Swedish Club News

Vol. 56, Issue 9: September 2017 Swedish Club . Seattle . Washington A home for the Nordic-American community The Club Has Class—Lots of Them, in Fact eptember being the back-to-school month, it’s Stime to boast about the great classes available at the Swedish Club. Our Swedish language classes continue to be popular and of high Our Mission caliber. Lead instructor Laura Wideburg has To promote better understanding won prizes for translating books from Swedish to between the United States and English and for her dedication to teaching. She has a Ph.D. in medieval German literature and the Nordic countries, with historical linguistics from the UW, and has emphasis on Sweden, and to written a series of six textbooks for teaching perpetuate Nordic culture Swedish. In addition to language courses, Laura and traditionsBeginning through the will teach a Swedish history class this fall, teaching, observance, practice focusing on the Vasa dynasty. and celebration of this culture Carina Hurtig Boczar was born, raised and and its traditions. educated in Sweden, but since coming to this country, she has been teaching Swedish to children at the Swedish School (Svenska Skolföreningen), which meets Sundays at the Swedish Club, and to our students in the evening. Berit Lehner was born and raisedFrom in Sweden yarn to finished cloth and now teaches the drop-in conversational class at the Club. Catharina Lundin is another native Swede. Since coming to the Seattle area, she too teaches children at the Swedish School and online for Rosetta Stone. Pia Nyström has an M.Ed. from Sweden and is also a graduate student at the University of Washington. Students rate our language classes as top notch, and the fact that we consistently fill up to seven different levels each quarter is a testimony to the quality of their teaching. The cost of language classes The Swedish Club’s Wednesdayranges from $85 for blue evenings card Club members to 6:30$100 teachers. - 8:30 From the p.m. top: New, four-classfor theseries public. Most classesstart meet on on Monday, Sept. Tuesday Language13, Oct. teachers 11 and Nov. 8 or Thursday evenings; there are Thursday drop-in Laura Wideburg, Four class series $89 for Blue Card members and $112 forCatharina non-members. Lundin, Pia Also open sessions and a regular Friday conversation class, both to youths 13 and older with an accompanying adult. LoisNystrom, Gaylord Berit isLehner the instructor. at noon. Visit swedishclubnw.org/Events/classes.htm and Carina Hurtig for the schedule. Classes start Oct. 5. For a registration Boczar; weaving form, visit our website or call the Club—or just show 1920 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109 | 206-283-1090instructor | Free parkingLois Gaylord; | SWEDISHCLUBNW.ORG up for the class of your choice. folkdance teacher Pat Cont. on p. 4 McMonagle.

www.swedishclubnw.org Swedish Club Club Notes 1920 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 ou go, girl,” one member said to me in supporting the efforts of the Swedish Club and relation to last month’s article, “The Years the new Nordic Council, here’s how you can 206-283-1090 Club Business “Y 206-283-1078 Rentals of Being Nordic.” The article was about our newly support our lively Nordic scene: 206-283-2970 FAX formed project resting on the old concept of • Patronize Nordic businesses and support [email protected] bringing local Nordic groups together for mutual club activities. [email protected] support and growth. This is not about melding the • Put your favorite Nordic nonprofit groups, [email protected] www.swedishclubnw.org clubs together, just meeting to help one another. such as the Swedish Club or other groups, in Office Hours She’s very much in favor of the effort, as are your will. Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. many others we’ve heard from. • Invite people to attend events with you at Board of Directors We do have an incredibly rich and vibrant the Club and/or promote Club membership. President Gary Sund Past President Paul Heneghan Nordic culture here in the greater Seattle area. • Invest in the Club’s future by becoming a Vice President Janice Bogren For instance, we have food (Old Ballard Liquor Lifetime member. Secretary Vi Reno Treasurer Judith Peterick Co.’s café, Scandinavian Specialties, the Swedish • Offer to be part of the Club’s volunteer Directors: Patrick Dolan, Mary Emerson, Club, various bakeries, etc.), we have music outreach by helping another Nordic group Mary Hillman, Monica Grafstrom Hinckley, Chris Jones, Larry Omdal, Don Wahlquist (too many musical and dance groups to list, with a fund-raising event. Swedish Club Foundation including two radio stations with programs President Bob Blair dedicated to Nordic music), we have clubs The list could go on, but you get the idea: VP/Treasurer Leif Eie Secretary Berit Lehner (again, too many to mention) and so on. Prioritize Nordic interests. Club Operations Nordics and Nordic descendants who move My last suggestion is the easiest of all. When Executive Director Kristine Leander here from other places are often awestruck by you’re at the Club, be friendly and welcoming to Rentals/Facil. Mgr. Doug Newlands Office/Vol. Coord. Eva Larson our local Nordic culture. One Swede who lived everyone you meet. Make sure that both Event Coord. Britt Erika Leggett for a while in London reported that she felt closer newcomers and longtime members recognize Rentals Coord. Court Potter Staff Accountant Sue Johnson to home (Sweden and Norway) here in Seattle, the warm reception they receive at the Swedish Nominating Committee Chair 9,000 miles from home, than she had in London, Club. Now, more than ever, connection, Jan Sullivan only a thousand miles from home. Wow! What community, kindness and respect are what we all Club Historian Aina Oscarsson does that say about Seattle’s Nordic culture? need. Join us in making sure they’re in ample Swedish Club Guild I’ve heard the idea that a community supply at the Club. That helps us keep a vibrant Vice President Carol Graves works to preserve only something it’s in danger Nordic culture alive in the Northwest. Secretary Jan Sullivan Treasurer Alana Brandstrom of losing. If that’s true, are we at risk of losing Parliamentarian Jean Wirch our rich Nordic cultural scene in the North- Kristine Leander, Executive Director Swedish Singers of Seattle west? Not if we can help it! In addition to [email protected] Swedish Women’s Chorus & Svea Male Chorus [email protected] swedishsingersofseattle.org Sept. 29: Wine Tasting with Cedergreen Cellars Swedish Club News Editor: Kristine Leander ou know us: Anything Swedish is They proudly start with Copy Editor: Martin Stillion Yin at the Swedish Club. So when awe-inspiring grapes, handle Swedish Club News (USPS 533-750) the owners of a Swedish winery came them with care, take short is published monthly as part of calling, we said yes. Friday, Sept. 29, is hours from vine to winery and yearly membership dues at $15 per your opportunity to meet Kevin and use a light hand to bring out the person, per year, by the Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, Julie Cedergreen and sample wines very best the fruit has to offer. WA 98109-2795. Telephone is from Cedergreen Cellars. Their motto is: “Food friendly, 206-283-1090. Periodicals post- age paid at Seattle, Washington. Kevin’s heritage is Swedish, with fruit forward with bright flavors Postmaster: send address changes farfar John Cedergreen immigrating in the late and respect for the earth it comes from.” to Swedish Club News, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-2795. 1800s and morfar and mormor, the Nelsons, We’re now stocking several Cedergreen Deadline for material for the coming in 1910. Kevin’s childhood was spent in wines in our bar. The price is a little higher, but next issue is Sept. 15. Eastern Washington, and he grew up with an worth it. Come on Friday, Sept. 29, and see for Bring articles into the office or fax to 206-283-2970. You may also appreciation of the rhythm of nature and the yourself. Wine tasting at 5 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. e-mail articles to good things that come with it. Now he and Julie by dinner from Chef Christine, with recom- [email protected]. make wine that captures the essence of harvest. mended Cedergreen wine pairings.

2 september 2017 President’s Message SC Announces ou must visit Stockholm someday. It offers Sodermalm neighborhood. It’s a little like eating News about, or in the interest Yso many things to see and experience. My at Dick’s here in Seattle. Tunnbrod is a thin of our members... Vinda, wife, and I are still reminiscing about Swedish flatbread, similar to a large flour tortilla. The Swedish Club announces 1,223 our recent trip to this wonderful city. It’s rolled into a cone and filled with a hot dog, member households, including 82 Stockholm itself is a group of islands mashed potatoes and your choice of other Lifetime members and 1443 Social connected by bridges and water taxis. Consider goodies: salad, carrots, rutabagas, shrimp mix, members. Our members’ names staying on one of the many boats that have you name it. I have it on good authority that appear in boldface in Swedish been turned into hotels next to the Gamla Stan our lunchtime Kafé chefs are adding tunn- Club News. (Old Town) and Sodermalm neighborhoods in brodsrulle to their Friday menus during the city center. They are quite reasonable and September. Now you can try it for yourself. New Members comfortable. The boats have community rooms We continued on to Sodermalm to enjoy Beth Bristol with bars and restaurants where you can spend the architecture and witness the night life. There Kristine Ekman the evening after a day of exploring. You can were plazas full of tables surrounded by Ann Forslund also sit out on the deck with your favorite restaurants and bars with tons of people. It Gene Grantham beverage, enjoying the fabulous view of the city seems no one stays in at night. You can’t help Britta Johnson & Adam Croft and the water. Remind you of someplace you but smile and enjoy yourself; it’s contagious. Chris Knoll* know? There’s even WiFi if you need to plug in. Imagine it’s dark, it’s midnight and you’re To celebrate our anniversary, we went to being led down a five-foot-wide cobblestone Kara Lagerloef the fabulous restaurant Den Gyldene Freden alley in the Old Town by a mysterious, Ara & Todd Merkens & family (The Golden Peace) in the Old Town. It was black-clad figure complete with top hat, cape, Megan Murray* established in 1722 and is recognized by lantern and walking stick. It’s the perfect setting Wayne Nelson Guinness World Records as the oldest restaurant for a ghost walk. Our guide, a displaced English Sian Newman* in the world whose location hasn’t changed: the actor, led a dozen of us through the streets and Mark Stephens* 18th-century building and its surroundings have told stories of the black plague, ghosts of looked pretty much the same for almost 300 prisoners left to die in underground tombs and *Social member years. We enjoyed a memorable five-course other ghastly tales. Finally we were led to the meal, served by a wonderful waiter. We also smallest statue in Sweden (about 10 inches high), Corporate Members found an Italian restaurant in the Old Town that where legend has it if you leave a coin and rub A. Price Consulting was two floors underground—almost like it its head you will someday return. In fact we Dwyla Donohue Enterprises, Inc. was carved out of stone. It was quite cozy and did return—the following day, to rub the head Rainier Title everyone shared tables. again and leave another coin, just to be sure. Seattle Counselors Association At the opposite end of the scale from the Legacy. Loyalty. Community. Singer Galleries Freden, we had a go at a popular street food, Gary Sund Pay it forward to future generations at the Swedish Club. tunnbrodsrulle, from a stand near the [email protected] Pancake Guests helps keep the lights on, Aug. 6: 539 1. The Swedish Club’s general fund DIRECT the programs running and the building maintained. Well Done, Donors! YOURDeath 2. Building renovations will go toward planned improvements, such as a new elevator, air conditioning, etc. People give to the Swedish Club for all kinds of GIFTAlan McCool 3. The Swedish Club Foundation is an endowment fund reasons. Here’s a list of who donated recently and for the Club’s long-term stability. why. There’s room for you on this list—call New address? Send your address changes or corrections to Swedish 206-283-1090 to learn more. General Fund Building Renovations Swedish Club Foundation Club, Attn.: Address Change, 1920 General Fund: Peter Strong, Laura Wide- ___ $5,000 ___ $1,000 ___ $500 ___ $250 ___ $100 ___ Other amount: ______Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109. burg & Asmus Freytag n My check is enclosed n Charge my Visa, MasterCard, or American Express Or you can e-mail to Elevator: Georg Pedersen & Ada Brady GeorgAda and Brady, Ada whosehave donated Swedish to theheritage new Card number______Expires______elevator at the Club. We hope they can take [email protected]. is through her mor-mor, gets to n My employer will match this gift (form enclosed). ERIC Fund (Economic Resources to Insti- the inaugural ride when it’s completed, since know Danish-born Georg Pedersen Let us know if we left out your gate Culture): Swedish Women’s Educational Georg likesat to a riderecent elevators Club event.and Ada likes to Name ______push the buttons. Work on the elevator information by mistake. Association begins in January, Address ______www.swedishclubnw.org City State 3 ZIP code Phone ______Email (Please print)______Mail to Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 or donate online at www.swedishclubnw.org. CLASSES Cont. from p. 1 We’ve invited the We’re fortunate to have Lois Gaylord teaching weaving at the 2016 recipient, Thomas Club. She’s a master fiber artist and is now offering Wednesday Kovach, to give a evening classes for us. No experience is required. From yarn to presentation of his senior finished cloth, you will learn the fundamentals of this ancient craft. thesis for our next Lois teaches in a series of four two-hour classes from 6:30 to Members & Friends Dinner 8:30 p.m., starting on Sept. 13. A second evening series will start on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Oct. 11 and a third on Nov. 8. Our weaving classes are also open Thomas was raised in the to teens with an accompanying adult. Northwest and now lives The cost is $89 for a blue card Club member and $112 for a in Ballard. His passion for non-member. Visit swedishclubnw.org/Events/classes.htm to find Swedish history, language the registration form. As with the language classes, it’s OK to just and culture led him to show up with the form if you didn’t register in advance, or to pursue formal education start a week late. in the Scandinavian UW student Thomas Kovach in the Pat McMonagle offers a monthly Scandinavian dance class Studies department at the park in front of the Gustanavium on the second Friday evening of every month, starting at about 7:30 (Uppsala University museum) in UW, where he graduated p.m. He’s an expert at getting everyone up and moving. There’s no Uppsala, Sweden, January 2017. cum laude with a bachelor registration, no need for a partner and having two left feet is OK! of arts in Swedish. Our genealogy opportunities are not classes, but rather a The title of his talk is “Jag vill dö i Norden (I Want to Die in the chance for you to sit with a genealogist and research your ancestors. North): The Emergence and Success of Extreme Metal in Sweden.” In It’s free to blue card Club members and is available with no the years leading up to the turn of the millennium, a small under- appointment at the Swede Finn offices in our lobby on Mondays and ground collective in Sweden fostered a global revolution in extreme Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 2 p.m.–5 p.m. and music. Thomas studied at Uppsala in the fall of 2016, where he every pancake Sunday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. researched the origin, evolution and legacy of heavy metal music, as Though it takes many different forms, the famous Scandinavian well as the ideologies and personalities that defined it. Come commitment to education is alive and well at the Club. We hope prepared to learn about one of Sweden’s most atypical exports. you’ll get involved by signing up for a class that interests you. Chef Malin will prepare a Swedish favorite, Flygande Jakob (chicken casserole with bacon, curry, banana and peanuts) served The Price of Pancakes with rice, vegetables and salad. Dessert will be rhubarb strawberry olunteers at our monthly pancake breakfast want us to increase crumble with ice cream. All for $20. Social hour 5:30, dinner 6:30 Vthe price of pancakes. And since the labor is theirs, we are taking Please let us know by Monday, Sept. 11, whether you will their advice. At the first breakfast of the attend. Late reservations pay $25. new year, January 7, 2018, the price will go P.S. Several members have asked the Board to consider up by $1 for everyone: blue card members changing the Members & Friends Dinner to another Wednes- $8, nonmembers $10, children 5–12 $6, and day evening to accomplish two goals: (1) our meeting would children under 5 free. We haven’t raised no longer conflict with the monthly Sons of Norway meeting prices since 2010, and if you adjust for at Leif Erikson Lodge, possibly allowing more participation at inflation since then, these new prices are the Club; (2) it would no longer conflict with a standing rental either a bit less expensive or right on the here at the Club and give our members more parking spaces. mark in terms of the 2010 dollar’s buying Please give us your feedback on whether we should change, power. To sweeten this news for you just a probably to the third Wednesday of the month. E-mail bit, from now until Dec. 31, we’re selling [email protected] or call the Club to register your books of 10 pancake breakfast tickets at thoughts: 206-283-1090. Thank you! the current price. You can use these tickets anytime in 2018 and beyond. Christmas presents, anyone? What’s Up with the Building? his report updates our members on projects around the building. Members & Friends Dinner TYou can donate for specific projects, which would surely speed up very year, the Swedish Club gives a scholarship for one quarter’s our progress! Etuition to a student studying Swedish at the University of • Fountain in front of the building: The southern end of the Washington. Take a bow, members of the Swedish Club—we’re told fountain’s foundation has slightly sunk. The fountain is meant to that this is the largest scholarship given annually in the department. recycle water, but the slanting foundation results in water

4 september 2017 • Air conditioning: Under consideration by the Building & Facilities In Memoriam Committee and the Board. e were saddened to learn of the death of our former • Bathroom remodels: Plans are being considered. We are probably Wgenealogist Alan McCool. He came to us around 2009 unable to provide both air conditioning and new bathrooms in after having taught abroad for the foreseeable future. years at Queens University in • Property development: Still visioning. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Upon returning to the States, he had Coming Events at the Swedish Club completed a certificate course in Wednesday, Aug. 30. Swedish Bingo and Happy Hour. genealogy and family history at Members and guests welcome. Enjoy pea soup and homemade limpa the University of Washington, and bread. Bring cash, as bingo cards can be sold only for cash. (First offered to do free genealogy for card $10, additional cards $5.) Food at around 5, bingo at 7. us to sharpen his skills. We were thankful to have Wednesday, Sept. 6. Trivia and Happy Hour. him provide genealogy research Members and guests welcome. Every first Wednesday, come play Trivia. to our members and others on Enjoy pea soup and homemade limpa bread. Food at 5, Trivia at 7 p.m. Friday afternoons. We quickly grew accustomed to people Friday, Sept. 8. Casey MacGill plays at Happy Hour! waiting in and around our library for him to arrive. Casey MacGill has played boogie-woogie, swing and stride piano in Alan was single when he entered our lives, but soon added Seattle for decades. Sporting his signature pencil-thin mustache, he’s a wife Monica to his life. Then baby Oona also came along, to throwback to a bygone era of charm and style. Around 7:30 p.m. our delight. When she was very young, Alan used to bring her and a tiny baby tent while he did genealogy. Of course, there Friday, Sept. 8. Scandinavian Folkdance. was no shortage of grandmas to hold her when she needed it. Dance to live music from Sprida Ut with nyckelharpor from 8 to Eventually, Alan moved to the north end of town, just out 10:30 p.m. Partner not required! Dance: $8 members, $10 guests. of commuting range, and left us behind. We were saddened to Lesson at 7:30 to review basic dances. For information, contact learn that he was battling brain cancer. He, Monica and Oona [email protected]. moved to Colorado in recent years, but returned to the Saturday, Sept. 9. Kräftskiva 2017 Crayfish Party. Northwest for Alan to get treatment here. He passed away this Co-sponsored by SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association). July. Our heartfelt condolences go to Monica and Oona. Eat crayfish, drink snaps (made here at the Club), sing snapsvisa and dance the night away. (There’s more than crayfish on the menu. All splashing out and into the garden, running up our water bill. Last sorts of Swedish good things, such as pork loin, etc.) 7 p.m. $75. Must month’s newsletter inquired whether anyone knew if it had been RSVP to [email protected]. constructed with rebar. Ruby Nelson Beilby called us from California to report that her father, Nels Vernon Nelson, the Club’s onetime vice president for facilities, had been trained in Sweden as a carpenter and was a construction supervisor for Sellen Construction in Seattle. As Ruby reported, “He was a professional. We can’t imagine that he didn’t use rebar.” Armed with that reassurance, the Club will move ahead with trying to lift the south end of the foundation. • Butler kitchen: This is the small pass-through area in the north- west corner of the Three Crowns dining room. Funded to $12,000 by the annual auction. The Building & Facilities Commit- Friday, Oct. 6. Viking Disco. tee is considering a design to make this space usable as a small Life is more than raiding, pillaging and carving runestones. Once extra kitchen for our Friday chefs. We will need volunteers when a year, we let our inner Vikings out to boogie all night on our the work begins! dance floors. Authentic Viking dinner by James Bushell at • Elevator remodel: Work on the elevator has been delayed until 6 p.m.; slightly less authentic dance party at 8, with live band and January. DJ. Costumes encouraged. Blue card members: $20 to dance, • Ground floor entrance (Bengt’s doors): We requested donations in $45 with dinner; call 206-283-1090. Guests: $25 to dance, $50 honor of Bengt Hag to improve the area outside the doors. Plans with dinner; visit vikingdisco2017.brownpapertickets.com. are under way to replace the planter with benches and large pots. www.swedishclubnw.org 5 Sunday, Sept. 10. Swedish Pancakes. Wednesday, Sept. 27. Kafferep. September’s pancake breakfast is delayed a week due to Labor Monthly Swedish-style coffee party with homemade goodies from Day. Music and dancing, plus authentic Swedish pancakes, our best baking members. 2 p.m. You’re very welcome. lingonberries, ham et al. Music by Folk Voice Band, Skandia Wednesday, Sept. 27. Swedish Bingo. Kapell and TinnFelen Hardanger Fiddle Ensemble. Guests $9; blue Members and guests welcome. Enjoy pea soup and homemade limpa card Club members $7; children 5–12 $5. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Stay bread. Bring cash, as bingo cards can be sold only for cash. (First afterward for genealogy in our lobby. card $10, additional cards $5.) Food at around 5, bingo at 7. Wednesday, Sept. 13. Book Club. Wednesday, Sept. 27. Finnish Film. The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. A chilling, thrilling Keisarikunta (Harbor Brothers). This good-natured 2004 film mystery with supernatural elements by a master author of Icelandic follows the musical scene in Kotka during the 1950s. Audience will crime fiction. Grab a drink first and meet in the lobby or library. be in for a musical treat! 94 min. 7:30 p.m. $5 donation. 5:30 p.m. For info: [email protected] or 206-715-4869. Friday, Sept. 29. Wine Tasting. Wednesday, Sept. 13. Members & Friends Dinner. Meet Kevin and Julie Cedergreen and taste the delicious wines from Our program is by the Club’s 2016 scholarship recipient, Thomas Cedergreen Cellars. Our dinner selections will be paired with their Kovach, who will present his senior thesis on Sweden’s heavy metal music scene. Chef Malin’s menu is the Swedish favorite Flying Jakob: wines for the evening! 5 to 7 p.m. for wine tasting. In addition to chicken casserole with bacon, curry, banana and peanuts served with tastes, you can also buy a glass and/or a bottle of wine. rice and vegetables, and rhubarb-strawberry crumble for dessert. Friday, Sept. 29. Book Reading. Social hour 5:30, dinner 6:30. $20. RSVP: 206-283-1090 or rsvp@ A Bit of Candy in Hard Times, by local author Blaine Beveridge, is swedishclubnw.org. RSVPs after Monday pay $25. about a fisherman and rum runner who plies his trades—both of Wednesday, Sept. 13. Weaving Classes Start. them—in local waters. If you’ve ever been on a boat in the North- “From yarn to finished cloth.” No prior experience necessary. Learn west, you’ll enjoy reading about all the places this likeable but shady from experienced weaver/instructor Lois Gaylord. Series of four character travels to and from in Seattle and the nearby islands. Blaine two-hour classes: Wednesdays, Sept. 13–Oct. 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Use will explain what inspired him to write this story and the research that the Club’s looms. Blue card members $89; nonmembers $112. OK to went into it. He’ll also sell and sign copies. Around 7:30 p.m. start a week late. Next two series start on Oct. 11 and Nov. 8. Sunday, Oct. 1. Swedish Pancakes. Friday, Sept. 15. Sofia Talvik at the Club! Music and dancing, plus authentic Swedish pancakes, lingonberries, American folk with Swedish roots! Her exuberance and talent spill ham et al. Music by Nordic Reflections, Nordic Spirit and Bjarne out all evening! Hey, she’s beautiful too. Sofia blends pop and folk Jacobsen. Guests $9; blue card Club members $7; children 5–12 $5. for an enchanting evening. Around 7:30 p.m. Tips welcome. Also 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Stay afterward for genealogy help in our lobby. cowboy boots. She’s a fan of cowboy boots, so if you’ve got ’em, Wednesday, Oct. 4. Trivia. please wear ’em this evening. Members and guests are welcome. Every first Wednesday of the Wednesday, Sept. 20. Club Board Meeting. month, come play Trivia. Enjoy pea soup and homemade limpa Members are welcome to attend as guests. Public comment period bread. Food at around 5, Trivia at 7 p.m. at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting. Wednesday, Sept. 20. Craft Night and Happy Hour. The third Wednesday evening is the craft session at the Swedish Club, held in our bar. Pea soup starts at 5, crafts anytime. Wednesday, Sept. 20. Norwegian Film. Kongens nei (The King’s Choice). True story of events in Norway at the start of World War II, when King Haaken chose to fight the German invasion rather than accede. 7:30 p.m. 133 min. $5 donation. Friday, Sept. 22. Happy Hour with Overton Berry. Enjoy music by Seattle’s legendary soul jazz pianist. The extraordi- Wednesday, Sept. 27. Swedish Bingo. nary Jeff Davies will join Overton on bass. Tips welcome. 7:30 p.m. Members and guests welcome, every last Wednesday of the month. Enjoy pea soup and homemade limpa bread. Food at Saturday, Sept. 23. Guild Meeting. around 5 p.m., bingo at 7. Bring cash for your bingo cards! Be part of the fund-raising, fun-raising mission of the Club! 10 a.m.

6 september 2017 Every Tuesday Sing with Us! Svea Male Chorus meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and the Swedish Women’s Chorus from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Singing together is verrrry Swedish. No auditions, always fresh coffee, everyone welcome. Info: [email protected]. Every Wednesday (Except 2nd) Lilla Fredag and Happy Hour. Our bar is open for “Little Friday” with Swedish pea soup, home- made limpa bread and libations. 5 p.m. Every Friday Swedish Food: Kafé & Happy Hour! Our Friday Kafé serves up smörgås (open-face sandwiches), Swedish meatballs, desserts and more by Chefs Ann-Margret Lightle and Malin Jonsson, noon to 2 p.m. Evening Happy Hour showcases entrées weekly by Chef Christine Lea at 6 p.m. For menus, visit www.swedishclubnw.org.

Matinees. Films with English subtitles. $5 donation. 2 p.m. Come early for lunch in our Kafé (noon to 2). Friday, Sept. 15. Folk singer Sofia Talvik • Sept. 1. Swedish film: Svinalängorna (Beyond). returns to the Club! Above, Sofia, Kristine About a young girl’s childhood, told with humor Leander and a young friend show off their and sincerity. 96 min. cowboy boots the last time Sofia was in • Sept. 8. Danish film: Hævnen (In a Better World). Seattle, September 2012. Helping the Club? Drama about two families. 118 min. Volunteering is a fun Thursday, Oct. 5. Swedish Classes Resume! • Sept. 15. Swedish film: Små citroner gula (Love way to get to know people Come learn or refresh your Swedish! Or learn about and Lemons). Restaurant rom-com. 99 min. and to become part of the • Sept. 22. Norwegian film: Kongens nei (The King’s the Vasa dynasty. See the full class schedule at www. community that gathers at Choice). 133 min. swedishclubnw.org/Events/classes.htm#fall. the Swedish Club. We often • Sept. 29. Finnish film: Keisarikunta (Harbor Fridays, Oct. 6–27. Viking Film Series. need cashiers and servers Brothers). 94 min. Four amazing Viking films, starting with Hollywood for events. Call the Club to Call the Midwife. swashbuckler The Vikings with Kirk Douglas. 5 p.m. learn where you are needed Colorful stories of midwifery and families in London’s most. Friday, Oct. 6. Viking Disco & Dinner. East End in 1957. Free. 5:30 p.m. Ends Sept. 29. Bring your membership Love ABBA Night? Get your groove on again, Viking Standing Committee Meetings cards to events. It speeds style. As we know: “Vikings + disco = a natural fit.” Building & Property: 1st Monday of the month up lines and make it easier Music by cover band Prom Date Mixtape. Guest DJ (Sept. 11, Oct. 2, Nov. 6), 5 p.m. for volunteers selling tickets spins vinyl. Chef James Bushell creates an Finance: Mon. after 2nd Wed. (Sept. 18, Oct. 16, or checking you in. authentic Viking dinner in the bar at 6 p.m., followed Nov. 13), 4:30 p.m. by the dance party at 8 p.m. Costumes encouraged. Rentals available at Membership: 3rd Monday of the month, except Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Blue card members: $20 dance, $45 with dinner; call for holidays (Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20), 10 a.m. 206-283-1090. Guests: $25 dance, $50 with dinner at Ave N., Seattle. Call Board Nominating Committee: Usually 2nd vikingdisco2017.brownpapertickets.com. 206-283-1078 or visit Wed. (Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 8), 5 p.m. www.swedishclubnw.org/ Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Guild: Usu. 4th Sat. of the month (Sept. 23, Oct. Venues/venues.htm. If Genealogy Research. From the Swedish-Finn 28, Nov. 25), 10 a.m. you’ve been a blue card Historical Society in our lobby. Monday & Thursday Blue card Club members, volunteers and new member for at least a year, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Wednesday 2–5 p.m., every members welcome. For more information, e-mail you get a 20 percent pancake Sunday 10 a.m.–2 p.m. [email protected]. discount. www.swedishclubnw.org 7 Nordeen’s Art Travels Far and Wide e’re used to receiving occasional notes from Swedes who happen Wupon our website or have visited us in the past. Imagine our surprise at hearing from a couple in Germany! They have a painting by John Nordeen, the former general manager of the Club, whose art hangs in our upstairs hall. We’re quite proud of the collection we’ve built up with donations of paintings from Karin Gustafson, the estate of Jane Isakson Lea and others, and we were delighted to hear from Nordeen fans overseas. Martin Siebert wrote from Peine, Germany, about 25 miles east of Hanover, to say that he and his wife, Heide, have had a Nordeen painting for 40 years. It had been on display in 1965 at the 51st Exhibition of North-Western Artists at the Seattle Art Museum Pavilion. From 1977 to 1981 Martin was the pastor of the German United Church of Christ on Capitol Hill, and then accepted a call from First Congregational Church of Christ in Big Timber, Montana. After his retirement, they moved back to Germany to be close to their daughter and her family. For all those years John’s painting accompanied them. They signed their e-mail with “Heartfelt Martin and greetings…shalom and love from Martin and Heide Siebert with their Heide.” We wish we knew how many paintings in Nordeen all were done by John Nordeen, but we’re guessing painting, this is the only one in Germany. Shalom and love in Along Stevens return, Martin and Heide. Highway. paid advertisement Do You Know Us? Do you know us? Please let us introduce ourselves.Please We are letthe Abbey/Pearson us introduce Real ourselves. Estate TeamWe with areColdwell the Banker Abbey/Pearson Bain. Real Estate Team with Do you know Coldwellabout our Banker Bain.

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