nordstjernan The Swedish Newspaper of America
Published by Swedish News. Volume 144 No. 18, October 30, 2016. Price per copy $2.50
This Week, Page 5
Sweden’s only green haired startup CEO?
Depending on where one hails from across Scandinavia, traditional dress varies in design and pattern, with each region claiming its own style. Learn more about these textiles at the AHSM’s Auxiliary’s Folk Fashion event in Philadelphia on November 5. Events / Page 19
Photo: Jim Richardson/Lindsborg CVB
Sweden, Page 2, 3
Sweden prepares for a stream of new refugees / New law pushes migrants underground / Sweden’s No. 1 export industry continues to grow / Swedish scientist may help solve an American mystery / ABBA is planning a comeback, but it’s not what you’d expect / Housing shortage leaves refugees without housing.
Feature, Page 3
Sweden prepares for a special visit.
Perspectives, Page 4
Reflections on how Swedes and Americans communicate and ... sometimes don’t.
2016 Nobel Prize Laureates
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Dashboard, Page 10, 11
Rudolf trains to play more than just reindeer games/ For the love of Swedish flatbread / Rare bird watchers have a field day in coastal Sweden / Beware the angry moose / A weekend full of candlelight.
Feature, Page 14
The white ships of Sweden led colorful careers across the Atlantic. One of three laureates in chemistry, Bernard L. Feringa of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Photo: University of Groningen
Sveadal battles huge wildfire
On Saturday, Sept. 24, Swedish Americans gathered for dinner to mark the close of the summer season at Sveadal, the beloved cultural heritage and recreation property in the Santa Cruz mountains. With weather in the upper 80s and no rain in the forecast, it was a hot conclusion to a delightful summer. Yet everyone knew that during this fifth year of drought, the foliage was tinder and mature trees even in Sveadal were toppling over from thirst and disease. Sure enough, within hours after everyone left for the season, a wildfire was spotted in the coastal mountain chain, and all week the wildfire grew, threat/ Page 6 ening Sveadal.
Perspectives, Page 11
Living between Russia and the USA...
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Photo: tunnbrodsakademin.se
As always, the Nobel Prizes are announced in early October. This year announcing the prize for literature came a week later than usual, finishing up the round of announcements in the Nobel award season with some great American surprises. Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. The Nobel Foundation was established, and starting in 1901, prizes have been awarded every year to those who “shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind” in the previous year. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established an additional prize, The Sverig-
Photo: Lisa Öberg/ ullisrudolf.se
Amanda Olson Robison editor@nordstjernan.com