Each spring Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, about a half hour inland from Malibu, Calif. welcomes a large crowd to a festival with true Nordic roots - Scandinavian Feslival, sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Hislorical Foundation with support from California Lutheran University. And it doesn't get more Scandinavian than this; the Festival began as a celebration of the college and the history of the Conejo Valley, which was settled by predominantly Norwegians in the 1890s, and is the brainchild of the late Swedish-American Professor Armour Nelson and the late Norwegian-American John Nordberg. [Clausen] has two former employees of the private university to thank for the annual celebration. The late Amour Nelson, a Swedish-American archivist and English professor, and Jo...
The Nordic Youth Council (UNR = Ungdomens Nordlska Råd) decided earlier this year to use English as its working language whenever it s not possible to understand each other in one of the Nordic languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic). The decision was heavily criticized recently by Bertel Haarder, the Danish Minister of Education, who pointed out that the decision works against the Nordic Language Declaration. "Using English at their meetings is completely out of the question. It is incompatible with the very concept of Nordic co-operation," Haarder told the Danish paper Politiken. The content of the work and the debates in the Nordic Youth Council must be more important than the language being used, argues Lisbeth Sejer Gotzsche, President of unr. "Since understanding neighbo...
Internationally, we can't go it alone, the way we did, can't be full of hubris and certainty about a world as complex and as dangerous as the one in which we now live. I am certain we will see a dramatic change in U.S. foreign policy so that we reunite with our friends and listen to our allies and once again, connect with the best thinking. And strengthen America by doing so. We need friends; we need allies. We need to hear what other people know, as well as what we know. We need to combine the strengths of all of us in dealing with real problems," Mondale stresses. "The idea of the 'Allies of the willing' or, 'we'll do what we please and the others will come along' - that has failed. And we're going to go back to, I'm sure, what our founding fathers once said: 'America should show a d...
... in late 2007 that it would close the Norwegian career consulate general in Minneapolis, rendering...
The Nordic Youth Council (UNR = Ungdomens Nordlska Råd) decided earlier this year to use English as its working language whenever it s not possible to understand each other in one of the Nordic languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic). The decision was heavily criticized recently by Bertel Haarder, the Danish Minister of Education, who pointed out that the decision works against the Nordic Language Declaration. "Using English at their meetings is completely out of the question. It is incompatible with the very concept of Nordic co-operation," Haarder told the Danish paper Politiken.
Charlotte is one of Norway's most popular TV hosts. We chose her because she is a great TV personality and also a really nice girl that represents Norway in the best way. Charlotte hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards last year and shared the stage with superstars Robbie Williams and Madonna. We think it is fun to use such a profiled TV host. And then most of our customers are aged from 18 to 35 years, and so is she," says Moods of Norway designer Simen Staalnacke. Perhaps his last name - it means "neck of steel" in English - has been helpful. You have to have strong faith in yourself to do what Staalnacke and his business and designer partner Peder Børresen did in 2003. The two boys from the town Stryn in the region Sogn og Fjordane created the label Moods of Norway, and asked their gra...
..., 20, is the new face of the trendy Norwegian clothing label Moods of Norway. She is the front m...
One century after his death, the plays written by Norway's Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) remain as topical and provocative as ever. Theaters all over the world continue to stage The Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler and The Wild Duck. In the USA and Russia, in France or China, it is virtually impossible to take a course in world literature without taking a long hard look at the works of Henrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama. It is said that Ibsen is today the most frequently performed dramatist in the world, next to Shakespeare. Two new biographies of Ibsen are scheduled for publication; public Norwegian radio will stage a version of "Love's Comedy," which will later be adapted into rock musical; and it seems the film "Playing Ibse...
...The English-language film aims to be an Ibsen equivalent of "S...
Herman, the film version of the Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen's novel. This year Anders Danielsen Lie (27) is starring in Reprise, a film about a young writer who has a mental break down triggered by love. Danielsen Lie is not trained as an actor; instead he chose to study medicine at the University of Oslo. Reprise (in English: rerun) was picked as Norway's contribution for a nomination to Best Foreign Movie at the Oscars in February.
Nordic Home, based in Minneapolis, is the sole US importer and distributor of the 592-page volume, which will need a solid coffee table to support it. Among the authors are some of modern Norway's most cherished icons, such as the Royal family, Grete Waitz and Gro Harlem Brundtland. It covers politics and business, cuisine, sports, history, celebrities and art.
... country, the book is available in Norwegian, English and German by Dinamo Forlag, www.dinamofo...
[Julie Nelson] joined KARE 11 in September 2003 and was named "Best Newcomer" only months later by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. In 2000, she won a regional Emmy for anchoring, and has twice been named "Best Anchor" by City Pages. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Julie's paternal grandparents are both Norwegian. "I've never been to Scandinavia," she says, "but I would love to go to Norway with my parents. Every year we go to a country church right outside of Bloomer, WI, where my grandparents live. It's a Norwegian church, and one of the first churches to be built in the area. All these people of Scandinavian descent fill the pews, and the small cemetery outside is filled with Scandinavian family names. It's a great tradition.
... as a happy mix of Norwegian, German, English, Irish, and Scot. The only downside is skin that b...
(Above, from left to right) Members and Board Members of Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota, NACC. Top row: Jeannette Henrikssen, Executive Secretary, NACC Minnesota; Dennis Sorheim, Chair, Syttende Mai Minnesota; Jeffrey Mueller, President, NACC Minnesota; Kjell Bergh, Board Member, NACC Minnesota & Consul of Tanzania; Kamran Ardakani, NACC Minnesota; James Johnson, Board Member, NACC Minnesota; Lisa Torvik, NACC Minnesota. Middle row. Marit Kringstad, NACC Minnesota; Karin Holt, Vice President Lakeslaget; [T. Michael Davis], Member, NACC Minnesota; Mary Johnson, Member, NACC Minnesota; Mary Jo Thorsheim, NACC Minnesota. Front row: Orlyn Kringstad, NACC Minnesota & Norse Federation; Rolf Willy Hensen, former Board Member of NACC Minnesota and former Consul Genera...
... when the language at a client company is English, the knowledge of language and culture allows an a...
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