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Vol. 123 No. 17 April 27, 2012 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $1.50 per copy Norway.com News Find more at www.norway.com Withdrawl from Afghanistan News Norway plans for During questioning on April 20, Anders Behring Breivik de- troops to leave scribed in detail how he went Afghanistan about killing 69 people at Utøya last summer. “I recommend that this fall, several those who don’t have to pay at- months earlier than tention don’t listen in,” Breivik warned people in the courtroom. expected There will be some “horrific descriptions,” he stated. How- ever, no one was seen to leave. St a f f Co m p i l a t i o n Breivik’s testimony on April Norwegian American Weekly 20 focused on what happened at Utøya, and how he shot and murdered 69 people, most of Norway will begin the process them young paarticipants at of withdrawing its troops from Af- the Labour Party youth camp. ghanistan this fall by request of the He spoke for about two hours, ISAF (International Security Force and went through his actions in Assistance). Norway will conclude chronological order. “The first its military engagement in Faryab shot was incredibly difficult. It was almost impossible. It goes province, and focus its efforts in against human nature, and I felt Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. that,” Breivik explained. “But Currently, Norway has ap- then it became so much easier.” proximately 550 soldiers based in (blog.norway.com/category/ Photo: Morten S. Hopperstad / Norwegian Armed Forces See > withdrawl, page 6 Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre visiting the Norwegian troops in Mazar-e-Sharif in July 2010. news)

Culture In 2011, life expectancy at birth Against the current Colors of 17th of May increased and infant mortality was lower than ever before in Lakselaget celebrates 10 years of Coloring contest for Norway. Decreasing mortality New York’s Syttende among the elderly and middle- friendship and Nordic heritage aged contribute most to the in- Mai Parade crease in life expectancy. Infant mortality reached a new low in Norway in 2011, namely 2.4. 17t h o f Ma y Co m m i t t e e o f (blog.norway.com/category/ Gr e a t e r Ne w Yo r k culture) The 17th of May Committee What’s inside? of the Greater New York announc- es their annual Coloring Contest News 2-3 with this year’s theme as “Honor- Business 4 ing Norwegian Women.” Down- Research & Education 5 load from may17paradeny.com. Photo: 17th of May Committee Opinion 6-7 Download this coloring page at www. See > Coloring, page 5 Taste of Norway 8 may17paradeny.com. Travel 9 Roots & Connections 10 Prioritizing fitness Obituaries & Religion 11 Photo: Ali Rogers Photography Arts & Style 12 A special Lakselaget cake was created featuring the organization’s logo for their Norwegian public 10th anniversary. Lakselaget means “the salmon club” in Norwegian. In Your Neighborhood 13 health officials to Norwegian Heritage 14 Le s l e e La n e Ho y u m focus more on Sports 15 Rockford, Minn. physical activity Lakselaget in Minnesota cele- delighted in a dessert table with an $1 = NOK 5.7471 No r w a y Po s t updated 4/23/2012 brated its 10th anniversary on April array of Norwegian delicacies, and 14 with 120 members and guests. learned about the important role of In comparison Many members brought significant the arts in developing children’s Norwegian health organiza- 3/23/2012 5.7522 others and friends, who enjoyed the creativity, self-discipline and criti- tions are concerned over the state 10/23/2011 5.5599 always-delicious salmon luncheon of public health and demand at 4/23/2011 5.3577 at Golden Valley Country Club, See > friendship, page 13 See > Fitness, page 15 Photo: VisitNorway.com 2 • April 27, 2012 norwegiAn AmericAn weekly Nyheter fra Norge Nyheter Økt fare for vårflom hagens sønn fikk medalje hjelp fra Norge Faren for stor vårflom er større enn normalt i noen områder på Vestlandet, i Oppland Major Carl Axel Hagen Etter tsunamien bygger og i Trøndelag. I store deler av landet er slapp alt han hadde japansk fiskeindustri igjen det mindre snø enn normalt, men unntak- ene er høyereliggende strøk av Vestlandet, i hendene, og ledet opp med støtte fra blant nordvestlige fjellstrøk av Oppland og indre Gardens respons fra bilen andre Norge strøk av Trøndelag, opplyser Norges vass- drags- og energidirektorat (NVE). – Når det etter terroren 22. juli AfteNposteN er områder med mer snø enn normalt vil det være større sannsynlighet for at man får en VG Flere millioner kroner er sendt fra norsk periode med snøsmelting og regn samtidig fiskerinæring til yrkesbrødre på Japans øst- og da øker faren for flom, sier vakthavende Carl Axel Hagen er sønn av en mann Foto: Befalets Fellesorganisasjon kyst. hydrolog Ingjerd Haddeland. I disse om- som er kjent for krigerske utspill. Tidligere Major Carl Axel Hagen. Nylig var det en vennskapsseremoni i rådene er sannsynligheten for stor vårflom Frp-leder Carl Ivar Hagen er rørt når VG den hardt rammede byen Ishinomaki, der de større enn normalt. Men værforholdene Nett snakker med ham på lørdag. grepene 22. juli i fjor. norsk-japanske båndene ble styrket. under snøsmeltingen vil være avgjørende – Jeg er veldig stolt og veldig glad. Han – Det blir gjort en helhetsvurdering av Frem til klokken 14.46 den 11. mars for utviklingen. En nedbørsfattig vår med står på og gjør jobben sin på best mulig måte. offiserene som blir innstilt. Denne medaljen 2011 var Ishinomaki en travel japansk moderate temperaturer vil føre til redusert Det er flott for en far å se. Han er en dyktig ble gitt på bakgrunn av flere års innsats, men kystby. Byen hadde landets tredje største flomfare. – Det beste er om det blir gradvis mann, og det er fint at han får anerkjennelse det er også en anerkjennelse av arbeidet han fiskeindustri. Store fartøyer hentet fangster varmt, det bør ikke bli bråvarmt, sånn som for det, sier han. gjorde 22. juli, sier Øie. fra nære og fjerne farvann, på land var det det kan bli i mai. Snøen bør smelte fra ned- – Det var jo veldig overraskende og vel- Den 22. juli var Hagen operasjonsoffiser videreforedling og god lønnsomhet. erst på en fjellside og oppover. Om det de- dig stas. Jeg har bare gjort jobben min, og i Garden, og egentlig på ferie på hytta i Sand- Styreleder Rolf Domstein i Norges sjø- rimot blir mye nedbør, kan det føre til stor ser medaljen som en anerkjennelse til hele efjord. matråd er på besøk i den hardt rammede flom, selv i områder med lite eller ingen snø. Garden, sier Carl Axel Hagen til VG Nett. – Jeg fikk varsel om at noe hadde skjedd – Der det er lite eller ingen snø må det kom- fiskeribyen sammen med sitt styre. Fredag fikk han Gardemedaljen i sølv. i Oslo. Er det en ting jeg har lært på oppdrag me unormalt mye nedbør for at det skal bli Siden -50 tallet har Norsk fiskeindustri Fortjenestemedaljen henger høyt, og det er på Balkan og i Afghanistan, så er det at det samarbeidet tett med Japan, og man følte at flom, sier hydrologen. er bedre å slå alarm en gang for mye enn en (VG) den første gardesjef Ole Anders Øie deler ut tsunamien rammet sine egne. siden han tiltrådte i desember i fjor. gang for lite. Jeg slapp alt jeg hadde i hen- – Markedet i Japan har skapt mye god Thomassen trekker seg som leder i Rødt – Han er en av Hærens dyktige offiserer dene og kastet meg i bilen, forteller han. aktivitet langs norskekysten. Først makrell De siste årene har Hagen jobbet med å Turid Thomassen stiller ikke til gjen- som i perioden 2008-2011 fungerte som op- og lodde, senere har laks og kongekrab- forberede Garden på krisesituasjoner. Blant valg som Rødt-leder. Dermed blir Bjørnar erasjonsoffiser i Garden. Han fikk medaljen be vært viktige eksportprodukter. Vi har annet gjennom flere øvelser med politiet i Moxnes etter alt å dømme ny partileder på bakgrunn av den imponerende innsatsen også mye til felles innen hvalfangsten, sier under landsmøtet i mai. Thomassen orien- han har lagt ned over disse årene, sier Øie til Oslo og Heimevernet. Mens terroralarmen Domstein, som synes det er svært godt på terte valgkomiteen i partiet om sin beslut- VG Nett. gikk i Oslo skulle 700 gardister organiseres, få bistå gode kystkolleger. Flere norske ning torsdag. Hun tok over som leder for Gardemedaljen i sølv blir gitt for eks- og majoren styrte operasjonen fra mobiltele- enkeltbedrifter har støttet sine japanske sa- bare to år siden og har fått kritikk for ikke emplarisk tjeneste eller oppofrelser utover fonen. marbeidspartnere med store summer, uten å å ha klart å løfte oppslutningen om partiet. det vanlige i tjenese, og henger henger høyt. ønske oppmerksomhet rundt dette. – Landsmøtet bør få konsentrere seg om å Foto: Garden English Synopsis: Carl I. Hagen’s son, Carl Axel Ha- diskutere arbeidsprogram og strategi for å Han beskriver Hagen som “nøyaktig, lo- gen, was presented with a silver medal for the work he English Synopsis: After last year’s tsunami, Japan’s styrke Rødt, og ikke lederstrid. Jeg ser at jal, arbeidsom og faglig dyktig”, og forteller did as an operations officer on July 22. Carl I. Hagen fishing industry continues to rebuild and recover, with is the former leader of the Progress Party. help from Norway among other countries. ved å trekke mitt kandidatur, kan jeg bidra at han spilte en sentral rolle under terroran- til dette, sier hun. Veien ligger nå åpen for Bjørnar Moxnes (30) som var Thomassens eneste utfordrer til ledervervet. Han har tidligere ledet Rød Ungdom og er grup- forlater frP Programmet lagt fram peleder for Rødt i Oslo bystyre. – Bjørnar Moxnes og jeg har jobbet sammen i ledelsen Medlemmene forlater Frp, Norsk Litteraturfestivalen i to år, og jeg er sikker på at han vil legge velger H og Ap alle krefter inn for Rødt. Jeg ønsker ham satser på mangfold lykke til med arbeidet, sier hun. (NTB) VG NRK

Kronprinsparet til Møre og Romsdal i mai Høyre har det siste året hatt en medle- Den 29. mai starter den 18. utgaven av Nesten ni måneder etter planen kan kro- msvekst på over 19 prosent. Arbeiderpartiet Norsk Litteraturfestival på Lillehammer. nprins Haakon og kronprinsesse Mette- har hatt en medlemsvekst på over 13 prosent. Både Linn Ullmann, Tomas Espedal og Anne Marit endelig dra på fylkestur til Møre og Også småpartiene Venstre og Senterpartiet Krigsvoll trår til i den storslagne åpningsfor- Foto: Agnete Brun Romsdal. Reisen til Vestlandet måtte avly- kan vise til en relativt stor medlemsvekst, estillingen. Linn Ullmann skal være til stede. ses i fjor på grunn av tragedien 22. juli. On- – Årets forestilling er større enn den har skriver Dagsavisen. nas Gahr Støre skal møte Sør-Koreas største sdag sendte fylkesmannen i Møre og Roms- vært noen gang tidligere. Særlig med tanke Fremskrittspartiet har i dag nesten nålevende forfatter, Ko Un, til en samtale om dal ut foreløpig program for fylkesturen, på årets tema har vi utvidet bildet på hva en 10.000 flere medlemmer enn for ti år siden, kultur og litteratur, menneskerettigheter og som går fra 24. til 26. mai. Kronprinsparet litteraturfestival kan være, sier festivalsjef men veksten har stagnert. De siste to årene ytringsfrihet. skal innom kommunene Stranda, Hareid, Marit Borkenhagen. har partiet hatt en svak nedgang i antall med- – Jeg ønsker at dette skal være en festi- Herøy, Haram, Molde og Rauma. Kongeski- 150 deltakere fra 26 nasjoner kommer pet blir base under besøket. Etter ønske fra lemmer. Det eneste partiet som sliter mer val som viser kvalitet og bredde. Dette er en til Lillehammer den uka festivalen varer. I kronprinsparet er det lagt vekt på at de skal med å holde på medlemmene er Kristelig av de viktigste litteraturfestivalene vi har i tillegg til forfattere, illustratører og andre få mulighet til å møte så mange som mulig, Folkeparti. Norden, sier festivalsjef Marit Borkenhagen. litterært interesserte, skal også flere økono- og flere av arrangementene er utendørs. De – Vi har hatt tidvis vekst og litt frafall, Borkenhagen har vært med på sidelinjen mer delta på årets festival. Temaet for årets starter i Geiranger i Stranda kommune tors- sier Frp-leder Siv Jensen. Fjoråret var turbu- til festivalen i flere år, men det er første gang Litteraturfestival er «penger». Det sies at dag 24. mai, der de skal kjøres i veteranbil lent, mener hun. hun er festivalsjef. Hennes visjon om å nå ut penger er roten til alt vondt og mange av de opp til Flydalsjuvet for å oppleve utsikten. Men hun tror ikke nedgangen i antall til stadig flere har resultert i 250 program- store konfliktene i verden bunner i økonomi. På ettermiddagen blir det folkefest i Hereid medlemmer kan ha noe med 22. juli-terroren poster i løpet av fem dager. Flere økonomer, investorer og økonomijour- kommune. Fredag 25. mai starter i Herøy å gjøre. – Vi kom fram til at det var veldig kommune, med stort arrangement i sentrum nalister er blant deltakerne. – Gjennom mange år var det nesten bare mye spennende å ta tak i rundt tematikken av Fosnavåg. Etter lunsj står Brattvåg i Ha- – Jeg tror mange mener det er et spen- vi som hadde vekst. Da var det de andre som «penger» og vi ønsket å gå dypt inn i temaet ram kommune for tur, hvor industribygging nende valg å ha penger som tema for en lit- sto stille. Nå har vi stagnert mens andre vok- og gi det plass, sier hun. og internasjonalisering er tema. Om kvelden teraturfestival. Det er et tema som er aktuelt ser, sier Jensen. I fjor var det drøyt 23.000 besøkende på er kronprinsparet vertskap for en mottakelse hele tiden, men spesielt nå med tanke på Den største veksten i Frps medlemstall festivalen og festivalsjefen håper på et minst på Kongeskipet for inviterte gjester fra de uroen i Europa, sier Gabriel Moro, forfatter kom tidlig på 2000-tallet. Da var Carl I. Ha- like godt besøk i år. seks kommunene. Siste dag av besøket har og kunstnerisk rådgiver for festivalen. gen partileder. Fra 2000 til 2006 økte partiet – Vi har satset på et program som gi vid kronprinsparet tett program i Molde, før de En av programpostene fra årets festi- medlemstallet med 7.757 personer. interesse og vi ønsker å være en festival for reiser til Rauma kommune og fottur til top- val som tidlig ble klar er debatten «Vil du lesere i alle aldre og med alle typer interess- pen av Litlefjellet, med Trollveggen i bak- bli millionær eller forbli litterær?». Der skal er, sier hun. grunnen. English Synopsis: The Progress Party finds itself los- Arve Juritzen grille forfattere med spørsmål ing members, while the Right and the Labor Party are (VG) English Synopsis: The program for Lillehammer’s Nor- growing in membership. om sitt forfatterskap. Det er også klart at utenriksminister Jo- wegian Literature Festival 2012 has been announced. Ap har ikke de endelige tallene før om et par uker, men allerede ved utgan- gen av september meldte landsstyret at det var registrert 10.000 nye medlem- mer av rundt 60.000 totalt. AUF hadde på samme tidspunkt fått ca. 3.000 nye medlemmer, et tall som nok vil være større ved årsskiftet. Høyre fikk 5.000 nye betalende medlemmer i 2011 og slo sin interne mål- setting med ett år. Venstre fikk i underkant av 1.000 nye medlemmer. Norwegian american weekly Online: blog.norway.com/category/news April 27, 2012 • 3 News For refugees This week on Norway.com Brevik trial, day by day The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in Norwegian Refugee Mexico Summary of each day’s developments in the Promoting youth employment was the topic Council gives report trial of July 22nd shooter Anders Behring Breivik of an arena session in which His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon took part to United Nations on April 17. The Crown Prince is in Puerto Vallarta to attend the World Economic Forum Af t e n p o s t e n on Latin America. The session addressed a Ma r i t Fo ss e number of aspects of youth employment, Geneva, Switzerland including youth’s disenchantment and their Editor’s Note: The English language Tuesday was Breivik’s first day in the aspirations to better lives, how to foster media is covering the trial of the July 22 witness stand. He was allowed to read the entrepreneurship, and how to promote better, For the last 14 years the Norwegian shooter Anders Behring Breivik, but we are 13-page document he had prepared, which closer cooperation between government, Refugees Council’s International Displacing committed to providing our readers with the- took him about 75 minutes. schools and the business community. In a Monitoring Center has been monitored inter- best information from the Norwegian news. video clip published prior to the meeting, the nal displacement resulting from conflict and Here we will be providing daily summaries Wednesday, April 18 (Day 3) Crown Prince said: “There are definitely a violence across the world. of the trial’s developments. For in-depth, Behring Breivik abstained on Wednes- couple of issues I would like to see addressed during this meeting. One is youth. In Mexico On April 19 in Geneva the report for quality online coverage of the trial on a day from responding to a wide range of is- more than 50 percent of the population is 2011 was released in presence of António daily basis, we encourage you to visit our sues, even when the prosecutor reminded under 27. So this tremendous resource, we Guterres, United Nations High Commission- colleagues at Views and News from Norway him that he had previously answered the (www.newsinenglish.no). same questions in the police interrogation. should discuss how to best use it.” er for Refugees and Elisabeth Rasmussen, (Kongehuset) the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Secretary The defendant believed the prosecutor was General Elisabeth Rasmussen. Tuesday, April 17 (Day 2) trying to ridicule him. One dead after blast in Fredrikstad Judge Thomas Indrebø was dismissed Prosecutors wanted to know if the de- According to the report “Global Over- A gas explosion ripped through a building from the panel, for comments he made in a fendant still believes there are two other Nor- view,” people internally displaced by con- of a Norwegian dairy plant in the country’s facebook post suggesting that the only ap- wegian terrorist cells, as he claimed before. flict and violence, the world in 2011 was an southeast on April 23, killing at least one propriate punishment for Breivik was the Behring Breivik still claims that this is the unsafe place for millions of people. From person and wounding three others, police death penalty. said. Local media reported that rescuers also refugees, page 6 See > Trial, page 11 See > sought five people believed to be missing. Hilde Fløkstad, a manager at the Mills plant, told NRK that service was being performed Wedding at the North Pole Top of the list on a gas tank. “When the gas tank was empty, something happened that led to the Norwegian explorer explosion,” she said. Norway’s NTNU and (NRK) Børge Ousland plans PRIO named to list of first-ever wedding at the Breivik says he “would do it again” most-cited research Anders Behring Breivik defended in court North Pole institutions in the world his killing of 77 people in shooting and bombing attacks last year by saying they were preventive actions aimed at saving St a f f Co m p i l a t i o n the Norwegian culture. “I have completed Norwegian American Weekly Ad r e ss e a v i s e n the most sophisticated, spectacular and the most brutal political attack by any militant Norwegian University of Science and nationalist in Norway since World War II,” Mr. Breivik told the court in its second day Norwegian polar explorer and adventur- Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the of proceedings, adding he would do it again er Børge Ousland planned the coolest wed- Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo is if he could go back. ding he could think of when he was going to the only non-American institutions at the list (Wall Street Journal) marry his sweetheart Hege Røgeberg. of the 25 institutions that have had the most Last Thursday Ousland visited the North professional breakthrough, writes Adres- US granted access to more information Pole for the 19th time, but this time every- seavisen. PRIO is ranked in 16th place, and about Norwegians thing was very different from his previous NTNU is ranked in 20th. The controversial PNR (Passenger Name visits there. And it was a secret mission. No “Research shows that we have specialists Record) agreement has been approved one was to know. in political science, geography and econom- by the E.U. This makes it possible for the In addition to bringing his wife-to-be, he ics who are recognized internationally. Our E.U. to forward information about airline was accompanied by a pastor, and two wit- collaboration has shown its strength over the passengers directly to the U.S. The U.S. was nesses, and they arrived on the pole point in years. Our researchers have been successful quick to praise the decision, which will give a chartered Russian helicopter. Photo: NRK with a wide variety of interesting issues,” the U.S. access to information that is meant Børge Ousland and Hege Røgeberg after their to prevent terror attacks. See > wedding, page 6 wedding ceremony at the North Pole. See > research, page 5 (Norway Post)

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Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton, the “It’s amazing what position this edu- list points out some institutions “box in a cational community has received. We have weight class higher than expected.” Malin- known that we were very strong, but it’s fun iak and Power’s conclusion is that research- to get it affirmed by someone on the outside. ers will be assessed according to the quality The fact that we are on the list along with of their work, not by the institution to which PRIO is not by chance – we have a close co- they belong. operation,” said Melby. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) There are many educational rankings is located in an impressive 16 space on the that are issued, and evaluation methods vary, same list. Not enough, PRIO’s own journal, making it difficult to effectively evaluate an Journal of Peace Research, is considered institution’s quality and achievements. This among the 12 most reputable. Several of the ranking, however, a scientific work done by researchers in this field have positions both doctoral fellows Daniel Maliniak at the Uni- at PRIO and NTNU. versity of California and Ryan M. Powers at “Very nice that we claim ourselves to the University of Wisconsin. The ranking is the top. I hope it will be noticed in Norway. based on 25 variables for articles published in We work closely with NTNU,” said PRIO the 12 most prestigious journals in the field. director Kristian Berg Harpviken. Photo courtesy of NTNU This is compared with the number of times From left: Aleksander Kolstad, Erik Storaas and Thomas Emdal Loland. Their design for a solar- powered ice maker won them a trip to Rio de Janeiro in June to present their idea at the UN Sustainable < Coloring Development Conference. Below: The ice maker prototype at NTNU. From page 1 NEW! 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< Refugees An opinion column about current issues in Norway From page 3 Join the conversation! criminal violence including attacks by armed On the EDGE groups in sub-Saharan Africa or by drug cartels in Latin America, to armed clashes Don’t envy us our oil; envy us our women such as those associated with the conflict in By Else Berit Eikeland, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada Cote d’Ivoire or the uprising across the Arab world: such events caused hundreds of thou- sands of people to flee their homes. During his recent visit to Canada, the At the same time, we see that coun- to follow here in Canada. This is why The circumstances of people’s displace- President of the Norwegian Parliament, tries that oppress or don’t include girls are the Embassy decided, in partnership with ment and their long-term prospects were as Mr. Dag Terje Andersen, gave several pre- lagging behind, their development is slow- Canadian members of Parliament, sena- divers as the situation of violence were as sentations on Norwegian economic model, ing down. Geneder equality is not only in- tors and the organization Equal Voice, to divers as the situations of violence or con- describing many factors that have led to decent and wrong; it’s simply not smart launch a speakers’ series presenting Nor- flict which had forced them to flee, the report Norway having one of the largest GDPs economics. wegian experiences. Three knowledgeable says. per capita in the world. Gender equality is an issue that cuts speakers from Norway presented Norwe- However, despite these challenges there “Is it a question of luck?” he said, across all of the Norwegian government’s gain gender equality policies and their cul- have also been some positive developments pointing to our large petroleum resourc- policies, and it extends into our foreign tural context from three different angles: in 2011. Although Africa still was the region es off the Norwegian coast. It would be policy. We believe that female participa- business, political life and academia. with the largest number of the IDPs in the too easy to conclude that the Norwegian tion and leadership is necessary to succeed Norwegian gender equality policies 2011 the total number there continued to fol- economy is only about oil and natural gas, in peace and reconciliation processes and include social welfare policies such as full low a downward trend which begun had be- he continued. Our good economic perfor- climate change mitigations, just to men- paid parental leave for 47 weeks, the right gun as early as in 2004. mance also reflects other factors. One im- tion a few areas. to reduced working hours and exemption portant factor is women’s participation in Norway is not perfect when it comes from overtime for parents of small chil- the workforce. When it became clear in the to gender equality. Our labor market is still dren and up to 10 days of paid leave of < Wedding 1950s and early 1960s that Norway need- very gender-segregated. The differences absence to care for sick children. These From page 3 ed more workers to sustain the growth of largely correspond to the division between measures have been instrumental in get- the economy, the Norwegian government the public and private sectors, and are kept ting more women in the labor market. We started promoting women’s participation alive through gender sterotypes regarding often hear that these are generous mea- Pastor Dag Henrik Berggrav had de- in the workforce. Today, more than 75 choices of education and work. We also sures that many countries can’t afford to manded a cross for the ceremony, and Ous- percent of Norwegian women are in the see that women still do more housework introduce. However, taking into account land had fashioned a cross from one adult workforce – a high number compared to than men and spend more time with their the importance of women’s participation cross country ski and one child-size ski. most countries. children than men. These are issues that in the labor market, we would like to ask: And despite –28°C (-4°F) temperature, “Don’t envy us our oil; envy us our the government is working to address. Can they afford not to? the bride and groom dressed up in wedding women,” said Mr. Andersen. However, Norway can be quite proud finery – she was a white silk dress witha Unfortunately, in numerous other of what it has achieved so far. Today, Her Excellency Else Berit wooly hooded jacket, and he in his bunad coutnries, the view of women is a lot less we have at least 40 percent representa- Eikeland is the Norwegian from Sunnmøre county. positive. According to the United Nations’ tion both in Parliament and on corporate Ambassador to Canada. The groom had even brought a wedding Prior to her appointment Human Development Report, worldwide, boards of publicly-held companies. How- tent, in order that he might carry his bride as Ambassador in 2009, women are poorer, have lower wages and ever, in several countries similar to ours, over the threshold! Eikeland held positions receive less education than men. Girls and the number of women in decision-making And the happy, if freezing, couple had in the Ministry of Foreign women are often denied the basic health positions is low. In Canada, only 25 per- Affairs in Norway, The an unwitting wedding crasher. services they need. In many parts of the cent of the members of Parliament and Philippines, San Francisco and London, as A British explorer who skied 140 miles world, the most dangerous thing a wom- only 15 percent of corporate board mem- well as the Norwegian Confederation of Trade to the North Pole was surprised to acciden- an can do is give birth. Violence against bers are women. Unions. This article was originally printed in tally stumble upon the arctic nuptials. women persists in all societies. Norway is often cited as an example the Spring 2012 issue of News of Norway from “They had a priest here, there were ta- the Royal Norwegian Embassy. bles set up with mulled wine and champagne and suddenly I come pulling my sledge over The opinions expressed by opinion writers featured in “On the Edge” are not necessarily those of Norwegian American Weekly, and our publication of those views is not an endorsement of them. Comments, suggestions and complaints about the opinions expressed by the paper’s editorials should be directed to the editor. the ice and gatecrash the wedding at the North Pole!” Mark Wood, 44, told the U.K.’s Coventry Observer newspaper. < Withdrawl When the groom saw Wood approach- From page 1 They have completed the planning and ex- Norway recently increased its military ing, he came over to congratulate the skier ecution of some very complex operations at contributions in Afghanistan by sending spe- on finishing the long trek, Wood told the Afghanistan. As a member of NATO, Nor- the brigade level. The Norwegian forces role cial forces to Kabul for mentoring and train- Coventry Observer. Wood was making the way has been involved in stabilization ef- has thus largely been concerned with coun- ing of the Afghan police's central emergency journey to the North Pole to raise awareness forts in Afghanistan since 2003. seling and mentoring.” response team, CRU. about climate change. Norwegian Chief of Defense Harald Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide With the phased withdrawal from Faryab After the ceremony, there were fire- Sunde said the transition of the Norwegian visited Kabul on April 22, and was briefed province, Norway is considering future con- works and champagne. And when the party armed forces is in line with the Afghan gov- on the adjusted schedule by the ISAF leader- tributions in the country as it plans to have a returned to base, there was more champagne ernment's desire to handle their own secu- ship. substantial military presence in Afghanistan and Russian caviar. rity. “The Afghan security forces is consid- until the end of 2014. Ousland was the first person to walk “The fact that the transfer takes place ered to be in a position to take over responsi- “We went in with our allies, and we to the North Pole alone, and the first to ski earlier than planned testifies to the efforts of bility for security in the province already this will leave with our allies when the time has alone across Antarctica. the Norwegian and Allied mentors in the area fall,” said Eide. come,” said Eide. has been remarkably effective, said Sunde. ISAF's campaign strategy for northern For more photos of the event, visit http:// “The Afghan forces in Faryab have managed Afghanistan will be concentrated on major Information from NRK and the Norwe- tinyurl.com/npolewedding. their own safety for a long time in practice. population centers and transportation routes. gian Armed Forces included in this report.

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David Moe Juneau, Alaska Carla Danziger as our guest speaker, along with musical se- For the first time, we look forward to the Ken Nordan Batavia, Ill. Author of “Hidden Falls” lections from the Nansen Chorus. A freewill delicious tradition of the salmon barbeque of Bill Osmundsen New York, N.Y. McLean, Va. offering will be received and refreshments the Pacific Northwest at Pacific Fishermen Sada Reed Woodbury, Minn. John Erik Stacy S seattle, Wash. will be served following the program. Shipyard, 5351 24th Ave. NW. The event will Rolf Kristian Stang New York, N.Y. 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Sada Reed Woodbury, Minn. The city of Milan, Minn., located ap- proximately 150 miles west of Minneapolis, will celebrate Norwegian heritage from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, with “A Taste of Syttende Mai 2012.” The event includes a program in down- town Milan at 1:30 p.m.; the Uff-da Parade at 2 p.m.; musical performances from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the Kviteseid Smørgås Tea from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the Little Nor- wegian Church service at 9:30 a.m. There Photo: Tine.no will also be children’s activities, authors and More than 30 types of traditional Norwe- book signings, and traditional Norwegian gian foods will be served. arts, crafts and food. A presentation by Per Tofte, “Everyone has a cousin in America,” will be held at Old held at Milan Village Arts School (97 Wash- Milan School at 2:45 p.m. It is about emigra- ington Avenue), while local arts and gifts tion from Norway to America between 1825 will be available for purchase at Billy Maple and World War I and includes about 140 Tree’s (228 Main Street), which is located in photographs. the historic Arv Hus Museum. The Full Cir- More than 30 types of Norwegian spe- cle Thrift shop, located in the Milan Com- cialty foods will be served at the Smørgås munity Center (408 N 4th Street), will also Tea, including lefse, flatbreads, krumkake, be open. spritz, Norwegian meatballs, blod klub, For more information, contact Milan geitost with cloudberry jam, rømmegrøt and Commercial Club treasurer Nancy Schneck more. at (320) 734-4736 or Marlys Kvistero at Also, folk arts demonstrations will be (320) 734-4659. The Little Viking Scandinavian GiftS a touch of Scandinavia in southern California We have combined our two stores 28465 Old Town Front St. #104 Photo: Tine.no and moved – Temecula, CA 92590 You may have tried pickled herring, but have you tried pickled salmon? This delicacy is stop in to have a look and say hi! (951) 676-6800 | [email protected] perfect for your summer table, and you might have better luck finding salmon filets (over herring filets) at your local grocery store!

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Photos: Førdefestivalen, Nancy Bundt/www.visitnorway.com Left: Rjukanfossen is one of Rjukan’s most beautiful and well-known waterfalls. Center: The Norwegian Industrial Worker’s Museum in Vemok. Right: Gaustatoppen is Telemark’s highest mountain, and one of Rjukan’s must-see attractions.

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The town of Rjukan in Tinn, Telemark, find a large car park, from which the two a superb exhibition of “rosemaling” (rose decorate for example furniture). Visit www. Norway, is a great place to go for a little cable cars carry passengers up to an altitude painting – a peasant style of painting used to visitrjukan.com for more travel information. bit of everything: it is near to the beautiful of 886 meters. The view over Rjukan from mountain of Gaustatoppen, the famous pla- the top is fantastic, with the mountains roll- teau of Hardangervidda, the Norwegian In- ing away to the south and west and Vemork dustrial Worker’s Musuem, and is known for nestling in the valley below. the heavy water sabotages by the heroes of 2 1 COME TO BROOKLYN, 0 Telemark in World War II. Here are a few of Hardangervidda 2 ORWEG G N IAN the many attractions in the Rjukan area: The vast mountain plateau of Hardan- IN W R O O M NEW YORK N E gervidda is one of Europe’s largest. It is also O N H Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum home to northern Europe’s largest stock of This museum at Vemork is a place where reindeer. TO CELEBRATE THE you can learn about the fantastic adventure

1 1 of its genesis and see exhibitions about the The Rjukan Waterfall 9 1 17th OF MAY 53 0 • • 2 industrial development in Norway, and in This waterfall was “discovered” in 1810 GR Z ETE WAIT Rjukan in particular. by the geology professor Jens Esmark, and The museum is best known for its pre- he sent a report to the King in Copenhagen On Sunday May 20th the Parade starts at 1:30PM on Third sentation of Rjukan’s exciting wartime his- about the “world’s highest waterfall.” This tory. Vemork was the center of one of the was a slight exaggeration. The Rjukan Wa- Avenue at 86th St and ends at the reviewing stand at 67th most important acts of sabotage committed terfall is no more than 104 meters high, but Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The theme for 2012 is: during World War II, when Norwegian sabo- it led to increased tourism in Rjukan. The “Honoring Norwegian Women - Grete Waitz ” teurs prevented the Germans from develop- mountain man and heavy water saboteur ing a nuclear bomb from the heavy water that Claus Helberg claimed that Rjukan was the Our featured guest speaker will be Helle was produced there. The “Atomkappløpet” cradle of modern tourism in Norway. CEO, Active against Cancer (nuclear race) exhibition gives an exciting Aanesen, and extremely informative presentation of Tinn Museum Foundation which she created with her friend the four heavy water sabotage missions and Tinn Museum is an open air folk muse- Grete Waitz. the Allies’ efforts to build a nuclear bomb. um with buildings and household items dat- ing from the 16th century up to the advent of Gaustatoppen Mountain industrialization in the 20th century. Several Our honorary Civic Marshall is: Gaustatoppen towers majestically above alpine farms are run in the old way. In beau- the town of Rjukan at an altitude of 1,883 tiful natural surroundings among a variety Larry Morrish meters above sea level. Around 30,000 peo- of animals you can enjoy local food or buy ple make the trip up to the summit every year mountain products to take home with you. to enjoy the fantastic view from the top. On a Our honorary Church Marshal clear day, you can see all the way south to the Tinn handicrafts center George A. Jensen coast, and east to Sweden. You can see one Tinn handicrafts center was opened in sixth of Norway from here. 1996. The center’s objective is to preserve the rich handicraft traditions in Tinn and to Honorary Marshal for Krossobanen Cable Car offer local artists their own production and Sons of Norway This is the first ever cable car to be built sales premises. John Hlivyak in northern Europe in 1928. The cable car The exhibition here is a combination was a gift from Norsk Hydro to the people of of an art exhibition and a sales exhibition, Rjukan so that they could get up high enough with more than 70 exhibitors displaying www.may17paradeny.com to see the sun during the winter. their work which ranges from handicrafts to At the cable car’s lower station you will woodwork, knives, national costumes and 10 • April 27, 2012 norwegiAn AmericAn weekly Roots & ConneCtions Write your own story Submission

Thanks to subscriber Jane Sibley of Haddam, Conn. for submitting the fol- lowing story, inspired by Heidi Håvan Grosch’s March 16 Barneblad feature. Treet som bli The Tree Who Became

Det var en gang...eventyrene begynner støttet sig mot øksenes bitt, og ikke lengere Once upon a time – fairy tales always around. After the storm, men came with axes alltid med disse fire magiske ord...det var siden, mennene hadde hugget ham ned og begin with these four magical words – there and saws; they wanted to salvage as much of et tre. Et forgrummelig stort tre. Så stort at førtet vedet med seg. was a tree. A honkin’ big tree. So big that the wood as possible. The tree knew that his han kunne nesten fange skyene som skuddet Det var ved nok til å gjøre planker, og he could almost catch the clouds which shot time was up, and he hoped that he wouldn’t over sine høyeste kvister. Mange dyr og fugl barnene ønsket at treskjærene skulle gjøre past his highest twigs. Many animals and be simply turned into firewood. He braced bodde på hans utstående gren og inne i små leketøy fra stykkene som var for liten til bruk birds dwelt on his outstretched branches and himself for the axes’ bite, and before long, hul i hans hovedstam. Det var godt å leve, jo for hus- og hyttebyggning. Noe ved var tatt inside small holes in his trunk. It was good the men had cut him down and carted off all sikkert det! Treet lyttet til fuglenes sang og lo av en skipsbygger, som brukte det til å bygge to live, you betcha! The tree listened to the the wood. når ekornene småpratet om hverandre. Når et vakkert stort skip. Noe ved var laget til birds’ songs, and laughed when the squir- There was plenty of wood to make det var vår, nye blad prydet ham; og når det vevstol, fordi kninnene gjerne ønsket å veve rels gossiped about each other. When it was boards, and the children wanted the wood- var høst, bladene blev rødfarvet og gulfarvet tøy. Bare lite ved var tilbake som ildved. springtime, new leaves decorated him; and carvers to make them toys out of the pieces og oransjefarvet før de gjorde det siste vals Skipet seilte fra fjord til fjord, og dets when fall came, those leaves became red, which were too small to use to make houses ned til jordet. eier var en dronning. Når hun døde, hun var yellow, and orange before they made that last and sheds. Some of the wood was taken by Treet var temmelig gammel, og han var plassert på skipet, og det hele gravet ned i et waltz downward to the ground. a shipbuilder, who used it to make a beau- vitne til tiden da nordmennene først kom stor gravhaug. Treet likte å seile, men han The tree was rather old, and he was wit- tiful large ship. Other wood was made into til sin skog. Mennesker var forskjellige fra også likte det når barnene satte høyt hans ness to the time when the Northmen first looms, because the women liked to weave ekorn og fugl, og de snakket et helt annet leketøy, generasjon etter generasjon; og came to his forest. Humans were different cloth. Very little was left for firewood. språk. Noengang de sang, særlig de små som masser av tøy ble vevet på hans vevstolene. from squirrels and birds, and they spoke a The ship sailed from fjord to fjord, and plukket bær og jaget etter sommerfuglene. Han kunne samtidig høre barnenes latter completely different language. Sometime was owned by a queen. When she died, she Han elsket å høre barnelek; latteren klirret og konenes småpratelse, som minnet ham they sang, especially the little ones who was placed on the ship, which was buried i luften og gjørde hans trehjerte til å banke om ekornene han kjente når han var ung. were picking berries and chasing butter- in a huge howe. The tree had enjoyed sail- med glede. Når det var vinter, menneskene Han vaktet over dronningens grav, og sikret flies. He loved to hear the little ones play- ing, but he also enjoyed having his wooden saknet dødtre til brennved, så at de kunne ble henne fra troll og gravrøver. ing; their laughter tinkled in the air and made toys cherished by generations of children, varm over kuldtidene, men treet var fornøyd Mange hundrede av år senere, arkeolo- his wooden heart leap for joy. When winter and a lot of cloth was woven on his looms. med sin snøduvet. Han sov i vinteren, og ven- ger oppdaget skipet, og de var overlykkelige came, the humans gathered dead wood for He could at the same time hear the children tet til solen kom tilbake til å smelte sneet, og at skipet var i slik fint vilkår. De utgravet fires to keep themselves warm throughout laugh and the women gossip, much like the til fuglene kom tilbake fra sørlandene. skipet med forsiktighet og transporterte det the cold times, but the tree was content with squirrels he had known in his youth. He Mange år gikk, og treet var fornøyd. til et musee, når det var konsivert. Etterpå, his blanket of snow. He slept through the guarded the tomb of the dead queen, keeping Med da kom et troll, og trollet gravet et stort skipet gikk til utstilling, og fra den dag til winter, waiting for the sun to return and melt her safe from trolls and grave robbers. hull nendanfor treets rot, og gjorde sitt hjem idag, treet kan ennå høre folk si “oooo” og the snow, and for the birds to wing their way Hundreds of years passed, and the bur- der. Alt som trollet øndket å gjøre var til å “åååå” om skipet, og om det fin ved som north from the southern climes. ied ship was found by some archaeologists suge blod fra mennesker og fe, knekke de- skipet var bygget med. Om du farer til skip- Many years passed, and the tree was who were overjoyed at the good condition res ben, og gjøre deres liv utålelig. Treet var smuseet i Bygdøy, du òg kan “ooooo” og content. But then a troll came and dug a big of the ship. They carefully dug the ship out ulykkelig om det, men han kunne ikke gjøre “åååå” over Osebergskipet, som Dronning hole under the tree’s roots and made his home and carried it to a museum, where it was re- noenting til å jage trollet bort. Trollene er Åse hadde til gravskip. Når du er tilstede, there. All the troll wanted to do was to suck stored. The ship went on display, and from ikke snille gjester. vær så snill å takke treet som vaktet kjekk the blood from man and cattle, break their that day to this, the tree can still hear people Da kom et kjempestort tordenuvær til over dronningen, og når du reiser til andre bones, and make their lives miserable. The ooo and oh at the ship, and what fine wood it skogen, og et putring lyn slåtte treet, far- museer, du kan ennå kikke på hans leketøy tree was unhappy about that, but he couldn’t was made from. If you go to the ship muse- ende ned hovedstammet til trollets jordhull, og vevstol. do anything to chase the troll away. Children um at Bygdøy, you too can ooo and oh at the og trollet blev straks død. Men lynet også Dette er eventyret om treet som bli. no longer came to play near him, and he was Oseberg ship, in which Queen Åse had been splintret det meste av treet, og mange store Snipp, snapp, snute, så er eventyret ute. quite alone, except for the troll. Trolls are not buried. When you’re there, please remember trestykker ligget omtrent. Efter uværet, menn nice guests. to thank the tree who guarded the queen so kom med økser og såg; de bare ønsket å Then a huge thunderstorm came over well, and when you go to some of the other berge så mye av veden som mulig. Treet vis- the forest, and a sizzling lightning bolt struck museums, some of the toys and looms can ste vel at sin tid far ferdig, og han håpet at the tree, travelling down the trunk to the still be seen there. han skulle ikke simpelthen bli brannved. Han troll’s burrow and immediately killing the This is the tale of the tree who became. troll. But the lightning also shattered most of And now my tale is ended. Snipp, snapp, snute, sa er eventyret ute the tree, and many big pieces of wood lay all Were you inspired to write an english/norwegian story too? send it to us at [email protected]!

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John Tor Johnsen Forgive and Forget December 22, 1935 – April 20, 2012 There is an old story about two men A tough order, indeed, but Jesus says, “If you shaking harnds in friendship while one of don’t forgive men in their sins, your Father John Tor Johnsen, 76, a longtime resi- in the National Guard. them was on his deathbed. As the visitor will not forgive your sings.” (Matthew 6:14) dent of Stanfordville, N.Y., passed away at In addition to his wife Ann Marie, he left, the sick man roused himself and said, We have no choice! Forgive we must, home on Friday, April 20, surrounded by his is survived by a son, Peter Johnsen and his “Remember, if I get over this, the old quarrel and show it by not taking revenge and by loving family. He also resided in Wilming- wife Patricia of Red Hook, N.Y.; a son, Neal stands!” Dr. Paul Tournier says, “One has to praying for the offenders. Slowly we may ton, N.C., and Bolton Landing, N.Y. Johnsen of Stanfordville, N.Y.; a daughter, be a psychotherapist to know how rare the look upon them with different eyes; as per- He was born Dec. 22, 1935 in Brooklyn, Ellen Michael and her husband Matthew of forgiveness of others is.” We agree. True, sons very unhappy, insecure and with per- N.Y., the son of the late Jorgen and Tonette Stanfordville; and a daughter, Betta Rosse deep forgiveness is rare, but we don’t need sonality problems. Our emotional baggage, (Reinertsen) Johnsen. He spent his childhood and her husband Dirk-Jan of Millbrook, to be professionals to see that. resentments and hurts, we just have to carry in Farsund, Norway. N.Y.; eight grandchildren, Alec, Devin and Since it is so hard, it should give us an and confess before God, until He helps us get On Oct. 18, 1958 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Perri Johnsen, Jared Colow, Clayton and Ava extra incentive to be very careful in our deal- rid of it. It helps to realize how much we need he married Ann Marie Bode. John was the Michael, and Jan and Karolina Rosse; a sis- ings with others! We find it hard to forgive God’s forgiveness. True healing forgiveness owner of Stanfordville Machine, which he ter, Anne Sandrib of Osprey, Fla.; as well as because it is mentally impossible to forget. cannot happen before the offender and the founded in 1975. He also honorably served three nieces and three nephews. And what do we do then? First of all, rec- offended make up. But as long as our heart’s ognize it is hopeless to unite an unforgiving disposition is right, that problem is on the heart with true faith. Said Jesus, “Love your side of the offender. “Hatred puts you below, enemies, pray for those who persecute you.” revenge makes you even with your enemy, Inga C. Larson There has to be a forgiving spirit in us even if forgiving sets you above him.” December 25, 1918 – April 11, 2012 the offender will not admit his wrongdoings. Inga C. Larson, age 93, of Cooperstown, band called “Neighbors.” Howard died Sept. N.D. died Wednesday April 11, 2012. 21, 1999. Inga continued to make her home Inga C. Kalvik was born Dec. 25, 1918 on the farm until she became a resident of the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in rural Hannaford, N.D, the daughter of Cooperstown Medical Center Nursing Home Den Norske Lutherske Minnekirke Olaf and Dora (Haugen) Kalvik. She grew in 2009. The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church offers the best venue in Chicago for Norwegians, up and attended school in Greenfield Town- Inga is survived by her six children, Scandinavians to gather and celebrate Norwegian traditions. We welcome you to our warm ship. She was baptized and confirmed at Carol (Robert) Hallett, Fergus Falls, Minn.; and friendly family of members. Please visit us soon! All services are at 11 a.m. unless Union Lutheran Church in Hannaford, N.D. Darrell (Dianne) and DeVon, both of Grand otherwise noted. Pastor: Sigurd Grindheim. She taught Sunday School for years, member Forks, N.D.; Roger (Ranae) and Debara An- of the WELCA, member of the church choir dreasen both of Cooperstown, N.D. and Lar- May 2012 and also quilting group. Early in her life she ry (Kathy), Fargo, ND. Grandchildren are worked for relatives and neighbors. DeAnn (Troy) Diegel, Ryan (Amy) Hallett, May 6 Norwegian Service Inga married Howard P. Larson on Dec. Dana Larson, Aaron Larson, Adam Larson, 29, 1944, in Moorhead, Minn., and she be- Amy (Chris) Boushey, Candi (Terry) Wills May 13 Norwegian Service / Communion gan her life as a farm wife and mother of and Nick (Sarah) Larson. 16 great grandchil- Mother’s Day Treats seven children. Inga and Howard were in a dren. May 17 17de mai Concert, 7 p.m. Guest: Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strømmen < trial PST. 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California tions for instruments, electronics, video, Norway Day Festival and dance, performed by some of the fin- May 5 – 6 est young performers in contemporary San Francisco, Calif. music, including former ASF Fellow Mi- Thousands of Norwegians, Norwegian- chael Straus, saxophone; Sigrun Eng and Americans and non-Norwegian visitors Sarah Biber, cello; Dana Jessen, bassoon; from and around the Bay Area visit the Terri Hron, recorders; and Jennifer Tor- Norway Day Festival at Fort Mason Cen- rence, percussion. Allusions to Seasons and ter every May, and we invite you to join Weather: Music from a Year in Norway is a us! Interested in volunteering? Email vol- set of four pieces based on Swendsen’s ex- [email protected]. For details about perience of seasonal transitions in Norway, the event, visit www.norwayday.org. where he lived from 2006-2007 as a Ful- bright Fellow in residence at the NoTAM Vinland Lodge’s Heritage Fair Computer Music Studios in Oslo. Follow- May 5 ing the concert, Swendsen will discuss the Temecula, Calif. locations and experiences that served as Sons of Norway Vinland Lodge #6-159 in inspiration and material for these pieces, as Temecula, Calif., invites all Scandinavians well as his process of working closely with and people interested in Scandinavian heri- the performers during the composition pro- tage and culture to their annual Heritage cess. For information call (212) 847-9740 Fair on May 5 at 11 a.m., located at Temec- or email [email protected]. ula City Library, 30600 Pauba Rd. Temec- Visit www.scandinaviahouse.org. Illustrations courtesy of Nordic Folklore ula. There will be Rosemaling and Knitting The watercolor painting “Children with Apples and Fjord Horse” captures a moment with young chil- demonstrations, maps, books, Royal fam- Washington dren harvesting apples and sharing the bounty with their faithful friend, the gentle Fjord horse. ily pictures, and national costumes. Short Seattle Sister City Celebration movie and speech on why the Norwegians May 2 celebrate 17th of May. Members will bring Seattle, Wash. Je ss La r s e n their own artifacts for display. Norwegian Please join co-chairs Mayor Mike McGinn, Norwegian American Weekly Intern food for sale. Call (951) 678-2462 or (760) City Council President Sally Clark, The 650-6281 or [email protected]. Boeing Company, as Presenting Sponsor, Sharon Aamodt, an artist by nature, has computer artist. Dexter is an artist in his own and members of the Seattle City Council a way of bringing the beauty of Norway and right who started out creating pieces using Minnesota at the 16th Annual Seattle Sister Cities Re- its culture to life in her stunning paintings. oil inks. These materials were not the saf- Norway House Midtsommer ception on May 2, 6 – 8 p.m. at the Bertha Her art is not only of Norway but also shows est to work with and as a result Dexter had Knight Landes Room at Seattle City Hall. June 21 the traditions and picturesque scenery of to stop using them. Fortunately Dexter was Olaf Kvamme will be honored as chair of St. Paul, Minn. Scandinavia as a whole. able to find a new way to let his creativity Save the date for the Norway House Midt- the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association. He has retained this position for more than “My parents were Swedish and Norwe- flow when computers hit the scene. sommer Celebration! This annual tradi- gian (we call that mixed marriage) and I had The two went to Norway in 2001 where tion celebrates the “Going Viking” spirit 20 years and been the liason between Seat- always been very immersed in that culture,” they were able to visit family and experience by identifying and honoring individuals tle and Bergen. The evening’s program will said Aamodt, explaining her ties to Scandi- the beauty of Norway. “We took lots and lots of Norwegian heritage that have, through also include an exciting raffle drawing and navian culture. Her grandparents, a main fac- of pictures and they find their way into many their extraordinary accomplishments and no-host bar. Tickets are $20 for members of adventuresome spirit, significantly ad- a Sister City Association, and $25 for non- tor in introducing Aamodt to Scandinavian prints as backgrounds,” said Aamodt. Dex- vanced the quality of life for others. This members. Call (800) 838-3006 for tickets culture, were immigrants from Norway and ter’s mastery of computer art makes adding year’s event will be held June 21 at the or visit BrownPaperTickets.com. Sweden. Over the years they exposed her to these stunning pictures from Norway into Interlachen Country Club in Minneapolis. vivid stories of the Vikings, traditional foods, wife’s paintings possible. The 2012 Norway House Going Viking Washington, D.C. and dances from Scandinavia. These stories The two live on a five-acre farm in west- honorees are Jim Brandenburg, Tove Dahl Interest meeting for Lakselaget and traditions are what spurred her lifelong ern Washington to be close to their grandchil- and Bob Bergland. The event raises mon- May 5 interest in her heritage and Nordic folklore, dren. Their heritage is still an important part ey for Norway House programs, such as Arlington, Va. which Aamodt loves being able to share with of their everyday life as they are members Peace Initiative and Edvard Grieg Society. Lakselaget (the salmon club) is for profes- her children and grandchildren today. of Daughters of Norway Prillar Guri Lodge The celebration begins with at 5 p.m. with sional women and college and university Aamodt attended the Art Academy in #30 and Sons of Norway Hovedstad Lodge a cocktail reception and aquavit toast, fol- students who are also Norwegian, of Nor- Denver, Colo., Woodbury University in Los #2-094 in Olympia, Wash. The two also love lowed by the dinner and awards program. wegian descent, or are interested in con- Angeles, Calif., and did graduate work at the spending time with their grandchildren and For more information, contact elizabeth@ temporary Norwegian issues and all things Art Center College in Los Angeles, Calif. It sharing their love of art with them. norwayhouse.net. Norwegian. A new chapter will be estab- was at school in California that Aamodt met The beautiful art created by the Aamodt lished in the Washington, D.C., region, and her husband Bob Dexter. and Dexter shows the traditions and heritage you are invited to the Chapter Formation New York After college, Aamodt got her start in of Norway and other Scandinavian countries. Meeting at the Williamsburg Room at the Music from a Year in Norway fashion drawing and it was not until later To contact Nordic Folklore, visit www.nor- May 31 Army Navy Country Club (1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA) on May 5 at that Nordic art became her primary focus. dicfolklore.com, email information@nordic- New York City, N.Y. She first was attracted to Nordic art by the folklore.com or call (360) 832-1244. “Allusions to Seasons and Weather: Music 11:15 a.m. For more information, contact beautiful colors of the bunad. “I went to a from a Year in Norway” with Former ASF [email protected]. If you wish Scandinavian Festival at Cal Lutheran in Fellow Michael Straus. Join us May 31 at to begin a chapter in your state, contact 7 p.m. at Scandinavia House in New York Leslee Lane Hoyum at leslee.sarping@ Moorpark with Bob in 1983,” said Aamodt. City. Admission: $10 ($7 ASF Members) gmail.com for a startup manual. It was then that Aamodt was truly inspired Composer Peter V. Swendsen presents a by Nordic folklore and decided to take the full program of new and recent composi- plunge to focus on this specific type of art. Besides creating beautiful paintings of people in traditional Norwegian bunads with beautiful backgrounds, the Fjord horse is an- 17th of May Event Calendar other common aspect of Aamodt’s artwork. Having owned one as a child, her love of the coming next week! Fjord started at a young age and continues today. “I love drawing their sensitive and Send your events to [email protected] by May 1 to be included. affectionate faces,” says Aamodt describ- ing why she likes to include the Fjord in her Send your event to [email protected] or call (206) 784-4617 paintings. to be added to the Norwegian American Weekly! Nordic Folklore Paintings is not merely Aamodt’s work reflects the traditionalbunad (folk a one-person show, as Aamodt works close- costume) of regional Norway. The one depicted Event listings are free, but space is limited. Please contact us at least one month prior to event. ly with her husband Bob Dexter, a modern here is the white bunad from Bergen. norwegian american weekly A Online: blog.norway.com/category/norway-in-the-us april 27, 2012 • 13 In your neighborhood Freedom and peace Honoring 39 years of troop exchange between the US and Norway in Little Falls, Minn.

Photos: Ali Rogers Photography Left: Former board member Phyllis Framstad made the commemorative kransekake. Right: President Karen Gusaas welcomes members and guests.

< Friendship From page 1 engaged Linda Pederson, who at the time Photos: Gary G. Erickson worked for the Royal Norwegian Consulate The banquet dignitaries at the Falls Ballroom in Little Falls, Minn., to celebrate the Norwegian-Amer- cal thinking skills. Rita Docter, program in Minneapolis, and her insights were in- ican troop exchange. manager for the volunteer-driven BRAVO valuable in helping Lakselaget attract young Music Appreciation Program, spoke with women. In fact, two of five Lakselag presi- great passion for her subject. dents were 28 and 30 when elected. Ga r y G. Er i c k s o n Before and during lunch, guests viewed In April 2002, Lakselaget held its first Sunburg, Minn. three tables of fabulous items on which they meeting. The banquet room was packed, could bid in a silent auction with the proceeds a manifestation of greater interest than we thought possible. The organization has flour- Norwegian Home Guard troops recently eral, the Sons of Norway and the Norwegian benefiting the Lakselag Scholarship and Op- ished since then providing professional sup- completed their 39th annual reciprocal troop American Chamber of Commerce (NACC). portunity Fund. The items, which were do- port, networking opportunities and educa- exchange with the U.S., NOREX 2012, by Eivind Heiberg, CEO of the Sons of Norway nated by Lakselaget members and friends, tional programs. It has raised $72,000 for its traveling to Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minn. and Midwest chapter president of NACC, included a boat cruise on the St. Croix Riv- scholarship program and has awarded funds for two weeks of winter training. Approxi- shared Norman’s view and pointed out that er, kransekake made to order, a Norwegian to Norwegian and Minnesota women every mately 118 Norwegians formed a contingent Sons of Norway and NACC have both played sweater, one-of-a-kind jewelry, books, wine year since 2003. In other outreach efforts, from various Home Guard districts through- an integral role in the success of this troop baskets and much more. The auction raised members have volunteered for programs out Norway. A like number of Minnesota Na- exchange, supporting it both financially and $2,000 in 1.5 hours! such as the Nobel Peace Prize seminar at tional Guard troops traveled to Norway for otherwise since the very beginning. More than 30 years ago, Ingeborg So- Augsburg College, Nordic ski events and the similar winter training. This exchange con- “It helps to strengthen the ties between rensen and I watched as our husbands drove Norwegian Royal Visit in 2011. stitutes the longest-lived military exchange the U.S., frankly, and Norway. It goes way off to their respective cod clubs nine Satur- For information about joining Lakselag- agreement in the history of the U.S. beyond the Midwest and the state of Minne- days each year. It dawned on us that we, too, et in Minnesota, contact membership@lak- Lt. Col. Per-Ivar Norman, Commanding sota,” Heiberg emphasized. should have an organization for professional selaget.org, or learn more about us at www. Officer, Norwegian Home Guard’s 5th Dis- Troop members were given an opportu- and university women who were Norwegian, lakselaget.org. If you live in the Washington, trict, Elverum, Norway and making his first nity to experience American life through the of Norwegian descent, or interested in con- D.C. area, a new chapter is being formed on trip ever to the U.S., was interviewed at a “Buddy Weekend,” a time when they could temporary Norwegian issues. However, it May 5. Contact [email protected]. public reception held in Minneapolis’ Radis- spend a couple of days living with an Ameri- was not until 2001 that we actually set the If you wish to begin a chapter in your state, son Plaza Hotel in late February. can family somewhere within about 100 ball in motion. contact me at [email protected] for “I see the importance of learning to know miles of Little Falls. American families vol- During our planning, we determined a startup manual. each other, and keeping the bond between unteered for the experience earlier in the fall that to appeal to younger women we need- Norway and the U.S.,” declared Lt. Col. and the event has always been very popular. ed a younger person’s point of view. So we Norman, next year’s commander-in-chief. A favorite feature of this weekend is the abil- “We can present winter training conditions ity of the Norwegian troops to sleep in and in Norway for the American troops, and we sleep late. come here and learn how you, the National “Culture” was often referred to by the Guard, train here, especially the Rapid Reac- Norwegian contingent’s officers and enlisted tion Forces. And, also presented to the youth men as a significant experience for them dur- we bring along, about 60 of them in all, are ing their stay. When asked to define this cul- American culture and American soldier life. tural phenomenon, several times reference So, they actually experience a lot of things was given to the openness and friendliness we actually can’t present back at home, they found afforded them culturally by the weapons training being just one of them.” American public when they were out in uni- This reception was sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate Gen- See > Exchange, page 15

Lakselaget Board members and co-founders include: Treasurer Beth Detlie; Reservations Director Kay Shores; Co-founder Ingeborg Sorensen; Vice President Suzanne Wheeler; Co-founder Leslee Lane Hoyum; President Karen Gusaas; Co-founder Linda Pederson; Foundation Director Karin Holt; and Membership Director Leann Tatge. The co-founders were toasted for for their persistence in building an organization that salutes “Women who swim against the current.” 17th of May is coming! Full Service Agency With Experienced See pageNorwegian 3 forSpeaking details Consultants! Full Service Agency WithOur Experienced daily specials Norwegian and regularly Speaking updated Consultants! information will help you make wise travel Our daily specials and regularly updated informationdecisions will inhelp ayou make constantly wise travel changing decisions in world! a constantly changing world! 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Heidi was a long-time Minnesotan until she married In remembering the anniversaries of the Nazi invasion and occupation (April 9, 1940) and the her favorite Norwegian, Morten, and moved to his liberation (May 8, 1945), we will publish memories from our readers in April and May. home country of Norway. As a recent immigrant she is experiencing Norway with a unique perspective, filling us You have challenged me to write a rented an apartment from a manager in a local in on the good, the bad and the unexpected! piece of my history which started many bank and they had been able by the Germans years back. You captured my attention with to keep their radios in a bank vault, sealed your photograph on page seven of your fine up. However, an illegal news brief with newspaper, a picture I first saw in Oslo on the bank’s watermark got out on the street, Å gå på kino May 9, 1945. This famous photograph has therefore, the Gestapo came and arrested ev- appeared many times since, and has been erybody in the bank and put them all in a Going to the movies a constant reminder of a sad chapter in my concentration camp for one year! Yet, what life. As you will see in my story below, I lost was still to be answered was “WHERE IS both my parents in the preceding five years. THE RADIO?” I had just come home from This all came about as I was born in Los school when one of my school buddies came Angeles some five years earlier and my par- to warn us, the Germans were looking for ents decided to return to Norway. My dad, a radio. My mother, knowing of our radio, from Bergen, was a rather famous Brann was panic-stricken and asked me to hide the soccer goalie and my mother was from Lar- radio somewhere. I took the radio out of its vik. The last time I saw my father was on cabinet and headed out of the house. Coming April 4, 1940, his ship making a brief stop from the kitchen stoop, I eyed the two-holer in Mandal, their home port, on their journey “out-house” across our yard. Without hesi- from Sweden bound for England. He had tation, I dropped the device in the MUCK. taken a job as a chief engineer to supplement The situation was under control for the time his failing income from his automobile ga- being, radio buried. rage in Mandal, due to the spartan economy In high school, I became very interested in Norway at that time. Then the occupation in electronics, in particular “crystal sets.” I of Norway by German soldiers started just a set out to the grocery store, bought a roll of few days later in April 9, 1940. When moth- toilet paper, took the paper off, glued in the er passed away about one year later, I went detector and clips for antennae wires, etc., to Sandnes to live with an aunt and uncle to put the paper carefully back on the card- Photo courtesy of Norwegian Film Insitute finish high school. board core with copper wire and hung it in The Norwegian film “Oslo, 31. august” (Oslo, August 31st) is highly acclaimed in Norway and abroad, It all started, the first evening at dusk, the bathroom. Every night around 8 p.m., I and is currently being shown at international film festivals. my mother and I were standing in the door- listened to the BBC from Scotland. I made way as German bombers droned above our about 100 of these radios for my friends People often wonder if all films that In North-Trøndelag we pay between heads showing us that they were here. AND none were ever found, hence I am come to Norway are dubbed, and the answer NOK 80 – 120 (USD 14.50 – 22.00) depend- A Messerschmitt made an emergency still here. In radio school, I remembered is no. Most people prefer to see a movie in ing on the popularity of the film, the theater landing in Mandal (out of fuel) where they our whole class gathered around the radio the language it was originally filmed in, so and if it is 3D or not. We can buy tickets in later built an airport. The pilot was disarmed when the judge read the verdict of Vidkun Norwegians are really good at reading sub- person, from a machine in the lobby or on- by my scout leader and housed in our local Qusling, the Norwegian Nazi Collaborator. titles. That is good news for all of us native line. Most films are in the evenings (earlier jail (a whole story in itself). No doubt Man- It took the judge 45 minutes to read his sen- English speakers living in Norway because on weekends), but once and a while they dal was way down on the list to occupy as it tence and ended with “and he shall be ex- took two to three weeks to come and retrieve ecuted by shooting, cremated and the ashes then we can also watch the American new have babykino (where mothers can watch a their plane. spread by the wind!” releases in our native tongue. Theaters spec- film with their young infants) or seniorkino The Germans built a small airport in The war finally ended. I received my ify if a film has been dubbed, mostly chil- (for retirees) during the day and with special Mandal and a couple of times an Allied radio license and had become a radio officer dren’s animated films, or if it is Norwegian prices. It is easy to get comfortable in the re- bomber found their way to drop a few bombs in the Norwegian Merchant Marine. Even- in origin (Norske tale, Norske stemmer/with clining stools found in most theaters and the to annoy the Germans, no doubt. tually, I found my way back to my mother- Norwegian voices). For more information sound is state-of-the-art. Early on during the occupation, they land… you can check out the Norwegian movie site, In the last few years 3D films have be- confiscated all radios. My parents happened That’s my little story from those days Filmweb (www.filmweb.no). come an overnight sensation and there is to bring a radio back with them back to “growing up” in a rather interesting time. Our local paper usually lists the name of usually one 3D film running at all times. Norway; however, it suffered a malfunction the film followed by: Sometimes, as in Steinkjer, the 3D glasses during the transition and was never licensed Submitted by Sigurd Wathne are included. In Verdal you have to buy your in Norway. As it turned out, my mother had Mandal, Norway / Santa Barbara, Calif. The type (for example) glasses for KR10 (US 2.00), but then you get Drama / Romantikk (drama / romantic) to keep them and in my opinion the 3D ef- th Am. Krigsfilm (American war film) fects are much better. 17 of May is coming! Sci-Fi As with American films, there are usu- Send us your Syttende Mai event for our national calendar! Action ally a few minutes of commercials before 7.NAW.Holand.23Dec2011_Layout 1 12/23/11 4:54 PM Page 1 Komedie (comedy) the film starts (many locally produced and Email [email protected] or call (800) 305-0217 by May 1. Animasjon (animated) advertising local businesses) and there are a See page 3 for our 17th of May offer. Eventyr (fairy tale) few previews. We are allowed to bring in our treats and yes, Norwegians do eat popcorn The aldersgrenser (the age requirements) History of the Norwegian Settlements: at the movies. One popular sweet addition is A translated and expanded version of A (tillatt for alle / appropriate for all) a “pick your own candy” smørgåsbord. You the 1908 De Norske Settlementers Historie 7 år / 7 years and up (barn ned til 4 år i get a paper bag and fill it up with whatever and the 1930 Den Siste Folkevandring Sagastubber fra Nybyggerlivet i Amerika følge med foresatte / children from age 4 can sweets you like and pay by weight (the can- By Hjalmar Rued Holand come with an adult) dy in the bag, not yours after you have eaten • WINNER of 2 National Awards 11 år / 11 years and up (barn ned til 8 år i the candy). • Immigrants in the Midwest 1830-1870 følge med foresatte / children from age 8 can The 100th anniversary of the sinking of • 512 pgs, hardcover, 6”x9”, Smyth sewn • Includes 32 pages of colored maps come with an adult) the Titanic has been popular with Norwe- • = $39.95 with FREE shipping in the USA 15 år / 15 years and up (unge ned til 12 gians and in a addition to multiple television The 63-chapter non-fiction book lets readers år i følge med foresatte / teens from age 12 specials, the film “Titanic” with Kate Wins- trace the trails of 3,800 indexed immigrants can come with an adult) let and Leonardo DiCaprio, is being shown through Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas as they explore new fron- 18 år / 18 years (absolutt nedre grense. for the first time in 3D. tiers and tame the wilderness. Ingen i salen kan være under 18 år / there So if you need a bit of down time on Call — send a check— or order from website is a fixed age, no one in the theater can be your Norwegian tour, know that you will Made in America! under 18) find a friendly place to relax that is just a bit like home. Astri My Astri Publishing www.astrimyastri.com Deb Nelson Gourley Phone: 563-568-6229 The length (for example) 602 3rd Ave SW, Waukon, IA 52172 [email protected] 3t 17m (3 hours and 17 minutes) norwegian american weekly A Online: blog.norway.com/category/sports april 27, 2012 • 15 sports Tippeligaen: Norway’s Premier League Competition in round 5 results Standings

4/20 Vålerenga 0 – 2 Sogndal Tippeligaen pld PTS 1. Rosenborg BK 5 11 4/21 Haugesund 2 – 1 Brann 2. Tromsø IL 5 10 4/22 Odd Grenland 1 – 1 Fredrikstad 3. Strømsgodset IF 5 10 4/22 Sandnes Ulf 2 – 1 Stabæk 4. Sogndal IL Fotball 5 9 5. Hønefoss BK 5 9 4/22 Hønefoss 3 – 1 Ålesund 6. Molde 5 9 4/22 Strømsgodset 1 – 0 Viking 7. FK Haugesund 5 8

4/22 Rosenborg 3 – 0 Tromsø 8. Viking FK 5 7 9. Vålerenga Fotball 5 7 4/23 Molde 3 – 2 Lillestrøm 10. Ålesunds FK 5 6 11. Fredrikstad FK 5 5 12. Sandnes Ulf 5 5 Photo: Sogndalfotball.no 13. Odd Grenland 5 4 Songdal IL Fotball’s team proved their strength against Vålerenga. To read more about football in 14. SK Brann 5 3 15. Lillestrøm SK 5 3 Kj e l l Ol a v St r ø m s l i Norway, visit www.uefa.com Trondheim, Norway 16. Stabæk Fotball 5 1

Vålerenga is one of the teams that allow The defenders Andre Kim Madsen and the opponents to drop in many times against Alexander Aas contributed greatly to Strøms- Leif erikson Lodge 2-001, sons of norway their own goal in this year’s series. In the godset’s victory with their rescues at the goal Culture, entertainment and fun for young and old – April 20 match, Vålerenga owned the match line. After the match it was all mostly about Come join us! May 9 in the beginning, but Sogndal went straight at the disputed decisive penalty. In attempting Membership meeting with dinner, drinks and program. 6 p.m. the throat of the hosts when they first got the to pass Martin Ørnskov, Alfred Sankoh ap- $10 / person. Call for reservations at (206) 783-1274 opportunity. After 25 minutes it was 2 – 0 on parently landed lightly in the ground, but the May 12 the score board after goals by Gustav Vals- referee pointed on the mark. Viking manager 2nd Saturday Kaffestua. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Donation: $4 vik and Tonny Brochmann. Vålerenga did Åge Hareide was ruthless in the break and 2nd Saturday Happy Hour. $5 for 2 drinks and supper. 5 p.m. May 17 never recover and had to face a loss against a said: “I think it was a sniper in Marienlyst Join us for the Norwegian Constitution Day! Luncheon at 12 strong Songdal team. here today. I did not know it was a foot that p.m. Tickets: $30 / person. Reservations required to (206) Odd Grenland has only one victory was put out there. It is a little too easily.” 783-1274. Cafe 3 – 5 p.m. with food and drink to purchase. in this year’s series. Because of an impos- Tromsø was on a visit to Lerkendal in Every Wednesday sible Fredrikstad goalkeeper Jon Knudsen, Trondheim in the late game on April 22. It Exercise class at 10 a.m. Cost: $3 Questions? 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Celebrating over 50 years on the air! < activity KKNW – 1150 AM From page 1 dent of the Norwegian Medical Association, Saturdays 9 – 10 a.m. PST Hege Gjessing. least one hour of physical education a day in She also speaks on behalf of the Cancer Streaming live on the internet at: Norwegian schools. Society, the National Association for Public www.1150kknw.com “Our goal is that all children and young Health, the Physioterapy Association and the people shall be offered one hour of physical Norwegian Sports Association. They are all activity each day they spend at school. The joining forces with a wish to make Norwe- Norwegian- school is an important arena, because here all gian children and youth more active. Always the owned participate regardless of social background. 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