March—April 2012 DATES TO REMEMBER From the President: Fri Mar 16 6:30 PM Bozeman Senior Center Potluck Please bring an extra large potluck dish to share. Program will be Gretchen Minton with a talk on Henrik Ibsen. Tues Mar 27 Board Meeting 6:30 pm American Land Title Fri Apr 20 6:30 PM Bozeman Senior Center Potluck Bring a large potluck dish to share. . Program: a “Taste of Norway” Norwegian cheese and wine Tue Apr 24 Board Meeting 6:30 pm American Land Title Fra Presidenten: Jun 14-16 District IV Convention Edmonton, Alberta Kjære medlemmer, Jul 7-10 Bjørnetann Language and Cultural Camp Dear Members, Spring is coming soon, and I hope to see you out. If you look at the calendar, you will see that there are many interesting things on the schedule this spring, for which various members have stepped forward to make happen. Many thanks to all, and have a good and happy spring. Våren kommer snart, og jeg håper å se deg ut. Hvis du ser på kalenderen, vil du se mange interessante ting på planen denne våren, som noen medlemmer har stått frem for å gjøre skje. Mange takk til alle, og har en god og lykkelig våren. Red Lodge, Mt Camp for the whole family Aug 22-25 2012 Sons Of Norway International Convention MARCH MEETING 6:30 PM Friday March 16th Potluck Bozeman Senior Center: Program will be given by Gretchen Minton, a professor of English at MSU, who specializes in Shakespeare and drama, and has always been inter- LODGE T-SHIRTS ested in Ibsen. Gretchen is also the wife of our member, Kevin Brusteun. Would anyone be interested on being on a com- The Kid’s group will learn about the Sons of Norway mittee for investigating the construction of a Bjornetann Language and Cultural Camp as we have a Lodge T-Shirt? We have been a lodge since the 70’s and never had a T-shirt. Call me at 587-0248 or email me at [email protected] mini-camp of our own. APRIL MEETING if you might be interested in helping or have 6:30 PM Friday April 20th, Potluck Bozeman Senior. some ideas. Shelly Program: Save room a “Taste of Norway” ! Jodi Bunde, president of the Jamestown, ND Sons of Norway and sister of Shae Thompson, will present an evening of Norwegian wine and cheeses. Need o Bit ofSunshine The Kid’s Group will do an Easter/Spring activity with the help of Karl and Karlene! Our Sunshine Chairperson is Liz Thompson. If you hear if any of our members being sick, or needing a card HELP FOR COOK TRAILER! for anything, please let Liz know. Member Mel Howe has volunteered to do the design Phone 587-0579 or email work on the cook trailer!! Mange Tusen Takk!! [email protected] If any one else is interested in helping to get this trailer into shape as a real “Cook Trailer”, please call Jed Huseby at 586-6174 or Jerry Swenson at 284-4490. We are making some good money selling the Vikings on a Stick, so we really need this trailer to be setup! Sons of Norway March—April 2012 Yust a Little Yoke Norwegian Love Story Ole & Lena lived by a lake in Nordern Minnesota . It vas early vinter and da lake had froze over. Ole asked Lena if she vould valk across da frozen lake to da yeneral store to get him some smokes. She asked him for some money, but he told her, "Nah, yust put it on our tab." So Lena valked across, got the smokes at da general store, den walked back home across the lake. Ven she got home and gave Ole his smokes, she asked him, "Ole, you alvays tell me not to run up da tab at da store. Vhy didn't you yust give me some money?" Ole replied, "Vell, I didn't vant to send you out dere vit some money ven I vasn't sure how tick the ice vas yet." Red Cabbage Compote Susan Howe brought this for the last potluck and I asked her for the recipe. It was delicious & a Scandinavian dish! 1 ½ pounds red cabbage, finely shredded ¼ cup red currant jelly 1 ½ cups red wine 1 ½ cups plus 3 T water 2 T sugar 5 T butter 2 whole cloves Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Combine and boil then cover and simmer for 45 minutes.Remove the lid and cook another 20 minutes until thick and syrupy. Season to taste. DISTRICT IV CONVENTION June 14-16, 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Delegates: Jed Huseby Barbara Clawson Barb Nolan Alternate: Shelly Fallang Fjelldal 4-543 page:2 Norwegian Experience 2012 Once again Sons of Norway is partnering with Borton Overseas to offer one lucky recruiter and their guest an amazing travel experience in Norway! All year, every Sons of Norway member who recruits a new, dues-paying member will be entered into the 2012 Norwegian Experience Recruitment Contest. The trip, which will be awarded in January of 2013, will include airfare, meals, exclusive travel opportunities and upscale accommodations! Just imagine taking a 10 day land-tour of Norway enjoying some of the most beautiful scenery that Scandinavia has to offer! The best part is that the winner gets to choose their own adventure! Whether you prefer an active trip full of sight-seeing and touring, or a more laid-back vacation, it’s up to you! To enter this year’s Norwegian Experience Recruitment Contest all you have to do is recruit one new, duespaying member and make sure your name is listed in the “Referred By” field. It’s as easy as that! Entries are taken from members recruited between January 1st and December 31st, 2012. Also, remember that you can enter as many times as you recruit throughout the year, which increases your chances of winning! Bank Tests Honesty of Oslo Residents In early January SpareBank 1 Oslo crafted a plan to test the honesty of area residents by leaving 10 wallets containing cash, credit cards and personal and financial items in locations across the city. In the event that a wallet was returned, the bank would then reward the finder with 10 times the amount of cash contained in the wallet –an amount significantly higher than the standard 10 percent typically given for returned wallets. The plan is part of a larger initiative titled Vi bryr oss om Oslo or "We Care about Oslo," a collaboration between Radio 1 and SpareBank 1 Oslo with the goal of encouraging and inspiring a positive attitude. To the surprise of project organizers, all 10 wallets were returned with all their contents intact. "I was positive about what kind of results we'd get before we started, but I hadn't expected that fully 100 percent of the wallets would be returned," said Svein Øvregård. University of Oslo Professor, Ottar Hellevik, shared a similar surprise to the project's outcome, saying "our numbers have shown that Norwegians' ethics have been sinking, so this is encouraging." While the bank's project results were impressive, studies suggest that people may feel quite differently about returning found money that isn't accompanied by identification. Studies conducted in 1985 and 2009 by Synovate– a global market research company–showed a significant decrease in the number of people who felt it was wrong to keep found money, from 63% to 33%. Whatever the reason, leader of the"We care about the Oslo" project, Svein Øvregård, is delighted with the result. UFFDA! Sons of Norway March—April 2012 NEW OFFICERS Treasurer/Financial Secretary : Barbara Clawson has Fjelldal 4-543 Fjelldal Membership Report for February 28, 2012 agreed to relieve Gwen Croghan of her duties as Treasurer/Financial Secretary. Gwen and her husband, Mark have purchased the Chalet Market on Jackrabbit Lane plus they are expecting a new baby in a couple of months not to mention that son , Brode is a toddler. They are going to be very busy! We thank Barbara, for accepting these duties. Many thanks to Gwen for all of years she has been a officer. The only stipulation is that the lodge expects the whole family to be attending the social meetings. Think of it as date night potluck. I’m sure that there will be a lot of members wanting to get their hands on the little ones! Historian: Member Barb Nolan (Barbara Clawson’s daughter), will be taking the job of Historian. Thanks to Barb for taking the office. If anyone has items for the scrapbook, please contact Barb at email [email protected] or phone 539-4162. Susan Howe has held this job from 2003-2011 and we thank Susan for page:3 The following new members have joined: Lyle Andersen 8 Gardner Park Drive Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406-586-0678 Email: [email protected] Birthday: December 14 Margaret Andersen 8 Gardner Park Drive Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406-586-0678 Email: [email protected] Birthday: November 4 As reported by Vice-President, Gregg Thompson those years of dedication. MANGE TUSEN TAKK! Musician Speaking of officers and volunteering, it would really be nice to have a musician again so we could sing the OUR MEMBERS Condolences: To Jed Huseby and family on the death of his uncle. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. National Anthems of Norway and the United States along with some other songs. If any of you members can play and would be willing to play, let one of the officers know. I would be willing to play, but the big HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! APRIL problem is I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY!. It would 1...Emma Hamilton be nice to be able to have the children’s group learn a Norwegian song or two. Please consider it! 9...Carter Saeteren MARCH 22...Benjamin Klompien MORE ON VOLUNTEERING 25...Genna Boland 26...Roger Kittelson Please try and come to the meeting a little early to see 28...Logan Diekmann if there is anything you can do to help with the set up 28...Heather Klompien 12...John Dungan 14...Frank Sundeen 21...Ida May Huseby 21...Jerry Swenson 24...Robert Hawks 26...James Dungan 29...Sharon Harris and try to stay a little late to help clean up the area. Bonni and Ron Glock have been the first to show up and the last to leave for years. They are both around 80 and would appreciate some help. Remember when you bring your potluck dishes, to bring a serving utensil, be Norwegian Table Prayer responsible for having your item ready for serving. I Jesu navn går vi til bords Also, make sure you remember to take your dishes and å spise, drikke på ditt ord. leftovers when you leave or you may never see them Deg, Gud til ære, oss til gavn, Så får vi mat i Jesu navn. Amen. again! I will let you know when we hire a crew to take care of all of this, but I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you. In Jesus' name to the table we go To eat and drink according to His word. To God the honor, us the gain, So we have food in Jesus' name. Amen. Sons of Norway March—April 2012 a little in English... Easter Holiday – Typical Norwegian There are not many countries like Norway, especially when it comes to Easter holiday! Easter holiday is largely a distinctly Norwegian phenomenon because Norway is one of the few countries in the world that has a continuous holiday weekend from Maundy Thursday to the second Easter Sunday in Easter. The weekend gives the vast majority a minimum of five consecutive free-days of Easter holiday. At the same time generous holiday hours and flexible time off at work and in school during the Easter season allows many to take ten consecutive days off – from “Palm Saturday,” the Saturday before Palm Sunday, through the holy week to the second day of Easter. Through cliché representations in the media and the public sphere impressions are created and reinforced annually that ski, sun, snow, oranges, Kvikk Lunsj and Easter crime novels by the fireplace is the typical Easter for the majority of Norwegians. In reality, the Easter holiday for the vast majority is first and foremost about leisure and mellow days at home – maybe spending time with family or friends. The tan skin tone one gets after long days outdoors, sunbathing in the thin high altitude mountain air and in snowy environments is called “Easter brown.” The increased car traffic to and from the mountains is more or less called “Easter traffic.” “Easter snow” is used to refer to the ski conditions over Easter, when the snow is often old, rough and grainy, wet during the day and icy at night. **Taken from Radio Ålesund 7. April 2009 by Egil Farstad Fjelldal 4-543 page:4 litt på norsk... Påskeferie - typisk norsk! Det er ikke mange land som er som Norge, heller ikke når det gjelder påskeferien! Påskeferie er i stor grad et særnorsk fenomén siden Norge er ett av de få land i verden som holder sammenhengende helg fra og med skjærtorsdag til og med 2. påskedag i påsken. Selve kjernehelgen gir altså de aller fleste minimum fem sammenhengende fridager eller påskeferie. Samtidig fører generøse fridags-, flexi- og avspaseringsordninger i arbeidslivet og i skolen til at påskehøytid for mange blir det samme som ti sammenhengende fridager – fra og med "palmelørdag", det vil si lørdagen før palmesøndag, gjennom hele den stille uke til og med 2. påskedag. Gjennom klisjépregede fremstillinger i media og i de offentlige rom skapes og forsterkes årlig et inntrykk av at ski, sol, snø, appelsiner, Kvikk Lunsj og påskekrim i peiskroken er en del av påsken for folk flest. I virkeligheten er påskeferie for den store majoriteten først og fremst fritid og rolige dager på hjemmebane - kanskje med noe samvær med slekt og venner. Den brune hudfargen en får etter lange utedager og soling i tynn høyfjellsluft og snørike omgivelser, kalles gjerne "påskebrun", mens den økte biltrafikken til og fra fjellet først og sist i ferien kalles "påsketrafikk". "Påskeføre" brukes vanligvis om skiføret i påska, da snøen ofte er gammel, grov og kornete, våt om dagen og skarp om kvelden. Find Us on Our Website www.bozemansonsofnorway.com Or on Facebook President Jed Huseby 586-6174 www.facebook.com/bozemansonsofnorway Vice-President Gregg Thompson 581-4012 Secretary Susan Fromdahl Howe 587-8027 Treasurer Gwen Croghan 585-0631 Zone 6 Director Jerry Swenson 284-4490 Editor Shelly Fallang 587-0248 SONS OF NORWAY Shelly E. Fallang, Editor Fjelldal Lodge 4-543 3805 West Toole Street Bozeman, Mt 59718-2112 FJELLDAL LODGE 4-543
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