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Serious Flooding in Norway (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Arts & Style Taste of Norway Mokasser furniture couldn’t be An icy twist for more Norwegian Dette er den riktige, den kraftige som- Norway’s favorite mer. Den slipper regn når det trengs, brown cheese men den har forkjærlighet for solskinn. Read more on page 8 Read more on page 12 – Nils Kjær Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 122 No. 24 June 17, 2011 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidene $1.50 per copy Norway.com News Find more at www.norway.com Serious flooding in Norway News Torrential rains Norwegian Minister of the En- combined with vironment and International Development Erik Solheim and melting snow have World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick participated caused devastating in a meeting hosted by the Nor- floods across wegian Institute for Internation- al Affairs to focus on coopera- central Norway tion in the face of current con- flict, security and development challenges. “It is a terrible mis- STAFF COMPILATION Norwegian American Weekly take to underplay the enormous impact conflict has on develop- ment,” said Solheim, Torrential rains combined with (blog.norway.com/category/ melting snow have caused devas- news) tating floods across central Nor- way, washing away several houses, Norway in the U.S. bridges and roads and causing New York Road Runners New landslides. Traffic was expected York Mini dedicated their New to be heavy out of Norway's cities York Mini 10K race on June for the three-day Pentecost holiday 11 to Norwegian athlete Grete weekend, but the flooding brought Waitz, who passed away on roads and highways to a standstill. April 19 at age 57 after a long To make matters worse, Tele- battle with cancer. Waitz was Photo: Office of the Prime Minister the nine-time winner of the New CONTINUES PAGE 6 Aerial view of the flood damage. Photo taken during the Prime Minister’s visit to the Oppland and Hedmark on June 12. York City Marathon, also won the NYRR New York Mini 10K five times (1979 – 82, 1984). Motherhood and war (blog.norway.com/category/ Medal of honor norway-in-the-us) Members of the 99th Infantry Battalion Debut novel by Jeff Norway’s Royal Family honored with Norwegian Defense Medal Foltz tells the story HRH Crown Prince Haakon of the Birkebeiners attended the official opening ceremony at the Forest Europe CHRI S TY OL S EN FIELD ministerial conference in Oslo Managing Editor on June 14. (blog.norway.com/category/ A passion for cross-country norways-royal-family) skiing can take some unexpected turns. Just ask Jeff Foltz, author of What’s inside? "Birkebeiner: A Story of Mother- News 2-3 hood and War." This debut novel Business 4 delves into the story of the Birke- Research & Education 5 beiners. Opinion 6-7 CONTINUES PAGE 5 Taste of Norway 8 Travel 9 Bolt: The king of Bislett Roots & Connections 10 Samsung Diamond Obituaries & Religion 11 Photo: Christian Nørstebø / Norwegian Defense Magazine Norwegian Chief of Defense General Harald Sunde awards Deltagermedaljen League Bislett Arts & Style 12 (the Norwegian World War II Defense Medal) to Bob Snodgrass. The uniform Bob In Your Neighborhood 13 is wearing is the same he used in the U.S. 99th Infantry Battalion during the war. Games deemed a Norwegian Heritage 14 success HANNE MARIE WILLO C H Sports 15 Royal Norwegian Embassy EXXON MOBIL BI S LETT $1 = NOK 5.4499 On Saturday, May 28, 2011, tion of Norway. Rain was the escort of the updated 6/13/2011 the surviving members of the 99th The medal was awarded by the 2011 Bislett Games, Bolt provided In comparison Infantry Battalion (Separate) of the Norwegian Chief of Defense, Gen- the lightning – and Tero Pitkämäki 5/13/2011 5.5704 U.S. Army were awarded Deltager- eral Harald Sunde, as a part of his was the thunder. The crowd expect- 12/13/2010 5.9257 medaljen (the Norwegian World official visit to the United States, ed a win of the Finn, but the 2007 6/13/2010 6.4735 War II Defense Medal) for their during a ceremony at the Royal World Champion finished in fifth Photo: Arne Brunes/Kondis.no fight against the German occupa- CONTINUES PAGE 13 CONTINUES PAGE 15 Ingvill Måkestad could win the 800m. 2 • June 17, 2011 norwegian american weekly NyhETEr Fra NorgE Nyheter - Situasjonen er svært alvorlig Er dette Norges Norge dobler støtten til vaksinasjon av fattige To statsråder og dyreste jordbær? Norge dobler støtten til arbeid med vaksiner sikkerhetsmyndighetene til fattige barn. Fram til 2015 skal Norge gi VG 180 millioner dollar – nær 1 milliard kroner satt i krisemøte om – i året. Norges første bidrag til den globale mobil- og flomkrisen Sinan Secici ved Milan delicatesse på vaksinealliansen GAVI ble gitt i 2000, og Marienlyst i Oslo fikk inn første levering fram til nå har beløpet vært 90 millioner dol- med norske jordbær torsdag før pinse. lar i året. Statsminister Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) NRK Prisen er – hold pusten – 90 kroner kunngjorde økningen i Norges innsats under kurven, og det første døgnet fikk han solgt GAVI-konferansen i London. – Dette er et – Situasjonen vi har havnet i nå er svært viktig bidrag for å redde 9 millioner barn fra kun fem kurver med norske jordbær. alvorlig. Vi er helt avhengig av kommu- – Det er mange som kommer til kassen å dø av de vanligste barnesykdommene, sier nikasjon for å fungere, sier justisminister Stoltenberg. Norge står sammen med Stor- for å betale, men de har ikke sett skiltet hvor Knut Storberget til NRK.no. britannia og Gates Foundation for initiativet prisen står. Når de får vite hva bærene koster, Statsrådene for justis- og samferdsels- som har sikret at GAVI får inn mer enn 3,7 setter mange kurven tilbake, sier han latter- milliarder dollar til arbeidet mot barnedøde- departementet møttes i dag for å få oversikt mildt. lighet fram mot 2015. over situasjonen der både Telenors mobilnett – Vi har ikke noe valg, for innkjøpspris- (Aftenposten) i hele landet hadde falt ut og på grunn av en er veldig høy. Dermed blir det en dyr ut- flomkrisen i Sør-Norge, som Knut Storberget Foto: Statsministers kontor salgspris, sier han. Statsminister Jens Stoltenberg og justisminister Vil frita 6.000 elever for nynorsk ifølge VG nett mener er «uakseptabel». Jordbærbonde Marius Egge i Lier – – Bortfallet av mobil har påvirket bered- Knut Storberget besøkte de flomrammede om- Skolebyråd Torger Ødegaard (H) i Oslo vil rådene i Hedmark og Oppland. som ikke selv har levert de nevnte bærene at 6.000 elever i den videregående skolen skapen, men det ser ut til at både hovedred- – forklarer den høye prisen med at produk- i hovedstaden skal få mulighet til å velge ningssentralen, politiet og Direktoratet for sjonsomkostningene har økt voldsomt. til at store deler av mobiltrafikken ikke har bort nynorsk fra neste skoleår. Nå sender samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap har klart å Blant annet har lønningene til plukkerne fungert. Kun fasttelefonen har fungert som han en søknad til Utdanningsdirektoratet etablere en god kommunikasjon mellom nø- økt fra fem til ti kroner kiloen på de fire-fem normalt. om et nytt og utvidet treårig prøveprosjekt detatene, sier Storberget. siste årene. Telenor melder fredag kveld at de har forsøk med valgfritt skriftlig sidemål i vi- – Det er klart at flommen og nedbørs- – I øyeblikket får vi jordbærprodusenter «noe sporadisk trafikk» på mobilnettet, men deregående skole. skriver Aftenposten. – Vi mengdene allerede har rammet infrastruk- ca. 40 kroner kurven og det er ikke uvanlig at kapasiteten fremdeles er veldig begrenset. har lenge arbeidet systematisk med å styrke turen som veiene våre betydelig, sier justis- at butikkprisen ender på «treganger'n» (altså Feilen rammer Telenors kunder og de basisfagene i skolen og i særlig grad norsk- ministeren. det tredobbelte av engrosprisen, vår forklar- opplæringen. Men det er nødvendig å styrke operatørene som bruker Telenors nett. Det Han nevner også at flere eiendommer ende anm.), sier Egge. elevenes skriftlige ferdigheter i norsk yt- har også vært vanskelig å komme gjennom har blitt kraftig rammet av været, og at han Det betyr at man kan risikere å oppleve terligere, og for å lykkes må elevene få mer til ulike nødnumre. ønsker å forsikre seg om at beredskapsappa- jordbærkurver til 120 kroner, hvilket vil gi tid til å arbeide med hovedmålet, sier Torger «Vi har fremdeles ikke funnet hovedår- ratet har nok personell og utstyr til å takle bærene en hittil ukjent eksklusivitet. Ødegaard. saken til feilen, men jobber nå etter to hypo- eventuelle situasjoner som kan oppstå det – Det normale er at prisen øker med (NTB) teser som vi håper kan bringe oss nærmere nærmeste døgnet. mellom to og en halv og tre ganger fra pro- en løsning,» skriver Telenor på sine hjemme- Mobilproblemene startet i datanettet – Det sier seg selv med de værvarslene dusent til butikk, opplyser Egge - som regner vi har, og den situasjonen som har oppstått, sider fredag kveld. Storberget betegnet under et pressemøte med å selge 250 tonn jordbær i år. Det gjør så kommer vi til å ha full beredskap og sørge English Synopsis: mandag mobilproblemenes innvirkning som Norwegian mobile network pro- ham til en av Norges største produsenter. for tilstrekkelig mannskap og utstyr, konklu- vider Telenor experienced nationwide loss of service den alvorligste erfaringen han har gjort seg i derer Storberget. in conjunction with the flood. Justice Minister Knut English Synopsis: The first strawberries of the year pinsehelgen. Administrerende direktør Rag- Storberget said it was “unacceptable.” showed up at markets in Oslo right before Pentecost, nar Kårhus i Telenor Norge sier mandag at En feil i Telenors mobilnett førte i dag up to the price of NOK 90 (USD 16.50).
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