, Solberg argues that Norwegian business that Norway has military intelligence agents D.C. Brundtland received the prize “for Janne Kristiansen, the chief of the Nor- operating in Pakistan. decades of leadership in science, policy and wegian Police Security Service (PST), called the environment.” She is the first person See > MODERATION, page 11 See > KRISTIANSEN, page 11 outside the U.S. to receive this prize. (Norway Post) Norway pledges $300 million/year to Best showing in 50 years Growing up green world’s power Norway will spend NOK 1.8 billion (USD Northern Lights 300 million) a year to devise ways to help some of the world’s poorest people get expected to be their better access to energy and to develop a new brightest in decades market-based system to limit emissions from global energy production, a foreign ministry this winter official said Jan. 18. Norway expects to launch a plan by June that will help poor countries invest in new, more efficient STAFF COMPILATION power plants. The Energy+ Partnership Norwegian American Weekly will see Norway, U.K., France, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands and South Korea According to experts, the northern give money to Bhutan, Ethiopia, Kenya, lights over Norway will be the strongest in Liberia, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal 50 years. and Tanzania. Catching the northern lights is on many (Reuters) people’s “bucket list” or things to do before one dies, and it is a major draw for tourists Oslo attracts more “coffee tourists” coming to Norway. People travel from all Oslo has established itself as a magnet Photo: Julia Naglestad / The Royal Court over the world to catch a glimpse of the fa- for coffee lovers around the world. In HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra turned eight mous phenomenon. mid-January, delegates from Norsk years old on Jan. 21. In Alta, located in the northern county of Kaffeinformasjon traveled to India to “teach Finnmark, is one of the locations where the SPECIAL RELEASE the world some of the secrets” of Norway’s lights can be seen most frequently, and the coffee success. The association was invited by the India International Coffee Festival local tourism industry is very pleased with On Jan. 21, Her Royal Highness Princess the forecast. to conduct a workshop entitled “Perfect Ingrid Alexandra turned eight years old. The Brewing.” Photo: AuroraBorealis.no / www.visitnorway.com (Kaffe.no) Northern lights in Lofoten, Norway. See > LIGHTS, page 7 See > PRINCESS, page 10 Enjoy Norway all year long. Keep up with Norway and the Norwegian-American community with the only Norwegian newspaper in North America! Subscribe – it’s easy! $ Call us toll-free at ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION: 59 $79 in Canada and $179 in Norway and all other countries (800) 305-0217 to start a new subscription Questions? 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