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Coscan Magazine 2021/1 CoScan Magazine 2021/1 The Magazine for the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies Published twice yearly (June & December) Contents CoScan, News and Societies 1 Message from the President 2 Editor’s note 3 My early memories of CoScan: Lise Hodgson 5 The History of the Anglo-Swedish Society of Gothenburg: John Chaplin 8 Northants Anglo-Scandinavian Society: Jens Buus 11 News in Brief Language and culture 12 ‘Passing judgement on oneself’: Henrik Pontoppidan: Steen Andersen 15 Anna of Denmark, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. Part 2: Margot Blanchard 18 What happened to my parents during the German occupation of Norway: Dag H. Kjelldahl 20 One Thing after Another (conference report): Katherine Holman 22 From the bookshelf, with reviews of two books on the Vikings (‘The Children of Ash and Elm’ and ‘River Kings’): Peter Addyman, and ‘An introduction to the sagas of Icelanders’: Rory McTurk Travel award reports 29 CoScan Trust Fund 2021 report: Brita Green 30 Scanning brains during the pandemic: Marta Topor 33 Jazz and coffee in Oslo: Michael Dunlop 35 Lifting rocks in Iceland: Ela Sefcikova Contact details 38 Member Societies 2020 39 CoScan Executive Committee 40 CoScan Trust Fund, Editorial Board Back inside cover: CoScan Patrons Front cover: Part of Stockholm seen from a hot air balloon Photo: Pia Metz/Eva Robards Message from the President Mark Elliott so at least during the present phase of our common history. Sadly, a mood of intolerance is growing in some quarters in this country towards anybody seen as less than purely British. The manifestations of this mood are sometimes violent and always unpleasant. Surely, we would Writing at the end of March 2021 for all say, this can’t affect relations with publication in June, it would be foolish our Nordic friends and citizens of those for me to offer any predictions about the countries resident here. Nevertheless the weeks and months ahead at least in terms mood exists, and must be countered with of the pandemic. The various vaccines all our energy, in common with all forms have had a major impact, and hopes for of discrimination. a more settled future have grown as the It is in this area that CoScan has an spring flowers begin to appear. But even important part to play. With the Nordic if optimism reigns over the summer— Embassies, we can offer advice and and even that is uncertain—it may be assistance to individuals and groups torpedoed by winter. We shall struggle affected by Brexit. We can and must on, and I still believe, as I wrote on continue to reinforce the cultural this page a year ago, that in the longer and social links which unite us. This term we shall prevail. I believe also that magazine, and the CoScan website and international trade and even travel, and our presence on other social media, our economies, will recover to a large are important tools. Your Executive extent, again perhaps in the longer term. Committee has over the past year Over the last year it has however developed effective ways of managing become clearer that Britain has moved them and other collective activities, even significantly away from its former during lockdown. We have flexible plans partners in the European Union. Deals for the months ahead. The support of our are still made, quarrels flare up but are members, both corporate and individual, apparently resolved, we are all still is vital. In return we offer continued and talking to each other; but we in the UK are dedicated commitment to our members clearly now outsiders, and shall remain and to the ideals we all share. 1 Editor’s note Eva Robards of talks (which afterwards are available on YouTube). Among other societies The world is opening up ... at least exploring Zoom are the Anglo-Danish among our member societies: many are Society, Anglo-Norse Society, Danish now planning events at which it will Women, Northants Anglo-Scandinavian be possible to meet in person. Sankt Society, Norwegian Scottish Association, Hans/midsommar is an obvious outdoor Orkney Norway Friendship Association, opportunity which appears on several Scottish Norwegian Society (Glasgow), programmes, such as those of the Welsh-Norwegian Society, and York Danish-Scottish Society, Danish YWCA, Anglo-Scandinavian Society. And, for the and the Nordic House/Danish Church in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Hull—so Sankt Hans will be celebrated churches, Zoom has been a most valuable from Edinburgh in the north to London tool for reaching out to their audiences. in the south. Also walks, summer parties, To find out what is going on in the lunches and coffee gatherings appear in different CoScan member organisations, the programmes. you can consult our CoScan website— Things are not likely to return back and use the link to the society you are to exactly what we had before the interested in to make contact. From pandemic, though. Caution will still this follows that it is important that have to prevail, and Zoom has created a information about events are forwarded valuable additional stage-setting. More and that contact details are correct for or less reluctantly, a number of our both the website and the magazine (send societies have discovered the benefits to [email protected], please). of this platform. Admittedly, the direct Now, briefly, turning to this edition: personal contact is missing, but nobody Mark Elliott presented a summarised has to travel on a dark evening, and— history of CoScan in the year of its 70th in particular—the presentation can be anniversary. In this issue Lise Hodgson opened up to other societies wherever gives a personal account of former times, they are in the country. This is a welcome of which she has more knowledge than development, as it is at the heart of most of us. As usual we highlight a CoScan to share information and events. couple of member societies, this time the For each of these societies it may also be Anglo-Swedish Society of Gothenburg a way of getting new members. and the Northants Anglo-Scandinavian Some societies excel in using Zoom: the Society. Continuing our general pattern, Manchester Swedish Language Meetup the culture section then follows with Group has been holding their meetups articles of general interest, book reviews twice every week, and through monthly and recent Scandinavian books translated meetings the Anglo-Swedish Society into English and, lastly, we travel with in London has presented a wide range students to Sweden, Norway and Iceland. 2 My early memories of CoScan by Lise Hodgson It has occurred to me that I am one of the longest active members of CoScan, and I thought it might be nice to put down a few memories of the early days. In the mid 1970s I was a member of the newly formed Northants Anglo- Scandinavian Society. One of our committee members had heard of CoScan, so we became members shortly in the UK and it was customary that the afterwards. When we heard that they were chairman of the hosting society would having their AGM in Birmingham, we become chairman of CoScan until the decided that a few of us should go and see next AGM. what it was all about. The AGM was held During that first AGM in Birmingham in an auditorium at Aston University, but I was asked the inevitable question: we had trouble finding it, so arrived late. Would you consider becoming a member We quietly slipped into some seats in the of the committee? At that time I had to back row and thought we had not been decline as my son was still very young. noticed, but when the person making The question was repeated at intervals his report when we entered had finished, over the years and I eventually did the chairman asked us to come down to become a committee member and later the front and introduce ourselves. Very secretary. embarrassing. I can’t remember all the destinations Halfway through the morning we we went to and in what order, but one stopped for coffee and us newbies were of the first full conferences I attended very warmly welcomed. The first people was in London. We stayed in student I spoke to were Kari Moss Wright and a accommodation (as we did in those days) Danish lady called Karen. We certainly and the dinner was held at a very splendid did not feel like outsiders. Next time I private club in St. James’s. At the AGM attended a conference, I was greeted like we discussed how to write CoScan, i.e. an old friend. COSCAN, Coscan, CoScan etc. It was The meetings in those days were expected to be a short discussion, but formal and usually started with the somehow it ran on and on and on. In secretary reading out the name of each the end we had to break for lunch and society attending, and those present from then carry on with the AGM after lunch, that society standing up. Meetings were resulting in the afternoon’s sightseeing well attended. All conferences were held being cancelled. 3 The dinners were quite formal, with would like the comfort of a hotel. At the everybody dressed up to the nines. same time, the structure of the weekends It was lovely to see many members, relaxed a bit and became less formal. particularly the Norwegians, wearing I think I have seen more of the UK than national costumes. The room was always many people born here. In the early days arranged with a top table, which was we went to Edinburgh, York (where we strictly for the highest-ranking officers of visited the recently opened Jorvik centre), CoScan and special guests (for example, Orkney, Shetland, Birmingham, Lincoln, Scandinavian ambassadors and local Nottingham, Glasgow, Isle of Man and dignitaries) and their partners.
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