nordstjernan The Swedish Newspaper of America
Published by Swedish News. Volume 144 No. 07, April 15, 2016. Price per copy $2.50
This Week, Page 10
HRH Princess Sofia in her hometown.
Sweden, Page 2, 3
Viking longship will soon set sail for the New World / Stockholm festival attracts many thousands of licorice lovers / Mortgage terms shortened to just 105 years / Royal birthday celebrations during April / Avicii hangs up his headphones / Industrial unions and employers agree to wage increase
The House that wanted a garden
Photo: Bruno Ehrs
Feature, Page 4
A house isn’t really a home unless it has a garden. Louise Danielsson has devoted herself to creating a garden for the old house her husband, architect Lars Danielsson, has spent years adapting to their own individual needs, like so many home owners do nowadays. / Page 6
Genealogy research reveals a dark family secret in a small Swedish village.
Feature, Page 5
Swedish companies are honored for their high quality.
A safer alternative to smoking?
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Douglas Reid II editor@nordstjernan.com
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Dashboard, Page 10, 11
Best Toast Skagen East of Hudson / 100 years and still going strong / Rare Viking language still spoken in one Swedish town / Valborg—Walpurgis Night.
Sports, Page 19
Safer for sure when the snus can is used like this—as the center piece for a two-man tug-of-war called snusdrag, a typical Swedish game from the 19th century, a tug-of-war over a metal snuffbox.
An old tradition makes a comeback You may have seen examples of it in your Swedish grandmother’s kitchen, but you didn’t even know it. This lovely, versatile needlecraft can beautify hand towels, aprons, pillowcases and so much more. At least that’s what the immigrants did when they brought this fiber arts technique from the old country to America. It’s never really disappeared, but the technique has been hanging by a thread below the radar of Swedish America. Fortunately, all that’s needed is the cloth, a tapestry needle and just about any kind of colored thread or floss. Patterns and tutorials are indeed widely available, and people like west coast fiber expert and teacher, Cindy Bentson, are bring/ Page 15 ing this technique back to classrooms and kitchens.
Photo: Telge Glima
An effort from a Swedish company to change product-labeling procedures in the United States could have a major impact on how the FDA classifies non-cigarette tobacco products. Stockholm-based Swedish Match AB, a leading manufacturer of moist, smokeless tobacco products called “snus,” applied to the U.S Food and Drug Administration to change the warning labels on 10 of its snus products. Currently, the FDA classifies all tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, as causing cancer. Swedish Match, citing toxicological and social studies conducted in Sweden, claims it has the science to prove its products are far less harmful to human health and should have labels on its products that better reflect its products’
History and hysteria during opening weekend for top soccer league Allsvenskan.
Perspectives, Page 11
Living between Russia and the USA...
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