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www.OlympiaSonsofNorway.org Hovedstad Posten
Volume 41, Issue 5 May 2014
Board Meetings
2nd Wednesday of each month at 10:00 AM
At Ken Fialkowski’s Edward Jones office by Freddy’s. All members are invited
Regular Meetings
September – May 4th Monday each month at 7:00 PM
Columbian Hall 6794 Martin Way E Olympia, WA 98516
Need directions?
Have a question about an upcoming meeting or event?
Contact Linda Fialkowski 459-3982
Next Event
May 19, 2014
6:30 pm
Fra Presidenten
Kjære venner,
Hipp hipp hurrah for Syttende Mai. May 17th marks the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Norwegian Constitution. For 400 years Norway was under the rule of Denmark. Then, as the Napole-onic Wars were drawing to a close, The Kingdom of Denmark–Norway found itself on the “wrong side”, having backed the loser, Napoleon. Denmark was forced to cede Norway to Sweden as the Swedes were members of the victorious alliance. In April 1814 a 112 man assembly met to create and ratify a constitution for Norway. On May 17 in the year 1814, the Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll. This constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom although they were still under Swedish rule. It wasn’t until June 7, 1905 that Norway finally became its own country. Syttende Mai is the official national holiday and is observed on May 17 each year. To commemorate this event, we will have a dinner on May 19th. Sir Kim Nesselquist will present a short program on Syttende Mai and Nordic Spirit will entertain us with their Scandinavian music. This will be a fun evening you won’t want to miss. Our picnic committee comprised of David and Andrea Olsen, Jytta Wagoner and Bob Larsen have planned a great summer picnic for us August 3rd. Be sure to save the day on your calendar. You will be hearing more from them as the date draws nearer. I hope you all have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing
you again in September as we resume our regular monthly schedule.
Hilsen, Joanne
Hovedstad Lodge
2014
Executive Officers
President, Joanne Gray 360-923-1242
[email protected] Vice President, Tad Tower
360-239-6793 [email protected]
Secretary, Heidi Brownell 360-705-0074
[email protected] Treasurer, Dan Konopatzke
360-491-6048 [email protected]
Counselor, Linda Fialkowski 360-459-3982
Program Directors
Social Director, David Olsen 360– 456-8578
Support Directors
Marshals Bill Hegge & Bob Larsen
Trustees Judy Byles 3 Yr 360-413-7252
Bjarne Nilssen 2Yr 360-866-0935
Anne Vatshell, 1Yr 360-943-9032
Youth Director, Chris Brownell 360-705-0074
Hostess Coordinators Aasa Sorebo
360-357-4059 Janet Osman 360-943-9074
[email protected] Greeter
Nancy Tower & Ken Olson 360-239-6793
Editor
Linda Fialkowski 360-459-3982
SONS OF NORWAY HOVEDSTAD LODGE #94 Minutes of Regular Meeting – April 28, 2014
The meeting was called to order at 7:00m by President Joanne Gray. Bill Hegge led the lodge in the anthems. Joanne then welcomed tonight’s guests who were: Chris Engstrom (from Embla Lodge), Donita Zblewski (President of Prillar Guri), Jason Miller (son of new member Dan Miller), and Chris and Ed Strozyk, transferring members from the Vancouver lodge.
David introduced tonight’s program of “Norwegian History Through Post-cards” presented by Esther Van Noy from Embla Lodge.
Business Meeting: Silent roll call was taken. All Board members were present. Minutes from the March meeting were published in the April Hovedstad Posten. The minutes were approved as published. Officer’s Reports: Vice President: Tad shared there were no new members since the last meeting. Letters have been sent to the scholarship recipients.
Secretary: We received flyers with information about the D2 Golf Tour-nament, the Trollhaugen Steak Fry, and registration for the D 2 Convention.
Treasurer: Dan passed around the pig for donations to the Sons of Norway Foundation. He reported on our checking account balance.
Social Director: David Olsen reported that Linda Fialkowski received a cultural skills medal for cooking. Joanne Gray earned cultural skills medals for cooking Parts 1 and 2. He presented both Linda and Joanne with their pins. You can find more information about the Cultural Skills program on the Sons of Norway website and David, Linda and Joanne are available to as-sist others in preparing for their skills projects. The next non board member to get a cultural skills medal will get a gift card as both Linda and Joanne opted out. Our next meeting on May 19
th will be a dinner in honor of the
200th anniversary of the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. Nor-
dic Spirit will provide the musical entertainment. Sir Kim Nesselquist will be the guest speaker. A summer picnic is being last meeting. The scholarships letters have been sent to the scholarship recipients.
Trustees Report: No report.
Sunshine: No report.
Youth Director: We have a new youth member.
Volunteer Coordinator: The two volunteer co-chairs need to write up a report regarding Norway Day.
Old Business: Norway Day – Chris shared that Norway Day was a success thanks to the many volunteers. Judy thanked everyone for baked goods.
New Business: September 13
th, will be Heritage Day to educate folks on the history and
culture of Norway. The event will be held at the Columbian Hall.
Good of the Order: On Saturday, May 17
th there will be a parade in Ballard. Bob and Elaine
Dunn will be carrying our lodge banner for Hovedstad Lodge. Staging for the parade begins at 5pm at Adams Elementary. Dunn’s are selling pins.
Linda Fialkowski and Jan Osman sold concessions at the Stamp Club meet-ing last weekend and netted $67.25 in sales.
Judy Byles shared information about how to track and report hours for vol-unteer opportunities.
The business meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Our next meeting is May 19th Respectfully submitted Heidi Brownell, Secretary
The Year of Miracles – 1814
The historical days of 1814 are important events in this year’s anniversary. It all began with King Frederik VI having to give up the throne of Norway to Sweden’s King Karl XIII over the Peace Treaty of Kiel in January 1814. Denmark-Norway had been on the losing side in the Napoleonic Wars while Sweden was among the victors. See what happened next.
January 14th, 1814
The Kiel Treaty was signed, and stated that Norway would enter into a personal union with Sweden. This indicated that the 434 year long union between Denmark and Norway was over.
February 16th, 1814
A rebellion started in Norway against the decisions made in the Kiel Treaty, led by Denmark’s heir to the throne Christian Frederik, who had previously been sent to Norway as governor.
February 19th, 1814
Christian Frederik sent out an open letter in which he announced elections for an assembly that would meet at Eidsvoll on April 10 to give Norway a Constitution.
April 10th, 1814
112 representatives attend the National Assembly at Eidsvoll. There were 57 officials, 18 businesses and 37 farmers.
May 17th, 1814
The 112 delegates were all unanimous about preparing a free constitution, inspired by contemporary ideas of popular sovereignty, freedom and a balance of power. The Constitution was completed and signed by the National Assembly and Christian Frederik was unanimously elected King of Norway.
May 19th, 1814
Christian Fredrick received a message that the major powers of Great Britain, Russia and Austria would send commissioners to Norway to enforce the Swedish-Norwegian union.
July 26th, 1814
Carl Johan and Sweden go to war against Christian Frederik and Norway. On August 7th however, armistice negotiations began under the conditions that Sweden would accept the Eidsvoll Constitution as Norway’s official Constitution.
August 14th, 1814
The result of the negotiations led to the Moss Convention of August 14th, where Carl Johan accepted the Eidsvoll Constitution with changes necessary for a union with Sweden, in which Frederik Christian was obligated to abdicate. The Constitution was saved!
November 4th, 1814
Formally it was not a revised constitution, but a completely new constitution dated November 4th. The funda- mental change was that Norway, as an independent kingdom, would enter into a union with Sweden.
Have you been saving up your Boxtops and Labels for Education? Even though the Distr ict contest ended on May 17th, Mountain View can still use our boxtops and labels. (We can still do good without the extra credit.) The District winners will be announced at convention, so keep your fingers crossed for us! We’ll let you know our standing at the Sept. meeting.
Project Framtid Box Tops for Education
Cultural Skills Program
Success!
After years of working on our cultural skills medals, we finally have success! Linda earned one medal and Joanne earned two– all in Norwegian cooking! The dry spell is broken, join the crowd! Since Linda and Joanne are board members, and as such, strive to be good examples, so the gift card is still up for grabs. The first non-board member to earn a cultur-al skills medal gets a gift card. It could be yours!
Contact David Olsen for more info [email protected]
Congratulations to our Scholarship Recipients!
Rebecca Hegge Erik Hegge
Melissa Luper
Velkommen New Member
Linda Olsen
Left-CHRISTIAN FREDERIK with the constitution of 4 November 1814
in the background.
Right-YES WE LOVE: The popular heart shape is an attempt to bring
the Constitution into our time. One can glimpse a fragment of the Nor-
wegian constitution and the Norwegian flag in the background. The
hands symbolize the love of our independent nation (yes, we love). The
heart is also the symbol of the official Constitution Bicentennial.
Left-Parliament Act: The establishment of parliament, state power and
the celebration of May 17.
Right-EIDSVOLL MEETING ON A STAMP: A snapshot of Oscar
Wergeland painting Eidsvoll 1814.
Membership Roster Correction
Please update your roster (with the blue cover) to
reflect that Corinne Tobeck is both a Charter and Gold member. (Sorry Corinne!)
God Bedring
Keep Rhys Hanson in your thoughts and prayers
as his wife, Kathleen recuperates from a
hospital stay.
Velkommen New Members!
Christi & Edward Strozyk
5109 Siskiyou Loop SE Olympia, WA 98501
360-489-1507
Norway Issues New Stamps in Honor of Jubilee
Join us at the Hovedstad Midsummer Picnic on
Sunday, August 3, 2014.
We will gather at the Woodland Creek Community Park,
6729 Pacific Avenue SE, Lacey, WA, 98513
at Picnic Shelter “A” at 1:00 PM.
Members, families, and guests are invited.
Look for details to come.
Contact David Olsen at 360.456.8578 , or
Jytta Waggoner at 360.456.0925 if you have any questions.
“Frozen” Drives Increase in
Norwegian Tourism Interest Disney’s latest box-office hit, “Frozen,” has been collecting accolades and breaking records, landing in the top spot on a list of the highest grossing animated films and records, landing in the top spot on a list of the highest grossing animated films and win-ning an Oscar for Best Animation Feature and another for Best Original Song for “Let It Go.” Inspired by H. C. Andersen’s story, “The Snow Queen,” and taking its art cues for the fictional kingdom of Arendelle from Bergen, Norway, “Frozen” offers moviegoers many Nordic influences they will recognize. Art director Mike Giaimo explains, “Norway offered a cultural backdrop we’d never explored before and we thought ‘Wouldn’t it be great to blend its dramatic environment, architecture and
folk costume aesthetic?’ It feels like a world from a classic Disney film, but it’s completely new.”
As a result of the film’s Nordic styling and record-breaking popularity, Innovation Norway, Norway’s official tourism organization, and a joint partner in Disney’s marketing efforts for the film, is reporting a 350 percent increase in viewership of their website in the U.S. Per Arne Tuftin, Innovation Norway’s director of tourism, and Sidsel Over-gaard, a Scandinavian journalist, identified other significant increases for Norwegian tourism as a result of the film in an interview with NPR in March. According to Overgaard, the travel site, Kayak is reporting a 14 percent in- crease in Americans searching for flights to Norway. Tuftin also shares that internal research by Innovation Norway is indicating that more families with children are looking to Norway for travel. In addition, data collected by Skyscan-ner comparing flight searches from the U.S. to Norway showed a 153 percent increase over the same time period
last year.
Save the Date
Mark Your Calendar
May 16-18– Viking Fest and Parade in Poulsbo May 17– Syttende mai Parade in Ballard May 19– Syttende mai Celebration Dinner at Columbian Hall June 6-8– District 2 Convention in Eugene, OR July 26– Trollhaugen Steak Fry $18 Call Bill Hicks 425-672-0194 for reservations Aug 3– Hovedstad Picnic at Woodland Creek Sept 22– Regular Meeting
Hurra Syttende Mai!
Hostess Coordinators Janet Osman 943-9074 and Aasa Sorebo 357-4059
Hovedstad Posten Editor Linda Fialkowski 8108 Afflerbaugh Ct SE Olympia, WA 98503
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