June 2020 Solskinn Nyhetsbrev Newsletter from Solskinn Lodge Ord fra Presidenten In this newsletter Page 1 Ord fra Presidenten Page 2 Norwegian Flag Page 3 Birthdays Book Club Here we are again, not much acvity but sll running. I guess many of you are concerned Erna Solberg of what is happening. We had a board District Six meeng recently, we made it virtually with Page 4 SAS ZOOM, it turned out to work perfect. May 17 was celebrated on ZOOM, we were 11 people Freia on line at the same me, a fun event. It will Bygdebøker be a new celebraon later this year, the Lodge Celebration of May 17th is celebrang 30 year since established. There Page 5 Famous Norwegian are sll some of our acve members who started the Lodge. We are planning some kind Solskinn Lodge Officers of gathering if the Covid 19 situaon has Page 6 Mailing changed to the beer. Let us hope for the best. What else to do? The book club is acve up an running virtually. It is a good opportunity to keep in contact, see more info in the Newsleer. A Happy Hour on ZOOM is also planned, more Sons of Norway about that later in separate informaon. As you all can see, despite all isolaon we can strongly recommend sll be in contact with each other. that all lodge meetings For the Newsleer. and in-person events I am sure that some of you have a good or funny story that you would like to share with be postponed through other friends. Why not use the Newsleer to do it. at least May 31. For now, connue staying healthy. April 29, 2020 Ulf Norwegian Flag June 2020 Solskinn Nyhetsbrev The oldest form of Norwegian flag we know is the Editor for Solskinn Nyheter national arms lion on a flag or banner. Later it was sometimes used as a flag on ships and fortresses. Terje “TJ” Berger 760.799.6660 This flag, which was a royal flag, had a gold lion Send pictures, ideas, articles to with a silver ax on a red bottom. [email protected] In the 17th and 18th centuries, it became common Sons of Norway to use the Danish flag, Dannebrog, also on Norwegian warships and fortresses. From 1748 this Website: sofn.org flag was the only recognized Danish-Norwegian Facebook: Official Sons of Norway Facebook Group trade flag. Solskinn Lodge After 1814, in distant waters, Norwegian ships had to use the Swedish flag, or from 1818 a Union flag Website: solskinn.sofn6.org based on the Swedish flag, with a white oblique Facebook: Solskinn Lodge, Sons of Norway 6-150 cross on a red bottom in the upper field at the pole. Email: [email protected] As a flag of war for both countries in the union between Norway and Sweden, a Swedish split flag with the same red and white mark was already King, it became effective since it had been passed by three introduced in 1815, where red and white were consecutive Stortings. The "pure" flag was first flown in 1899, perceived as "Norwegian" colors. but the union mark had to be kept in the war flag. After the dissolution of the union, it was removed from the navy flag as In 1844, king Oscar 1 gave the two countries well on 9 June 1905. Sweden kept it in all flags until 1 November equality in the flag issue. Both countries received 1905. their national flags with a union mark in Swedish Norwegian Wikipedia and Norwegian colors (popularly called the "herring salad") in the upper field by the pole. The current flag of Norway was designed in 1821 by Fredrik Meltzer, a member of the parliament (Storting). It was adopted by both chambers of the The Norwegian Lion The official Storting on 11 May and 16 May, respectively. at the seal of Norwegian However, the king refused to sign the flag law, but king Erik II Magnusson, Coat of Arm approved the design for civilian use by royal order king 1280-1299 in council on 13 July 1821. The constitution of 1814 explicitly stated that the war flag was to be a union flag, hence the common flag (Swedish with a canton signifying Norway) was used by the armies and navies of both states until 1844. Until 1838 the Norwegian flag was only used in “Dannebrog” - Danish flag Northern waters, i.e. the waters north of Cape Finisterre, as Norway had no treaty with the Barbary pirates of North Africa and had to fly the Swedish or union flag for protection. Flag of the Kalmar Union In 1844 a union mark combining Norwegian and 1397-1523 Swedish colours was placed at the hoist of both countries' flags. The badge was jokingly or derogatorily called Sildesalaten ("the herring salad") because of its jumble of colours and resemblance to a popular dish on the breakfast Swedish flag with the tables of both countries. Initially, the union flag red/white cross was popular in Norway, since it clearly denoted the equal status of the two united states. As the union with Sweden became less popular, the Norwegian flag with union symbol Norwegian parliament abolished the union mark called “Herring Salad” from the national (merchant) and state flags in 1898. Although the law was not approved by the Fødsler i Juni June Birthdays June Book June 6 Steinar Johansen BOOK June 7 Åse G Bence June 8 Lorna Ann Albertsen CLUB June 14 Danny M Zelman June 15 Emel Mehlum Our book club held their last meeting by Zoom. This makes it a bit easier to June 21 Carolyn Rich discuss the book. We hope you will join June 23 Thomas H Gerner June 25 Rex A Seawright us for our summer meetings. We will June 26 Miriam Hendrix meet June 18, July 16 and August 20th at 4:00. I will send out the Zoom info prior July 1 Tone H Chaplin to the meeting. All you need to do is click July 2 Donna R Lenander on the Zoom link embedded in the e-mail July 6 Illa M Moore and it will take you to the meeting. Just follow the instructions. Make sure your computer audio is on. HAPPY Waldemar Theodor Ager (1869 – 1941) was a Norwegian-American newspaperman and author. He was born at Frederikstad, in Østfold, Norway. He grew up nearby in Gressvik, just across the river Glomma. Not long after his arrival in America, Ager got his start in the newspaper business by becoming involved with Norden, Chicago's largest-circulation Norwegian-language newspaper. Erna Solberg is Prime Minister of Norway since 2013 and Leader of the Conservative June 18 Party since May 2004. Sons of the Old County by Waldemar Ager She is 59 years old, married and has 2 Frederik Berg, Isak Isaksrud, and Ole Brekke, young Norwegian children. immigrants, become friends in the years before they face the dangers of the Civil War. This story takes place in Wisconsin. Translated from Norwegian in 1926 by his son Trygve Ager. Norwegian title is “Gamlelandets Sønner”. Sons of Norway District Six The next books Camp Trollfjell July 16 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad Registration for Camp Trollfjell and Trollfjell Folkehøgskule is now open. Aug 20 Job applications for all staff positions are now Norwegian by Night –Derek Miller being accepted. Located in Alta, Placer County. More information atCELED arv.sofn6.org/ Sept The reckoning, by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Camp OldfjellAN returning in September of 2020. Nov Searching for Nora, by Wendy Swallow More informationC at Dec Two Homelands, by Odd S. Lovoll https://www.campnorge.org/site/camp-oldfjell/ 1937 1906 Many of us have crossed the Atlantic Ocean with the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) to visit Nothing like family and friends in Norway. Kalmar Union Norwegian Chocolate ended in 1523 and there was bad relationships between Sweden and Denmark (Norway). 1952 the Nordic Council was established. They are Read more in Viking Magazine June 2020 good friends again. The airline was founded on 1 August 1946, when genealogi.no Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (an airline owned by the Swedish Wallenberg family), Det Norwegian Genealogy Association Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark and Norway) formed a partnership to handle the BYGDEBØKER is a popular place to find ancestors intercontinental air traffic of these three on the country side. These are books about the local Scandinavian countries. On 17 September 1946, community and history of the farms. Oslo Public operations started under the new entity, the first Library (Deichmanske bibliotek) has the complete international service was conducted between collection of printed material. With modern Stockholm and New York. technology the books have been scanned by the National Library in a format that you can turn pages. But it requires a Norwegian IP address to get access to the digital library. Norgeskart.no (Norway maps) is another website to find detailed maps better than Google map. It also requires Norwegian IP address to get access. VPN (Virtual private network) is a program that makes it possible to get IP address of any country. It costs less than 5 dollars per month. The Royal family on the balcony. Empty streets. Celebrating 17th of May 2020.. on ZOOM Famous Norwegian Conrad Arnold Elvehjem was internationally known as an American biochemist in nutrition. In 1937 he identified two vitamins, nicotinic acid, also known as niacin, and nicotinamide, which were deficient directly in human pellagra, once a major health problem in the United States. Collectively, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are termed vitamin B3 and are now understood to be precursors of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide Niacine O Conrad Elvehjem was born in McFarland, Wisconsin.