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Vol. 120, No. 18 May 8, 2009 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 Tel (800) 305-0217 • www.norway.com $1.50 per copy Online News Dateline Oslo Norway’s National Day Al Gore calls on world to May 17 is celebrated burn less wood and fuel with parades and to curb “black carbon” festivities around Norwegian Foreign Minister the world. It is the Jonas Gahr Støre responds day that Norwegians saying action on black carbon gather and become was even more urgent than that an extended family all on CO2: “Even if we turn the tied together as part rising curve of greenhouse gas of a shared heritage emissions in the coming years, Ja k e Mo e the reduction will not occur Editor-In-Chief quickly enough to preserve the polar and alpine environments. The year was 1814 and a We must address short-lived window of opportunity opened up due to dramatic geopolitical climate pollutants such as changes in Europe: During the black carbon.” Napoleonic Wars, the Danish king had, as an ally of France, chosen the wrong side. The subsequent Suspected cases of Swine peace settlement of January 1814, Flu came back negative CONTINUES PAGE 17 Photo: Nancy Bundt/Innovation Norway The two suspected cases of Swine Flu mentioned in the 1905: Prologue to dissolution Nammo to demil Cluster Weapons May 1 issue, both came back On June 7, 1905 Norway unilaterally dissolved the 91-year for Norwegian Armed Forces negative. As of May 4, there union with Sweden by declaring the union monarch no longer the king of Norway. The action by the Norwegian Storting Nammo has recently signed a Demil contract with are no confirmed cases of (Parliament) climaxed a near century-long struggle between the Norwegian Armed Forces for demilitarization of Swine Flu in Norway. the two nations on the Scandinavian peninsula which had been their stock of 52,000 cluster weapons initiated in 1814 as a result of the developments toward the end of the Napoleonic wars Norway high school d e f p r o .c o m graduates get ready to The contract is a result of the Oslo Convention and the Ban on party Cluster Munitions, signed by 94 Norwegian high school nations in Oslo on Dec. 3, 2008. graduates will hold a series The fact that the Norwegian Armed Forces takes this fast action will of festivities through May On April 30, Nammo began the influence on the other signing demilitarization of Norway’s cluster 17, as part of a tradition that nations of the Oslo Convention. bombs. is over 300 years old called The disposal of the Improved Conventional Municitions (ICM) other stocks of old and obsolete Russ. The graduates wear red, was started on April 30, at Nammo’s ammunition types,” says Reijo blue, or black overalls, hats Demil facility at Løkken Verk Bragberg, Executive Vice President of Nammo’s Demil Division. and whistles while running outside Trondheim in Norway. The contract is foreseen to be completed Nammo has a world-leading through the streets to celebrate Photo: acrossgreenland.com by July 31, 2010. expertise in industrialized and eco-friendly demilitarization the end of 13 years of school. Te r j e i. Le i r e n on the Danish ally of the French “For Nammo, it is of utmost Seattle, Wash. emperor. With the signing of the importance that Norway, as one of of conventional ammunition in Treaty of Kiel on 14 January our three Nordic Home Markets, general and cluster munitions in The Swedish Crown Prince, 1814, Carl Johan succeeded in signs this contract with us and particular. On behalf of several Carl Johan, formerly Jean Baptiste forcing the Danish monarchy to chooses a secure and environmental NATO customers, the Group has Bernadotte, a French Marshall cede Norway to Sweden, thereby friendly demilitarization method. demilitarized several million sub- under Napoleon, had aided in the fulfilling a policy which Sweden I hope that we in the future also munitions from cluster munitions $1 = NOK 6.5 Battle of Leipzig against his former can assist the Norwegian Armed in the facilities in Norway, Sweden updated 5/4/09 ruler and shortly thereafter turned Forces with their disposal of and Germany, over the past 10 4/4/09 $1=NOK 6.39 his armies north to put pressure CONTINUES PAGE 17 years. 2

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Canada’s State visit to Norway U.S. helps Stolt-Nielsen ship veloped in close cooperation with the Royal very satisfied with the new report and told The “MT Stolt Strength” belonging to Norwegian Air Force during the 1990s and the press that in the future politicians and sci- chemical tanker group Stolt-Nielsen re- has since then been contracted by the Neth- entist will talk about the “Tromsø-papers” as ceived help from the United States navy on erlands, Spain, and the US. In latter case, an important leap to reduce the global warm- April 27. The vessel was drifting without the high capacity system was operational in ing. At the meeting Norway handed over the fuel while released by Somali captors on connection with the inauguration of the U.S. Arctic chairmanship to Denmark. The Role April 21. The tanker was captured by pi- president in Washington, D.C. in 2005. It has as SAO Chair is given to Ambassador Lars rates off the Horn of Africa on November been in continuous operation ever since. Møller. (Arctic-council.org) 10 last year. (Reuters.com) (Kongsberg.com) Nine new production licenses Norway sends delegation to Madagascar North a “standout winner” at Tribeca The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Minister of the Environment and Interna- Energy has announced the awards for nine tional Development Erik Solheim is sending new production licenses in the Barents Sea Govenor Michaëlle Jean (left) and King Harald V a delegation to Madagascar to report on the in the 20th licensing round. For the first time (right). Photo by MCpl Jean-François Néron. situation in the country in the light of the cur- in history, a company based in Northern Nor- rent conflict. The delegation will meet local way got operatorship on the Norwegian con- The Governor General of Canada received a politicians, NGOs, other donor countries and tinental shelf. The Company North Energy warm welcome from Their Majesties in Oslo UN organisations in Madagascar with a view AS is offered the operatorship for the Vågar on April 28. Their Excellencies the Right to gaining a better overview of the situation field outside Sandessjøen, just south of the Honorable Michaëlle Jean, Governor Gen- in the country. “There is an urgent need for Arctic Circle in the Norwegian Sea. North eral of Canada, and her husband Mr. Jean- a democratic solution to the current situation Energy is based in Alta in Finnmark county, Daniel Lafond were accompanied by King in Madagascar,” commented Mr. Solheim. and has several Northern Norwegian compa- Harald V and Queen Sonja on a three-day The country is moving towards an economic nies as investors. (BarentsObserver.com) State visit, which ended in Tromsø, the larg- disaster. (Government.no) From Left: Director Rune Denstad Langlo, Ac- est city north of the Arctic Circle. The Gov- tor Robert De Niro (one of Tribeca Film Festival's Import of bread on the increase ernor General of Canada also met with Prime Skanled Project suspended Founders) and Actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen. The import of bread to Norway is at present Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Canadian and The Skanled partners decided last week to Photo by Erland Haugen/Norwegian Consulate four times as high a it was in the year 2000, General, New York Norwegian business people to discuss what suspend further project activities due to in- and every fourth loaf of bread consumed in businesses can do to mitigate the negative ef- creased commercial risk combined with the this country is now baked abroad, according fects of climate change. The discussion took global economic developments. Terje Riis- On May 1, Norwegian director Rune Denstad to a new survey. Last year, Norway imported place at the Norwegian National Opera and Johansen, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Langlo was awarded a $25,000 cash prize bread worth NOK 874 millon, and the Nor- Ballet in Oslo on April 28. (Gg.ca) saud: “The Skanled project has been impor- for Best New Narrative Filmmaker at New wegian bakery industry fear the competition, tant to me and to the Government, and we York’s Tribeca Film Festival, where the jury the newspaper Nationen reports. Nearly half Indonesia and Norway discuss human have done all that can be done to realize the of – among others – actors Meg Ryan, Uma the import comes from Sweden and Den- rights project. Without participation from the non- Thurman and director Todd Haynes praised mark, while the rest comes from other EU On Monday April 27, Minister of Foreign Norwegian companies, it is not possible to his “mastery of comedic direction.” Langlo member nations. The survey was made by Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre formally opened achieve sufficient use of the pipeline. The has worked both as a director and producer the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Re- the eight annual human rights dialogue Skanled Project Group, a consortium of in the documentary genre for 10 years. He search Institute. (NRK/Norway Post)) meeting between Norway and Indonesia. eight companies, was working on a pipeline started his career as a production assistant The human rights dialogue has been on- project to bring Norwegian natural gas to and researcher for a historic documentary Sick Plant Suffering For Parkinson Pa- going since 2002. The bilateral meetings Sweden, Denmark and possibly Poland. The on Roald Amundsen. He has directed the tients at the University of Stavanger include political consultations as well as project might be re-launched if the commer- feature-length documentaries “Too Much In a cooperative effort between the clinical working group discussions with participa- cial conditions become more favorable in the Norway” (2005) and “99% Honest” (2008). unit at Stavanger University Hospital and the tion from the two governments, academia future. (Gassco.no, Government.no) Both received theatrical releases and critical molecular biological experts at the University and NGOs. (Government.no) acclaim. (Nfi.no / Norway.org) of Stavanger researchers will now use plants Finland to order Norwegian-US air de- to gain an understanding of Parkinson’s dis- Russian-Norwegian contract on nuclear fense system Støre pleased with Tromsø Declaration ease. The research plant Arabidopsis thali- safety in the Baltic Sea The Finnish government said on April 28 it On April 29, the eight Arctic Council Min- ana is currently a patient at the University. Governor of Murmansk Oblast Dmitry will order a Norwegian-U.S. NASAMS air isters ratified the Tromsø Declaration. The This is the first time plants are being used to Dmitiyenko and his Norwegian counterpart defense missile system, radars and defense declaration is the guideline for the work in uncover the reason why Parkinson patients Finnmark County Governor Gunnar Kjøn- equipment of the value of USD $690 mil- the Arctic Council the next two years. The experience a gradual loss of nerve cells. The nøy last week signed a contract on removal lion. The medium-range system, designed Council was established in 1996, and com- hospital has been involved in Parkinson’s of radioactive strontium batteries (RTGs) and built by Norway’s Kongsberg and U.S. prises Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, disease research since 1992 and is the lead- in lighthouses in the Baltic Sea. This was company Raytheon will replace an old Rus- Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden ing establishment in this field of research in Kjønnøys first meeting with the new Mur- sian BUK M1 air defense technology and and the United States of America, in addi- Norway. (Uis.no) mansk Oblast Governor. (BarentsObserver) be phased in 2013-2014. NASAMS was de- tion to indigenous representatives. Støre was

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NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY • WWW.NORWAY.COM • MAY 8, 2009 Sp o r t s 5 Results & Standings Norwegian Tippeligaen PLD PTS Tippe-league round 7 1. Rosenborg BK 7 17 The fairness prevailed at Ullevål 2. Molde FK 7 16 walker wins 3. IK Start 7 12 Norway’s Kjersti Plätzer 4. Sandefjord Fotball 7 12 takes first in Italy 5. Viking FK 7 11 6. Odd Grenland 7 10 i a a f .o r g 7. Tromsø IL 7 9 8. SK Brann 7 9 9. Ålesunds FK 7 9 Norway’s Olympic silver medalist 10. Fredrikstad FK 7 8 Kjersti Plätzer won the 20 km walking race 11. FC Lyn Oslo 7 7 Photo: fotball.adressa.no which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 12. Stabæk FK 7 7 Mame Diouf scored the opener for Molde after 60 minutes in a match against Ålesund. women’s walking race at the Coppa Città 13. Vålerenga IF 7 6 di Sesto San Giovanni. Plätzer scored her Kj e ll Ol a v St r ø msl i in the upper corner silenced the Ålesund third win in Sesto, adding it to her previous 14. Strømsgodset IF 7 5 Trondheim, Norway supporters three minutes later. victories in 2002 and 2008. It was the eighth 15. FK Bodø/Glimt 7 5 The scoreboard showed 1-2 for the guests Ålesund coach Kjetil Rekdal had no time the Norwegian went to the podium in 16. Lillestrøm SK 7 3 in a display of soccer fireworks between excuses after the game and said, ”Molde is this race. She backed up her lead in the IAAF Vålerenga and Start at Ullevål in Oslo, when the best team we have run across so far in the Walking Challenge with her third win, which Tippeligaen Start striker Bolaños fired off nine minutes season and they won a deserving victory.” followed Chihuahua and Rio Major. from time and hit the bar. The ball deflected Rosenborg defended the top spot with a 1-0 Plätzer was delighted with her second Fixtures & Results down and hit over the goal line and bounced victory against Fredrikstad at Lerkendal in win in a row in Sesto. “I was tired, but I tried out. The referee and the linesman never saw Trondheim. The Swede Rade Prica scored to remain focused on my technique,” said 5/2 Ålesund 0-2 Molde the ball inside and denied the goal. Instead the only goal. Rosenborg is facing their hated Plätzer, who will retire at the end of this year. Diouf 60, Hoseth 63 rival Molde the day before the May 17 on a “Sesto is a special race for me. It celebrates 5/3 Stabæk 0-0 Lyn of a two goal advantage, Vålerenga restored the parity when Kristofer Hæstad in the box, guaranteed packed Lerkendal in Trondheim. the 30th anniversary of women’s walking 5/3 Tromsø 1-1 Odd Grenland headed home a Dos Santos cross from the Lillestrøm defender Vidar Riseth saw race and this is my 30th anniversary as a Lindpere 50 Sorensen 59 left. Bolaños got his revenge one minute into red on a challenge with Erik Huseklepp and race walker. 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NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY • WWW.NORWAY.COM • MAY 8, 2009 6 Op-Ed Letters to the Editor: Do you have something to say? Send your letters to: Jake Moe, Editor-In-Chief [email protected] 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 Greeting from the Ambassador Dear Editor, the giants of modern letters. “Never has the to readers of the For more than 60 years, Norwegians Nobel Prize been awarded to one worthier and Norwegian Americans have wrestled of it,” the German author Thomas Mann Norwegian American Weekly with this question: What to make of Knut wrote. on Norway’s Constitution Day Hamsun? But his experiences in America left On May 4, Unni Langaas, a professor him with contempt for American material- of Norwegian literature at the University of ism, morality and culture. When German Agder in Kristiansand, Norway, gave a lec- troops occupied Norway in 1940, Hamsun ture on with the meaning of Hamsun at the welcomed them. He made a gift of his No- Dear friends, University of Minnesota. bel Prize to Joseph Goebbels, the German Hamsun came to the United States from propaganda minister. He flew to Germany I wish to extend my warmest greetings to the readership of Norwegian American to meet Hitler and, on Hitler’s death, wrote Weekly on the festive occasion of Norway’s Constitution Day, May 17. a front-page obituary in a collaborationist newspaper. As Norway’s Ambassador to the United States, there is no day as marvelous as After the war, defenders argued that the celebration of our Constitution. On this day, as we honor the backbone of our Hamsun’s stature and intervention with the modern democracy, I like to take the chance to reflect upon the strong bonds between Nazis saved Norwegian lives and helped our two nations, both culturally, politically, in business and in maintaining free and get people out of prisons. He was to be democratic societies. prosecuted for treason, but the proceedings were complicated by questions of the aged Naturally, the large number of Norwegian Americans, and the well organized author’s mental and physical health; he was and dedicated Norwegian American communities, are of vital importance in order deaf and had suffered a stroke. In the end, to maintain cooperation, foster innovation and develop collaboration in new areas he was fined heavily and largely rebuked or of mutual interest to our two countries. In fact, counting more than 5 million, there shunned by the Norwegian people. are more people of Norwegian decent in the United States than there are Norwegians But time passes. “Hunger” and “Growth living in Norway! of the Soil” and the other Hamsun novels are selling again. Earlier this year, to mark the Historically, the United States was the land of opportunity to the 800,000 150th anniversary of his birth, Norway orga- emigrants leaving Norway in search of a fresh start and a better life. But the spirit of nized a grand exhibition including original the American Founding Fathers also found its way to the earliest stages of Norwegian manuscripts and pieces of “the other Ham- independence and governance. On this very day we should all acknowledge how the sun,” such as the Hitler obituary. radical beliefs of freedom, independence and civil rights that had triumphed in the Queen Sonja attended, telling reporters American War of Independence influenced the writing of the Norwegian Constitution Photo: wikimedia in 1814. Knut Hamsun as a street-car driver in as she left, “I think we’ll have to keep two Chicago in 1884. thoughts in our head at the same time.” “We can’t help loving him,” a Hamsun As the main author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson created biographer told the New York Times after what is known as “one of the best known sentences in the English language,” and I Northern Norway for a brief time in his youth, viewing the exhibition, “though we have can think of no words that better describe the spirit of the Norwegian Constitution and spending about four years in the country. He hated him all these years.” celebration on May 17: heard Mark Twain lecture, met the humor- Gunnar Sønsteby, the World War II Nor- ist and admired his style. But a professor of wegian resistance hero, campaigned in 2001 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they Scandinavian literature saw little potential against a proposal to name an Oslo street af- are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are in the young Norwegian as a writer and rec- ter Hamsun. But Sønsteby said he can accept Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” ommended he try manual labor. He worked the commemoration, the Times reported, “as as a North Dakota farmhand, a store clerk long as his literary talent and his dark side Ha en riktig god 17. mai! Happy May 17! in Wisconsin, a lumberyard worker in Min- receive equal focus.” nesota, and a street-car driver in Chicago. Hamsun later won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Sincerely, Wegger Chr. Strømmen Literature, and is widely regarded as one of Chuck Haga

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Memories of My Childhood in Nordland

The old country of mine—Far away high up north With its lightening shore where the mountains meet fjords Where I love to be a guest— Where my heart is at rest With the finest and softest cords I remember, I remember This old land stands so clear in my mind

And the mountain that rise—has been crowned by the snow And in leaf-cleading new—it reflects in the fjord Calmly rests in its site— while its chest glowing bright In the light of the fair, sunfilled night I remember, I remember These high peaks stand so clear in my mind

And my home’s dear to me, as the best place on earth This deep spell-binding fjord is so close to my heart Mountains painted by light In the glittering night Playing softly around in my mind I remember, I remember My old home stands so clear in my mind

And I long very often—my country to see You are pulling me gently—when I’m far from thee When the spring is awaking my longing grows deep So I almost, I almost could weep I remember, I remember This old land stands so clear in my mind Translated by Pus Nybø, Oslo

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Photo courtesy of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. It was a special year in 1968, when King Olav V arrived on campus with Crown Princess Märtha to speak at commencement. Hipp Hurra for day. It is certainly worth noting that he won All e n Wi c k e n Syttende Mai Rangeley, Maine an Olympic gold medal in sailing for his sea-faring nation in 1971. My enthusiasm for King Olav, and all things Norwegian (to A loud blast from a bank of French horns which many of my friends and acquaintances SonS of norway Cultural & reCreational Center - Sherman, Pa and trumpets interrupted my daydreaming can attest) is typical of descendents of cozy lodgings - delicious family-style meals and jarred me back to the reality of sitting those immigrants from places like Oslo, viking ship lounge - conference room in the cavernous, yet filled-to-capacity, Trondheim, the shores of the Songnefjord, Lodge Events - Business Meetings - Family Reunions - Weddings Concordia College fieldhouse, midway in a and the wooded hills of Norway’s Østerdalen row filled with classmates whose last names Valley. Reservations required also started with W. I really should have been My ancestors emigrated from that river http://lov.3dsofn.org • 570-461-3500 in a row of those whose name started with V. valley located between two low mountain I will get to that a bit later. I will also get to ranges in eastern Norway near the Swedish the reasons why this month, in this year, is so border. I was particularly impressed, while Funeral Home significant to a few million very nice people. exploring Norway seven years ago, that SOlie and Crematory I consider it my obligation to pass along a the topography and vegetation of the upper few thoughts for those of you who seem not valley was strikingly similar to our Rangeley Honoring • Caring • Serving to have tuned into the most significant date area mountains. I have often thought that if 3301 Colby Ave. Everett, WA 98201 (425) 252-5159 in May, after Memorial Day of course. I there had been a more compelling reason for am talking about May 17. Drawing a blank all those Norwegians landing at Ellis Island regarding the significance of that date? 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Rather, it is a celebration of the relatively Some small assaults were sufficient for the recent political independence and autonomy Persil Vaskepulver and other Scandinavian products Swedish king to make his point: He had of the country. Either way, this is a massive the backing of the great powers of Europe nationwide spectacle, and one definitely not Please call for store location near you! and was serious about taking over the to be missed. government of Norway. However—to the If someone says, “Happy Syttende surprise of most—he agreed to maintain a Mai,” to you, assume they have some Viking high degree of Norwegian autonomy. Most blood. Syttende Mai literally translates to of the Constitution, including the Norwegian May 17 and refers to that day in 1814 and is parliament, was therefore upheld and the celebrated all over the world by millions of groundwork for independence was in place. joyous Norwegians on their happiest day of In 1905—lead by Prime Minister the year. Happy 17th of May! 1905: Prologue to … royal control over foreign affairs. Norway (…continued from page 1) remained a separate country with control over its internal affairs. had pursued for decades prior to the election While in reality, Norway was forced Nordic Delicacies, Inc. of Bernadotte as heir to the Swedish throne. into the Union with Sweden, a great amount Scandinavian Importers of Food, Chocolates and Gifts Norwegians objected to the transfer and, of independent national authority was under the leadership of Christian Fredrik, retained. While cooperating in several areas, Denmark’s Crown Prince, declared their Swedes always felt they had legitimately independence. To demonstrate their sincerity conquered Norway while Norwegians grew th and emphasize their separation from increasingly obstreperous as the 19th century HappY 17 of May! Denmark, a constitution was subsequently progressed. Finding each other often at odds written and signed on May 17, 1814. Norway over the precise nature of the Union, crises was, however, unsuccessful in its attempts to arose and were resolved, but the seeds of Open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. persuade the allies, particularly Britain, to conflict were never uprooted and continued Sunday, May 17 support her action. to germinate in the years leading up to 1905. During the first two weeks of August, The first decades of the Union, according Fresh Waffles, Lapskaus, Kompe, Pølser a brief war was fought, but Swedish to Norwegian historian Magnus Jensen, and Sandwiches will be served all day! superiority in forces and in arms, convinced revealed numerous hints of dissatisfaction the Norwegians that their cause was by Norwegians. Among the first actions of Outdoor seating available. hopeless. In signing the Convention of Moss Norway’s Storting was a bill to eliminate on August 14, 1814 ending hostilities, the titles of nobility. The bill was passed in Norwegians acknowledged their defeat, 1815 and again in 1818. Each time, the King but retained their constitution and made no vetoed it. When it was passed a third time mention of the Treaty of Kiel. On November in 1821, King Carl XIV Johan allowed it to Velkommen! 4, 1814, a special Storting agreed to a revised become law. Although it affected almost no constitution and elected or acknowledged one in Norway, the new law was in reality a Carl XIII of Sweden to be king of Norway. cannon shot across the bow of Sweden’s ship The official character of the Union was of state signifying Norway’s insistence that 6909 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 subsequently established on August 6, 1815 she was more egalitarian and democratic that with the promulgation of the Act of Union her class conscious Swedish neighbor. Tel: (718) 748-1874 • Fax: (718) 833-7519 (Riksakten); each country maintained a TO BE CONTINUED... www.nordicdeli.com • [email protected] separate constitution and the Union was, in reality, a personal union under one king with NORWEGIAN AMERICAN WEEKLY • WWW.NORWAY.COM • MAY 8, 2009 18 Ca l e n d a r o f Ev e n t s Celebrate Syttende Mai! St. to Leif Ericson Park. Rain or shine! The Alaska theme this year will be: “Norse Mythology” • May 14-17: Little Norway Festival in Pe- For more info: www.may17paradeny.com tersburg. This annual celebration dates back to May 17, 1958 when two local women, North Carolina Bernadine Trones and Alma Wallen, chaired • May 17: Syttende Mai - Constitution Day the first Little Norway Festival in celebration 2009! SoN Lodge 3-679 Norsk Carolina in of our unique Norwegian heritage. Peters- Charlotte, N.C. welcomes all to our annual burg’s Little Norway Festival has grown over Constitution Day Celebration. We will have these last 49 years to span the third weekend a parade, hot dogs and ice cream, games and of May and celebrates not only Norway’s contests for children of all ages. For more Constitution, but U.S. Armed Forces Day, info, call (704) 674-2778, email ckingnc@ the coming of spring and beginning of the carolina.rr.com, or visit www.norskcarolina. fishing season. For more info see: www.pe- org. tersburg.org • May 16: 17. Mai Banquet at 5 p.m. at Texas Sons of Norway’s Bernt Balchen Lodge in • May 17: Celebration at The Norwegian Anchorage. More info: www.sofnalaska. Seamen’s Church of Houston from 2 p.m. com. Family Mass, speeches, parade, food, games • May 17: Syttende Mai Parade at 11 a.m. and lot of fun. Admission: $15 (adults) in Anchorage. For more info, call Dan Lein/ and 10 (children). Location: 4309 Young Terri Gryting at (907) 696-6199. Photo: Berit Hessen The 17th of May Parade in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. Street, Pasadena, Texas. For more info call: (281)998 8366 or E-mail: houston@sjo- Arizona Club in Wheeling. Social hour: 6 p.m., din- admission fees. Concert with local Norwe- mannskirken.no • May 16, 7:30-9:30 a.m.: Join the Norse ner: 7 p.m. Special guest from Norway is Ola gian Glee Clubs 11:00 a.m.: Syttende Mai Federation chapter for a 17th of May Break- T. Lånke, the Vice President of the Lagting. Festival Service. Following Service: Syt- Washington fast in Tucson at Dove of Peace Lutheran Dancing to the Dave Kyrk Band. Admission: tende Mai Parade—bring your kids, bunads • May 17 at 1 p.m.: Lunch at Leif Erikson Church. The Leikaringen, Trollungarna, $45.00 per person. For more information, and flags. Festival food for purchase follow- Hall, 2245 NW 57th St. Cost: $25 per person Barneringen will perform. Admission: $8.50 please call (847) 358-1527 or see: www.nn- ing parade. 1:00 p.m.: Celebration of Heri- ($26 if purchased online). Special Guests: for adults, free for kids 12 and under. To league.org tage folk dance groups, hardanger fiddle Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strømmen and the RSVP, mail a check to the Norse Federation: • May 17, 12–1 p.m.: Norwegian Constitu- players, and Norwegian folk art demonstra- Hellvik Mannskor choir. Dorothy Randolph, 1045 W. San Miguel Cir- tion Day Parade in Park Ridge. Call (847) tions. Call (612) 874-0716 or visit: www. • May 17 at 4 p.m.: Parade in Seattle. The cle, Tucson, AZ 85704 823-7596 for more information or visit www. mindekirken.org. parade starts near Adams School in Ballard, nnleague.org. • May 19: Celebrate Syttende Mai with Sons at the corner of NW 62nd and 24th Avenue California of Norway Lodges at the American Swedish NW. The route follows south to Market • May 17: Celebration with the Norwegian Iowa Institute at 6:30 p.m. Program: Fjell og Fjord Street and eastward to Bergen Place. This Seamen’s Church at Crissy Field in San • May 16 and 17: Syttende Mai Parade (May Dancers, Traditional Norwegian open-faced years honorary marshals are: Grand Marshal Francisco from 12-3 p.m. “Nationalfest” at 17) and Celebration at Vesterheim Museum. sandwiches and coffee. A $5 donation is re- Norwegian Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strøm- 6 p.m. at the Church, speech by Consul Gen- Free admission both days. Call (563) 382- quested and appreciated. RSVP: Louise Bak- men. Honorary Marshals Dr. Terje Leiren, eral Sten Arne Rosnes and music by Annette 9681 for more info. Vesterheim, Norwegian- ken at (763) 545-4827. Chair, Dept. fo Scandinavian Studies, UW. Munkeby and Trond Gilberg. Cakes, coffee American Museum is located at 523 W. Wa- • May 15-17 5:30 - 9:30 p.m: Norwegian- For more info, visit: www.syttendemaise- and “riskrem.” Admission: $5. The Norwe- ter St., Decorah. www.vesterheim.org, American Heritage Celebration in Spring attle.com. gian Seamen’s Church, 2454 Hyde St, San Grove. Don’t miss the Grand Parade at 1:30 • May 17 8 p.m.: Dance at Leif Erikson Francisco, Phone: (415) 775-6566, email: Louisiana p.m. on Saturday. There’s also music, danc- Hall, 2245 NW 57th. Cost: $10. Featuring: [email protected] • May 17: “Syttende Mai Fest” from 11 ing, crafts, horse-drawn wagon rides and The Smilin’ Scandinavians. • May 17: The Norwegian Seamen’s a.m.: at The Norwegian Church in New Or- Norwegian food. For more info, visit www. Church in San Pedro (LA) celebrates 17th of leans, Mai flag hoisting and Mass followed sgsyttendemai.org. Wisconsin May at Nansen Field in Rolling Hills. Church by a parade. Music and food! Enjoy laks, • May 17, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Dinner and • May 15: Celebration of Norway’s consti- Service 11 a.m. at 1035 South Beacon Street, karamellpudding and pølser. Location: 1772 program at Skogfjorden, Norwegian village tution day in Westby. Events include dem- San Pedro. For more info, call (310) 832- Prytania Street, New Orleans. Info: (504) at Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji. onstrations for Hardanger fiddle-making, 6800 or email: [email protected] 525-3602 / [email protected] Speaker: Eric Dregni, author of “In Cod We weaving, tatting, a bunad display, delicious Trust.” Adult tickets $15; must be purchased Norwegian food, a craft tent, a half marathon Florida Maine in advance. Location: 8607 Thorsonveien run and 5k run/walk, and more. Don’t miss • May 17: Church service and 17th of May • May 16, 11 a.m. – 5p.m.: Maine Nordmenn NE. Cost: $15. Reservation Required. Call: the Saturday night show, the rømmegrøt Party in Miami from 12 p.m. Speeches, #3-664 celebrate Syttende Mai at Sky-Hy (218) 444-4361. eating contest, and more! Entrance to most music, parade and lots of food. Everyone is Conference Center, Topsham, Maine. Enjoy events is a $3 pin. Call our “troll free” num- welcome! New location: 2950 S. Flamingo pølser, salads, desserts and festive Norwe- ber at (866) 4WESTBY or online at www. Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33330. For more gian music by the Knoff Family Accordion New York westbywi.com. info, call (305)358-2814 or email miami@ Players from Vermont, a silent auction, and • May 17: Celebration at the Norwegian May 15—17: Syttende Mai festival in sjomannskirken.no. raffles. $20 for members and guests, $10 for Church in the Big Apple. 11 a.m.: 17th of Stoughton. Arts and crafts fair, quilt show, • May 23: Syttende Mai Regatta in Safety children. All are welcome. For more infor- May Mass. 12 p.m.: Open house, clips from Village Player performances, street dances, Harbor, Fla. Viking long-boat racing and mation, call Anne-Lise Moson at (207) 741- NRK’s 17th of May broadcasting on big Viking encampment, canoe race, 20-mile more. Races are free, lunch and dinner re- 2934. screen. Hot dogs, soda, etc. for sale. 3:30 Run, 17-mile Walk, a sailboat race on Lake quire reservations. $6 for lunch, $35 for din- p.m.: Children’s parade with music around Kegonsa, a huge Norwegian parade, and ner. For more information, call Dean Brown Massachusetts the block. 4 p.m.: The family performance, local food stands everywhere! A king and at (727) 712-2261. • May 17: Norwegian Constitution Day - movies, songs and games. 6 p.m.: Festive queen, and prince and princess are chosen to Syttende Mai. Join us to celebrate Norway’s celebration with artists. Speech by Hanne reign over the festivities. For more info see: Illinois Constitution Day at the Viking Club, 410 Krogh. Open until 8 p.m. Free entrance. The www.stoughtonwi.com/syttendemai • May 15, 7-8 p.m.: Concert at the Nor- Quincy Avenue in Braintree, Mass. on May Norwegian Church, 317 East 52nd Street wegian Memorial Church, 2614 N. Kedzie 17, 2-6 p.m. Dinner, Dancing, Music by Nils (between 1st and 2nd Ave) Info: Call (212) British Columbia Boulevard in Chicago. Music by the Min- Lundin, and more! For tickets, call Barbara 319-0370. • May 17: Join the Kelowna Sons of Norway nekirken Church Choir, Grieg Ladies Sing- DeCarli at (508) 586-5059. $15.00. Deadline • May 17 from 1:30 p.m.: Parade in Bay Hardanger Lodge #109 for the 17th of May ing Society, Bjørnson Male Chorus, and for tickets: May 13. Ridge, Brooklyn, arranged by the Norwe- celebration at Wenche Gransjoen’s home. Nordic Voices of Chicago. For more info, gian-American 17th May Committee of Join us for games, swimming, and barbeque. call (773) 252-7335. Greater New York. The parade starts at 5th Questions? Email Clara Hare at clarahare@ • May 16: Join the Norwegian National Minnesota Ave. at 89th St. and proceeds north to 67th shaw.ca. 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