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What’s inside? News 2-3 Stars of Nordic cuisine light up culinary conference Business 4 Daytona Strong talent that we have right here on the in- America at Greystone. Sports 5 Taste of Editor augural conference is pretty exciting,” “I feel like we kinda knocked it out Opinion 6-7 says Jonathan Sajda, the museum’s of the park first go,” Sajda said. “It’s ex- Taste of Norway 8 Nordic cooking has been catching program manager. citing.” the world by storm for over the past Magnus Nilsson— of Swe- The museum has always done very Travel 9 decade—especially since the advent of den’s celebrated restaurant Fäviken traditional Nordic cooking, Sadja said Roots & Connections 10 the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto in 2004 and author of the recently released The (full disclosure, I’ve taught several Obituaries & Religion 11 and the popularity of restaurants such Nordic Cookbook—is one of the key- classes there), but they were interested In Your Neighborhood 12-13 as Copenhagen’s Noma, which has been note speakers. , host of in engaging contemporary and New named the World’s Best Restaurant three on PBS, Nordic cuisine as well. Norwegian Heritage 14 times in recent years—and this spring it represents Norway. Other chefs include “From our standpoint we were try- Arts & Entertainment 15 converges in the richly Scandinavian , a Finnish-American ing to kinda go from the history of tra- Back Page 16 city of Seattle. The Nordic Heritage Mu- chef known for the shows New Scan- ditional Nordic cooking we have here seum’s inaugural Nordic Culinary Con- dinavian Cooking and Perfect Day; Al- at the museum and move it forward to- ference takes place May 6-8, with chefs fred Alfredsson of LAVA Restaurant at wards what the contemporary trends of $1 = NOK 8.694 from each of the five Blue Lagoon in ; and Lars Kron- Nordic cooking are and have been for updated 02/29/2016 set to appear. mark of , who is a senior chef- In comparison “Being able to secure the level of instructor at The Culinary Institute of See > conference, page 8 01/29/2016 8.7109 08/29/2015 8.2888 02/29/2015 7.6631 Photo: Daytona Strong 2 • March 4, 2016 norwegian american weekly Nyheter fra Norge Nyheter Første vintercruise til Finnmark Kraftig vekst i biltrafikken Cruiseskipet MS Magel- Veksten i biltrafikken på norske veier var i fjor større enn på sju år. Det er dårlig nytt lan markerer starten på for klimaet. Samlet var trafikkveksten i Norge fra 2014 til 2015 på 2 prosent, vis- vintercruise-sesongen i er Vegtrafikkindeksen, som tar utgangs­ Finnmark 22. februar punkt i 348 tellepunkter landet rundt. For personbiler og andre lette kjøretøy NRK økte trafikken med 1.8 prosent, mens den for tunge kjøretøy økte med 4.2 prosent. Leder for North Adventure, Henriette Ifølge Dagsavisen var veksten i biltrafik- Bismo Eilertsen, har for tiden hendene fulle. ken den største siden 2007. Klimaeffekten Den første cruisebåten for sesongen har lagt av økningen er større en gevinsten av de til kai i Alta. 34,000 nye elbilene som kom på norske­ — Det er jo tusen gjester som kommer. veier i fjor, opplyser fagsjef Holger De skal på utflukter, noen blir syke, noen Schlaupitz i Naturvernforbundet. Trafikk­ har mistet låsen til kofferten og noen skal til veksten gjør at utslippene av klimagasser tannlegen, så det er fullt opp, sier hun. ville vært om lag 280,000 tonn høyere i Gjestene som primært kommer fra Eng- 2015 enn året før, om ikke noe var blitt land skal i løpet av sitt opphold i Alta delta gjort for å få ned utslippene. — Heldigvis på flere aktiviteter. Foto: Rolf Jakobsen / NRK var salget av elbiler høyt i fjor. Hver elbil — De kjører hund, besøker Same- MS Magellan til kai i Alta. Skipet markerer startet på cruisesesongen i Finnmark. reduserer CO2-utslippene med om lag to siidaen, ishotellet, Nordlyskatedralen og tonn, sett i forhold til andre nye biler, sier mange drar bort på Alta museum. I tillegg er også mye å gjøre for tre år siden, når vi skulle Cruiseturisme har i noen grad erstattet Schlaupitz til avisen. Elbilsalget bidrar det flere som skal på nordlystur i kveld. Så de selge inn 2016. Da hadde vi akkurat fått vin- den tradisjonelle bussturismen forteller hun. dermed til at utslippsøkningen blir rundt er på det meste av aktiviteter, sier hun. tercruise og hadde masse å gjøre, sier hun. — Det betyr på den ene siden at man 70,000 tonn mindre, det vil si 210,000 I fjor hadde Alta 11,000 gjester som var Reiselivssjef i NordNorsk Reiseliv, mister omsetning hos overnattingsstedene tonn CO2-ekvivalenter. Aller mest steg på over 20,000 turer forteller Eilertsen. Hilde Bjørkli, forteller at vintercruiseturis- og transportørene. Men selv om man mis- bruken av korte lastebiler mellom 5.6 I år er det 12 anløp som er ventet til kai tene bidrar til stor verdiskapning hos dem ter omsetning hos hotellene kan man si at og 7.6 meter, som økte med 6.3 prosent. i Alta. Dette er en stor nedgang i forhold til i som selger aktiviteter og opplevelser. Som man tar noe av dette inntektstapet igjen hos (NRK) fjor, forteller Eilertsen. hunde­kjøring og nordlyssafari. aktivitetsleverandørene,­ hvis man er flink til Eilertsen nevner blant annet at mangel — Vintercruisene til Nord-Norge betyr å selge inn opplevelsestilbudet til cruiseop- Etiopia åpner for tvangsreturer fra Norge på snuhavnen i Porsanger har ført til færre at man får en relativt stor verdiskapning, spe- eratørene, sier hun. Rundt 800 etiopiere som bor i Norge uten anløp. sielt ute hos aktivitetsleverandørene. Vinter- å ha lovlig opphold, kan nå bli tvangsre- — Så har vi hatt et stort tysk rederi som cruiseturistene legger igjen betydelig mer på English Synopsis: The winter cruise season began in turnert til Etiopia, ifølge NRK. Etiopia har vært her med store båter fem ganger. De land enn det sommercruiseturistene gjør, sier Finnmark when the first cruise ship of the year, MS Magellan, docked in Alta on Feb. 22. har tidligere nektet å ta imot egne stats- kommer ikke hit denne sesongen. Vi hadde Bjørkli. borgere som returneres med tvang, men myndighetene i landet har nå snudd, får NTB bekreftet fra Justis- og beredskaps- departementet. Etiopia fikk en returavtale Vindparker i Midt-Norge med Norge i januar 2012, men har hittil Stenger tre bare villet ta imot dem som reiser frivil- lig. Dette mener norske myndigheter er Milliardprosjektet skal brudd på avtalen. Jøran Kallmyr (Frp) trebroer var i Etiopia like før han gikk av som gi lys og varme til statssekretær i Justisdepartementet nylig. Statens vegvesen 170,000 husstander Han fikk da garantier fra Etiopias uten- riksminister, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- stenger midlertidig Aftenposten sus, ifølge NRK. — Utenriksministeren, som også er kandidat til å bli general­ tre trebroer i Akershus Statkraft, Trønderenergi og Nordic sekretær i Verdens helseorganisasjon, har etter brokollaps i Sjoa Wind Power DA går sammen om å bygge sagt at de vil følge opp dette. Vi har et Europas største landbaserte vindkraftanlegg bredt samarbeid med Etiopia på en rekke VG­ i Midt-Norge. bistandsområder, og da forventer vi at de Om lag 11 milliarder kroner skal in- tar imot egne innbyggere, sier han. — Vi har satt i gang et omfattende arbeid vesteres i seks vindparker på til sammen (Aftenposten) for å kontrollere andre trebroer i regionen. Vi 1,000 megawatt (MW). har gjennom dialog med konsulentfirmaet Vindparkene bygges på Fosenhalvøya, Venstre lanserer 40 egne asylforslag Sweco Norge AS blitt kjent med at de har og i , i et kystnært område Venstre sa blankt nei til regjeringens 40 oppdaget en feil i beregningsgrunnlaget for med noen av de beste forholdene for vind- forslag til asyl-innstramminger. Nå lan- Sundbyveien bro på fylkesvei 507 i Eidsvoll kraftproduksjon i hele Europa. Konsesjonen Foto: Leaflet / Wikipedia serer partiet like mange egne forsalg. i Akershus, sier avdelingsdirektør Nils Au- til utbyggingen ble gitt i august 2013, men Vindparkene i Midt-Norge skal være Europas Trine Skei Grande mener partiets egne dun Karbø i Statens vegvesen. ble skrinlagt sist sommer grunnet manglende største landbaserte vindkraftanlegg. forslag til oppfølging av asylforliket gir To andre broer i Akershus, Fjell-Leet og lønnsomhet. et bedre grunnlag for videre forhand­ Blakkesru vil også bli stengt av hensyn til Kraftselskapene og Statnett kunngjorde inger, sier statsminister Erna Solberg (H). linger. — Et bredt flertall på Stortinget føre var prinsippet. senere en ny utredning av prosjektet basert 1,000 MW er mer enn den samlede nor- ble i november enig om en rekke tiltak Broen som kollapset over nye E6 ved på nye forutsetninger, blant annet adgang til ske vindkraftkapasiteten i dag. Når vindpark­ for å møte nye utfordringer på asylom- Sjoa var ikke prosjektert riktig, ifølge Stat- å bygge en større andel av prosjektet nord ene står ferdige i 2020 vil de produsere 3.4 rådet. Regjeringen fikk tillit til å følge ens vegvesen. Trebroen skulle ha tålt 65 for Trondheimsfjorden, der vindressursen er TWh fornybar energi i året. Det er nok til å opp forliket, men forslagene de sendte tonn, men regnefeilen gjorde at den kun tålte større og gir forbedret lønnsomhet. gi lys og varme til 170,000 husstander årlig. på høring var for dårlig utredet, og ville omkring 20 tonn. Vind-utbyggingen inkluderer I den endelige avtalen mellom aktørene hemmet integreringen og brutt med våre Lastebilsjåføren Arild Magne Båtberget vindparkene Harbaksfjellet, Roan, Storheia fremkommer det at Statkraft vil ha en eier­ inter­nasjonale forpliktelser, sier Venstre-­ (62) fikk en kraftig skade i ryggen da tøm- og Kvenndalsfjellet på nordsiden av Trond- andel på 52.1 prosent, Trønderenergi en ei- lederen i en uttalelse på partiets egne merbilen han kjørte falt syv-åtte meter ned i heimsfjorden (ca. 750 MW), samt vindpark­ erandel på 7.9 prosent og konsortiet ledet av hjemmesider. Venstre-lederen sier hun bakken der broen knakk i to. ene Geitfjellet og Hitra 2 sør for Trond- Credit Suisse en eierandel på 40 prosent. tror regjeringen vil ta innspillet konstruk- Statens vegvesen har bestemt seg for å heimsfjorden (ca. 250 MW). Anleggsarbeidene starter i andre kvar- tivt. — Vi sender det over til statsminis- undersøke ytterligere syv trebroer på Øst- — Det er gledelig at det nå blir en stor tal i år. De første vindmøllene vil bli levert teren, så har de det på bordet når de skal landet. De er også fagverksbroer i tre, men vindkraftutbygging i Trøndelag. Dette er et og montert i 2018. Prosjektet omfatter 278 drøfte hvilke innstramninger de sender vi- har en annen teknisk løsning. av de største industriprosjektene i Fastlands- vind­turbiner. dere til Stortinget for å få flertall for, sier Norge og gir arbeidsplasser. Det vil være Skei Grande til TV 2. English Synopsis: Following the collapse of a bridge et løft for satsingen på ny fornybar energi i English Synopsis: Statkraft, Trønderenergi, and Nor- in Sjoa, the Norwegian Public Roads Association has Norge. Og det viser at rammebetingelsene i dic Wind Power DA are collaborating to build Eu- (VG) shut down three wooden bridges in Akershus. rope’s largest onshore wind farm in central Norway. Norge er gode og fører til konkrete invester- Norwegian american weekly March 4, 2016 • 3 news from norway Michelin star to RE-NAA PM proposes This week in brief Norway steps up efforts to help refugees in Inspectors from the “safety net” Greece restaurant-feared and The authorities in Greece and Norway have agreed that an additional NOK 31 revered guide award Solberg is proposing a million of the funds provided to Greece law that would prevent under the EEA and Norway Grants one star to Stavanger’s should be used to deal with the flow of RE-NAA restaurant asylum seekers from refugees into Greece. This means that a non-conflict areas total of NOK 231 million will be used Michael Sandelson for this purpose in the period up to 2017. The Foreigner entering Norway The Norwegian Refugee Council will implement several of the projects. The downtown-located eating establish- “The flow of refugees and migrants The Local ment is the first one outside to have has put enormous pressure on the asylum been given the award. system in Greece. We have therefore pro- Gourmet police have not ventured out- Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Sol- posed to the Greek authorities that some side the capital before. Their actions have berg is proposing emergency legislation that of the funding under the grants scheme now also put Stavanger on the Nordic eating would allow Norway to deny entry to all asy- should be reallocated to strengthen capac- map. lum seekers who do not come directly from ity in this area,” said Minister of EEA and Clément Bertrand, Manager of RE- countries in conflict. EU Affairs Elisabeth Aspaker. NAA, says that being in the Michelin Guide Photo: Jarle Vines / Wikimedia Commons Solberg said that the legislation would Some NOK 200 million (EUR 20.9 is “merveilleux” (marvelous). Sven Erik Renaa, Head Chef of RE-NAA. only be implemented in an emergency situ- million / $23 million USD) has previous- “This follows six years of hard work,” he ation and would protect Norway from the ly been allocated for asylum and migra- tells The Foreigner. “The restaurant opened RE-NAA, which focuses on using lo- deteriorating situation within the Schengen tion projects in Greece through the EEA in November 2009, at which time I was em- cally produced organic and top quality ingre- region and the mounting strain the Swed- and Norway Grants. An additional NOK ployed as a sommelier (wine waiter).” dients, was not the only restaurant in Norway ish asylum system is facing from the current 31 million (EUR 3.3 million / $3.6 mil- “I’m still serving customers and advis- to have set a Michelin record this year. refugee crisis in . lion) is now being reallocated from other ing on wine, as being in touch with the guests Oslo’s Maaemo was awarded yet anoth- Under her plan, asylum seekers entering programs in Greece funded by Norway is important,” adds Monsieur Bertrand. er star, making it the Scandinavian country’s from or other Nordic countries would through the grants scheme. The company also runs two other eat- first-ever three-starred one. be immediately rejected if they are not com- The Norwegian Refugee Council ing establishments in Stavanger: Renaa Mat- Kontrast, also in Oslo, was given its first ing directly from areas of conflict. (NRC) will implement the project on Chi- baren and Renaa Xpress. Sven Erik Renaa is os and assist the Greek asylum adminis- RE-NAA’s Head Chef. See > michelin star, page 6 See > asylum seekers, page 6 tration, and the funding for the operation of reception centers will be administered by the International Organization for Mi- gration (IOM). The projects will run until April 2017. Largest onshore power project (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Europe’s largest onshore Norwegian fertility rate at historic low wind power project, Longer educations and less certainty in the job market have pushed Norway’s fer- comprising six onshore tility rate to its lowest point in 35 years. The Norwegian fertility rate has been wind farms, will be built steadily declining for years and newly in Central Norway released figures from Statistic Norway (SSB) show that in 2015 it bottomed out Norway Post / NRK at an average of 1.73 children per woman. The rate hasn’t been that low since 1980. Statkraft, TrønderEnergi, and the Eu- The numbers are falling across the ropean investor consortium Nordic Wind board, SSB researcher Trude Lappegård Power DA will join forces to realize the proj- told broadcaster NRK. ect, which will require a total investment of “The fertility rate has decreased in around EUR 1.1 billion (about NOK 11 bil- all groups: among those with high educa- lion / $1.2 billion USD). Photo: Sandri Alexandra / Wikimedia Commons tions, low educations, those in their 20s, The six wind farms in Central Norway will be Europe’s largest onshore power project. Construction will commence in the sec- and those in their 30s,” she said. ond quarter of 2016, and commissioning will sibility for the project execution in the con- Fosen-Snillfjord project, the estimated total Lappegård said that more and more be completed in 2020. struction phase. TrønderEnergi will have an generation has increased substantially while Norwegian women aren’t having as many The wind farms will be built on the ownership stake of 7.9 percent. Nordic Wind costs have come down. The original project children as they’d like because of “struc- Fosen peninsula, the island of Hitra, and in Power DA, a European investor consortium was terminated early last summer due to tural conditions in the society.” Snillfjord, in a coastal area providing some created by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastruc- lack of profitability. Later, the owners joined She pointed to longer educations of the best conditions for renewable energy ture Partners and backed by the Swiss util- with Statnett to announce a new assessment postponing first births for many women, production from wind in Europe. At 1000 ity BKW, have acquired the remaining 40.0 of the options for designing a project with while a tougher job market keeps the MW the projects’ capacity is more than the percent from Agder Energi, TrønderEnergi, improved economics under new primary as- overall number of births down. current total installed capacity of wind pow- and NTE. sumptions. “More people are having difficulty er in Norway. Once completed and commis- The Fosen Vind project portfolio in- “This is an important day. Together with getting a foothold in their careers. It sioned in 2020, the wind farms will generate cludes the Harbaksfjellet, Roan, Storheia our partners Statkraft has developed the larg- looks like short-term work contracts and 3.4 TWh power annually. and Kvenndalsfjellet wind farms north of est renewable energy project in Norway in difficulties in obtaining a secure job are The joint venture company Fosen Vind the Trondheim fjord (approx. 750 MW), this millennium. With a 1000MW project contributing to the decrease in the fertility DA will be the owner of the wind farms. as well as the Geitfjellet and Hitra 2 wind we become one of the leading onshore wind rate,” Lappegård said. Statkraft will have a 52.1 percent ownership farms south of the Trondheim fjord (approx. players,” said Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, Work conditions have also resulted interest in the company, along with respon- 250 MW). In comparison with the original CEO and President of Statkraft. in more opting to stop grow- ing their families after just one or two children. This week’s news from Norway is brought to you through partnerships with: Although Norway’s fertility rate is at its lowest point in 35 years, it is still considered relatively high in a European context. According to Eurostat, the aver- age fertility rate in the EU last year was 1.55 children per woman. www.thelocal.no & theforeigner.no (The Local) 4 • March 4, 2016 norwegian american weekly Business Business News & Notes Sharp decline in petroleum revenues to households amounted to approximately XeThru sees through General government surplus is estimated at NOK 460 billion in 2015—which corre- NOK 180 billion in 2015. Due to a substan- sponds to an increase of 7 percent from These sensors work in a variety of applications tial decrease in petroleum revenues, this is 2014. The increase can partly be explained close to NOK 100 billion lower than the pre- by the fact that new regulations regarding vious year. disability pensions were introduced in 2015. Petroleum revenues totaled NOK 184 Compared to the previous regime, a larger billion in 2015, according to preliminary portion of the disability benefits is now sub- figures. This can be attributed to decreased ject to income taxation. To compensate for taxes from companies engaged in petroleum this, the gross disability benefits were ad- extraction. Petroleum taxes dropped from justed upwards, in order for the net benefits NOK 146 billion in 2014 to NOK 75 billion (gross benefits less taxes) to remain the same in 2015—a decrease of almost 50 percent. as before 2015. This is mainly explained by falling oil prices In addition, unemployment benefits in recent years. have risen as a consequence of the increasing number of unemployed persons in Norway. Growth in property income and taxes from Mainland Norway Prolonged deficit in the local government General government revenue excluding sector petroleum is calculated at slightly less than In 2015, revenues rose slightly more NOK 1,500 billion in 2015—an increase of than expenditures in the local government almost 7 percent from 2014. Income from sector, compared to the previous year. Pre- interest and dividends in the Government liminary figures indicate a deficit of NOK Pension Fund Global, as well as taxes from 22 billion in 2015, according to book values. households and companies in Mainland Nor- This is the ninth year in a row with local gov- way, were contributing factors to this. ernment deficit in excess of NOK 10 billion. Considerable growth in expenditure related Increased benefits to disabled and unem- to fixed capital formation has contributed to Photo courtesy of XeThru The company’s chips are available in kits for developers to tinker with. ployed persons the prolonged deficit. General government’s social benefits (SSB) Rasmus Falck through different materials. Exchange Rates Oslo Børs: Week at a Glance Oslo, Norway The company was founded in 2004 as a (Feb. 29, 2016) Winners Losers spinout from the . Today In the government’s new “entrepreneur they have 33 employees and are headquar- Norsk Kr. 8.6941 Name NOK Change Name NOK Change plan,” there are a few examples of promising tered in Kviteseid in Telemark, with offices Dansk Kr. 6.8622 Scana Industrier 1.14 58.33% Archer 2.67 -7.93% Hexagon Composites 23.10 18.46% Bergen Group 0.92 -6.12% startups. One of them is Novelda AS. It is a in Oslo and Trondheim. A year ago Investi- Svensk Kr. 8.5663 Seadrill 17.93 14.94% Polaris Media 20.90 -5.43% privately held, R&D-driven fabless semicon- nor, Alliance Venture, a serial entrepreneur, Islandsk Kr. 130.16 Prosafe 10.80 14.29% Jinhui Shipping & Trans. 5.12 -5.19% ductor company, specializing in nanoscale and Sparebanken I SMN Invest together in- Bionor Pharma 0.85 13.33% TTS Group 2.15 -4.87% Canadian $ 1.3534 wireless low-power technology for ultra- vested 77 million NOK in the company. Euro 0.9197 For detailed information about the Oslo Børs, visit www.dn.no. high resolution impulse radar. The CEO is Alf-Egil Bogen, one of the The Consumer Electronics Show 2016 founders of Atmel, based in San Jose, Cali- has just wrapped up in Las Vegas. Every fornia, where he also has been chief mar- year, this global trade show lifts technology keting officer. In 2013 he moved to Energy and imagination to the next level. The sky is Micro AS, based in Oslo, as CMO. Energy the limit with companies showing off their Micro was sold to Silicon Labs. Bogen is on latest tech innovations driving us forward. the board of directors. For Novelda, comfort is a big focus when it In comparison to traditional technology, comes to consumer products. The company’s Novelda’s impulse radar transceiver offers Sealift Inc. several improvements and value-added fea- new technology XeThru can be implemented in consumer sleep monitoring products and tures. The ability to detect objects behind blend seamlessly in any environment. Their obstacles, coupled with increased speed and • Ship Owners • monitoring sensors can be placed on a night- high sensitivity, not only makes it comple- stand or in the ceiling above the bed. They mentary to or a substitute for existing tech- understand the importance and rise of sleep nologies such as ultrasound, video, and in- • Ship & Cargo Brokers • technology as an additional crucial gateway frared sensors, but it also caters to new areas for one to improve sleep quality. of application. The radar caters to sensor ap- The company’s new sensor technology plications across a range of sectors including • Steamship Agents • is a complete radar system integrated on a stress and pulse monitoring, heart beat moni- single chip. The technology can be used to toring, distance and road obstacle detection, implement a high-precision electromagnetic and motion detection. sensor for human vital sign monitoring, per- Rasmus Falck is a strong sonal security, environmental monitoring, innovation and entrepre- home automation, and other sensor applica- neurship advocate. The au- tions. XeThru can improve the quality of life thor of “What do the best and personal comfort and safety by enabling do better” and “The board non-intensive sensors that collect relevant of directors as a resource data while preserving full privacy. The tech- in SME,” he received his nology combines all traditional sensor func- masters degree from the tions into one. It detects presence, distance, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently proximity, and gestures and can also see lives in Oslo, Norway.

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The top women’s bandy teams from around the world gathered at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval for the Women’s Bandy World Championship, held February 18 to 21 in Roseville, Minn. The American hosts welcomed Norway, Canada, , , Russia, and, for the first time, to the tournament. Never heard of bandy? The sport can be described as a cross between hockey and soccer; it is played by a team of 11 players with bowed sticks and a small, round ball on an ice field about the same size as a soccer pitch. While bandy is yet to become well known in the U.S.—outside of Minnesota, anyway—it is popular worldwide. The American team is made up of wom- en with backgrounds in elite-level hockey who were encouraged to give the sport a try by other hockey or bandy players and quickly found it to be an enjoyable way to continue competing on the ice. “The team is a great group of women both on and off the ice. Very encouraging to one another and have joined to be a type of Photo: Slade Kemmet at SladeKemmet.com ‘family’ as many sports teams become,” said Team USA takes on the more experienced Norwegian team in the World Championships of Bandy. fullback Jaclyn Daggit. To learn more about the sport and its World Championship is to earn a medal. The and we hope to achieve this milestone within organize a private foreign exchange with a presence in the U.S., I interviewed midfield- teams we play against are extremely skilled the next six months. host family through bandy. er Kelly McGinty, who played collegiate and have been playing bandy from a young When I asked how the sport varies be- hockey at Cornell University and currently age. For instance, in the Scandinavian coun- McGinty also shared with me that many tween Norway and the U.S., she responded: works as a litigation associate for Moss & tries, it is rare for a young girl to grow up athletes on Team USA have Norwegian heri- “This is a fun question because it is like two Barnett in Minneapolis. playing hockey and bandy. Because the two tage and enjoy the opportunities to interact different sports. The U.S. team has a great sports are both played in the winter, girls typ- with Scandinavians through bandy. influence from hockey. But they play more Molly Jones: How did you get involved in ically chose one or the other. Consequently, “It has been great to learn about the intensively. Back in Norway we take our bandy? the players that we face on these teams have Scandinavian influence on bandy and share time with the ball and often pass back and Kelly McGinty: Three friends from my been playing bandy as long as we have been that with my family,” said sweeper Briana do more drops. women’s hockey team played bandy before playing hockey, and they are able to do so Carlson, whose grandmother hails from Ask- “I love that the team is interested in me, and they convinced me to try out for against other women’s teams. er, Norway. “I’ve also spent some time at learning how I’m used to playing. They are the team. It took them over a year to con- both of our last World Championships with always listening and really taking it all in vince me, and I was finally swayed when I MJ: You recently submitted an application to players from the Norwegian National team, whether I’m explaining or the coach,” she heard that I could burn up to 800 calories per the Olympic Committee to at- and I find them to be very fun, nice, positive added. game. At the time, I was in my last year of tain official recognition of bandy. How likely people. Our team agrees with this sentiment, Nordstad Grönquist had been selected law school, and anything active was great for do you think it is that the sport will become a and we found ourselves rooting for Norway as a reserve player for the Norwegian team my sanity. part of future ? in a number of games they were playing (as- and was chosen to play in their final game, KM: I truly believe that it is only a mat- suming they weren’t playing Team USA of when Norway defeated Canada 3-2 to take MJ: Can you describe a little bit about your ter of time before bandy becomes a winter course).” the bronze. team? What are your goals for the World Olympic sport. The International Olympic In addition, Norwegian exchange stu- In the finals, Sweden took the gold after Championship? Committee has already recognized our inter- dent Linnea Nordstad Grönquist skated with a 1-0 win over second-place Russia. KM: The Women’s National Team is the national governing board—the Federation of the USA women’s team this season. The USA beat Finland 3-1 in their final only all-women’s bandy team in the Ameri- International Bandy, and numerous countries Norwegian had wanted to participate in an game to take fifth place. The team is already can Bandy Association (ABA). We play ex- around the world have recognized bandy as exchange but didn’t want to take a year off looking forward to the opportunity to win clusively against other men’s teams. a sport. Support from the USOC is vital for a of bandy. When she learned that the sport is a medal in the next World Championships, Our goal for the upcoming Women’s bid to include bandy in the Winter Olympics, also played in Minneapolis, she decided to which will be held in China in 2018.

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< Michelin star A message from Editor-in-chief Emily C. Skaftun From page 3 Editor’s Notes Join the conversation! star. It was the third and final restaurant to receive an award in this category. The red eaters’ bible also gives so- termed bib gourmand rankings, which list On the “untranslatable” options for affordable and enjoyable meals. next most verbose lan- Michelin unveiled its second 2016 Hotel guages) you can bet most & Restaurant Guide for the Nordic Countries concepts are covered. And at a press conference at the five-star Hotel Last fall an article started to go if it isn’t covered already, d’Angleterre in Copenhagen, February 24. around, written almost exactly a year ago English has no problem This year’s edition includes 125 hotels for Matador Network, called “10 untrans- with simply annexing and 241 restaurants in seven cities across latable Norwegian terms” (matadornet- words from the nearest Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. work.com/notebook/10-untranslatable- norwegian-terms). A quick search will unwary language. I predict turn up many such lists, all with different that the Danish version of words and terms, in basically every lan- kos, “hygge,” will one day < asylum seekers guage you can think of. be in English dictionaries. From page 3 It’s true, of course, that translation I think what’s really is an imperfect art. A language is about being celebrated in these The legislation would go against the UN more than just words for the things we lists is the culture under- Refugee Convention and has therefore faced can all agree on (cat, dog, car, etc.); it’s neath. A list like this one strong criticism, but Solberg said it would innately tied up in the way the culture that tells me that the author only be implemented in the face of a com- uses it sees the world and therefore re- thinks Norwegians, when plete breakdown of Sweden’s asylum sys- veals things about that culture. Just think compared to English- tem, which took in 163,000 asylum seekers of the old chestnut that the Inuit have doz- speakers, focus more in 2015 and expects an additional 100,000 ens of words for snow. on finding joy in simple this year. In particular, though, I was troubled pleasures, are more frugal “It is a force majeure proposal which we by this list, which was: in their use of the word will have in the event that it all breaks down, Skjerp deg “love,” give thanks more the influx continues and everyone ends up in Kos(elig) freely, feel closer to nature, Norway because we are at the outer edge of Glad i deg and curse less inventively. Europe,” Solberg told Danish daily Berling- Takk for sist Whether or not that ske. Marka is true, it speaks to some- “Norway is the last stop, isn’t it?” she Photo courtesy of Maren Eline Nord, Nittedal, Norway Faen thing. As our world gets added. Three grads take part in Norway’s russefeiring, the traditional Pålegg smaller, as people from Even though the PM said her proposal high school graduate celebration that coincides with the national Tøffelhelt all over the world are able would only be used in emergency situa- day, in 2014. There is no corresponding thing in America, so we Takk for maten have no word for it. to talk to each other, to be tions, it has been slammed by the Norwegian Russ influenced by each other’s Lawyers’ Association as a direct violation of I don’t claim to be an expert on the greet someone, but it’s not a hard concept to cultures, to eat each other’s cuisines, Norway’s international obligations. Norwegian language (I’ve only been grasp), and words that we don’t have in Eng- and generally to “melt,” it’s easy to feel “Several of these proposals violate hu- learning it for two years!), but to call lish because the thing it describes isn’t big in that the differences between peoples and man rights. We see the law as a rushed pro- some of these untranslatable seemed like the U.S. (we’re not as into open-faced sand- places are wearing away. The downside of posal,” Bente Mostad Tjugum, the head of a stretch to me. wiches as our Nordic cousins, so we don’t a global melting pot is that what makes the association’s asylum and immigration Judging from the comments section talk about pålegg—though I’d also like to cultures unique can start to fade, and even committee, told broadcaster NRK. on the article, I’m not alone. Collectively, suggest “toppings” as a simple translation— though the opportunities and advantages Solberg has defended the proposed leg- folks with knowledge of Norwegian and and we just don’t have Russ at all). coming with globalization are huge, that islation as a safety net for Norway. English can translate all of these, though And then there’s takk for maten. Does loss is scary. “If the mechanisms in place in Europe they might not agree on how. the author of the list really think that we Is our insistence that some things do not work, then we have a chance to reject I’d argue that the list falls into three don’t say “thanks for the food” in English? I cannot be translated a reaction to this? I them. It is not a suggestion that we should do main categories: words that don’t trans- am not inviting him to dinner. see it as a way of asserting the uniqueness such a thing in the future, but it is a legal se- late literally but have pretty clear paral- Underlying quibbles about whether of a culture, though perhaps not the most curity measure if other countries fail to live lel meanings in English (skjerp deg to these words are really translatable or not is constructive way. Do we need these bar- up to their obligations,” Solberg continued. “sharpen up” or even “watch yourself;” something deeper, I suspect. Because when riers? To me they feel dismissive: “You The legislation will be presented to faen to a different f word; glad i deg to you come down to it, English has a word wouldn’t understand; you’re not Norwe- parliament soon and is expected to gain “I like you”), phrases that literally trans- for almost everything. Perhaps not a com- gian.” Would it be threatening if we did? broad support as Norway has begun adopt- late but aren’t used quite the same (we mon word, but with over a million words What word would a Norwegian use ing stricter refugee policies. Parties continue wouldn’t say “thanks for last time” to to choose from (twice the vocabulary of the to describe that feeling? to bicker, however, over the government’s 40-point asylum plan. The opinions expressed by opinion writers featured in “On the Edge” are not necessarily those of Norwegian American Weekly, and our publication of those views is not In 2015, around 30,000 people applied an endorsement of them. 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There is no love sincerer It is plain impossible to « hammer down these Oh no, have you seen than the love of food. » posts as long as the Oh, I didn’t the like! Here they come That was too – George Bernard Shaw ground is frozen. think that over. with my sows and I bad, that. haven’t got the fence up. 8 • March 4, 2016 norwegian american weekly Taste of Norway A Scandi-style salmon burger for spring Traditional flavors meet a bright preparation for a perfect transitional weather meal

Daytona Strong Taste of Norway Editor

This time of year is always infused with I’ve taken the original recipe and re- the promise of spring. I cling to the coziness worked it to satisfy my own taste, totally of winter with its soft blankets and warm redoing the salmon patties themselves while layers while looking forward to longer days only slightly tweaking the sauce and the as- bathed in sunlight. One of the things I an- sembly. (The flavorful salmon patties take ticipate most is the food. I love the colorful cues from the salmon cakes in Ashley Ro- produce and the bright flavors inherent in the driguez’s Date Night In cookbook, which I coming season. But I still crave something tasted recipes for—if you like these, don’t substantial, meals that are full of protein and miss the original recipe in her book.) The re- layers of rich flavors. The Scandinavian- sult is, in my opinion, just right. style salmon burger I bring you today satis- fies on all those levels. Daytona Strong is the Nor- Adapted from the Scandi Salmon Burg- wegian American Weekly’s er with Dill and Tomato Sauce in Diana Hen- Taste of Norway editor. ry’s gorgeous A Change of Appetite: Where She writes about her fam- Healthy Meets Delicious, this sandwich is ily’s Norwegian heritage substantial enough for a meal without being through the lens of food too filling or rich, thanks in part to its open at her Scandinavian food blog, www.outside-oslo. format, a nod to the traditional Scandinavian com. Find her on Facebook (www.facebook. smørbrød. The flavors are bright and fresh, com/OutsideOslo), Twitter (@daytonastrong), like a spring breeze. Garlic—while not a Pinterest (@daytonastrong), and Instagram common flavor in traditional Scandinavian (@daytonastrong). cooking—makes an appearance as a single small clove flavoring the sauce, and it’s just Photo: Daytona Strong right to brighten and enliven a dish full of The bright flavors of dill, garlic, and tomatoes traditional flavors. enliven this Scandi-style salmon sandwich.

Norway’s Andreas Viestad, Sweden’s Magnus Nilsson, and more to headline inaugural Nordic Culinary Conference

Scandinavian-Style Salmon Burger Adapted from A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry The Burger The Sauce 1 pound salmon fillet 2⁄3 cup plain Greek yogurt extra-virgin olive oil 2 tbsps. mayonnaise kosher salt 1 tbsp. finely chopped dill 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 small clove garlic, crushed 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt 1 small tomato 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 cup panko bread crumbs The Sandwiches 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped 4 slices rye bread 1/4 cup chopped dill lettuce leaves 2 tbsps. capers, chopped thinly-sliced cucumber 2 tbsps. lemon juice dill sprigs Photo: Erik Olsson / courtesy of the Nordic Heritage Museum lemon wedges Magnus Nilsson will headline the culinary conference. Passes go on sale soon! Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly oil a baking dish large enough to hold the salmon. Place salmon inside, skin side down, and brush lightly with olive oil and sprinkle < conference with salt. Roast for 10-15 minutes, until almost cooked. Cool to the touch, then cut into From page 1 flakes, removing any bones and the skin as you go. the last 15 to 20 years,” he said. Saturday and Sunday will feature lectures While the salmon cools, mix the yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, and garlic for the sauce to- One of the things he’s looking for- and demonstrations at the museum and at gether in a small bowl, then refrigerate for a while to let the flavors mingle and meld. Seed the ward to is a discussion around the idea Hot Stove Society at Hotel Ändra. tomato and finely chop, discarding any excess juices. Set aside until you’re ready to assemble that “old is new and new is old, you know, A limited number of full conference the sandwiches—you’ll fold the tomatoes into the sauce at the last minute. that the traditional is actually what is mak- packages go on sale soon. These will in- In a medium bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add yogurt, mayonnaise, bread crumbs, onion, ing contemporary Nordic cuisine its own clude access to the opening festivities and dill, capers, and lemon juice. Fold in the salmon flakes, then form into four patties, pressing sort of identity,” he said. “And I think that several courses throughout the weekend, them together as firmly as you can and making a small indentation in the middle to help them that’s going to be a really interesting dis- along with some extras including a walk- cook evenly. cussion for the conference and hopefully through with Nilsson of his exhibit, Mag- Place the salmon patties on a lightly-oiled baking sheet. Place under a broiler, about two one that generates a lot of debate.” nus Nilsson’s Nordic: A Photographic inches from the heating element. Broil for two minutes, then reduce the heat to 400 degrees The conference kicks off on Friday, Essay of Landscapes, Food and People, Fahrenheit and continue heating until cooked through; this shouldn’t take too long—perhaps May 6, with an opening celebration and which opens at the museum on March 18. 10 minutes?—as the salmon is mostly cooked, but you want to make sure the egg is cooked keynote addresses by Nilsson and Kalle The museum will make à la carte enough. Bergman, the founder of Honest Cooking tickets available after the full conference When ready to serve, mix the tomatoes into the sauce and then spread some on each slice who has also put on the NORTH festival in tickets sell out. For more information of bread. Layer on the lettuce and cucumber, then place a salmon patty onto each. Spoon a in recent years. There will about the conference, including ticketing, little more sauce over the patties, and garnish with some more cucumber, sprigs of dill, and also be a panel discussion with the chefs. visit nordicmuseum.org/culinary. lemon wedges. Serves 4. norwegian american weekly March 4, 2016 • 9 travel In the shadow of the pyramids: Experience the awe and wonder of Egypt

Photos: Arlene & Thor A. Larsen Far left: Detailed, colorful sculpture on the wall of Queen Hetshepsut’s temple. Left: The entrance to the spectacular Temple of Abu Simbel. Above: Thor at the Great Sphinx of Giza.

Arlene & Thor A. Larsen Fishkill, N.Y.

Anyone who has seen the great classic guarding their treasures but also securing the In addition to visiting a number of under- sidered one of the most beautiful of all the movie, Cleopatra, or had an afternoon perus- safety of the tourists. ground pharaoh burial tombs, we explored Egyptian temples—even more spectacular ing the Egyptian Department at the Metro- Our hotel in Giza, the Meridien Pyra- the stately temple of Queen Hetshepsut with than the temple at Luxor. The temple’s en- politan Museum of Art will surely admit to midis, was very comfortable, with large its large terraces and colorful wall carvings. trance is flanked by four 20-meter statues of harboring a desire to seeing it all in person. rooms and a restaurant with a café terrace We found it interesting that Hatshepsut, a fe- the pharaoh in charge of its building, Ramses It was in that vein in 2008 that we contacted overlooking the entire lobby. It was the most male ruler of Egypt, had her image carved II. The temple was carved out of a mountain- Viking Tours in Toronto, Canada, to arrange entertaining hotel that we had ever stayed at with fake beard, the same as the men would side, and cleverly and with much difficulty a tour to some of the major sights of this in- because every night we could look forward wear. moved to avoid being submerged on comple- triguing part of the world. After some study, to observing an elaborate Eqyptian wed- The final destination of our Nile cruise tion of the Aswan Dam. The temple’s inte- we provided the Viking Tours people with a ding “social hour” held in the lobby before was Aswan, where we switched to a type of rior, a triangular layout with the narrowest recommended itinerary. Upon arrival at the the guests headed to dinner in the private sailboat known as a felucca to visit an island area in the back, has walls richly decorated Cairo airport, we were met by a young, hand- ballroom. One after another, the ladies pa- that holds the beautiful Temple of Philae. with bas-reliefs depicting glorious battles some Egyptian who spoke perfect English. raded down a grand staircase to the lobby The temple was transported there before the undertaken during Ramses’s long reign. There is no way to totally prepare your- wearing colorful silk gowns with gorgeous dam was completed from a region that would The last two days of the tour had us self for the awe and wonder you experience gold necklaces, diamonds, and gems. These soon be underwater. The Aswan Dam itself located in central Cairo, at the Hilton. One when faced with the immense monuments ladies were joined by their husbands in for- is an enormous structure, built in the 1960s day we managed to see the famous Alabaster and temples of Ancient Egypt. While these mal wear, who along with their wives would to control flooding of the Nile and provide a Mosque built by Mohammed Ali in 1830, the architectural marvels are quite familiar to sing and dance while being entertained by significant percentage of the country’s elec- Salah ad-Din’s Citadel, and the ancient Cop- us from history books, movies, and travel brilliantly dressed musicians. Sitting in the tricity needs. The dam created Nassar Lake, tic churches as well as an old synagogue in magazines, the sheer size is staggering when terrace café, we experienced the best shows which is 35 km wide and 550 km long. old Cairo—a very full day! On our last day you are there observing them in person. Of nightly in Cairo. Our stay at Aswan was at the modern we leisurely strolled through the riches of course, the idea that these colossal structures The ancient Old Kingdom’s capital of and very comfortable Movenpick Hotel on Egyptian history in the Egyptian Museum of were built 5,000 years ago with limited tools Memphis developed an area nearby, known the Elephantine Island. We especially en- Antiquities and took a very close look at the and technology just adds to our sense of as a city of the dead, called Saqqara, where joyed the superlative view from the high treasures of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankha- wonder. Egyptians through the ages perfected differ- vantage point of our balcony where we could men. Our tour started at the huge pyramid ent kinds of monuments to honor and help watch the bright white sails of the feluccas In summary, our first visit to Egypt was complex on the Giza plateau, outside of the pharaohs and their entourage journey gently glide along the glistening Nile in the an exciting experience enriched by our well- Cairo, which served as the burial place for into the next world. These structures were late afternoon sunshine. educated guides. The warmth of the Egyp- Egyptian kings 5,000 years ago. The pyra- the precursors to the pyramids at Giza. It is Our next journey was the most spec- tian people made us feel comfortable and mids were built by three generations of here you find many Mastadas (box-shaped tacular of the tour, traveling by plane and welcome. Hopefully, the region’s turbulence kings of the Fourth Dynasty, starting circa mounds to house a body) and early, poorly then bus to near Sudan to see the Temple of will soon settle down and peace will return to 2690 B.C., by Kings Khufu, Khafu, and (the made, crumbling pyramids. In addition, one Abu Simbel. The Abu Simbel temple is con- this lovely land. smallest one) Menkaure. The largest pyra- finds the famous “step” pyramid for King mid, for King Khafu, is made from two mil- Djoser, designed by Imhotep. We were also lion perfect blocks of stone. Internally, the able to visit the very unusual tomb built by largest pyramid has shafts and chambers that a high priest of King Djoser. The tomb con- the tourists are provided access to. Noting tains magnificent wall paintings that have re- the oppressive desert temperatures, crush of tained their quality after 5,000 years. tourists, and tight, narrow, steep, sloping in- After Memphis we boarded our boats ternal path inside the pyramid—the internal to sail up the Nile, like the pharaohs once exploration of the large pyramid is not for did, to visit the magnificent temples at Kar- 5351 24th Ave NW • Seattle, WA 98107 • Tel: 206-784-2562 • Fax: 206-784-1986 everyone. nak and Luxor. These temples are located As you go around to the other side of right on the banks of the Nile. They contain the Giza plateau you come upon the mag- many statues of gods, pharaohs, and queens, nificent and serene sculpture of the- mythi some exceeding 30 feet high. The temples cal creature, the great Sphinx of Giza. This themselves were built with many rows of monument, built in 2500 B.C., is 66 feet high over 50-foot-high columns and walls con- with the body of a lion and the head of a man taining illustrations. There was also a broad missing his nose and false beard. The mas- avenue with sculptured sphinxes linking the sive sphinx seems to be guarding over the two temples. Walking through these temples Fishing Vessels in the North Pacific and Bering Sea Passenger Vessels from Puget Sound to Southeast Alaska complex. Looking up at the sand mounds makes one feel insignificant. surrounding the monument, you can’t help Across the Nile from Luxor was the Val- Shipshape & Seaworthy noticing Egyptian soldiers sitting up there ley of the Kings, where the grave of King www.pacificfishermen.com on camels carrying machine guns, not only Tut was found with all its treasures in 1922. 10 • March 4, 2016 norwegian american weekly Roots & Connections Guess what’s brewing in Norway? Brooklyn Brewery partners with E.C. Dahls to open a brewery and restaurant in Trondheim

beers of today all have their roots of course in traditional beers like the Dahls Pilsner. Victoria Hofmo Our job is to take this tradition and build on Brooklyn, N.Y. it and infuse some of the flavors and ideas that come out of the craft beer world. Brooklyn Brewery seems to have a love affair with . In September 2014 VH: There have been several events that have they held a Nordic Hot Dog Championship already occurred between Brooklyn Brewery and Nordic Street Food Festival. This year and E.C. Dahls. Can you speak a little about they sponsored NORTH 2015, which featured these and how they were received? Garrett Oliver on “A Sense of Place.” As de- EO: To date, we mainly have just announced scribed on their website, “Garrett will discuss the partnership to the public, of course over a how the Nordic food movement carries for- beer since that is our nature. We’ve received ward traditions of many important causes…. a lot of positive feedback from that an- This full day of talks will feature several lumi- nouncement and look forward to doing many nary figures in Nordic cuisine discussing the more events together. roots of the movement and the path it seems to be on looking forward.” And in October 2015, VH: Brooklyn Brewery has worked in part- Edible Brooklyn held “How to Prepare a Nor- nership in Scandinavia before, when they dic Feast” at the brewery. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery partnered with a Swedish group to create the Perhaps this romance was initiated by Eric Ottaway speaks at a recent event at the Trondheim brewery. Nya Carnegie in . So many people the Scandinavians, because Scandinavians lump these two countries together. Do you are totally infatuated with Brooklyn Beer. VH: Brooklyn Brewery’s new endeavor is a strong believer in not limiting oneself to see any distinct differences between the peo- In fact, the largest importer of their products located in Trondheim, Norway. How and just wine, and his restaurant has a very ple and culture of these two countries? outside of the U.S. is Sweden. why did this partnership come about? strong beer program in addition to a superb EO: I’m not going to start a fight between Or perhaps the allure originated from EO: When we began selling Brooklyn in wine cellar. We also really wanted to open Norway and Sweden here! Both countries the aura that seeps from the bricks and mor- Norway in 2010, we soon began receiving the doors to the E.C. Dahls Brewery again as are full of friendly people who love great tar of their warehouse, which is nestled in reports of really strong results for it in Trond- they have been closed for decades to the pub- food and great beer and enjoy sharing their the former Hecla Ironworks (co-founded in heim. It took just one visit for us to fall in lic. Breweries traditionally were the centers cultures. Luckily, so do we. 1876 by Dane Niels Poulson and Norwegian love with the beauty and spirit of that city. of their community, and to us part of reviving Charles Eger). Whatever the reason, I am E.C. Dahls is of course the leading brand in that spirit was for the brewery to once again VH: As I understand it, the new brewery in glad of it, for their next foray is into Trond- the Trondheim area, and when there was talk become a place where our neighbors could Trondheim will be located in their historic heim, Norway. of redeveloping the old brewery, we quickly come and eat, drink, and enjoy life with us. industrial building. What is being done to the Eric Ottaway, CEO of Brooklyn Brew- got excited about the idea. We have a great We couldn’t think of a better way to do this old E.C. Dahls site? ery, spoke to me about the courtship between partnership with Ringnes in Norway, and than partnering with Roar and his team to EO: The entire area around the E.C. Dahls Scandinavia and the Brooklyn Brewery, as working together on this project was a natu- bring the culinary side of the brewery to life. Brewery is expected to go through a face- well as their new liaison with the E.C. Dahls ral fit for us. lift in the years to come. I have seen some brewery in Trondheim. VH: In the case of E. C. Dahls, founded in fantastic conceptual designs that the City of VH: How will cuisine be a part of the new 1858, would they have been in danger of Trondheim commissioned that would bring Victoria Hofmo: Can you speak a little about E.C. Dahls Brewery? closing if this partnership had not come to new life to an area that is beautifully posi- how and why Brooklyn Brewery decided to EO: For centuries wine has been the tradi- fruition? tioned close to the sea. What will happen to create partnerships with breweries overseas? tional pairing at the dining table, but through EO: That’s hard for me to speculate on as the rest of the buildings on the brewery site Eric Ottaway: Here in Brooklyn we’ve al- our experience we’ve come to know that this E.C. Dahls as a brand has had such a strong has not yet been determined, but if they are ways been very inquisitive and love to travel. notion is self limiting. After all, the drink commercial position in central Norway for anything like the ideas that have been thrown It’s very much in our DNA, in fact, if you that accompanies a great meal should com- decades. That said, there is no doubt that out, this will be a vibrant, cool area to hang look at our history. The craft beer world is pliment the flavors that the chef is trying to the partnership with Brooklyn Brewery will out in. also very collaborative, and we love work- impart to you. While wine sometimes can do strengthen the brand even further and bring ing with interesting partners to create new this job well, more often than not beer does new life to the whole beer category in the VH: When do you expect the new E.C. Dahls beers. Craft beer is in many ways about the an even better job. In fact, working with area and nationally. to be completed and open to the public? exploration of flavor and the expression of NYC’s top chefs is how we got our start 28 EO: We are targeting an opening date of sum- ideas, and while we certainly are not short on years ago. They were our natural allies in the VH: How does Brooklyn Brewery balance mer 2016. The construction is well underway flavor or ideas in the U.S., the world is a big flavor journey on which we were embarking. this merger, i.e. in retaining this stalwart and the brewery equipment installation will place that we love to explore. Working with As we were getting to know Trondheim, company’s traditions and culture while add- begin any day. So far we are on schedule, so overseas brewery partners allows us this op- one of the restauranteurs that we had the ing the contemporary and Brooklyn Brew- we feel optimistic about hitting our target. portunity—it’s one of the most fun things we good fortune of meeting is Roar Hildonen ery’s touch? We look forward to sharing a meal and get to do! from To Rom og Kjøkken. Like us he was EO: In some ways that’s the easy part. The a beer or two with our friends in Trondheim! Puzzles by Sölvi Dolland Norwenglish Crossword Norsk-Engelsk Kryssord

Solution to “Winter Conveyances” Solution to puzzle #10: Solution to last week’s puzzle: norwegian american weekly March 4, 2016 • 11 obituaries & Religion Pastor Larson’s Corner In Loving Memory Pastor Jerry Larson retired to his cabin in Zimmerman, Minn., after 39 years Do you have a loved one or friend who has recently passed? in parish ministry for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 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] Lydia M. Helleksen July 29, 1916 – February 26, 2016 Take a second look Lydia M. Helleksen, age 99, of Lake Lydia is survived by her five children For many years my brother and I not until we were forced to take a different Crystal, died Friday, February 26, 2016, at and their spouses, Patricia Prange of Manka- owned a large cruising sailboat. During look at the situation that we saw the truth. Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato. to; Barbara Pronk of Porter, Minn.; LaRoy the winter months we stored it in the back The season of Lent is a season when Lydia was born July 29, 1916, to Nor- “Pike” and Marcia Helleksen of Lake Crys- lot of a good friend’s tire business. The Christians try to take a new and different wegian immigrant parents, Lars and Marit tal; Sandra and Carey Young of Kansas City, area was fenced in, and if the business was look at both themselves and the faith that “Mary” Honstad in Rake, Iowa. Lydia was Kan.; Joni and Van Brostrom of Stillwater, closed, we would have to use a ladder to they profess. As we meditate upon the united in marriage to Harland S. Helleksen, Minn.; eighteen grandchildren; forty great- get over the eight-foot chain link fence to events of Jesus’s passion, we open our- son of Roy and Myrtle Helleksen, in Elmore, grandchildren; fifteen great-great-grandchil- get to our boat. One weekend we came to selves up to new and deeper understand- Minn., on June 29, 1937. Lydia served as Su- dren; sister, Mabel Johnson of Albert Lea, work on the boat, and there was a semi- ings of scripture and of our life of faith. perintendent of the Sunday School, President Minn.; and many nieces and nephews. trailer blocking the spot where we usually When we do this, we often discover things of the Ladies Aid, a member of the church Lydia was preceded in death by her in- climbed over the fence. This caused us to about the Gospel that give us new life. choir, and organist at Our Saviour’s Luther- fant son, Roger Allen, on August 23, 1946; take a second look. We discovered that the We may even discover things that we had an Church in Butternut. She was a member husband Harland in 1987; son-in-law, T. fence ran into a wooded area and then end- missed all of our lives because we never there since 1937. Lydia was an avid quilter Pronk; four sisters, Rhoda Thompson, Mar- ed about 30 feet from where our boat was took a second look. and enjoyed playing cards and traveling to ion Odson, Gertrude Murra, and Louella stored. We could just walk a little way into Let’s all take the time this Lenten Norway with family. She loved to cook and Peters; and two brothers, Otis Honstad and the woods and go right around the fence. season to look a little deeper—or perhaps bake. Selmer Honstad. We were shocked that we had not no- just a little farther down the fences of our ticed this before. We also had a good laugh lives. The life of faith changes and grows when we thought about how silly it was to as we change and grow. This happens only Mathea Corrine Homme risk our necks climbing over an eight-foot if we are willing to open our hearts and July 29, 1918 – February 13, 2016 fence that ended just 30 feet from where minds and take a new and different look at our boat was. We had it in our minds that things. Lent presents us with a wonderful Mathea Corrine Homme (Schulberg) North Dakota to western Washington in the fence went all around the area. It was opportunity to do just that. passed away on February 13, 2016, at Brook- 1928, eventually settling near Island Cross- dale Assisted Living in Monroe, Wash. She ing. Mathea was confirmed at Our Saviors was born to Martin and Barbra Schulberg in Lutheran Church in Arlington and gradu- Community Connections Killdeer, North Dakota, on July 29, 1918. ated from Arlington High School in 1937 She was the youngest of Martin and Barbra’s as a member of what was then the new high Gratulerer med Dagen! five children and the last survivor. school’s first class. Mathea was preceded in death by her She married Reynold Homme in 1940 husband of forty-four years, Reynold. She and remained by his side until his death in Happy birthday / is survived by sons, Richard Martin Homme 1984. (Christine) and Gordon Bruce Homme. She Mathea had a varied life that included engagement / etc! also leaves two grandsons, Jeffrey Mar- operating a gas station/grocery store (Hom- tin Homme (Serap) and Matthew George me’s Grocery) and a fishing resort (Sunset Homme (Ashley), and a granddaughter, Ra- Beach). She also worked as a substitute mail chel Marie Homme. In addition she had two carrier and in retail sales. She and Reyn- Your name and great-grandchildren, Ember Rachel Homme old bought a home in Monroe in 1976 and and Emory Jeffrey Homme. Mathea lived there until moving into Brook- message here! The Schulberg family moved from dale last month. Mathea was proud of her Norwegian heritage and enjoyed nothing more than a plate of good lutefisk. For more information, call us at (206) 784-4617 or email [email protected]. 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March 18, 7:30 p.m. March 20, 2:00 p.m. now—March 31 org/content/munch-and-expressionism. Lancaster, Penn. Green Valley, Ariz. West Newton, Mass. Bondelandet Lodge will reduce stress with the This program sponsored by Norwegians World Maine artist Elizabeth Hunter presents rugs and From Here to There popular pastime of coloring! The focus will be Wide will be presented at Desert Hills Luther- watercolors infused with Nordic color and simplic- March 8—29 Nordic designs. Refreshments for the evening an Church. Dr. Jan Hansen, who grew up in ity. Hunter studied in Oslo, Norway, and Reykjavík, New York, N.Y. will celebrate Easter as members will bring Ålesund during the Occupation, will tell about Iceland. At the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original appetizers of ham or eggs as well as Easter some lesser-known events that occurred dur- work of Oslo artist Lars Aukrust. Much of the desserts. At St. Thomas Episcopal Church. ing the war. Info about NWW’s 2017 tour, Author Series: Darra Goldstein freshness of Aukrust’s compositions is derived “Norway: Occupation, Peace, and Prosperity” March 12, 12:00 p.m. from his approach to the canvas: paint is poured Washington will be available. The public is invited to enjoy West Newton, Mass. onto the flat canvas, where colors are allowed to Vikings, Voyages & Volvos the program and some Scandinavian treats The Scandinavian Cultural Center is thilled to host serendipitously mix. What results are images that March 10, 7:00—9:00 p.m. and coffee. For more info, please contact Nor- author Darra Goldstein as she talks about her are ripe for viewer contemplation for many years Seattle, Wash. wegians World Wide at www.norse-tucson. time in Scandinavia and signs her beautiful book to come. A reception will be held March 10 from See a presentation about Hurtigruten’s Clas- org or Sandra Nelson at [email protected]. Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking. Reserve your 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free. sic Norwegian Coastal Voyages; learn about seat at www.eventbrite.com/e/author-series- Volvo’s Overseas Delivery Program; and let california fire-and-ice-classic-nordic-cooking-with-darra- Norwegian Musicians at Carnegie Hall AAA Travel help plan your trip. You could win a March 21, 8:00—10:00 p.m. Vikings in Ireland Corned Beef and Cabbage goldstein-tickets-21063415242?ref=ebtnebregn. coastal voyage for two on Hurtigruten! Ticket New York, N.Y. March 12, 5:00 p.m. includes one raffle ticket, one drink ticket, and Enjoy an evening of Norwegian music at the Weill Santa Rosa, Calif. minnesota smørgåsbord. Cost is $15 for members and Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall! The talented musi- Freya Lodge Sons of Norway will present their “Don’t Hug Me” $20 for general admission. Visit nordicmu- cians from Norway include Uno Alexander Vesje third annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Din- now—March 13 seum.org/events/vikings-voyages-and-volvos on harp, the string quartet Quartetto Testoster- ner, with the Vikings of Bjornstad presenting. Coon Rapids, Minn. for tickets. At Nordic Heritage Museum. one, and soprano Margrethe Fredheim. At Norway Hall. Cost is $24 for adults and $8 The original “Don’t Hug Me,” musical comedy for children eight to 14. Tickets are available at is on at the new Bunker Hills Dinner Theater. It’s “Nordic Immigration in the Pacific Northwest www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2492847. the coldest day of the year and cantankerous bar north dakota from Then to Now” Conference Additional info is available at www.freyalodge. owner Gunner wants to move from northern Min- Sons of Norway District IV Dance Workshop March 16—18 org or by calling (707) 894-1807. nesota to Florida. His wife wants to stay. When a March 11—12, 1:00—10:30 p.m. Seattle, Wash. fast-talking salesman promises to bring love into Jamestown, N.D. The Nordic Heritage Museum will host an Im- Torsk & Meatball Dinner their lives through karaoke, all heck breaks loose. Sons of Norway District IV and Wergeland Lodge migration Conference devoted to immigration March 26, 5:00 p.m. 16 original songs including, “I’m a Walleye Woman in Jamestown invite you to join in a weekend of in the Pacific Northwest. The conference will Citrus Heights, Calif. in a Crappie Town,” “My Smorgasbord of Love,” dancing and fun, including several hours of in- be a collaboration between the Nordic Heri- Join Roald Amundsen Lodge for a torsk and and “I Wanna go to the Mall of America.” Call (763) struction with our experienced teachers, Bob tage Museum and several museums, archives, meatball dinner and cultural program. Pre- 951-7244 for tickets; use code HUG for $5 off. Visit and Maren Holmen, and digital access to instruc- and institutions throughout the Nordic region. paid reservations only: $15 for members, $20 www.DontHugMe.com for more info. tional materials following the workshop. We will for non-members, $5 for children six to 10, also have live music with Jon-Anders Persson New Nordic Cuisine with chef Larkin Young and free for children under five. Social hour Eliesa Johnson, Photographer and Valeria Thompson. The weekend is capped March 19, 4:00—6:30 p.m. begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by dinner at now—May 1 off with a banquet and an evening of dancing Seattle, Wash. 6:00 p.m. At San Juan Masonic Center. Visit Minneapolis, Minn. to show off our bunads and what we learned. Join the Nordic Heritage Museum for a hands- www.sonsofnorwaysacramento.com/flyers/ Celebrate the Nordic way of life, as captured by All levels of experience are invited. Singles and on cooking class out of Nilsson’s recently pub- Torsk%20Meatball.jpg for reservation form. Eliesa Johnson. This exhibit features photos in- couples welcome. At Knights of Columbus Lodge. lished The Nordic Cookbook. Learn a bit about spired by the photographer’s travels in Norway New Nordic cuisine, then roll up your sleeves florida and in the culinary world. At Galleri at Norway ohio and prepare a variety of small plates. Cost is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Gulf Coast Vikings Lodge Meeting House; visit norwayhouse.org for more info. Norwegian Sweaters Program March 11, 5:00—8:00 p.m. March 19, 4:00 p.m. Fort Meyers, Fla. DON Pauline Fjelde Lodge Meeting Cincinnati, Ohio Wisconsin A board member of Trønderlag of America, Jon March 19, 10:00—11:00 a.m. Do you have a Norwegian sweater? Wear it to this Bob Jacobson discusses Ole Evinrude Satrum will present on “The Shetland Bus,” a Minneapolis, Minn. meeting with Edvard Grieg Lodge. Teresa Lowen March 19, 11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. secret WWII base supporting the Norwegian The lodge shares Scandinavian heritage through will share the background of some of the designs Stoughton, Wis. resistance. The unlikely heroes were Norwe- programs and interest groups. Come see if you and we’ll all tell about our sweater. At IHOP. For Ole Evinrude changed the way people play gian fisherman in small boats. One Norwegian would like to join! At Norway House. more info and to RSVP, contact Esther Charlton at and travel on the water when he invented the became the most decorated allied naval officer (513) 923-3798 or [email protected]. world’s first practical outboard motor. Bob Ja- of WWII. For more info call Maxine Batrawi at Trollheim Lodge Meeting cobson, author of Ole Evinrude and His Out- (239) 405-4026. At the Plantation at Somerset. March 21 oregon board Motor, will trace Ole’s story from the St. Cloud, Minn. Cook & Eat: Lefse launch of his first hand-made boat on Lake Ri- iowa The March Trollheim Lodge meeting will feature March 12, 4:00—6:00 p.m. pley to his legacy as a giant of Wisconsin indus- try in this program at Livsreise. Book signing to Exploring Your Heritage: A Writing Sampler Leif Andol, a Sons of Norway member from Huron, Portland, Ore. follow at the Nordic Nook. Weekend S.D. Leif will share his experiences living in Norway Join the Scandinavian Heritage Foundation for a March 11—13 during the Nazi Occupation. At Whitney Center. hands-on class taught by Jean Akre, where you Norwegian American Genealogy Workshop Decorah, Iowa practice rolling and cooking unleavened potato March 19, 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. This workshop taught by Kathleen Ernst will in- “Writing Your Life Story” with Vita Veritas lefse. Cost is $20 for SHF members and $25 for Madison, Wis. troduce you to writing poetry, memoir, fiction, March 28—April 2 non-members. Purchase tickets at www.scanher- The Wisconsin Historical Society will host a and creative non-fiction. Inspired by Vesterhe- Minneapolis, Minn. itage.org/c-11-cook-eat.aspx. genealogy workshop with Jerry Paulson of the im’s collections, memories, or heirlooms, you’ll In this six-day course with Vita Veritas, you will be Norwegian American Genealogical Center and leave with drafts of several poems, character guided through the process of writing your family pennsylvania Naeseth Library. The workshop will take place sketches, essays, or stories. No writing experi- story. Instructors Anette Holt Bratsberg and Odd- “Soup-er” Social at the Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State ence necessary. Bring personal mementos for run Dehlo will teach you techniques for putting March 12, 2:00—4:00 p.m. Street. It will provide the opportunity to share inspiration if you wish. 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Fri- important memories and stories down on paper Bensalem, Penn. ideas and move forward with family history re- day and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sat. and Sun. to keep them alive for generations. Cost is $420 Enjoy home-cooked soups and fresh breads with search. The cost is $30 and lunch will be pro- $153 for members; $203 for non-members. for Norway House Members; $450 for non-mem- coffee and desserts. Cost is $5 per person. At bers. Register at events.r20.constantcontact. Fredriksten Lodge Hall. vided. Space is limited; register early at wiscon- sinhistory.org/GenealogyWorkshops. Kolrosing Class com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eca9orkrbf85 March 12—13, 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. 8b26&oseq=&c=&ch=. For more info email Nor- Corned Beef Sandwich Luncheon Torsk Supper and Bake Sale Decorah, Iowa way House Program Director, Rachel Peterson, at March 13, 2:00 p.m. March 19, 4:00—7:00 p.m. In this Vesterheim Folk Art School class taught [email protected]. Lackawaxen, Penn. Milwaukee, Wis. by Darlene Fossum-Martin, try kolrosing, a Bernt Balchen Lodge will celebrate St. Patrick’s The buffet includes boiled cod, Norwegian fine-line decoration consisting of one cut with new york Day with a corned beef sandwich luncheon and meatballs, boiled potatoes, vegetables, pick- the tip of a sharp tool, rubbed with ground “Munch and Expressionism” salads, rye bread, desserts, coffee, and tea. This led beets, cranberry sauce, flatbread, dessert, bark, then oiled to enhance the design. You’ll now—June 13 will be followed by a regular business meeting and coffee. It also includes sales of homemade learn incised designs, such as simple borders; New York, N.Y. beginning at 2:00 p.m. Also welcome are new baked goods. Cost is $13 for adults and $5 for celtic motifs; geometric lines of the Sámi; and This exhibition at Neue Galerie New York will ex- members and anyone interested in joining the children ages four to 11. Open seating is on a flower, leaf, and vine forms like those in rose- amine Edvard Munch’s influence on his German Sons of Norway. At the Lackawaxen Vol. Fire first come first served basis. At Norway House. maling. All levels; youth ages 13 and older and Austrian contemporaries, as well as their in- House, 774 Route 590. receive a 25% discount. Cost is $128 for mem- fluence upon him. The exhibition will comprise ap- bers and $178 for non-members. proximately 35 paintings and 50 works on paper Send your event to [email protected] or call (206) 784-4617 from public and private collections worldwide, in- to be added to the Norwegian American Weekly! Check www.na-weekly.com/events for complete listings Event listings are free, but space is limited. Please contact us at least one month prior to event. norwegian american weekly March 4, 2016 • 13 In your neighborhood Political comedy takes Tastes of Norway the stage at Ibsen Fest Run from “Leif to Leif,” or just enjoy a day of Norwegian heritage in Ballard Celebrate one of the world’s most influential playwrights this spring in Lanesboro, Minn. Special Release Leif Erikson Lodge

Tastes of Norway/Norwegian Cultural ship programs. and Heritage Day starts at 10:00 a.m. on Sat- At noon, see our beautiful bunader urday, March 19, following the Leif to Leif or Norwegian folk costumes and jewelry, Fun Run/Walk (registration at 8:00 a.m.). which represent the unique areas of Norway, The events are hosted by Leif Erikson with commentary by Jody Grage of the Bu- Lodge 2-001, Sons of Norway, 2245 NW nad Nettverk. Anyone wearing a traditional 57th, Seattle, WA 98107. Musical entertain- Norwegian folk costume (man, woman, or ment, special speakers and presentations, child) is invited to participate in the Bunad and demonstrations of many traditional Parade. Participants will meet on the second Norwegian handcrafts, music, song, dance, floor landing between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. and food take place during the day. Artists Meet with local representatives from demonstrate cooking and crafts such as rose- many Norwegian organizations including maling. Many items will be featured with our own Sons of Norway lodge, Norwegian this elaborate painting style. Gorgeous hand- Ladies Chorus, Friends of Bergen Place, made goods by our Norna Ladies, including Norwegian Male Chorus, Leif Erikson Inter- their famous embroidered tea towels, will national Foundation, Seattle Norwegian 17th also be for sale! Local genealogy research- of May Committee, Seattle Bergen Sister ers will be available to assist you with your City Association, Leikarringen, Barneleikar- questions about your Norwegian ancestors. ringen, and others. Judge local pickled herring for yourself and Know someone attending school or Photo courtesy of Commonweal Theatre Company find out who makes the best! Competing for interested going to a Norwegian cultural The 19th Annual Ibsen Festival will feature The League of Youth, a play about an office seeker will- the 2016 Pickled Herring Taste Off are out- camp? Pick up applications for scholarships ing to say anything to win an election. standing local producers. to summer camps, leadership, queen for Leif Crafts for kids hosted by our new youth Erikson Lodge, and our new Douglas Warne Special Release his credits include Compleat Female Stage directors, Evelyn and Kari, will be featured Vocational Scholarship, which are all due on Commonweal Theatre Company Beauty, Scotland Road, and Three Viewings, throughout the day, including a great variety March 31! along with adaptations of Jean Anouilh’s To of seasonal crafts with a Norwegian theme. New entertainment every hour on the The Commonweal Theatre Company Fool the Eye and Henry James’s Turn of the Enjoy traditional Norwegian foods and hour with accordions, fiddles, ukuleles, and announces the 19th Annual Ibsen Festival, Screw. This world premiere production is watch how these foods are made, including more! Lots of singing, too, by local Norwe- April 15-17. Named for Henrik Ibsen, the ac- one in a series of new Ibsen adaptations that the delicious desserts of krumkaker, vafler, gian choirs. claimed “Father of Modern Drama,” the fes- Hatcher and the Commonweal have devel- and lefse in our Bakeri! Have a tasty lunch of We even have some raffles for gift cer- tival is a celebration of Scandinavian theatre, oped for the American stage. smørbrød (open-faced sandwiches), ertesup- tificates, food, and crafts! visual art, music, and dance, centered amidst The Ibsen Festival offers events and pre- pe (peasoup), rømmegrøt (cream porridge), Admission is free and open to the public. the opening of Commonweal’s annual Ibsen sentations throughout the weekend to satisfy and more. Learn about the Sons of Norway Velkommen og vaer så god! Free parking is production. a variety of interests. Guests may expect to in our community including our sports and available in various locations. Check with our This yearly gathering of artists and attend lectures, view film presentations, and cultural skills medal programs and scholar- helpful parking attendants when you arrive! craftsmen was honored in 2008 by the Nor- experience artist displays. The Common- wegian government, which awarded the weal is proud to welcome Andrew Friedman Commonweal Theatre one of only four in- as keynote speaker for this season’s festival. augural International Ibsen Scholarships in Friedman is a PhD candidate at the City Uni- recognition of its ongoing commitment to versity of New York’s Graduate Center and producing the works of Ibsen, one of the an adjunct lecturer at NYU’s Tisch School world’s premiere playwrights. All festival of Drama where he teaches courses on Ibsen events will be held at the Commonweal The- and European theatre. His research focuses atre in downtown Lanesboro, Minn. on contemporary productions of Ibsen’s plays Highlighting this year’s festival is the and the current experimental theatres of Eu- opening of a premiere adaptation of Ibsen’s rope and the U.S. His address will focus on The League of Youth on Saturday, April 16, the composition and public reception of one at 7:30 p.m. This political comedy follows of Ibsen’s most popular and innovative plays. the meteoric rise of the ambitious young Stensgaard, an office seeker who is willing Funding for Commonweal Theatre’s pro- to say anything to win an election. Forming gramming is provided in part by a grant the “League of Youth” to lobby against his from the Minnesota State Arts Board, an ap- opposition, he schemes and manipulates in propriation by the Minnesota State Legisla- his rush to power. ture, a grant from the McKnight Foundation, The play is adapted by Minnesota play- and private funders. A complete schedule of wright Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Com- 2016 Festival events is available at www. monweal Executive Director Hal Cropp. The IbsenFest.org. For more details, schedules, League of Youth is Jeffrey Hatcher’s seventh tickets, and other Commonweal programs, Ibsen adaptation created for the Common- visit www.CommonwealTheatre.org or call Photo courtesy of Leif Erikson Lodge weal. A renowned American playwright, the Box Office at (800) 657-7025. Music of all kinds will entertain visitors to the Tastes of Norway heritage festival. The Scandinavian Hour NAW is hiring! Celebrating over 50 years on the air! We have an opening for a part-time Office & Editorial Intern. KKNW – 1150 AM If you love NAW and live in Seattle, apply today! Up to 15 hours per week in our Seattle office. You’ll help with everything from Saturdays 9 – 10 a.m. PST subscriber management to social media to finding or creating content for the newspaper. 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What is aquavit, anyway?

At its very simplest, aquavit is a cara- cal techniques; one could call them kissing way-spiced vodka. cousins. There are a few different methods About 500 years ago, distillation was for spicing the liquor, but the most common just getting popular in Europe, and brenn- is to first distill a neutral spirit, i.e.: flavor- evin, or “burnt wine,” was a whole new less, pure alcohol. Most European gin and science. The primitive stills of those early aquavit distillers agree that in order to show distillers did not produce the same quality off the best spicing flavors, the base liquor of spirits that modern stills can, and without should be made separately and sometimes the benefit of today’s scientific knowledge by a separate company specializing in neu- Photo: Patrick Kelley / Wikimedia Commons and regulations, the products were wildly tral spirit production. After the neutral spirit Sheets of ice drift on the Arctic Sea. inconsistent. Many distillates were “dirty” is made or procured, it is then either infused or poorly distilled, containing fermentation with spices or redistilled with spices. Infu- M. Michael Brady byproducts like methanol or acetone, which sion is a process in which spices are added Asker, Norway affected the taste and sickened the drinker. to liquor and allowed to set until the liquor People quickly figured out that adding takes on the flavor and color of the spice. The word floe in English is derived was written by William Scoresby (1789- spices to their spirits improved the taste and Redistillation is done by adding spices and from the Old Norse fló. That derivation 1857), a prominent English Arctic explor- had the added benefit of herbal medicinal ap- liquor back into a still and distilling them illustrates the wanderings of words from er, scientist, and clergyman, the son of a plications. Different spices were popular in together. Infused products are typically col- their original to their current meanings. man by the same name who had made a different cultures, and the agricultural zones ored, while distilled products are clear. The Old Norse sourceword fló originally fortune in Arctic whale fishery. of Scandinavia made hardy, cold-weather Infused aquavits and gins were tradi- meant “layer” or “level piece,” as do two Slight differences in the shared Eng- plants like rye and caraway important for tional for hundreds of years until the mid of the five Norwegian dictionary defini- lish and Norwegian maritime pursuits daily foods. 1800s, when the Danish Aalborg company tions of the word flo, its modern equiva- have left their marks on the usages of the For flavoring, each distiller reached for discovered the redistillation technique. From lent. But in today’s dictionaries, the Nor- word in the two languages. In English dic- their own spice cabinet and local styles start- a business perspective, this was a massive wegian words flom, flotte, and fløte as tionaries, there are three principal mean- ed to take hold. Caraway and dill were popu- breakthrough, as aquavit could now be made well as at least two words in English dic- ings of the word floe: sea drift ice not at- lar additions in the northern communities more quickly, for less money, and using less tionaries, flood and floe, are also derived tached to land, blockage of river ice, and of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, while spice than the traditional infusion process. from fló. an ice stream in a glacier. In Norwegian juniper berries were favored farther south in Thus, clear taffel, or “table” aquavit was This spread of meanings in Norwe- dictionaries there are as many meanings: Holland, forming the earliest Genever: the born. Even today, taffels are often considered gian as well as in English reflects the høyvann (high tide), horisontalt lag (hori- grandfather of gin. unfinished or incomplete spirits by shared histories of exploration and use zontal stratum), and regnskur (shower). The original juniper-spiced Dutch and Norwegians, like the way Americans of the northern seas. The word floe first Moreover, the use of the word floe reflects Genever was popularized in England by view white whiskey or moonshine. The appeared in English in 1817, in a report history. In English, 19th-century sealers William the Third in the early 1700s when however, are fiercely proud of their in the Annual Register, the benchmark spoke of the floe-rat, slang for the com- Holland was occupied by the English. It was taffel tradition, and no festive meal in Den- reference work created in 1758: “Pieces mon ringed seal (Phoca hispida), the most then introduced in the U.S. by settlers and mark goes without it. of very large dimensions, but smaller common species of seal. quickly became a well-known staple of the Gin factories quickly picked up the re- than fields, are called floes.” The report American bar scene. But Scandinavia was distillation technique, and for a hundred never occupied by the English, so the aqua- years gin marketing focused on convinc- vit flavors and traditions of those Nordic cul- ing consumers that clear, distilled gins were tures didn’t ride along to the colonies. This is superior to the old-fashioned infused prod- why most Americans know about gin but not ucts. By the 1970s, Americans were drink- about aquavit. Aquavit and gin are made using identi- See > aquavit, page 16

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Jon Fosse decided in 1999 that he had to choose between writing fiction (novels and plays) and non-fiction (theoretical essays). He felt that the languages of fiction and of theory were completely different and that he was better at writing fiction. From then on, therefore, he wrote only fiction (with the ex- ception of one essay in 2000). He certainly underestimated his own tal- ents, however, as his two books of essays, From Telling to Showing to Writing (1989) and Gnostic Essays (1999), contain many Photo: Aksel Jermstad / TV 2 brilliant pieces of writing. Eldar Skar plays Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) bodyguard Hans Martin Djupvik in this An Angel Walks Through the Stage, a action-filled political thriller, now available on Netflix streaming. collection of 28 essays from these two books, presents Fosse’s reflections on literature and the theater and on his own writing. Nina Brambani Smith action TV, especially coupled with people Fosse traces the historical development lable spokesman for various causes, such as Falls Church, Va. who speak like us or our forefathers (but of the novel in the first essay, “From Telling feminism, despite the fact that it would be with very adequate English subtitles, which to Showing to Writing,” focusing on the three difficult to imagine a less instructive writer There is a new TV series available to eliminates any problem of trying to under- phases of telling, showing, and writing. In the than Ibsen.” Fosse attributes to Ibsen “utter, Americans who can stream content from stand all the different dialects being spoken) pre-modern novel, the oral narrator was at pure destruction.” Netflix. And for all of us with ties -to Nor and the filming throughout using buildings, the center of the text and told the story. In the The personal essays in the book shed way, this is a series of 10 episodes not to be street scenes, and scenery that readers of this modern novel there was no longer a narrator light on Fosse’s own writing process. In “A missed. It is a political thriller, made on loca- newspaper may find easily recognizable, it who was elevated above the story but rather Kind of Listening in the Dark,” he explores tion in Norway, and the most expensive TV becomes hard not to like Occupied. one or more characters who showed the story how he starts his writing by going in one di- series ever produced in that country. It was In addition, though this is of course a from their point of view. In the post-modern rection without knowing where he is heading first aired on Norway’s TV 2 in the fall of fictional story line, it does not seem so far- novel the narrator is the writer, the one who but he continues toward a wholeness until he 2015. fetched that it could never happen. A scary writes the story. reaches it. This would make one believe that When you learn that author Jo Nesbø, thought. The U.S. withdrawing from NATO, What is particularly intriguing about writing comes easily to Fosse. the best-selling Norwegian crime writer— Russia and the EU taking over Norway's oil this essay as well as some of the others in the In “Old Houses,” he talks about how he the one with all his wicked, wild, and un- production, over-the-top naïve environmen- book is how similar the language is to that can write in some houses and not in others. Norwegian violence—is the brains behind talists… in his post-modern fiction with its repetitions He particularly likes old houses because they the series and also one of its producers, well, When the last episode of the season fin- and lengthy sentences. When he decided to have a soul. Even if he is in a house where he then you know you are in for some exciting ishes, it is with a strong hint—and a wish renounce non-fiction, he perhaps felt that he can write, he may not be able to write in all TV viewing. from this viewer—that there will be more was not able to separate what he saw as the of the rooms of that house. His ideal writing The cast is terrific, with mostly Norwe- to come. Currently nobody is making any different languages of the two genres. room is “a room where almost all energy is gian actors, although one of the leading roles promises, but perhaps with a little luck—and In “Literature,” Fosse explains why he turned outwards, to me that would be, a man is played by a Lithuanian actress. a lot more American binge-watchers—we dislikes books but loves literature. He seems of the sea as I am, a room with a view to the To make it extra appealing to American will soon be Occupied for another season. to get himself into trouble, however, as he sea, to the fjord or the ocean.” He concludes audiences, Russia and the European Union tries to explain the difference between a by saying that he actually has such a room and are the antagonists that set everything in mo- Nina Brambani Smith grew good book and good literature. He makes has done almost all of his recent writing in it. tion. Add Norwegian oil and gas exploration up in Oslo, but now lives and a canny resemblance to a very recent many interesting points but all the while he The work that gives this collection of es- in the U.S. with her Ameri- reminds us of his opening sentence, “I be- says its title refers to an expression used in Norwegian administration and prime minis- can husband, three sons, long to those who suffer from ambivalence.” . An angel is said to walk through ter, throw in a not-so-accommodating Amer- and three grandchildren. He is well aware of his own contradictions. the stage when, during a theatrical perfor- ican ambassador, and of course a love story She majored in English He focuses on specific writers in several mance, the members of the audience sud- or two, car chases, and frequent shootings, and journalism, and has of his essays. In “For the Sun to Rise,” he denly have an illuminating insight that they then you have the modern mix for edge-of- worked for more than 25 wonders why it was necessary for the great feel emotionally with their whole being but your-seat watching. years as a Norwegian teacher, currently teach- philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein to move cannot explain intellectually. One might ar- Let me not spoil it for you by revealing ing three classes at Sons of Norway in addition to Norway, “to practically take up residence gue that readers experience a similar feeling, too much, but if you, like me, enjoy modern to tutoring Skype students. in the middle of this philosophy-barren perhaps while reading an essay by Jon Fosse. landscape of ours with its mountains and This collection certainly offers abundant fjords that we are so hopelessly bound to, so food for thought. While Fosse deals with marked by, deep inside, body and soul.” a range of topics, he reveals something in- have a story to tell? Why, Fosse asks, did Wittgenstein teresting about himself—the writer and the choose to isolate himself high in the moun- man—in each essay. NAW is now a market for fiction! tains in Skjolden, Norway? Was it because suicide was always on the philosopher’s An Angel Walks Through the Stage and Oth- NAW is now accepting fiction of • up to 1,500 words mind and his cottage was located “where er Essays by Jon Fosse (trans. May-Brit Ak- up to 1,500 words (1,000 or fewer • English-language one big leap was enough to land him in the erholt). Dalkey Archive Press, 2015. preferred) of any genre that have • Norway-themed or mystery deep cold fjord”? Why would someone who Christine Foster Meloni is • $50 payment yearned for the sun to rise, as revealed in The something to do with Norway, or professor emerita at The crime/mystery stories even if they • [email protected] Unknown Diary, want to take up residence in George Washington Uni- a land with such long, dark winters? versity. She has degrees have nothing to do with Norway (but Fosse marvels in his essay “The Demo- in Italian literature, lin- bonus points if they do). We pay a flat niacal Writer” at how misunderstood Henrik guistics, and international rate of $50 for stories, on publication. Ibsen is in his own country. He considers education. She was born in him “the blackest and most demonic author” Minneapolis and currently Submit your best (English-language) he has ever encountered. Norwegians have, lives in Washington, DC. She values her Nor- stories to [email protected]! however, transformed him into “a control- wegian heritage. 16 • March 4, 2016 norwegian american weekly back page < aquavit Norwegian Language Corner From page 14 NORWEGIAN FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES and TROLLS ing distilled gins exclusively and bartenders “line” of inquiry—one we’ll get to in a fu- and consumers scoffed at the idea of infused ture column. products. Aquavit never suffered from this mar- Lexi is the owner and founder of the Old Bal- keting manipulation. Infusions were—and lard Liquor Co. in Seattle, which produces still are—an important part of the aquavit more varieties of aquavit than any distillery in Volume 2 culture, and color is considered an indicator the U.S. After growing up with the Scandina- With 21 classic folk tales, fairy tales and trolls from Norway in Norwegian and English, “Tuss og Troll” is now of quality. Today’s Scandinavian aquavits vian-American farming culture of the Skagit serialized in the Norwegian American Weekly’s Norwegian Language Corner. The stories are from the collections are produced in a breadth and range of fla- Valley and a three-year residency in Sweden, 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 vors, colors, and styles that would astonish a she settled back into Seattle life where she Raneng. “Tuss og Troll” was edited, designed and published by Deb Nelson Gourley of Astri My Astri publishing. typical American. Hundreds upon hundreds now operates the Old Ballard distillery and Copyright © Norsk Barneblad. of aquavits are produced in Scandinavia, but a Nordic café and fine dining Scandinavian only one—Lysholm Linie—is imported to restaurant called Tumble Swede, and travels the U.S. the U.S. teaching classes on contemporary But Linie aquavits are a whole separate Scandinavian food and drink.

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Guten og jøtulen og jenta The Boy, the Giant, and the Girl Hearthstone del 8 part 8

Men det gjorde ikkje jenta og guten But it did not bother the girl or the noko at jøtulen kasta dei i ormegarden boy that the giant threw them into his sin, for Floritina, det heitte jenta, kunne snake pit, because Floritina, that was the trylla, ho. Ho fekk ormane til å ringa seg i name of the girl, could do magic. She had hop, og ingen gjorde dei noko vondt. the snakes curl themselves up, and not Så krabba jenta og guten opp frå den one did them any harm. fæle ormegarden. Det var eit hardt slit før So the girl and the boy crawled out dei kom seg opp. Guten tok jenta i handa, from that horrible snake pit. It was a hard og så sprang dei alt dei kunne. Dei var struggle before they were out. The boy redde jøtulen ville koma etter dei. took the girl by the hand, and ran as fast Guten og jenta var ikkje før komne as they could. They were scared that the bak første haugen, før jøtulen kom sprin- giant would come after them. gande ut av fjellet sitt. — No tenkjer eg The girl and the boy had only just at ormane har gjort ende på dei, sa han. come behind the first hill when the giant Men då jøtulen kom bort til -or came running out of his mountain. “Now, Welcome to the Neighborhood! megarden, såg han at verken jenta eller I think that the snakes would have put an guten var der. — Men korleis har dei gre- end to them,” he said. idd dette? sa jøtulen. Han var så sint at But when the giant came to the han stod og hoppa på bakken. snake pit, he saw that neither the girl nor No for jøtulen bort til ørnefjellet sitt the boy was there. “But how have they og fekk tak i dei tre eldste ørnane han managed to do this?” screamed the gi- hadde. — No skal de skunda dykk og hen- ant. He was so angry that he was jumping ta tilbake jenta og guten, sa han. Han slo and hopping up and down on the ground. og veiva med stokken sin. Now the giant ran to the mountain — Huttetu! No tek det til å blåsa! sa where he kept his eagles and grabbed the guten. three oldest eagles he had. “Hurry now — Ja, det må vel blåsa no, sa jenta, — and bring back the girl and the boy,” he for no har jøtulen sendt ørnane etter oss. said as he gestured and hit out, waving his stick. “Brrrrr! It is beginning to get windy!” the said the boy. “Aye, it will be windy now,” said the Hearthstone girl, “for now the giant has sent his eagles Retirement Living 6720 E Green Lake Way N out after us.” Seattle, WA 98103 at Seattle’s Green Lake www.hearthstone.org $29.95 with FREE shipping in the U.S.A. www.astrimyastri.com (206) 517-2213