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Vol. 120, No. 22 June 5, 2009 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 Tel (800) 305-0217 • www.norway.com $1.50 per copy Online News Dateline The Wergeland Centre inaugurated Cancer risk for child Crown Princess Mette- survivors Marit was present at Survivors of childhood cancer the inauguration of the have a higher life-long risk European Wergeland of developing a new form of Centre in Oslo on Friday the disease, a study shows. May 26. The centre shall A team from the Institute promote education for of Cancer Epidemiology in intercultural understanding, Copenhagen studied 47,679 human rights and people who were diagnosed democratic citizenship with cancer before the age of 20, between 1943 and 2005. Be r i t He s s e n They were drawn from the Managing Editor cancer registries of Denmark, , Iceland, Norway and . (BBC News) The Centre was established by Norway in cooperation with the Norway increases aid to Council of Europe in 2008. Zimbabwe Henrik Arnold Werge- Norway is increasing its land (1808 – 1845) was a romantic Norwegian poet and an important aid to Zimbabwe by NOK historian. He worked for the inde- 58 million. Minister of pendence of all nations, was an ad- International Development vocate for democracy, and an eager Erik Solheim says the money defender of freedom of faith and will be used to help the people freedom of expression. of Zimbabwe and support the Photo: Berit Hessen new Government of National CONTINUES PAGE 13 Princess Mette-Marit was at the inauguration of the European Wergeland Centre in Oslo. Unity. The Norwegian money will not be channeled through the Zimbabwean government’s The last of the legends Andersonville honors financial system. The funds will instead be channelled Norwegian immigrant through NGOs, the United has passed away at 103 Nations and the World Bank. (Norway Post) Civil War soldiers What’s inside? Le s l e e La n e Ho y u m News 2-3 Rockford, Minn. Business 4 May 24, 2009 was the first Sports 5 time Norwegian Union soldiers Op-Ed 6-7 who were confined or died in the Andersonville, Ga. Confederate Taste of Norway 8 prisoner of war camp were Travels to Norway commemorated by their Fatherland 9 for their sacrifices for their new Roots & Connections 10 Photo: Annelise Jackbo/Dagbladet country. Norway’s political icon Haakon Lie passed away on May 25. Faith & Religion Camp Sumter, commonly 11 called Andersonville, was one of Arts & Entertainment 12 Compiled by the largest Confederate military Be r i t He s s e n prisons during the Civil War. In In Your Neighborhood 13 its 14-month existence, it confined Haakon Lie, who led Norway’s a family of Finnish origin. In his Norwegian Heritage 14 more than 45,000 Union soldiers, Photo: Kevin Frye Labor Party during its most early life he worked as a forester, including 400 or more Norwegian Colonel Ole Martin Hojem, Military Education 15 powerful post-war period, passed but after a bout of tuberculosis in immigrants, 200 of whom died and Naval Attaché and Assistant away on May 25. He was 103 years 1927, he had to give it up. Lie was there. Defense Attaché, Royal Norwegian $1 = NOK 6.17 old. best known during his 24 years as One in five Norwegian male Embassy, Washington, D.C., concluded Lie came from humble Labor Party secretary (from 1945 immigrants fought in the Civil War, the program by laying the wreath in updated 6/1/09 beginnings. He was born in Oslo in honor of Norwegian soldiers who 5/1/09 $1=NOK 6.70 1905 (then called Kristiania), into CONTINUES PAGE 11 CONTINUES PAGE 12 fought in the Civil War. 2 Norge - Uken som gikk Nytt på Nett Konferanse om karbonfangst og -lagring

Våler kirke totalskadd i brann Regjeringen tok imot ministere og Våler kirke i ble natt til 26. mai høynivårepresentanter fra over 20 land i totalskadd i en brann. Mannskapene klarte 27. - 28. mai for å diskutere hvor- å berge ut en del gjenstander, men fore- dan karbonfangst og -lagring kan bidra til løpig vet vi ikke hvor mye det er snakk å bekjempe klimaendringene. om. De måtte trekke seg ut og komme seg i sikkerhet da flammene tok overhånd, Aldri før har så mange representanter på sier operasjonsleder Geir Rygh i Hed- så høyt nivå vært i Norge for å diskutere kar- mark politidistrikt til NTB. På 1990-tallet bonfangst og -lagring. Norge er langt fremme brant 17 kirker ned i Norge. Deretter var internasjonalt på dette området. det ingen nye branner før natt 29. mai da På Sleipnerfeltet har Statoil-Hydro i Våler kirke brant ned til grunnen. mange år pumpet CO2 tilbake i oljebrøn- nen. Sleipner er dermed et av verdens første Vukicevic med ny norsk rekord anlegg for kommersiell karbonfangst og Christina Vukicevic er i knallform og -lagring. Deltagende ministere fikk en befar- satte norsk rekord på 100 meter hekk med ing på Sleipner før møtene begynte. tiden 12,74 under et stevne i Nederland På konferansen opplyste Stoltenberg 1. juni. Etter mandagens 100 meter hekk at regjeringen ønsker at en drøy milliard av ligger Vukicevic på delt femteplass i ver- Norges bidrag til EU de neste fem årene skal den . øremerkes til prosjekter knyttet til teknolo- Deltagende ministere fikk en befaring på Sleipner før møtene begynte. Foto: StatoilHydro gien i EU-landene. Innsidesak mot journalist Norge har selv et CCS-prosjekt på Mon- English Synopsis: The high-level conference on climate change and technology took En journalist og hans far må tirsdag møte gstad, ofte omtalt som en norsk “måneland- place in Bergen on May 27-28. During the dialogue, Norway expressed its wish to con- i Oslo tingrett, tiltalt for ulovlig innsi- ing,” men 27. mai trakk Stoltenberg fram EU tribute to realizing the EU’s ambitious plans for carbon sequestration and storage (CCS) dehandel med aksjer. De to skal etter som en hoveddrivkraft i utvikling og bruk av through having CCS as a priority sector under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Økokrims tiltalebeslutning fra i fjor høst CCS. ha tjent rundt 3,4 millioner kroner på handler i Det Norske Oljeselskap i januar 2006. Påtalemyndigheten hevder disse handlene er brudd på bestemmelsene i Rekordstrøm av nordmenn til USA lov om verdipapirhandel. Journalisten Sommeren står for døren og nordmenn er i tillegg tiltalt for ulovlig innsidehan- Tall Aftenposten.no har hentet fra det sten vært 47 prosent. Og mer skal det bli, leter etter ferietilbud som gir mye for pen- del i riggselskapet Sinvest. Dette punktet amerikanske handelsdepartementet viser at skal man tro næringen. gene. USA er da et godt alternativ og det involverer også en mekler, men siktelsen man ved utgangen av 2011, altså om to og California er blant nordmenns favo- har virkelig slått an blant nordmenn de mot mekleren er ikke ferdig etterforsket, et halvt år, regnet med at 189.000 nordmenn rittsteder i USA, men det er østkysten som siste to årene. melder Aftenposten opplyser politiadvokat Hans Christian ville dra til statene. Denne rekorden altså dominerer. Koss i Økokrim til NTB. grundig slått. Siden terroraksjonen høsten I fjor besøkte 214.000 nordmenn landet, 2001, har nordmenns besøk til USA økt med English Synopsis: Last year as many as Gründere vant pris for dataspill en økning på 41.000 nordmenn fra 2007. Det 89 prosent. 214 thousand Norwegians visited the U.S., Tumbleweed Interactive ble “beste nye som er enda mer imponerende er at besøket I 2006 regnet amerikanerne med en Aftenposten reports. California is one of nordiske talent” på Nordic Game 2009 i sprenger alle tidligere prognoser som ameri- vekst fra Norge på 30 prosent frem til 2011, the favorite destinations for Norwegians, Malmö. Tor Jonas Onsrud (25) fra Gjøvik kanske turistmyndigheter har laget. men på bare to år i denne perioden har vek- but the east coast dominates. er en av eierne og gründerne i spillbedrift- en Tumbleweed Interactive. -bed- riften fikk prisen for spillet “Skybound” som brukes på iPhone (multimediemobil) Iskald forskningsopplevelse for tronarvingene og iPod Touch (musikkspiller med tryk- kfølsom skjerm). - Fantastisk og utrolig, er ordene de skandinaviske tronarvingene bruker for Humle stoppet Syden-fly å beskrive det iskalde besøket på forskn- Et SAS-fly på vei til Spania 28. mai måtte ingsstasjonen NEEM på den grønlandske etter en times flytur returnere til Garder- innlandsisen. moen etter å ha fått problemer med en av de to hastighetsmålerne i cockpiten. Da ______flyet med de 132 passasjerene var trygt Af t e n p o s t e n på plass på bakken, fant mekanikerne på –––––––––– Gardermoen ut at en liten humle hadde Forskerne på The North Greenland Ee- forårsaket problemene. Alle de 134 pas- mian Ice Drilling – NEEM – nordvest på sasjerene ble omdirigert til et nytt fly som Grønland borer seg ned i isen for å ta prøver forlot Gardermoen ved 12-tiden. som kan fortelle hvordan klimaet har vært flere tusen år tilbake i tid. Harald Sunde blir ny forsvarssjef 19 minusgrader og iskald vind møtte Generalløytnant Harald Sunde (55), fra kronprinsesse Victoria, kronprins Haakon og Hurdal, ble i statsråd 29. mai utnevnt kronprins Frederik på grønlandsisen. Men til general og forsvarssjef etter general det la ingen demper på entusiasmen til de tre, som avslutter besøket på Grønland mandag. Sveriges kronprinsesse Victoria, kronprins Frederik fra Danmark og kronprins Haakon kom til The north Sverre Diesen. Generalløytnant Sunde Greenland Eemian ice Drilling (NEEM) 30. mai. Foto: Jonas Ekstromer. kommer fra stillingen som sjef for Felle- – Det er en utrolig opplevelse å ha 3 km soperativt hovedkvarter og vil tiltre i still- med is under oss, sier kronprins Haakon om hvilke som skjer naturlig. Haakon, Victoria og Frederik fikk ingen som forsvarssjef 1. oktober 2009. stasjonen. – Det har vært helt fantastisk og en utro- demonstrert hvordan det blir boret nedover Generalløytnant Harald Sunde avsluttet – Den forskningen som gjøres her, gjør lig opplevelse å komme hit og se med egne i isen og hvordan prøvene analyseres. For- Befalsskolen for Kavaleriet som beste at vi kan se trendene for hvordan global op- øyne forskningsprosjektene og naturen, sier skerne har kommet 190 meter ned og skal til elev i 1974, og fra Krigsskolen i 1979. pvarming foregår og hvordan vi kanskje kan den svenske kronprinsessen. 2.500 meter. Sunde gjennomførte Hærens stabsskole 1 gjøre noe med det, fremholder han. i 1986 og var student på Führungsakad- Tronarvingene dro til forskningsstas- English Synopsis: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Fredrik of Den- emie der Bundeswehr fra 1987 til 1989. jonen lørdag med Hercules-fly for å se hvor- mark and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited Greenland May 27 - June 1. During the Han har også eksamen fra US Army War dan isforskerne arbeider. 14 land deltar i for- stay they visited The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM), an international ice College fra 1999. skningsprosjektet, som kan gi svar på hvilke klimaendringer som er menneskeskapte, og core research project aimed at retrieving an ice core from North-West Greenland. JUNE 5, 2009 • WWW.NORWAY.COM • NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY 3 Norway in the News Three employees on missing flight ranked No. 36, while business consulting Norwegian industry down Suspected arson in medieval church fire StatoilHydro employees Marcela Pellizon enterprise Umeo Consulting got 38th place. Industrial production in Norway will drop The police is investigating a fire which de- (29), Gustavo Peretti (30) and Kristian Berg Tandberg, a video production company that 10 percent over the next two years. Still, the stroyed the 204-year old Våler Church (Hed- Andersen (37) were on the Air France flight employs about 100 workers, ranked No. 40. worst period might be over, Statistics Nor- mark) in the early hours of Friday morning. which was missing en route to Paris on June The list is produced by Great Place to Work way say. According to the researchers in Sta- The fire was discovered on the outside of 1. The three personnel confirmed to be on Institute and surveys are done by 285,000 tistics Norway, the drop in the export markets the building, and the police have concluded the plane worked at the group’s office in Rio employees from all over Europe. has lead to the significant decline in Norwe- that it was started intentionally. The local de Janeiro and were on their way to Nor- (Theepochtimes.com) gian mainland industry. Unemployment is on police have now asked for assistance from way. Mr Berg Andersen is a Norwegian citi- the increase and mainland GDP is likely to the National Bureau of Crime Investigation zen and the others are Brazilian. “We have The Decision is Oslo! shrink 1.4 percent, the figures from the Nor- (KRIPOS), and for information from the learned that three of our people were on the Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) announced wegian Statistics show. The offshore oil and public, to help solve the crime. The firemen flight with great sadness,” says chief execu- during a press conference on May 27 that gas industry is not included in those figures. managed to bring out an altarpiece from tive Helge Lund. “A tragedy like this makes next year’s Eurovision Song Contest semi- Renewed economic growth is expected only 1697 and the Communion silver, but many a deep impression on us as colleagues and finals and finals will be arranged in Oslo on in 2011. (BarentsObserver.com) irreplaceable pieces of church art were de- managers. Our thoughts and sympathies are May 29. This years Eurovision concerts in stroyed in the raging fire. The beautiful 13th with the next-of-kin.” Carrying 228 people, Moscow attracted almost 800 million view- Norwegian government considers pros- century Medieval church was dedicated to flight AF447 was en route from Rio de Ja- ers and 2,500 from the press. “A challenge ecuting Scientology the Virgin Mary, and the Samuelsen organ neiro in Brazil to Charles de Gaulle airport. and an honor,” says Sales and Marketing Di- The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care in the Church was unique and extremely A relative of an employee at the Brazilian of- rector Heidi Thon of VisitOSLO. NRK also Services is considering prosecuting and ban- rare. There were only two such organs left fice was also on the plane. (StatoilHydro) announced that the arena will be either the ning some Scientology practices, in particu- in Norway that have been preserved in full. brand new and ultra-modern Telenor Arena, lar the use of the Scientology personality test The second one is located at the Norwegian French director wins Ibsen prize which already has hosted stars like Tina to sell courses. State Secretary Rigmor Aas- Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy. The Ariane Mnouchkine, founder of the Théâtre Turner and Iron Maiden, comfortably seat- rud said that the activities in question might organ is a so-called cabinet organ, where the du Soleil in Paris, was May 26 named the ing more than 22,000 spectators even when be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of pipes are located inside an organ case with winner of the 2009 International Ibsen rigged for a broadcast of this magnitude, or existing healthcare regulations. Olav Gunnar doors in front, as with a cabinet. It is pre- Award. The prize is worth USD $395,000. the Oslo Spektrum which already hosted the Ballo, a Norwegian Member of Parliament sumed to have been built in 1781. (Norway The jury, headed by Norwegian actress and finals in 1996. (VisitOslo.com) (MP) whose daughter killed herself after tak- Post / VisitNorway) director Liv Ullmann, said Mnouchkine’s ing such a test, supports the idea of prosecut- productions give the audience a sense “of Oslo carpool uses electric vehicles ing illegal practices rather than trying to ban Church leaders join forces having been part of a tale of enchantment. As the first city in the world, Oslo now has a the movement as a whole. (Wikinews.org) Church leaders from all over the Barents A tale that is larger than life but at the same public carpool using only electrically driv- Region last week assembled in Bodø, Nor- time reveals life.” Her work has dealt with en vehicles. Membership costs NOK 100 a Norwegian beavers to Scotland way, to discuss the churches’ response to stories of the great crises of civilization, of month, and the cost of renting a car costs Eleven beavers from Telemark have ar- challenges in the High North. It is impor- long-ago battles and the persecution and des- NOK 100 per hour or NOK 800 for a week- rived in Scotland, as part of a historic plan tant to participate in each other’s church peration of refugees in our own time,” the ci- end. The new car-sharing system has been de- by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to reintroduce services and discuss the joint challenges tation said. The 70-year-old director is due to veloped by the Norwegian firm Move About, the mammals to Scotland for the first time we are facing in the High North, Bishop of be presented the award on Sept. 10 in Oslo. and operates based on a personal credit card in more than 400 years. Simon Jones, from the Norwegian South Hålogaland diocese (Monstersandcritics.com) which gives you the access to a vehicle and the Scottish Beaver Trial says beavers hold Tor B. Jørgensen told Kirken.no. He added also registers the use of the car. The first 13 the potential to create new wetland habitats that issus of settlement, culture, indigenous Norwegian Companies Among the Best Think cars were put into operation on May which in turn increases the appeal to other peoples and climate issues are high on the Employers in Europe 27, and within a year 75 vehicles will be native species. However, according to BBC, church agenda. The church cooperation in Business information website www.business. available at convenient spots around the city. the scheme has not been without controversy: the Barents region has developed positively dk recently released a ranking of the top 100 Carpool members will be able to book cars The Association of Salmon Fishery Boards since it was formalized in 1996. The church employers in Europe. Among large-scale en- beforehand on the internet. The operations has called the project “recklessly irrespon- leaders of nine Lutheran and four Orthodox terprises, Microsoft was ranked first for its are partly sponsored by Norwegian Railroads sible” and asked ministers to block further dioceses regularly meet within the frames of flexibility when it comes to work hours and (NSB) and the electricity-producer Statkraft. releases until the impact on fish stocks can a joint Barents church council. Cross-border location. Among medium and small enter- Move About CEO Michael Eimstad says the be assessed. The beavers spent six months in friendship agreements between local church prises, four Norwegian companies ranked aim is cooperate with the “city-bikes” and the quarantine before being released. The Scot- communities, exchange agreements, youth in the first 50. Webstop, a Norwegian infor- railroads to cut emissions and reduce parking tish Natural Heritage will conduct scientific camps and visits are currently among prior- mation technology company, ranked No.30, problems in the Norwegian capital. monitoring to assess the environmental im- ity fields for the cooperation. making it the best among Norwegian en- (Norway Post) pact of the beavers. (NRK/BBC) (BarentsObserver.com) terprises. Bond and share company Optium

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Thanks to large JUNE 5, 2009 • WWW.NORWAY.COM • NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY Sp o r t s 5 Clemson’s Oglesby to leave school, Tippeligaen Results & Standings play professionally in Europe Fixtures & Results

Sp e c i a l Re l e a s e 5/25 Ålesund 1-0 Stabæk Tippeligaen PLD PTS Stephenson 61 1. Rosenborg BK 12 26 Clemson coach Oliver Purnell was eat- 5/28 Brann 2-0 Molde ing breakfast along South Carolina’s coast Jaiteh 30, Karadas 90 2. Molde 12 21 6/1 Fredrikstad 1-0 Start when he found out he had a very big hole to Ronning 23, Ludvigsen 47, 3. Start 12 20 Sorensen 69 fill in next year’s starting lineup. 6/1 Stabæk 2-0 Tromsø 4.Vålerenga 12 19 Terrence Oglesby, the Clemson Tigers’ Stokkelien 84 Dokken 7 6/1 5. Odd Grenland 12 18 shoot-from-anywhere sophomore, called Lyn 1-1 Lillestrøm Pratto 75 Johnsen 39 6. Ålesund 12 18 Purnell on Tuesday morning to tell him he 6/1 Molde 2-1 Odd Grenland 7. Brann 11 16 was off to play professionally in Europe, giv- Diouf 21, Skjolsvik 36 Steen 30(o) ing up his final two college seasons. 6/1 Bodø/Glimt 0-4 Rosenborg 8. Sandefjord 12 16 Johannsson 25, 74 Sapara 51, Olsen 67, Tettey 71, 83 9. Stabæk 12 14 Oglesby, from Cleveland, Tenn., led the 6/1 Sandefjord 1-2 Ålesund team with 92 three-pointers last season and Madsen 58 Kopteff 71, Aaroy 81 10. Fredrikstad 12 14 was often an offensive catalyst in Clemson’s 6/1 Viking 0-3 Vålerenga 11. Tromsø 12 14 Zajic 13, Haestad 45, Muri 65 NCAA season. 12. Viking 12 13 “I’m disappointed he won’t be with us,” Photo: daylife.com 13. Bodø/Glimt 12 12 Purnell said Wednesday. “Yet at the same Terrence Oglesby (right), a sophomore time, it’s a decision I believe he made in con- basketball star at Clemson, is leaving to play 14. Lillestrøm SK 12 11 professional basketball in Europe. cert with his family. It is what it is.” 15. FC Lyn Oslo 12 10 Oglesby’s father, Tony, played basket- 16. Strømsgodset IF 11 9 seen the previous two years.” ball in Europe. Terrence was born in Norway, Still, someone will have to make up for and holds dual citizenship in Norway and the Oglesby’s output. He started all but one of United States. Oglesby played for Norway Clemson’s 32 games last season and led the during last year’s FIBA under-20 champion- Are you from the Møre og team in scoring 12 times. He set his career ships. high of 25 last December in a victory over Romsdals area of Norway? Oglesby said in a statement released by state rival South Carolina. the school that he had played internationally Purnell only wishes Oglesby had given Join us for the in the past and got the chance to play pro- him time to weigh in before choosing Eu- fessionally in Europe. He enjoyed his time Møre og Romsdalslaget rope, apparently a trendy path among some at Clemson. “My decision is based solely on Annual Stevne U.S. players like Florida’s Nick Calathes and chasing the dream of being a professional high school senior-to-be from San Diego, basketball player,” he said. At the Ramada Inn Jeremy Tyler. Now, Purnell and his staff will be left Albert Lea, Minnesota Despite giving up his final two sea- without the outside threat who thrilled fans sons of eligibility, Oglesby ends his tenure June 18-20, 2009 with his gumption to take — and make — with the program ranked among the top 10 shots from almost anywhere inside the half- in school history in three- point field goals court line. (177). He received honorable mention for For more information, contact Gary at [email protected] Don’t look for anyone on Clemson’s the ACC’s All- Freshman Team in 2007-08, roster to take over that role. averaging 10.5 points per game as a reserve “It’s clear that we don’t have anybody and knocking down a team-high 85 three- with Terrence Oglesby’s range,” Purnell pointers. said. “You won’t see the shots that you’ve Boxing: Cecilia Brækhus beats Plan American Amy Yuratovac Now!

w w w .e a s t s i d e b o x i n g .c o m were absorbed by Brækhus’ solid defense. “Cecilia did very well tonight,” coach Ulli Wegner lauded. “Her development is N O R T H A M E R I C A’ S L A R G E S T S A L Cecilia Brækhus (12-0, 2 KOs) made a tremendous. Today was a good test for her C A N D I N AV I A N F E S T I V successful first defence of her WBA/WBC because her opponent was a true fighter and female welterweight titles as she clinched a put on a strong performance. But Cecilia unanimous points victory over Amy Yurato- found the right solutions.” vac (6-3, 6 KOs) in Helsinki on May 30. 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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn until four years ago Pictured are, from left: Lewis Titland, and then moved to Alexandria, Va. at the Mari-Ann Kind Jackson, Vibeke Nicolaysen- Paul Spring Retirement Home, to be near Editor: Parks and Raiti Waerness. their daughter Sonja. Frithjof’s interests Do you have something to say? Send your letters to: have included staying in touch with relatives Jake Moe, Editor-In-Chief [email protected] Regards, in Norway and the United States, (nieces and 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 Mari-Ann Kind Jackson nephews will be coming from Norway and Seattle, Wash. the United States to celebrate his birthday. Dear Editor, of the free Norwegian forces that fought developing quizzes about Norwegian There is something wrong with the against the Nazis in World War II, the Crown Dear Editor, history, telling stories about his childhood text under the Concordia picture in Allen Prince toured the United States to report on First, this Danish guy must confess to in Norway, playing the violin, listening to Wicken’s article printed in the May 8 issue. Nazi-occupied Norway. Olav returned to enjoying each issue of the Weekly! music, photography, fixing anything which is Crown Princess Martha passed away in 1954, Concordia in 1968 as the King of Norway Recently, viewing a film about Norway broken and rooting for Norway in any sport. so she was not present in 1968 like the text and again delivered the commencement during the Occupation, I recalled some past Frithjof and Signe Helene have a grandson says. From looking at the clothes people are address. events that were a major part of my life. In Erik, a grand-daughter Linnea and a great- wearing, maybe it should be 1948. Our apologies for the mistaken photo those years, I was in the international mining grandson Elio, whom they adore. Nice article. caption in the May 8 issue. Thanks again for engineering and construction industry. Thank you for announcing my father’s bringing it to our attention. Amongst my colleagues, I had a Norwegian special birthday! Sincerely, friend, Oyvind Moe, who I learned from Unni Barton Sincerely, others, played a significant role in the Sincerely, Melbourne, Fla. Editor Resistance. Later, I was told by a former Sonja Olsen Bloom Consul that he truly was a hero of Norway. Alexandria, Va. Dear Editor, Oyvind rarely spoke of his activities in the I “jumped” in my chair when I read in Occupation even after a relaxing evening of ATTENTION READERS: Nina Lichtenstein’s article “The Ex-Pat- several akvavits and a good dinner at a local SCAM ALERT restaurant. Chat” in your paper No. 19 of May 15, that if Dear Readers, you are caught driving drunk in Norway, you Oyvind and I worked on projects together and separately and saw one We would like to apologize for a recent risk the death penalty! She might have said ad in the Norwegian American Weekly. An it as a joke. The only death you might risk is another from time-to-time but not in recent years as my wife and I lived in Denmark, ad offering a free Teacup Yorkie Puppy was if you crash and kill yourself and/or others. printed in the May 22 issue, and unfortunately Yes, there is a strict penalty driving under England, and her native Russia as business consultants. Had email been available then, we were unaware that the ad was part of a the influence (as it should be), you might risk scam. Upon responding to the ad, you would Photo courtesy of Concordia College, Moorhead, losing your drivers license and serve time, past friendships of colleagues and locals Minn. could have become eduring ones, especially be asked to send out funds internationally. but the death penalty has not been used nor We advise you NOT to respond to this ad. We Dear Unni, allowed in Norway since the World War II for those in international business. I would be grateful if your readers could believe this ad is a scam and we apologize Thank you for bringing this to our Tribunal. for any inconvenience it may have caused. attention. You are absolutely right! Good tell me about Oyvind and his whereabouts. His last address was in Boise, Idaho. eye. We made a mistake and that photo was Regards, Sincerely, not taken in 1968 as the caption read. Sidsel Wettre Brady Editor That photo was taken at the first royal Edmonds, Wash. Sincerely, visit to Concordia College in the spring of Donald K. Hansen Wedding Announcement 1939 when Crown Prince Olav and Crown Dear Editor, Issaquah, Wash. Price Märtha visited the United States. Upon The lower picture on page 10 of the NAW Managing Editor learning of the dignitaries’ visit, Concordia May 22 edition was taken at the Norwegian Dear Editor, Tiffanie Clark, daughter officials invited the royal couple to visit American Chamber of Commerce ball at the Frithjof Olsen turned 100 on April 14. of Chris and Amy Clark the campus and be a part of the upcoming Seattle Golf Club, Feb. 15, 1997. He was born in Fevik, Norway, worked on of Camas, Wash. was spring commencement exercises. Crown ships crossing the Atlantic until he received married to Keith Davis, son of Clark and Sheri Prince Olav accepted the invitation in papers to enter America in 1929, just before the Great Depression began. He worked Davis of Ketchikan, March; however, he would not be coming Alaska, on April 18. 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NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY • WWW.NORWAY.COM • JUNE 5, 2009 8 Th e Ta s t e o f No r w a y Coffee consumption Breakfast in bed in Norway

With Father’s Day approaching, it’s Perhaps it’s the cold winters, or time to do something extra special for Dad simply tradition in a country where and with the recently changed economy, it’s common to invite people over breakfast in bed is a great gesture that won’t simply for cake and coffee. The brew break the bank. is a fixture at dinner parties, where it’s For Dad, consider serving breakfast common for dinner guests to leave with his favorite section of the newspaper the table after dessert and adjourn (the Sports page perhaps). to another room for coffee, cake and Deliver breakfast with a card or a often a cognac around smaller tables. special drawing done by one of the kids or Whatever the reason, the import grandkids, they may even want to help you figures boil down to 8.8 kilos of with the surprise. coffee per person. According to the Get the coffee brewing and your morning Norwegian statistics agency SSB, that will be off to a great start doing something would suggest that all Norwegians nice for someone you love. over the age of 15 drank around four cups of coffee a day. Home consumption has been stable for several years, at around 5.4 Baked ham omelette Buttery Breakfast kilos per person. The remaining coffee Ovnsomelett Biscuits is served at work and in cafes and restaurants. Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Butter an 1 tablespoon of butter, plus extra for 2 cups all-purpose flour Norway, like many other countries greasing ovenproof dish measuring about 8 inches in around the world, has also seen a big diameter. Melt the butter in a pan, add the 1 tablespoon baking powder increase in the number of coffee bars 1 leek, white and pale green parts only, thinly leek or shallot and fry for 2-3 minutes. Break that have sprung up in the past few sliced, or 1 shallot, chopped 1 tablespoon sugar the eggs into a bowl and beat lightly together. years, where it’s become trendy to 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 4 eggs Add the cream, season with salt and pepper sip speciality coffees. There are no and beat together until well combined. Add 1 1/4 cups light cream 1/4 teaspoon salt Starbucks coffee shops in Norway, the chopped ham. 1/2 cup butter however. 4 ounces cooked ham, preferably smoked, Pour the mixture into the prepared sih and Coffee imports to Norway were diced bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, until 3/4 cup whipping cream, light cream, or valued at more than NOK 700 million salt set and golden brown. Serve immediately, milk last year. The majority of the beans garnished with chopped parsley. come from Brazil. ground black pepper In a bowl, stir together flour, baking Recipe from “The Food and Cooking of chopped fresh parsley, to garnish powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt. This information may have Norway” by Janet Laurence. Available Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until changed just a bit in the last few online and in bookstores. mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a years. The article was written by Nina well in the center of dry mixture, then add Berglund and was originally published cream all at once. Using a fork, stir just until by Aftenposten in February 2006. moistened. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Quickly knead the dough by gently folding and pressing dough for 10-12 strokes or until dough is nearly smooth. Pat or roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut dough with a floured 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, dipping the cutter into flour between cuts. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a 450 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until done. Remove biscuits from baking sheet; serve hot. For a Scandinavian touch, serve with lignonberry jam or cloudberry cream.

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Me l i n d a Ba r g r e e n Seattle, Wash. opening figures of Grieg’s “Wedding Day at Part Two Troldhaugen.” (Strictly speaking, “Vi vil oss” Continued from May 22, 2009 isn’t a folksong so much as a patriotic song, composed in 1895 by Christian Sinding.) My high school best friend and I were Things really got interesting, however, halfway through a trip to Norway, celebrating when I started comparing various versions of our joint birthdays, when we found ourselves the folksongs – which exist, like folksongs in Fjærland: the heart of fjord country, and everywhere, in several different forms. home to the justly celebrated Norwegian The musical differences, however, were Glacier Museum. Somewhat chilly but in nothing compared with the linguistic ones. high spirits, we made our way back down The , I discovered to the tiny town of Mundal to await the from my translator Kristina Strombo, is a boat taking us back down the Sognefjord fascinating compendium of regional dialects to Balestrand. The main attraction in little and historical variations, complicated by Mundal – besides a tasty lunch at the historic Norway’s political history under Danish rule Hotel Mundal – was the picturesque array and a union with Sweden. Translating the of bookshops boasting more than 250,000 folksong texts was no easy task. A few of the titles in all sorts of languages. My friend, Dr. lines remained impenetrable even to well- Candace Young, and I are inveterate readers educated native speakers. and have seldom met a bookstore we didn’t Thanks to my Norwegian second cousin like. Tor Hartvig Solheim, however, expert aid In the back of my mind was an was enlisted first from the Hardanger and idea proposed by my sister-in-law, the Voss Museum, leading to contact with Ingrid Massachusetts choral conductor and Gjertsen of the Arne Bjørndals Samling, professor Faith M. Lueth, who suggested I Grieg Academy (University of Bergen). look for some Norwegian folksongs to use It was Ms. Gjertsen who finally solved All photos courtesy of Melinda Bargreen. in my new compositions for chorus and the riddle of certain obscure lines in the Left to right, Tor Hartvig Solheim, Melinda Bargreen, Charlotte Menne Bartnes; photo taken at Bygdøy instruments. Ethnomusicology is a big part songs “Inga Litimor” and “Eg veit ei liti in Oslo. of music instruction, and Norway has a gjente.” Prof. Velle Espeland of the Norsk rich folksong heritage. I went happily from Visearkiv (Norwegian Folk- and Popular bookshop to bookshop, picking up small Song Archives) provided much valuable volumes of Norwegian song – some of the information about sources and meaning of books nearly a century old. these folksongs. Back at Kvikne’s Hotel in Balestrand, I It is my hope that these arrangements looked out over the deep, silent Sognefjord, at will bring forward the seven folksongs (two the utter peace of the water and the towering of them are combined in a single movement) glaciers in the near distance. I thought into the 21st century, to be heard again about the powerful feelings expressed in the in a new, contemporary format that still music: love, mourning, joy, and above all, retains the original character of these works. the tremendous connection to and pride in There is a stirring patriotic song; a deeply the Norwegian homeland. These were songs sorrowful song of love and death; and two that deserved to be sung and heard around buoyant melodies celebrating the beauty the world. of the countryside and the enticements of Back at home, the folksongs seemed a beguiling red-cheeked girl who lives in the perfect subject for a choral/instrumental the north woods. There’s a playful ditty, a work for Gordon College, Mass., where talks celebration of the comforts of home, and a regarding my week as artist in residence in ballad about a mysterious singing woman April 2009 were already underway. I began whose poetic forebears can be traced back to setting seven of the songs for mixed chorus, the Middle Ages. The Norwegian Folksong Melinda with conductor Faith Lueth at the premiere of the Norwegian Folksong Suite, April 25 at women’s chorus, piano and oboe in December Suite was heard for the first time on April 25, Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. 2008, finishing about two months later. 2009, at Gordon College, with Faith Lueth The selection process was very difficult: conducting the College Choir and Women’s how to choose among so many melodies? Choir. Eventually you can hear a recording The rich trove of folksongs had already of the whole suite on my website (www. inspired many composers, notably Edvard melindabargreen.com), but for now, a test Grieg. I directed a couple of musical nods version of the first movement (“Vi vil oss toward Grieg in these settings, notably et land”) is already posted on the site, and in the open-fifth piano accompaniment the sheet music is available to choruses to “Vi vil oss et land,” which recalls the everywhere. Enjoy – and tusen takk!

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Ole and Lena

Ole and Lars were on their very first train ride. They had brought along bananas for lunch.

Just as they began to peel them, the train entered a long, dark tunnel. “Have you eaten your banana yet?” Ole asked excitedly.

“No,” replied Lars. Fom left: Curator Turid Meeker, Vebjørn Sand, Jarl Haugedal, Hanne Krogh, Bernt Heiberg and Bill Cummings at the Summer Group Exhibition - Smörgåsbord at Heiberg Cummings Design on May 14 in . Photo by Berit Hessen. “Vell, don’t touch it den,” Ole exclaimed. “I yust took vun bite and vent blind!”

JUNE 5, 2009 • WWW.NORWAY.COM • NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY Fa i t h a n d Re l i g i o n 11 In honor and memory of Do you have a loved one or friend who has recently passed? Send a brief memoriam to [email protected]. Just a Minute Haakon Lie 1905 - 2009 By Per W. Larsen The last of the lege … (…continued from page 1) Is the Bible trustworthy?

to 1969). Yes, I believe the Bible is trustworthy. written in order to titillate our curiosity, but “One of the last great pioneers of The most simple answer I can come has to be read in its context and meditated the labor movement is gone,” said Prime up with is that if we believe in a loving, upon. We can not use the Bible as a Minister , current Labor almighty God with limitless knowledge, dictionary or a phone book, or expect to get Party leader. “Through his impressive work He surely also must have found a way to immediate answers to all kinds of problems and burning interest, Haakon Lie helped make himself known to men. He has done and situations. The Bible is not a substitute transfer Norway from a poor society into a so in His words. for common sense! Some open the Bible at . Norway and the Labor Party It would not be sensible if we had random in order to get a message for their are grateful,” Stoltenberg said. to search through ancient manuscripts, own desirable opinions and ideas. In that In 1945, Lie participated in the philosophy, and innumerable religions way we may think we have received God’s Norwegian delegation when the United and sects in order to find Him. Then He sanction to almost anything. It doesn’t Nations was formed in San Francisco, would have been a God for a few chosen work that way. Calif. He was known for being a hardliner philosophers or intellectuals, and not for There is a story about a man who used against the communists, and the left side of the common man. the Bible “thumb wise.” One day he had a the Labor party, and played a central role in The Bible is indeed trustworthy, problem and stuck his thumb into the Bible the surveillance of the outer left in Norway harmonizing historical facts and ancient and the word he “received” was Mt. 27.5: during the post-war period. history. It has been proven archeologically “And Judas went and hanged himself.” He also played a key role when the Photo: Norwegian Labor Party/Library Archives trustworthy by findings both in older and Naturally, that was not acceptable so he Labor party and the government worked for Lie speaking in Gjøvik, May 1, 1949. contemporary times. It is trustworthy by tried once more and read Lk. 10.37: “Go Norwegian membership of NATO, and stayed all the remarkable prophecies, which have and do likewise…” (On special occasions, public life, even after his 100th birthday. In a true supporter of NATO and the European been fulfilled. It is trustworthy in teachings, I believe God can answer his children with 2008, he celebrated his 103rd birthday with Economic Community (EEC), and the fact shown through the coherence between the a special word given to them this way.) the release of a new biography; “Slik jeg ser that Norway should have strong political ties different books. But yes – the Bible is trustworthy det nå” (“As I see it now”). For many years to the United States and Great Britain. It is trustworthy particularly by the when used according to its purpose and Lie spent his winters in Florida, but eventually Lie became involved with the labor birth and life of Christ, which our calendar in the right context. God’s word is food moved back permanently to Norway. movement at the age of 16, and his political reminds us of every day – and in many for our soul. Read it diligently and find a Lie’s funeral will take place on Friday, commitment to his party remained strong other aspects. church where the word is preached rightly July 5. His urn will be buried at Nøtterøy until his death. He wrote several books, But the Bible has to be used according and with Christ as its center. We need the cemetery in Vestfold county, where his among them the controversial memoir “… to its purpose. It is a book of salvation and Christian community in order to find faith wife Minnie Dockterman was laid to rest in slik jeg ser det” (“…The Way I See It”) in God’s plan for men and the world. It is not and strength to live as Christians. 1999. 1975. Lie remained active in Norwegian The late Pastor Per W. Larsen wrote this column for several years in the Norway Times, and eventually had the columns made into a small book, which was recently sent to the Weekly by Per’s wife, Josse. Pastor Larsen was ordained and served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, as well as the Norwegian Seamen’s church in New York and San Francisco, and a number of other churches over the years. He was a well-loved man with a heart for God, people, and of course, Norway.

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The Edvard Grieg Society of New York Mannes—as he still does today. (Author’s City continues its varied schedule of events note: I had the pleasure of serving as the vice on many fronts. Its most recent program was president of the Grieg Society for many years a recital performed by the Norwegian pianist, beginning in 1991 when the organization was Geir Henning Braaten. formed.) Berit Brevig became the inaugural Presented in an intimate Fifth secretary of the EGS and was subsequently Avenue music salon, the program focused on elected to the dual posts of vice president and the works of Norway’s preminent national executive director. composer, including the original piano Attesting to their long and distinguished version of Grieg’s ever-popular “Holberg service to the world of Norway, both Per Suite” and his Piano Sonata in E Minor, and Berit Brevig have individually been Photo: Lee Grandin Op. 7, as well as works by Haydn and awarded by the Norwegian government Historic Arms and the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) are always a big hit with the crowd. Mendelssohn. the prestigious Saint Olav Medal, Per in Their combat demonstrations are very popular. The Edvard Grieg Society, founded 1990 and Berit in 2008, “for exceptional nearly two decades ago, has offered a promotion of Norwegian culture, music, wealth of distinguished events over the and art in the United States.” years. The schedule has included concerts For some years now, Per Brevig has also at such celebrated locales as Carnegie been conducting symphonic and operatic Hall and Lincoln Center, seminars at performances in locales ranging from New Columbia University, many orchestral and York to California, from Texas to Norway, solo programs at various churches and other and elsewhere. venues of the metropolitan area. The success of the Edvard Grieg Of special significance is the presentation Society, which quickly became an integral from time to time of American premieres, most part of New York’s musical life, is due of notably of works by Norwegian composers. course to many other dedicated people as High on the list is Arne Nordheim, Norway’s well. First of all we may salute the hard- composer laureate, whose Violin Concerto working Board of the EGS from the outset, was premiered in Carnegie’s Recital Hall, the support of Norwegian government with Per Brevig conducting and Norway’s officials, and the many musicians who have Photo: Lee Grandin Arve Tellefson soloing. performed at EGS events. For the latter, we The even featured the Stavanger Musikkoprs band from Norway. The Grieg Society was established under may particularly commend the excellent the aegis of Dr. Per Brevig, the Norwegian- Tacoma-born cellist, Darrett Adkins, who Vi c t o r i a Ho f m o Folklorist, Turkish Drumming, Polish born musician who for over a quarter of a has played in many EGS programs. Brooklyn, N.Y. Folk Dancers, Swedish Children Dancers, century (until 1994) served as principal For further information on the EGS, you a Tarantella and the finale was the annual trombonist of the Metropolitan Opera may contact the Edvard Grieg Society at 10 Before 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, I maypole dance choreographed for the orchestra. While serving as the indefatigable Kenyon Court; Norwood, NJ 07648; Phone/ heard the sound of fog horns and knew this SECM. Edvard Greig Society president, Per Fax: (201)750-0526. You are most welcome didn’t bode well. Would the Scandinavian One highlight was when Councilman Gentile honored Arnie Bergamn, the Vice- Brevig continues to wear other hats as well. to join the Society. East Coast Museum once again suffer from For many years, he has been teaching on uncooperative weather putting a damper on President of the SECM and Volunteer the faculty of New York City’s three major their Viking Fest? The Fest is less than a Coordinator at the Norwegian Christian music schools—Juilliard, Manhattan, and block from the waterfront. Home & Health Center as the Norwegian of But even with the dense fog, the re- the Year. This year’s event was co-sponsored Aslakson also told the same newspaper enactors, vendors and museum began setting by The Norwegian Consulate in New York, Andersonville hon … what he saw when he entered the camp. up. By 11:45, the Stavanger Musikkorps Thrivent Financial Securities, Inc., Michael (…continued from page 1) “There were long rows of dead soldiers lying band from Norway poured out of the bus—50 Jamet, Greg Ahl and the Bay Ridge Baptist entirely naked, emaciated, nothing but skin musicians, family members and their leader Church. which implies that all Norwegian immigrant and bones,” said Aslakson. “That made us Morten Hansen. In their navy blue uniforms Historic Arms and the SCA (Society families were affected somehow. More newcomers sick with horror and despair. Our flanked by Norwegian flags and their banner, for Creative Anachronism) are the two re- than 1,000 never came home; others were death sentence seemed to be written in bold they were a sight to behold and to hear. enactment groups that have been part of the seriously injured, physically and/or mentally. letters on the door...” The Scandinavian East Coast Museum event for years. They entertain, as well as The tragedy cannot be measured, but must According to Greipsland, too little has had a spring festival every year, but educate the crowds. Of course their popular not be forgotten, since many experienced a attention is paid to the role Norwegian the date had not been fixed. About eight combat demonstrations are a hit, but so gruesome start to their new lives. The dream immigrants played in the Civil War. “For years ago they decided to permanently fix were their embroidery displays and spinning became a nightmare. Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans, the date to the Saturday before Brooklyn’s lessons. You could even have your runes During a one-and-a-half-hour tribute, we today honor all who are buried in 17th of May Parade. This way, the weekend read. Torbjørn Greipsland of Askim, Norway, Andersonville, but we especially honor the becomes a Bay Ridge celebration of all This event has a definite New York author of the bilingual book “Norwegians Norwegians who participated in the Civil War things Scandinavian. Bucolic Bliss Park is tinge, as people from all countries partake in the POW Camps: A thousand Norwegian and gave their lives for their new country.” the perfect location. whether by wearing sunglasses embellished soldiers died during the American Civil Norwegian Colonel Ole Martin Hojem, A few years ago the entertainment with the Norwegian flag, or munching on War,” (Nordmann in dødsleirene – Tusen Military and Naval Attaché and Assistant portion was expanded and renamed “Touched lapskaus, smorbrød and waffles provided by norske soldater døde I den amerikanske Defense Attaché, Royal Norwegian by the Vikings.” It includes music and dance Nordic Delicacies. As the SECM’s president borgerkrigen), spoke about the men interned Embassy, Washington, D.C., concluded the from any country that had a connection to beamed, she stated, “The point of the event in the camp. program by laying a wreath in memory of the Vikings. These connections are briefly is not to educate Scandinavians about “Why did Norwegians enlist in the the Norwegian soldiers. He said, “I must mentioned as the groups are introduced and themselves, it is to share our culture with the army when they did not have to?” asked recognize the American people for the way printed in the program. This year included rest of New York and as you can tell from the Greipsland. in which they honor the men and women the: Celtic Pipers, Irish Dance, a Hellenic crowd, it has been a great success.” “This is probably best answered by 9th who serve in the military, and how they Minnesota Regiment Volunteer Infantry acknowledge the sacrifices made by their soldier Bjørn Aslakson, originally from families. It is overwhelming for a Norwegian Proud to bring you the Rauland in Telemark,” he said. “Aslakson to experience.” told a newspaper, ‘my country was in dire Norwegian Note: For more information about American Weekly need and called all loyal sons to its defense Andersonville, go to www.nps.gov/ande and, although, I had a wife and family, I could not say no’.”

JUNE 5, 2009 • WWW.NORWAY.COM • NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY In Yo u r Ne i g h b o r h o o d 13 The Wergeland… (…continued from page 1) Sangerfest 2009 “In selecting the name it was natural to bring forward Henrik Wergeland, our great advocate for human rights, freedom and The tradition continues tolerance,” says the Minister of Education and Research, Baard Vegar Solhjell. The Wergeland Centre functions as an No r s e m e n Ch o r u s Eugene, Ore. European resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship. The Centre builds on The Norsemen men’s chorus of Sonja and, will promote, the work performed by Lodge, Sons of Norway, will host the 100th the Council of Europe and Norway within Sangerfest, or song festival, of the Pacific these areas. The main task of the Centre is Coast Norwegian Singers Association. The to promote democratic culture and social gala event will take place at the Hilton belonging through its work with education. Hotel in Eugene, Ore. on the weekend of The Centre will carry out research and June 25 through the 29. The festival will provide in-service training for teachers and Henrik Arnold Wergeland (1808 – 1845) was a be highlighted by the Centennial Sangerfest teacher trainers. Furthermore, the Centre will romantic poet and an important historian. He Grand Concert on June 26 at 7:30 p.m. the annual business meeting, his chorus disseminate information, serve as a platform worked for the independence of all nations, was an advocate for democracy, and an eager defender The PCNSA continues the tradition was accepted into the organization and he and create a network for relevant actors of Norwegian male vocal singing, which of freedom of faith and freedom of expression. was voted in as President. In addition, he within the field. The Centre has international Wergeland realized that the young Norwegian became popular in the late 1800s and peaked was talked into hosting Sangerfest the next staff, and the working language is English. nation was in need of active citizens in order for during the early 1900s. Norwegians in year. That 1959 festival was the 50th of the The target groups of the Centre are development to take place, and true power was to America brought with them their traditions PCNSA and coincided with the Centennial teachers, teacher trainers, multipliers, be found in knowledge. He thus made his home and characteristic love of song. They created of the State of Oregon’s statehood. In an scientists, practitioners, decision makers and library available to everyone, working to make a bond between those of Norwegian birth interesting coincidence of time and place, other relevant actors. people proud of their own language and culture. and those of Norwegian ancestry through his grandson, Mark Agerter, also of Eugene, The Wergeland Centre is established Wergeland also wrote several speeches, poems music and fellowship. Many sons, fathers, is President of the PCNSA and Sangerfest as an independent legal entity, according and songs in connection with the Norwegian Constitution Day (the national day). Among and grandfathers have sung together during Chair for the 100th festival, 50 years later, in to Norwegian law. The Centre is for the the life of the organization. Heritage and other things he wrote the first national anthem for 2009. first couple of years to be located at Oslo children. Few other Norwegians have contributed tradition run deep throughout Norwegian Many towns in Norway also continue University College. Further on it is planned so much to the amendment of the Norwegian male chorus history. to support men’s choruses. The Hauka that the Centre is located at the Center constitution with respect to opening the country’s In 1902, representatives of various Mannskor from Soknedal, Norway will be for Studies of Holocaust and Religious borders to , and throughout his whole life he choruses met in Seattle and organized the featured as the guest chorus for this year. Minorities (HL-senteret). held an uncompromising focus on compassion Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association. Director Tove Ramlo Ystad and the Hauka In his speech at the ceremony, Norwegian and tolerance. The first Sangerfest was held in Everett, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that choir are touring the west coast this summer knowledge production, training, research Wash. in 1903 and they have continued to be the Norwegian Government was honored to and will have concert stops in Vancouver and network building. And secondly – a held nearly every year since that time. There cooperate with the Council on establishing Canada, Seattle, Portland, Eugene and San centre for dissemination of information and were occasional interruptions when war or this institution in Oslo. Francisco. best practices in these important areas,” economic difficulties made it impossible to “My hope is that the Centre will The concert is open to the public and Støre said. justify holding the annual gathering. Current will be performed by a combined choir of become – firstly – a leading institution for member choruses of the PCNSA include, in nearly 150 singers. It will include traditional Washington: Bellingham, Everett, Skagit Norwegian, Scandinavian, and American Valley, Poulsbo, Seattle and Tacoma. In choral music. Tickets may be purchased in Oregon: Salem and Eugene, and in California: DINA advance or at the door. N VIA Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and This Sangerfest is underwritten, in part, A m N San Diego. C midsu mer by the Sons of Norway Foundation. S al cel In 1958, Howard Herbranson of the For further information contact nu eb Eugene Norsemen, attended the Sangerfest in n r Dan Moore at (541) 510-8393 or email a at Everett, Washington to apply for membership [email protected]. st io in the PCNSA on behalf of his chorus. At 1 n 2

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Eager to retain the By the end of the 1880s, Union matters their annual Scandinavian Midsummer Oregon loyalty of his Norwegian subjects, Carl Johan, so dominated Norwegian politics that the Festival, which will take place June 27- Astoria Scandinavian Festival 2009 in separate resolutions of April 11, 1835 and cleavages created came to influence all other 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at June 19-21 Jan.23, 1836, acknowledged that Norwegian questions of national life. The emotional Bond Park. Midsummer festivities center Astoria, Ore. should be present when decisions affecting strains seems on the verge of disintegrating around the Maypole, a 20-foot-tall pole The festival opens Friday afternoon at 2 their interests were decided. As a result of the political party system, still in its infancy. decorated with live flowers and ribbons. p.m. at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. these resolutions, and the subsequent decision Norwegian demands for equality within the Dancers and musicians encircle the pole The festivities continue on Saturday with that allowed the Norwegian merchant flag Union were met by Swedish insistence that with lively music and dancing. For more the Troll Run at 8 a.m. Scandinavian to be flown on Norwegian ships in all seas she be the dominant partner, a situation, information, a schedule of events, or pho- foods, crafts, children’s activities and en- in 1838, Carl Johan’s popularity in Norway Swedes insisted, that had been the case since tos, visit www.estesmidsummer.com. tertainment will be available all weekend. reached its apex. 1814. By the 1890s, the struggle between Sunday begins with the famous Rotary Nationalism in Norway in the years of Norway and Sweden focused primarily on Illinois Pannukakku Breakfast at 8am, and ends the mid-nineteenth century manifested itself, the Norwegian demand for their own foreign Bjornson Male Chorus Concert & Din- with the closing ceremony at 4 p.m. Ad- to a great extent, in non-political ways, such minister and the Swedish insistence that the ner Dance mission: $6.00 for adults, $2.00 for chil- as revivals of cultural and intellectual life. Swedes run foreign affairs. June 12 dren 6-12. For more information, contact Folklore and folk music inspired a national The election of 1891 introduced the Elk Grove Village, Ill. the Astoria’s Chamber of Commerce at fascination with bonde kulturen, and the Liberals (Venstre) party slogan “eget norsk Join the Bjornson Male Chorus for a con- (800) 875-6807, or visit www.astorias- quaint primitive aspects of Norwegian rural utenriksstyre” into the political debate. cert and dinner dance on June 12! Social canfest.com. life and customs. Leading intellectuals denied Although the Liberal popular vote increased, hour begins at 6:30 p.m., and concert be- the existence of an anti-Union party and only the Conservative opposition rejected gins at 7:30 p.m. Dinner follows the con- 100th Sangerfest in the stirrings of marginal labor unrest, the nationalist theme. Lacking a united cert, and dancing to the Dave Kyrk Trio! June 26 led by Marcus Thrane, was there a hint of populace, the idea of a separate Norwegian foreign office was doomed to failure. Since The event is at Avalon Banquets in Elk Eugene, Ore. dissatisfaction with established authority. there was technically no way for Norway Grove Village, Ill. Price $30.00 per per- The Pacific Coast Norwegian Singer’s The Union of Norway and Sweden had to establish a separate foreign minister son. For reservations, call John Lee at Association will hold their 100th Sanger- become stabilized and generally remained unilaterally without Swedish military (847) 741-4210. fest in Eugene, Ore. June 26. The Norse- so until the emergence of the Liberal reaction; after 1895, Norwegians shifted men, one of the twelve PCNSA member Party (Venstre) agitating for an expansion their demands from that of a separate foreign Minnesota choruses, will host the event. Nearly 150 of the electorate and an increased role minister to seeking a separate consular Nordic Hjemkomst Festival 2009 singers will perform a Grand Concert on for Stortinget in what would become a service. In reality, this could be justified by June 26-28 June 26 at 7:30 p.m. and will be joined by marked constitutional struggle between the the quantifiably increased activity of the Moorhead, Minn. the Hauka Mannskor from Norway. Cost Norwegian parliament and the monarchy. Norwegian merchant marine and the need for The annual Nordic Hjemkomst Festi- of the event is $15/seat. Email ticket re- By the 1880s, the Union had again become additional aid and protection for Norwegian val will feature the theme “Nordic Spirit quests to centennialsangerfest@comcast. the primary force in Norwegian political life. There it would remain until final resolution seamen in foreign ports. Rocks” with special highlights during the net or call (541) 510-8393. On this issue, Norwegian radicals, Finnish Expo. To buy your festival pass in 1905. however, supported the demand for a separate buttons, visit www.fargostuff.com or call Just as Norway adopted ministerial Wisconsin consular service as only the first step in the the Nordic Culture Clubs office at (218) responsibility in 1884 and increased the Seven-Lag Stevne eventual full separation of the two countries. 299-5452.ScandinavianHjemkomstFesti- constitutional authority of the legislative June 25-28 The same issue had been raised during the val.org branch, Sweden, too, moved in that direction, River Falls, Wisconsin although with less immediate success. debates on the revision of the constitution in The annual Sju-Lag Stevne represents Ironically, as a result of this, relations between 1814, but rejected in favor of joint consuls Vestlandslag Stevne and Vosselag Cen- seven different areas of Norway: Tele- tennial Celebration the union partners were further strained when and a foreign minister in Stockholm who mark, Toten, Numedal, Sigdal, , Sweden, in 1885, placed the foreign ministry was the titular head of the joint consular June 18 Land, and Ringerike Drammen District. Albert Lea, Minn. more directly under the control of the service. Although both Conservatives and This year’s host is Telelaget, representing Liberals agreed that separate services ought Vestlandslag has a stevne each June. This Swedish parliament (Riksdag). Prior to the Telemark. The Sju-Lag Stevne provides to be established, there was no agreement one is special in that Vosselag, one of the change, diplomatic Matters were prepared by an excellent learning opportunity for those as to how this was to be done. The Liberals member lags first met in Albert Lea June officials responsible to the Union monarch. of Norwegian heritage. The theme for this would support Norwegian unilateral action, 24, 1909. A special project has been iden- After the spring of 1885, however, all year’s event is “Bridging the Genera- while the Conservatives sought to fulfill the tifying original Vosselag Charter Mem- diplomatic matters were to be prepared by tions,” with an appeal to the young and to demand by negotiating a resolution with bers of 1909-1910, and finding/inviting Swedish officials primarily responsible to the families. Students will be admitted free. Sweden. descendants to join the celebration.Vivian Swedish foreign minister. To Norwegians, it For details, contact http://stevne.telelaget. TO BE CONTINUED… Gullickson White has been heading this was a further indication that Norway was com or John Haugo at (715) 381-1430. project. For more information, visit www. dependent on Sweden in its relations with NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY • WWW.NORWAY.COM • JUNE 5, 2009 Venner.Make the most of your time – fl y smoothly and comfortably to your friends and family. 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