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This Week, Page 4
Swedish folk history comes alive in the musical production of Fäboland.
Photo courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival
Sweden, Page 2, 3
Amanda Kernell’s awarded film debut, “Sámi Blood,” was recently showing at Toronto International Film Festival. Earlier this year Kernell also won the Fedora Prize for best young director at the Venice International Film Festival, a first Venice Days Award for Sweden. / Page 5
Stockholm makes it easier to charge electric cars / Beautiful weather continues in Sweden / Successful spacecraft mission comes to an end / Sweden pushes for safety initiatives for journalists / Restructuring eligibility could help immigrants in school / Björn Borg movie just a year away / Swedish support for Cuba.
Perspectives, Page 3
Reflecting on favorite Swedish words.
Feature, Page 5
Swedish at Toronto Film Festival.
White beauties on the Atlantic Ulf Barslund Martensson editor@nordstjernan.com
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New Swedish coins and bank notes have been introduced into circulation.
Dashboard, Page 8-9
The second MS Gripsholm arrives in New York. Built in 1957 by the Italian firm Ansalo soc per Azioni Genova, it served under the flag of SAL’s fleet until the end of its passenger traffic in 1975. The vessel met its fate at the scrap yards as recently as February of 2001.
The Swedish Music Miracle
After Abba, and not counting hit-makers Max Martin or Niclas Molinder, it really used to be “house music” with acts such as Swedish House Mafia, Basshunter and Avicci that reached the larger audience. Today’s number of acts and diversity is stunning, though; in fact, Sweden’s biggest export is now music, and the country ranks third in the world for the most music heard around the globe. And while Swedish singer and songwriter Zara Larsson is likely to win two major awards this fall, many of Sweden’s hottest acts are also gathering for an exclusively Swedish music festival in LA and two musicians are cleverly reviving an old folk Pages 4, 9 tradition from the mountains of southern Sweden.
Archive photo
The “White Ships” of Swedish America Line (SAL) are indelibly linked with the years of mass immigrations from Sweden to America. Tales from the ships’ 1916-1975 era are far more than sentimental recollections — they also reveal that the glamour of ocean travel was tempered by the dangers of the mighty North Atlantic. For three generations, the White Ships, proudly displaying the nation’s three golden crowns on their funnels, were the maritime pride of Sweden. While other ships provided tolerable accommodations only for first-class passengers, the White Ships established respectable standards for tourist-class travel as well. Their elegance and seaworthiness and the high level of service lavished on Swedish passengers bound for America made them immensely popular Continued on page 6
The Draken Harald gets ready for winter in Connecticut / An early grape harvest promises smooth Swedish wines / Breakthrough research at Karolinska / Greta Garbo and Brigit Nilsson grace Sweden’s new paper currency / Zara Larsson’s music may be doubly rewarded at the European MTV Awards / A missing rune stone rediscovered.
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An exhibit of a prolific Chicago Swedish American painter opens at the Swedish American Museum.
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VP of New Sweden Centre, Del. awarded.
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Swedish News Hela EU bär ansvar för flyktingarna. Gästledare
Sydsvenska Dagbladet 2 Oktober, 2016
The city council in Stockholm hopes to further encourage the use of electric cars by enabling wireless charging.
Wireless charging of electric cars
(Environment) The city council in Stockholm hopes to further encourage the use of electric cars by making it easier to charge the vehicle. At present, electric cars must be plugged in to recharge, but a new project in the Swedish capital is a step forward at achieving a fossil fuel free city. Five of the 20 cars used in the project are being charged over a pad which sends signals to the vehicle, a first step toward a future with electric cars that can be charged at traffic lights or even while driving.
Summer refuses to say good-bye
(National) Beautiful summer weather continues to delight everyone in Sweden. While evenings are crisp and chilly, the sunshine has prevailed right into October, providing brilliant blue skies and plentiful opportunity for outdoor activities. Eventually autumn will make its way south as the first snows hit the north country.
Rosetta’s end mission
(Science) The final event of the spacecraft Rosetta happened on Sept. 30 as it crash landed on its target comet 67P. Many contributions, from Swedish science and industry communities, added to the very successful 12-year space mission. Many from the scientific community gathered to view the live broadcast at Uppsala University. The spacecraft was deliberately crash-landed because it would soon be out of communication’s reach. “It was a spectacular end to a fantastic mission that has made lots of progress scientifically,” said Gabriella Stenberg Wieser, scientist and researcher at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics.
Vad Ungern än säger. Frågeformuleringen säger det mesta om folkomröstningen i Ungern: “Vill ni att EU får rätt att beordra obligatorisk inflyttning av icke-ungerska medborgare utan parlamentets godkännande?” Om någon ändå skulle missa hur regeringen vill att väljarna ska rösta, så har premiärminister Viktor Orbán skruvat upp sin främlingsfientliga retorik ytterligare några snäpp på senare tid. Han har bland annat föreslagit att de 1,5 miljoner flyktingar som kom till Europa i fjol ska “samlas ihop och skeppas i väg” till en ö eller plats i Nordafrika där de bevakas av soldater. Flyktingar i allmänhet och muslimer i synnerhet ser Orbán som “ett gift” och skräckpropagandan inför omröstningen har bland annat hänvisat till Malmö. I grunden handlar det om EU:s beslut i fjol om omfördelning inom unionen av 160 000 asylsökande som kommit till Grekland och Italien. Ungern ska ta emot 1 294 av dessa, men Orbán har genomgående vägrat och utlyste folkomröstningen för att få ytterligare stöd för sin hållning. En överväl-
digande majoritet lär rösta som han vill. Det är oklart om valdeltagandet blir högre än 50 procent, vilket krävs för att folkomröstningen ska bli giltig. Men egentligen spelar det ingen roll. Genom EU-medlemskapet är Ungern förbundet att respektera de beslut som fattas inom unionen. Och att göra undantag från den principen skulle i förlängningen undergräva hela Europasamarbetet. “Är man med i en förening så får man följa föreningens regler. Annars kan man inte vara med”, påpekar justitie- och migrationsminister Morgan Johansson (S) i DN. Han är inte ensam om att tänka i sådana banor. Luxemburgs utrikesminister Jean Asselborn framhöll häromveckan att Ungern bör uteslutas ur EU till följd av sin migrationspolitik. Flyktingar behandlas “nästan sämre än vilda djur”, menade han och hänvisade de till de sylvassa staket som byggts längs ungerska gränsen. En ny rapport från Amnesty International ger ytterligare exempel. Asylsökande vittnar om hur i de Ungern blivit slagna, sparkade och jagade av hundar. Amnestys Europachef John Dalhuisen säger att övriga medlemsländer nu måste stå upp mot Ungerns brott mot EU-regler.
Den uppmaningen har unionen skäl att ta på största allvar. Även om gränser har stängts och ett flyktingavtal nåtts med Turkiet, så är migrationen alltjämt en brännande framtidsfråga för EU. Flyktingströmmen är fortsatt mycket stor. Enligt FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR har det kommit 300 000 flyktingar över Medelhavet hittills i år. Det är visserligen ett par hundratusen färre än vid motsvarande tid i fjol, men samtidigt har en större andel drunknat under färden. Det påminner om vikten av att ta större ansvar för människor på flykt. Så här långt har omfördelningssystemet inom EU inte fungerat. Men det finns ändå hopp om att det kan bli en grund att bygga vidare på. Unionen måste stå fast vid de beslut som tagits – oavsett hur ungrarna röstar. An overwhelming majority of Hungarian voters did reject the EU’s migrant quotas, but voter turnout was too low to make the poll valid. Close to 98% of those who took part supported the government’s call to reject the EU plan. But only 40.4% cast valid ballots - short of the required 50% threshold. /Ed.
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Wallström wants UN envoy for journalists
(National) Foreign Minister Margot Wallström supports an initiative by Reporters Without Borders in introducing a envoy for the United Nations for the safety of journalists. The proposal, which was signed by a number of publishers in June, will be put forward and operated by the Security Council. Hundreds of journalists have been killed, kidnapped or threatened in recent years, and this proposal is one way to keep the issue on the Security Council agenda.
Lower educational average
(National) According to Education Minister Gustav Fridolin, the Swedish system needs to be restructured due to newly arrived migrants. The latest figures from the National Agency for Education shows that eligibility for high school is rising among Swedish school students at 91.2 percent, however, only three percent of newly arrived children qualify. Fridolin says Sweden needs to rebuild its system so that new arrivals do not immediately fail in school, reports Swedish Radio. Restructure would include providing health and mental care for new arrivals, additional scholastic attention, and increasing school segregation.
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Dammsugare: A nostalgic romance
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Gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol .... We all have our own favorite Swedish words. Dammsugare. I love the sound of dammsugare. Dammsugare. The sound of the word that is, which I first relished when I was a child living a carefree existence in Lund around the time of the moon landing. We had just moved from Stora Harrie to the big city, where my father had found work, and we lived in our first brand new home, a radhus in the newly developed Äppelhagen, where all the streets were named after fruit. As a word-conscious youngster, I was happy that we lived on Äpplevägen, and our number was 10, which helped the part of my brain that to this day does not favor math. With the new house came this wonderful word and contraption of dammsugare. A vacuum cleaner. I am not sure if we had a dammsugare in Stora Harrie, as my parents were both poor and very frugal. I think my mother might actually have taken outside the trasmattor she made by hand and beaten the dust from their colorful stripes, or for all I know, when I did not see it, she might have washed the mats. I still, happily, don’t know how you clean trasmattor. I believe my mother swept and mopped our floors in Stora Harrie, so our move to Lund with the new dammsugare presented in many ways a tremendous household upgrade! One reason I think we had a brand new dammsugare was because it was an Electrolux, and to this day I associate the word dammsugare with Electrolux, in a harmonious and synonymous mind- and sound-picture — because my parents lived by the rule that one must take good care of things. And my father always wanted my mother to have quality, no matter the purchase. This meant eating more potatoes just to save up and be able to buy a brand new dammsugare, the Electrolux finest, to make sure the new radhus on Äpplevägen 10 would shine in every way and continue to make a green grocer proud. I hope I remember correctly, as I can see the Electrolux now, upstairs on the carpet, which was the shortest and hardest carpet I have ever seen.
It was sort of orange, and I think the best way to describe it would be to say it would have made a good match for today’s stylish stained-concrete floors. There lay the dammsugare, a tube with the body of a snake and my mother attached to it, and the power of sound and suction ruled the room when she turned it on. To her credit, or perhaps also to her own utilitarian need to have a floor with no obstacles, I only saw and heard the dammsugare a few times, so she must have used Sweden’s finest while I was in school, on the playground, or had my face buried deep in a book when I sat in my very own room (another first!) that shut out everything. But say dammsugare, and it sounds delicious, like a caramel in my mouth, though of course you would associate dust and “damm” with something more dry. And sugare, even though Swedes are told to “suga” on a caramel, to use one of my father’s favorite metaphors and aphorisms, is usually not an enticing word, especially when translated into English and “suck” enters the experience. But whether you have an understanding of the word, just listening to its sound without taking apart the separate words, and just say them in Swedish, the component is as steadfastly delightful as Electrolux meant something solid and reliable. These days, an adult among adults in America, I can walk by any display of vacuum cleaners or endure any pitches for them on television and nothing compares: No vacuum cleaner, American or those sold using British snob appeal, has even a speck on Electrolux.
First image of Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason as John McEnroe and Björn Borg from the upcoming movie “Borg/ McEnroe,” which is set to open in late 2017.
Borg/McEnroe films in Gothenburg
Forget the see-through accumulation of dust and debris in the tube or the alleged sneeze-preventing filter, the silent crawl of debris-sucking of human and pet waste, I return to Äpplevägen 10 in Lund, and I enjoy the sound and sight of the solid Electrolux dammsugare ... but of course I was a young boy then and did not have to do the actual vacuuming, so my romance is like many a reader’s take on C.S. Forester’s Hornblower series, or, if we wish to keep it Swedish, one who rides in an armchair on a goose and dives deep into Nils Holgersson’s Resa. Ulf Kirchdorfer ulf.kirchdorfer@nordstjernan.com
(Culture) Filming commenced in Gothenburg for the new Björn Borg movie set to premiere in autumn 2017. On hand were Stellan Skarsgård (as Lennard Bergelin), Sverrir Gudnarson (Björn Borg) and Shia LaBeouf (as John McEnroe). Filming took place at Trädgårn which was converted to Studio 54 in New York City. The film is of the rivalry between Borg and McEnroe which ended in the Wimbledon final in 1980.
Sweden supports Cuba
(World) Sweden, which has had an embassy in Havana since 1969 and has worked to develop diplomatic and trade agreements, will be providing SEK 90 million ($10.5 million) to organizations in Cuba to promote democracy and human rights. Minister for Aid and Development Isabella Lövin stressed the money will not be going to the government, who many feel is corrupt, reports Swedish Radio.
Sweden strengthens defense
(National) Sweden has joined the NATO Strategic Communications Center (Stratcom) as part of its efforts to combat disinformation which takes the form of negative and inaccurate propaganda spread via social media. Such disinformation attempts to influence political debates, public relations and opinion. Minister for Home Affairs Anders Ygeman wants to join with other countries to cooperate. The Swedish Contingencies Agency and the Security Service are two of the authorities involved.
Rescue workers worry for their safety
(National) Ambulance and rescue responders arrive on scene to help those who need assistance, but they get fired on with green lasers as they attempt to do their jobs. A rash of such attacks has been occurring all over Gothenburg. Ambulance services are having to wait for police backup before entering risky locations, but police and fire fighters have issues of their own. On Sept. 29 fire rescue had to flee the scene of a fire in Jakobsberg, north of Stockholm, after being threatened at gunpoint. News briefs compiled by Lisa Mikulski
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Another kind of “dammsugare,” just as beloved by many a Swede (these days also by American IKEA customers ...) an almond paste-filled pastry covered in marzipan and dipped in dark chocolate with an uncanny resemblance to the first models of Electrolux vacuum cleaners.
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Fäboland revives old tradition A fascinating piece of Swedish history comes alive again in the music of Sara Parkman and Samantha Ohlanders. An old Swedish custom of sending young peasant women into forests a few months in the summer was to benefit the families of the small farming communities nearby. They lived in a “fäbod,” a mountain pasture area with a collection of buildings for shelter, from where they scattered to search for better pastures for their goats and cows. This summer pasture culture thrived for more than 400 years, especially in the central and northern parts of Sweden, until World War II, when agriculture became more streamlined and the forests more valuable in other ways. Swedish summer nights were very short, but they were also very dark, and the women sang to wipe away their superstitious fears. They developed a sisterhood and a special vocal technique that was discovered to also summon their animals. The women’s songs, especially the “kulning,” which attracted the cows for milking, could be heard for miles, transforming the forest into a cathedral of music. Their songs are not recorded in history, but it’s a foundation of Swedish folk music. Two young Swedish singers are reliving this piece of history, a sort of folk cabaret they call “Fäboland.” Sara Parkman and Samantha Ohlanders perform “Fäboland” as a theatrical production. Their premiere kicks off at the Hälsingland farm on Stenegård in Järvsö in central Sweden where the stage design consists of a few “animals” and a hut with lace curtains. The musical is an educational journey and one about women’s rights. It’s also humorous and invites the audience on a journey into the land of pasture as they move into the forest and up to the meadow where the audience can sing along. Sara Parkman and Samantha Ohlanders perform “Fäboland” in various venues throughout Sweden from Sept. 30 until Dec. 14. For more info, see www.riksteatern.se Amanda Olson Robison
The stage design of Fäboland consists of a few “animals” and a hut with lace curtains.
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Two young Swedish musicians, Sara Parkman and Samantha Ohlanders, are reviving the sounds and life of the mountain pastures in Sweden.
Stockholm, CA music festival The biggest Swedish cultural event outside Sweden is happening on October 15 in Los Angeles. Featuring an impressive lineup of well known Swedish artists, this all-Swedish festival offers a musical and cultural experience unlike anything else. This fall history will be made with the first ever all-Swedish music festival outside Sweden. Named after the Swedish capital, Stockholm, CA will feature an impressive program of Swedish artists, Swedish food, drinks, art exhibitions and design — making it the biggest Swedish cultural event in the United States. An amazing line-up of exclusively Swedish artists will perform: Icona Pop, Little Dragon, Veronica Maggio, Rebecca & Fiona, Otto Knows, Salvatore Ganacci, Nause, AronChupa, Elliphant, and Mapei. And of course there will be plenty of Swedish food, drinks, activities, brands and art to enjoy. Many other Swedish artists and people from the entertainment and cultural industry will be there as well. Swedish culture has never been more prominent on the global market, and with more than 4.5 million people in America being Swedish descendants (of which
500,000 live in California), the Swedish and American cultures are now more interconnected than ever before. Stockholm, CA is
one of many cultural expressions spawned from this relationship. And it’s all happening on October 15, 2016 at The Shrine Expo Hall & Grounds, 665 W Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles. For more info, see www.stockholm-ca.com
Clockwise from left: Veronica Maggio, Icona Pop and Rebecca & Fiona are among the featured artists at the music festival in LA.
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Photos courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival
Swedish films leave a lasting impression
Niclas Goldberg guest@nordstjernan.com
When Toronto Film Festival wrapped up its 41st annual event in September, the cinematic joy “La La Land” from the U.S. took home the top honor. Unlike this sundrenched, romantic homage to the classic movie musicals, the Swedish films at the festival had a less than splashing rhythm. But they sure gave a long lasting impression. Coming straight out of Venice Film Festival with two prestigious prizes, Amanda Kernell’s debut “Sami Blood” stirs up emotions with beauty and its dreadful theme. This coming-of-age tale about Elle-Marja, a bright Sami girl’s troubled childhood and the prejudices against Sami people in 1930s Sweden, is a compelling piece of filmmaking. From the perspective of this young teenage girl, Keller is shedding a light on the shameful treatment of these native people of Lappland. Elle-Marja and her sister, and all Sami girls in the area, are forcefully removed from their families and sent to boarding school that is intended to raise their level of “acceptance” to the rest of the Swedish society. But Elle-Marja, wonderfully played by Lene Cecilia Sparrok, is strong minded and refuses to accept her destiny. Another story worth telling about prejudices, norms and being excluded is the origi-
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nal “The Giant.” This blend of docu-drama realism and fantasy follows the severely deformed and autistic Rikard (Christian Andrèn) and he strives to win a pétanque championship in order to earn his mothers love. Johannes Nyholm’s feature debut explore this young mans journey with a rare touch and brave approach — Rikards daydreaming of being a Titan walking grandiose Swedish landscapes gives the film refreshing proportions. An outsider’s struggle has many different shapes. Two Swedish short films also made the cut to the big festival in Canada. Dawid Ullgren’s “Mr. Sugar Daddy” depicts a love story that never happened, about an older man who falls in love with a younger man, and is thrown into a game with no winners. “Beacause the World Never Stops” by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson is a revealing and funny short documentary shot live in the studio during the evening broadcast on Swedish public television — a hidden place we never visit. At the heart of Swedish director Kasper Collin’s brilliant feature documentary “I Called Him Morgan,” we follow the absorbing yet contradicting relationship between the great jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his street smart wife Helen. In stunning images mixed with rare footage and interviews Collins manages to create one of the best portraits in years. This story-within-a-story is not only mellow, tragic and utterly beautiful but also an artistic homage to jazz music and to what New York City used to be. You will really fly high on this on. “I called him Morgan” will also be screened at the New York Film Festival in October.
Amanda Kernell’s award-winning debut “Sami Blood,” above and top, stirs up emotions.
From Johannes Nyholm’s feature debut “The Giant.”
Kasper Collin’s feature documentary “I Called Him Morgan.”
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White beauties across the North Atlantic Continued from page one
with Europe-bound Americans and Canadians as well. Over the course of half a century, hundreds of thousands of Swedes arrived on White Ships as immigrants in New York. For many immigrants and their families, the White Ships were also the conduit for their first visit back to their ancestral homeland since arriving in America. For many of them, the crossing represented a deeply spiritual experience. But the trips were also hair-raising, perilous and, tragically, not without fatalities. In the early years of Swedish emigration, most Swedish passengers were farm families, from infants to the elderly. Few had ever seen the ocean, much less been tossed about like unleashed cargo in wooden ships on the North Atlantic. Swedish Church records documented those departing, and the ships’ logs almost invariably included, in a few cold words, the names of those who died on the way and were buried at sea. “We went from Sweden with a bit of overconfidence,” wrote Jan Janssen in the Kristinehamn, Sweden, newspaper in 1854, recalling his journey in verse. “We didn’t perceive the fate awaiting us out there. You see death hanging dangerously upon the people on board, you see the dead being cast into the ocean’s white foam.” Despite the hardships, the shipping business flourished. Famed shipping lines including the British “Cunard” and “White Star” were joined by Scandinavian rivals who soon turned the docks in Göteborg (Sweden’s main departure port) into daily crushes of humanity. Preserved plates made by pioneer photographers show scenes with families and wagons of baggage beside the sailing ships, joined by aggressive ticket sellers, hustling dock hands and fancy dressers who were quite possibly conmen. Even in faded black and white, the scenes leave little doubt as to the overwhelming confusion, anxiety and bewilderment these early travelers must have felt. By the late 1800s, steamships gave way to motor-driven boats, thanks to the invention of the underwater propeller by the celebrated Swedish immigrant John Ericsson. As a result, passenger traffic on U.S. routes soared to even greater volumes, and two-way traffic, with Swedes returning home and Americans traveling frequently to Europe, made for a lucrative business for the ship owners.
Setting a new standard
The voyages were popular, but life on board was less than charming for poorer passengers. In a sound recording taped late in his life and preserved today at the Emigrant Institute in Växjö, Sweden, John Werner from Cranstown, Rhode Island recalled: “When we traveled to Hull [England] from Göteborg in 1913, there were no plates in third class. They set out a big bowl with soup into which everyone got to dunk pieces of bread. It was a real cattle boat!” When the British White Star line’s “Titanic” delivered more than 1,500 people — including hundreds of Swedes — to a watery grave off
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Newfoundland’s coast in April 1912, authorities as well as passengers began demanding better safety standards and accommodations for everyone on board. It turned out to be the first step in the foundation of SAL. Around the time of the Titanic tragedy, a Göteborg politician named Wilhelm R. Lundgren, who owned the Transatlantic cargo line, started promoting the idea of a top-quality, Swedish-based passenger ship. Tirelessly crossing both Sweden and the Atlantic, he appeared everywhere from the Swedish Parliament to the settlements of Minnesota, where the Augustana Synod’s pastors supported the concept by recommending purchases of shares at 100 Swedish crowns apiece to their congregations in a bold project that would be called the Swedish America Line. The exertion of traveling halfway around the world and speaking endlessly to get funding for the project must have exhausted Lundgren, who died before his dream could come true. However, the share capital he managed to amass for SAL passed into the hands of Dan Broström, who served as the administration’s minister of marine affairs and whose family had been operating cargo and passenger lines to the U.S. for more than a generation. Convincing the city of Göteborg to invest an additional one million crowns, Broström purchased from the Holland America Line a vessel recently repaired from WWI mine damage, the “S.S. Potsdam,” and rechristened it the “S.S. Stockholm.” Competitors among Swedish and British passenger lines spread rumors that the ship had been sunk by a German submarine on its maiden voyage and made the most of the infamous sinking of the “Lusitania” only six months before the “Stockholm” was set to sail. But these and other efforts to discredit the company did not deter the launch of SAL. The first ship left Göteborg on schedule in 1916 under the flag of the mighty Broström shipping concern. It was the groundwork for what would become known as the Swedish America Line nine years later in 1925. Broström died that same year, leaving an enormous legacy. His company’s outstanding success and its positive impact on the city of Göteborg can be measured by the 100,000 local mourners who followed his funeral procession. The first S.S. Stockholm (there were to be other ships of the same name later) was inaugurated with a party attended by celebrities and dignitaries. Hand-cranked motion picture cameras recorded streams of well-dressed guests, including Swedish Prime Minister Hammarskjöld, along with some 10,000 well-wishers who saw the Stockholm off on its journey. Waldemar Swahn, a first-class passenger on that maiden journey, wrote in his diary that he could get a bottle of Ramlösa at any hour of the day, and he praised the French dinner menu as a sign of the liner’s exceptional class. But in lower classes, signs forbade passengers from taking food from mess halls back to cabins, warned against singing and loud noise, and prohibited ladies’ compartments from being visited (by male passengers, presumably).
Luxury between the wars
The heyday for the “Stockholm” and SAL occurred following WWI, when a new wave of some 100,000 Swedes moved to the U.S. to escape food shortages in Sweden. In 1923, strict immigrant quotas were imposed for the first time in the U.S., slowing the emigration business to a standstill. As an attention-getter to revive the seagoing travel business, the city of Göteborg staged a tercentennial anniversary at the high cost of $500,000 to attract American visitors. While the city’s treasury suffered, SAL realized good profits and started refreshing their line with new, redecorated versions of the S.S. Gripsholm, S.S. Kungsholm and S.S. Stockholm. Upon their arrival in America, first-class passengers enjoyed a number of privileges, including bypassing humiliating examinations on Ellis Island and going directly by coach to lavish receptions at New York’s finest hotels. But humbler travelers often suffered, sometimes being rejected for health or appearance and deported instantly, detained in squalor for long days, or even dying at the hospital on the island. Maj Wechselmann, an award-winning Scandinavian documentary filmmaker, made a motion picture on the Swedish America Line. She shared many of her notes for the writing of this article, including the story of her own mother’s immigration to Canada in 1926. Her mother was appalled at the harsh physical trials that Ellis Island health officials forced her to undergo. The journey itself was even worse, and she wrote in her memoirs that she found chloroform to be the best cure for the miserable seasickness that frequently afflicted
passengers. Evidently, unconsciousness was preferable to experiencing the miseries of second- and third-class passage. When Wall Street crashed in 1929, the doors also slammed shut for anyone but the wealthiest and most influential Swedish travelers. Lacking the lucrative business of cross-Atlantic emigrants, SAL President Axel Jönsson conceived a bold new idea that entailed promoting the boats for luxury cruises to Hawaii, Egypt, India, the Galapagos Islands, the Mediterranean and other exotic destinations. With entertainment by greats such as Louis Armstrong and guests such as the Rockefellers, the SAL marketing reorganization was a roaring success. Numerous reels of 16mm film that remain attest to the lavishness of these first-class cruises. Although there were certainly “VIP” and “Very VIP” sections, everything on these cruises was strictly first class. Interestingly, the marketing maneuver had an additional effect that few appreciated: The odors of the degradation and deprivation of lower-class passages were gone forever. Luxury certainly had its price then as today, but squalor was no longer an alternative for less affluent travelers between Europe and America.
The bridge between Sweden and America
During the period leading up to World War II, Swedes continued to emigrate out of necessity to seek a future in America. At the same time, the ships were their last link with the old country, and this feeling was mirrored in the atmosphere on board during the passage. On the other hand, these new ships also
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catered to a more sophisticated group of im- tic. Designed to carry 395 passengers migrants, tourists and business people. The and weighing in at 28,000 tons, the nine- to 11-day day crossings now offered third Stockholm was the largest ship plentiful entertainment, dances, movies and ever built at that time at a Swedish gourmet meals. In the mid-1930s, an adver- shipyard. It was a travel miracle, to tisement for a ship like the S.S. Kungsholm press and public alike, and it was aptouted its “sumptuous public rooms, distinc- propriately hailed. tive elegance, delightful furnishings and state Its arrival in New York’s harbor rooms that make you feel like a king.” after its maiden crossing of the Atlan“It is not many years since a voyage across tic prompted a fireworks and water the Atlantic was something in the way of a cannon display of mammoth propordeterrent,” stated a 1937 booklet about SAL. tions. Its stay in port was one long “But how completely the situation has changed cocktail party. Sailing at a speedy 21.1 in the last decade. The Swedish America Line knots during its tenure with Swedish has not only been anxious to keep abreast America Line from 1948-1959, the with the times, but it has also in many ways Stockholm was the ultimate mode of led the way. Its excellent White Fleet has post-war European travel. built a bridge between Sweden and America so broad and comfortable that the week spent on it seems all too short to the traveler.” This was the glamorous age for ocean cruise liners and their passengers. More bookings to Sweden were generated The trip was an event in its own right. Everyone travelled by through the Chi- boat. Above, Greta Garbo and Mauritz Stiller on board the SS cago office than Drottningholm in 1925, en route to the United States. anywhere else in the U.S. — so many bookings that SAL was obliged to charter trains with six or seven passenger coaches each to take customers overnight to New York. On the trip, SAL installed staff members on board to cater food and provide Swedish-language newspapers. There was music, dancing and an ambience full of anticipation for the forthcoming adventures, whether incoming or outgoing. Unquestionably the most lavish ship ever to fly the SAL flag was the third S.S. Stockholm, built in 1948 in Göteborg. Every detail of its planning, construction and launch was documented on film and reported in lengthy Simon’s Tavern, a landmark neighnewspaper articles on both sides of the Atlanborhood bar nestled in Andersonville, across from the Swedish American Museum and in the heart of what was once Swedish Chicago, has a lot to do with the ocean going ships. When original owner Simon Lundberg decorated the place in 1933, the year it officially opened as a tavern, he borrowed a page from the grandeur of transatlantic ocean liners. He decorated the tavern similarly to the luxury passenger ships sailing the Atlantic, complete with portholes for windows. The newest Swedish American Line ship, Kungsholm, had been launched in 1928, luxuriously designed with off-season cruising in mind. “He wanted his customers to know Bread Mix how it would feel to sail on an ocean liner, since most of them would never www.sturdiwheat.com 1-800-201-9650
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Right: Invitation to cocktails with the captain and officers of Kungsholm and above, a postcard of Gripsholm entering Upper Bay New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. More on what happened to these proud ships in our next issue.
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get the chance,” according to present owner, Scott Martin. When Lundberg first opened his tavern, it was a mecca for the many Swedish immigrants then living and working in Chicago. Most congregated in the Andersonville section of the Windy City. While time has changed the neighborhood from a nearly exclusive Swedish enclave to a typical American melting pot, Simon’s remains a reminder of the neighborhood’s roots. The original owner installed a bullet-proof check cashing booth and would cash workers’ paychecks for a fee and a free sandwich “before their wives could get their hands on them.” You can’t cash checks anymore but few things have changed in this longtime mainstay at 5210 N. Clark St., Chicago IL / 773.878.0894
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Right: Draken Harald Hårfagre arrives at Mystic Seaport, Conn. She will stay here for the winter, but the crew will cover the boat in November and she will not be open to the public. More info, see www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com
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The world largest Viking ship’s extraordinary Expedition America 2016 ends with a few days of onboard tours for visitors through Monday, October 10. The Draken is docked near the 1841 National Historic Landmark Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship and the last wooden whaleship in the world at Mystic Seaport, the nation’s leading maritime museum. Swedish Captain Björn Ahlander will give two presentations on Thursday, October 13, at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the River Room of the museum. Tickets are available ($15-$20) at www.mysticseaport.org
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September weather in Sweden has been exceptionally beautiful. It’s been a good season for berry and fruit growers throughout Sweden, and southern wine producers are harvesting grapes a little early this year. According to the Board of Agriculture, there are presently 59 Swedish farms growing grapes, but more than half of them are in Skåne, Sweden’s wine country.
Breakthrough scientific research at Karolinska A Swedish scientist may be the first to edit healthy human embryos. A developmental biologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm is making news around the world as he attempts the controversial experiment of editing the genes of healthy human embryos. This would make Fredrik Lanner the first scientist in history to do this technique, which he hopes could pave the way for new methods to prevent miscarriages, treat infertility and perhaps treating patients with Parkinson’s disease, different types of blindness, diabetes and other diseases. Editing human embryo genes has long been scrutinized for its ethical and safety concerns, but Lanner, who is using a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, which was hailed as the 2015 Breakthrough of the Year by Science Magazine, is trying to study how genes regulate their early development.
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The second installment of new Swedish coins and bank notes were being introduced on Oct. 3. The one-, two- and five-crown coins, along with the new 100 kronor and 500 kronor bank notes will be added into circulation. Greta Garbo and Brigit Nilsson grace Sweden’s new paper money with Garbo depicted on the 100 kronor note and Nilsson shown on the 500 kronor note.
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Only seven Arctic Foxes were born in Sweden this year. A decline in small rodents has hurt the numbers of one of Sweden’s most endangered predators, the Arctic Fox, or “fjällräv” in Swedish. Last year, 88 pups were born in Sweden. This has not surprised researchers as the fox population often fluctuates in cycle with the population of lemmings and voles. Several projects are underway in both Sweden and Norway to supplement food sources. There are today approximately 150 to 200 Arctic foxes in Sweden, reports Swedish Radio.
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Archaeologists in Uppsala have located a rune stone which has been missing for 180 years. The stone, which is approximately 1.8 meters high and 1.35 meters wide (about 6 feet by 4.5 feet), served as the threshold to the armory at Hagby church near Uppsala since the 1600s. It disappeared when the church was demolished in the 1830s to make way for a new building, and was once again un- The rune stone, reportedly authored by Fot (“Foot”) was found while digging for a new lightning rod. earthed on the site.
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Swedish singing sensation Zara Larsson, recent guest with Jimmy Fallon, has twice the chance of winning an award at this year’s MTV Europe Music Award. The 18-year-old has been nominated for two categories: Best Newcomer and Best Swedish Artist. The event takes place at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam on November 6, 2016. Winners are voted for by fans.
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As seen through a prism Although Stuart Allen Carlson lived only 42 years, from 1938 to 1980, he created hundreds of paintings, prints and drawings. Many of them will be on display from Thursday, October 6, through Sunday, November 27, in the exhibit, “Sacred & Secular,” in the first-floor gallery at the Swedish American Museum. Born in Chicago of Swedish parents, Allen Carlson studied and taught art while picturing human figures and plant forms in an abstract way that he described as “faceted.” Many of his segmented pieces appear as being viewed through prisms. His tabletop diptychs and triptychs are free standing rather than hanging on walls. Possessed with unconventional spirituality through his close ties to the Swedish Covenant Church, Allen Carlson used art as an exercise for exploring his faith. When he died, a brilliant painting of an angel in flight was on an easel near his bed. It was displayed during his memorial service.
Untiled Diptych on stand by Stuart Allen Carlson, Oil on Canvas, 1978. Gift to the museum by Steve Anderson
Untitled seated figure by Stuart Allen Carlson, Oil on Canvas, 1970. Gift to the museum by Steve Anderson
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Stuart’s father David Carlson, who was born in Småland, immigrated in 1915 and became a tool and die maker in the Chicago area. His mother, the daughter of immigrants in Duluth, Minn., studied fashion drawing and apparently encouraged her son’s interest in art and design. Raised in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Allen Carlson was only 10 when he earned a scholarship to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied commercial art at Lane Technical High School, and by the age of 25 had earned both bachelors and master’s degrees at the Art Institute. After a brief stint as a medical illustrator for Swedish Covenant Hospital, Allen Carlson began his career as an art teacher in Colorado and Kentucky. During summers, he taught low-income pre-college students in the Roosevelt University Upward Bound program. From 1971 until his death, Allen Carlson was an assistant professor at North Park College. In addition to teaching a wide variety of art subjects, he was the department coordinator and supervisor of a Field Experience program that matched students with internship jobs. Stuart Allen Carlson’s artwork has been exhibited widely in Illinois, Colorado and Kentucky. Exhibitions have been seen here at the Art Institute, North Park, Garrett Theological Seminary and the Jane Addams Park Gallery. An exhibit at Trinity College had been planned at the time of his death. Some of the pieces in the exhibit are from the Swedish American Museum’s permanent collection. Others are on loan from former students. Although Allen Carlson created hundreds of pieces of art, the locations of only about 25 are currently known. The Museum will conduct two programs related to the exhibit on Friday, October 28: A Start with Art event from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and Family Night crafts and activities from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Krogar har i alla tider besjungits. Ibland därför att det funnits någonting romantiskt över dem. Ibland kanske någonting småsnuskigt förfärande. Brutalt, hembränt, djävlar anamma och ett och annat slagsmål. ”Turebergarna” hitåt sjöng Ulf Peder Olrog om när han kallade till nävkamp. Men ofta också någonting festligt, aningen burleskt eller innerligt och förtjusande. Vem har inte sjungit om ”Halta lotta” på hennes glada krog i Göteborg. De flesta har förmodligen också deltagit i sången med ”Kalle på Spången” där maten han bjöd på alltid var god och aldrig alltför snålt tilltagen. Numera förmodar jag att varken halta lotta, hennes krog eller Kalle på spången och hans värdshus existerar längre. Tillvaron förändras ständigt. ”Sånt är livet” konstaterade redan Anita Lindblom innan hon slutade sin karriär. I ”Gamla Stan” har det aldrig saknats krogar. Redan Bellman roade sig på sin tid ofta på krogar som fortfarande skryter med att ha haft honom som gäst. De trubadurer som numera uppträder som reseledare i Gamla Stan kan ofta berätta var Bellman sjöng sina populäraste sånger för Ulla Winblad och andra medföljande sköna damer. Österlånggatan där vi bor har icke vansläktats vad gäller krogar. Här finns gamla hederliga krogar sedan sekler tillbaka som Den Gyldene Freden. Här kommer ständigt också nya tillskott upp, precis som smultron längs stigen ner till vår brevlåda på landet. På Gyldene Freden är kyparna väluppfostrade nog att veta att ärtor och fläsk, samt därefter pannkakor och hjortronsylt aldrig skall serveras utan varm punsch. Att hemlagade köttbullar med sås och lingonsylt skall smaka precis som de gjorde på Anders Zorns tid är också en självklarhet Kolingen hette förr ett stockholmsoriginal som trots sin fattigdom älskade att uppträda i hög hatt,stärksaker och nötta men starkt använda kläder, helst frack. Teckningar av Albert Engstöm roar ännu. Inte minst dem som framställer Kolingen när han kikar in genom ett krogfönster på förnäma herrar i frack som sitter vid ett bord med starka drycker i glasen.
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Kolingen and Fula Filip (“Ugly Filip”) in a drawing by Albert Engström.
Kolingen hälsade dem med de vänliga orden ”Skål på er grevar och baroner!” På Österlånggatan har två ungdomar öppnat en dörr till en enkel krog, Stjärnan” bestående av ett enda rum, Stjärnan. Rummet rymmer ett fåtal bord inomhus och ute på gatan. Där serverar de trevliga ungdomarna med framgång och glatt humör små rätter och smakfull soppa. Något kvarter därifrån ligger Österlånggatan 17 som tillhandahåller trevliga rätter framförda av flinka servitörer. Några iförda kepsar på svaj. De vid ingången uppklistrade menyerna eller informationerna är fyndiga. På en står det : ”I always keep a knife in my purse! Perhaps I’ll meet a cheesecake or something”. På en annan: “Twinkle, twinkle little star: Here you have the nearest bar”! Alldeles intill öppnade några Parisinfluerade ungdomar för en tid sedan den lilla krogen Pastis. På den krogen kan bortåt 20 gäster få plats om de tränger ihop sig ordentligt. Där serveras allt från bläckfisk till ”tre ostron med ett glas champagne för en hundring”. Innan Österlånggatan möter Slottsbacken kan man läsa en skylt intill en relativt nyöppnad krog. På skylten står: Här serveras husmanskost ”Punkt slut”. Krogen heter ”Tradition” och är mig veterligt den enda krog i stan som varje dag har den gamla fina maträtten rårakor på menyn. Kåldolmar med brun sås, potatis och lingonsylt finns också ofta på matsedeln. Tradition kan rekommenderas: Punkt Slut.
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Alfred Lunt in his Ten Chimneys kitchen preparing the cardamom bread. The actor (18921977) was a talented chef whose recipes included this famous cardamom bread, a bestseller at local charity auctions.
The Day of the Cardamom Bun is months away but the taste is such a worthy partner to the cinnamon, we simply couldn’t resist this Ten Chimney’s Foundation Favorite. (Ten Chimneys - the national historic landmark estate after the acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Alfred, who spent time in Swedish Finland as a child, brought many Swedish influences to Ten Chimneys.) Ingredients 1 cup milk, scalded 18 ground cardamom seeds 3/4 cup sugar 2 Tbsp butter 2 beaten eggs 2 pgs. yeast 1/2 cup warm water 2 cups flour cinnamon and sugar 1 beaten egg for egg wash
Instruction To scalded milk, add the ground cardamom seeds, sugar, and butter. Mix. Add eggs and yeast (that has been softened in the 1/2 cup warm water). Beat well. Add flour (may use more than 2 cups if needed) to make a slightly sticky dough. Grease dough. Let rise until double. Cut down. Let rise one hour. Make into braids in cinnamon and sugar. Let rise again. Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 for 40 minutes. Brush with beaten egg and return to oven for another 25 minutes. Recipe from Alfred Lunt’s cookbook, available through the Ten Chimney’s Foundation. The author himself humbly submits the cookbook to those “who like to cook, to those who have never cooked but wish to, and to those who do not want to cook but have to.” Recipe and photo courtesy of The Ten Chimneys Foundation - www.tenchimneys.org
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09.30.2016 - 11.11.2016 A Man Called Ove A film written and Directed by Hannes Holm based on the international best-selling novel by Fredrik Backman opens at Laemmle’s Royal (www.laemmle. com/theaters/1); and in other select places, see listings and a trailer, here: http://www.musicboxfilms.com/aman-called-ove-movies-139.php 10.15.2016 2 PM - 10.16.2016 3 AM Stockholm, CA music festival. See brief on the event, page 4. More info, see www.stockholm-ca.com
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10.22.2016 06:00 PM - 11:30 PM Swedish Club of Sarasota Annual Crayfish Party at Holiday Inn by Sarasota Airport, 8009 15th St. East, Sarasota, FL. Cocktail happy hour starts at 6 p.m. in the bar area and then we move to our tables for dinner at 7 p.m. www.swedishclubsarasota.org Holiday Inn SRQ: (941)355-9000 Continuously The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach promotes trade, commerce and investment opportunities between Sweden, Fort Lauderdale - Palm Beach and members. See www.sacc-sfl.org
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10.06.2016 02:00 PM - 11.27.2016 06:00 PM An exhibit of abstract paintings, diptychs and triptychs by the late artist Stuart Allen Carlson of Chicago will open in the first-floor gallery. 773.728.8111 | www.swedishamericanmuseum.org 10.09.2016 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Scandinavian Jam with musicians Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler begins with instruction and practice on traditional tunes, followed by the jam session with visitors invited to play along on their own instruments. www.swedishamericanmuseum.org
10.13.2016 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Swedish Opera Divine will present “The Nightingales,” a dream play about 19th century opera stars. “The Nightingales” introduces three of the greatest opera stars of the 19th century: the Swedish-born sopranos Jenny Lind, Christina Nilsson and Signe Hebbe. In this dream play, they are bitter rivals who compete with their voices, but are united in their joy and love of music and performing. The Swedish opera trio Divine comprised of sopranos Caroline Gentele, Jacqueline Miura and Gabriella Lambert-Olsson – portray Jenny, Christina and Signe. FREE admission. More info, www.divineopera.se 10.16.2016 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM Dinner Party to honor Viljan Lodge No. 349, V.O.A. 100th Anniversary at Riverview Banquets, 1117 N Washington Ave, Batavia, IL. Social Hour - 2 PM Dinner - 3 PM. Viljan Lodge #349, V.O.A.. 630-6657866. matthewe0607@comcast.net. 10.16.2016 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM The Elevator Nobody Choir gives another inspiring performance of traditional Swedish songs and dances, as well as some modern compositions. The group of student singers hail from Hisingen, an underprivileged area of Göteborg, Sweden. The name “Elevator Nobody” is a play on “Hisingen,” with Hiss=elevator and ingen=nobody. 773.728.8111 | www.swedishamericanmuseum. org 10.22.2016 10:00 AM - 10.22.2016 12:00 PM Swedish American Genealogical Society meets at Swedish American Museum, 773.728.8111 | www. swedishamericanmuseum.org Continuously Step back in time in historic Bishop Hill. Utopia on the Prairie, then and now. For information call 309-927-3899 or email heritage@bishophill. com. Visit our Website at: www.bishophill.com
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09.24.2016 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM Smorgasbord Nordic Food Festival at the Scandinavian Cultural Center: Tasting stations from Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Nordic Vendors, live music, guest speakers, kids’ station, family friendly games, a live Viking encampment, and “foodie” fun. 617.795.1914. www.scandicenter.org
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10.23.2016 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM The 6th Annual Winternights Viking Festival is held in Vernon, NJ at Vernon Nordic House, 233 State Rt 94 Vernon, NJ 07462 Admission:
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09.30.2016 - 11.11.2016 A Man Called Ove A film written and Directed by Hannes Holm based on the international best-selling novel by Fredrik Backman at the Paris Theatre on 4 W 58th Street (www.theparistheatre.com) and the Angelika Film Center (www.angelikafilmcenter. com). 10.14.2016 11:00 AM - 11.03.2016 06:00 PM The original work of two innovative and talented Swedish fine artists, Kerstin Lundin and Henrik Sjöström, will be on display in their Agora Gallery exhibit: Idiosyncratic Expressions. Agora Gallery. 212-226-4151 | www.agora-gallery.com 10.15.2016 01:00 PM - 10.15.2016 02:00 PM Scandinavian Sing-Along Scandinavia holds a treasure-trove of children’s songs and games. Danish musician Vibe Normann introduces children to English versions of these songs and musical games, and then performs a selection of songs in modern, lively arrangements. Come prepared to dance and sing your heart out! ages 1-7 $7/nonmembers $5/ASF members. Scandinavia House. 212.779.3587 | www.scandinaviahouse.org 10.19.2016 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Taikon, a documentary Born in a Swedish camp in 1932, Romani activist and author Katarina Taikon altered the course of Sweden’s history. This documentary tells the story of a young girl who was denied education, but went on to become a leading author and human rights activist. A Q&A session with director and biographer Lawen Mohtadi and Angelica Ström, Katarina Taikon’s daughter, will follow the screening. Scandinavia House. 212.779.3587 | www.scandinaviahouse.org 10.24.2016 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM Swedish Contemporary Music Ensemble miseen presents the latest in contemporary music with an evening of world premieres by Swedish composers including Fabian Svensson, Kristofer Svensson, and Lars Brödumm. All of the works explore the relationships between artistic and cultural groups that are, or have been, separated by distance. 10.28.2016 06:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opening night of the Nordic International Film Festival; Scandinavia House is pleased to copresent the opening night film, Autumn Fall/ Høst. The festival, which screens new Nordic short and feature films, takes place at Scandinavia House October 28-30, 2016. All NIFF programs are free and open to the public. 11.04.2016 08:00 PM - 10:30 PM It’s never too late to be inappropriate Swedish comedians Anneli Abrahamsson and Malin Ap-
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peltofft will perform the show ‘Det är aldrig för sent att bli olämplig’ - “It is never too late to be inappropriate” - at the Greenwich Village Comedy Club in New York. Most of the performance is in Swedish and Clayton Fletcher will finish the evening in English. Greenwich Village Comedy Club. 212.777.5233 | www.greenwichvillagecomedyclub.com
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10.16.2017 03:00 PM - 10.16.2017 04:30 PM 40th Anniversary Party Join us to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Swedish Cultural Heritage Society of the Red River Valley! We’ll initiate a small group of friends committed to preserving the Swedish heritage in the Fargo-Moorhead environs. . Swedish Cultural Heritage Society of the Red River Valley. 218-790-6066. chriscarlson64@gmail.com.
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10.09.2016 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM Leif Ericson Day Annual Leif Ericson Day celebration on Marsh Creek Lake with the crew of the Viking Ship “Norseman.” At 11 a.m. we launch our ship at the Western Launch. At 12 p.m. a lakeside ceremony honors the life and accomplishments of Leif Ericsson followed by more sailing of the ship until 2:30 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. enjoy cocktails and celebratory dinner (reservations required) at the Hilton Garden Inn, 720 East Eagleview Blvd., Exton PA. www. vikingship.org 10.18.2016 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Toddler Time at the American Swedish Museum. 215.389.1776. | www.americanswedish.com
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10.08.2016 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM Scandinavian Festival of Wisconsin: Scandinavian ethnic food and Scandinavian merchandise for sale. Enjoy the Nordic style music and dancing, the Genealogy Room with specialists, children’s activities, and much more. www. facebook.com/NCOWI/ | 262.366.9152 10.22.2016 08:00 PM - 10.23.2016 06:00 PM Swedish Glory at the Basilica The U.S. premier of Malin Bång’s “Hav” (“The Sea”) will be sung in Swedish by the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus at the historic, nearly acoustic-perfect Basilica of St. Josaphat. Swedish composer Malin Bång, 42, lives in Stockholm, and is the composer in residence and a founding member of the Curious Chamber Players. www.malinbang.com. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. www.mso. org/concerts. 10.29.2016 01:30 PM - 10.29.2016 04:00 PM The art and life of Anders Zorn. Annual meeting for the Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin, Inc. Short meeting followed by an introduction to the art and life of Swedish Artist Anders Zorn, (1860-1920). Known for his portraits of some of our American presidents as well as the King Oscar II of Sweden and others of nobility and high society of his time, Zorn’s talent is also seen in his many etchings. A number of his etchings are in the collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum and have recently been on display. Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 North Mayfair Rd. (Hwy 100, just north of Capitol Dr.) in Wauwatosa. Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin, Inc.. 414-352-7890 | www.sahswi.org
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Aleasa Hogate, vice president of the Wilmington, Delaware New Sweden Centre, receives Leadership in History Award of Merit. Aleasa Hogate, a hardworking volunteer-vice president of the New Sweden Centre, recently traveled to Detroit to receive a well-deserved Leadership in History Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History on September 16 at the Cobo Center. The award was for her work in educating students and the general public about the rich history of the New Sweden Colony Mrs. Aleasa Hogate flanked by AASLH Council in the Wilmington, Philadelphia and Chairman Julie Rose, and John Dichtl, the South Jersey areas. organization’s president and CEO. New Sweden’s Swedish and Finnish colonists settled here more than 40 years The nomination was prepared by fellow before William Penn’s arrival, paving the way board member Abdullah Muhammad. It reads, for his ability to communicate with the Lenni- in part: “This award results from Aleasa’s Lenape and other Native American tribes in dedicated and committed service to the colthe area, and giving America its log cabins. lection, preservation and interpretation of Hogate, whose full title is Vice President and the 17th century New Sweden Colony in the Education Director, is a resident of Pennsville, Delaware Valley. For more than 30 years, New Jersey, near the area where the early Mrs. Hogate had spearheaded, encouraged, or Swedes carved out their homesteads in this assisted in nearly every monument or historic part of the state. She is descended from the marker dedicated to Swedish colonial history original settlers, a fact which provides much in the Delaware River Valley. Supported by a of her motivation. While she works extremely dedicated group of New Sweden volunteers, hard, she is quick to make sure people know she also shares the colony’s story widely her work is part of a team effort consisting of through tours and re-enactments and encoursignificant contributions from many others. ages diverse organizations to commemorate She was accompanied to the event by fellow and tell the New Sweden Story. This includes board member Donna Draper. the contribution of its African-American and Hogate was presented the award by AASLH Lenni-Lenape Native American inhabitants.” Council Chairman Julie Rose and John Dichtl, The New Sweden Centre is very grateful the organization’s president and CEO, “for for Aleasa Hogate’s significant contributions excellence in history programs, projects, and to our work and proud of what she has acthe motivation of volunteers when compared complished. with similar activities nationwide.”
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