A Trip to Volatile, Alluring Iceland with Bárðarbunga Threatening to Erupt, Our Correspondant Looks Back at a Recent Visit to the Island of Ice and Fire

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A Trip to Volatile, Alluring Iceland with Bárðarbunga Threatening to Erupt, Our Correspondant Looks Back at a Recent Visit to the Island of Ice and Fire (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Roots Arts Kon-Tiki museum Melancholy celebrates « Alt nytt begynner med kaos. » and madness Read more on page 10 – Mosse Jørgensen Read more on page 15 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 125 No. 30 August 29, 2014 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $2.00 per copy A trip to volatile, alluring Iceland With Bárðarbunga threatening to erupt, our correspondant looks back at a recent visit to the island of ice and fire SHELBY GILJE Its waterfalls are breathtaking; its Seattle, Wash. steamy geysers fascinating; its bubbling If Iceland were a person instead of mud flats could make you believe you’ve an island, one could describe it as handsome, flown to the moon. « And if you long for adventure, note stunning, and seductive. that Icelanders reside among live vol- canoes, and one erupts about every five years. Most are not as dramatic as Ey- » jafjallajokull, which erupted in 2010 grounding thousands of airline flights in and around Europe. I would not care to be present for a volcanic eruption, but would love to see the Northern Lights or aurora borealis. The sun does not set completely in Iceland in June. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, are best viewed from mid September through mid April. And the food? Who wouldn’t enjoy the sumptuous breakfast buffets that are standard fare in Nordic cultures; mar- velous fish-stock-based soups for lunch; salads with all manner of vegetables and delicious fish dishes. And of course fresh lamb. At one hotel there were raised beds of herbs and other ready-to-pick salad materials outside my room window. But why write about Iceland for the Norwegian American Weekly? Let’s talk DNA. Or if you want to be technical, de- oxyribonucleic acid. According to an exhibit in the Na- tional Museum of Iceland, 80 percent of Icelandic men’s DNA connects them to What’s inside? Norway; while 51 percent of the women News 2-3 have Celtic DNA. And Icelanders speak a Photo: Shelby Gilje form of Old Norse, which gave the Eng- Namaskard in Myvatn is so unearthly that NASA sent its astronauts there to practice for Business 4 lish language words such as “jury, them, their trip to the moon. Sports 5 their, husband, sister, born, and die” to Opinion 6-7 name but a few. So a visit to Iceland can scenic spots, and saw a spectacular wa- prehend why Neil Armstrong, the Taste of Norway 8 be a bit like visiting cousins in other parts terfall nearly every day. late American astronaut and the of Scandinavia. The extensive pastoral countryside first man to walk on the moon, and Travel 9 Our tour group learned about Ice- with lambs, ewes, cattle, and horses was his colleagues, trained on Iceland’s Roots & Connections 10 land’s history during an 11-day Universi- easy on the eyes. Not much traffic, though moonscapes. Obituaries & Religion 11 ty of Washington Alumni Association trip on country roads our tour bus occasion- A dip in the warm, relaxing In Your Neighborhood 12-13 arranged by Odysseys Unlimited, with ally had to pause for meandering sheep. Myvatn Nature Baths is about $22 lecturer Terje Leiren, professor of Scandi- After all, the half million sheep outnum- per person, rather than the $75 to Norwegian Heritage 14 navian studies and history at the UW, and ber people in Iceland. $100 fee at the Blue Lagoon near Arts & Entertainment 15 Icelandic tour director Steingrimur Gun- Lake Myvatn and the surrounding Reykjavik. No one in our tour Back Page 16 narsson. Our group of 17 travelers hailed area in the north are alive with bubbling group opted for the famous but from Washington, Oregon, California, mud flats, lava fields, and moon-like vol- pricey Blue Lagoon, but half a doz- $1 = NOK 6.176 Alabama, and Minnesota. canic craters. It is a nature reserve that en donned swimwear for Myvatn’s updated 08/25/2014 Just as many visitors do, we traveled ranks among the most beautiful sights more reasonable hot springs. the Ring Road northeast from Reykjavik in Iceland if not the world. Looking at In comparison to Akureyri. We made frequent stops at these surreal environs it’s easy to com- See > ICELAND, page 9 07/25/2014 6.2250 02/25/2014 6.0353 08/25/2013 6.0157 Photo: Shelby Gilje 2 • August 29, 2014 norwegiAn AmericAn weekly NyhETEr FrA NorgE Nyheter Sandberg vraket Stortinget for å være TV-kokk Fikk kjempelaks på kongens faste Mens resten av Storting- fiskeplass et var samlet til hektisk Denne laksen på 131,3 centimeter fikk Mark Brooks på en ti fots ørret- innspurt før sommerferien stang i Lærdalselva. Bildet av fisken var Per Sandberg opptatt går verden rundt, sier fiskeren. Mark med å lage mat på TV Brooks og sønnen William (4) var ute på 20. august og fisket etter ør- VG ret i Lærdalselven, sammen med ka- merat Ola Petter Bøe og hans sønn Den første uken i juni deltok Frp-nestle- Knut Olav (11). — Vi sto og snakket deren under innspillingen av TV3s nyeste mens vi fisket, og plutselig får vi napp. sesong av kokkekamp-programmet Mas- «WONK», sa det, og så ble snøret terChef. stramt, forteller Brooks. To og en halv Innspillingen foregikk i København og time med blodslit tok det før gjengen deltagerne måtte oppholde seg i den danske klarte å få den svære fisken på land. hovedstaden fra 2. til 5. juni. Etter å ha fått ut kroken, hadde de en Den samme uken var det heldagsmøter liten fotoseanse og tok målinger av i Stortinget både tirsdag 3. juni og torsdag fisken. Laksen var 131,3 centimeter 5. juni. I tillegg til vanlig spørretime onsdag lang, og målte 82 centimeter rundt 4. juni. Foto: Pressefoto / TV3 buken. Bildene av laksen er delt på — Jeg får masse forespørsler om å del- Frp-nestleder Per Sandberg foretrakk kjøkkenkniv, sitroner og lime i stedet for debatter, voteringer Facebooksider for laksefiskere, og ta i forskjellige arrangement. Denne våren og spørretime i starten av juni. eksperter har estimert den til å veie hadde jeg tre-fire forespørsler. I samråd med mellom 26,4 og 27,5 kilo. Rekord er kommunikasjonsavdelingen valgte jeg å si ja tikk, så det var nyttig. til stede. Jeg jobber døgnet rundt uansett, og det nok dessverre ikke. Ifølge klikk.no til MasterChef, sier Sandberg. Blant det Sandberg — som sitter i uten- det var ikke slik at jeg ikke drev med poli- er den offisielle Norgesrekorden for — Programmet er veldig relevant med riks- og forsvarskomiteen — gikk glipp av tisk arbeid også utenom innspillingene disse laks fisket på stang 32,5 kilo og 142 tanke på politikk. Ved å delta kan jeg bidra mens han «formidlet sunn mat», var viktige dagene. centimeter. Den ble fisket i Tanaelven til å formidle kunnskap om sunn mat, vise at redegjørelser fra utenriksministeren og fors- Heller ikke ledelsen i Frps stortings- i juli i 1951. Men det er ytterst sjelden det går an å lage mat fra bunnen av hjemme varsministeren om utviklingen i Afghanistan gruppe ser noen problemer ved Sandbergs med rugger på over 26 kilo. og vise frem at Norge er et u-land med tanke og Norges engasjement der. fravær. (VG) på råvarer, sier han. Sandberg viser til at Frps forsvarspoli- — I tillegg så får jeg en anledning til å tiske talsperson var til stede under rede- English Synopsis: Vice President of Norway’s Prog- Sauer forvillet seg ut på dypt vann i drite meg ut. Jeg er jo ikke kokk. Man får gjørelsene, og at disse uansett foreligger ress Party, Per Sandberg, participated in a TV cooking Lofoten også anledning til å møte masse forskjellige skriftlig. competition in Denmark instead of attending parlia- — Jeg var på tur til barnehagen tidlige- mennesker; økonomer, idrettsfolk og musik- — Jeg tror ikke situasjonen i Afghani- mentary meetings. The Progress Party supports Sand- re i dag da jeg så disse sauene som ere. Og alle disse har jo innspill til vår poli- stan eller Frps innsikt tapte fordi jeg ikke var berg’s decision to compete in MasterChef. hadde forvillet seg ut på dypt vann, sier Runa Sundsfjord til NRK. De stakkars sauene stod da på et lite skjær like ved campingplassen i Rolvsfjord Tidskapsel åpnet Slanking har nådd helt til livmoren på Vestvågøy i Lofoten, skriver Lofot- posten. Sundsfjord stoppet opp for å etter 100 år I enkelte miljøer er det ta bilde av dyrene. — Her beiter dyr status å føde barn som fra både Borge, Gimsøy og Valberg. En 100 år gammel tids- Det er derfor vanskelig å si hvem som veier under tre kilo eier sauene, fortsetter Sundsfjord. Hun kapsel fra 17. mai 1914 trodde sauene var avhengig av å vente ble åpnet i Fjære kirke AFTENPOSTEN på fjæra for å komme seg i land. Når hun var på retur litt senere var imidler- NRK tid sauene vekk. — Det tyder på at — Noen mener det tar seg bedre ut med de har svømt i land. Jeg stoppet, men En fullsatt kirke ventet spent på åpnin- en liten og nett baby på skinnfellen, heller kunne ikke se noen våte dyr. gen av blikkboksen, som har hengt i kirketår- enn en godslig og robust godklump, sier all- (NRK) net i 100 år. mennlege Kari Løvendahl Mogstad. På boksen stod det: «Maa ikkje aapnas Aftenposten har tidligere skrevet om Nordmenn ranet under pokerlag i fyr næste Jubileum.» enkelte jordmødres bekymring for at gravide Sverige — Vi har vært litt fristet til å titte oppi ønsker å føde små barn.
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