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March Lodge Meeting: Inside This Issue March Lodge Meeting ...... 1 SofN International Convention ...2 Who Do You Think You Are Lodge Calendar ...... 3 Friday, March 21, 2014 – 7:00 p.m. Other Area Events ...... 3 Norway House, 3846 Meredith Drive, Fairfax, VA Language Classes ...... 4 Fiskekaker Recipe ...... 5 http://www.norwaydc.org/directions Lodge Youth Activities ...... 5 2014 Norwegian Festival/Bazaar .5 Bring your potluck dishes by 6:45 so we can eat promptly at 7:00. Photos from February Meeting ...6 Our March Program guest speaker, Ms. Deb McConaghy will be do- Innovative Leadership Conf ...... 9 ing a program based upon the popular TV series "Who Do You Norwegian Experience 2014 ...... 9 Think You Are." Transform Family Story to Saga 10 Members will be President’s Message ...... 11 requested to com- Elling Coming to Washington ....11 plete a tent card Tubfrim Winner Announced ...... 12 where they are Care Committee ...... 12 from or their fam- Parliamentary Quiz ...... 13 ily is from in Nor- way. Then, the fun District 3 President’s Message ...15 will begin with ad- District 3 VP’s Message ...... 16 ditional activities March Birthdays ...... 16 for members to Virtual Pilgrimage ...... 17 interactively par- Reading Circle News ...... 18 ticipate for their Join Sons of Norway ...... 18 region of Norway. Genealogy Interest Group ...... 18 At the conclusion Contact Info & Directions ...... 19 of our "TV Show" exercise, Deb will show photos of the bunads for Festdrakt Class Flyer ...... 20 the various regions of Norway that our members' ancestors lived. She encourages everyone that has a bunad or folkdrakt to wear them to the meeting. About Deb McConaghy Deb became interested in Bunads because her family owned Norwegian costumes which they wore in the Brooklyn Syttende Mai parade. Her family moved from Brooklyn to Florida in 1967, where they were charter members in the Sarasota Lodge.
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Deb’s mother was born in Oslo and she wears the Oslo costume, made from a kit, by her mother and purchased from Steen and Strom department store the year the Oslo drakt debuted in 1947. Deb re- ceived her Hardanger bunad around the time she was confirmed. Deb learned to construct Hardanger bunads about fifteen years ago and has now made five. Given the warm climate in Florida & North Carolina, Deb started making cotton or linen everday folk cos- tumes (drakt) about ten years ago. She has now made about a dozen drakt. Deb has also helped bu- Deb McConaghy, teaching a Make Your Own Folk Cos- nad owners alter and/or restore vintage bunads. She tume Workshop at the Washington Lodge in March 2012. is able to conceal moth holes, expand the size of garments and generate missing pieces of costumes. sewing machines (5) and so many trims, supplies, fabrics, threads, etc.” Deb is undaunted and even Deb’s mother taught her how to sew over forty learned to do a little hardanger embroidery by years ago. Her grandmother taught her how to knit hand. She is also resourceful and figured out how to and do needlepoint. Sewing is her passion. She recreate hardanger embroidery for use in aprons loves quilting, smocking and all types of sewing. and such, using her embroidery machine. She tries to sew some each day, but work some- times gets in the way. She claims that “fabric seems Deb has a collection of books about bunads and has to be hiding in all the nooks and crannies of my spent extensive time researching bunads online. house and I have a very patient husband with all my
leadership skills. To help members learn about each of these important events, Sons of Norway has launched a new website, sonsofnorway 2014.com. Visitors to the web- site will learn about all the excit- ing things happening at the This year Sons of Norway is discussing issues that will have a Convention, register for atten- hosting the 2014 Biennial Inter- significant impact on Sons of dance, get schedule/agenda up- national Convention in beautiful Norway. dates and learn about all the Jacksonville, FL. This is an im- great things Jacksonville has to This year the Convention will portant event for the organiza- offer. Visit today to learn all once again include the Innova- tion because it’s when we hold about the exciting events com- tive Leadership Conference, a the International Lodge Meet- ing up this summer! ing, a time when members come special one-day event that is together to participate in our open to ALL members and dedi- Courtesy Sons of Norway Newslet- organization’s governance by cated to strengthening attendees ter Service
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sic by foremost-in-US Loretta Kelley on the unique Hardanger fiddle (w/sympathetic strings under the Lodge Calendar bowed strings — see HFAA.org). Addictive dances, some with elements like Swing or Hambo. Begin- Lodge Board Meeting ners, singles/couples, watchers/listeners all welcome. Sunday, March 9 at 5:00 p.m. at Norway House Bring clean shoes to wear, food to share, and $$ you Genealogy Interest Group Meeting can spare. Big friendly dog in house. Host Sonia's Saturday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Norway House phone just in case: 301-503-7906. Info/dirs: See page 18 for details. http://MAND.fanitull.org or Jenny, [email protected], 301- www.norwaydc.org/genealogy 371-4312. March Lodge Meeting: Who Do You Norwegian Church Service Think You Are Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Norway House Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 7730 Bradley Blvd. (at See page 1 for details. the corner of Seven Locks Rd. & Bradley Blvd.). The pastor is Ellen Marie Skillingstad. The service is Festdrakt Class in Norwegian. All are welcome. “Kirkekaffe” after the Saturday/Sunday, March 22-23, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. service. For more information, call Lasse Syversen at See page 20 for flyer. 301-641-7908 or email: lasse@flagship.com.
April Reading Circle Þorrablót (Icelandic Midwinter Festival) Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. at Norway House Saturday, March 15, 6:00-11:30 p.m. www.norwaydc.org/reading American Legion Post 177, 3939 Oak St, Fairfax VA. Join them for their annual Icelandic Midwinter Festi- April Lodge Meeting: Art of Folk Art val with all the traditional food. House opens at 6:00 Friday, April 25, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. p.m. with Happy Hour. Buffet Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Syttennde Mai Dinner/Dance Raffle. Dance Music performed by Lame Dudes from Friday, May 16, 2014, 6:00-11:00 p.m. Iceland. For tickets, go to www.icelanddc.com. For Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, VA more information, email: [email protected].
Syttennde Mai Celebration Scandia DC 3rd Sat. Dance Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 7:00-10:00 p.m. Carderock Park, Potomac, MD Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Dr., Greenbelt, Maryland (dance studio on lower level) Sons of Norway 3rd District Convention Teaching: 7:00-8:00 p.m., Valdres Springar – a popular June 11-15, 2014 in Albany, NY - save the date dance from the Hardanger fiddle region of Norway, www.3dsofn.org/convention/ taught by Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper. No part- ners necessary. This month live fiddle music will fea- Norw. Language & Conversation Group ture Loretta Kelley, our local treasure and considered Every Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Norway House to be the most accomplished American born hardan- Beginner and Intermediate/Advanced classes. ger fiddle player. There may be some recorded music. See page 4 for details. Enjoy a variety of Scandinavian couple dances led by www.norwaydc.org/language Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper. Cost $10. For more information or directions, visit www.scandiadc.org or contact Linda Brooks & Ross Schipper at Other Area Events of Interest [email protected] or 202-333-2826. In case of Norwegian Dance & Potluck inclement weather, call 301-474-0646 for closing in- Saturday, March 8, potluck 6:30 p.m., dancing 8 formation. 3812 Denfeld Ave, Kensington, MD 20895 Norwegian-style house party. Mesmerizing live mu- Continued on next page
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Continued om previous page Linda & Ross' phone just in case: 202-333-2826. Info/directions: http://MAND.fanitull.org or Jenny, ASA Meeting: How Does a Nordic Country [email protected], 301-371-4312. Communicate in the United States? Grieg: Piano Concerto by André Watts Monday, March 17 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. St. John's Church Wisconsin Ave & Bradley Blvd Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD Chevy Chase, MD Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. André Watts returns Sanna Kangasharhu is the Press Counselor at the Em- on piano with Jakub Hrusa, conducting. Piano playing bassy of Finland. Her remarks will address the ques- doesn't get any better than this. Watts' triumphant tion: All the countries in the world are represented in BSO appearance two seasons ago left audiences Washington D.C. What does a small Nordic country standing and cheering. Now, he returns for Grieg's do to get its voice heard through the noise? What are beloved Piano Concerto. Program: Jandcek – The the Finnish messages that work in this country and Cunning Little Vixen Suite, Grieg – Piano Concerto, how do you get them across? Dvorak – Symphony No. 7. Visit bsomusic.org or call Fairfax Genealogical Society Conference the BSO Ticket Office at 410-783-8000. March 28-29, 2014 Elling on Stage Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks, Fairfax, VA April 26-May 18, 2014 Each year, FxGS holds a 2 day conference in the Undercroft Theater, 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, DC spring. These conferences have traditionally been well- Based on the Norwegian film. A pair of oddly matched attended and well received with nationally known roommates must cope with the real world, and each speakers, special interest tracks, mini-lectures and other, as they try to prove they can cope with every- various vendor booths. This year’s theme is Comings day life. Despite the challenges of their lives, poetry and Goings: How to Find Them and How to Follow becomes the lifeline that makes independence possi- Them. Early bird registration through March 15. ble. For more information: stageguild.org/ perform- http://fxgs.org/cpage.php?pt=20 ances/. See page 11 if you are interested in attending Norwegian Dance & Potluck with a group of lodge members. Saturday, March 29, potluck 6:30 p.m., dancing 8 Nordic Dancers of Washington, D.C. 3600 T St, NW, Washington, DC 20007 Most Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., through June Norwegian-style house party. (Mar 29 is the "Apr" Highland View Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD party.) Mesmerizing live music by foremost-in-US Come and learn traditional folk dances of Denmark, Loretta Kelley on the unique Hardanger fiddle (w/ Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Newcomers are sympathetic strings under the bowed strings — see welcome; no prior dance experience is necessary. For HFAA.org). Addictive dances, some with elements more information, contact Chris Kalke at like Swing or Hambo. Beginners, singles/couples, [email protected] or 301-864-1596 or visit watchers/listeners all welcome. Bring clean shoes to http://sites.google.com/site/nordicdancersdc/ wear, food to share, and $$ you can spare. Hosts
Norwegian Language & Conversation Group The language group meets on Wednesday nights with a Beginner class at 6 p.m., followed by Intermediate and Advanced at 7 p.m. The class moves at a slow pace so everybody can keep up, and you will have fun while learning Norwegian. Our teacher is Nina Brambini Smith, a certified Norwegian/English teacher (she has taught for years at State Department Language School) from Oslo. If you’re interested in language classes, you can contact Nina at [email protected].
VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 4 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 Fiskekaker (Norweigan Fish Cakes) processor and grind until blended. Set the proces- sor to a low speed and slowly add milk through the chute until the mixture has a paste-like consistency, using as much milk as the mixture can absorb with- out becoming too watery to form the cakes. Add chives to mixture and process. Move mixture to a bowl. Heat oil in a large pan on medium heat. Divide mixture into 6 portions and form into cakes (roughly 2-3 inches wide). Fry cakes for four min- utes each side or until golden brown. Serve and en- joy. Adapted om gooseberrymooseberry.com. Makes 6 cakes. Remoulade Sauce • 1 lb white fish fillets (such as cod or haddock) Makes 1 ½ cups. • ½ tsp salt • 1 ¼ cups mayonnaise • ⅛ tsp pepper • ¼ cup mustard • ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg • 1 tbsp sweet paprika • 1 egg white • 1-2 tsp cajun or creole seasoning • 1 ½ tbsp corn starch • 2 tsp prepared horseradish • ½ to 1 cup ice-cold milk, more if needed • 1 tsp pickle juice (can substitute lemon juice or • 1 tbsp finely chopped chives vinegar) • 1-2 tbsp canola oil for frying • 1 tsp hot sauce Dry fillets with paper towels and cut into large • 1 large clove garlic, minced and smashed pieces. Process fillet pieces in a food processor. Add Courtesy Sons of Norway Newsletter Service egg white, corn starch, salt, pepper and nutmeg to
Attention Parents: Lodge Youth Activities Our monthly lodge meetings include youth activities. Parents, please RSVP before each meeting to youth director Annemarie McCaslin ([email protected]) with your children’s names and ages so that activities can be appropriately tailored.
Save the Date: 2014 Norwegian Festival & Bazaar Mark your calendars, as the held at Christ Lutheran Church tomers, plus expanding our Nor- Lodge is making plans for the (across the street from Norway wegian Cafe. If you would like to 2014 Norwegian Festival and Ba- House). We are planning on or- volunteer to help with ordering/ zaar on the first weekend in De- dering additional items that were purchasing, contact festival@ cember. This event will again be requested by a number of cus- norwaydc.org.
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Photos from the February meeting
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VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 8 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 Innovative Leadership Conference: A Conference for All The conference, which is open to ALL members, is is to help members strengthen their leadership sure to be a premiere event that will help you skills and provide them with the tools they need to strengthen your leadership skills! Whether you are succeed, both within Sons of Norway as well as interested in helping your lodge succeed or improv- within their professional lives,” says Erik Evans, ing your professional leadership skills, the Innova- Sons of Norway’s Communications Manager. “One tive Leadership Conference will help you attain of the most important elements to Sons of Nor- your goals. way’s future success is strong leadership skills at all levels of the organiza- Over the course of the tion. Like the over- day-long conference, whelmingly successful attendees will be taken 2012 event, this year’s through a series of ILC will help build educational topics by strong leaders and, we professional speaker/ feel, will make Sons of trainer, Kit Welchlin. Norway stronger over- Attendees will learn all.” about effective com- munications styles, If you’d like to learn conflict resolution, more about the event effective team work and leadership concepts for or register today you can visit the 2014 Interna- recruiting members and customers. tional Convention website at sonsofnorway2014.com or you can call 800-945- More importantly, everyone who attends will be 8851 ext. 623. given implementable tools and techniques, which will deliver tangible results. “The goal of this event Courtesy Sons of Norway Newsletter Service
Norwegian Experience 2014 Once again Sons of Norway is Norway enjoying some of the partnering with Borton Overseas most beautiful scenery that to offer one lucky recruiter and Scandinavia has to offer! The their guest an amazing travel best part is that the winner gets experience in Norway! All year, to choose their own adventure! every Sons of Norway member Whether you prefer an active who recruits a new, dues-paying trip full of sight-seeing and tour- member will be entered into the ing, or a more laid-back vaca- taken from members recruited 2014 Norwegian Experience Re- tion, it’s up to you! between January 1st and De- cruitment Contest. cember 31st, 2014. Also, remem- To enter this year’s Norwegian ber that you can enter as many The trip, which will be awarded Experience Recruitment Con- times as you recruit throughout in January of 2015, will include test all you have to do is recruit the year, which increases your airfare, meals, exclusive travel one new, dues-paying member chances of winning! opportunities and upscale ac- and make sure your name is commodations! Just imagine tak- listed in the “Referred By” field. Courtesy Sons of Norway Newslet- ing a multi-day land-tour of It’s as easy as that! Entries are ter Service
VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 9 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 How to Transform Your Family Story into a Saga By Sonja Bensen • A widow struggling to raise her family.
On February 21, 2014, the Sons of Norway, Wash- • Add a parallel narrative – Set your ancestor’s ington D.C. Lodge hosted Willis (Will) White, life in the context of history. For example: founder and coordinator of the Family History • The change from sail to steam and the Nor- Writing Group of the Fairfax Genealogical Society. wegian maritime migration to Brooklyn. As a writer, he has won several awards, including • The pioneer women of the American frontier. the 2011 American Society of Genealogist’s Donald • The Norwegian-Americans and World War II. Lines Jacobus Award of Excellence for his story The Ti otson Family, Long Island Cordwood, and the Decline • Add action – Keep your ancestor in the center of East Coast Sail. of the action, by using active voice. For example: Without knowing anything about the Tillotson • Leif Eriksson was a sailor vs. Leif Eriksson family, doesn’t the final part of the title, “the Decline sailed a Viking ship. of the East Coast Sail,” make you just a little curious • Mama was a baker vs. Mama baked authentic about the book? Have you thought about what your lefse and kringle. family’s writing “hook” might be? • The children were students vs. The children studied Norwegian. Using themes to transform family data—birth dates, number of children, and immigration dates— • Add drama – Take an event and instead of tell- into a compelling story was one of several “creative- ing about it, recreate it, using two sentences or non-fiction” writing techniques that Will presented. two paragraphs. Good topics could be disasters of These techniques, once wrapped around your fam- any kind, and life events, like births and mar- ily data, illustrated with a photo or two, could riages. Consider including eye-witness accounts transform your family history into a saga of interest and quotes, as in the following: to strangers as well as previously uninterested fam- ily members. “We often traveled to Pennsylvania to visit my husband’s Norwegian grandma. She had a way Useful Techniques of the Creative Non- with the kids. She would tickle my daughter un- fiction Writer der her chin and call her little ‘rotte’ in such a Our genealogical narratives, as Will explained, can sweet and loving way. Sometime later, my aunt entertain, as well as inform. He presented a range told me that ‘rotte’ meant rat.” of techniques that could be easily employed with a Whether you think you have so much family his- little practice. Several of these techniques are de- tory material you don’t know where to begin, or you scribed below and accompanied by Will’s examples, have so little, or so little that you think to be of in- as well as a few “Norwegian” ones. terest, the important thing is to START putting pen to paper, or finger to keyboard, and begin. See • Add conflict – Describe what your ancestor struggled against. For example: what you have and be sure to ask senior members of your family for any memory they can recollect. • An immigrant’s struggle to improve himself. Then consider using one or more of these tech- • A Dakota farmer’s struggle against the niques to weave together a story of your own. weather.
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event elsewhere in the President’s Message newsletter. Sonja, thank you for organizing the Dear Members, program. Our next two programs will continue The Reinstatement Application was delivered to the theme of Norwe- the IRS on Friday, February 21, 2014. This has been gian cultural history a very "taxing" job for all of us. Tusen Takk to our including regional task-master Paris von Lockette and his wife Lauren Bunads with Deb Nilssen, Bill DeRoche, Lori Churchyard, Pat McConaghy in March DeRoche, Denise Bowden, Susie Fosaaen, Clarissa and folk art with Tina Peterson, Kristin Stone, and others I may have Keune in April. missed who have contributed to producing the ap- plication. Speaking of genealogy, after a long hiatus we will be having a Genealogy Interest Group meeting on We are very pleased with completeness and profes- March 15th. Some of our new Lodge members have sionalism of the application, and hopefully, the IRS expressed an interest in genealogy. Any of you with will reinstate our tax-exempt status soon. How an interest in genealogy are also welcome. See the soon? We don't know. Once our tax-exempt status announcement elsewhere in the newsletter. is reinstated, the next big step is for SofN Interna- tional to reinstate the Lodge. But we still have a We have several open positions. Our Secretary, Pat great deal of work to do. We have audits to per- DeRoche, recently resigned for personal reasons form. Our bylaws for the Lodge and Cultural Cen- and we still need a Financial Secretary. These are ter need work. Our important Lodge records need very critical positions that are badly needed. Addi- to be found and reorganized so we know where tionally, we need volunteers to serve on various they are. We will need your help to accomplish committees. Please contact me or one of the Offi- these and other tasks. cers if you can help. We had a very fascinating February meeting. Will Fraternally, White, from the Fairfax Genealogical Society, ex- Burt Koske, plained how to write interesting stories about our Acting President, Washington Lodge family history. See Sonja Bensen’s description of the
vanced language class are plan- Elling Coming to Washington! ning to go together to one of the Elling performances. If you are E ing is one of the most popular mother but, when she dies, he is interested in joining this group, Norwegian films of all times. It sent to an institution in Oslo. contact Christine Foster Meloni received a Best Foreign Film With the help of his social at reading@ norwaydc.org. Oscar nomination in 2001. It worker he and his will be performed on the stage roommate learn in Washington at the Mount how to live rela- Vernon Place United Methodist tivel y normal Church Undercroft Theater lives on their own from April 26 to May 18. outside of the institution. The film is about a man named Elling who is autistic and in his Some members 40s. He has always lived with his of the lodge’s ad-
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While helping children is a great Tubfrim Winner Announced motivation for our members to Tuesday, January 7, 2014 was a from the resale of stamps helps participate, there is a special in- lucky day for Vegas Viking improve the quality of life for centive to say “thank you”. For Lodge 6-152 in Las Vegas, Ne- children and youth with disabili- every pound of stamps collected, vada. The lodge was the winner ties and special needs. Sons of the member or lodge can enter a of the Tubfrim drawing to give Norway members are the largest drawing, held in mid-January away a ticket to Norway, worth contributor outside of Norway every year, to win a round trip up to $1,000. Their ticket to Norway, worth postcard was drawn up to $1,000. The official from among 1,229 other postcard to enter the cards. With one card for drawing can be order every pound sent to from the Sons of Norway Norway that means that Suppl y Depar tment, Sons of Norway sent at 800-945-8851 ext 645 or least 1,229 pounds of [email protected] or stamps to Tubfrim in downloaded from www. 2013. sonsofnorway.com. Sons of Norway mem- If you would like to par- bers have been an inte- ticipate in the Tubfrim gral part of Tubfrim’s contest and get a chance success since 1986. to win a free ticket to Lodges and individuals Norway, visit the Tub- participate by clipping frim page in the mem- used stamps and send- bers section of Sons of ing them to Tubfrim, Norway website under which sells them to Management: Forms. For dealers and collectors. more information or questions, contact Sons Originally the money of Nor way Tubf rim raised went to help chil- chairperson, Gene dren afflicted by tubercu- to Tubfrim’s efforts, sending Brandvold, at 952-831-4361 losis. Since tuberculosis is no nearly 30% of all stamps col- or genegbrand@ aol.com. longer the threat to health that lected. it once was, today the proceeds Courtesy Sons of Norway Newslet-
Spread a Little Sunshine Please keep our Care Committee Chair, Debbie Fosaaen, informed about members who are ill, undergoing surgery, recuperating, or homebound for an extensive period. We will send them best wishes from the lodge as a whole.
Our members care about each other and like to reach out to their friends who may need a little sunshine in their lives. Contact Debbie at [email protected].
VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 12 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 a little in English... A.Sami Parliament (1999) B. Progress Party (1973) Welcome to the C.Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) (1899) 7. Which party does Kjell Ingolf Ropstad repre- Parliamentary quiz! sent? In honor of the 200th anniversary of the Constitu- A.Center Party tion — we thought it would be appropriate to learn B. Conservative Party more about Norway’s government. When was the C.Christian Democratic Party Labor Party founded? How many national referen- dums have been held in Norway? How many mem- 8. How many political parties are represented in bers of parliament are there? Test your knowledge Parliament between the years of 2013-2017? in our parliamentary quiz! How many do you know? A.20 The quiz comes from Norway's parliament website. B. 8 If you want, you can take the real quiz online, C.7 www.stortinget.no/quiz/ 9. When can you say that Parliamentarism in 1. What hangs in Parliamentary Hall over the Norway got its breakthrough? painting of the Eidsvoll Assembly from 1814? A.1884 A.The coat of arms B. 1940 B. A Norwegian flag C.1905 C.Viking Ship 10. How many members of Parliament does the SV 2. How many representatives does the Centre (Socialist Left Party) Party have in Parliament between the years of have between the years of 2013-2017? 2013-2017? A.7 A.10 B. 11 B. 15 C.20 C.19 11. How long did Thorbjørn Jagland sit as head of 3. How many national referendums have been government (Prime Minister)? held in Norway? A.One year 1996-1997 A.15 B. Two years 1996-1998 B. 6 C.Six years 1990-1996 C.19 12. Which party had absolute majority in the elec- 4. Who is the parliamentary leader of the Liberal tions of 1945? Party? A.Labor Party A.Sveinung Rotevetn B. Conservative Party
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VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 13 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 litt på norsk... B. Fremskrittspartiet C.LO (Landsorganisasjonen) Velkommen til 7. Hvilket parti representerer Kjell Ingolf Rop- stad? Stortingets quiz! A.Senterpariet Til ære for Grunnlovsjubileet — synes vi at det B. Høyre kunne passe å lære mer om Norges regjering. Når C.Kristelig Folkeparti ble Arbeiderpartiet stiftet? Hvor mange nasjonale folkeavstemninger har vært avholdt i Norge? Hvor 8. Hvor mange politiske partier er representert på mange Stortingsrepresentanter? Test dine Stortinget i perioden 2013–2017? kunnskaper i vår Stortingsquiz! Hvor mye kan du? A.20 Quizen kommer fra websiden til Norges Storting. B. 8 Hvis du vil, kan du ta den ekte quizzen online, C.7 www.stortinget.no/quiz/ 9. Når kan man si at parlamentarismen i Norge 1. Hva henger over maleriet av Eidsvolls forsam- fikk sitt gjennombrudd? lingen fra 1814 i stortingssalen? A.1884 A.Riksvåpenet B. 1940 B. Et norsk flagg C.1905 C.Vikingskip 10. Hvor mange stortingsrepresentanter har SV 2. Hvor mange representanter har Senterpartiet (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) i perioden 2013–2017? på Stortinget i perioden 2013–2017? A.7 A.10 B. 11 B. 15 C.20 C.19 11. Hvor lenge satt regjeringen til Thorbjørn 3. Hvor mange nasjonale folkeavstemninger har Jagland (A)? vært avholdt i Norge? A.Ett år 1996-1997 A.15 B. To år 1996-1998 B. 6 C.Seks år 1990-1996 C.19 12. Hvilket parti fikk absolutt flertall ved valget i 4. Hvem er parlamentarisk leder for Venstre? 1945? A.Sveinung Rotevetn A.Arbeidpartiet B. Trine Skei Grande B. Høyre
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VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 14 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 District 3 President's Message Fra Presidenten, Gail Ekloff Keeping warm in this unusual weather? Has this be enjoyed by upset your normal routine? Maybe that’s not all all age groups. bad. Once in a while we need to re-think how we Venture out of live our lives; there are always things we have to your comfort do... work, school, etc. zone and show your commu- Lots of things should be happening in your lodge; nity how Nor- dic people • Sons of Norway delegates should have been elected, names sent to the District secretary Julia embrace life Nilsen. and enjoy and all it has to • Lodge of the year forms/NFCA should be filled offer. out and returned to the zone directors. • Nominations for the Leif Erikson award sent to Do any of you remember the Leadership Training the District Secretary. that was promoted by Sons of Norway to help Lodges grow? One of the suggestions was a calen- • Resolutions, discussed and voted on... then for- warded to the DS for submission into the Resolu- dar of events... Please look for it in the newsletter tions book. and also watch for some excerpts from this pro- gram to utilize in your lodges meetings. As you can see the District secretary will be very busy for the next few months. Your prompt re- Happy St Patrick’s Day! sponse is greatly appreciated! This helps the Dis- Gail trict board and the convention committee know all Ask & Advertise ------Mentor and Mingle. is going well. Now can we put aside the ordinary to enjoy the Congratulations !!!!! extraordinary…..Extraordinary! The 2013 Recruitment Challenge came down to the wire. Despite not leading until the final month, Does a member of the lodge have a passion for Fredheim clinched victory with its recruitment ef- something others might want to learn about? Any- forts in November and December of 2013. It was an one heard of an event at a museum or library or re- outstanding effort by the lodge as it grew by more ceived information on local bus trips? Why not get than 21%. One secret to its success was Fredheim's a group together and go? Norway is a progressive ability to attract younger members to the lodge; country.. always exploring beyond their own front they recruited 23 members between the ages of 24 door….why not take a cue from them and try a new and 55 in 2013, which was the most among all adventure?! These simple changes make a lodge and lodges. the members vital! PLEASE HELP THE THIRD DISTRICT Did you have a party to watch and celebrate the CHARITABLE TRUST FUND and the District Super bowl? Did you get together and enjoy the with our raffle — 1, 000 tickets were printed so Olympics and cheer on your favorite athletes? your chances of winning the TOP PRIZE of A Learn more on how the Norse and Irish cultures TRIP OF A LIFE TIME (value $3,500) is better where similar yet different! Top it off with a cele- than ever. The cost is $20.00 per ticket with 2nd bration of St Patrick’s Day! It doesn't need to be and 3rd places paying cash of $1,000 and $500.00. expensive to explore new ways to infuse your meet- Help us boost the 3D CT bottom line to continue ings with new energy! Best of all these events can its help to our fellow members.
VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 15 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 District 3 Vice President's Message Mary B. Andersen, VP Voice The secret of getting ahead is our own individual lodge. As you getting started. The secret of think about your lodge: getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks • What do you want to be re- into small manageable tasks, and membered for? then starting on the first one. – • What was your biggest ac- Mark Twain complishment? • Have you achieved all you Is writing your lodge's obituary wanted to achieve? the first step to planning for the future? • What can you learn from your lodge's demise? ber the mystery bus trip we took, we had no idea where we Writing your own obituary is • If your lodge dissolves, what were going, only the organizer something I read about long will be left behind? time ago, was reminded recently did?” “Remember the Zone pic- (http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/01/wri If you go through this exercise, nics we had, it was great seeing te-your-brands-obituary/), and you will discover that which people from other lodges.” “Re- something I tried; it wasn't makes your lodge unique; you member the bus trip to the pleasant; it makes you think will have rediscovered your iden- Brooklyn parade where we sang about what you accomplished tity, your “it.” Thinking about a all the way in?" “Will you ever during your life. The good news future without your lodge may forget the Ole and Lena play is that if you are writing your enable you to focus on creating a when Bob played Lena and Bar- obituary, you are alive and able future (see March 2014 TDT bara was Ole; it makes me laugh to change your life story. Spotlight on Membership arti- just thinking about it.” “Will you cle) that thrives by strategically ever forget the guys doing the What made me think of this? planning what is important to hula in a grass skirt?” Sadly we are losing one lodge your lodge and what you want to Think about it. (natural attrition), may be losing be known for. another (one of our newer All the best, lodges) and we had lodges which Think about the events with the Mary emerged from the brink. Think greatest turnout; the events that about writing an obituary for people still talk about. “Remem-
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Get active and learn about Norway while doing it! Here’s how to get started: •Print out a Pilgrimage record card found on the Sons of Nor- Have you heard about Sons of Norway’s new Virtual way website or ask your lodge sports director for Pilgrimage? As with the Sports Medal Program, this more information. new offering rewards members for living an active lifestyle. The journey is a window into the experi- • Walk around your neighborhood, park, shopping ence of the pilgrims in mall or gym. Norway, who walk a net- •Track your mileage on your work of routes called St. record card. Olav’s Ways’. •Learn about historical loca- History tions along the Pilgrimage The son of Viking explor- route in Norway found at ers, King Olav Harraldson (www.sonsofnorway.com/ (995-1030) ruled Norway, pilgrimage) determined to unite the Track your route on a map of country under Christianity. • Norway and after 387 miles of However his efforts did walking the virtual journey will not go unopposed. He fell end at Nidaros Cathedral in in the Battle of Stiklestad Trondheim, Norway. in 1030 and his body was laid to rest in what is now •You must start the pilgrimage Nidaros Cathedral. Soon in 2014 and you must finish after his death he was can- your 387 miles by the end of onized St. Olav, the patron 2015. saint of Norway. The routes that St. Olav once •Turn in your record card to trekked were thereafter your lodge sports director and claimed as pilgrim trails all receive recognition of comple- leading to the shrine of St. Olav in Trondheim. Dur- tion from the Sons of Norway Headquarters. ing the Middle Ages, Trondheim, once called the city of Nidaros, was the greatest pilgrimage desti- Courtesy Sons of Norway Newsletter Service nation in Northern Europe. To this day, people from around the world make the trek to Nidaros Cathedral to celebrate their patron saint on St. Olav’s Day, July 29th. The Sons of Nor- way’s Virtual Pilgrimage features Norway’s most famous route from Oslo to Trondheim, the Gud- brandsdalen Route following the Old King’s Road. This 387 mile journey takes pilgrims through cities, small villages, past historic churches, farms, beauti- ful mountains and ords.
VOL. 50, NO. 3 PAGE 17 CAPITAL VIKING - NON-MEMBER MARCH 2014 Reading Circle News Five members of the Reading compelling author in both nov- Circle met at the Norway House els. Hamsun is an author with on February 25 to discuss Nobel whom all Americans of Norwe- Prize Winner Knut Hamsun’s gian descent should be familiar. classic novel Victoria. Those pre- Other novels strongly recom- sent were Marie Hansen, Lynn mended are his Growth of the Juhl, Julie Burnett, Linda Spon- Soil, Pan, and Wanderers. All of his sler, and Christine Meloni. They books are readily available from carried on an animated and amazon.com and local public stimulating discussion. Everyone libraries. agreed that the author very skill- fully portrayed the tragic di- The book selection for April is lemma of a young woman in love Oleanna by Julie K. Rose. This with a man from the “wrong” novel is about a family living on class. a farm deep in the western Fjord country of Norway in 1905. lections or its meetings, please The group had previously read contact Christine Foster Meloni If you have any questions about and discussed Hamsun’s Hunger at [email protected]. and they feel that he is a very the Reading Circle, its book se- Join Sons of Norway or Give a Gift Membership Current Dues: Individual $52.50 (International $34.00 + District $8.50 + Lodge $10.00) Spouse $ 45.50, Youth: $21.25, your children & grandchildren: FREE! Children 15 years of age or under who have a parent or grandparent who is a Sons of Norway member may sign up for a free Heritage Membership. Youth ages 16 through 23 who have a parent or grandparent who is a Sons of Norway member may be a free Unge Venner member. For more information or to sign up online visit www.norwaydc.org/membership. If you don't have internet access, call 800-945-8851.
Genealogy Interest Group Meeting We will have a Genealogy Inter- Project. I hope all of you are map. Some of our new Lodge est Group Meeting on Saturday, working on your contribution. I members have already expressed March 15th at 10:00 a.m. It has also plan to update the list next an interest in genealogy. Any of been a long time since our last to the Norway map with more you with an interest in genealogy meeting so we will have a lot to current input. If you are not on are also welcome. catch up on. We will bring eve- the list please fill out one of the ryone up to date on the Roots forms in the envelope by the – Burt Koske
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Directions to Norway House About Capital Viking 3846 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 Capital Viking is published by Sons of Nor- ** Please park in the Christ Lutheran Church parking lot way - Lodge 3-888, ten times per year (entrance directly across the street from the Norway Address Changes House). On weekdays, you can’t park on Meredith Drive without a permit. Did your email address, mailing address, or other information change? Please notify From Beltway or I- database manager Marie Hansen at 66: Go west f rom [email protected]. Beltway on 66. Take Exit 60, Rt. 123 (Chain Contact Us Bridge Rd.) south to- Sons of Norway ward Fairfax. Proceed 3846 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 about a half mile. Turn Lodge Website right on Rt. 50 west www.norwaydc.org (also Rt. 29, Lee High- way, and Fairfax Blvd.). Find Us on Facebook Stay in the right lane. Just after the 3rd traffic light, turn www.facebook.com/groups/123693707650 right on Meredith Dr. (which is between a Merchants Tire 322/ store and a Texaco gas station). Turn left immediately be- hind the gas station into the church parking lot. Newsletter Deadline Please submit items by the 25th of the From Rt. 50/29: Go west from the Beltway about 5.33 month to [email protected]. miles. After crossing Rt. 123 (Chain Bridge Rd.), stay in the right lane. Just after the 3rd traffic light, turn right on Mere- dith Dr. (which is between a Merchants Tire store and a 2013 Acting Lodge Leaders Texaco gas station). Turn left immediately behind the gas Burt Koske station into the church parking lot. President: 703-573-5943 or [email protected] From far western suburbs: From I-66 East, take Exit 52, Vice-President: Lori Churchyard Rt. 50, east, toward city of Fairfax. Proceed about one mile. 301-854-4950 or [email protected] Turn left at Fairfax Blvd., which is where Rt. 29 joins Rt. 50 Secretary: Pat DeRoche (which itself angles left). Turn left after a Texaco station 301-537-8309 or [email protected] onto Meredith Dr. Turn left immediately behind the gas sta- Treasurer: Bill DeRoche tion into the church parking lot. 301-537-8309 or [email protected] Metro & bus: From Ballston Metro station (on the Orange Financial Secretary: Denise Bowden Line), take either the 1C or 1Z bus toward Inova Fairfax 703-815-1552 or fi[email protected] Hospital. The bus will go down Lee Highway/Fairfax Blvd. Hospitality Director: Jinann Larson (Rt. 50/29). Get off about 40 min. later at Meredith Drive 703-318-8128 or [email protected] (after Warwick Ave.). Librarian/Historian: Henry Hansen 703-815-4945 or [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Clarissa Peterson Reusing Capital Viking content: 202-285-9585 or [email protected] Except as noted, newsletter content Webmaster: Peter Churchyard is licensed under a Creative 301-854-4950 or [email protected] Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Please see the website for a full list of offi- Unported License. cers and committee chairs: www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ www.norwaydc.org/officers/.
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Sponsored by the Washington Lodge Saturday March 22 & Sunday March 23 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Norway House Fairfax, Va • Sew a Festdrakt for you or your child/grandchild • Sew a Bunad blouse • Alter a bunad or drakt • Easy instruction (Fabric & supplies available in class) • $ 35.00/day plus cost of supplies Class taught by Deb McConaghy Sign up today space limited...contact the Washington Lodge at [email protected] NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE THE COSTUME YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED !!!