Norwegian Evening

When: Saturday, May 15, 2004

Where: Covenant Presbyterian Church

2070 Ridgecliff Road

Upper Arlington

(Corner of Redding and Ridgecliff)

Time: 6 P.M. Social Hour

7 P.M. Dinner

8 P.M. Program

Cost: Adult Members $ 9.00

Adult Guest $ 13.00

Child Member $ 4.00

Child Guest $ 6.00

Program: Roy Samuelson

Norwegian Folk Singer

Sylvia Henry accompanying on the

piano.

Calendar of Events 2004

May 15, 2004 Norwegian Evening

June 19, 2004 Midsommar Fest

April’s Birthday Celebration

A very successful evening of dancing and fellowship was had by all present. Tom Katrenich’s band never sounded sweeter, and our members all seemed to hit the dance floor for several dances. Those who weren’t up to doing the polka or tango resorted to table dancing, yes, indeed! There is just no stopping some of the native born Swedes among us.

Ingrid and Paul Cox doing a wild table dance. Notice how Paul is keeping an eye on his feet, lest he should step on Ingrid’s toes!

Upcoming Event

Norwegian Flag Raising at the State House of Columbus

May 14, 2004 at Noon

Commemorating the Norwegian Constitution Day

(Meet at the State House Atrium)

Arranged by the Son’s of Norway in Cincinnati

Officers of the Board
President	Sara Garnes	267-8167
Vice President	A. M. Hoalst	740-927-9149
Secretary	Marilyn Smith	875-4566
Treasurer	Terry Carlson	436-1756
Dinner Chm	Ben Kaster	891-9263
Membership	Risto Petman	854-0905
Property Chm	Åke Hellström	457-2984
Calling Chm	Sylvia Casas	475-3897
Editor	Inger Gilbert	837-0971

President’s Letter

Sara Garnes

We’re in for a treat at our meeting May 15 as we celebrate “17. mai,” the Norwegian Constitution Day a little early. We’ll have a musical program with Roy Samuelson from Indiana University. A friend of the Halverson’s, Roy is a talented musician who will entertain us with tunes ranging from the classics to the contemporary, with “Yust a Liddle Bit of Lefsa” thrown in for fun. Accompanying him will be one of our newest members, Sylvia Henry, a fine musician in her own right who is on the faculty at Ohio University (see “May Program” by Halverson). I hope you can all be there to celebrate Norwegian night with a dinner that’s sure to be tasty with Grete Davidsen-Kidwell as dinner captain. Tom Grimstad tells me that he’s on the committee and that he’ll have a cousin visiting from Norway helping him out. It’s sure to be an authentic evening!

Our 67^th birthday party was a true party with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, music, and dancing. Thanks to Ben Kaster for making the dinner arrangements and to Anne Marie Hoalst for booking the Tom Katrenich musicians. They turned out to be quite a group with a flutist and even a violinist who has played previously for the club, Arkadiy Gips. It’s safe to say that “A good time was had by all.”

Our members, Terry and Sharon Carlson, were truly honored April 24 at the Swedish Council of America’s dinner meeting in Cleveland, attended by ca. 160 including a representative from the Swedish Embassy in D.C. and several members of our club. For a full description, see Carol Wickstrom’s article in the newsletter. We bask in the glory reflected back on the Scandinavian Club of Columbus; congratulations Terry and Sharon!

Elsewhere in this issue, you will find an order form for golf shirts with the club logo and the five Scandinavian flags. This project has been in the works for a long time, at least before I came on the board, and the board is glad to see it coming to fruition under the leadership of Anne Marie Hoalst. We hope all of you will order a shirt as we need a minimum of 36 to send in an order. Decked out in our unique golf shirts, we’ll be clearly identifiable as members of the Scandinavian Club of Columbus at the next International Festival, where, it is rumored that booths are evaluated not only on their displays, but also on the appearance of those staffing the booths. Other “fitting” occasions for wearing our shirts include the fall breakfast in the park and the midsommar fest. Many years ago, the club sold t-shirts, so now in the 21^st century, we are following along in the finest tradition. Do order a shirt today!

As we begin to bring this year to a close, we look at new beginnings with the brief bios appearing in this newsletter prepared by our three incoming board members who were elected at the April meeting: Dianne Clark, Åke Hellström, and Paivi Rajala-Schultz. Åke is currently on the board completing Alan Reid’s term, and we are pleased to have him continuing on the board. The new officers will assume their duties as of July 1 as we bid farewell to Sylvia Casas, our calling chair, and Anne Marie Hoalst, vice president.

I hope to see you May 15 at the church to celebrate Norwegian night!

Message from the Editor

Subject: corrections

My sincerest apology for two mistakes I made in the recipes submitted by Birgit Andersen. I omitted the butter in the Apple Crumb Cake, and gave the wrong amount of tuna in the Tuna Pâté. In the Apple Crumb Cake correct the recipe by: cutting into the flour, sugar, and almonds 1 ½ stick of butter. In the Tuna Pâté change the recipe to 1-13 oz can of tuna instead of two.

Hopefully, not too many of you have tried the recipes, yet. Our President made the Apple Crumb Cake according to the recipe given, and here is her account of her experience: as she watched the topping get brown and dusty, she became suspicious of something being amiss. Then she cooked it on top of the stove, creating something resembling porridge; it tasted pasty, but being the frugal cook that she is, she served it to Andy for dessert! Between the two of them, it was consumed in a timely fashion, no doubt with many “looks” and comments between mouthfuls. . . .

If you read food magazines on a regular basis, you will also have noticed that many of them have more corrections than any other magazines on the market. Just as recently as a month ago a magazine dealing with life in the South had to recall all its magazines from the shelves. It turned out that one of the recipes, if followed correctly, would explode, endangering the life of the cook, destroying the kitchen, the whole house, even! Yes, I’m just trying to make my mistakes sound like a little trifle in comparison, but that is no consolation for those of you who wasted your money because of my mistakes. Please accept my humblest apologies to all of you.

May Program

by Bill Halverson

     I am confident that the program on May 15 is indeed going to be outstanding.

     Roy Samuelson, who hails from Moss, Norway, is a retired professor of voice at Indiana University School of Music (which, by the way, is one of the premiere music schools in the US). In addition to teaching voice at IU, he was in great demand as an opera and oratorio singer during his active career. A bass, he appeared several times with the Columbus Symphony during the Evan Whallon era. But he doesn’t just sing “long-hair” music. He sings folk songs, immigrant songs, humorous songs (sometimes accompanying himself on the guitar)—the range of his repertoire is enormous. We think he is going to give us a few representative samples of all these kinds of music.

Assisting Roy in this program will be Sylvia Reynolds Henry, one of the newest members of our club. Sylvia is a professional pianist—she was for three years the resident pianist with the Oslo Philharmonic—and a member of the piano faculty at Ohio University. Roy and Sylvia will be performing together for the first time, so what awaits us is the first performance ever of “The Roy and Sylvia Show.”

Grete Davidsen- & Edward Kidwell

¯Getting to know you,

getting to know all about you. . . ¯

by Inger Gilbert

June 1977, the summer Grete and a couple of friends decided to vacation on the isle of Mallorca, Spain also happened to be the fateful summer that the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) left Sardinia, destination Mallorca, carrying onboard the future husband of Grete. One American sailor-one Norwegian tourist, both determined to experience everything the sunny isle had to offer, headed to a 13^th century farm featuring a pig roast/barbeque.

Ed first noticed Grete with a woman in a national costume standing behind her, holding a napkin under Grete’s chin, while pouring a stream of wine from a goatskin flask down her throat! No sooner was the pig roast dinner over and the dancing began, Ed went straight for Grete, who looked promising for a fun time, and asked her for a dance. She was just irresistible to Ed who then asked her for a date for the following day; however, Grete was not going anywhere with some American sailor without her friends accompanying her. The terms for a date, then, was that Ed find willing dates for the two girlfriends. Back on the bus, with the returning sailors, Ed immediately asked for two volunteers. . .40 hands went up!

Lucky Eddie only had to report on duty every third day; the rest he spends with Grete.

September same year, Ed takes a 45 day leave before being transferred to Charleston, SC. He gives 30 days to Grete in Norway, and two weeks to Mom in Columbus. Grete had decided that if Ed was accepted by her dog, she would consider this a serious affair. Tsaria greeted him with great reserve----a tense situation followed----but it only turned out to be a fit of jealousy, soon they were best of buddies.

Summer of 1978, Ed again heads for Norway for a month. During this visit, they announce their engagement. Eighteen months later they marry on February 9, 1980 in Norway.

Grete wanted them to stay in Norway, but agreed to leave for the US with Ed who was determined to finish college before he would consider immigrating to Norway.

May 1980 they joined the Scandinavian Club. This was in the days when the club met at the Clintonville Women’s Club, and after dinner dancing was the norm. Glen Thornbloom observed the Kidwells dancing a polka, saw great potential there, recruited them to join the Scandinavian Folk Dancers, a very active group then, but now, unfortunately, defunct.

Graduation day arrives in December 1983 as Ed exits Franklin University with a B.S. in Business Administration. And now, Norway is calling!

Ed and Grete sell their house, ship dog and personal belongings, and return to Norway in May of 1984. Ed gets his “person nummer” (S.S.) and becomes a Norwegian taxpayer when he starts working in the excavating company owned by his father-in-law (lots of rocks in Norway!). Ed goes to night school to learn Norwegian and readies himself to become an American-Norwegian.

Surprise, surprise-only two months back in Norway, Grete in her beloved Norway, enveloped in the close folds of her family, gets second thoughts about it all. She had left a great job in the U.S. However difficult it had been to adjust to American life, she had adapted well. Returning to Norway proved to be a difficult adjustment, too. Her small community in Norway just couldn’t offer her the same opportunities that she had left behind. Realizing that she really had the best of two worlds, she returns to the U.S. and a hard-to-resist pay increase offered by her old company, in April 1985, just one month short of a year in Norway.

Back in the States, Ed puts his college degree to its proper use and makes a 16-year career in the sales of insurance, and Grete works happily for the EBCO Manufacturing, a.k.a. Oasis Water Cooler. They rejoin the Scandiclub in a very involved fashion. Ed serves on the Board of Directors during the term of 1988-1990 as Editor, Dinner Chair, and Vice President. Five years later, Grete is on the Board (1995-1997) as Membership Chair, Dinner Chair, and finally as President. All along they have also been heavily involved with the International Festival, helping setting it up, hosting chopping parties, preparing the ingredients for the, now famous blue ribbon, salmon chowder, and spending the two-day festival pulling 12 hours shifts.

Today Ed is the Family Service Advisor for what he calls a growth industry: Green lawn Cemetery, the largest in Central Ohio. Grete is the Receptionist for the corporate office of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services (OPRS), another area of rapid growth in our society of aging “baby boomers.”

Ironically, since 1992 they have had a Consumer Direct Marketing Business to delay us from needing the services of their aforementioned companies. They are Directors of Melaleuca: The Wellness Company, all its products are none toxic and promote health and wellness for both the consumer and Mother Earth. Either way, the Kidwells have something to offer now and, hopefully, much later!

Future plans for the Kidwells involve retirement in Norway on the farm where Grete grew up. Until very recently, Ed and Grete’s family included two beloved razorback dogs. Grete’s passionate love for dogs is fueling the dream of turning the farm into a kennel/grooming/obedience school for dogs.

This month we celebrate Norwegian Evening, and the Kidwells are the Co-Dinner Captains along with Jim and Reidun Villella, something to look forward to. Never have they disappointed us. Grete is an excellent cook; she spent a year studying at a culinary college just before her trip to Mallorca. Ed says that when he first met Grete he thought he was in love, but when he found out that she could cook, he knew he was in love!

Ed, Grete, and Smokey with the background of rosemaling platters and a collection of Norwegian porcelain.

Welcome to our new Board Members

For the next three-year term on the Board, we will have the pleasure of fresh, new input from the following members who were voted into office at our April meeting.

The following biographies will acquaint you with our newly elected Board Members.

Dianne Clark

I was born in Minneapolis, and soon traveled to Seattle, Washington, and Oakland, California, but by my choice at three years of age, I returned to Minnesota where I was raised by my grandparents on land that is now part of one of Minnesota’s newest state parks: Glendalough. My mother was ¾ Norwegian and ¼ Swedish, and my father added more Norwegian and Swedish and Finnish too. I graduated from high school in California and from college in Moorhead, Minnesota.

I worked for the Army Aviation Command for 6 and ½ years in St. Louis, Missouri. The special interest there was learning to fly. My second flight instructor became my wonderful husband, and we married in 1975 near Philadelphia. We both tried skydiving there also. I moved to Dayton for a job at Def. Electronics, and we were there 20 years. During that time, I left work for 10 years, and we were blessed in being able to travel to all 50 states in the US and visit most of the rest of the world also. My hobby there was ballroom dancing.

I was transferred to DSCC in Columbus in 1996. My husband passed in late 1997. Although we had no children, I inherited his 4 grown children, 16 grandchildren, and now 25 great grandchildren and even one great, great grandchild. I still see them and am close to them. My hobby here is cooking and baking. I serve on the finance committee of my condo association and enjoy music (classical and early rock and roll) and books.

I have enjoyed being a member of the Scandinavian Club since December 2000, and I am very much looking forward to serving on the board.

Åke Hellström

I was born August 30, 1943, in Norrkoping, Sweden. It was during World War II, and my dad was a guard out on an island looking for any approaching enemy airplanes. The story I heard is that I am somewhat related to my Dad because he came home to Mom for a short Christmas break.

My memories of WWII are very limited, but I still remember the wood gasification trucks on the streets when there was no gasoline available. I remember truckers full of soot and dirt cleaning the furnace strapped on to the front bumper. The trucker looked like the devil himself, I thought.

Nevertheless, I became interested in machines of any kind and eventually graduated from Chalmers in Goteborg. There I met Ingrid. In 1969, I took a job on a whim with Industrial Nucleonics here in Columbus, Ohio. I returned to Sweden two years later to begin a business in Sundsvall. We came back to Columbus in 1975.

We have two boys. I have some nine patents and have produced a few gallons of a highly concentrated glögg every December since 1975. That’s enough to fill a small bathtub.

My interests center around technology and the fine arts. My hobby is generating graphics and collecting antique scientific literature. Ingrid and I are the proud grandparents of a grandson.

Päivi Rajala-Schultz

Päivi Rajala-Schultz was born and raised in the southwestern part of Finland, in the quaint town of Kankaanpää, located roughly 200 miles northwest from Helsinki. She attended elementary through high school (gymnasium) in Kankaanpää. In between her Finnish high school years, Päivi spent a year as an exchange student in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, living in a family with Finnish heritage. At the end of her exchange year, she graduated from Kellogg High School in Roseville, MN.

In 1989, Päivi obtained her DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine in Helsinki, Finland. After graduation from the vet school, she worked several years as a practicing veterinarian on the Finnish countryside. In the fall of 1994, she moved to the United Stated to pursue her graduate degree in veterinary epidemiology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. During the first fall semester at Cornell, she met her husband-to-be, J.J. who had also started his graduate work there that autumn. In the summer of 1998, Päivi defended her PhD dissertation at Cornell and also got married to J.J. in her hometown church in Kankaanpää. Päivi is currently an assistant professor at The College of Veterinary Medicine at OSU. She teaches epidemiology and continues her research on dairy production medicine.

Päivi and her husband J.J. have been involved in the Scandinavian Club since 2000. They have been part of the Finnish dinner committee four times, last time (in 2004) Päivi served as a co-dinner captain. As a part of their annual trip to Finland, this year J.J. will be able to enjoy “the nightless nights” for the first time as they head to Finland for midsummer.

The Swedish Council of America honors

Sharon and Terry Carlson

by Carol Wickstrom

Saturday evening, April 24, 2004, the Swedish Council of America held an Award of Merit Dinner in Cleveland at its annual meeting. The Council honored seven Ohioans recognized for their special work in promoting Swedish-American culture and heritage.

Sharon and Terry Carlson were the honorees from the Scandinavian Club of Columbus, Sharon, a nursing professor at Otterbein College, initiated a teaching and student exchange between Kalmar University, Sweden and Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio. Sharon has taught in Kalmar for 9 weeks the past two winters. Terry has joined her as her “hemma fru!” They have had many unique experiences, which they have shared with our Club.

The event was held at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History beginning with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. The evening’s festivities began with a welcome from Michael Miller, Swedish Consul in Ohio, followed by the singing of the National Anthems of the United States and Sweden (sung in Swedish). An elegant dinner was served, followed by a spectacular flaming dessert, Cherries Jubilee Flambé and Banana Foster Flambé.

Official congratulations were given by Anders Ahnlid of the Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C. The Ambassador was detained in Washington entertaining Queen Silvia at the ground breaking of a new Swedish Embassy on the Potomac River.

John Fleming, baritone, accompanied by his wife, Gloria, presented musical program. Mr. Fleming received a standing ovation for his rendition of “Old Man River” and songs sung in Swedish. Following an operatic career of 30 years in Sweden and Norway, he is now a resident of Cleveland.

Terry and Sharon Carlson were the first honored, followed by two each from the Swedish Cultural Society, the Cleveland Vasa, and one from the Danish Brotherhood. A framed citation was awarded each. Needless to say, we were all so very proud of Terry and Sharon! Åke Hellström took many pictures for the Scandinews website.

Our Columbus Club contingent consisted of Ingrid and Åke Hellström, Carol and Harry Wickstrom, Paula and Ingemar Svala (now living in Vermilion, Ohio). We were seated with three Directors of the Swedish Council from Detroit and San Francisco. Other familiar faces seen were Bo and Glenda Carlson (Bo was an honoree) and Rolf and Marty Bergman. Bo and Rolf gave an excellent program in Columbus for our October 2001 meeting after they attended the 1000^th anniversary of the Viking settlement in L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.

Another Vasa member remembered our Scandinavian Folk Dance Group of Columbus entertaining at an event at the Cleveland Vasa in the ‘80’s. It is always nice to see old friends. What a special evening it was!!

ScandiClub Logo Shirts

are now available to members by special order.

Attractive pearl gray 99% cotton 1% other fiber (probably something synthetic to prevent shrinkage), and just as fine a quality as the famous Pole Shirt by Ralph Lauren, but at the fraction of its price. Our shirt had the beautiful Scandinavian logo and all the colorful flags of the Northern countries, a design by Åke Hellström.

Place your order today so you can wear it at our Midsommar Fest in June.

Risto Petman modeling the ScandiLogo shirt.

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ScandiClub Fund-Raiser

by Jim Villella

If you missed the March meeting, you may not know about an arrangement the Club has made available to its members. Unique Norwegian Bunad figurines of high quality from seven of Norway’s provinces, a statue of the Hedellan Madonna, and a replica of the Viking Ship in the museum at Oslo is now available to members at a discount.

These hand-painted items are exquisite in detail and accurate representations of the colors of the Bunad, the Madonna and the ship. They are excellent for birthday or holiday gifts for anyone wanting to honor their heritage.

The medieval Hedellen Madonna is 6” tall and accurately reflects the statue as it was in the 13^th Century! Bunad dolls – 7-inches tall and in a gift box with a see-through front, rosemaling on the sides and information about the

costume on the back – retail for $29.95. Through special arrangement with the importer the figurines can be yours for $25.00 each and will generate a $5.00 rebate to the Scandinavian Club. Bunad figurines include: East

Agder, West Agder, Gudbransdal, Upper Hallingdal, Hardanger, Setesdal and East Telemark.

The Viking Ship retails for $49.95 but ScandiClub members can buy at $29.95 – again the Club will receive a rebate of $5 for each ship purchased by members.

I had hoped to show these items again at the April meeting but cannot be there, so I am reminding club members to order these items now for delivery at the May meeting.

They make fantastic gifts so be sure to order now!

For delivery of these items at the May meeting call Jim Villella at (614) 890-0782 or Email to jimvil@wowway.com.

HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s christening

April 17, 2004

The little, Norwegian Princess with her Royal parents and grand parents is wearing the same gown that was worn by her great-grandfather, King Olav V, at his christening 101 years ago. She is the third in line to the throne, and will most likely become the first reigning queen in Norway since 1412.

Oslo increasingly 'constipated'

More restaurants and fast food booths have created a new and spreading problem in Norway's capital - blocked pipes in the water and sewage system - as fat, oil and grease accumulate. Sanitation workers are constantly called out to administer emergency 'enemas' to the city's digestive system, newspaper Dagsavisen reports.

Erik Løsåmoen has hosed hundreds of kilos of fat off the sewer system walls under Oslo.

"Often, flushing with water is not enough, because if you do that the grease just moves somewhere else. The best is sucking the fat up and removing it for good," Løsåmoen told the newspaper.

Inspectors say the problem is clearly worst in the downtown area but is to be found all over the city.

The primary cause of the 5-10 centimeter (2-4 inch) thick layer of greasy build-up in the sewer pipes is the food business, with restaurants, canteens and fast food booths either not using proper filters. Some, authorities suspect, simply empty their grease directly into street drains outside their premises.

The pipe problem escalated simultaneously with the expansion of the restaurant sector in the capital. As the industry exploded, industrial kitchen details like fat separators were likely considered a low priority and the city is now paying the price for so much grease and fat spilling directly into its system.

The water and sanitation department hope that proper emptying of filters becomes mandatory and is working to designate a special location to receive Oslo's excess fat.

-Aftenposten

You want to now more about what’s happening in Norway? Check out this website: www.norway.com.

Or Denmark: www.denmarkemb.org

Or Finland: www.finland.org/en/

Or Iceland; www.iceland.org/us/

Or Sweden: www.swedenemb.org (is under construction as I’m writing this, hopefully up and running when you check it out).

Skandi Kaffe Group

Will meet May 27, 2004 at La Chatelaine, 627 High Street, Worthington, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Come join us. Call Randy Carlson for more information 614-885-2421

May 2004