SHASTAFJELL NORDLANDET NEWS April 2018

VOL. 49 NO. 4

Fra Presidenten Syttende Mai

Haakon V Langbein (Longlegs) ruled 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 became king of Norway and his grandson later became king of Norway and Sweden. Norway, Sweden and were ruled together for centuries. Five hundred years later in the Napoleonic war, Denmark had a falling out with and sided with . 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.

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Sunshine – Iver Thon

We are sorry to report the passing of Marianne Olestad and Jeannie Woods.

Congratulations

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