SHASTAFJELL NORDLANDET NEWS April 2018
VOL. 49 NO. 4
Fra Presidenten Syttende Mai
Haakon V Langbein (Longlegs) ruled Norway 1299-1319. He had a daughter but no sons. Before he died, he said to his counselors that only Norwegians should be permitted to rule in Norway. But that is not the way that things happened. His son- in-law who was from Sweden became king of Norway and his grandson later became king of Norway and Sweden. Norway, Sweden and Denmark were ruled together for centuries. Five hundred years later in the Napoleonic war, Denmark had a falling out with England and sided with France. As retribution for supporting France, Denmark had to cede Norway to Sweden. The Norwegian National Assembly at Eidsvoll then drafted a Constitution for Norway and it was signed on May 17, 1814 although the country was still ruled by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. By 1905, Norway had become a great modern shipping nation needing it’s own foreign policy and consulates abroad. The Swedes did not support Norway in these matters so the Norwegian Cabinet members all resigned their posts en mass. On June 7, 1905 Norway withdrew from the alliance with Sweden and became completely independent. Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Alexander was born a Dane but as the younger brother of the future king of Denmark, he accepted an invitation to become the King of Norway and took the old Norwegian royal name of Haakon. He was crowned King Haakon VII. The sequence of Kings since then included his son Olaf V and grandson Harald V. Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968 and their daughter Märtha Louise was born in 1971. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus was born in 1973. After the death of Olaf in 1991, Harald and Sonja were consecrated as king and queen in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.
Up Coming Events
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We are sorry to report the passing of Marianne Olestad and Jeannie Woods.
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All Lodge meetings are on the second Thursday of each month (excluding the months of January, June, July, August & December) Begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. The I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall is located at 22551 Silver Lode Lane (off Silver Bridge Road), north of Highway 44, Palo Cedro, 547-9232. This phone number is answered only when a function is being held It’s time for the summer break: The next edition of the ShastaFjell 6-108 Nordlandet News will be for the June, July and August summer break.
The I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall is located at 22551 Silver Lode Lane (off Silver Bridge Road), north of Highway 44, Palo Cedro, 547-9232. This phone number is answered only when a function is being held. This information is for official Sons of Norway Business use only. Use of this information for solicitation or commercial purposes is a violation of the Sons of Norway privacy policy and is strictly prohibited.
SHASTAFJELL LODGE’S LIBRARY LIST - BOOKS AVAILABLE TO BORROW A TIME FOR TROLLS – Fairy Tales from Norway Told by Asbjornsen and Moe – Translated by Joan Roll-Hansen
THE NORSE MYTHS Told by Kevin Crossley-Holland
THE BEST OF NORWEGIAN HERITAGE Arland O. Fiske
NORWAY’S FEAST DAYS (Norge’s Festdager) Astrid Karlsen Scott
SHADOW ACROSS THE LAND a novel by Barbara Rosenlund
FAVORITE FAIRY TALES TOLD IN NORWAY retold by Virginia Haviland & illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
NORWAY - NEUTRAL AND INVADED Halvdan Koht, Ph.D., D.Litt, Former Foreign Minister of Norway
IN THEIR OWN WORDS – Letters from Norwegian Immigrants Edited and Translated by Solvaig Zempel
LAPLAND – JOURNEY BY REINDEER SLEDGE Valerie Stralder
KOKEBOKEN AND DIRT - A Palate Pleasing …Rib Tickling Gift Item and SCANDINAVIAN SPECIALTY
RECIPES AND SCANDINAVIAN RECITATIONS IN DIALECT ART (GRANDPA) STAVIG (The Norwegian Poet of Puget Sound)
UFF-DA - A collection of old & new NORWEGIAN stories as heard oh KTGO Radio Compiled and Edited by Charlene Power
NORWRGIAN HOME COMPANION Red Strangland’s collection of Ole &n Lena Jokes
SCANDINAVIAN HUMOR & OTHER MYTHS John Louis Anderson
LUND and its courtyards (a picture book)
LETTERS to Colleagues and Friends, and DIARIES, ARTICLES, SPEECHES Edvard Grieg
GROWING UP LUTHERN I AM Lutheran – What Does This Mean? Janet Letnes Martin & Susan Johnson Nelson
NORGE – Beautiful Picture and Info Book – Printed 1983
ARBOK 2011 GUDBRANDSDALSKAGET VOL. 26
FULL BLAST Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes
HOT SIX Janet Evanovich
PLUM LOVIN’ Janet Evanovich
HOTEL VWENDOME Danielle Steel
THE BODY IN THE FJORD Katherine Hall Page
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Mary Higgins Clark ‘ THE LEAPARD, NEMESIS, THE SNOWMAN Jo Nesbø
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Stieg Larsson
SILENCE OF THE GRAVE Arnaldlur Indridason
THE NORWEGIAN WAYS Bent Vanberg
THE HELP Kathryn Stockett
ENGLSK –NORSK (English to N0orwegian Dictionary)
INGEBRETSEN’S SAGA, A family, A Store, A L4egacy of Food Anne Gillespie Lewis
STAVE CHURCHES OF THE WORLD, An Introduction David McCall Walsten
JORVIK Viking Center Picture and Guide Book