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2006/2007 AN ASF UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT In less than three years, the American- ents were involved in projects as diverse as Scandinvian Foundation will celebrate the mapping Amazonian jungle regions, arts con- 100th anniversary of its founding. When the servation in Norway, underwater photography ASF began, organizations dedicated to multi- in Iceland and contemporary Swedish poetry. national cultural cooperation were virtually Scandinavian Fellows earned degrees at non-existent. The idea of creating a private American institutions in fields as varied as organization to promote educational exchange space technology, minority studies, internation- between the United States and a group of for- al relations and filmmaking. The ASF is eager Charting eign counties was completely new and untried. to connect with its Former Fellows whenever possible and we would like to encourage each Thus the founding of the ASF might be viewed of you to visit us at Scandinavia House any as a new departure in international relations. time that you are in the New York Area. the Course As the earliest of international, non-govern- mental societies to have as its sole purpose Many changes have taken place at The the furtherance of goodwill through education- American-Scandinavian Foundation since the of Fellows al and cultural exchange, the ASF established last publication of The Longboat. At the end of a model that has inspired countless other 2006, Ellen McKey stepped down after serving organizations in the United States and abroad. for 12 years as the Director of Fellowships and Grants to take on new challenges at the of The As we close the 2008 fiscal year, I am pleased Institute of International Education (IIE) as to report that the Fellowship and Grant Director of the Foreign Fulbright student pro- Program of the American-Scandinavian gram. Ellen is missed, but before she left she American- Foundation is flourishing. During the past year, introduced us to our new Director of $1,074,977 was awarded to 86 Fellows and 53 Fellowships and Grants, Valerie Hymas. public projects. 51 of these Fellows were Valerie joined the ASF in September 2007 Scandinavians and 35 were Americans. The after spending 10 years with the Institute of Scandinavian preceding fiscal year, $939,361 was awarded International Education. Valerie was responsi- to 28 American Fellows, 47 Scandinavian ble for the management of the U.S. Student Fellows and 62 public projects. The Fulbright program to Europe, Eurasia and Foundation Fellowship and Grant Program is the corner- Central Asia. In December 2007, Carl stone of the Foundation. It is with great pride Fritscher joined Valerie in the Fellowship that we can point to the accomplishments of Office as Fellowships & Grants Associate. our former Fellows and congratulate the cur- Carl has a BA and MA in Scandinavian rent awardees. The Longboat is intended to Languages and Literature from the University serve both these purposes. of Washington. -Edward P. Gallagher During the past year American award recipi- ASF President

“As we move into this new century, the work of the American-Scandinavian Foundation takes on additional importance. Our world is growing smaller. There can be more respect, understanding, and cooperation among peoples, but there can also be more global misunder- standings, tension and even hatred. The need for plat- forms to span cultural divides is increased. ASF has provided for me and so many others a rich and valuable opportunity to see, to learn, and to grow. Our work is to THE ensure that this opportunity continues for future genera- AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN tions.” FOUNDATION 58 PARK AVENUE -Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations NEW YORK NY 10016 Secretary-General for Conflict Prevention and TEL: 212 879 9779 Resolution; 1982 Fellow from Norway. WWW.AMSCAN.ORG Jan Egeland in Uganda RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS BY ASF FELLOWS Robert Dell (1999 Fellow to Iceland) Jason Lavery (1992 Fellow to Derek Yaple-Schobert (1996 Fellow was awarded the 2006 Lindbergh Finland) authored a book, The to Denmark) released his solo debut Foundation Grant for his project, History of Finland, in the series: CD titled Nordic Passion, featuring "Harvesting and Re-circulating Surplus Histories of the Modern Nations, his piano performance of works by Heat to Warm the Soil of Small Urban 2006, Greenwood Press. composers J.P.E.Hartmann, Gade, Gardens in New York to Accelerate von Koch and Sæverud plus Haydn Plant Growth and Extend the Growing Terry McDonald (1997 Fellow to & Schubert. Season". His project will re-direct waste Norway) became the executive steam heat that is currently cooled by Director of Roberson Museum and Kathleen Stokker (1971 Fellow to the municipal water supply, wasting Science Center in Binghamton, Norway) received Norway's St. Olaf both energy and potable water. New York. Medal, for her work in strengthening the bond between Norway and Gardar Eide Einarsson (2000 Fellow America. from Norway) participated in the 73rd Whitney Biennial.

Ingrid Emanuelsson (2000 Fellow from Sweden), a classical pianist, performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall, performing works by Mozart, Stenhammar, Beethoven and Chopin.

William Joseph Jacobs (1989 Fellow Josiah McElheny’s award winning glass sculpture Kristin Tollefston accepting the 2008 Island to Denmark) is responsible for the lay- Treasure Award. out and display of aircraft and space- Josiah McElheny (1989 and 1997 craft at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Fellow to Sweden) was awarded a Kristin Tollefson (2002 Fellow to Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. 2006 MacArthur Foundation 'genius Iceland) was awarded the 2008 grant' for his glassblowing and con- Island Treasure Award by the David King (1998 Fellow to temporary sculpture installation proj- Bainbridge Island Arts and Sweden) published a book, Finding ects. Humanities Council for her ongoing Atlantis: ATrue Story of Genius, committment as a scuptor, art educa- Madness and Extraordinary Quest Tiina Nunnally (1978 Fellow from tor and curator. for a Lost World, 2005, Three Rivers, Denmark) published a translation of that tells the story of Olof Rudbeck Per Olov Enquist's The Book about Alexander Vaindorf (1998 Fellow and his thirty year quest to find the Blanche and Marie, 2006, Overlook. from Sweden) exhibited fabled civilization of Atlantis. his video work at Künstlerhaus Jayce Ogren (2005 Fellow to Büchenhausen. The exhibit was enti- Sweden) was appointed assistant tled "Fallen Out of the Cold." conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of the Cleveland Youth Orchestra.

Brian Palmer (1992 Fellow to Sweden) coedited and contributed to the book Global Values 101, Beacon Press, 2006.

Torbjørn Rødland (2003 Fellow One of Ólafur Elíasson’s contributions to the Icelandic from Norway) had a show of his exhibition at Scandinavia House. video work entitled “132 BPM” at A recent exhibition at Scandinavia House New York City's P.S. 1 art space, an featured works by former ASF-funded affiliate of Museum of Modern Art. artists from Iceland - Hulda Hákon, Jón Tiina Nunnally’s translation of Per Olov Óskar, Hildur Bjarnadóttir, Katrín Enquist’s The Book About Blanche and Sigurdardóttir, and Ólafur Elíasson. Marie. 2 FORMER FELLOWS FUND AT WORK Johanna Gisladottir Bissat spent the 2005 summer in Iceland to study Icelandic-Thai cultural assimilation with an ASF grant, while also learning more about her own heritage. She was awarded a 2006 ASF fellowship and returned to Iceland in the spring to gather research for her dissertation. lessons, traditional Icelandic food, and were isolated from locals and did not Icelandic holidays, I wondered how the have enough time or money to learn Thai women had felt during their first Icelandic. I wanted to understand what years in the country. With their dark hair affected the women's different experi- and tan skin, the Thais couldn't help but ences. I developed a PhD research stand out among the homogeneous hypothesis stating that the "marriage Icelanders. One source has quoted the migrants" were better integrated than Thais' population as being at least 800 those who came only to work in Iceland. I strong, a sizeable number in a national predicted that the Thais who came for population of only 300,000. I was baffled marriage would, in comparison to the at the phenomenon: how were the Thais labor migrants, speak better Icelandic, adapting to such a foreign place? What have more diverse social networks, have were their opportunities for learning higher-quality jobs and feel more comfort- Icelandic? How were they being treated, able in Icelandic society. I tested this in general? These questions eventually hypothesis with empirical data gathered Johanna Gisladottir Bissat in Iceland led me to Penn State University in 2002 on a second ASF fellowship beginning in to pursue a PhD in cultural anthropology February 2007. During my research I My Icelandic father, a commercial fisher- and demography. gave formal surveys to over two hundred man, died at sea in Alaska just before I I returned to Iceland in August Thai migrants in order to obtain quantita- was born, and so my exposure to Iceland 2005 on an ASF grant for a month long tive information, but I also spent time with was limited as I grew up. I visited Iceland pilot study to prepare for my dissertation the Thais to understand qualitatively what in 2001 to study the language and culture proposal. While interviewing a group of their daily lives are like. A major part of of my father's family for nine months. migrants, I noticed that some of the my anthropological fieldwork involves Within a few days of my arrival, I women had come to Iceland to marry experiencing daily life as the Thai women was shopping at Kolaportið flea market in Icelandic men. Others, often the wives' would. During any given week I may find downtown Reykjavík and was struck by siblings, had come for work rather than myself cleaning fish, attending the the language being spoken by a group of marriage. Among the migrants, some Buddhist temple, cooking Thai food, or merchants: it was Thai, my mother's worked at hospitals or ran their own busi- even singing karaoke on Friday nights at native tongue. Given the fact that my own nesses; while others cleaned fish and the Thai- Icelandic restaurant in immigrant parents had met in Seattle, saved money to send back home. This Reykjavík. Washington, and that most Thai people I image of Thais as individuals with diverse Through my dissertation project I knew detested cold weather, I couldn't backgrounds and skills ran contradictory wanted to learn enough about the Thais' fathom why any tropical person would be to a common perception in Icelandic soci- experience in Iceland to effectively com- willing to spend more than a few days on ety that all Thai women are somehow municate this knowledge to others, per- the island affectionately known as associated with sex work. Many of these haps even to those who form immigration "Klakkinn" (The Ice Cube) to its natives. women were, by all accounts, successful and integration policy in Iceland. Mainland I began to pay attention to these migrants who had found a niche in the Europe's concern with non-Western immi- migrants, wondering about their stories as society. In our interviews, some of them gration streams has come at last to I was finding my own way in Icelandic spoke of eating Icelandic cakes and drink- Iceland; it remains to be seen if "Klakkinn" society. The language is famously difficult ing coffee with their coworkers and neigh- will adopt a cold shoulder towards immi- and I was amazed at some of the bors, speaking Icelandic with their own grants, or if it will adjust to the foreigners' migrants' fluency in Icelandic; I was also children, as well as maintaining friend- presence with warmth and equity, helping struck by the ability of some Icelandic ships within the Thai community. Not all of the newcomers adjust and find ways to men to speak Thai with their wives. As my the migrants were so successful, howev- contribute to their host society. paternal family helped me to plod through er, and many were actually quite the dark Icelandic winter with grammar depressed, working in jobs where they 

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She currently teaches at FROM FINLAND degree in finance at the conducting dissertation research Luther College. Copenhagen Business School. and fieldwork on the language of Ilari Kaila, to SUNY/Stony Brook, identity of Siberian Yupik Eskimos. Thor Mednick, from Indiana $9,000 Niels Bastrup Jørgensen, to the University, $4,000 Mr. Kaila worked towards his U. of Missouri/Columbia, $16,000 Erik Johnsen Vinther, to the Mr. Mednick's research investigat- Ph.D. at SUNY/Stony Brook, Mr. Jørgensen's reaserched University of North Carolina, ed the impact of nationalism on where he focused on concert Schenkerian analysis, towards his $10,250 19th and 20th century Danish art. music composition. M.Music in musicology at the Mr. Vinther continued his manage- He conducted research at the Academy of Music in Aalborg. ment of business development Hirschprung Collection in Risto Karinen, to Arizona State studies at the Kenan-Flagler Copenhagen. University, $5,000 Sabine Klinker, to Yale Business School, working towards Mr. Karinen focused his PhD stud- University, $10,250 a master's degree in economics Andrew Nam, from Baylor ies on strategic decision-making. Ms. Klinker studied cultural sociol- and business administration. University, $17,500 ogy, working toward her M.S. Mr. Nam did dissertation research degree at the University of Nadja Hawwa Vissing, to on Kierkegaard's philosophy and Copenhagen. Vanderbilt University, $3,000 theology titled 'Reconciling the Ms. Vissing spent three months Many to the One: Kierkegaard's Kristine Groth Knudsen, to performing clinical rotations in Existential Platonism' at the Søren Stanford University, $16,000 obstetrics/gynecology and pedi- Kierkegaard Research Centre. Ms. Knudsen conducted research atrics, towards her medical stud- in protein crystallography, towards ies at the University of her Ph.D. in molecular biology and Copenhagen. chemistry at Roskilde University.

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FOLD HERE From Finland Continued... Suzanne Matson, from Boston Grimur Sigurdsson, to the College, $4,000 University of Washington, $3,000 Lasse Linqvist, to the Dr. Matson did research for a Mr. Sigurdsson undertook a one- Massachusetts Institute of novel about Finnish immigrants to year LL.M. program, focusing on Technology, $4,000 the United States from Lehtimäki Asian and comparative law. Mr. Linqvist pursued his second and Alajärvi. year of a space technology M.S. Gunnar Sigurðsson, to Stanford degree. His thesis on Lunar Paul Niemisto, from St. Olaf University, $5,000 Surface Transportation is a part of College, $3,400 Mr. Sigurðsson pursued a doctoral a NASA project. Dr. Niemisto's researched a col- degree in electrical engineering. lection of old and rare brass Mikko Myrskylä, to the University instruments in the Kuopio City Gudrún Stefánsdóttir, to Boston of Pennsylvania, $11,000. Archives that show a unique valve University, $5,000 Mr. Myrskylä’s Ph.D. work focused technology from the early evolu- Ms. Stefánsdóttir worked towards on variance estimation for logistic tion of brass instruments. Nicole Cariglia, Fellow from Iceland her Ph.D. in systems engineering, generalized regression estimators. focusing on sensor networks, He also received a Fulbright for Christopher Stevens, from energy and service systems and the 2006-07 academic year. University of Maryland, $20,000 Elsa Eiríksdóttir, to the Georgia control. Mr. Stevens researched Finnish Institute of Technology, $3,000 Reetta Saikku, to the University perspectives on nature, urbanism Ms. Eiríksdóttir worked towards Úlfar Stefánsson, to the Georgia of Southern California, $8,000 and aesthetics of natural and built her Ph.D. in engineering psychol- Institute of Technology, $5,000 Ms. Saikku concluded the final environments. ogy, with a focus on the efficacy of Mr. Stefánsson worked towards year of her doctoral program in different learner strategies. his Ph.D. in mathematics, focus- oceanography and climate change Paul Wilson, from the University ing on probability theory. of Minnesota, $19,000 Sunna Helgadóttir, to Yale Linnea Stara, to Northwestern Mr. Wilson spent nine months in University, $3,000 Einar Númi Sveinsson, to University, $8,000 Helsinki researching the work of Ms. Helgadóttir conducted Stanford University, $2,000 Ms. Stara began her doctoral pro- contemporary Finnish artists. research towards a doctoral Mr. Sveinsson studied manage- gram in theater. degree in molecular genetics. ment science and engineering.

Pekka Sternholm, to George FROM ICELAND Björg Sigriður Hermannsdóttir, Birna Thorarinsdóttir, to Mason University, $2,500 to Ball State University, $5,000 Georgetown University, $5,000 Mr. Sternholm researched entre- Steinunn Árnadóttir, to Stanford Ms. Hermansdóttir began a doc- Ms. Thórarinsdóttir began the sec- preneurial growth and innovation University, $5,000 toral program in counseling psy- ond year of her masters program in the U.S. as compared to Ms. Arnadóttir pursued a master's chology. in security studies. Finland. degree in music science and technology. Vidar Lúdvíksson, to Stanford Marjo Virnes , to the University of University, $3,000. California, San Diego, $2,000 Líney Inga Arnórsdóttir, to the Mr. Lúdvíksson participated in a Ms. Virnes continued in her third University of Miami, $3,000 one-year LL.M. program, where year of doctoral study at the Ms. Arnórsdóttir pursued a mas- his focus was on business law. Machine Perception Laboratory at ter's degree in public relations. the Institute for Neural Thórólfur Nielsen, to Stanford Computation, working on her doc- Elísabet Guðrún Björnsdóttir, to University, $5,000 toral degree in educational tech- Cornell University, $5,000 Mr. Nielsen participated in a 3- nology. Ms. Björnsdóttir worked toward a semester M.S. program combining Masters of Engineering in financial engineering and management. engineering. TO FINLAND Ólafur Ólafsson, to Georgetown Hans Björnsson, to Johns University, $2,000. Mark Higgins, from Duke Hopkins University, $5,000 Mr. Ólafsson took part in a 3- University, $6,400 Dr. Björnsson worked towards his semester M.A. program in security Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Mr. Higgins spent a year working Ph.D. in human genetics at Johns studies, where his focus was on Fellow from Iceland with the Amazon Research Team Hopkins, where his research international security and peace- at Turku engaged in inventorying focused on the importance of epi- keeping missions. vegetation of the Amazon river genetics on human disease. Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, to the basin as a tool for use in tropical Svanur Pétursson, to Rutgers Juilliard School of Music, $5,000 forest conservation. Hrönn Brynjarsdóttir, to Cornell University, $5,000 Ms. Thorsteinsdóttir began her University, $2,000 Mr. Pétursson worked towards his second year of study in cello per- Ms. Brynjarsdóttir began a Ph.D. Ph.D. He researched modern formance. program in computing and infor- European women's history with an mation science. emphasis on comparative history. Victor Victorsson, to Stanford University, $3,000 Nicole Cariglia, to Boston Thórdís Rúnarsdóttir, to Alliant Mr. Victorsson completed a one- University, $5,000 International University/San year M.Engineering program, with Ms. Cariglia worked towards her Francisco, $2,000 a focus on structural engineering. Ph.D. in cello performance. Ms. Rúnarsdóttir completed a doctoral program in clinical psycholo- Gunnhildur Daðadóttir, gy, where she examined the TO ICELAND University of Illinois, $3,000 prevalence of eating disorders Ms. Daðadóttir built upon her among Icelandic women and girls Marion Belanger, photographer B.Music from the Iceland age 13 - 24. from Fairfield, CT, $4,000 Academy of the Arts and her post Ms. Belanger spent a month pho- graduate study at Lahti University tographing and videotaping the in music performance by working landscape of the Great Atlantic Mark Higgins, Fellow to Finland towards her master's of music in Rift in Iceland. the U.S. 5 To Iceland Continued... Miguel Figueroa-Calix, to the FROM NORWAY University of California/Berkeley, Stian Kjeksrud, to Columbia $12,000 University, $22,000 Kathrine Aspaas, to New School Mr. Figueroa-Calix spent a semes- Mr. Kjeksrud spent his final year University, $10,000 ter conducting Masters-level study of M.I.A. studies at Columbia's Ms. Aspaas finished her final year at UC/Berkeley as part of his School of International and Public of an MA program in international M.Technology Management pro- Affairs (SIPA), where he focused affairs. gram at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Synnøve Bendixsen, to New (NTNU). York University, $16,000 Ms. Bendixsen began her third Eirik Forus, to New York year of PhD research working on University, $15,000 her thesis, titled 'Creating Spaces Mr. Forus pursued a Master's of Belonging: Young Muslims in degree in film production. Berlin.' Stephen Hilyard, Fellow to Iceland Elisabeth Gundersen, to Florida Martin Braathen, to the Whitney Atlantic University, $10,000 Jóhanna Bissat-Yngvason, from Independent Study Program Ms. Gundersen finished her final Pennsylvania State University, Curatorial studies program, year of Masters studies, focusing $15,000 $15,000 on structural engineering for even- Ms. Bissat-Yngvason examined Mr. Braathen participated in a tual application in the oil industry. Stian Kjeksrud, Fellow from Norway transnational patterns among the curatorial studies program, focus- Thai migrant population in Iceland. ing on architectural curatorship. Henrik Hagtvedt, to the on international security and intel- He was the first architectural cura- University of Georgia, $10,00 & ligence. Mr. Kjeksrud has an Christopher Colville, photogra- tor to go through this program. $15,000 established career in security and pher from Phoenix, AZ, $4,000 Mr. Hagtvedt completed his fourth intelligence, and has been Mr. Colville spent a month photo- Peder Bratt, to Harvard & fifth years of doctoral studies at deployed to Afghanistan and graphing images inspired both by University, $20,000 the University of Georgia, where Kosovo. He was selected for the Iceland's natural environment and Mr. Bratt worked towards an his business studies focused on ASF's Johan Jørgen Holst Award by his family's roots in Iceland. M.B.A. arts marketing & the influence of recognizing exceptional achieve- art on consumer perceptions. ment in the study of international Ramona Harrison, from The Jon Asbjørn Danielsen, to relations. Graduate Center/CUNY, $10,000 Northwestern University, $20,000 Johanna Hals, to the California Ms. Harrison spent six months Mr. Danielsen worked toward his School of Professional Trond Kristiansen, to the conducting zooarchaeological Certificate of Performance, focus- Psychology, $10,000 University of North Carolina, analysis of faunal remains. ing his saxophone skills. Ms. Hals began her first year of $7,000 doctoral study, after completing Mr. Kristiansen spent two months Stephen Hilyard, from the Merethe Dertz, to the University her masters in clinical psychology at UNC/Chapel Hill conducting University of Wisconsin, Madison, of California, Berkeley, $5,000 this year at the same institution. dissertation research. His work $4,000 Ms. Dertz completed her second- on ecological modeling would Mr. Hilyard worked with the PADI year of master's level studies in Line Haugetraa, to New York forecast the movement of larval Dive Center in Keflavik taking digi- sociology. University, $10,000 cod in the North Atlantic. tal underwater photos in lakes in Ms. Haugetraa began a 2-year the Thingvellir region for his proj- Christopher Dingstad, to Masters program in economics, Iselin Hebbert Larsen, to ect titled "Rapture of the Deep" to Columbia University, $10,000 focusing on economic policy and Georgetown University, $20,000 be exhibited at the Madison Mr. Dingstad began his second financial markets. Ms. Larsen began her second Museum of Contemporary Art. year of study in Columbia year of a foreign service masters University's Masters of Arts Christer Wulff Hauglann, to New program at Georgetown Aaron Kendall, from The Administration Program. York University, $15,000 University. Graduate Center/CUNY, $4,000 Mr. Hauglann began his third Mr. Kendall spent six weeks par- Hege Finholt, to Boston semester of an economics pro- Maria Fosheim Lund, to ticipating in excavations in the gram. Columbia University, $20,000 Lake Myvatn region and analyzing Ms. Lund began her first year of the artifacts produced at the site. Jonas Krabbe Hjort, to the masters-level study at Columbia University of California, Berkeley, University studying the aesthetics Elizabeth Ward-Hightower, from $17,000 of modern art. the University of California, Mr. Hjort began his second year of Berkeley, $19,000 doctoral study in the field of Stig Mathisen, to the University Ms. Ward-Hightower's researched applied microeconomics. of Southern California, $20.000 the role of the National Museum Mr. Mathisen began a Masters of of Iceland in shaping the national Francesca Jensenius, to Duke Music program at the University of history and identity. University, $15,000 Southern California, where his Ms. Jensenius began her second focus was on studio technology. Jo Yarrington, from Fairfield Hege FInholt, Fellow from Norway year of doctoral studies in political University, $4,000 science, focusing on South Asia. Christian Mjønes, to Babson Ms. Yarrington created large pan- University, $18,000 Her dissertation will be on the College, $20,000 els based on symbolic hand ges- Hege Finholt began her fourth national party system in India. Christian Mjønes pursued an ture photos taken of the congrega- year of her doctoral program. She M.B.A. at the Olin Graduate tion at Hallgrimskirkja and spent the year working on her dis- Inibjørg Kristin Jonsdottir, to St. School of Business at Babson installed them into the clock tower sertation on David Hume's political John's University, $20,000 College in Oregon. of that church, overlooking the and legal philosophy. Ms. Jonsdottir began her second entire city. year of Ph.D. studies in education, researching adaptive learning techniques of minority students in Norway. 6 From Norway continued... Laurie McIntosh, from Harvard TO NORWAY University, $16,000 Solveig Omland, to Trinity Ms. McIntosh's research exam- International University, $8,000 Bruce Atwell, from the University ined the cultural politics of immi- Ms. Omland began her third year of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, $3,650 gration and integration behind the of doctoral studies, focusing on Mr. Atwell worked with Frøydis issue of national identity in con- immigration and integration. Her Wekre, principal horn of the Oslo temporary Norway. dissertation was on the integration Philharmonic to refine his horn of immigrants in Norway. performance skills. He also inter- Dusan Palic, from Iowa State viewed Mrs. Wekre about recital University, $4,000 Christian Rømming, to Stanford preparation. Dr. Palic's research focused on University, $20,000 methods to assess and evaluate Mr. Rømming began his second Alison Chang, from the functions related to immune status year of the Masters program in University of Pennsylvania, in fish species relevant to Sarah Carlson, Fellow from Sweden computer science. His focus was $20,000 Norwegian aquaculture. on computational theory and algo- Ms. Chang's research examined Henrik Enroth, to the University rithms. the female nude in Edvard Donna Stockton, from the of California/Berkeley, $5,000 Munch's late work (1912 - 1944). University of Colorado, $6,000 Dr. Enroth spent a year conduct- Andreas Sæbjørnsen, to the Ms. Stockton spent three months ing research for a book on the his- University of California/Davis, Jay Clarke, associate curator, Art gathering research on Camilla tory of political pluralism. $5,000 Institute of Chicago, $4,000 Collett in the National library and Mr. Sæbjørnsen began his doctor- Dr. Clarke studied at the Munch the Library of the University of Maria Eriksson, to George al studies in computational Museum in preparation for an Oslo. Washington University, $10,000 physics, focusing was on modern exhibition at the Art Institute of Ms. Eriksson pursued postgradu- computational grids, specifically Chicago in 2009 titled 'Edvard David Stordahl, from the ate studies in law with a focus on resolving physical problems in Munch and European University of Minnesota, $16,000 the international definition of rape computational grids used in the Modernism.” Mr. Stordahl studied the color and its implications in international sciences. photogravure process with profes- criminal law and human rights. Diana Johnson, from the Institute sor Jan Petterssonat the Bergen Håkon Tretvoll, to New York of Fine Arts at New York National Academy of the Arts. Malin Höistad, to Boston University, $5,000 University, $4,000 University, $10,000 Mr. Tretvoll began his second year Ms. Johnson studied the conser- Thea Strand, from the University Dr. Höistad began a three-year of doctoral studies in economics vation of metal ornamentation of of Arizona, $15,400 post-doctoral position at Boston at NYU. His research focused on Norwegian folk costumes at the Ms. Strand studied the history of University. Her research focused the effect of centralized wage bar- conservation lab at the Norsk Norwegian dialects and dialect on brain structures, specifically gaining in New Keynesian eco- Folkemuseum. shift in rural Norway at the pathways from the orbitofrontal nomic models. University of Oslo's Institute for cortex to the amygdala, which Dolores Jørgensen, from the Linguistic and Scandinavian govern emotions. Cato Wittusen, to the University University of Virginia, $20,000 Studies. of Chicago, $10,000 Ms. Jørgensen's research exam- Marcus Holknekt, to Tufts Dr. Wittusen spent six months at ined how towns in medieval University, $10,000 the University of Chicago conduct- Scandinavia provided drinking FROM SWEDEN Mr. Holknekt concluded his final ing research on the later philoso- water and sanitation to their popu- year of the MALD program at Tuft phy of Wittgenstein with the aim of lations. Henrik Bengtsson, to the University's Fletcher School of producing three journal articles. University of California/Berkeley, Law and Diplomacy. His focus Jonathan Kline, from Bennington $10,000 was on conflict resolution and Professional Development Grants: College, $4,000. Dr. Bengtsson conducted post- security studies, particularly in Mr. Kline's photographic work doctoral research in DNA relation to armed conflicts in Inger Gåsemyr, Arts and Cultural used hand-built large format cam- sequencing mapping. Africa. Manager, Bergen, Norway eras to record the sun's arc Collaboration with the not-for-prof- across the sky. He will continue Mikael Bloomdahl, to the Jenny Ivansson, to Parsons it organization Links for this work recording the solar tra- University of California, Berkeley, School of Design, $15,000 International Promotion in the jectory from above the Arctic $12,500 Ms. Ivansson began a two-year Arts/LIPA(Chicago, IL), $3,000 Circle in Norway. Mr. Kline teach- Mr. Bloomdahl conducted MFA program in lighting design at Ms. Gåsemyr spent five months es at Bennington College. research for his dissertation on Parsons. collaborating with LIPA in Chicago US foreign policy and the political to produce cultural exchange proj- use of force. Peter Jarnebrant, to Columbia ects between the U.S. and University, $10,000 Norway. Stina Carlberg, to Yale University, Mr. Jarnebrant began his second $ 10,000 year of doctoral studies in market- Just Balstad, Medical Student, Ms. Carlberg studied in an M.F.A.- ing. His focus was on consumer University of Oslo, $3,400 directed program with an empha- behavior. Research with the Native sis on graphic design for social American Health Initiative at the change. Martin Jönsson, to Rutgers University of North Carolina University, $15,000 Sarah Carlson, to New York Mr. Jönsson spent seven months Tormod Kleiven, Director of University, $13,000 conducting research on the philos- Studies, Pastoral Care and Ms. Carlson began her second ophy of language. Counseling, Diakonova College and final year of a Masters pro- University, Oslo, $3,000 gram in interdisciplinary study at Leon Kaiserlidis, to Stanford Ph.D.-directed research in sexual NYU's Gallatin School of University, $10,000 misconduct in Christian denomi- Individualized Study. Her program Dr. Kaiserlidis spent a year con- nations, Faith Trust Institute, focused on the cultural industry in ducting post-doctoral research in Seattle WA. Thea Strand, Fellow to Norway New York City. the development and utilization of IT for knowledge management.

7 From Sweden Continued... Roxanna Sjöstedt, to Ohio State Jean Kjellstrand, from Portland TO MULTI-COUNTRIES University, $17,000 State University, $4,500 Rose-Marie Karlsson, to the Ms. Sjöstedt conducted research Ms. Kjellstrand researched trauma Elly Erickson, vocal performer National Institutes of Health, at Ohio State University, specializ- and resilience in children for her [Norway, Sweden], $4,000 $10,000 ing in security decision-making in doctoral degree which she plans Ms. Erikson worked in Oslo for Ms. Karlsson was enrolled in a the U.S. and Russia in regards to to complete at Portland State one month at the Norwegian joint doctoral program between HIV/AIDS and terrorism. University. Academy of Music and the National Institutes of Health Musikmuseet in Stockholm and the Karolinska Institute. Her Maria Törnqvist, to the University Glenn Kranking, from Ohio State researching folk songs by research focus was on the role of of California/Berkeley, $15,000 University, $11,000 Scandinavian composers. She is the neuropeptide Y receptor sys- Dr. Törnqvist spent nine months Mr. Kranking conducted disserta- a recent winner of the Jenny Lind tem in neuropsychiatric disorders. conducting research on the formation research on identity formation competition who has performed tion and dynamics of Swedish among ethnic Swedes in Estonia extensively in Norway and Tomas Korpi, to the University of gender politics. from the arrival of Swedish mis- Sweden. Wisconsin, Madison, $13,000 sionaries in the 1870s until the Dr. Korpi pursued post-doctoral departure of the Estonian-Swedes Michelle Facos, from Indiana research, focusing on rising skill TO SWEDEN in 1944. University [Denmark, Finland, requirements and educational poli- Sweden], $4,000 cy in Sweden and the U.S.. Rika Lesser, translator from New Dr. Facos researched the recep- York City, $4,000 tion of Nordic painting at the 1889 Anders Kraal, to the University of Ms. Lesser traveled to Stockholm & 1900 Paris World's Fairs & how Notre Dame, $12,000 to select poetic works and work that reception shaped the identity Mr. Kraal conducted Ph.D. on her own translations. Ms. of Nordic painting. research in logic and meaning of Lesser is a noted translator of religious language. Swedish literature; she received Kjerstin Moody, from University the ASF's Translation Prize in of Wisconsin, Madison [Finland, Carl Lebeck, to Harvard Allison Anastasio, Fellow to Sweden 1992 and 2002. Sweden], $7,915 University, $22,000 Ms. Moody spent six months at Mr. Lebeck undertook an LL.M. Ellen Lindquist, from the University of Helsinki & three program, focusing on U.S. public Alison Anastasio, from the SUNY/Stony Brook, $4,000 months at Uppsala University law. University of Chicago, $10,000 Ms. Lindquist worked collabora- gathering research for her disser- Ms. Anastasio spent six months tively with Swedish musicians in tation on the poetry of Edith Carina Ljungwald, to the conducting research on the role of composing an experimental cham- Södergran, Karen Boye and Eeva- University of San Francisco, genetics in habitat adaptation pat- ber opera called "For the Living Liisa Manner. $10,000 terns among Swedish populations and the Dead," based on the liter- Ms. Ljungwald researched public of the common weed Arabidopsis ary works of Swedish poet Tomas policy formation, working towards thaliana. Tranströmer. her Ph.D. at Stockholm University, focusing on crime victims in social Vanessa Barker, from Florida Darius Ornston, from the services legislation. State University, $4,000 University of California/Berkeley, Dr. Barker conducted research $3,700 Catrin Lundstrom, to the examining contemporary Mr. Ornston conducted disserta- University of California, Santa European trends in crime, politics tion research examining how the Barbara, $12,500 and immigration, focusing specifi- negotiated economies of Finland Ms. Lundstrom worked on her cally on Sweden and the U.K. and Sweden emerged as leaders research project 'Gendering in high technology markets in the Swedish-ness in the US Context.' Sandra Binion, freelance artist, 1990s. $4,000 Martin Öhman, to the University Ms. Binion spent one month on a Megan Osler, from Vanderbilt Elizabeth Nogrady, of Virginia, $5,000 farm in Ennesbo, Sweden to col- University, $20,000 Fellow to Multi-Countries Mr. Öhman was enrolled in dual lect video, sound and photographs Dr. Osler researched the relation- Elizabeth Nogrady, from Institute doctoral programs at the for a media installation. ship between exercise and the of Fine Arts, New York University University of Virginia and Uppsala onset of Type II diabetes. [Denmark, Sweden], $4,000 University. His research focused William Catterall, from Cameron Ms. Nogrady did research for her on the early federalist period in University, $14,500 Mark Säfström, from the dissertation on Christian IV, Dutch US history, specifically on the evo- Dr. Catterall conducted research University of Washington, $10,940 artists & the commission for the lution of the federalist republic as on Göteborg's Scottish community Mr. Säfström did research for a Kronborg Castle in Denmark at a state system during the 18th century within the biography of Paul Peter the Statens Museum, Kronborg context of the Scots diaspora at Waldenström at the National Castle and the Fredriksborg Helena Pettersson, to the large. Archives. Castle and in Sweden at the University of California, Los National Museum, Vittskövle Angeles, $20,000 Samantha Gerlach, from Tulane Joshua Smith, from Humboldt Castle & Drottingholm Palace. Ms. Pettersson began post-doctor- University, $4,000 State University, $6,000 ate studies in women's studies, Ms. Gerlach conducted disserta- Dr. Smith spent four months at Luis Sanchez, from St. looking at the politics and policies tion research on screening the Uppsala University synthesizing Petersburg College, [Norway, related to couples with parallel sci- tropical plant Psychotria leptothyr- and testing wires composed of Finland] $4,000 ence careers. sa for potential anti-tumor proper- single molecules. Dr. Sanchez attended fortepiano ties. master classes with Professor Liv Rickard Sannerholm, to New Sheila Walsh, from the Scripps Glaser (Norwegian Academy of York University, $10,000 Cynthia Isenhour, from the Institute of Oceanography, Music), Professor Tuija Hakkila Mr. Sannerholm studied for 6 University of Kentucky, $7,200 UC/San Diego, $4,000 (Sibelius Academy) & Professor months at New York University, Ms. Isenhour researched sustain- Ms. Walsh examined how ecologi- Torleif Torgersen (Grieg focusing on legal reform in post- able consumerism in Scandinavia cal factors can constrain econom- Academy), studying 18th-century conflict societies. as a response to perceived envi- ic development in coral reef keyboard works by Scandinavian ronmental risk, specifically in and ecosystems. composers & standard repertoire around Göteborg. of Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven. 8 ASF Awards 2007 Translation Prize

The American-Scandinavian Foundation awarded Michele Simeon from Arlington, Virginia, the 28th annual ASF Translation Prize for her translation of an excerpt from The Position of the Sun (Auringon asema) by the Finnish author Ranya Paasonen (b. 1974). The ASF jury praised the translation as "giving an English speaking audience access to a work which showcases a multicultural perspective that is an important dimen- sion of the Nordic region today." As the winner, Ms. Simeon received a $2,000 honorarium and a commemorative bronze medallion. The Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award, recognizing distinguished effort by a translator who has not previously published a literary translation, was given to Dr. Naomi Lebowitz from St. Louis, Missouri, for her translation of excerpts from Lucky Per (Lykke Per) by the Danish novelist Henrik Pontoppidan (b. 1857). The Translation Prize jury praised the translation for "completing a long overdue translation thus filing in a "glaring and unfortunate gap" in the Danish literature available to date. Dr. Lebowitz received a $1,000 honorarium and a commemorative bronze medallion. Excerpts from both translations appeared in issues of Scandinavian Review, the journal published by The American-Scandinavian Michelle Simeon Foundation. Three ASF Visiting Lecturers

From Norway:

The University of Wisconsin/Madison was chosen to host a Visiting Lecturer from Norway. Dr. Ingeborg Kongslien, who is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo, spent the fall 2007 semester affiliated with the Department of Scandinavian Studies in Madison. Dr. Konglien's main fields of research have been immigration history and identity issues, both among Scandinavian Americans in the U.S. and among recent immigrants to the Nordic countries. She has published widely on the topic of immigrant/migrant literature, and she regularly lectures throughout the U.S. and Scandinavia. At the University of Wisconsin, she taught a seminar open to both graduate and upper-level undergraduate students on Scandinavian multicultural literature. During her stay in the U.S., Dr. Kongslien spoke at academic institutions and organizations throughout the Upper Midwest and attended academic conferences.

Yale University was chosen to host a Visiting Lecturer from Norway. Dr. Jozef Pacyna, who is director of the Center for Ecological Economics at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), spent the fall 2006 semester affiliated with the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. Dr. Pacyna is an expert on the emissions of metals and organic chemi- cals from industrial operations, waste disposal and fossil fuel combustion. He publishes and lectures extensively on these topics, while holding a faculty position at Gdansk University of Technology and providing public service, such as recently testifying at a U.S. Congressional hearing on mercury pollution. At Yale, he taught a graduate level seminar on environmental modeling of air pollution. Dr. Pacyna lectured at a number of colleges and universities throughout the U.S., and attended professional society meetings.

From Sweden:

The University of Southern Maine was chosen to host a Visiting Lecturer from Sweden. Dr. Anita Nyberg, who is a professor at the National Institute of Working Life in Stockholm, spent the spring 2007 semester affiliated with the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Dr. Nyberg publishes widely on the topic of gender policies and politics, and is invit- ed to lecture at venues around the world. At the University of Southern Maine, she taught an upper-undergraduate/graduate level course entitled "Gender Perspectives on Welfare State Policies: Comparing the U.S. and Scandinavia." Dr. Nyberg took part in public speaking engagements on both the East and West Coasts, and attended a number of professional and academic conferences, including the 2007 SASS Conference.

From the Director of Fellowship & Grants

I am delighted to join the ASF Fellows community and I look forward to further promoting cultural exchange between the United States and Scandinavia. I also want to take this opportunity to announce that future editions of the Longboat will be "going green" as this is the last printed version to be published. From Winter 2008 all future editions will be published electronically and so we encourage you to contact us with your current email addresses so that you continue to receive our updates on the Foundation and the Fellowships program. Please help us by returning the enclosed survey form, or send us an email with your contact information to [email protected]. Former ASF Fellows join Lynn Carter, ASF Executive Vice President (far right), at this year’s SASS conference in -Valerie Hymas Fairbanks, Alaska. Director, Fellowship & Grants 9 New Fellowship Funds

We are pleased to announce the addition of two new funds, The Mary Jane Oestmann Fellowship Fund and the Carl Olaf, Marie, and Katherine Elizabeth Johnson Fellowship Fund. Currently, the ASF has over thirty funds that provide income for its fellowships and grants programs.

Dr. Mary Jane Oestmann Fellowship Fund Born in 1924 of second-generation Norwegian immigrants in Chicago, Dr. Mary Jane Oestmann was a notable nuclear scientist who spent quality time in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. She was the founder of the Environmental Sciences Division in the American Nuclear Society and worked as an environmental analyst for the Atomic Energy Commission that helped to license nuclear power plants. She was a notable scholar who was awarded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Distinguished Woman award in 1975. She established the Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement award in the American Nuclear Society to recognize female nuclear scientists.

Upon receiving her Ph.D. in chemistry in 1954, as a high-ranking woman, she had a difficult time finding a job to start her career in the U.S., but was welcomed to work in Norway and Sweden. Mary Jane Oestmann saw this collaboration as part of her own "Peace Corps" working with Scandinavians scientists and establishing a legacy of Norwegian and Swedish scientific exchange. She was truly an international scientist, teacher and good-will ambassador whose hard work and dedication will be remembered.

In 2005 she established the Dr. Mary Jane Oestmann Fellowship Fund in the Sciences, donating over $224,000 to support scientific studies exchange. She passed away on June 17, 2006, at the age of 82.

The Carl Olaf, Marie and Katherine Elizabeth Johnson Fellowship Fund

The Carl Olaf, Marie and Katherine Elizabeth Johnson Fellowship Fund was established by a bequest of nearly $200,000 from Virginia Lorraine Pratt, received during 2005. Ms. Pratt was a librarian for the Stanford Research Institute, who had been a member of the ASF for nearly twenty years. Her bequest honored her late companion Katherine Elizabeth Johnson who was of Norwegian descent. The income from the fund is used to support Norwegian students studying in the United States.

The Denmark-America Foundation Fiolstræde 24, 3. sal 1171 Copenhagen K, Denmark www.daf-fulb.dk Cooperating Offices  The League of Finnish-American Societies Mechelininkatu 10 A 001 00 Helsinki, Finland The ASF’s Fellowship and Grant Program is made possible www.sayl.fi through the help of its sister organizations in Scandinavia.  The Icelandic-American Society These organizations direct the Scandinavian application Raudarárstigur 25 150 Reykjavík, Iceland process and nominate candidates for awards funded by www.iceam.is 

the ASF. The Foundation acknowledges with gratitude its The Norway-America Association long-standing affiliation with these organizations. Rådhusgaten 23B 0158 Oslo, Norway www.noram.no 

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