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Arts Taste of Norway « Å eg veit meg eit land langt der Like cooking Fossum’s latest oppe mot nord, med ei lysande thriller reviewed strand mellom høgfjell og fjord. » fish in a bag Read more on page 15 – Elias Blix Read more on page 8 Norwegian American Weekly

Vol. 125 No. 28 August 15, 2014 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $2.00 per copy A DIY tour of Norway’s fjords

Donald V. Mehus New York

The fjords of Norway stand The tour begins by train in the morning cost line the route. Just be sure to make high on lists of the great natural from either Oslo (headed west) or Bergen your lodging reservations in advance. wonders of the world. Who has not (headed east) to the middle of Norway. As I have taken this particular fjord and dreamed of visiting the majestic though you have not had a wealth of beauti- mountain tour a number of times, and Sognefjord, the country’s longest ful scenery at the very start, then the won- for the most part I did not need to make and mightiest? Or the spectacular derfully scenic route winds by boat and bus transportation reservations in advance. I Geirangerfjord with its magnificent up north through the center of the country to just boarded train, boat, or bus with ticket view from Flydalsjuvet, with cruise Sognefjord, then farther on to Geirangerfjord in hand, and away we went. However, it’s ships ever plying its still waters? and Åndalsnes and so by train back to Oslo. always a good idea to check whether it is The good news is that you can You will have a great deal of flexibility necessary to buy an advance ticket and to easily visit these magnificent plac- as to how long you want to make the trip. confirm departure and arrival times. es—and more—via public trans- With the suggested itinerary outlined below, Connection times between the modes portation at minimal cost. The route you can stay as long as you want at various of travel are generally very good. When via train, boat, and bus is apparently fjord and mountain locales along the route. you step off a ferry, there is usually a little known in its entirety—certain- bus waiting to take you to the next des- ly by visitors from abroad. Just fol- Hotels and Vandrerhjem tination—along fjord or river, and up and lowing these tips and you’ll certain- Hotels of various price ranges and hos- over and around lofty mountains. ly have one of the most memorable tels (“Vandrerhjem,” for not only young peo- experiences of a lifetime. ple but for those of all ages) at very modest See > fjords, page 9

Norwegian færing “Elfyn” takes shape

John Lunde Washington, N.J.

Harold Haugaard and John Lunde set out to find a novel way to celebrate their shared Norwegian heritage. John recalled summers as a teenager spent at Fana Fjord in Norway, and the beauti- What’s inside? ful small rowboats that glided across the water. Through research they found plans News 2-3 for one of these boats, known as a færing Business 4 (roughly translating to paired rowers). Sports 5 The basic design for the boat has been un- Opinion 6-7 changed for nearly a thousand years, like- ly because of the boat’s wonderful ease Taste of Norway 8 of use and seaworthiness. It embraces the Travel 9 classic Nordic design principles of func- Roots & Connections 10 tion, form and beauty. Obituaries & Religion 11 The original færings were built by eye, with the skills and knowledge passed In Your Neighborhood 12-13 from generation to generation. Only re- Norwegian Heritage 14 cently has the design of the færing been Arts & Entertainment 15 reduced to plans, by Naval Architect Iain Back Page 16 Oughtred (oughtredboats.com). Oughtred has completed over one hundred success- Photo: John Lunde $1 = NOK 6.183 ful designs. Oughtred spent twenty years John’s granddaughter, Laila, sitting in the updated 08/11/2014 stern of the færing. Will she give the project a See > færing, page 14 thumbs up? In comparison 07/11/2014 6.1804 02/11/2014 6.1214 08/11/2013 5.8527 Photo: (Sognefjord by Balestrand) C.H. / Visitnorway.com 2 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly Nyheter fra Norge Nyheter Dette bildet er større enn en fotballbane Ba innvandrere søke jobb, men ingen Tromsø har altså nå ble kalt inn norgesrekorden over 30 personer med innvandrerbakg- største panoramabilde, runn søkte på en ledig sekretærjobb i Drammen kommune. Ingen av dem med ishavsbyen selv ble kalt inn til intervju. Nå beklager som motiv kommunen. I stillingsannonsen for jobben som sekretær for kommun- NRK aldirektørene oppfordret kommunen «personer med innvandrerbakgrunn til — Det må være lov å gjøre slike sprell å søke». Av de 163 søkerne var det 30 av og til, sier Ole Christian Salomonsen om med unorske navn, men ingen av dem det gigantiske panoramabildet av Tromsø er å finne blant de åtte som ble innkalt som han har laget i sommer. til førstegangs intervju med kommu- Han mener dette er Norges største pan- naldirektør Kari Høyer, ifølge Dram- oramabilde med god margin. mens Tidende. — Vi skal innkalle en — Bildet er over dobbelt så stort som eller flere kvalifiserte søkere med in- forrige rekord! Om dette ble skrevet ut vil nvandrerbakgrunn til intervjuer når det være omtrent 150 meter langt. Altså 1,5 vi har ledige stillinger. Denne rutinen ganger Alfheim stadion i lengden, sier Salo- ble fraveket da vi plukket ut søkere til monsen entusiastisk. Foto: Ole C. Salomonsen / NRK førstegangsintervju til stillingen som — Du kan tapetsere Rådhuset i Tromsø Dette bildet er bare en del av Ole Christian Salomonsens lange panoramabildet. sekretær for kommunaldirektørene. både ut- og innvending med dette bildet uten Dette er naturligvis beklagelig, sier at det går ut over oppløsning og detaljnivå, — Folk synes det er artig. Jeg har aller- bildene, og Salomonsen måtte ta de til sam- Høyer til avisa. legger fotografen til. ede fått henvendelser fra mange som har lyst men tre tusen bildene over tre dager. Det er (VG) Han begynte i slutten av mai, og hadde til å bruke det. Folk vil ha det på veggen imidlertid ikke fotograferingen som er det som mål å være ferdig til jubileet i sommer, hjemme og på kontoret, sier han. verste, ifølge fotografen. Greenpeace investerer i selskap de men rakk det ikke. — Det hadde vært gøy om noen vil ha — Det verste er egentlig når du skal be- aksjonerer mot Bildet er til sammen på 52 gigapixler. det i ti meter bredt eller mer, men det blir gynne å sette disse bildene sammen. Uansett Årsaken er at de er medeiere gjennom En gigapixel er 1000 megapiksler. Et bra ka- ikke skrevet ut med min skriver for å si det hvilken programvare du bruker, så blir det investeringer i pensjonsfond. Green- merabilde med speilrefleks er i dag tar om- sånn, sier han. fryktelig stort og tungt å jobbe med. Men peace byttet tidligere i år fra ytelsespen- trent bilder på 20–30 megapiksler. — Man må smøre seg med tålmodighet. det har jo jeg heldigvis, siden jeg jobber mye sjon i DNB til innskuddspensjon i — Det er helt sinnssykt, for å si det rett Det tar mye tid å lage et slik bilde. Jeg be- med video og bilder fra før av, sier han. Storebrand. Deler av disse midlene ut. Det går ikke an å forklare. Hadde jeg gynte for flere måneder siden, men det tok English Synopsis: Photographer Ole Christian Sa- investeres i aksjer i fond som invester- visst at det var så mye jobb før jeg begynte, mye lengre tid enn jeg hadde trodd, sier Sa- lomonsen broke the record for the biggest panorama er blant annet i oljegigantene Statoil, så hadde jeg måtte tenkt meg om en ekstra lomonsen. image in Norway with his 150-meter long photograph of Tromsø. Exxon Mobil og Chevron, skriver VG. gang, sier den nybakte rekordholderen. Det tok åtte-ni timer å ta de første Disse selskapene har Greenpeace ak- sjonert mot i flere land. — Ingen er perfekte. Men vi konkluderte etter en Bare tre av ti helhetsvurdering med at Storebrand Nordmenn vil ha kortreist mat Trippel Smart-fondet var det mest nordmenn sier ja miljøvennlige fondet, og interessen Over halvparten mener for å spare i dette fondet er stor blant til OL i Oslo at det er viktig at maten vi de ansatte, sier Greenpeace-leder Truls spiser er norsk, og svært Gulowsen. Han mener at disse sels- kapene ikke fortjener at noen invester- I en ny menings- mange vil også betale er i dem, og at de gjerne hadde sett at måling svarer bare mer for kortreist mat selskapene ble kastet ut. Greenpeace- lederen sier at de har bedt Storebrand 31,9% ja til vinter-OL om et fond som ikke investerer i fos- NRK sile energikilder, men slike fond finnes Aftenposten ikke. Andelen av befolkningen som etterspør (Aftenposten) Undersøkelsen er gjennomført av In- norsk mat og som er villige til å betale mer Fact for avisa Nordlys, og viser en tilbakeg- for det nådde en bunn i 2009, men har hatt en Vil at det skal bli forbudt å røyke her ang på 2,1 prosent for ja-folket siden forrige bratt stigning siden da. 1. september blir det forbudt å røyke måling. Andelen som er usikre, har økt med — Dette er del av en større trend med på alle landets togstasjoner og platt- tilsvarende til 10,4 prosent. fokus på det naturlige, sier John Spilling, former. Flere politikere foreslår å ut- Ikke i noen deler av landet er det flertall forsker i Ipsos MMI og forfatter bak under- vide forbudet. Sosialistisk Venstreparti for et OL. Motstanden er størst i Nord-Norge søkelsen «Norske Spisefakta 2014» til avisa Foto: TINE Mediebank (SV) i Akershus har latt seg inspirere der 80 prosent sier nei og bare 8,9 prosent Nationen. Nå er nordmenn villige for å betale mer for lo- av Jernbaneverkets røykeforbud, og vil sier ja. Vestlendingene deler skepsisen til Og produsentene av lokale, kortreiste kal, norsk ost. etter sommeren foreslå at det samme nordlendingene ettersom hele 63,9 prosent produkter merker den økende interessen. De skal gjelde på alle Ruters holdeplasser av de spurte på Vestlandet sier nei, og 20,8 selger som aldri før. ost enn i lokalområdet vårt. Jo nærmere og perronger, skriver NRK. – Det er prosent ja. — Utviklingen har gått bare en veg i Tingvoll man kommer jo høyere er salget, mange bussholdeplasser med busskur I Oslo er det også nei-flertall. Der sier flere år. Vi har doblet produksjonen fra år til legger Meyer til. der det er naturlig at folk står under 50 prosent nei og 44,4 prosent ja til OL. år, sier Egil Smith Meyer i Tingvollost. Det er ikke bare Tingvollost som op- tak når det regner. Der bør det absolutt Førsteamanuensis og leder for Seksjon Tingvollost lager oster av melk fra plever denne økte interessen. Lokalmatpro- være røykfritt å vente, sier Ruth Birke- for kultur og samfunn ved Norges idrett- gården i et eget ysteri som ligger vegg i vegg dusentenes interesseorganisasjon «Hanen» land (SV). Partiet får støtte av leder av shøgskole, Dag Vidar Hanstad, innrømmer med fjøset. Alle ostene regnes som ekte bekrefter at omsetningen øker over hele Samferdselsutvalget i Akershus, Gun- at knappe 32 prosent er et veldig dårlig tall håndverksprodukter. Ostene har fått navn landet. nar Melgaard (H) og samferdselsbyråd for tilhengerne av vinter-OL. som har tilknytning til Tingvolls middelal- — Vi merker at etterspørselen stiger, Guri Melby (V) og Ruter. Ruter eier —De har en stor jobb å gjøre. Oppover- derhistorie. og at det går bedre for flere og flere av de imidlertid ikke stasjonene og hold- bakken er bratt, sier Hanstad, som tidligere — Jeg tror vi ser en reaksjon mot in- flinkeste og mest aktive lokalmatprodusen- eplassene selv. De eies av kommuner, har jobbet for å få OL til Oslo. dustrimaten. Der har vært et rom som har tene rundt i landet. Det har særlig løsnet de fylkeskommuner og Sporveien. – Vi Idrettshistoriker Tom A. Schanke, som stått ledig til å fylle med større utvalg og siste to-tre årene etter at finanskrisen begynte må derfor sette i gang et samarbeid tilhører de som ønsker et OL, skulle ønske med et annet kvalitetsnivå enn det som den å slippe taket, sier Bernt Bucher-Johannes- for å se hvilke muligheter vi har til å at oppslutningen var bedre, men sier at han tradisjonelle industrien kan tilby, sier Meyer. sen, daglig leder i Hanen til avisen Nationen. kunne innføre et slikt forbud, sier pres- ikke har gitt opp kampen. Tingvollost har utsalgssteder over hele landet. Men hovedtyngden av kundene er i English Synopsis: Norwegians are now willing to setalsperson Sofie Bruun i Ruter. English Synopsis: Only three out of ten Norwegians pay the extra cost for local, higher-quality food. As (VG) want to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in Oslo. The lokalmiljøet. a result, local food producers such as Tingvollost are percentage of those voting no or unsure has increased — Den lokale dimensjonen er vel- experiencing increased business. since the last poll. dig sterk. Det er ingen steder vi selger mer Norwegian american weekly August 15, 2014 • 3 News Magnus Carlsen stamp More surveillance This week in brief after terror threat Norwegian radar chosen for NASA’s next Norwegian Chess Federation’s centennial Rover Mission to Mars Experts fear the PST Among the seven selected instruments stamp features the young grandmaster chosen for NASA’s next Rover mis- will be granted more sion to Mars in 2020, is a ground pen- authorizations to surveil etrating radar system developed by the Norwegian Defense Research Labora- Norway Post / Dagsavisen tory (FFI). NASA announced the se- lected Mars 2020 Rover instruments Thursday, July 31, at the agency’s Supreme Court Judge Ketil Lund is wor- headquarters in Washington. ried that the recent terror threat against Nor- (Norway Post) way may lead to more surveillance. Several other experts share his concern. Lund fears Progress Party advancement on that the PST will be granted more authoriza- latest poll tions to conduct surveillance in Norway after The right-wing Progress Party (FrP) the increased terror threat level in Norway moves up two points, to 15 percent the past week. on Norfakta’s latest poll, made for the “The development towards a society newspapers Nationen and Klassekam- where all our personal characteristics, do- pen. This is the highest support for the ings, and whereabouts are being monitored party on Norfakt’s polls since March, is escalating,” Lund told Klassekampen. when the party was supported by 15.5 Sveining Rotevatn in the Liberal Left percent of the electorate. Government Photo: Magnus Carlsen / Twitter Party (Venstre) has studied and written about coalition partner Høyre (Conserva- Carlsen writes on Twitter that he is “honored to be unveiling the stamp.” many of the societal problems associated tives) has the highest decline on the with surveillance. “I definitely share Lund’s August poll, down 1.7 points to 24.6 orway ost ftenposten Norwegian Kroner (1.8 Euros), the second N P / A concern that we may get even more surveil- percent. The opposition Labor Party price level for stamps in Norway. lance,” he says. (AP) is still the nation’s largest party The Norwegian Postal Service (Posten) Posten’s Director of Stamps, Halvor “The past ten years we have seen that with 36 percent, but this is still a drop has marked the Norwegian Chess Federa- Fasting, said it’s extremely rare that a living when there is a terror attack or people fear by 0.8 percentage points since the July tion’s centenary with the release of a new person ends up on a stamp and that only 30 a terror attack, suggestions are voiced about poll. stamps are released in Norway each year. He stamp. increased surveillance. Rotevatn says that (NRK / Aftenposten) This is Posten’s 1890th stamp, and was excited about presenting what is Nor- he knows the PST well enough to know that is emblazoned with an image of reigning way’s first ever chess-related stamp. they want more authorizations to monitor in- Norway condemns attacks on World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen has already been featured on dividuals. religious minorities in the ME The stamp has been printed in a limited stamps in other countries, including Burun- edition of 500,000 copies and will cost 15 di, St. Thomas, and Sao Tome. See > terror, page 7 Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende says he is deeply concerned about the ISIL offensive and the fact that the Iraqi authorities are losing control of more and more large areas Norway comes to RIMPAC 2014 of the country. “This has also had serious conse- The arctic nation’s participation a symbol of changing 21st century dynamics quences for the situation of Christians and religious minorities in Iraq. Civil- ians who have been forced to flee their SLDinfo.com homes are in urgent need of protection and assistance,” says Foreign Minister According to the basic statement on the Brende. Commander of the Pacific’s website: The militant group the Islamic “Held every two years by Command- State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and er, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC its allies have carried out attacks in 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Several hun- that takes place in and around the Hawaiian dred thousand civilians have fled their Islands. This year’s RIMPAC exercise, the homes as a result. 24th in the series that began in 1971, took (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) place June 26 to August 1. “Twenty-two nations, 49 surface ships, More support for the fight against six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon Renfroe / USN / Flickr ebola in West Africa 25,000 personnel participated. Units from Forty-two ships and submarines representing 15 international partner nations manuever into a close Norway is increasing its support for Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. the fight against the ebola epidemic in France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, West Africa, granting an extra NOK Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor- cause in the future their interests are best “Japan is set to receive its second spot 15 million. way, the People’s Republic of China, Peru, served by a Northern Pacific and Arctic en- cargo of liquefied natural gas from Norway “The outbreak of the ebola virus the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the gagement strategy. via the Northern Sea Route as the world’s epidemic in West Africa is very dis- Philippines, Singapore, Tonga, the United The USCG leadership is working hard largest buyer of the fuel reaches further turbing. It is necessary to strenghten Kingdom, and the United States attended. with other members of the Arctic Council to afield to secure supplies. the efforts both locally and interna- “RIMPAC is a unique training opportu- shape something akin to the North Pacific “LNG replaced nuclear energy as Ja- tionally to bring the outbreak under nity that helps participants foster and sustain Forum and notably Admiral Papp, the former pan’s primary source of power generation control and stop further passage of the cooperative relationships that are critical Commandant of the USCG, has been just ap- after the most of the country’s atomic capac- the sickness,” says Foreign Minister to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and secu- pointed as the U.S. Special Representative ity shut after the March 2011 earthquake. It Børge Brende. rity on the world’s oceans.” for the Arctic. imported a record 87.3 million metric tons Since February this year, around It can be easily understood why India RIMPAC may be focused on the Pacific, last year and paid 6 trillion yen ($61 billion), 750 people have died of the sickness and China are participating, but why Nor- but the Pacific itself is changing over time double the bill in 2011, according to customs in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. way, and how do they fit into any Pacific under the impact of many dynamics, and a data. Norway is now increasing its strategy or modernization effort? notable one is the Arctic. “The Arctic Aurora, with a capacity of aid to Doctors without Borders with The Arctic opening is not just an ab- about 155,000 cubic meters, is scheduled to NOK 5 million and with NOK 10 mil- The Arctic Opening straction, but of strategic interest to both Ja- arrive Oct. 16 at the Futtsu LNG terminal lion to the World Health Organization The first reason is simply because the pan and Norway and their evolving relation- owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co., accord- (WHO), which is coordinating the Arctic region is evolving into the bridge be- ships as well. ing to transmissions captured by IHS Fair- fight against ebola, Brende says. tween the Atlantic and the Pacific and Nor- From a Bloomberg story of October 1, play on Bloomberg. The company doesn’t (Norway Post / NRK) way is a major Arctic power. 2013, the link between energy supply and Norway has shown up at RIMPAC be- new transit routes was highlighted: See > rimpac, page 13 4 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly Business Business News & Notes Norway could become the world’s first cash- The ban has especially hit the fish com- Frozen yogurt in free society pany Marine Harvest. On Thursday after- Cash makes up only four percent of noon the stock had already declined by more consumer spending in Norway. This makes than 10 percent compared to the value when it possible for Norway to potentially become the Stock Exchange opened. Shareholders in publicly traded seafood companies have al- the frozen north the world’s first society without cash, says Finance Norway. “Handling cash costs ready lost billions on paper. During this hot summer, Norwegians are cooling off society more than double what electronic Last year, Norway exported salmon to payments do, and without cash we would Russia for a total value of NOK 4.2 billion. with the recently imported concept of self-serve fro-yo also reduce the problems related to robbery, The export of Norwegian salmon to Russia economic crime, and illegal money,” says increased by 19 percent in July compared to Jan Diagranes in Finance Norway. the same month in 2013. (Norway Post / NTB / Aftenposten) The Russian market is especially im- portant for products like trout and herring. Fish industry shares plummet due to Russian More than 40 percent of all trout export goes import ban to Russia. (Norway Post / NRK) Fish industry shares decline at Oslo Stock Exchange after Russian banned all import of More guest nights in June Norwegian fish for one full year, and with The number of guest nights in Norwegian immediate effect. Russia’s response to West- accommodation establishments reached 3.78 ern sanctions due to the crisis in Ukraina is to million in June 2014. This is an increase of implement restrictions on imports. 6 percent compared with June 2013. The So far this year, Norwegian companies total for the year, including June is 13.5 have exported fish for a total of NOK 37.6 million guest nights. Lodging revenue for billion. NOK 3.3 billion were for fish that Norwegian hotels went up from NOK 1,323 were exported to Russia, according to the million last June to NOK 1,328 million. Norwegian Seafood Council (Norges Sjø- (Norway Post) matråd).

Exchange Rates Oslo Børs: Week at a Glance (Aug. 11, 2014) Winners Losers Norsk Kr. 6.1833 Name NOK Change Name NOK Change Grieg Seafood 26.20 10.55% Nickel Mountain Group 1.65 -8.33% Photo: Hero Photography / Pinkberry Dansk Kr. 5.5693 Cermaq 80.50 9.52% Northland Resources 1.58 -5.95% Pinkberry was the inspiration for the first frozen yogurt shops in Norway, Yogurt Heaven. Four years Svensk Kr. 6.8717 Polarcus 2.90 9.43% Oceanteam Shipping 5.26 -3.84% later, the appeal of low-fat frozen treats has caught on in the land of the midnight sun. Jinhui Shipping & Trans. 16.80 9.09% Storm Real Estate 16.90 -3.43% Canadian $ 1.0932 Funcom 4.55 8.33% Navamedic 12.05 -3.21% Euro 0.7470 For detailed information about the Oslo Børs, visit www.dn.no. Rasmus Falck exist any frozen yogurt bars in the country. Oslo, Norway As one of the two founders had relatives in Norway, they pursued the idea; the first Again for a short week in July, Norway shop was opened in 2010 with the name Yo- Business and individual was the warmest country in Europe. We had gurt Heaven, with American flags as part of tax returns; audits; forensic tropical nights above the Arctic Circle. Now the interior. They are proud to be the origi- accounting; financial is the time for self-service frozen yogurt. nal pioneers of the self-serve low-fat frozen The first Pinkberry frozen yogurt bar yogurt concept in Scandinavia. This summer statement preparation; opened in West Hollywood in 2005. People they opened store number 14. At the Moods Certified Public Accountants litigation support. were soon driving across town and standing of Norway Spring 2014 preview they served in line for half an hour to get their frozen yo- tractor waffles and frozen Yogurt Heaven. 221 First Avenue West Suite 400 Lower Queen Anne location, easy parking. gurt. They expanded with a second bar and Great clothes and great frozen yogurt. Seattle, Washington 98119 soon the stores began popping up all over But others are following. The Funky Southern California. The first store overseas Frozen Yogurt has opened 12 stores and will Phone: 206.292.1747 • Online: loecpa.com • Email: [email protected] was established in 2009 in Kuwait. Before add on six new ones this fall. The American that the founders took in an investment from Yoberry has nine stores and plans for an ad- the venture fund founded by the founder of ditional two. Another concept is Yogis, with Starbucks, to expand the firm’s concept na- five stores. Also 7-eleven has started to offer tionwide. frozen yogurt and has 34 stores with self-ser- It is estimated that a single Pinkberry vice frozen yogurt. Finally, the established store receives more than 1,500 customers ice cream manufacturers are now entering per day and can bring in 250,000 dollars a the market. So we are seeing a race to secure month. The basic menu consists of Original, the best locations. Green Tea, Pomegranate, Chocolate, Mango, With low calories and more protein Watermelon, Peanut Butter, and many more than ice cream, the product is surfing on the year-round and seasonal flavors, and comes health boom among teenage girls. With self- in four sizes. service you can choose for yourself. The sky In 2009 two friends Willam Gary and is clear and blue! Marieke Bjørgung had just finished their ed- ENJOY ALL LIFE Rasmus Falck is a strong ucation in marketing, business, and French, innovation and entrepre- HAS TO OFFER and wanted to take the frozen yogurt wave Your family, your lifestyle, your dreams—all come neurship advocate. The with changing expenses. Life insurance can to Norway. They had experienced frozen author of “What do the keep pace with the way you live, offering protection yogurt in Los Angeles and had themselves best do better” and “The today plus future tax advantages and a source driven for hours for a drop-in at Pinkberry. board of directors as a of potential income to help with retirement Checking out the Norwegian market they expenses later. resource in SME,” he re- found out that despite the climate, Norwe- Visit Thrivent.com/na, or contact a ceived his masters degree financial representative to learn more or to gians eat the most ice cream per capita in Eu- from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He schedule a checkup. rope. Also of great importance: there did not currently lives in Oslo, Norway. INSURANCE CHECKUP

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Once again Suzann Pettersen is going to make a fantastic event with the best female golfers in the world. She is very happy to confirm the following players: representing Team USA, Jessica Korda, Lexi Thomp- son, Natalie Gulbis, and Paula Cramer; rep- resenting Team Europe, Anna Nordquist, Caroline Martens, Sandra Gal, and Suzann Pettersen. The event will be held in Septem- ber at the Oslo Golf Club where “Tutta” has been a member since she was seven years old. Once again we are going to see a fantas- tic event with Norwegian celebrities and the best female golfers in the world. Photo: Facebook / Suzann Pro Challenge So far this has been an active golf year. Suzann Pettersen had to In the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, Nor- leave Norway to pursue her way fired a 7-under 206 in the final day to golf career, but she’s brought win the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup 2014. a piece of it home for three The Norwegian team finished the tourna- years running with the Suzann ment at 21 under, four strokes clear of the Pro Challenge. United States and Venezuela, who tied for second at minus 17. regulations on consumer goods, as the focus Norway. Today more than 100,000 Norwe- after all Mr. Ping (Karsten Solheim, founder The International Trophy was played at was on industrial investments and rebuilding gians belong to a golf club. of Karsten Manufacturing) was born in Nor- the Oslo Golf Club in June. The trophy was the country. Financing was also a problem. In July the European Boys’ team cham- way. The association recently decided that initiated by the club’s American Chapter in Karl Krogstad and others took the initiative pionship took place at the Oslo Golf Club. Oslo Golf Club would host the Cup if Nor- 1948 and has been played every year since. to gather 50 golf friends who had immi- Present were also 20 coaches from different way decides to submit an application. Winner, gross score was Kristoffer Ventura, grated to the U.S. Each of them donated 250 American Universities scouting for future But before that Suzann Pettersen will who has signed with Oklahoma State Uni- dollars and established the American Chap- players. After the first two days of play, Nor- have her mini Solheim Cup. Living in Flor- versity. He will be a member of the Univer- ter. With the money they bought machinery, way was number three. In the first day of ida, she often feels that she is far away from sity’s incoming class this fall. He is a world- golf balls, and everything else they needed match play, Norway played Scotland in the home, and that fellow countrymen rarely get class player and has represented Norway in to get golf going after the war, and gave it to quarter final. In a tight game Scotland won the opportunity to feel the true experience various team competitions around the world. the club. When the Norwegian Golf Associa- 4-3, as they holed a birdie on the first playoff and excitement of professional golf. As a re- During WWII people grew potatoes and tion was established in 1948 the members of hole in the deciding match. The Norwegian sult, she decided to bring professional golf other vegetables on the Oslo Golf Club’s the American Chapter were made honorable Golf Association is also working on bringing back home to Norway. Fun and excitement course. After the war we had strong import members of the four existing golf clubs in the Solheim Cup back to Norway in 2019; is the focus! What Tippeligaen did on summer vacation Sports News & Notes

Molly Andrus With this win, Odd entered the top three and Football: Norwegain clubs out of the end, but was outsprinted by Germany’s Mar- Norwegian American Weekly the fight for the medals. Europa League cel Kittel. Rasmus Navardauskas of Lithuania • July 27: In a major upset, Haugesund Norwegian football clubs Rosenborg and was third. All three were given the same time. While we at the Norwegian American beat Start 5 to 1. Start scored the first goal, Molde are both out of the Europa League, af- This means that Kristoff ended up with two Weekly were lounging poolside on our sum- but Haugesund caught up with two goals in ter their second qualifiers Thursday, August 7. stage wins, and came second on three stages mer vacation, the players of Tippeligaen the first half and three more after halftime. Rosenborg only managed a 1-1 draw against in this years’s Tour de France. continued to battle it out. Since our last is- • August 2: Thanks to Vidar Örn Kjar- Turkey’s Karabükspor at home, and the Turk- (Norway Post / NRK) sue, the Norwegian premier soccer league tansson’s hat trick, Vålerenga led Viking 5 ish team moves on with its away goal. Molde has played five more rounds. The ranking to 2 with 15 minutes remaining, but Viking lost 1-2 against Zorja Lugansk, and Zorja Record swim Norway-Denmark table has undergone quite a few changes, but fought back to tie it up. Björn Daniel Sver- moves on with 3-2 on aggregate. Stian Vikra (31) from Karmøy became the Molde remains in the lead. Here are just a risson scored Viking’s final goal in overtime. first person to swim across the Skagerrak few of the highlights from the last month: • August 3: With three goals by Stabæk (Norway Post / NRK / Aftenposten) straits, from Norway to Denmark. It took Vi- • July 12: Odd won 3 to 0 against Bodø/ and an own goal by Rosenborg’s Per Werner kra 45 hours to swim the 120 km across from Glimt, with goals by Jone Samuelsen, El- Rønning, Stabæk beat Rosenborg 4 to 1. Chess Olympiad: Norway loses to Kristiansand in Norway to Hanstholm in Den- basan Rashani, and Ole Jørgen Halvorsen. Armenia mark. He had estimated to spend 30 hours on In the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad the crossing, but encountered strong currents 2014 in Tromsø, Norway’s A team lost to Tippeligaen: Norway’s Premier League along the way. At one point he made no head- Armenia 1.5-2.5. Simen Agdestein lost his results Standings match against Gabriel Sargassian, while way for more than five hours. the other matches ended in a draw. Magnus (Norway Post / NRK) 8/8 Brann 1 – 0 Aalesund Tippeligaen PLD PTS 1. Molde 19 44 Carlsen met Levon Aronian in his match. Football: Vålerenga and Sarpsborg tie 8/9 Vålerenga 2 – 2 Sarpsborg 08 Norway’s team B won against Slovenia, and 2. Odd 19 38 now has collected 8 points, against 7 points Vålerenga lost their lead twice and had to 8/9 Odd 1 – 0 Strømsgodset 3. Strømsgodset 19 34 for team A. The Norwegian women won settle for a 2-2 draw against Sarpsborg 08 on Saturday, August 9. 8/10 Molde 2 – 2 Stabæk 4. Rosenborg 19 33 against Barbados, and as of August 8 have 5. Vålerenga 19 32 three wins and two losses. (NRK) Rosenborg 3 – 2 Start 8/10 6. Lillestrøm 19 28 In the eighth round of the Chess Olym- piad 2014 in Tromsø, on August 11, Nor- Football: Odd takes hold of silver 8/10 Sandnes Ulf 0 – 0 Lillestrøm 7. Viking 19 28 way’s A Team was back on the winning Odd beat Strømsgodset 1-0 on Saturday night, 8. Sarpsborg 08 19 25 8/10 Sogndal 0 – 1 Bodø/Glimt track, defeating Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1. August 9, and earned a gap of four points 9. Stabæk 19 23 (Norway Post / NRK / Aftenposten) above the third place Strømsgodset. Herolind Haugesund 1 – 1 Viking 8/10 10. Start 19 22 Shala was the match winner for Odd. 11. Haugesund 19 21 Tour de France: Kristoff 2nd on final (NRK) 12. Bodø/Glimt 19 21 stage 13. Sogndal 19 20 An unfortunate puncture 30km from the end Football: Rosenborg turns Start game possibly robbed Alexander Kristoff of Nor- After being behind 2-0, Rosenborg fought To read more about football in 14. Aalesund 19 18 way of the Tour de France Final Stage victory back hard and eventually won 3-2 against 15. Brann 19 15 Norway, visit in Paris on Sunday. The Katusha rider was ac- Start on Sunday, August 10. www.uefa.com 16. Sandnes Ulf 19 11 tually back in the lead a few yards before the (NRK) 6 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly opinion

An opinion column about current issues in Norway and the United States On the EDGE Join the conversation! Arificial reality

Ragnar Overby plants. Or fertilize them. Not others with artificial legs and arms and Arlington, Va. only that, they last for ... ever! who knows what else, all the way to our The reason they are thrown newly expanded “brains” called iPhones. People who grew up in Norway love away eventually is not that I thought of Dolly, the cloned sheep. I flowers. The Norwegian people like na- they have wilted but that we have never seen a highly advanced robot, ture. It is real. It is healthy. They say nice have grown bored with them. but have heard of them and foresee the things about nature. They know their de- One day I went to the day when I shall meet a highly advanced pendence on it and are grateful. Many zoo to see some real wild life. mix of flesh and chips and not know for still thank God for its beauty. Most Nor- You know what I mean: life sure whether I am looking strange to “it” wegians understand that their bodies are that is not artificial. Near the or the other way around! delicate, enormously complex dynamic hippo sign I saw three hippos, I have read that one may rent real- structures. Yet they are practical, down- but they were disappointingly looking mannequins in Bangkok’s porno to-earth people. They pick flowers, smell all made of bronze. Children districts. I imagine lonesome people them, decorate with them, love them, could sit on them. They could bringing one (or more!) of them home. paint them, eat some, give them to each pat them. They never needed To bed, next to some beautiful flowers, other to express their feelings. food or anyone to clean up made in China. Although this is true of Norwegians, after them. That’s probably TV (and many other modern it is also true for most other passengers among the reasons why I screens) has become our connection to on spaceship Earth. Until recently, that is. discovered many other ar- nature now. I first noticed it when I began At some point artificial flowers showed tificial animals there too. I having regular lunches with a high-level up on the market. They were not much to have never been so close to official in the UN system. Conversations look at then and mostly seen as a joke or “wild” animals. While lean- with him always focused on something a passing fad. However, as deforestation ing on the gorilla I looked he had seen on TV. Suddenly one day, continues and the population of humans around for live ones, but had it occurred to me that TV was his pri- on Earth grows, more and more artificial the same experience as with mary reality. It then didn’t take long to flowers have found their way into our the hippos; I couldn’t see notice that such was the case for nearly bathrooms, on to dinner tables, and into any! While thinking that this everybody else. Here is another example our living rooms! is not what I came to see, I of truly deep imbedded artificial reality: Nearly every home has them; nearly Photo: Wikimedia Commons thought of Vigeland Park, of everybody acts as if money is a primary all businesses, hotels, luxury liners, res- Who needs a “real” human? Repliee Q2, built by the Intelligent artificial flowers and trees. reality rather than an abstract symbol. Il- taurants, workplaces, doctors’ offices, Robotic Laboratory at Osaka University, can mimic human func- Half of the zoo’s cages were lustrations of “misplaced concreteness” hospitals, you name it! True, they look tions as blinking, breathing and speaking, with the ability to rec- equipped with artificial trees appeared all over the place once I got into very much better than the early ones, so ognize and process speech and touch, and then respond in kind. and landscape contours. Very the habit of looking for them. much so in fact that we sometimes have well done, I might say. Real If my wife turned on the TV one day to take a close look and give them a sniff wife that they were artificial, he decided to real-looking! (the one next to a beautiful vase with arti- to be sure if their reality is the right one. not forgive me. The snakes did not move and there was ficial flowers) and saw me on the screen, One might say that we have reached the Nowadays you can buy them like that no way to know if they were alive or plas- talking, she would listen intensely and af- state when a new normal has arrived. in some stores, and it has become truly dif- tic. The crocodile definitely was made of an terward tell her friends about it. First one, Are artificial flowers about to—or have ficult to tell what is real and what is not. Or, alloy. As was the great owl and the golden then another, until they all had heard of they—become the real ones!? A few should I say, the difference between the two eagle. The tiger actually moved so, “there is it. If I had said the same right to her face years ago, for fun, I “planted” several of realities? As time has passed, bushes and a possibility to save some money there,” I while at home, she would barely have no- them outside the entrance to my home trees have also been manufactured and con- thought—before I went home. But first I pur- ticed, or ignored me altogether. TV has and was given compliments by a friend veniently placed at entrances to fancy homes chased an ice cream and a soft drink. I saw power and authority. I no longer do. from Norway who did not say anything and hotels and various other places. Some- the word artificial on both of them, so I kept But let me add this to close: I visited until he had made sure they were real. times big ones! And why not? Caring for my mood. I was smiling when my brother’s Norway last year and found people less I had sprayed them with artificial odors non-life is much cheaper than for the living. dentures, artificial heart, and hearing aids addicted to artificial flowers than in the to add to the fun. When later told by my There is no way to forget to water artificial sprang to mind—followed by visions of U.S. We are more developed here!

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Too bad how things went with Lars’s office. Must It was no loss at’all. Hold on, hold Stop, stop, are have been a big loss. You see he had tornado Give me the on, Værmor! you crazy! Good we got away with insurance on it. water pail, quick! the rest of the outfit. 8 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly Taste of Norway “Bag” some trout for a light summer meal Trout cooked in a parchment package delivers fish without the lingering fishiness

Whitney Love Stavanger, Norway

Summer is a great time for eating light- er, which is why I tend to eat fish a few times a week when the weather gets warmer. Trout isn’t something most people think about when they think of Norway, but it is just as great as salmon without the salmon price tag. The main problem I hear from most people when they write and ask me how to prepare various types of fish is that they do not like the lingering smell fish gives their home. Besides cooking fish outdoors over an open flame or a grill, my best “no-indoor- smell” way to cook fish is in a “bag” made from parchment paper or en papillote as the French call it. Cooking your fish “en papillote” keeps the smell down to an absolute minimum and allows the fish to cook in its own juices. Add a little but of butter and olive oil to the fish

Whitney Love is a cook- book author and blogger. She hails from Tucson, Ari- zona and is currently living in Stavanger, Norway. She runs the English language Photo: Whitney Love blog Thanks For The Food packet and not only will the fish stay moist, Cooking trout in parchment keeps the fish moist and delicious. It goes great with a refreshing cuc- where she documents her love affair with Nor- you’ll get the most amazing fish “gravy” mber salad. To get a recipe for the one pictured above, visit thanksforthefood.com. way through the lens of traditional and mod- ever (especially since you haven’t had to do ern Norwegian gastronomy. Find her online at anything extra to make it). thanksforthefood.com. Trout en papillote

SAT, AUGUST 16 9am-7pm SUN, AUGUST 17 9am-5pm 4 trout filets 4 teaspoons salt-free Cajun seasoning salt to taste mix (or your favorite) ½ red onion, sliced thin extra-virgin olive oil ½ lemon, sliced thin butter

Preheat oven to 190C/375F. Put each fish fillet in a large square of parchment paper and season with salt to taste. VIKING Arrange the red onion and lemon on top, dividing evenly between each fish filet. Top the red onion and lemon with the Cajun seasoning mix, or simply black pepper and a few sprigs of thyme. Top with a pat of butter and a little bit of olive oil. Fold and crimp the parchment paper around the edges tightly in small folds to create a half moon shape. Make sure you press as you crimp and fold to seal the packets well, other- wise the steam will escape. Arrange the packets on a baking sheet. n bbq mo Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the fish is cooked thoroughly and flakes when pricked l DAYSPM a -7 S ,4:30PM by a fork. SAT To serve, cut open the packets and remove the fish to the plate using a spatula. Dress the am, Golden Gardens Golden am, Family Fun Includes: 8

fish with the liquid in the bottom of the bag. , Swedish Pancake Breakfast This dish serves 4 and is ready from start to finish in 30 minutes.

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Morning Departure This particular itinerary starts in the morning from either Oslo (around 7:00 a.m.) heading west to the center of Norway, or Ber- gen (around 10:00 a.m.) heading east. From either city you quickly enter wonderfully picturesque mountain and valley scenery. About noon, both trains arrive at the little town of Myrdal, high up in the mountains. At Myrdal a waiting train, departing around 12:30 p.m., takes you on an hour ride via zig-zag tracks (it’s more like a funicular than a train) down steep mountainside and plunging waterfalls to the little town of Flåm at the southern tip of Aurlandsfjord. You can stay in Flåm awhile or just have lunch and take the afternoon ferry north through the fjord to the great Sognefjord. Here you turn west for an hour or so to reach the town of Balestrand (also known as Balholm).

Balestrand and the Grand Kvikne Hotel At Balestrand you can disembark and stay the night or longer, as you wish. The town boasts the famous century-and-a-half- old Kvikne Hotel, a rambling wooden struc- ture built in the grand old traditional style. The German Kaiser Wilhelm stayed there a This is a view of Geirangerfjord that you certainly will not get aboard a cruise ship! Photo: C.H. / Visitnorway.com century or so ago. You can stay at gracious Kvikne or, for the more budget-minded, at variety of fjord and mountain, of town and trip the length of the fjord three times in less the last leg of our fabulous fjord and moun- the nearby Vandrerhjem. farm, of forest and rocky slopes, of multi- than 24 hours was not at all hard to take. tain journey: it was another frightening zig- At the Kvikne you can revel in their colored buildings, of all that people and na- Up the mountainside about four kilome- zag mountain road starting well up on the phenomenal smørgåsbord with all kinds of ture could provide. This is the real Norway! ters from Geiranger is one of the great views mountainside and dropping precipitously to delectables, from hors d’ouvres to a range of the world: the view from Flydalsjuvet. the valley floor. Talk about your amusement of main courses to all kinds of desserts and Geirangerfjord Here at this lookout point one will marvel at park joy rides! They are nothing compared to beverages. How they get such a vast and Around 5:00 p.m., arriving at the west- the fjord below surrounded by steep-walled what Norway can offer at the drop of a hat. varied cornucopia of comestibles out there ern end of the glorious Geirangerfjord, we mountains. Often there are one or more This particular terrifying stretch of road in the middle of the fjord, I’ll never know. went right up to the dock and boarded the ocean-going cruise ships at rest or plying is charmingly called “Troll Stigen,” which Perhaps Viking raids up and down the coast. ferry for the 70-minute trip eastward the the waters below. You’ll want to stay there a translates to “Troll Stairway.” More accu- length of the fjord. Here you had the true in- long time trying to absorb that glorious view, rately, I think, would be “The Devil’s Own The Fjord Ferry ternational mélange of travelers from every so that it will be part of your being forever. Highway.” Before the descent starts, get a After a refreshing sleep breathing in corner of the world. I guess the word about In pictures, you also often see some rash good grip on your armrests and brace your the pure fjord and mountain air, you can Geirangerfjord has gotten around. (fool-hardy? idiotic?) soul standing on a rock feet firmly on the footrests. proceed further north on the morning ferry Everyone was on deck taking in the ledge jutting far out from the mountainside, The driver, for whom this perilous de- along Fjærlandsfjord. As with all such fjord view and taking pictures and videos. What a with the fjord hundreds of feet below. Just scent seemed old hat (at least I hope it was), ferries, you can stroll on the open deck or sit beautiful fjord that is, with its steep walls and looking at the pictures makes the knees of swung expertly around the sharp, steep inside in the cafe, refreshing yourself with rushing, tumbling waterfalls. All too soon we some people go weak. I understand that the curves. I don’t quite know what the other coffee, pastry, and various Norse delicacies. arrived at the town of Geiranger, but all was place is so treacherous that locals will not passengers were thinking, but when we at Out in the bracing Norwegian air, you not lost, at least not for me. I simply stayed even tell outsiders where that ledge is for last reached the valley floor, the whole bus can take in the ever fascinating scene of the on the ferry, paid another fare, and took the fear they might try something stupid. burst out into applause, just as when an air- steep-walled fjord, with some farms cling- tour all over again going west the length of plane alights after a long, bumpy flight. ing improbably to the precipitous mountain the fjord. It was just as great both ways! Eagle’s Way Entering the town of Åndalsnes, the sides. Sea gulls are always swooping around, Back in town about 6:00 p.m. another driver stopped at the local Vandrerhjem, eager for bits of food. Once I even saw a lad Hellesylt and Ibsen’s Brand bus is ready to take the tourist still further where a number of us spent the night. The with an ice cream cone gazing around while In the town of Hellesylt I had made ar- north via more stupendous scenery. First, bus continued on to the railroad station for a bold sea gull soared down and in mid-flight rangements to stay that night at the hostel a from the town of Geriranger you ascend a those who wanted to continue on by night took a bite out of his ice cream! mile up a mountain road from town, where I very steep mountainside via Ørneveien (Ea- train to Oslo. You could do that, but it was had a wonderful view right from my window. gle’s Way) with a number of chilling hairpin much, much better to stay the night in Åndal- Genial Stryn I had good visits with the hostel manager, turns somehow carved out of the mountain- snes after that harrowing bus trip. Then dur- Before noon you’ll arrive at Fjærland, who told me many interesting things about side. Halfway up, where the road widens out ing the day you have another wonderful trip and luck permitting you can jump right on the area. Particularly fascinating was his re- a bit, the bus stops so that we can all clam- through beautiful Norwegian countryside. a bus waiting to take passengers further on- counting of a visit by the great Norwegian ber out, ostensibly for those who so desire ward. Almost always a fjord or river accom- dramatist, Henrik Ibsen, the “father of mod- to take pictures. My feeling, though, is that Romsdal and Gudbrandsdal panies the endlessly scenic roadway. Around ern drama.” The area has many sheer steep- more probably it is so the faint of heart can First, of course, is the striking Romsdal 1:00 p.m. you’ll arrive at the town of Stryn, walled mountain slopes, and one such site, abandon ship, not continue that death-defy- scenery from Åndalsnes to Dombas and then where we had time for a quick lunch before the hostel manager informed me, was Ibsen’s ing ascent, and return to town. south through broad Gudbrandandsdal, Peer changing buses and then proceeding further inspiration to place the dramatic landslide in Be that as it may, we continued on above Gynt and Sigrid Undset country—with roll- north. I’ve been to Stryn several times, and his drama of the stern all-or-nothing pastor, the tree line and then down to another fjord, ing farmlands and the long Lake Mjøsa. there seems to be a special genial ambiance Brand. This towering poetic drama, though which the passengers cross to be met by an- The tourist could hardly do better than among the residents of that town. not so well known as Ibsen’s later works, is other bus. I was struck by seeing some wild this spectacular trip through the fjords and As we proceeded northward that after- considered by many to be his greatest opus! mink scampering around. Now that is class, I mountains of Western Norway. Whatever noon, I was again impressed by the won- thought, to be so well off that they can afford time, effort, and money it takes once you derful variety as we rolled up and over and The View from Flydalsjuvet to have wild mink running around loose. are in Norway (and it need not take much of through mountains, sometimes way above The next day I took the ferry back again any), few excursions can rival this in scenic the clouds. Seeing the fjords by a cruise ship the length of Geirangerfjord from Hellesylt The Devil’s Own Highway splendor. It is sure to be a highlight of any- is certainly very fine, but it can’t beat the to the town of Geiranger. I tell you, that ferry As dusk was approaching we came to one’s visit to the Land of the Midnight Sun. 10 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly Roots & Connections Norwegian American Weekly Photo(s) of the Week

Sølveig had gathered—what a treat! Early on May 17 I got dressed in my bunad. We all went to the ceremony in Ulnes at the Ivarshaug. There were speeches and band music and then we walked down the hill to an ice cream lunch at Nils Belgum’s home. It is on this Belgum farm that my family briefly lived in the late 1700s until about 1840. In the later afternoon Jack and I went to visit Aud and Norodd Bergene who live near Aurdal. They have also been very helpful with genealogy over the years. We had a lovely cake! We were eating like royalty! That evening we went to see Trygve Photos: Janni Belgum Granum, whom I had not met previously, Left: The ceremony in Ulnes. but who is also a cousin. He runs a dairy Above: Cousin Sølveig and brother Jack on a farm. He had a cake for us, too, which farm near the Hegge Stave Church. he had driven over an hour to get! The Once I knew that May 17, 2014 was style. I started planning. Then my brother the Hegge Stave Church. Her brother-in-law, icing looked like rosemaling. We didn’t a special May 17 in Norway, I knew I Jack and his wife Annette decided that they Ole Helge Fløene, came up too. Ole Helge have to worry about being hungry at all wanted to be there for that. I wanted to be would go. Hurrah! has helped our family with genealogy and on May 17! in Ulnes at the Ivarshaug where the local I got to Norway May 15 and met them in farm issues in Valdres for the last 10 years Ulnes celebration is held. On the top of Oslo as they had arrived the day before. The so it was good to see him. We had delicious Photos and text by Janni Belgum. that hill is a bust of my great great grand- next day we headed out for Fagernes. It was waffles with homemade cloudberry jam that mother’s baby brother, Ole Fladager, who a lovely drive up! That evening Jack and I was Norway’s best sculptor in the 1800s went out to Alfstad to visit a cousin, Sølveig Want to be featured in our Photo of the Week? and who worked in the severe classical Sandberg, on the family farm not far from Email [email protected] or mail your photo with photo credit and caption.

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In 2011 he Contact us at (206) 784-4617 or [email protected] to place an obituary. published a book entitled “Speaking the Word Freely: Writing with purpose, preaching with power.” Contact him at [email protected] Sølvi Dolland July 25, 1935 – July 26, 2014 He laughs Sølvi Dolland, née Grini, passed the day When God told Abraham that he and After ridiculing me for being so naïve, after marking her 79th birthday, surrounded his wife Sarah would have a son, he fell on he gave me a copy of Bertrand Russell’s by family and friends. Born July 25, 1935, the ground and laughed. Abraham was one book, “Why I am not a Christian.” He was in Bergen, Norway, the middle of three hundred years old, and Sarah was ninety positive that once I read it I, too, would children to Solveig (Jacobsen) Grini and nine at the time. Sarah also laughed to laugh at the promises of God and see just Asbjorn Grini. A childhood filled with both herself when she heard the news, and so how ridiculous they were. The book had happiness and hardship, she grew up under God said their child would be called Isaac, the opposite effect upon me. After reading Nazi occupation, her father away at sea with which means “he laughs.” the book I was even more determined to the Allied convoys and Norwegian Merchant Laughing at the promises of God follow the call into the ministry. Marine from 1939 until 1945. Despite being comes naturally to people. It just doesn’t In the Genesis account of Abraham sent twice to Sweden during the post-war seem possible that such things can be true. and Sarah’s laugher, God responds to years by the Red Cross to “fatten her up,” They are so outlandish and wonderful that them with the words, “Is anything too she remained svelte and slender her entire laughter seems a fitting way to respond to hard for the Lord?” This question needs to life. Following public school, she traveled to them. This holds true especially for the be asked whenever we think that one of Paris to advance her French and work as an Gospel of Jesus Christ. People of every God’s promises doesn’t apply to us. If we Au Pair. There she met American GI Henry generation have responded to the Gospel trust that all things are possible with God, Dolland, fell in love and married in France with skepticism and laughter. They have we will never laugh at God’s wonderful in 1955. been unable to believe that it could be true. promises. We can go through life with the Returning to the States, they settled first I can remember during my first year assurance that just as God raised Jesus in Roseville, then Fraser, Michigan. Follow- in college being laughed at by an upper from the dead, so, too, will we be raised up ing the births of Susan, Gregory, and Kelly, classman for still believing in the Gospel. to share with Him the glory of eternal life. Sølvi continued her education and earned her AA from Macomb Community College. She found satisfying employment and good friendships for more than thirty years at the At times the epitomy of Scandinavian Community Connections Fraser Public Library. She also was a con- understatement, she always loved her family tributing editor for to the Norwegian Ameri- very much and was especially proud of her Gratulerer med Dagen! can Weekly, with her regular Norwegian seven grandchildren, Kaia, Max, Gregory, crossword feature. Eva, Sonja, Alec, and Vincent. Sølvi traveled frequently back to Nor- Sølvi leaves behind her husband of 58 way with her family, insuring a strong con- years, Hank; her sister, Mary (Olav) Bakke Happy birthday / nection and insisted on Saturday morning of Norway, her children and their spous- Norwegian practice, occasionally to her es; Susan and Scott Barth of Federal Way, engagement / etc! children’s dismay. After Hank’s retirement, Wash., Greg, and Renee of Clinton Town- they enjoyed cruises, winters on the Gulf ship, Mich. and Kelly and Matt Berger of Coast, and their cottage in Port Sanilac on Fraser, Mich. Lake Huron. Your name and Over the years, Sølvi created dozens of her tricky crossword puzzles for NAW. She will be special message missed, but her work lives on. Please enjoy this week’s puzzle on page 10. here! Claire A. Olson For more information, call July 18, 1937 – August 2, 2014 us at (800) 305-0217 or email Claire A. Olson, 77, of Vancouver, were married at Faith Lutheran Church in [email protected]. Wash., passed away Sat., Aug. 2, 2014, at Seattle on April 15, 1961. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, In his retirement, he volunteered for the Vancouver. He was born July 18, 1937, in Salvation Army, and the Red Cross. Ulen, Minn., and was raised by his grand- Claire was a long time, active mem- parents, Alex and Clara. At the age of 11, ber of Trinity Lutheran Church in Vancou- Be our friend on Facebook! he moved out west with his grandparents to ver, the Sons of Norway, and the Society of Seattle, Wash. Automotive Engineers. In his spare time, Our Facebook page has almost 2500 likes! After high school, Claire served his he loved traveling, woodworking, working country as a Marine. He was trained in Air- with cars, and studying history. As a Norwe- Are you one of them? facebook.com/naweekly craft engine mechanics and aviation. gian tradition, he loved “Lutefisk and Lefse” After his discharge from the Marines, for Christmas Eve dinner with his family. Claire went to work for Cummins NW in Claire is survived by his loving wife, Seattle. He worked his way up through the Mary Ann; children, Mark S. (Tonya) Olson company over 37 years and finally retired and Rebecca M. Olson-Cramer; grandchil- MULLAVEY, PROUT, GRENLEY & FOE in 1998 as a District Field Engineer. He was dren, Rachel Cramer, Ali Olson, Samantha well respected by his co-workers and was Cramer, Stephen Olson and Erica Cramer; sought after to train the new corporate en- great-grandson, Nathan; brother-in-law, attorneys and counselors at law gineers coming out of college. He thought Paul Demeule; nieces and nephews, Dana, it was important to teach them the practical Debbie, Barbara, Diane, Tim, Linda, Jerry, knowledge they didn’t learn in school. Claire Linda, Karen, Donna, Betty, all loved by Advice regarding maritime and civil claims, disputes, had a natural gift for learning and teaching their uncle Claire; and inlaws, Bill and Freda commercial transactions and estate planning. mechanics, skills with math, and was pri- Marvin, and Edith Hostetler. marily self-educated. He loved to learn and He was preceded in death by his grand- discuss subjects he was interested in. parents, Alex and Clara Olson; mother, Irene 2501 NW 65th St, P.O. Box 70567 Seattle, WA 98107 While on a blind date in Seattle, Claire King; brother, Stephen King; and sister, Telephone: (206) 789-2511 Fax: (206) 789-4484 met the love of his life, Mary Ann. They Marsha Demeule. 12 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly in your neighborhood What’s going on in your neighborhood? Calendar of Events california and perhaps find your “family farm.” Norway has ming will engage kids and adults of all ages in bag, and Inagural Run Like a Viking 5K Fin- Northern California Kretsstevne large amounts of online information available to Scandinavian Folk Culture. This year’s festival isher’s Medal all included with registration! Aug. 29—Sept. 1 genealogists. Attendees are encouraged to bring features Norwegian Halling Dance, Nordic Roots Packet pick-up is August 15, from 3:00 p.m. to Alta, Calif. their research materials and their own laptops Movement, Norwegian Kveding (folk singing), 7:00 p.m. All members of District Six’s Sons of Norway for assisted access. Wool Spinning, Hardanger Fiddle, Bluegrass and Lodges are invited to come to Camp Norge Scandinavian-American musical traditions. At Sons of Norway Golf Tournament for a weekend of fellowship, friendship, and iowa MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Aug. 23, 10:00 a.m. fun. Whether you come in your RV, stay in the Scandinavian Modern Design: Norwegian Spokane, Wash. dorms, bring tents, or stay in a local motel, Enamel Nordic Music Festival This golf tournament is sponsored by Tor- we know you will have a great time! Reserve Aug. 22—April 19 Sept. 6, 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. denskjold Lodge and takes place at the Hang- rooms at Camp Norge early and register by Decorah, Iowa Victoria, Minn. man Valley Golf Course. The entry free is $65, August 22, 2014. Contact Mary Beth Ingvold- This exhibition focuses on Norwegian enamel The festival will have two stages with continuous which includes greens fees, sack lunch, golf stad at (707) 987-2404 or mbingvoldst@aol. production (technology, innovation, and busi- performances by Scandinavian singers, dancers, cart, and banquet. Register by August 10 with com for more information. ness) and enamel design. Artistic and technical musicians, and storytellers. Vendors will be pres- Susan Kirkeby at (509) 326-9211 or Larry Hal- innovations in enamel work were Norway’s great- ent offering their arts and crafts for sale. Food will verson at (509) 599-8413. Outstanding Scandinavian American Award est, though least remembered, contributions to be available for purchase, including hamburgers, presentation the Scandinavian Modern Design movement of custard with lingonberry topping, danish pastries 1814-2014: Red White and Blue–Norwegian Sept. 21, 2:00 p.m. the mid-twentieth century. The exhibition fea- and cardamom rolls, and coffee of course. The Constitution, American Inspiration Thousand Oaks, Calif. tures Grete Prytz Kittelsen, known as the “Queen festivities will close with the annual lutefisk toss Aug. 24—Sept. 28 Celebrate the recipient of the Outstanding of Scandinavian Design,” through her work for competition, with the Norwegian team compet- Tacoma, Wash. Scandinavian American, Karsten Lundring. the firms Tostrup and Cathrineholm. The exhi- ing with a team of Swedes. Thanks to grants from Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Year after year he has presided over the “Flag bition will showcase enamel jewelry, cookware, the Sons of Norway Foundation and the Metro- Cultural Center will host the exclusive U.S. Ceremony” of the annual Scandinavian Fes- and tableware from Vesterheim’s collection and politan Regional Arts Council, admission, and premiere of a modern-art exhibition com- tival as its master of ceremonies, wearing an from individuals and other institutions. parking for the event is free. memorating the 200th anniversary of the immense necktie depicting the Norwegian Norwegian constitution. The exhibition, 1814- flag and telling Scandinavian jokes that hit missouri NEW jersey 2014: Red White and Blue–Norwegian Consti- their mark squarely. The award ceremony and Scandinavian Picnic 30th Anniversary ScanFest tution, American Inspiration, is made up of reception will be held in the Karsten Lundring Sept. 21, 1:00 p.m. Aug. 31 works by 10 renowned Norwegian modern Events Center. St. Louis, Mo. Budd Lake, N.J. artists—together it’s a visual exploration of This year, the Norwegian Society will be hosting The ScanFest annual heritage festival is largest in themes ranging from freedom and stability to District of columbia the annual Scandinavian Picnic at the Blue Heron the East, celebrating the cultures of the Nordic the struggles facing democracy and globaliza- regions with a full day of foods, artisans’ crafts, tion. Each of the 10 chosen artists submitted D.C. Sons of Norway Reading Circle Shelter in Simpson Park. We will be inviting the entertainment, dancing, folkdress, special kid’s several works: bold, colorful graphics; subtle Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m. Danish Club and the Swedish Council for an af- program, vikings, talks, reenactors, plus the ink drawings and photographs; and oil paint- Washington, D.C. ternoon of fun, food, and fellowship. All three 4th invitational all-Jersey wife-carry finals! Visit ings, sculptures and mixed media. Visit for The D.C. Sons of Norway will discuss Jon national anthems will be sung. There will be craft www.scanfest.org for more details. more information. Fosse’s novel Melancholy. Everyone is wel- projects for the kids to do (Viking ship, build Olaf come. The discussion is in English. If you plan the snowman, and coloring pages), as well as washers and Norwegian horseshoe (ladder ball) NEW YORK Scandia Friday Dance to attend, please contact Christine Meloni at Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m. [email protected] for the location. for young and old to enjoy. Author Rachel Wis- Sámi Stories: Art and Identity of an Arctic People dom, will be having a Q & A session about her now—Aug. 23 Lynnwood, Wash. book The Shopkeeper’s Daughter. There will also New York, N.Y. The evening kicks off with a Valdresspringar florida be a silent auction. The cost is $10.00 for adults Curated by the Tromsø University Museum and lesson from Jerry Walsh and Judy Patterson. Sons of Norway 2014 International and $5.00 for children. For more information, Northern Norway Art Museum, Sámi Stories ex- Skolkis, with special guest Peter Michaelsen, Convention please contact Nancy Hill at nj_hill@hotmail. amines the history, identity, politics, and visual pulls out all of its tricks at 8:30 p.m. for open Aug. 20—24 com. culture of the Sámi. The exhibition features a se- dancing. Peter will also provide dancers with Jacksonville, Fla. lection of contemporary artworks and traditional an opportunity to practice Valdresspringar in his hardingfele set. Bring a friend, a treat to This year’s International Convention is be- Minnesota duodji (handicraft)—including a reindeer milk ing held Jacksonville, Florida. All members of scoop, shaman’s drum, cradle, and a selection of share if you like, and enjoy an evening of ter- Sons of Norway may attend, whether or not Love Norway X: Installations by Ian Ward rific music and dance! Garlant hats and dolls. Visit www.scandinaviahouse.org you are chosen as a delegate. Register now at for more information. www.sonsofnorway2014.com. now—October 19 Normanna Golf Tourney Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 7 To mark the 200th anniversary of Syttende Mai, Fall Fair Illinois Sept. 20, 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Monroe, Wash. the American Swedish Institute partnered with The tournament will kick off with the first tee “Norwegians in Chicago” New York, N.Y. the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate to com- time at 9:00 a.m. at Blue Boy. Enjoy golfing now—Aug. 31 Celebrate the 2014 Fall Fair at the Norwegian mission the work of contemporary artist Ian Ward with a cart and dinner with happy hour prices Chicago, Ill. Christian Home and Health Center. Enjoy deli- Garlant. Garlant’s sculptural reliefs celebrate and for the entry fee of $55. Everyone wins a cash “Norwegians in Chicago,” An Exhibit of Art and cious food such as waffles, lapskaus, and pea illustrate the principles the peaceful separation prize. Participants can sign up in the Viking Culture, will feature the art of Minnekirken soup, gifts and deli items for sale, raffle drawings, of Norway and Sweden embodies—a monument Room at Normanna Lodge and are encour- and the Vesterheim Museum on weekends a large flea market, and vendors. Children are to love, mutual acceptance, and compassion. His aged to bring friends. If you have questions, throughout August. There will be Norwegian invited to celebrate with face painting, balloons, creative process involves burning, bathing, and call Sid at (425) 774-8390. folk art demonstrations, music, videos, and scraping pre-used wood, asphalt, and sand of the and games. For more information please contact more. The exhibit is open from 10:00 a.m. to Penelope Mandel at (718) 306-5660. fjord to create new sculptural interpretations of Nordic Heritage Day 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 ancient earthly monuments. Sept. 13, 11:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. p.m. on Sundays. At Norwegian Lutheran Me- pennsylvania Olympia, Wash. morial Church. Trollheim Summer Walk Annual Scandinavian Craft Fair Nordic Heritage Day is a wonderful opportuni- Aug. 18 Sept. 6, 10:00—4:00 p.m. ty to experience the history, heritage and tra- Visit the Viking Ship Oak Grove, Minn. Lackawaxen, Penn. ditions of Norway and the Scandinavian coun- Aug. 16 & Sept. 20, 1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. Grab your sneakers and join other Trollheim Once again, Sons of Norway Bernt Balchen Lodge tries. During the day you will have a chance to Geneva, Ill. members and guests for a walk around beautiful, #3-566 is sponsoring their annual Scandinavian look back into a few of the traditions of the The Viking was built at Christen Christensen’s renovated Lake George on Monday, August 18. Craft Fair at the Central Volunteer Fire House. All “old country.” Nordic Heritage Day features a Framnes Shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, in We have arranged to rent the enclosed area in are invited to come and enjoy a nice lunch, and Genealogist who will give you search tips to 1892-93. It was copied after the ancient Viking case of rain, so the walk/stroll will be held rain or have a fun and sociable time at our Fair and enjoy help you find your ancestors. During the day ship Gokstad. Excavated in 1880, the Gokstad shine. We will gather at 6:30 pm, walk however the Scandinavian culture and heritage. Admission you will learn more about the unique deco- had been called the most beautiful ship ever long we choose and then share some refresh- is free! rative painting called Rosemåling. You will built. The Viking is approximately 78 feet long, ments around 7:30. See all the impressive addi- observe the intricate needlework called Har- 17 feet wide, and 6.5 feet high from the bot- tions to the Lake George area, new band shell, Washington danger embroidery or “Hardangersøm,” and tom of the keel to the gunwale. Visit the Vi- granite monument/tributes to Veterans, fishing Run Like A Viking 5K much more. For more info visit www.Nordic- king Ship at Good Templar Park. pier, tarred walkways, etc. Aug. 16, 8:00 a.m. HeritageDay.com. Seattle, Wash. Norwegian Genealogy Day Twin Cities Scandinavian Family Festival Dress in your Viking best for this race at Golden Aug. 23, 9:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Aug. 23—24 Gardens Park. Afterward, join us at the Nordic Arlington Heights, Ill. Minneapolis, Minn. Heritage Museum for all of your Viking Days fa- Join Skjold Lodge for an interesting day of The Twin Cities Scandinavian Family Festival is an vorites: Salmon BBQ, craft beer, Nordic music, Norwegian genealogy research at Arlington annual, non-profit event dedicated to strength- crafts, and children’s activities. T-Shirt, Goodie Heights Memorial Library. Speakers doing this ening cross-generational bonds and cultivating research themselves will discuss how to use a new generation of tradition bearers. Our fun- resources in the U.S. and Norway to help you filled, educational and high quality program- Send your event to [email protected] or call (206) 784-4617 follow your Norwegian family back in time to be added to the Norwegian American Weekly! 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Solveig Lee Mount Vernon, Wash.

For over 100 years, members of District filed to the tables for dessert and to become 2 Sons of Norway from both sides of the bor- acquainted with fellow lodge members at der have gathered for a summer picnic. The home and across the border. first such picnic took place at White Rock, Following the presentation of the flags British Columbia, on Aug. 27, 1911. of each country and the singing of each na- Though the Canadian lodges have since tional anthem, the afternoon program contin- formed District 7, they continued with this ued. The raffle draw top prize of $100 was joint venture. In 1947, plans were made to won by Barbara Brevik of Normanna Lodge, hold a festival on the second Sunday in July Everett. John from British Columbia pro- at the Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canada vided music. border at Blaine, Washington. Committees The day climaxed with the crowning of formed were: Queen, Sports, and Entertain- a new Border Festival Queen. Emma Vander- Photo: Lynn Sove Maxson Minnekirken church members hanging skis given by Roald Amundsen to the Chicago Norske Klub. ment. That tradition continues to this day. Weystk from Normanna Lodge #2-003 Ever- On loan from Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa. On July 13, 2014, the Sons of Norway ett, Wash., was crowned by outgoing Queen members from Districts 2 and 7 gathered for Keri Van Gernen. Runner up is Jaida Savage their annual get-together. Games preceded from Varden Lodge #7-019, New Westmin- Lynn Sove Maxson theran Memorial church. lunch. The horseshoe winners were Terry ster, B.C. Norwegian National League of Chicago During the exhibit there will be displays Nelson and Krista Solie. A lawn game called The Border Festival is a vital link be- of Norwegian cultural arts and demonstra- Viking Chess (Kubb) was also played. tween Districts. May the spirit of unity and The Norwegian National League of Chi- tions of Rosemaling, knitting, etc. The re- After all had enjoyed picnic lunch, each harmony continue for years to come. cago presents Norwegians in Chicago, past cently-designed, original Illinois bunad (tra- and present in an exhibit of art and culture. ditional folkdress) will be shown on August On Saturdays and Sundays during the month 16 with other bunads. Learn about handmade of August, there will be an exhibit at the Nor- knives at the exhibit on August 30 and 31. wegian Lutheran Memorial Church, 2614 N. Information on the Viking ship from the Kedzie Blvd. 1893 Columbian Exhibition and 2014 tour The exhibit will feature the church’s art dates will be available. Get information on as well as items on loan from Vesterheim the Norsk Museum in Norway, Ill., which Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, was the first permanent settlement of - Nor Iowa. These items are by artists who exhib- wegians in America. Information on Sons ited at the Norske Klub during the ‘30s and of Norway local lodges will be available. ‘40s. Another artifact is Roald Amundsen’s Also, learn about Vesterheim Norwegian- skis which he donated to the club. A Sons of American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, where Norway flag which was flown over Amund- you can take classes in Norwegian arts and sen’s camp in Antarctica will also be on dis- culture. play. The exhibit will be open every week- The Norske Klub was founded in 1905 end in August 2014: Saturday 10:00 a.m. to and the building on 2350 N. Kedzie opened 3:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on July 4, 1917. Orchestral evenings and (Welcome to church service at 11:00 a.m.) plays were presented at the Norske Klub, The exhibit is in conjunction with the and in 1920 a tradition of annual art exhibits Logan Square Preservation Photo Exhibit was started. featuring the Norske Klub and past Norwe- The Logan Square area of Chicago was gians in the area. They have a dragon chan- Photo: Solveig Lee home to many Norwegian clubs, churches, delier on loan from Vesterheim from the Sons of Norway Abel Lodge members from Conway, Wash. enjoy the picnic. and choruses as well as the Norwegian Lu- Norske Klub.

< rimpac to deal with the Russian challenge if Canada with the F-35 is that it allows a global mar- U.S. Navy amphibious ship Ogden. From page 3 does not move up and deal with its own and ket of weapons to emerge where weapons “‘But the missile system has a number allied needs in the region. The procurement integrated on one country’s planes via indig- of features that make it unique on the market comment on specific spot deals, Kaoru Suzu- choke point which Canada has become clear- enous capability integrated into the software and we were able to demonstrate those fea- ki, a company spokeswoman, said by phone ly highlights an opening security vacuum of of the airplane is then readily available to tures,’ Rostad said. ‘We also demonstrated from Tokyo. strategic significance. other members of the F-35 global enterprise. some agility.’ “The Arctic Aurora is delivering Japan’s The ship involved in RIMPAC is an Ae- Chris Cavas of Defense News highlights “Developed by Kongsberg, the NSM second cargo from Norway this year, accord- gis ship, and its sensors can provide to the the importance of the missile exporting mis- is designed to be highly maneuverable, and ing to data compiled by Bloomberg. The sensor grid necessary for Pacific defense in sion as a motivator for coming to RIMPAC features an autonomous target recognition vessel loaded the supercooled gas at Statoil the coming years. 14: capability that allows it to recognize ships ASA (STL)’s Hammerfest LNG terminal Norway is a major buyer of F-35s, “And the crew of the Aegis frigate Fridt- of a particular class or design, and even to in northern Norway and departed Sept. 19, which can certainly deploy to the Pacific jof Nansen—the first Norwegian ship to take target specific areas of a ship based on its ship-tracking data show. and become part of a broader Pacific fleet part in the huge Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) silhouette. “The ship used the Northern Sea Route of U.S., Japanese, South Korean, Australian, exercises—did just that when they fired a “‘The key takeaway from the NSM ex- to sail to Norway after completing its trials and Canadian (if Canada ever announces a single surface-to-surface missile and scored ercise,’ Rostad said, ‘is the missile was dem- in South Korea last month. The route re- decision). Norway has money and strategic a dramatic hit on an old target ship. ‘It was a onstrated to work just as well in a tropical duces the sailing time between Europe and interests to invest in defense and security as- very successful shot. The missile performed climate as in an arctic climate.’” Asia and can be used by ships from July to sets for 21st century operations and clearly exactly as programmed and expected,’ Cmdr. The JSM is designed to be a family of November, when ice is reduced.” its interests in the Arctic span both the Atlan- Per Rostad, the ship’s commanding officer, systems, with an air launched variant, and tic and Pacific areas of operations. said in an interview Saturday. this has been a key driver for Norwegian Contributing to Evolving Pacific Security “Speaking via satellite phone while his government investment. and Defense Showcasing Its New Family of Missiles ship was underway near Hawaii, Rostad The Vikings may not be raiding England The second reason is simply that Nor- Third, the Norwegians are clearly inter- would not provide details of specific features this time, but they are seaward looking for way is deploying equipment, which can plug ested in marketing their indigenous capabili- demonstrated in the July 10 live fire exercise, new ports of call to project and protect their into the Pacific forces of its allies. ties in the Pacific market as well. when the Fridtjof Nansen launched a Naval interests. Its role clearly will need to be enhanced One key aspect of change associated Strike Missile (NSM) at the decommissioned 14 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly norwegian heritage Long Ago & Far Away by Jon Lind Norway has come a long way in a few decades. When Jon Lind was a child they still dug peat for fuel, carried water from a well, and lit their houses with kerosene. Lind was 11 when his family moved from Austrheim to Or- egon, and considers America his home. Yet in memory the Norway of his childhood seems idyllic. In this column he shares some of those memories. Share your memories with him at [email protected]. The church

The earliest record of the existence of but left him with a pronounced scar for a church on our island is May 12, 1329, the rest of his life. My father, who knew when bishop Audfinn of Bergen sent out uncle Thor about six decades later, said a request for funds from local churches, that the scar on his forehead was still his including the one on Austrheim. Money very noticeable. was needed to “do battle against enemies The church was the first lending li- of the church.” The letter prescribes ex- brary in our community. You could go actly how much each church was to there and borrow books (principally Bi- pledge. From Austrheim, the requirement bles) and it was said that my grandfather, was one mark silver or 214 grams. A copy Johan Utkilen, borrowed the first book (a Photo: John Lunde of the original document can be found in big Bible) ever lent by the church. He still Master craftsman Harold Haugaard fits planks around a form in the early stages of construction. a wonderful book called Austrheim Past had not returned it in 1916 when he and and Present, compiled by Arvid Skogs- my grandmother were married. Instead of < færing menced this time-consuming labor of love. eth. A little known fact, pointed out in this asking for its return, minister Frøste gave From page 1 Harold, a master craftsman, applied his in- book, is that the more important people him the Bible as a wedding present from credible skills, with help from John, to bring of the community were not buried in the the church. It is one of the most treasured studying the færing before he finally felt this boat to life. church cemetery among the commoners possessions in our family and will be ready to develop the written plans. The boat will be on display at ScanFest but were interned under the floor of the handed down to each new generation. John was able to locate Oughtred’s plans where visitors can speak with the builders. It church. People paid extra for this privi- There have been rumors of the church in the Woodenboat Magazine’s catalog, and, is offered as a practical alternative to groups lege and it became a good source of rev- being haunted ever since it was built. Late together with his good friend Harold, com- contemplating building Viking Ships. enue for the church. In 1805 this practice one moonlit night in 1932, Erling Førland was discontinued for “hygienic” reasons. (I went to grade school with his son) was The church I was baptized in, which walking past the church when he claims is the church that is there today, was built to have seen an old woman with a peat Notable Norwegians in 1865 alongside the existing church basket on her back emerge from the cem- With David Moe which had become too small for the ex- etery (which adjoins the church), carrying panding population and was subsequently an open book (he thought it looked like torn down. The new church was con- one of the church hymnals) and walk- structed of solid timber walls. The logs ing towards the back end of the church. Dr. C. Walton Lillehei was born nell Medical Center, New York. He were brought by boat to the Austrheim This area is called “små støvo” which is a October 13, 1918, in Minneapolis, returned to Minnesota in 1975 and be- dock, about a kilometer away. My fa- room where infants wait on baptism day. Minnesota. He earned his B.S. degree came director of medical affairs at St. ther’s great uncle Thor (who also had a The thing that made Erling’s hair stand from the University of Minnesota in Jude Medical, Inc. in St. Paul and was brother named Thor) told my father that on end was the fact that when she came 1939, his M.D. in 1942, and his Ph.D. named a clinical professor in the De- the logs were transported from the dock to the door she did not open it; she just in surgery in 1951. partment of Surgery to the building site using an old cart that walked right through it, peat basket and He was a professor at the University of had solid wood wheels and pulled by a all. Erling did not stick around to see if in the Department Minnesota. horse the locals nicknamed “Bukken” she came back out. Another unexplained of Surgery at the Dr. Lillehei, (Billy goat) because of his diminutive occurrence is the light that can be seen on University of Min- known as “Father size. The carpenters would shape each dark nights emanating from deep within nesota from 1951 of Open-Heart Sur- log into oblong timbers using only an axe. the cemetery. Many people have seen this to 1967 and partici- gery,” died on July Local kids would compete for the waste light, including my father. A few brave pated in the world’s 5, 1999. He was sur- wood and shavings which they brought souls have even tried to approach the light first open-heart op- vived by his wife, home for kindling. Uncle Thor was one but it always goes out before they get eration performed Kaye Lindberg of these kids. One day he got too close to close. on September 2, Lillehei, one daugh- the man wielding the axe and was struck 1952. ter, and two sons. in the forehead. The injury was not fatal See > church, page 16 On March 26, The family has giv- 1954, Dr. Lille- en 16 million dol- hei headed a team lars to the Univer- that performed the Photo courtesy of the Lillehei Heart sity of Minnesota world’s first open- Institute at University of Minnesota through a charitable heart operation C. Walton Lillehei, MD. trust: 13 million to using cross-circu- establish the Lille- lation, and during the next year they hei Heart Institute and 3 million to performed over 40 open-heart op- fund the Chair in Nursing Leadership. erations. In 1958, Dr. Lillehei was re- sponsible for the world’s first use of a David Moe was small battery-powered pacemaker, in- born in Minnesota vented by Earl Bakken, an employee and graduated from the University of at the University of Minnesota. Minnesota, Mor- Dr. Lillehei instructed over 150 ris in 1964 and re- cardiac surgeons from 40 nations, in- ceived his M.A. de- cluding Dr. Christian Barnard, who gree from San Fran- earned his Ph.D. from the University cisco State University in 1975. He spent of Minnesota and went on to perform four years in the Navy and 32 years the world’s first heart transplant in in the insurance business. He is mar- South Africa. In 1967, Dr. Lillehei ried to his wife, Thordis, and they have Photo courtesy of Jon Lind was appointed professor and chair- two daughters and four grandchildren. In 1901, four cast iron stoves were added to the new church, two on each side, each with its man of the surgery department of Cor- They now live in Sun City, California. own chimney. Pictured here is the confirmation class of 1925, standing on the site of the old church. The chimneys have been since removed. norwegian american weekly August 15, 2014• 15 arts & entertainment Book Review: Rønningen Ramblings Fossum goes inside a with Heidi Håvan Grosch misanthropic misfit in Heidi was a long-time Minnesotan until she married her favorite Norwegian, Morten, and moved to his home country of Norway. As a recent immigrant she is experiencing Norway with a unique perspective, filling us I Can See in the Dark in on the good, the bad and the unexpected!

War films and related sites to see Christine Foster Meloni Washington, D.C.

The protagonist of Karin Fossum’s lat- est crime novel I Can See in the Dark is a cold fish. In fact, when Riktor was a child, his classmates called him Pike because he looked like a predatory fish with his jutting jaw and crooked, pointy teeth. Riktor is a nurse in a hospital and works with the dying. He did not choose this pro- fession for any noble reasons but because he is fascinated with death and enjoys watching people suffer and die. He feels no compas- sion for his patients. He actually revels in torturing them. He tears out their hair, digs his sharp fingernails into the skin behind their ears, and pokes things into their eyes. He even flushes their medications down the toilet. As the book is written in the first per- son, the reader is constantly inside the head of this dysfunctional individual and sees ev- only appears a few times and does not seem erything through his eyes. to have anything in common with the intelli- Photo: Heidi Håvan Grosch As the story progresses, one keeps wait- gent and modest Sejer. He is very cocky and The heavy water plant in Telemark, now the Norwegian Industry Workers Museum, includes info ing for Riktor to commit a crime. It seems is not ashamed to admit it. He is also rather about the plant, the area, and labor in Norway. inevitable. And then he brutally murders an slow. He should have pinned the correct acquaintance who has made him angry. But crime on Riktor much earlier on but his little WWII is still very prevalent in the minds Additional films shortly thereafter he is wrongly accused of gray cells were not functioning well. of Norwegians, so it is no surprise that many Age of Heroes: The true story of the for- murdering one of his hospital patients and is This novel is not a police procedural war films have a Norwegian story at their mation of Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando unit, sent to prison to await trial. He spends sev- and has little action. But Fossum is brilliant core. Here are a few to look for on Netflix. a precursor for elite forces in the U.K. A Brit- eral months in prison and, during his stay, he in creating a fascinating story in which she Trailers and more titles are available at the ish/Norwegian team parachutes into the Nor- is a model prisoner. He is even allowed to shows us how a misanthropic social mis- Norwegian Film Institute (www.nfi.no). wegian mountains to destroy a communica- work in the kitchen and seems to get along fit navigates his way through society. Even tions tower, and in turn possibly change the well with prison employees. His case finally without the action, the book keeps the reader The Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage course of the war (2011, 90 min, not rated). goes to trial and he is declared innocent. turning the pages, eager to see what is go- During WWII, Norwegian resistance Into the White (known in the UK as Riktor eventually goes home and, since ing to befall this contemptible but intriguing fighters did all they could to make life dif- Cross of Honour): April 27, 1940. German he is no longer allowed to practice his nurs- character. ficult for the invaders, including bombing re- pilot Horst Schopis’s bomber is shot down ing profession, he begins making plans for sources the Nazis could use. The Norwegian near Grotli (Skjåk, Oppland, Norway) by a Christine Foster Meloni is a new life. But then one day his nemesis heavy water sabotage was a series of actions British fighter who also crashes. These sworn professor emeritus at The Inspector Randers comes to pay him a visit. by Norwegian saboteurs to prevent the Ger- enemies are forced to share a remote cabin in George Washington Uni- Will justice finally prevail? The reader must man nuclear energy project from obtaining order to survive, and in the process develop versity. She has degrees in decide if justice does indeed triumph in the the heavy water (deuterium oxide) needed to an unusual friendship. Based on a true story Italian literature, linguis- end. produce nuclear weapons (www.hydro.com/ (2012, 104 min, rated R for language). tics, and international ed- Most Fossum fans will miss the very en/about-hydro/our-history/1929---1945). The original L2940 wreck is on display ucation. She was born in likeable Inspector Sejer who is the principal The heavy water plant in Telemark, at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeiovilton Minneapolis and currently character in her other crime novels. Randers built in 1911, is now the Norwegian Indus- (near Somerset, England), and the original lives in Washington, DC. She is interested in does not play a major role in this novel. He all things Norwegian. try Workers Museum (open daily May-Sept.) wreck remains in the mountains at Grotli and in addition to displays and information (Norway) around 1,000 meters above sea about the heavy water sabotage, includes a level, left untouched in the snow. timeline of labor in Norway and more about The film Max Manus: Man of War is the area and the plant itself. Go to their Eng- based on the actual events and life of resis- lish language website (English.nia.eyego.no) tance fighter Max Manus (1914-1996) from for details. Parking is “down the hill” 700m the Winter War against the Soviet Union from the plant, so be prepared to walk up- (1939-1940), through the outbreak of WWII hill a bit. If walking is difficult, you can also and the Nazi occupation of Norway (1940), make arrangements ahead of time to drive up until peacetime in 1945. This is an excellent the single lane road, and park at the top, or film (I have seen it more than once) and is in take a shuttle during the summer. Norwegian with English subtitles (2008, 118 There have been a number of films made min, not rated). about these events of sabotage, the most The film is based on Max Manus’s own well known being the 1965 The Heroes of books Det vil helst gå godt (Things should Telemark (131 min, not rated) starring Kirk turn out okay) and Det blir alvor (This is se- Douglas and Richard Harris. In 1973 the rious) as well as other accounts and histori- BBC created the documentary The Sabo- cal documentation, and is fairly accurate (al- teurs of Telemark and in 2003 the TV movie though some events were omitted or altered The Real Heroes of Telemark in response to for the sake of story). Parts of Oslo were the 1965 film “in order to separate fact from transformed into an early–1940s look for the fiction in what really happened.” You can see film, including flying the Nazi flag from the the entire 1973 documentary on YouTube at roof of the parliament building; something www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwbiRrVAJzw. that hadn’t happened in over 60 years. 16 • August 15, 2014 norwegian american weekly back page

< church distances to get to the church in which they Norwegian Language Corner From page 14 were scheduled to preach. One minister was assigned to a general area comprising sev- NORWEGIAN FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES and TROLLS If you were to ask the old timers if there eral churches and, as a result, services were were one particular sermon that stood out in not held every Sunday. In our case, he had their mind, I suspect some would point out a to travel many hours to get to the church sermon that was delivered before their time on Austrheim and it’s understandable that by a minister whose name has been long for- he was quite tired by the time he arrived. gotten. What made this sermon unique was Specific people had the task of ferrying the Volume 2 not its content but rather its delivery. The minister for various stages of his route to the With 21 classic folk tales, fairy tales and trolls from Norway in Norwegian and English, “Tuss og Troll” is now story goes that the minister fell asleep in the church. The first road built on our island was serialized in the Norwegian American Weekly’s Norwegian Language Corner. The stories are from the collections middle of his sermon. The congregation, be- the road the minister used in getting from the of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, and retold by Øyvind Dybvad, Gard Espeland, Velle Espeland, Johannes Farestveit, and Nana Rise-Lynum. Translated by Alexander Knud Huntrods and Odd-Steinar Dybvad ing good Norwegians, merely sat there and dock to the church. Raneng. “Tuss og Troll” was edited, designed and published by Deb Nelson Gourley of Astri My Astri publishing. waited. Exactly how long he was asleep is In 1982, our whole family returned to Copyright © Norsk Barneblad. lost to history but he did eventually wake up. Norway for Christmas. On Christmas Eve Upon realizing where he was and what had we attended church. I had not been inside the happened, he uttered the words that were to church for 30 years, but it had changed very become the most memorable ever to be ut- little except for the addition of a model of a 2.NAW.Holand.CMYK.20March2014.qxp_Layouttered in this church, “Vi må vel til igjen” 1 3/20/14(I sailing 7:37 PMship Page hanging 1 from the ceiling. I am suspect we must continue). Unlike today, told this is quite common in Norwegian rural ministers in those days had to travel long churches today. WINNER of 2 National Awards! History of the Norwegian Settlements: A translated and expanded version of the 1908 De Norske Settlementers Historie and the 1930 Den Siste Folkevandring Sagastubber fra Nybyggerlivet i Amerika By Hjalmar Rued Holand • Immigrants in the Midwest 1830-1870 • 512 pgs, hardcover, 6″x9″, Smyth sewn • Includes 32 pgs of full-colored maps • = $39.95 with FREE shipping in the USA The 63-chapter non-fiction book lets readers trace the trails of 3,800 indexed immigrants Welcome to Tuss og Troll, volume 2. We are very excited to syndicate through Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas as they explore new frontiers this collection of Norwegian folk tales, originally collected by folklorists Asb- and tame the wilderness. In English only. jørnsen and Moe. We’ll have more on those two characters to come, but this Call, send a check or visit website week let’s jump right in with possibly the most famous Norwegian tale: Made in America! Astri My Astri Publishing www.astrimyastri.com Bukkane Bruse The Three Billy Goats Gruff Deb Nelson Gourley Phone: 563-568-6229 del 1 part 1 602 3rd Ave SW, Waukon, IA 52172 [email protected]

Det var ein gong tre bukkar som Once upon a time, there were three skulle til sætra og gjera seg feite. På ve- billy goats that wanted to go up to the gen var ei bru over ein foss. Under den summer pasture and eat themselves fat. brua budde det eit fælt troll med augo On the way, there was a bridge over a som tinntallerkar og nase så lang som eit waterfall. Under the bridge there lived a riveskaft. terrible troll with eyes like tin plates and Fyrst kom den minste bukken Bruse. a nose as long as a poker. Tripp, trapp, sa det. — Kven er det som First came the smallest billy goat trippar på brua mi? skreik trollet. Gruff. Tripp, trapp, it went. “Who is that — Å, det er eg som skal til sætra og tripping over my bridge?” roared the gjera meg feit, svara vesle bukken Bruse. troll. Han var så grann i målet. “Oh, it is me who is going up to the Thanks for a great first year! — No kjem eg og tek deg! sa trollet. pasture to make myself fat,” answered — Å nei, tak ikkje meg, for eg er så little billy goat Gruff. He had such a high- liten, eg. Bi berre litt, så kjem den mel- pitched voice. Aug 30, Open 11 a.m. • Pig Roast lomste bukken Bruse. Han er mykje “Now I’m coming to get you!” said større enn eg. the troll. Pot Luck • Dunk Tank — Eg får vel det då, sa trollet og la “Oh no, don’t take me, because I am seg ned att. so small. Just wait a while and along will Om ei stund kom den mellomste come the middle billy goat Gruff. He is bukken Bruse over brua. Tripp, trapp, much larger than I.” tripp, trapp, sa det i brua. — Kven er det “Well, I better do that then,” said the som trippar på brua mi? skreik trollet troll and lay back down again. retteleg morskt. After a while came the middle billy — Å, det er den mellomste bukken goat Gruff over the bridge. Tripp, trapp, Bruse, eg skal til sætra og gjera meg feit, tripp, trapp, went the bridge. “Who is sa bukken, han var ikkje så grann i målet, that tripping over my bridge?” roared the han. troll very grumpily. — No kjem eg og tek deg! sa trollet. “Oh, it is the middle billy goat Gruff, — Å nei, tak ikkje meg, men bi litt, I am going up to the pasture to make my- så kjem den store bukken Bruse. Han er self fat,” said the billy goat, he was not so mykje, mykje større, sa bukken. high-pitched in his voice. — Eg får vel det då, sa trollet og la “Now I’m coming to get you!” said seg ned att. the troll. “Oh no, don’t take me, but wait a while, and the big billy goat Gruff will come. He is much, much bigger, said the billy goat.” “Well, I better do that then,” said the troll and lay back down again. Tune in next week for the second chapter in this fable! 6301 24th Ave NW • Seattle, Washington • (206) 297-6122 $29.95 with FREE shipping in the U.S.A. Find us on Facebook! www.astrimyastri.com