nordstjernan The Swedish Newspaper of America
Published by Swedish News. Volume 143 No. 18, October 30, 2015. Price per copy $2.50
This Week, Page 3
World’s best dressed hockey player is a Swede.
Autumn has arrived in full bloom — or should we say “full color” — nearly everywhere by now. In addition to a lot of raking for Americans and Swedes alike, it also means it’s time for moose hunting, lobster fishing and to prepare for Allhelgonahelgen throughout Sweden. / Pages 8, 12, 17
Photo: Lisa Sundström/Bildbyrån
Sweden, Page 2, 3
The Royal Family announces another royal baby due in 2016 / Sweden now boasts 15 World Heritage Sites / Assange still faces arrest even though he’s not being watched round-the-clock / World’s best dressed hockey player is a Swede in the U.S. / One thousand refugee children are missing from a coastal Swedish town
Perspectives, Page 3
News about the overwhelming number of refugees entering Sweden is changing every day.
Feature, Page 4
Alumni from Gothenburg’s Chalmers University have a reunion in North Carolina.
Furniture Safety and IKEA
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After IKEA became involved in a highly publicized, wrongful death lawsuit concerning a child’s death resulting from a tip-over of its furniture in 2014, I visited IKEA to buy bedroom furniture. I interacted with an extremely well trained salesperson, who, even though he was not prompted to do so, noted that anchoring is a must. The salesperson offered several free anchoring kits. Safety and anchoring messages are posted on in-store signs, in the IKEA catalogue and on its website, and in phone messages when one calls a customer assistance number. IKEA communications efforts, called the “Secure It” campaign, also involve press releases, social media, You Tube videos, paid ads in targeted consumer publications,
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Photo: Mattias Edwall, Kungahuset.
by Robert F. Dyer guest@nordstjernan.com
Royal baptism at Drottningholm.
Feature, Page 8
Light brings hope in the darkness, in English and Swedish.
Local Events, Page 7
When the American spouse of a native Swede needs a few Swedish things for herself.
Dashboard, Page 10, 11 The IKEA play tunnel is extremely lightweight, easy to use and requires no assembly. Photo courtesy of IKEA U.S.
Swedish Food Culture
Swedish food is much more than just meatballs with lingonberries or pea soup and pancakes. Those are indeed important, though -- so much so that we want everyone to love them. Recently we celebrated another important Swedish food: the cinnamon bun. Kanelbullens dag was enjoyed on Oct. 4, and soon (Nov. 6) sponge cake decorated with chocolate or marzipan silhouettes of Gustav II Adolf (Gustav Adolfs bakelse) will be eaten – though not so much outside Sweden — in memory of the Swedish king who was killed in 1632. Most of these specialties take some skill to make, but we are working on finding authentic less tricky recipes. We / Page 16 found such a one for the beloved Princesstårta
Lobster hunting season has begun / HRH Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf baptized / The private residence of the Swedish royal family / The Nordic countries celebrate at a Milwaukee festival.
Feature, Page 12
Hunting in Sweden vs hunting in the U.S.
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