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winter Break
land of the vikingshalloween celeBrationWeekend of October 30—November 1All 3rd District Members & Guests
Bring your best Viking and Trollcostume to see if you can win the bestcostume contest prize of $25! And areyou ready for some apple bobbing?
A Special Buffet Dinner on Saturdayevening will be served at 7:00PM
followed by a party until the witchinghour. Rumor has it the headless
horseman has been spotted near by.
Make your reservations by calling570-461-3500 or emailing:
Jule festSunday, December 20, 2015
1:00 PMGjøa Sporting Club, Brooklyn
newsletterVolume 1, Issue 3
October 2015
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It was such a pleasure to return to our home base and see all of your familiar faces. You truly brighten eachmonth for me, as I always leave feeling like I’m a part of a family—a big extended family that laughs and chatstogether, eats together, and celebrates life together. Every meeting we have surpasses my expectations.
That being said, there is a contrasting theme which has become an apparent and increasing issue across theorganization as a whole. Since the beginning of the year, there have been several canceled events outside ofour Lodge. These events lacked participation and interest, and have therefore been nixed from the schedule.Across the country, Sons of Norway faces a serious problem—membership. Brooklyn Lodge, however, mustbe doing something right—because we seem to attract new interest with each month’s meeting. This is a verygood sign for us, as it is in no way the norm with many other Lodges.
So I would like to take a moment to congratulate you all—our members and our board. I can pinpoint thereason others keep gravitating to us. Though the reason is obvious, I feel it needs to be addressed andcommended.
You have a spirit—a realness and a warmth—that elevates the room and all within it—this spirit garners asense of fun and fraternity. This is not something that can be faked, invented, or feigned. This kind ofpresence can only come from the heart.
In this new world of digital avatars we deal with a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s amazing howwe can now stay in touch with others that we would never have dreamed of speaking with so many yearslater—old school mates, friends, even family from decades ago or far away. On the other hand, we have less tosay and less time to say it—we are boiled down to representing ourselves with a few photos and tag-linesabout our daily lives.
People miss in-person events. And what they miss most about them are the exact kinds of moments that wekeep having with our meetings. Moments filled with REAL joy, real laughter, and real people. People withstories and jokes, and most importantly, smiles. The kinds of smiles that light you up from inside.
SO KEEP BEING YOURSELVES! Because what we’re trying to do is WORKING, and you being you is ahuge part of it.
Fraternally yours,
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thanksgiving feastSunday, November 22, 2015
1:00 PMGjøa Sporting Club, Brooklyn
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day during our “after summerholiday break” Lodge meeting. For the last two years we have had a BBQmeeting and it might just become a tradition. Adam Patrick manned thegrill and compliments to the chef keep pouring in. We think many of ourguests and members were especially pleased with the Nathans hotdogsserved. We discussed upcoming events as well as the Memorial Service beingheld at Our Saviors Lutheran Church on Sunday, September 27.
We had several guests, who are always welcomed, as well as our loyal guestsfrom Faeder Lodge. Alice introduced our very special member, OddbjorgOlsen and couldn’t contain her joy in announcing this womans greatacheivements. At the tender age of 85, Oddbjorg has completed her milesneeded for the Sykkelmerke Gold Medal for Cycling as well as completingher goal for the Enamel Medal for Sykkelmerke! This woman can’t be heldback from anything put in front of her, and we all joined in cheering heracheivements. (Did we mention that she is 85? She whispered to me that she feelslike she is only 15...). ■
Alice Svege and Adam Patrick (our honorary Viking)
Elsie Willumsen and her friend CharlieRiise Hetherington Heidi Breiland
Daniel Johnson Kimberly Breiland
Corinne Hall Oddbjorg Sakariassen
Oddbjorg Olsen and Njål Svege
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On Sunday, October 27, 2015, Zone 1 held our Memorial Service at OurSaviour’s Lutheran Church. Many members as well as family members ofthe departed were present. Lois Berseth Hedlund welcomed us as well asreading the Tribute to Deceased. Corinne Hall blessed us with twowonderful songs Lord’s Prayer and How Great Thou Art. The MemorialAddress was presented by Arlene Bakke Rutuelo who shared parts of herlife as well as great passages from the Bible about passing and moving on,the theme being “there is a time for everything”. Rev. Craig A. Miller leadus in the Lord’s Prayer and closed with the Benediction.
In Memoriam 2014-2015
Brooklyn Lodge 243; Magne Arnfinn OlsenFaerder Lodge 109; Amalia Tonnesen and Torhild OsmundsenGarborg Lodge 265; Ruth Jensen, Edith Lerstad, and Ruth JacksonHenrik Ibsen Lodge 393; Rolf Stensaker, Reidun Anderson, James
Kindberg Jr., Ber Haug, Nancy Cervenka, Clare Kotasek, Ellen Mikalsen, and AaseElkevik
Lillehammer Lodge 636; Friede CostiganLoyal Lodge 252; Ralph LarsenNorden Lodge 407; Egil Fosse, Ruth Huerugo, Claire Olsen, and
Liv WilhelmsenNorge Lodge 337; Joan Hilding, Ethel Olsen, Frances (Dee) Nilsen, and
Lou CampenniPeconic Lodge 485; Albert Miner
After the service we all joined to share memories and food. ■
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Ski For Light
At our September BBQ Lodge meeting, Alice mentioned Ski For Light andwhat a wonderful thing it is. Alice and Njål had participated in one of theirevents and how inspiring it was. This got me thinking, I have no idea whatSki For Light is, or what they do. I thought since my family likes to ski, whynot investigate? Then, I received Vikingmagazine and they have the full backpage announcing their upcoming event!
Ski For Light was founded by Norwegian ski legend Olav Petersen in 1975,and modeled after the Riderrrenn (Knight’s Race) held annually in Norway.The mission is to enhance the quality of life and independence of visuallyor mobility-impaired adults through a program of cross-country skiing. Itdoesn’t just touch lives, it changes them. Disabled athletes discover the
essential truth in the Ski For Light motto: If I can do this, I can doanything. And guides discover just how good it feels to share somethingthey love with someone who never dreamed they might have that experience.
Just ask Alice and Njål Svege what they experienced, and you will hear allthe rewards a volunteer walks away with, which I am sure is nothing incomparrison to what the participants experience.
This year, Ski For Light International will be holding its 41st annualInternational week, Sunday, January 24, to Saturday, January 30, at ShantyCreek Resorts in Bellaire, Michigan. ■
Ski For Light FB page: www.facebook.com/SkiforLightSki For Light webpage: www.sfl.org/
Images for this article courtesy of Ski For Light FB page.
Membership Discounts
Maybe travel is your thing and it’s time to see those northern lights inperson. Did you know that being a member of Sons of Norway has manybenefits and discounts? These range in airfares, rental cars, hotels, and travelinsurance. Discounts can also be found for health clubs, sporting goods,and fitness equipment. Or, just maybe you are content snuggled up at home,even here you can find discounts on garden and patio items, home decor,and bed and bath products.
On the Sons of Norway website, www.sofn.com, there is a PerkSpot portaland you can begin saving on products and services like, travel, clothing, food,entertainment, and electronics. That’s not the end of it, every month theyare adding additional discounts to enhance the benefit, and once you createyour PerkSpot account, the discounts will be tailored to the area in whichyou live. Sons of Norway is entering into the 21st century!
Here are a few of the things you can find listed...Icelandair; members receive a 10% discountAvis and Budget Car Rental; members receive a 30% discountBest Western Hotel; members receive a discount up to 15%Borton Overseas; members receive a 5% discount on a qualifying tourGlasses.com; save 20% on brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Kate SpadeOtterbox; protect your phone or tablet and receive a 15% discount
So, run on over to the Sons of Norway website and join today to beginenjoying all that Sons of Norway has to offer.
Or, Click here to make it easy for yourself.
An elated veteran skier, Marie, crossing the finish line at the SFL race with her guide Janine,from Canada. This photo was taken at the 2013 event in Bellaire, Michigan.
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Become a fan of our Facebook page!
We have created a wonderful facebook page and we want you to become afan. This page is not only informative, educational, and fun, it also has agreat number of member participants. What do we mean by that? Simplyput, when you become a fan of the page, you can begin to create your ownposts and share with other members on our page. Engage in conversationsor light trivia. Scan great and silly photos of past events. Link to interestingand educational articles all with great focus on the scandinavian countries.Even find resources or friends you would like to reconnect with.
One of the prime uses of our Facebook page is to create and post meetingand event information. Once an event is created, and you are a fan of ourpage, you can click if you are coming to the event. Then you will receiveupdates along the way and reminders in your personal FB page that you havean upcoming event. When the event is over, run home and be sure to scanour FB page to see if your in one of the many photos that usually get postedby members that also attended the event.
Contibute, engage, or stalk... it’s all the same to us, we just want you to havefun and be a part of our wonderful Lodge and FB page. It’s one of the easiestways to have access to us. ■
FB page: www.facebook.com/SkiforLight
Johan Christian Dahl
Often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, (February 24, 1788 – October 14,1857), was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romanticpainter in Norway, the founder of the golden age of Norwegian painting, andone of the greatest European artists of all time. He is often described as thefather of Norwegian landscape painting and is regarded as the first NorwegianPainter ever to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to thatattained by the greatest European artists of his day. He was also the firstacquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad. As one critic has put it,J.C. Dahl occupies a central position in Norwegian artistic life of the first half of the19th century.
Although Dahl spent much of his life outside of Norway, his love for hiscountry is clear in the motifs he chose for his paintings and in hisextraordinary efforts on behalf of Norwegian culture generally. Indeed, ifone sets aside his own monumental artistic creations, his other activities onbehalf of art, history, and culture would still have guaranteed him a place atthe very heart of the artistic and cultural history of Norway. He was, forexample, a key figure in the founding of the Norwegian National Gallery andof several other major art institutions in Norway, as well as in thepreservation of Norwegian stave churches and the restoration of the NidarosCathedral in Trondheim and Håkonshallen in Bergen. ■
Article from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Christian_Dahl
Frederiksborg Slot, 1814
Bjerk i storm, (1836) Portrait of Johan Christian DahlCarl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (1823)
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10 year pinArnold C. BergmanIngrid OmmundsenElsie WillumsenRonald G. Olsen
20 year pinLillian B. Gjertsen
40 year pinLloyd R. AndersenKaare AndreassenRagnhild Wallstedt
45 year pin and certificateNils G. SchankeIngrid TangenKjellaug TangenMary Utvik
55 year pin and certificateOlav B. HansenJames E. Johnson
60 year pin and certificateEli Kay Peters
65 year pin and certificateOddbjorg Olsen
50 year pin and certificateKjell G. AustadCarl FahlstedtRagna FahlstedtOskar E. FroystiKarin L. HolldorfArne Hoyland
Bjarne LundegardMildred LundegardKennet I. NjerveFreddy C. OlsenAlice G. SvegeNjål Svege
Tonnes Tonnessen
5 year pinKari DallandCharley Eichler
Solveig Simonsen McLoughlinGideon M. Wyatt
15 year pinJanet G. FaalandEster G. Hall
Christine E Hansen WesthasselDaniel E. JohnsonSigrun Larsen
Olivia R. RasmussenCharles A. JohnsenHeather A. Johnsen
memBer loyalty
Sons of Norway Gulfstream Lodge #3-514; photo from May 2015. Sports pins awarded to Karen Keat and our very own Oddbjorg (Olga) Olsen. Photo from Gulfstream Lodge FB page.
At the tender age of 85, Oddbjorg has completed her miles needed for theSykkelmerke Gold Medal for Cycling as well as completing her goal for theEnamel Medal for Sykkelmerke! Congratulations!
Briana Svege, the granddaughter to Alice and Njål Svege, graduated fromThunder Ridge High School in Highland Ranch, CO. Briana has been acceptedto, and attending, Colorado University in Boulder, CO. Congratulations, andlots of luck, good wishes, and everything that goes with it!
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the nordic tee$28.00 (of which $10 goes to BrooklynLodge)Show off your heritage and support our lodge!
Corinne Hall has created these awesome T-shirts for all usSquareheads and the Squarehead ‘wanna be’. You can purchase thisTee visit: love-nico.com/33-norway.html. You might want to checkout a few other fantastic Tees available at Love-Nico, just visit:www.love-nico.com. ■
thanksgiving feastSunday, November 22, 2015 | 1:00 PM
Gjøa Sporting Club, Brooklyn
Join us in thanks for such a wonderful year and the years to come. Our ThanksgivingFeast will host many of the honored traditional American fares. Mashed potatoes, Sweetpotatoes, Turnips, Squash, Stuffing, Turkey, Cranberries, and all to end with desserts tomake your mouth water. Who knows, maybe a few Pilgrims will venture out to our affair!
Jule festSunday, December 20, 2015 | 1:00 PM
Gjøa Sporting Club, Brooklyn
Our last meeting of the year will be celebrated around the Christmas Tree with a littlesong and dance. A few games, Secret Santa gifts, and of course a visit from Santa himself.(Maybe a little helping elf or two might show). We hope our guests will come in Holidayattire and we are sure one or two in the crowd will don the best sweater or tie they havebeen gifted.
Plenty to feast on and scrumptious desserts won’t keep the reindeer away. ■
Lillian B Gjertsen October 3 Odd Pedersen October 14 Julie Bergland Feiss October 19 Trygve Tonnessen October 24 Adam Patrick October 30 Charley Eichler October 31 Graham Allen November 2 Ronald Olsen November 12 Oskar Froysti November 17 James Johnson November 22 Katrina Patrick November 26 Gideon Wyatt December 17 Eli Kay Peters December 25
Birthdays
upcoming meetings
It is our Lodge’s intent to help preserve the traditions and history of the Norwegianand American Norwegian culture. Our Lodge sits in a unique place, near the bridgethat connects these two countries. Many of those who came from Norway in the1900’s landed in Brooklyn, and several families stayed for generations—raising theirchildren, and then their American-born grandchildren.
Woven into our history are both sides of the story. Where we come from, and whatit was like for our relatives to live in full communities together in America.
Lodge Brooklyn has a reputation amongst other Lodges of the Sons of Norway asbeing one of the most fun, down to earth, and lighthearted groups within theorganization. We always have a good time as we gather and share past memories andcreate new ones in a fun, warm, and welcoming environment. ■
Sons of Norway | Lodge Brooklyn 3-243 | 8824 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Tel: 1-917-974-1756 | Fax: 1-212-463-8395 | Email: [email protected]
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aBout our lodge
Ingredients• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder• Rounded 1/2 teaspoon salt• 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) unsaltedbutter, softened
• 1 cup sugar• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract• 1 large egg, lightly beatenSpecial equipment: a cookie pressfitted with a star, bow, circle, orribbon plate
recipe of the month
President Corinne Alexis Hall
Vice President Solveig Simonsen McLoughlin
Secretary Julie Bergland Feiss
Treasurer/Social Director Kimberly Breiland
Financial Secretary Sigrun Larsen
officers
Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Breiland
Editor Julie Bergland Feiss
Contributors Kimberly BreilandCorinne HallAlice Svege
Photography Kimberly BreilandJulie Bergland Feiss
who’s who
Contact Kimberly Breilandvia Phone: 212-255-6510via e-Mail: [email protected] Snail Mail: 7122 Narrows Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11209
to contriBute orreceive newsletter
Contact: Corinne Hallvia Phone: 917-974-1756via e-Mail: [email protected] Snail Mail: 8824 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228
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Norwegian Butter Cookies
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts in a large bowl with an electric mixer atmoderately high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and beat well.Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined.
• Quarter dough and put 1 piece into cookie press. Holding press slightly aboveungreased baking sheets, squeeze out dough to form cookies (follow manufacturer'sinstructions), spacing them about 3 inches apart. Form more cookies with remainingdough in same manner.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes,then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool.
Cooks’ notes: If you don’t have a cookie press, you can form dough into 11/2 inch balls, thenflatten to 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick with back of a fork, making a crosshatch design on top of cookies.
• Cookies keep in an airtight container at room temperature 3 weeks.
Recipe found on Epicurious.com
