PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID TACOMA, WA PERMIT NO. 416 JULY/AUGUST 2012 12180 Park Ave. S. Tacoma, Washington 98447-0003 2012 Award Presentation Honors ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Father William "Bix" Bichsel, S.J. The Greater Tacoma Peace Prize is presented at the annual Spring Banquet in the Scandinavian Cultural Center on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University. Over 160 members of the Tacoma community attended the banquet on -XQHWRKHOSFHOHEUDWHWKHSUHVHQWDWLRQRIWKHDZDUGWRSHDFHDFWLYLVW)U%LOO%LFKVHOµ%L[´QRZLQ his eighties, has dedicated his life to the causes of peace and justice, even ZKHQWDNLQJDVWDQGPHDQVJRLQJWRMDLO%LFKVHO¶VOLIHORQJDFWLYLVPOHGWR his selection as the GTPP laureate for 2012. The concept of a local peace prize came from Thomas Heavey, Founding Chair of the GTPP and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2005, upon WKH RFFDVLRQ RI WKH WK DQQLYHUVDU\ RI 1RUZD\¶V SHDFHIXO VHSDUDWLRQ from Sweden, and inspired by the Nobel Peace Prize, Tom and others created the Greater Tacoma Peace Prize to honor local community members who work for peace. The GTPP Committee meets throughout the year to receive and review nominations, raise funds, plan the Oslo trip for the laureate, and promote the cause of peace. For more information, visit The Scandinavian Scene is a bi-monthly newsletter published for members and friends of the SCC. their website: http://www.tacomapeaceprize.org/ Fr. Bill Bichsel and Thomas Heavey Susan Young, Editor 253-535-7322/253-535-7349 Email: [email protected] Website: www.plu.edu/scancenter The night of the Spring Banquet, GTPP Founder Thomas Heavey gave EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS COUNCILMEMBERS a moving and wonderfully candid speech regarding the selection of this SCC Director-Susan Young Artifacts-Susan Young Betty Larson \HDU VODXUHDWH³'XULQJWKHFRPPLWWHHGHOLEHUDWLRQV´VWDWHG+HDYH\³, President-Kim Kittilsby Classes-Position Open Marlene Lovstrom told my colleagues on the committee that Bill Bichsel makes me Vice President-Melody Stepp Docents-Kate Emanuel-French Ruth Peterson Treasurer-Camilla Rico Endowment/Fundraising-Ed Larson Janet Ruud XQFRPIRUWDEOH´ 7RP ZHQW RQ WR VD\ ³)DWKHU %L[ \RX GR PDNH PH Secretary-Judy Scott Exhibits-Susan Young/Melody Stepp uncomfortable [and] that is alright. As a priest, you have spent a Immediate Past President-Lisa Ottoson Hospitality-Karen Kunkle lifetime comforting the afflicted. You have also spent a lifetime Advisory Member-James Albrecht, Dean of Humanities Kitchen-Norita Stewart/Clarene Johnson ASSOCIATE MEMBERS afflicting the comfortable, myself included. You challenge me, you Norwegian & Scandinavian Area Studies Programs- Membership Committee-Susan Young Laila Hansen Jennifer Jenkins and Claudia Berguson Programs-Lisa Ottoson PDNHPHWKLQN\RXPDNHPHTXHVWLRQ\RXPDNHPH«\RXPDNHPH Tom Heavey Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection - Publicity-Karen Bell uncomfortable. Thank you, Father Bix, we need to be challenged, we Maynard Hedegaard Kerstin Ringdahl Student Connections-Linda Nyland/Melody Stepp Carol Kemp QHHGWRDVNTXHVWLRQVZHQHHGWRWKLQN´ Textile Curator-Linda Caspersen-Andresen Denny Flannigan and Father Bix Karen Kunkle GROUP COORDINATORS Webmaster-Susan Young Marge Kunschak Outreach-Ed Larson ,QKLVQRPLQDWLRQHVVD\'HQQ\)ODQQLJDQ DERYHOHIW ZURWH³+RZDSSURSULDWHDQG Ulla Lindwood Activities-Gunnulf Myrbo CORPORATE SPONSORS just plain right to honor [Fr. Bix] while he still lives, acts, and defies conventions that Inge Miller Services-Lisa Ottoson Presenting Sponsor ($5000+ level) Gail Sawyer QHHGGHI\LQJ´ Wells Fargo Management DOCENTS Nicki Tollefson $VSHFLDOFRPSRQHQWWRWKHSURJUDPZDVWKHSUHPLHUHSHUIRUPDQFHRI³/XOODE\IRU Nancy Jean White Christine Beasley Kate Emanuel-French Major Sponsors ($2001-$4999) 3HDFH´ DQ RULJLQDO FRPSRVLWLRQ E\ 3DFLILF 1RUWKZHVW PXVLFLDQ (ULN 6Q\GHU 0U Ken & Polly Christopherson Joanne Gray Snyder (right) wrote the piece especially for the awarding of the 2012 Greater Melinda Dietlein Julie Ann Hebert IKEA-Seattle Esther Ellickson Carroll & Delores Kastelle Tacoma Peace Prize to Father Bix. Attendees' comments were deservedly laudatory. Margie Ellickson Lorilie Steen Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 9LVLW (ULN¶V ZHEVLWH http://eriksnyder.bandcamp.com/ to listen to this incredible Carol Voigt composition. (Photo credits: Blake Kremer and Andreas Udbye) Erik Snyder New Danish Folk School Set to Open in Minneapolis by Ed Andersen, Erik Bruun and Gitte Mohr SAVE THESE DATES IN OCTOBER The Danish American Center in Minneapolis announces the opening of The Danebo Folk School, where rooms for up to 25 Watercolors and Woodcarvings Embla Lodge No. 2 Daughters of Norway residents overlook the picturesque Mississippi River. The Danebo September 16 to 22, 2012 presents Folk School follows the original Danish Folkehøjskole concept. It is a one week residential program for adults. The inaugural session will Come to Restore ³ Leave Revived N O R D I C F E S T I V A L run from September 16-22, 2012, with special classes in watercolors and woodcarving offered by experienced instructors. Fine arts and crafts A celebration of Nordic culture Lectures and discussions The idea of folk schools in Denmark was the brain child of N.F.S. Field trips Saturday, October 13, 2012 Grundtvig in 1840. He developed the idea of a school for the people, Folk dancing and music the folk, in contrast to the academic high school, Latin Skolen, which Nature walks 10:00 am²4:00 pm was geared towards educating the elite. He was inspired by the ideas Danish-inspired community meals Edgemont Junior High School that sparked the revolutions and changes in governing that were happening all over the western world. He recognized that a broad For registration and information: 2300 110th Avenue E based education of the population was the prerequisite for a healthy <www.danebofolkschool.org> Edgewood, Washington democracy. 612-567-7185 <[email protected]> For further information contact: Mardy Fairchild, Festival Chair In contrast to the prevailing 253.677.7700 or [email protected] schools that functioned through rote learning, repetition, and testing, folk schools did not have a narrowly defined educational objective. They offered classes in literature, history, religion, social skills needed to function in the world, gymnastics, and art, but, there was no testing and no formal diploma. FIFTH ANNUAL SWEDISH HERITAGE PROGRAM It was a school for learning: learning from each other, learning to live, and Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 2:00 PM learning that life could be rich with many opportunities. Folk schools were Back by popular demand, Swedish Chef Pelle Nilsson will private schools and primarily served the young people in the rural return for another outstanding cooking demonstration and population, who had very few other educational options after primary school Chef Pelle Nilssen ended at the age of twelve. tasting. Chef Pelle currently resides in San Francisco where he is a private chef and caterer. He began his dynamic culinary Danish Folk Schools in America career at the age of fourteen, learning the classic European Many of the early emigrants to America came from the rural way of cooking while working alongside German and French populations in Denmark and were familiar with Folkehøjskolen, chefs at a five-star hotel in Sweden. His impressive resume (The Folk School). As they settled their communities they includes preparing a royal banquet for King Carl XVI Gustaf established seven such schools across North America. The folk of Sweden. schools flourished for many years as a focal point for the education of the rural Danish young people. As the American Funding for this exceptional annual event is made possible by school system expanded, the need for additional educational the Betty and Edgar Larson Endowment, established in opportunities for children and young people declined. During the memory of Per Jonsson and Anna Persson Jonsson (parents of 1920's the Danish American Folk Schools began to close for lack Betty Larson) and Ole Elias Larson Fjorstad and Hildur of students. Some buildings were converted to other uses, and Johansson Larson (parents of Edgar Larson). Programs funded some were torn down. Today, two remnants of the Danish by the endowment focus on Swedish music, art, politics, American Folk Schools are going strong. history, and tradition, as well as current events. The 2008 inaugural event entitled Dalahäst: Symbol of Sweden focused Danebod Folk School in Tyler, Minnesota, has been in existence since 1888. The school closed after a few years on Swedish folk art. The 2009 program spotlighted renowned of declining enrollment, but reopened in 1946. It became the home of the Danebod Family Camps that today attract Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist. The 2010 program featured Swedish cuisine with renowned Swedish 400 people to three camps every summer. The Solvang Folk School was founded in 1911. Later known as &KHI3HOOH1LOVVRQ7KHSURJUDPWRRNSODFHLQ7DFRPD¶V0XVHXPRI*ODVVDQGIHDWXUHGDSUHVHQWDWLRQ Atterdag College, it operated until 1936, when the building was converted to a retirement home. Today the building and demonstration by Swedish glass artist Ingalena Klenell. is gone, but the spirit lives on in the Farstrup-Mortensen lecture series sponsored each February by the Bethania Lutheran Church in Solvang, California. ULY UGUST JULY/AUGUST 2012 2 J /A 2012 7 Gunnar Sønsteby (1918-2012) PLU Welcomes New President A Life to Remember, a Life to Honor Effective June 1, 2012, Thomas W. Krise became the thirteenth President of Pacific Lutheran