GRØNNVIK LODGE 2844 University Ave STAY TUNED FOR Green Bay, WI 54311 MARCH AND APRIL INFO PRESIDENT: Joy Bashara, 920-445-1585 1460 Maple Hills Dr, Green Bay, WI 54313 With Friendly Greetings Sons of , Grønnvik Lodge 5-632, Green Bay, Wisconsin MEMBERSHIP: Carol Brunner, 920-336-7044 555 Hilltop, Green Bay, WI 54301 www.sonsofnorwaygb.blogspot.com [email protected] Vol. 27, No. 1 Jan-Feb 2021

EDITOR: Eileen Larson Below, 920-609-3878 Happy New Year 2844 University Ave, Green Bay, WI 54311 Virtual Meetings

January 19 Mantra for 2021 Grønnvik Lodge Meetings are usually the third Tuesday of the month at Trinity Lutheran, 330 S. February 16 Stay Positive… Test Negative Broadway, Green Bay. ————————————————————————— Like us on Facebook. “Sons of Norway Norwegians have a saying for this. Gronnvik Lodge Green Bay” It keeps them in a positive mood Despite the horrible weather conditions "DET FINNES IKKE DÅRLIG VÆR, BARE DÅRLIGE Gratulerer med dagen! KLÆR" Birthdays "There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” Winter Blues? January Eileen Below - 11th The challenging weather in Norway Jonathan Robshaw - 11th Are you tired of sitting on the couch during the medals while you're at it! The Idrettsmerke (EE- Sarah Parks - 20th May help us to understand the Norwegian culture Michael Taylor - 20th Climate shapes cultures pandemic? Does the cold weather prevent you dretss-merk-eh) Sports & Fitness Medal Pro- Carol Brunner - 25th It influences behaviors from getting outside? Try taking up a new activi- gram rewards Sons of Norway members for liv- Ila Iverson - 26th* Lily Duquaine - 27th* How people relate to one another ty that gets you up and moving and that you can ing an active lifestyle...and it doesn't have to be Erik Hepp - 28th Kenda Vedvik - 28th How people relate to strangers do indoors! How about some dance lessons? outdoors! You earn points for time spent on ac- Karen Eiseth - 30th How people make friends Or maybe join a bowling team! How about some tivities such as billiards, zumba, tai chi, jogging, How they eat February warm water for swimming or a water aerobics kubb, Pilates, sit-ups, push-ups, hiking, golfing, A Geraldine Nilsestuen - 4th How they meet Addison DePauw - 8th* How they interact class at the Y? Feeling more meditative? Tune weightlifting and more. Ask Matt (262-290-1122 Florence Trondson - 9th How they party into PBS and try some chair yoga! You can do or [email protected]) for a record card to Joy Bashara - 17th Piper DePauw - 20th* TIP: Like most things in life, weather is what you make it to all these things and more and earn sports start getting credit toward a medal. William Rentmeester - 21st* be. Change your mindset, buy a proper jacket, and do not *Heritage Member let the weather stop you. You will feel as happy as a Next newsletter submission deadline is February 21st. Norwegian. Fra President New Year, New Goals Double-Duty Sweaters Culture Corner

Dear friends, While common goals are focused around health Norwegian National Horse (work out more, eat better)… what about setting We start the New Year with confidence that a literary goal for yourself this year? Whether The Norwegian Horse is one of the things will get better. I hope that your holiday it’s a specific number of books to read this year; world’s oldest and purest breeds. activities were filled with memories of the past or to read a book you’ve always meant to start; and acceptance of a smaller calmer or to finally finish that tome you keep putting off It is believed that the ancestors of the modern celebration. In my family we had less people, to the side… As your new lodge librarian, I Fjord horse migrated to Norway and were less food but more laughs. challenge each of you to come up with a read- domesticated over 4,000 years ago. Archaeo- ing goal to add to your new year’s resolutions! logical excavations at Viking burial sites Now to our Sons of Norway lodge...what will we indicate that the Fjord horse type has been be doing? Let us have a target of March To help with your goal, check-out selectively bred for at least 2,000 years. The 2021. It may not happen but if it does we’re www.goodreads.com, or download the app. Vikings used them as a war mount. For going to howl with delight!! We will try Zoom This website helps you find your next favorite Norwegian wool sweaters are something we hundreds of years they were used on meetings in January and February. We will try book. You can create to-read book lists, read associate with tradition, cozy warmth and, if mountainous Norwegian farms. to have worthwhile things to share. Give it a try book reviews, participate in online book clubs, we’re lucky, the people who knitted them. But if you can. create annual reading goals, check-out what did you know that they were made to protect us Quite small, but very strong, Fjord horses are your family and friends (including me!) are not only from cold, but also to ward off mali- smart, calm and reliable. Their mane is My thoughts are with each one of you until we reading and more! cious spirits? typically clipped in a distinctive short crescent meet again. shape to show a black stripe down the middle For those of you looking for Scandinavian The patterns made by dual color strands not (a horse version of a punk rock hairdo!). Today Love, Joy reads, check out a book from our lodge library! only protected the wearer from the cold, but al- they are a favorite at Norwegian riding and And if you’re looking for Scandinavian recom- so—it was believed—from malicious spirits. therapeutic schools--their temperament and mendations, please ask me. Some of my favor- The superstition was that evil could sneak in at small size make them suitable for children and ite authors include Karen Blixen, Knut Hamsun, the hems of a person’s clothing. To confuse disabled individuals. and Erlend Loe. any menacing forces, the sleeves, neck and lower hem of a sweater were adorned with intri- In 1994, the Fjord horse, along with the other To check out a book from our library, please cate zigzag, checkerboard, X and V patterns. two native breeds of Norway, safely drove contact me, [email protected] or many winning competitors and celebrities to 920-284-8649. As Mary Pope Osbourne said, The prominent sweater patterns are: different venues at the Winter Olympics in “Reading is a passport to countless adven- Lillehammer. tures.” Are you ready to turn the next page? Setesdalskofte also called a lusekofte (lice jack- et), for the white V-shaped stitches that are reg- The Fjord horse is featured on the coat of arms By Elle Taylor ularly knitted into a darker color, to provide ex- of both and Eid in . tra warmth. This pattern comes from Setestdal, a valley in . The horse in the movie Frozen? You guessed Although she wasn’t present, Mary Swain it, a Fjord horse. provided the music to set the mood for the Typically knitted in the colors of the Norwegian December Lodge meeting. Participants shared flag, the Mariusgenser sweater was worn by memories of bubble lights, lit candles on the skier, fighter pilot and movie star Marius tree (with a bucket of water close by), and the Eriksen in the film Troll i Ord. With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of care of icicles, long before they became known our favorite Viking storyteller, Adrian Spendlow, as tinsel. We talked of lutefisk and gingerbread The Fanakofte, named for the municipality Do you have a new address, phone number pictured here with his wife, Heidi Sherman. houses, and of Julebukking, which Dave south of , combines several motifs for or email address? We need to know. Please Adrian was a poet, actor and world-renowned Running described as a kind of Christmas the ultimate pattern mash-up: checkerboard, 8- contact Carol Brunner at 920-336-7044 or performance artist from Scarborough, England. version of trick or treating. Subdued get- pointed roses, and “lice” within stripes. [email protected] to update your Locally, he had presentations at Grønnvik togethers with family were mentioned, although Lodge and for the National Railroad Museum, Carol Dost planned to travel from family to Selburose is an 8-pointed octogram, sometimes information. Takk! and served as the “Skald in Residence” at the family. She made the remark that will stick with perceived as a snowflake or star. Teenager Ma- Viking House at UWGB. His unique tales us for a long time: “You can never have too rit Guldsetbrua Emstad of (near Trond- included themes from folklore, history and many Christmases.” heim) knitted the first “snowflake mittens,” and traditional stories. the pattern put her town on the map.