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The Scandinavian Scene The Scandinavian Scene Published by the Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University 2015, Issue #1 FEATURES INSIDE: SÁMI FILM FESTIVAL NORWEGIAN EMIGRATION UPCOMING CLASSES SWEDISH GENEALOGY NORDIC ORGAN CONCERT VESTERHEIM MUSEUM SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL CENTER LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS President-Linda Caspersen Advancement-Ed Larson Vice President-Ed Larson Artifacts-Linda Caspersen Treasurer- Lisa Ottoson Classes-Karen Bell/Ruth Peterson Secretary-Lynn Gleason Docents-Kate Emanuel-French Immediate Past President-Melody Stepp Exhibits-Melody Stepp Hospitality-Gerda Hunter EX-OFFICIO BOARD Kitchen-Norita Stewart/Clarene Johnson Elisabeth Ward, Director of SCC Membership-Lynn Gleason James Albrecht, Dean of Humanities Programs-Lisa Ottoson Claudia Berguson, Svare-Toven Endowed Publicity–Marianne Lincoln/Judy Scott Professor in Norwegian Student Connections-Linda Nyland Jennifer Jenkins, Chair of Scandinavian Area Swedish Heritage Program-Betty Larson Studies Program Webmaster-Sonja Ruud Kerstin Ringdahl, Curator of Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection VOLUNTEER DOCENTS Troy Storfjell, Associate Professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies Christine Beasley Esther Ellickson Margie Ellickson GROUP COORDINATORS Kate Emanuel-French Outreach-Kim Kittilsby Joanne Gray Activities-Janet Ruud Maren Johnson Services-Melody Stepp Julie Ann Hebert AFFILIATED MEMBERS Carroll and Delores Kastelle Carmen Knudtson Gloria Finkbeiner/Carol Olsen -Danish Karen Kunkle Sisterhood Lisa Ottoson Inge Miller - Danish Sangaften Karen Robbins Mardy Fairchild - Embla Lodge #2 Janet Ruud Tom Heavey - Greater Tacoma Peace Prize Lorilie Steen Chris Engstrom - Nordic Study Circle Carol Voigt Sarah Callow - Vasa Lodge Please feel free to contact any of us if you have COVER IMAGE: questions or suggestions! Information on how Still from Disney’s Frozen, showing the stave to reach specific members is available from SCC church architecture of Arendelle Castle. Director Elisabeth Ward at (253) 535-7349 or The exhibition “Norwegian Inspiration for Disney’s Frozen,” curated by Elisabeth Ward, [email protected]. You may also email our main will be on display at the SCC until March 8th. address [email protected] or call during open hours to (253) 535-7532. pg. 1 FROM THE DIRECTOR... coming up in the next few weeks. The Sámi Film Festival on Feb. 6th is entirely Happy 2015 everyone! There is the doing of Lynn Gleason, the Wheat so much to look forward to in Weaving class on Feb. 8th is the brain 2015, lots of great events and also child of Karen Bell, and the program exciting opportunities ahead for on Feb. 10th about Emigration from the Scandinavian Cultural Center Norway comes to us from Judy Scott. to expand our collaborations with And of course, Ed and Betty Larson our member organizations, sister continue to take the helm on the institutions, and PLU divisions Swedish Heritage Program. If you have and offices. I will have more details an idea for a program or a class, the about all of that in the Membership Cultural Council, myself and PLU are Request letters coming out in here to facilitate. And we are looking late February. Remember, all for volunteers to help with our big membership renewals are now due Christmas programs especially. Please in March, which is membership contact Lisa Ottoson if you could lend a hand. month! So please renew. Your membership and donations ensure the continued preservation of I hope my own contributions to the PLU’s Scandinavian heritage. Scandinavian Cultural Center are well received. The exhibition “Norwegian Inspiration for Getting to know the Scandinavian Cultural Disney’s Frozen” certainly has been! The next Center members has reminded me of getting exhibition planned for the Hildahl Gallery is to know my extended family back in Iceland. a bit more challenging; it is entitled “Comings So many of the members have deep personal and Goings: Scandinavian Approaches to ties to one another, the SCC, and PLU. Linda Birth and Death.” I will be working with PLU Caspersen has been an amazing resource for visiting faculty members Olivia Gunn and Erik me, and I am so grateful for her insights and Johannessen to put this exhibit together, which energy. Of course, I still miss Melody Stepp and will look at the way rituals and beliefs around hope she’ll be back to coordinating exhibitions birth and death have changed in Scandinavia with me soon! Thank you also to the docents over time. That exhibit will open March 17th, who have been especially kind about sharing and I hope to see you at the opening reception. their background and stories with me - Esther Ellickson, Maren Johnson, Karen Robbins, Of course, Vikings are always popular, and Carmen Knudtson, the Kastelles, Julie Ann I have just mounted in the Larson Gallery an Hebert....each one has given me invaluable exhibition about the Vikings, using posters insights into PLU and the SCC. I am finally from the Oslo Ship Museum and artifacts from starting to feel a bit “in the loop”! our SCC collection. That will be up at least through the end of the Viking Film Series, which I’ve enjoyed having time for those sorts of continues Feb. 25th and April 1. Note that the conversations now that things have settled down time has changed from Sunday afternoons to a bit. But it will be picking back up again in no Wednesday evenings, but will still be lots of fun! time! The Scandinavian Cultural Center is a dynamic, grass-root organization, and we have We sure are a busy family here at the SCC... some great examples of that in the programming Skoal for 2015, and to all of you! Elisabeth pg. 2 1849. Very shortly thereafter,S POTLIGHT ON a large number of Norwegian settlers arrived. By 1860 there were 1,960 inhabitants. In a 2010 census, the population of Decorah was 8,127. The town also hosts a Nordic Fest every year in early July to celebrate the Norwegian culture. Vesterheim is an important part of the town of Decorah, especially after it separated from Luther College in 1967. It’s collection currently boasts a library, a Folk Art School and showcases 12 historic buildings. This is the largest collection of Norwegian-American VISIT TO VESTERHEIM! artifacts of it’s kind in the world. According Elisabeth Ward, Ericka Michal and I (Linda to USA TODAY, Vesterheim is one of “ten great Caspersen) will have the opportunity to visit places in the nation to admire American folk Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum art.” You certainly do not need to be Norwegian- in Decorah, Iowa this February. We will be American to appreciate everything Vesterheim hosted by Laurann Gilbertson, long time Textile Curator at Vesterheim. This educational visit has to offer. Immigration is an ongoing saga will give great insight into our own current in the United States. By understanding our PLUSCC artifact collection as it relates to differences, we can begin to discover and honor content and updated appraisal values. The our similarities! viewing of the entire museum will take place on A highlight of the visit to Vesterheim Museum Sunday, February 1st, and some of its archives currently not on exhibit will be introduced to will be a presentation by our own Director Dr. us on Monday, the 2nd. This visit will also be Elisabeth Ward. She will be speaking about incorporated into the research project being the history of the SCC at PLU, about our conducted by Elisabeth and Ericka, which is collection, and it’s impact on our community funded by the Humanities Division’s “Kelmer and University. The staff of Vesterheim will be Roe Student-Faculty Research Award.” Ericka present and we are thrilled about getting the and Elisabeth put together a proposal to compare word out about our incredible Center! After the collection of the Scandinavian Cultural looking through some of the photographs of Center with Vesterheim’s collection. the catalogued pieces from Vesterheim and The Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum comparing them to pieces we have in our and Heritage Center houses over 24,000 artifacts. possession, I am even more convinced that the The collection of objects began in 1877 at Scandinavian Cultural Center and its offerings Luther College, which is the largest employer have an amazing amount to share with PLU in this small town nestled along US Route 52 faculty and students. and Highway 9 in the northeast corner of Iowa. Decorah was named after Waukon Decorah, a As President of the PLUSCC, I feel this powerful Winnebago tribal leader. After the trip directly implements one of the goals I removal of the Winnebago people in 1848, the had as incoming president which is more Day family was allowed to acquire their land in collaboration with other institutions on a local pg. 3 THE COLLECTIONS as well as national and Hougen family, the trunk will be on display in international level. I am truly honored to be a the Stuen Room of the SCC for the foreseeable part of this endeavor and am looking forward to future. sharing the experience upon our return. It will be joined by another trunk recently På Gjensyn, Linda Caspersen donated to the Scandinavian Cultural Center, TWO ROSEMALED CHESTS which comes to us from a much less likely direction, Hawaii! The trunk is dated to 1840, Though the Scandinavian Cultural Center has but was in Askøy (near Bergen), Norway until a lot of impressive tapestries, and wonderful 1965. It was originally from Lyster (Sognefjord) carvings and a great collection of bunads, one in Norway. It comes to the Scandinavian Cultural thing we have not had much of in our collection Center thanks to a conference held on the PLU is rosemaled chests. Vesterheim on the other hand has so many, they are no longer accepting any more! That turned out to be fortunate for us, because it meant that the Hougen Family decided to donate their family trunk to PLU/SCC.
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