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Saturday Evening Gala Dinner Speaker:

Ambassador Lars Gert Lose

H.E. Lars Gert Lose is the current ambassador of the kingdom of Denmark to the United States. Prior to arriving in Washington, he held the position as Permanent Under-Secretary of State, where he served as Chief Adviser on Foreign Affairs to Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Ambassador Lose has had a long career within the Danish Foreign Ministry. He started his career in 1997 by becoming Head of Section in the EU Coordination Office. Since then, he has held a range of high-level positions within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The Ambassador is married to Ulla Kølvraa Rønberg, and they have 3 children.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 5

6-7pm Welcome Reception (MAHOGANY FOYER)

7-8pm Keynote Address: Trina Hahnemann, “Danish Cuisine: A Journey Through Taste and Culture (MAHOGANY BALLROOM)

Friday, October 6

7:30am-7:30pm Danish Marketplace open (SAGE, MAIZE, COPPER)

Session I (Friday, 8:15-9:15am)

All A panels will be held in MAHOGANY BALLROOM I, all B panels in MAHOGANY BALLROOM II, and all C panels in MAHOGANY BALLROOM III.

Panel 1A: Danish Hygge I

Poul Houe, University of Minnesota: Hygge & Lykke. Good Old Danish Enclosures or Gates to a Brave New World?

This presentation explores the relationship between coziness and happiness in Denmark, interrogating what this fusion suggests about Danish society and values.

Panel 1B: Danish American Success Stories I

Jens Vange, Alliance: Intervention + Reinvention. Rethinking Airport Amenities

This presentation outlines a practical approach to cultural fusion by reporting on airport restroom design initiatives that deploy physical, technological, and sensory strategies to accommodate a range of human needs.

Panel 1C: Cultural Exchange I

Nete Schmidt, UW-Madison: Integration Challenges and Langkær Gymnasium

This presentation explores Danish immigration issues and challenges through the last century and concludes with a discussion of recent, novel attempts at creating integration and cultural awareness in a Danish junior college with a large percentage of “other ethnic Danes.”

Julie Allen, Brigham Young University: The Role of Migrant Churches in Danish Integration

This presentation looks at how non-Danish language Christian churches, known as migrant churches, facilitate the social integration and cultural adaptation of African immigrantwomen.

Session II (Friday, 9:30-10:30am)

Panel 2A: Danish Hygge II

Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen: Fusing Danish Characteristics: Hygge,Lighed, and Fornuft

This presentation analyzes three key Danish characteristics of hygge (well-being), lighed(equality), and fornuft (reason), using Danish songs to illustrate each one.

Panel 2B: Danish American Success Stories II

Scott Swanson, The Danish Home: Culturally-Centered Senior Communities

This presentation centers on the Danish influence in the Chicago-based senior community the Danish Home, as evidenced through traditions, hygge, and inclusiveness, while reflecting on how American society views senior communities and aging.

Panel 2C: Cultural Exchange II

Ethelene Whitmire, UW-Madison: A Promise of Renewal: African Americans in Denmark

This presentation examines the experiences of African Americans who studied, visited, lived,and performed in twentieth-century Denmark, where the lack of racial discrimination created an atmosphere conducive to their productivity.

10:30-11am Coffee Break (IVORY FOYER)

Session III (Friday, 11am-noon)

Panel 3A: Danish Hygge III

Trine Hahnemann: The History and Hidden Rules of Smørrebrød

This workshop with our keynote speaker will focuses on the traditions and techniques involved in making traditional Danish open-faced sandwiches.

Panel 3B: Danish American Success Stories III

Rebild National Park Society and Danish Pioneer Roundtable

This roundtable showcases the history of two of the most important institutions of Danish American cultural preservation and fusion.

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Panel 3C: Cultural Exchange III

Nick Kofod Mogensen, University of Copenhagen: Danish and/or American

This presentation analyzes Danish perceptions of Danish American culture, particularly as represented in the media and from the author’s personal experience.

Sarah Reed, UW-Madison: “The important fact is that I always felt Danish”: Preserving Ethnic Memory in Virginia Sørensen’s Mormon Novels

This paper describes the particularities and peculiarities of the Danish American Mormon experience as explored in Virginia Sørensen’s novel Kingdom Come.

12-1:30pm Fusion Frokost (ticketed lunch event) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

Speaker: Carol L. Schroeder, “Delving into Danish Dining: the story behind Eat Smart in Denmark”; Menu inspired by Trine Hahnemann

Session IV (Friday, 1:30-2:30pm)

Panel 4A: Cultural Exchange IV

Morten Høi Jensen: A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen

This presentation explores the author’s quest to explain the life and work of the celebrated nineteenth-century Danish poet J.P. Jacobsen in his new biography.

Finn Bille: Reading from The King's Coin: Danish-American Poems

In this presentation, the presenter reads from his manuscript book of poetry and shares histhoughts on the poetic process.

Panel 4B: Danish American Success Stories IV

Otto Christensen: To the Edge of the World. Jens Munk and the Danish Search for the Northwest Passage, 1619-20

This presentation highlights an early example of Danish American fusion, telling the story of the explorer Jens Munk’s attempts to find the Northwest Passage in the 17th century.

Panel 4C: Danish Heritage I

Cindy Larsen Adams: Immigration from Ærø: How Many Hans Hansens Were There?

This presentation chronicles the flow of Danish migration from the island of Ærø to Shelby and Audubon Counties in Iowa between 1870 and 1920.

Session II (Friday, 9:30-10:30am)

Panel 2A: Danish Hygge II

Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen: Fusing Danish Characteristics: Hygge,Lighed, and Fornuft

This presentation analyzes three key Danish characteristics of hygge (well-being), lighed(equality), and fornuft (reason), using Danish songs to illustrate each one.

Panel 2B: Danish American Success Stories II

Scott Swanson, The Danish Home: Culturally-Centered Senior Communities

This presentation centers on the Danish influence in the Chicago-based senior community the Danish Home, as evidenced through traditions, hygge, and inclusiveness, while reflecting on how American society views senior communities and aging.

Panel 2C: Cultural Exchange II

Ethelene Whitmire, UW-Madison: A Promise of Renewal: African Americans in Denmark

This presentation examines the experiences of African Americans who studied, visited, lived,and performed in twentieth-century Denmark, where the lack of racial discrimination created an atmosphere conducive to their productivity.

10:30-11am Coffee Break (IVORY FOYER)

Session III (Friday, 11am-noon)

Panel 3A: Danish Hygge III

Trine Hahnemann: The History and Hidden Rules of Smørrebrød

This workshop with our keynote speaker will focuses on the traditions and techniques involved in making traditional Danish open-faced sandwiches.

Panel 3B: Danish American Success Stories III

Rebild National Park Society and Danish Pioneer Roundtable

This roundtable showcases the history of two of the most important institutions of Danish American cultural preservation and fusion.

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Panel 3C: Cultural Exchange III

Nick Kofod Mogensen, University of Copenhagen: Danish and/or American

This presentation analyzes Danish perceptions of Danish American culture, particularly as represented in the media and from the author’s personal experience.

Sarah Reed, UW-Madison: “The important fact is that I always felt Danish”: Preserving Ethnic Memory in Virginia Sørensen’s Mormon Novels

This paper describes the particularities and peculiarities of the Danish American Mormon experience as explored in Virginia Sørensen’s novel Kingdom Come.

12-1:30pm Fusion Frokost (ticketed lunch event) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

Speaker: Carol L. Schroeder, “Delving into Danish Dining: the story behind Eat Smart in Denmark”; Menu inspired by Trine Hahnemann

Session IV (Friday, 1:30-2:30pm)

Panel 4A: Cultural Exchange IV

Morten Høi Jensen: A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen

This presentation explores the author’s quest to explain the life and work of the celebrated nineteenth-century Danish poet J.P. Jacobsen in his new biography.

Finn Bille: Reading from The King's Coin: Danish-American Poems

In this presentation, the presenter reads from his manuscript book of poetry and shares histhoughts on the poetic process.

Panel 4B: Danish American Success Stories IV

Otto Christensen: To the Edge of the World. Jens Munk and the Danish Search for the Northwest Passage, 1619-20

This presentation highlights an early example of Danish American fusion, telling the story of the explorer Jens Munk’s attempts to find the Northwest Passage in the 17th century.

Panel 4C: Danish Heritage I

Cindy Larsen Adams: Immigration from Ærø: How Many Hans Hansens Were There?

This presentation chronicles the flow of Danish migration from the island of Ærø to Shelby and Audubon Counties in Iowa between 1870 and 1920.

Session V (Friday, 2:45-3:45pm)

Panel 5A: Danish Literature and Culture I

Troy Wellington Smith, UC-Berkeley: “All Sickness is not unto Death”: Kierkegaardian Riffs in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

This presentation illustrates the fusion of the Danish philosopher’s ideas with the African American author’s literary and musical innovations.

Ivan Z. Sørensen: Isak Dinesen and Hannah Arendt: The Storyteller and the Political Theorist

This presentation examines how the German political thinker Arendt adopted literary strategies from the Danish author Karen Blixen.

Panel 5B: Danish American Success Stories V

Matt Horton, O&H Bakery: The Story of a Delicious Danish Dynasty

This presentation tells the story of the founding and evolution of O&H Danish Bakery from a local bakery to meeting the demands of Trader Joe's and a national market.

Panel 5C: Danish Heritage II

Tova Brandt and Kara McKeever, Museum of Danish America: Museum Storytelling. Fusing Past and Present, Physical and Abstract

This presentation draws on the exhibits prepared by the Museum of Danish America to reveal the fusion of strategies, sources, and media that underlie successful museum storytelling.

3:45-4:30pm Coffee Break (SAGE, MAIZE, COPPER)

Featuring a Chicagoland Kringle Showcase

Session VI (Friday, 4:30-5:30pm)

Panel 6A: Danish Literature and Culture II

Claus Elholm Andersen, UW-Madison: The Story of 1864, the Mini-Series

This presentation explores the fusion of Danish historiography and American-styletelevision production in the miniseries “1864.”

Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen, Hans Christian Andersen Center: The Jutland Heath as a Danish-American literary landscape and the construction of Rebild Bakker

This presentation shows how some Danish writers created an image of the Jutland heath as an exotic and wild place, while others, after the heath began to be cultivated in the 1870s,helped to defend it, preparing the way for Max Henius’ purchase of Rebild Bakker.

Panel 6B: Spotlight on Danish Immigration (75-minute panel including 30-minute U.S. premiere of the film)

Ole Sønnichsen, Lars Feldballe Petersen, Nils Jensen, and John Mark Nielsen: The Pursuit of Happiness Film Project

This panel introduces the film project “The Pursuit of Happiness,” a series of new television films about Danish immigration to the U.S. based on Ole Sønnichsen’s two-volume work Rejsen til Amerika [The Voyage to America].

Panel 6C: Danish Heritage III

Laurie Kay Sommers, Partners for Sacred Places: Engaging Artists and Communities to Preserve Danish Churches in the Midwest

This presentation introduces a new project to document and support the documentation and preservation of Nordic churches in six Midwestern states [ND, SD, IA, MN, WI, MI], through a database and locally-run repair/restoration projects.

6-7pm Soup and Sandwich Supper (ticketed event) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

7:30-9pm An Evening of Danish Song (Glenn Henriksen, Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

This special event features a sing-along session of favorite Danish hymns and popular music from the past which are currently enjoyed in Denmark and in the United States, with introductions to a few new songs, along with expert commentary.

Saturday, October 7

Session VII (Saturday, 8:15-9:15am)

Panel 7A: New Translations of Danish Literature I

Peer Aarestrup: Rediscovering the Golden Age Poet Emil Aarestrup in Times of Great Change

This presentation introduces the unjustly forgotten Danish Golden Age poet, Emil Aarestrup, by means of a historical-biographical sketch and performance of some new translations of his poetry.

Session V (Friday, 2:45-3:45pm)

Panel 5A: Danish Literature and Culture I

Troy Wellington Smith, UC-Berkeley: “All Sickness is not unto Death”: Kierkegaardian Riffs in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

This presentation illustrates the fusion of the Danish philosopher’s ideas with the African American author’s literary and musical innovations.

Ivan Z. Sørensen: Isak Dinesen and Hannah Arendt: The Storyteller and the Political Theorist

This presentation examines how the German political thinker Arendt adopted literary strategies from the Danish author Karen Blixen.

Panel 5B: Danish American Success Stories V

Matt Horton, O&H Bakery: The Story of a Delicious Danish Dynasty

This presentation tells the story of the founding and evolution of O&H Danish Bakery from a local bakery to meeting the demands of Trader Joe's and a national market.

Panel 5C: Danish Heritage II

Tova Brandt and Kara McKeever, Museum of Danish America: Museum Storytelling. Fusing Past and Present, Physical and Abstract

This presentation draws on the exhibits prepared by the Museum of Danish America to reveal the fusion of strategies, sources, and media that underlie successful museum storytelling.

3:45-4:30pm Coffee Break (SAGE, MAIZE, COPPER)

Featuring a Chicagoland Kringle Showcase

Session VI (Friday, 4:30-5:30pm)

Panel 6A: Danish Literature and Culture II

Claus Elholm Andersen, UW-Madison: The Story of 1864, the Mini-Series

This presentation explores the fusion of Danish historiography and American-styletelevision production in the miniseries “1864.”

Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen, Hans Christian Andersen Center: The Jutland Heath as a Danish-American literary landscape and the construction of Rebild Bakker

This presentation shows how some Danish writers created an image of the Jutland heath as an exotic and wild place, while others, after the heath began to be cultivated in the 1870s,helped to defend it, preparing the way for Max Henius’ purchase of Rebild Bakker.

Panel 6B: Spotlight on Danish Immigration (75-minute panel including 30-minute U.S. premiere of the film)

Ole Sønnichsen, Lars Feldballe Petersen, Nils Jensen, and John Mark Nielsen: The Pursuit of Happiness Film Project

This panel introduces the film project “The Pursuit of Happiness,” a series of new television films about Danish immigration to the U.S. based on Ole Sønnichsen’s two-volume work Rejsen til Amerika [The Voyage to America].

Panel 6C: Danish Heritage III

Laurie Kay Sommers, Partners for Sacred Places: Engaging Artists and Communities to Preserve Danish Churches in the Midwest

This presentation introduces a new project to document and support the documentation and preservation of Nordic churches in six Midwestern states [ND, SD, IA, MN, WI, MI], through a database and locally-run repair/restoration projects.

6-7pm Soup and Sandwich Supper (ticketed event) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

7:30-9pm An Evening of Danish Song (Glenn Henriksen, Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen) (SAPPHIRE PAVILION)

This special event features a sing-along session of favorite Danish hymns and popular music from the past which are currently enjoyed in Denmark and in the United States, with introductions to a few new songs, along with expert commentary.

Saturday, October 7

Session VII (Saturday, 8:15-9:15am)

Panel 7A: New Translations of Danish Literature I

Peer Aarestrup: Rediscovering the Golden Age Poet Emil Aarestrup in Times of Great Change

This presentation introduces the unjustly forgotten Danish Golden Age poet, Emil Aarestrup, by means of a historical-biographical sketch and performance of some new translations of his poetry.

Panel 7B: Danish Spirituality I

Michael Schelde, Grundtvig Center: Fusing Ecology and Theology in the U.S. and Scandinavia

This presentation considers two ways of coping with man’s relationship to nature and the environment, from the perspective of our lives and the perspective of the universe.

Deidre Green, Hong Library: The Sin of Selflessness: Kierkegaard, Niebuhr, and Saiving

This presentation illustrates how Søren Kierkegaard’s views of despair, Christian love, and authentic selfhood illuminates Valerie Saiving’s critique of Reinhold Niebuhr’s doctrine of sin.

Panel 7C: Denmark in Focus I

Benny Nybo, North Atlantic House: A Preview of North Atlantic Reflections

This presentation offers a glimpse of the 600 amazing pictures (out of 45,000) included in North Atlantic Reflections. This presentation will also tell the story of the book’s connections with the North Atlantic House and Icelandic sagas.

Session VIII (Saturday, 9:30-10:30am)

Panel 8A: New Translations of Danish Literature II

Michael Goldman, Danish Literary Translator: Tales from the Translator’s Desk

This presentation features stories and excerpts from Goldman’s translations of Benny Andersen, Cecil Bødker, Knud Sørensen, Knud Sønderby, and Marianne Koluda Hansen.

Panel 8B: Danish Spirituality II

Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen: An Infusion of Grundtvig

This workshop explores the fusion of the sacred and the secular in Denmark in the work of the poet-pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig, both in his own time and in Denmark and the U.S. today.

Panel 8C: Denmark in Focus II

Charles Peterson, North Park University: The Secret to Danish Happiness

This presentation explores why Denmark has ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world for the past several years and considers what America can learn from this.

Delane Ingalls Vanada, UNC Charlotte: Danish Creativity and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

This presentation looks at Danish family and culture as a model for supporting innovation and a balance of creative, critical, and practical skills needed in every area of life.

10:30-11am Coffee Break (MAHOGANY FOYER)

Session IX (Saturday, 11am-noon)

Panel 9A: Meet the Authors! Book Signing

Come meet the authors who have presented at the conference and get your books signed.

Panel 9B: Danish Spirituality III

Tina Langholm Larsen, Aarhus U: Grundtvigian Danes between Denmark and America 1887-1900

This paper looks at how the Dansk Folkesamfund (Danish People’s Society) failed in its goal of functioning as an ethnic fortress because of conflict between its dual goals of promoting a Danish identity and encouraging loyalty to America.

Bob Olsen: Language Usage in Non-Lutheran Danish Immigrant Religions

This presentation documents the patterns of language preservation within various non-Lutheran Danish immigrant religious communities in the United States.

Panel 9C: Danish America in Focus III

Sune Frederiksen: Danish American Cultural Exchange in Kentucky and North Carolina

This presentation showcases the history of cultural exchanges between Denmark and the U.S., especially folk music, dance, and gymnastics in Kentucky and North Carolina.

Panel 9D: Danish American Art (COPPER)

Janusz Walentynowicz: A Personal Journey

In this presentation, the sculptor Janusz Walentynowicz shows some of his work and talksabout his life journey and the different cultural influences on his art.

12-5pm Danish Chicagoland Excursions (ticketed events): Meet in the Atrium

6-7pm Friends of the Bodtkers-sponsored Reception (MAHOGANY FOYER)

7-8:30pm Gala Dinner (ticketed event) (MAHOGANY BALLROOM)

Remarks by the Danish Ambassador, Lars Gert Lose

8:30-10:30pm Gala Dinner, Entertainment, and Dancing

Sunday, October 7

8:30am-4:30pm Day trip to O&H Bakery and Danish Brotherhood Lodge in Racine, Wisconsin (ticketed event)

Panel 7B: Danish Spirituality I

Michael Schelde, Grundtvig Center: Fusing Ecology and Theology in the U.S. and Scandinavia

This presentation considers two ways of coping with man’s relationship to nature and the environment, from the perspective of our lives and the perspective of the universe.

Deidre Green, Hong Library: The Sin of Selflessness: Kierkegaard, Niebuhr, and Saiving

This presentation illustrates how Søren Kierkegaard’s views of despair, Christian love, and authentic selfhood illuminates Valerie Saiving’s critique of Reinhold Niebuhr’s doctrine of sin.

Panel 7C: Denmark in Focus I

Benny Nybo, North Atlantic House: A Preview of North Atlantic Reflections

This presentation offers a glimpse of the 600 amazing pictures (out of 45,000) included in North Atlantic Reflections. This presentation will also tell the story of the book’s connections with the North Atlantic House and Icelandic sagas.

Session VIII (Saturday, 9:30-10:30am)

Panel 8A: New Translations of Danish Literature II

Michael Goldman, Danish Literary Translator: Tales from the Translator’s Desk

This presentation features stories and excerpts from Goldman’s translations of Benny Andersen, Cecil Bødker, Knud Sørensen, Knud Sønderby, and Marianne Koluda Hansen.

Panel 8B: Danish Spirituality II

Hanna Broadbridge, Edward Broadbridge, and Joy Ibsen: An Infusion of Grundtvig

This workshop explores the fusion of the sacred and the secular in Denmark in the work of the poet-pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig, both in his own time and in Denmark and the U.S. today.

Panel 8C: Denmark in Focus II

Charles Peterson, North Park University: The Secret to Danish Happiness

This presentation explores why Denmark has ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world for the past several years and considers what America can learn from this.

Delane Ingalls Vanada, UNC Charlotte: Danish Creativity and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

This presentation looks at Danish family and culture as a model for supporting innovation and a balance of creative, critical, and practical skills needed in every area of life.

10:30-11am Coffee Break (MAHOGANY FOYER)

Session IX (Saturday, 11am-noon)

Panel 9A: Meet the Authors! Book Signing

Come meet the authors who have presented at the conference and get your books signed.

Panel 9B: Danish Spirituality III

Tina Langholm Larsen, Aarhus U: Grundtvigian Danes between Denmark and America 1887-1900

This paper looks at how the Dansk Folkesamfund (Danish People’s Society) failed in its goal of functioning as an ethnic fortress because of conflict between its dual goals of promoting a Danish identity and encouraging loyalty to America.

Bob Olsen: Language Usage in Non-Lutheran Danish Immigrant Religions

This presentation documents the patterns of language preservation within various non-Lutheran Danish immigrant religious communities in the United States.

Panel 9C: Danish America in Focus III

Sune Frederiksen: Danish American Cultural Exchange in Kentucky and North Carolina

This presentation showcases the history of cultural exchanges between Denmark and the U.S., especially folk music, dance, and gymnastics in Kentucky and North Carolina.

Panel 9D: Danish American Art (COPPER)

Janusz Walentynowicz: A Personal Journey

In this presentation, the sculptor Janusz Walentynowicz shows some of his work and talksabout his life journey and the different cultural influences on his art.

12-5pm Danish Chicagoland Excursions (ticketed events): Meet in the Atrium

6-7pm Friends of the Bodtkers-sponsored Reception (MAHOGANY FOYER)

7-8:30pm Gala Dinner (ticketed event) (MAHOGANY BALLROOM)

Remarks by the Danish Ambassador, Lars Gert Lose

8:30-10:30pm Gala Dinner, Entertainment, and Dancing

Sunday, October 7

8:30am-4:30pm Day trip to O&H Bakery and Danish Brotherhood Lodge in Racine, Wisconsin (ticketed event)

General Conference Information

Conference SponsorThe Danish American Heritage Society was founded forty years ago by Arnold Bodtker and friends in the Pacific Northwest. The Constitution and By-Laws were filed with the State of Oregon on April 15, 1977, and the first recorded board meeting took place on September 20, 1977, in the home of Arnold and Edith Bodtker in Junction City, Oregon. In addition to Arnold and Edith, in attendance were Egon Bodtker, Karen McCumsey, and Gerald Rasmussen. In 1998, the Society reorganized, creating a Board of Directors consisting of twelve members, six representing three major Danish American institutions: Danish American Archive and Library, Grand View University and Museum of Danish America, and six members-at-large.

The Society was founded to encourage research in the life, culture, and history of Danish Americans and Danish Canadians and to share this research through a journal; The Bridge, which is now in its fortieth year of publication; conferences; and a website, www.danishheritage.org. In 2001, The Arnold and Edith Bodtker Grants for Research and Internships was created. Over twenty young scholars have received Bodtker Grants. Many have shared their work in articles published in The Bridge.

The Danish American Heritage Society is grateful for those of you who are members and encourages you who are not to become members and support the Society’s efforts to preserve the contributions of so many Danes to the life and culture of North America. You may do so by visiting www.danishheritage.org and clicking on the drop-down menu “Who We Are.”

Co-Sponsors of the Conference

Danish American Archive and Library

Danish American Archive and Library (DAAL) has antecedents in the earlier archives of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and of Dana College – each of which essentially was institutional. In 1986 a new archive emerged, with its emphasis being ethnic rather than institutional. First named the Danish Immigrant Archive—Dana College, the focus of the DAAL today has grown to include not only the experiences and significant contributions to American society and culture of those brave pioneers, but also their descendants and others of Danish descent who have chosen to come to the United States to make their homes.

DAAL’s archival collections consist of approximately 1,400 cubic feet of unpublished written materials, recordings, and photographs. The library section holds more than 12,000 books in Danish and English dating from the 1500s to the present. Through all of these materials, a picture emerges of how people of Danish descent came to America and established themselves, and also of their enormous contributions to the fabric of American life.

Danish American Archive and Library, 1738 Washington, Blair, NE 68008; phone: 402-426-7910, web site: www.danishamericanarchive.com ; email: [email protected]

Grand View UniversityFounded in 1896 by Danish Lutherans, Grand View is a not-for-profit liberal arts university offering 40 bachelor's and five master's degrees, located in Des Moines, Iowa. It is a private institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Grand View offers a high-quality education to a diverse student body in a career-oriented, liberal arts–grounded curriculum. Grand View welcomes traditional students and adult learners representing a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds.

At Grand View, students find a winning combination of high-quality programs, experienced professors, and staff dedicated to student success. With approximately 2,000 students (around 1,650full time), an average class size of 16, and a student-to-faculty ratio of 14 to 1, students get to know their professors and other students well. They learn independence and seek responsibility in Grand View's educational environment. Learning is an interactive process at Grand View—studentsengage in lively discussions, work on real-world projects, and participate in career-related work experiences. Grand View welcomes and supports students from all walks of life, geographies, religions, and ethnicities. The university's minority enrollment exceeds 20%, and there are approximately 39 states and 22 countries represented on campus. More than 70% of full-time undergraduate students are from Iowa, and approximately 800 students live on campus.

Grand View University, 1200 Grandview Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316; phone: 515-263-2800;website: www.grandview.edu

Museum of Danish America

The Museum of Danish America shares the legacy and continuing influence of Danish culture as realized in the experiences and contributions of Danish immigrants, their descendants, and Danes living in America. Established in 1983 in Elk Horn, Iowa, the Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is its official protector.

The main building, over 26,000 square feet in size, houses the core exhibit “Danish Roots, American Dreams,” which presents an overview of Danish history with an emphasis on Danish influence in North America. There are also galleries for the many changing exhibits and a state-of-the-art visual storage area, allowing visitors to view a large selection of the Museum’s 30,000 artifacts. The professional staff manages this collection according to the highest industry standards. The Museum also has an internship program, attracting graduate students from both Denmark and the United States.

In recent years, the Museum has developed its 35-acre campus into a prairie landscape park, named after the influential Danish immigrant landscape architect Jens Jensen. It features council rings, a green roof, native plants, a paved trail, picnic areas, and Danish-designed outdoor fitness equipment.

The Museum’s Genealogy Center and historic house museum, Bedstemor’s House, are located in downtown Elk Horn. The Center contains a genealogy library, online computer access to genealogy research services, a classroom, and family histories of many of the Museum’s members and supporters. A full-time, professional genealogist directs the Center.

General Conference Information

Conference SponsorThe Danish American Heritage Society was founded forty years ago by Arnold Bodtker and friends in the Pacific Northwest. The Constitution and By-Laws were filed with the State of Oregon on April 15, 1977, and the first recorded board meeting took place on September 20, 1977, in the home of Arnold and Edith Bodtker in Junction City, Oregon. In addition to Arnold and Edith, in attendance were Egon Bodtker, Karen McCumsey, and Gerald Rasmussen. In 1998, the Society reorganized, creating a Board of Directors consisting of twelve members, six representing three major Danish American institutions: Danish American Archive and Library, Grand View University and Museum of Danish America, and six members-at-large.

The Society was founded to encourage research in the life, culture, and history of Danish Americans and Danish Canadians and to share this research through a journal; The Bridge, which is now in its fortieth year of publication; conferences; and a website, www.danishheritage.org. In 2001, The Arnold and Edith Bodtker Grants for Research and Internships was created. Over twenty young scholars have received Bodtker Grants. Many have shared their work in articles published in The Bridge.

The Danish American Heritage Society is grateful for those of you who are members and encourages you who are not to become members and support the Society’s efforts to preserve the contributions of so many Danes to the life and culture of North America. You may do so by visiting www.danishheritage.org and clicking on the drop-down menu “Who We Are.”

Co-Sponsors of the Conference

Danish American Archive and Library

Danish American Archive and Library (DAAL) has antecedents in the earlier archives of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church and of Dana College – each of which essentially was institutional. In 1986 a new archive emerged, with its emphasis being ethnic rather than institutional. First named the Danish Immigrant Archive—Dana College, the focus of the DAAL today has grown to include not only the experiences and significant contributions to American society and culture of those brave pioneers, but also their descendants and others of Danish descent who have chosen to come to the United States to make their homes.

DAAL’s archival collections consist of approximately 1,400 cubic feet of unpublished written materials, recordings, and photographs. The library section holds more than 12,000 books in Danish and English dating from the 1500s to the present. Through all of these materials, a picture emerges of how people of Danish descent came to America and established themselves, and also of their enormous contributions to the fabric of American life.

Danish American Archive and Library, 1738 Washington, Blair, NE 68008; phone: 402-426-7910, web site: www.danishamericanarchive.com ; email: [email protected]

Grand View UniversityFounded in 1896 by Danish Lutherans, Grand View is a not-for-profit liberal arts university offering 40 bachelor's and five master's degrees, located in Des Moines, Iowa. It is a private institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Grand View offers a high-quality education to a diverse student body in a career-oriented, liberal arts–grounded curriculum. Grand View welcomes traditional students and adult learners representing a wide range of religious and cultural backgrounds.

At Grand View, students find a winning combination of high-quality programs, experienced professors, and staff dedicated to student success. With approximately 2,000 students (around 1,650full time), an average class size of 16, and a student-to-faculty ratio of 14 to 1, students get to know their professors and other students well. They learn independence and seek responsibility in Grand View's educational environment. Learning is an interactive process at Grand View—studentsengage in lively discussions, work on real-world projects, and participate in career-related work experiences. Grand View welcomes and supports students from all walks of life, geographies, religions, and ethnicities. The university's minority enrollment exceeds 20%, and there are approximately 39 states and 22 countries represented on campus. More than 70% of full-time undergraduate students are from Iowa, and approximately 800 students live on campus.

Grand View University, 1200 Grandview Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316; phone: 515-263-2800;website: www.grandview.edu

Museum of Danish America

The Museum of Danish America shares the legacy and continuing influence of Danish culture as realized in the experiences and contributions of Danish immigrants, their descendants, and Danes living in America. Established in 1983 in Elk Horn, Iowa, the Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is its official protector.

The main building, over 26,000 square feet in size, houses the core exhibit “Danish Roots, American Dreams,” which presents an overview of Danish history with an emphasis on Danish influence in North America. There are also galleries for the many changing exhibits and a state-of-the-art visual storage area, allowing visitors to view a large selection of the Museum’s 30,000 artifacts. The professional staff manages this collection according to the highest industry standards. The Museum also has an internship program, attracting graduate students from both Denmark and the United States.

In recent years, the Museum has developed its 35-acre campus into a prairie landscape park, named after the influential Danish immigrant landscape architect Jens Jensen. It features council rings, a green roof, native plants, a paved trail, picnic areas, and Danish-designed outdoor fitness equipment.

The Museum’s Genealogy Center and historic house museum, Bedstemor’s House, are located in downtown Elk Horn. The Center contains a genealogy library, online computer access to genealogy research services, a classroom, and family histories of many of the Museum’s members and supporters. A full-time, professional genealogist directs the Center.

The Museum communicates with over 2,300 member organizations, individuals, and families through the America Letter, published three times annually, “Across Oceans, Across Time” articles that appear bimonthly in Danish American newspapers, Den Danske Pioneer and Bien, and through its active social media communities.

The Museum of Danish America celebrates Danish roots and American dreams. Become a member; contact them at 800-759-9192 or www.danishmuseum.org.

LOCAL SPONSORS:The Danish Home FoundationDanish American Athletic Club of IllinoisMidwest Groundcovers, LLCMidwest Trading Horticultural Supplies, Inc.Orum Family Limited PartnershipThe Danish Pioneer

Conference PresentersPeer Louis [email protected]

Peer Louis Aarestrup, born in Copenhagen in 1946, grew up in Vesterbro. He studied political science, psychology, and Danish. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, among other things as a teacher at a seminary and as the director of several treatment clinics. He offers free counseling for cancer patients and refugees in Denmark and has written several books in the past ten

years. He is a Catholic, married, with five children, one of whom lives in the U.S. with her family.

Cindy Larsen [email protected]

Cynthia Larsen is a third-generation descendant of Danish immigrants who settled in Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa. She has degrees in History and Political Theory from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. An antiques dealer for more than twenty-five years, she has a love of treasurers that tell America’s stories. Her research documents fifty years of immigration from the small Danish island of Aero to Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa.

Julie K. [email protected]

Julie K. Allen is professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University, co-organizer of the 40th anniversary DAHS conference, and the editor of The Bridge. Journal of the Danish American Heritage Society. She is the author of Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes & Asta Nielsen (2012) and Danish but Not Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity 1850-1920 (2017).

Claus Elholm [email protected]

Claus Elholm Andersen, Ph.D., is the Paul and Renate Madsen Professor in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He completed his Ph.D. on Karl Ove Knausgård in2015 and edited the volume Så tæt på livet som mulig on Knausgård’s My Struggle, which was published in both Denmark and Norway this spring.

The Museum communicates with over 2,300 member organizations, individuals, and families through the America Letter, published three times annually, “Across Oceans, Across Time” articles that appear bimonthly in Danish American newspapers, Den Danske Pioneer and Bien, and through its active social media communities.

The Museum of Danish America celebrates Danish roots and American dreams. Become a member; contact them at 800-759-9192 or www.danishmuseum.org.

LOCAL SPONSORS:The Danish Home FoundationDanish American Athletic Club of IllinoisMidwest Groundcovers, LLCMidwest Trading Horticultural Supplies, Inc.Orum Family Limited PartnershipThe Danish Pioneer

Conference PresentersPeer Louis [email protected]

Peer Louis Aarestrup, born in Copenhagen in 1946, grew up in Vesterbro. He studied political science, psychology, and Danish. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, among other things as a teacher at a seminary and as the director of several treatment clinics. He offers free counseling for cancer patients and refugees in Denmark and has written several books in the past ten


Cindy Larsen [email protected]

Cynthia Larsen is a third-generation descendant of Danish immigrants who settled in Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa. She has degrees in History and Political Theory from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. An antiques dealer for more than twenty-five years, she has a love of treasurers that tell America’s stories. Her research documents fifty years of immigration from the small Danish island of Aero to Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa.

Julie K. [email protected]

Julie K. Allen is professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University, co-organizer of the 40th anniversary DAHS conference, and the editor of The Bridge. Journal of the Danish American Heritage Society. She is the author of Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes & Asta Nielsen (2012) and Danish but Not Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity 1850-1920 (2017).

Claus Elholm [email protected]

Claus Elholm Andersen, Ph.D., is the Paul and Renate Madsen Professor in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He completed his Ph.D. on Karl Ove Knausgård in2015 and edited the volume Så tæt på livet som mulig on Knausgård’s My Struggle, which was published in both Denmark and Norway this spring.

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Conference Presenters

Peer Louis Aarestrup [email protected] Peer Louis Aarestrup, born in Copenhagen in 1946, grew up in Vesterbro. He studied political science, psychology, and Danish. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, among other things as a teacher at a seminary and as the director of several treatment clinics. He offers free counseling for cancer patients and refugees in Denmark and has written several books in the past ten


Cindy Larsen Adams [email protected] Cynthia Larsen is a third-generation descendant of Danish immigrants who settled in Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa. She has degrees in History and Political Theory from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. An antiques dealer for more than twenty-five years, she has a love of treasurers that tell America’s stories. Her research documents fifty years of immigration from the small Danish island of Aero to Audubon and Shelby counties in Iowa.

Julie K. Allen [email protected] Julie K. Allen is professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University, co-organizer of the 40th anniversary DAHS conference, and the editor of The Bridge. Journal of the Danish

American Heritage Society. She is the author of Icons of Danish

Modernity: Georg Brandes & Asta Nielsen (2012) and Danish but Not

Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity 1850-

1920 (2017).

Claus Elholm Andersen [email protected] Claus Elholm Andersen, Ph.D., is the Paul and Renate Madsen Professor in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He completed his Ph.D. on Karl Ove Knausgård in 2015 and edited the volume Så tæt på livet som mulig on Knausgård’s My Struggle, which was published in both Denmark and Norway this spring.

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Finn [email protected]

Finn has immigrated three times from Denmark. With a Ph.D. from Georgia State University, he has taught mostly English in high school as well as at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, ending up as mediator, facilitator, and consultant as well as author. For eight summers he taught English at Den Internationale Højskole in Helsingør. His books of poetry are Waking Dreams (1986), Rites of the Earth (1994), Fire Poems (2011), and The King's Coin (2017, pre-publication). His CD is Marzipan: Stories with Music (2011).

Tova [email protected]

Tova Brandt is a museum curator with experience in history, immigration and ethnic studies. Since 2009 she has worked as the Albert Ravenholt Curator of Danish-American Culture at the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa. From 2001 to 2009 she was a curator for Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree in early American culture from the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program.

Edward and Hanna [email protected]

Hanna Broadbridge is from Randers, Denmark, where she taught English at High School and Teacher Training Colleges as well as being a university examiner in English. Sherepresents the European churches in the Council of EuropeEducation Standing Committee and sits on local and nationalchurch councils.

Edward Broadbridge is from London, England but has spent the last 50 years living in Randers, Denmark, where he taught English and Religious Studies at High School and University. In retirement he has been translating the selected works of N.F.S. Grundtvig into English in fivevolumes, two of which have already been published. The third is due out in early 2018.

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Otto [email protected]

Born in Aabybro, Denmark. B. Ed. M.Div.(Equivalent), Otto Christensen taught public school in Denmark and at a mission school in Nigeria. He is a minister in the Danish Lutheran Church (Lemvig) and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (Arborg). He is also a social worker in dialysis, community development, and the Spiritual Care Coordinator for the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. He lives in an empty nest with his wife in Gimli in Manitoba. They have two grandchildren: Ryder and Lily. He is interested in cooking, sailing, gardening, soccer, and the mystery of life.

Johs. Nørregaard [email protected]

Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen is Professor and Head of the Hans Christian Andersen Center at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He is also the Deputy Chairman of the National Hans Christian Andersen Foundation. His area of research is Danish culture and literature in the 19th and 20th centuries. His recent articles have appeared in the Forum for World Literature Studies and Scandinavica - International Journal of Scandinavian Studies. His recent books include Dansk litteraturs historie 1870-1920 (2009); Mere end en skole: De danske efterskolers historie (2014); Hans Christian

Andersen in China, 2014; Hans Christian Andersen’s Magic Trunk, 2015; and Kovendinger: Liv i sproget, 2016.

Sune [email protected]

Sune Frederiksen was born in Skanderborg and grew up in Brønderslev. In 1995, he left a tenured position at Aalborg Business College to start a new life with his American wife in rural Berea, Kentucky. He is the current president of the Folk Circle Association; co-founder of a local gymnastics club (1995), Hands Four Spring Dance (2002) and Berea Celtic Festival (2009); serving his third term of The Rebild Society’s transatlantic board, and is chapter president;coached youth soccer for ten years; and has coordinated many Danish American Christmas celebrations. Since 2002 he has been involved with the National Danish Performance Team’s USA-visits.

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Finn Bille [email protected] Finn has immigrated three times from Denmark. With a Ph.D. from Georgia State University, he has taught mostly English in high school as well as at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, ending up as mediator, failitator, and consultant as well as author. For eight summers he taught English at Den Internationale Højskole in Helsingør. His books of poetry are Waking Dreams (1986), Rites of

the Earth (1994), Fire Poems (2011), and The King's Coin (2017, pre-publication). His CD is Marzipan: Stories with Music (2011).

Tova Brandt [email protected]


Edward and Hanna Broadbridge [email protected] Hanna Broadbridge is from Randers, Denmark, where she taught English at High School and Teacher Training Colleges as well as being a university examiner in English. She representsthe European churches in the Council of Europe Education Standing Committee and sits on local and national church councils.

Edward Broadbridge is from London, England but has spent the last 50 years living in Randers, Denmark, where he taught English and Religious Studies at High School and University. In retirement he has been translating the selected works of N.F.S. Grundtvig into English in 5 volumes, two of which have already been published. The third is due out in early 2018.

Finn [email protected]

Finn has immigrated three times from Denmark. With a Ph.D. from Georgia State University, he has taught mostly English in high school as well as at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, ending up as mediator, facilitator, and consultant as well as author. For eight summers he taught English at Den Internationale Højskole in Helsingør. His books of poetry are Waking Dreams (1986), Rites of the Earth (1994), Fire Poems (2011), and The King's Coin (2017, pre-publication). His CD is Marzipan: Stories with Music (2011).

Tova [email protected]


Edward and Hanna [email protected]

Hanna Broadbridge is from Randers, Denmark, where she taught English at High School and Teacher Training Colleges as well as being a university examiner in English. Sherepresents the European churches in the Council of EuropeEducation Standing Committee and sits on local and nationalchurch councils.

Edward Broadbridge is from London, England but has spent the last 50 years living in Randers, Denmark, where he taught English and Religious Studies at High School and University. In retirement he has been translating the selected works of N.F.S. Grundtvig into English in fivevolumes, two of which have already been published. The third is due out in early 2018.

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Otto [email protected]

Born in Aabybro, Denmark. B. Ed. M.Div.(Equivalent), Otto Christensen taught public school in Denmark and at a mission school in Nigeria. He is a minister in the Danish Lutheran Church (Lemvig) and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (Arborg). He is also a social worker in dialysis, community development, and the Spiritual Care Coordinator for the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority. He lives in an empty nest with his wife in Gimli in Manitoba. They have two grandchildren: Ryder and Lily. He is interested in cooking, sailing, gardening, soccer, and the mystery of life.

Johs. Nørregaard [email protected]

Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen is Professor and Head of the Hans Christian Andersen Center at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He is also the Deputy Chairman of the National Hans Christian Andersen Foundation. His area of research is Danish culture and literature in the 19th and 20th centuries. His recent articles have appeared in the Forum for World Literature Studies and Scandinavica - International Journal of Scandinavian Studies. His recent books include Dansk litteraturs historie 1870-1920 (2009); Mere end en skole: De danske efterskolers historie (2014); Hans Christian

Andersen in China, 2014; Hans Christian Andersen’s Magic Trunk, 2015; and Kovendinger: Liv i sproget, 2016.

Sune [email protected]

Sune Frederiksen was born in Skanderborg and grew up in Brønderslev. In 1995, he left a tenured position at Aalborg Business College to start a new life with his American wife in rural Berea, Kentucky. He is the current president of the Folk Circle Association; co-founder of a local gymnastics club (1995), Hands Four Spring Dance (2002) and Berea Celtic Festival (2009); serving his third term of The Rebild Society’s transatlantic board, and is chapter president;coached youth soccer for ten years; and has coordinated many Danish American Christmas celebrations. Since 2002 he has been involved with the National Danish Performance Team’s USA-visits.

Michael [email protected]

While working on a pig farm in Denmark 30 years ago, Michael Favala Goldman (b.1966) taught himself fluent Danish in order to win over a pretty Danish girl. Now a widely-published translator of Danish literature, Goldman's translations have appeared in dozens of literary journals such as The Harvard Review and The Columbia Journal. He teaches workshops and gives readings at universities and literary events. His recent books include works by Knud Sørensen, Cecil Bødker, Knud Sønderby, and Benny

Andersen. His website is www.hammerandhorn.net .

Deidre [email protected]

Deidre Nicole Green is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, where she is working on a book manuscript on Kierkegaard and feminist philosophy of religion. She has previously received a Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellowship and an American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship to conduct research at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen. Deidre is the author of Works of Love in a World of Violence (Mohr Siebeck, 2016). Her work has been published in Journal of Religion and Hypatia, as well as in a number of anthologies.

Glenn [email protected]

Glenn Henriksen is an accomplished, versatile pianist and organist. He began piano lessons at age seven, and continued through high school. At age thirteen he became the organist at his hometown church. Glenn attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and received further musical instruction. In the years following, he has played for a wide variety of events, including solo piano and organ concerts, church services, weddings, funerals, receptions, and other social activities. Glenn’s repertoire includes classical,

ragtime, blues and jazz, standards, pop and rock, country, Latin, gospel, and sacred. Glenn is also a seasoned accompanist, providing services to many vocalists and instrumentalists. He is a member of the variety rock band Galaxy. Glenn’s lifetime experience in many musical genres has enabled him to develop a unique musical style, resulting in one-of-a-kind improvised arrangements. Glenn resides in Spirit Lake, Iowa and Armstrong, Iowa. His website is http://www.pianoglenn.com.

Matt [email protected]

A native of Racine, Wisconsin, Matt grew up experiencing Danish culture through the bakeries of Racine during holidays and other special occasions. He has lived in Germany for three years, Spain for six months and enjoys experiencing any new culture, particularly through food. He previously worked for consumer products giant SC Johnson, running national brands like Scrubbing Bubbles and Drano before joining the family business at O&H Danish Bakery.

Poul [email protected]

Poul Houe is professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Minnesota. He has lectured and/or taught at several European and American universities and presented at numerous other institutions and conferences in the U.S. and abroad. His research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century

Scandinavian literature and culture, specifically travel and exile literature in the context of modern European humanism, and his work has explored transnational issues and cultural transformation. His many publications include a collection of essays on Hans Christian Andersen and two co-edited volumes on Søren Kierkegaard.

Joy [email protected]

Joy Ibsen of Ontonagon, MI grew up in Danish-American Midwestern communities. For the past eleven years she has been editor of Church and Life, (Kirke og Folk), the publication of the Danish Interest Conference. In 2013 she interviewed 32 Danes on the subject “Grundtvig Today.” Her published books are: Songs of Denmark, Unafraid, Here and Hereafter, and Poetry in the Porkies.

Morten Høi [email protected]

Born in Copenhagen and educated in England and America, Morten HøiJensen has contributed to numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, and the New Republic. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Michael Goldman [email protected] While working on a pig farm in Denmark 30 years ago, Michael Favala Goldman (b.1966) taught himself fluent Danish in order to win over a pretty Danish girl. Now a widely-published translator of Danish literature, Goldman's translations have appeared in dozens of literary journals such as The Harvard Review and The Columbia Journal. He teaches workshops and gives readings at universities and literary events. His recent books include works by Knud Sørensen, Cecil Bødker, Knud Sønderby and Benny


Deidre Green [email protected]

Deidre Nicole Green is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, where she is working on a book manuscript on Kierkegaard and feminist philosophy of religion. She has previously received a Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellowship and an American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship to conduct research at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen. Deidre is the author of Works of Love in a World of Violence

(Mohr Siebeck, 2016). Her work has been published in Journal of Religion and Hypatia, as well as in a number of anthologies.

Glenn Henriksen [email protected]

Glenn Henriksen is an accomplished, versatile pianist and organist. He began piano lessons at age seven, and continued through high school. At age thirteen he became the organist at his hometown church. Glenn attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and received further musical instruction. In the years following, he has played for a wide variety of events, including solo piano and organ concerts, church services, weddings, funerals, receptions and other social activities. Glenn’s repertoire includes classical, ragtime,

blues and jazz, standards, pop and rock, country, Latin, gospel, and sacred. Glenn is also a seasoned accompanist, providing services to many vocalists and instrumentalists. He is a member of the variety rock band Galaxy. Glenn’s lifetime experience in many musical genres has enabled him to develop a unique musical style, resulting in one-of-a-kind improvised arrangements. Glenn resides in Spirit Lake, Iowa and Armstrong, Iowa. His website is http://www.pianoglenn.com.


While working on a pig farm in Denmark 30 years ago, Michael Favala Goldman (b.1966) taught himself fluent Danish in order to win over a pretty Danish girl. Now a widely-published translator of Danish literature, Goldman's translations have appeared in dozens of literary journals such as The Harvard Review and The Columbia Journal. He teaches workshops and gives readings at universities and literary events. His recent books include works by Knud Sørensen, Cecil Bødker, Knud Sønderby, and Benny


Deidre [email protected]

Deidre Nicole Green is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, where she is working on a book manuscript on Kierkegaard and feminist philosophy of religion. She has previously received a Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellowship and an American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship to conduct research at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen. Deidre is the author of Works of Love in a World of Violence (Mohr Siebeck, 2016). Her work has been published in Journal of Religion and Hypatia, as well as in a number of anthologies.

Glenn [email protected]

Glenn Henriksen is an accomplished, versatile pianist and organist. He began piano lessons at age seven, and continued through high school. At age thirteen he became the organist at his hometown church. Glenn attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and received further musical instruction. In the years following, he has played for a wide variety of events, including solo piano and organ concerts, church services, weddings, funerals, receptions, and other social activities. Glenn’s repertoire includes classical,

ragtime, blues and jazz, standards, pop and rock, country, Latin, gospel, and sacred. Glenn is also a seasoned accompanist, providing services to many vocalists and instrumentalists. He is a member of the variety rock band Galaxy. Glenn’s lifetime experience in many musical genres has enabled him to develop a unique musical style, resulting in one-of-a-kind improvised arrangements. Glenn resides in Spirit Lake, Iowa and Armstrong, Iowa. His website is http://www.pianoglenn.com.

Matt [email protected]

A native of Racine, Wisconsin, Matt grew up experiencing Danish culture through the bakeries of Racine during holidays and other special occasions. He has lived in Germany for three years, Spain for six months and enjoys experiencing any new culture, particularly through food. He previously worked for consumer products giant SC Johnson, running national brands like Scrubbing Bubbles and Drano before joining the family business at O&H Danish Bakery.

Poul [email protected]

Poul Houe is professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Minnesota. He has lectured and/or taught at several European and American universities and presented at numerous other institutions and conferences in the U.S. and abroad. His research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century

Scandinavian literature and culture, specifically travel and exile literature in the context of modern European humanism, and his work has explored transnational issues and cultural transformation. His many publications include a collection of essays on Hans Christian Andersen and two co-edited volumes on Søren Kierkegaard.

Joy [email protected]

Joy Ibsen of Ontonagon, MI grew up in Danish-American Midwestern communities. For the past eleven years she has been editor of Church and Life, (Kirke og Folk), the publication of the Danish Interest Conference. In 2013 she interviewed 32 Danes on the subject “Grundtvig Today.” Her published books are: Songs of Denmark, Unafraid, Here and Hereafter, and Poetry in the Porkies.

Morten Høi [email protected]

Born in Copenhagen and educated in England and America, Morten HøiJensen has contributed to numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, and the New Republic. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Nils [email protected]

Nils Jensen was raised in the Far East and Denmark. He received his education in Denmark. After working for the East Asiatic Co. (Ø.K.) in Copenhagen, he obtained business and finance degrees at Copenhagen Business College, and was subsequently sent to Hamburg, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where he managedshipping and trading activities. Nils operated the company’s food processing plants in New Orleans, Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; and Booneville, Mississippi; followed by a short stint as manager of a seafood processing plant in Kodiak, Alaska. Nils started his own company, manufacturing lead products, in Seattle, Washington. Nils is currently part owner of a company producing equipment for Ocean Fish Farming. He is an ex officio board member of the Museum of Danish America, and a current board member of Nordic Northwest and the Northwest Danish Association of Oregon and Washington.

Tina Langholm [email protected]

Tina Langholm Larsen is enrolled as a PhD Fellow in a three-year program at Aarhus University, Denmark. The working title of her PhD project is “Religion on the Move: A study of integration, mobility, and settledness among Danish Grundtvigians in America 1887-1964." As a Fulbright scholar, she is affiliated with the City University of New York and conducting archival research at various American archives in the period August 2017 - January 2018.

Kara [email protected]

Kara McKeever is the Genealogy Center Manager at the Museum of Danish America. She has studied English and international relations and has an M.F.A. in creative writing. She has previously taught research and writing and managed a small business, and has long been interested in family history and Danish culture.

Nick Kofod [email protected]

Nick Kofod Mogensen has an MA in History from the University of Copenhagen. Inspired by his time as a Curatorial Intern at the Museum of Danish America in 2014, he has focused particularly on Danish American history and culture, and how it affects Danish Americans today. He has had several articles about Danish American history published in The Bridge.

John Mark [email protected]

Dr. John Mark Nielsen is Executive Director Emeritus of the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, and Emeritus Professor of English of the former Dana College in Blair, Nebraska where he taught for over thirty years. His research interests are immigrant narratives within the context of American Literature. He has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and teaching awards. While a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark in 1983-84, he was a consultant to the National Museum of Denmark in preparing "The Dream of America," a major exhibit on Danish emigration to the United States. On December 19, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark named him a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.

Benny [email protected]

Benny Nybo is a Danish nature photographer and an editor at MicroMatic Group News in Odense. He is a former member of the Odense Council for Culture (1995-2005). He is involved with the Hans Christian Andersen Award and Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen

Children’s Birthday Celebration. Educated as an accountant, he has worked as a kindergarten teacher, family therapist, water polo player, water polo coach, and national water polo coach. He is the vice chairman of the North Atlantic House, chairman of the Greenlandic House, and author of North Atlantic Reflections.

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Nils Jensen [email protected] Nils Jensen was raised in the Far East and Denmark. He received his education in Denmark. After working for the East Asiatic Co. (Ø.K.) in Copenhagen, he obtained business and finance degrees at Copenhagen Business College, and was subsequently sent to Hamburg, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where he managed shipping and trading activities. Nils operated the company’s food processing plants in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dallas, Texas, and Booneville, Mississippi; followed by a short stint as manager of a seafood processing plant in Kodiak, Alaska. Nils started his own company, manufacturing lead products, in Seattle, Washington. Nils is currently part owner of a company producing equipment for Ocean Fish Farming. He is an ex officio board member of the Museum of Danish America, and a current board member of Nordic Northwest, and the Northwest Danish Association of Oregon and Washington.

Tina Langholm Larsen [email protected]

Tina Langholm Larsen is enrolled as a PhD Fellow in a 3-year program at Aarhus University, Denmark. The working title of her PhD project is “Religion on the Move: A study of integration, mobility, and settledness among Danish Grundtvigians in America 1887-1964." As a Fulbright scholar, she is affiliated with the City University of New York and conducting archival research at various American archives in the period August 2017 - January 2018.

Kara McKeever [email protected] Kara McKeever is the Genealogy Center Manager at the Museum of Danish America. She has studied English and international relations and has an M.F.A. in creative writing. She has previously taught research and writing and managed a small business, and has long been interested in family history and Danish culture.

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Nils [email protected]

Nils Jensen was raised in the Far East and Denmark. He received his education in Denmark. After working for the East Asiatic Co. (Ø.K.) in Copenhagen, he obtained business and finance degrees at Copenhagen Business College, and was subsequently sent to Hamburg, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where he managedshipping and trading activities. Nils operated the company’s food processing plants in New Orleans, Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; and Booneville, Mississippi; followed by a short stint as manager of a seafood processing plant in Kodiak, Alaska. Nils started his own company, manufacturing lead products, in Seattle, Washington. Nils is currently part owner of a company producing equipment for Ocean Fish Farming. He is an ex officio board member of the Museum of Danish America, and a current board member of Nordic Northwest and the Northwest Danish Association of Oregon and Washington.

Tina Langholm [email protected]

Tina Langholm Larsen is enrolled as a PhD Fellow in a three-year program at Aarhus University, Denmark. The working title of her PhD project is “Religion on the Move: A study of integration, mobility, and settledness among Danish Grundtvigians in America 1887-1964." As a Fulbright scholar, she is affiliated with the City University of New York and conducting archival research at various American archives in the period August 2017 - January 2018.

Kara [email protected]

Kara McKeever is the Genealogy Center Manager at the Museum of Danish America. She has studied English and international relations and has an M.F.A. in creative writing. She has previously taught research and writing and managed a small business, and has long been interested in family history and Danish culture.

Nick Kofod [email protected]

Nick Kofod Mogensen has an MA in History from the University of Copenhagen. Inspired by his time as a Curatorial Intern at the Museum of Danish America in 2014, he has focused particularly on Danish American history and culture, and how it affects Danish Americans today. He has had several articles about Danish American history published in The Bridge.

John Mark [email protected]

Dr. John Mark Nielsen is Executive Director Emeritus of the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, and Emeritus Professor of English of the former Dana College in Blair, Nebraska where he taught for over thirty years. His research interests are immigrant narratives within the context of American Literature. He has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and teaching awards. While a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark in 1983-84, he was a consultant to the National Museum of Denmark in preparing "The Dream of America," a major exhibit on Danish emigration to the United States. On December 19, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark named him a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.

Benny [email protected]

Benny Nybo is a Danish nature photographer and an editor at MicroMatic Group News in Odense. He is a former member of the Odense Council for Culture (1995-2005). He is involved with the Hans Christian Andersen Award and Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen

Children’s Birthday Celebration. Educated as an accountant, he has worked as a kindergarten teacher, family therapist, water polo player, water polo coach, and national water polo coach. He is the vice chairman of the North Atlantic House, chairman of the Greenlandic House, and author of North Atlantic Reflections.

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Nick Kofod Mogensen [email protected] Nick Kofod Mogensen has an MA in History from the University of Copenhagen. Inspired by his time as a Curatorial Intern at the Museum of Danish America in 2014, he has focused particularly on Danish American history and culture, and how it affects Danish Americans today. He has had several articles about Danish American history published in The Bridge.

John Mark Nielsen [email protected] Dr. John Mark Nielsen is Executive Director Emeritus of the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, and Emeritus Professor of English of the former Dana College in Blair, Nebraska where he taught for over thirty years. His research interests are immigrant narratives within the context of American Literature. He has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and teaching awards. While a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark in 1983-84, he was a consultant to the National Museum of Denmark in preparing "The Dream of America," a major exhibit on Danish emigration to the United States. On December 19, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark named him a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog.

Benny Nybo [email protected] Benny Nybo is a Danish nature photographer and an editor at MicroMatic Group News in Odense. He is a former member of the Odense Council for Culture (1995-2005). He is involved with the Hans Christian Andersen Award and Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen Children’s

Birthday Celebration. Educated as an accountant, he has worked as a kindergarten teacher, family therapist, water polo player, water polo coach, and national water polo coach. He is the vice chairman of the North Atlantic House, chairman of the Greenlandic House, and author of North

Atlantic Reflections.

Robert [email protected]

Born and raised in Tama, a small town in Central Iowa, Bob Olsen earned his Bachelor of Music from Wartburg College in 1974 and Master of Church Music from Concordia-River Forest (Now ConcordiaUniversity-Chicago) in 1984. Bob worked in the oil and gas industry in the Chicago area from 1989 to 1996 and since then in Houston, Texas.

Lars Feldballe [email protected]

Producer and award-winning director Lars Feldballe Petersen has, over the past 20 years, directed a large number of documentaries for primetime television – DRTV or TV2/Denmark and international tv-stations. In 2008 he won the European Parliament Journalism Prize in the Category TV for the documentary THE BATTLE ON CHEMICALS (2008). And in 2013 he won the EOP Prize for the documentary My Happy Life as a Vegetable(2011). His other productions include Bloody Diamonds (2002), Crossing the Line (2006), The Battle on Chemicals

(2008), and The Forgotten Danes (2015).

Charles [email protected]

Charles Peterson received his PhD in Radio-Television-Film from Northwestern University in 1992. His dissertation was entitled The Political Economy of Television in Sweden. In 1988 Mr. Peterson became Academic Dean and Professor of International Mass Media at Danvik Folkehøgskole International Media Center in Drammen, Norway, where he served until 1993. He returned to North Park University to become the Executive Director, Center for Scandinavian Studies and Professor of Communication Arts. He is a frequent consultant on Scandinavian culture for corporations and individuals. His current research projects include Sámi and Eskimo Media, Culture, and Language.

Sarah [email protected]

Sarah Reed is a PhD candidate in German literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she teaches German-language courses. Her dissertation looks atMormonism in 19th-century German-language literature. Her research areas include Mormon literature, women writers, German-American studies, and Scandinavian-American

studies. She has published on German-American topics as well as the Austrian writer SidonieGrünwald-Zerkowitz and the Norwegian-American author Nephi Anderson.


Michael Schelde, Ph.D. and M.A. is director of The Grundtvig Study Center at Aarhus University, Denmark. The Grundtvig Study Center is editing a webversion of all Grundtvigs writing and research in Grundtvigs influence in church and society. The center is also translating large parts of his works into English.

Nete [email protected]

Nete Schmidt received her degrees in English and Danish from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and taught at BjerringbroJunior College and the University of Aarhus for many years. She has published several books and articles about language and literature. In 1998, she became Assistant Visiting Professor, and she is now a Faculty Associate in The Scandinavian Unit of The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches Danish language and culture, and Scandinavian Literature.

Robert [email protected]

Born and raised in Tama, a small town in Central Iowa, Bob Olsen earned his Bachelor of Music from Wartburg College in 1974 and Master of Church Music from Concordia-River Forest (Now ConcordiaUniversity-Chicago) in 1984. Bob worked in the oil and gas industry in the Chicago area from 1989 to 1996 and since then in Houston, Texas.

Lars Feldballe [email protected]

Producer and award-winning director Lars Feldballe Petersen has, over the past 20 years, directed a large number of documentaries for primetime television – DRTV or TV2/Denmark and international tv-stations. In 2008 he won the European Parliament Journalism Prize in the Category TV for the documentary THE BATTLE ON CHEMICALS (2008). And in 2013 he won the EOP Prize for the documentary My Happy Life as a Vegetable(2011). His other productions include Bloody Diamonds (2002), Crossing the Line (2006), The Battle on Chemicals

(2008), and The Forgotten Danes (2015).

Charles [email protected]

Charles Peterson received his PhD in Radio-Television-Film from Northwestern University in 1992. His dissertation was entitled The Political Economy of Television in Sweden. In 1988 Mr. Peterson became Academic Dean and Professor of International Mass Media at Danvik Folkehøgskole International Media Center in Drammen, Norway, where he served until 1993. He returned to North Park University to become the Executive Director, Center for Scandinavian Studies and Professor of Communication Arts. He is a frequent consultant on Scandinavian culture for corporations and individuals. His current research projects include Sámi and Eskimo Media, Culture, and Language.

Sarah [email protected]

Sarah Reed is a PhD candidate in German literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she teaches German-language courses. Her dissertation looks atMormonism in 19th-century German-language literature. Her research areas include Mormon literature, women writers, German-American studies, and Scandinavian-American

studies. She has published on German-American topics as well as the Austrian writer SidonieGrünwald-Zerkowitz and the Norwegian-American author Nephi Anderson.


Michael Schelde, Ph.D. and M.A. is director of The Grundtvig Study Center at Aarhus University, Denmark. The Grundtvig Study Center is editing a webversion of all Grundtvigs writing and research in Grundtvigs influence in church and society. The center is also translating large parts of his works into English.

Nete [email protected]

Nete Schmidt received her degrees in English and Danish from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and taught at BjerringbroJunior College and the University of Aarhus for many years. She has published several books and articles about language and literature. In 1998, she became Assistant Visiting Professor, and she is now a Faculty Associate in The Scandinavian Unit of The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches Danish language and culture, and Scandinavian Literature.

Troy Wellington [email protected]

Troy Wellington Smith is a third-year PhD student in the Scandinavian department at the University of California, Berkeley. He has an MA in English literature from the University of Mississippi, where he focused on the intertextuality of Kierkegaard and Anglophone literature, writing a thesis entitled "Kierkegaard and Byron: Disability, Irony, and the Undead." His articles have appeared or are scheduled to appear in The Byron Journal, The Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, Kierkegaard in Process, Acta Kierkegaardiana, and The Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook. In the summer of 2017, he was a visiting researcher at the Søren Kierkegaard Centre in Copenhagen, where he did preliminary research on his dissertation topic, "Kierkegaard and the History of the Book."

Laurie Kay [email protected]

Laurie Kay Sommers is the Project Manager for “Engaging Artists and Communities to Preserve Nordic Heritage Churches,” a new initiative of Partners of Sacred Places with funding from the Cargill Foundation. The project targets historic churches in the upper Midwest that exhibit the architectural styles and folk art traditions of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. A folklorist by training, she has more than 35 years of experience in the fields of public folklore, ethnomusicology, and historic preservation.

Ole Sø[email protected]

Ole Sønnichsen (born 1973) has published several bestsellers including critically praised biographies on the Danish comedian Dirch Passer, the priest and writer Johannes Møllehave, as well as businessman and entrepreneur Jørgen Mads Clausen and Danish actor Ulf Pilgaard. Ole Sønnichsen holds a degree in journalism from The Danish School of Journalism and San Francisco State University. His books "Leaving for America - volume 1 and 2" both reached the Danish non-fiction bestseller list.

Ivan Z. Sø[email protected]

Ivan Z. Sørensen, born 1949 in Denmark, has a Master of Arts inScandinavian Literature and History of Religion. He is a former lecturer at Florence University and curator at the Karen Blixen Museum in Denmark. He is the author of several books and articles about Karen Blixen, Hans Christian Andersen, and Søren Kierkegaard. See more: www.zlebacic.com.

Scott L. [email protected]

Scott is the President/CEO of The Danish Home Foundation and The Danish Home of Chicago. His career spans 30 years in the non-profit, senior care profession in well respected-mission-based organizations. Known for his business acumen and keen focus on Mission-Based-Brands, Scott has been a perennial leader in his profession.

Dr. Delane Ingalls [email protected]

For the past six years, Dr. Delane Ingalls Vanada has been an Assistant Professor of Art Education and Visual Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Denver in 2010 . She researches and presents widely on creativity and critical thinking in art and design, including innovative models of teaching and curriculum in education.

Troy Wellington Smith [email protected] Troy Wellington Smith is a third-year PhD student in the Scandinavian department at the University of California, Berkeley. He has an MA in English literature from the University of Mississippi, where he focused on the intertextuality of Kierkegaard and Anglophone literature, writing a thesis entitled "Kierkegaard and Byron: Disability, Irony, and the Undead." His articles have appeared or are scheduled to appear in The Byron

Journal, The Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, Kierkegaard in

Process, Acta Kierkegaardiana, and The Kierkegaard Studies

Yearbook. In the summer of 2017, he was a visiting researcher at the Søren Kierkegaard Centre in Copenhagen, where he did preliminary research on his dissertation topic, "Kierkegaard and the History of the Book."

Laurie Kay Sommers [email protected] Laurie Kay Sommers is the Project Manager for “Engaging Artists and Communities to Preserve Nordic Heritage Churches,” a new initiative of Partners of Sacred Places with funding from the Cargill Foundation. The project targets historic churches in the upper Midwest that exhibit the architectural styles and folk art traditions of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. A folklorist by training, she has more than 35 years of experience in the fields of public folklore, ethnomusicology, and historic preservation.

Ole Sønnichsen [email protected] Ole Sønnichsen (born 1973) has published several bestsellers including critically praised biographies on the Danish comedian Dirch Passer, the priest and writer Johannes Møllehave as well as businessman and entrepreneur Jørgen Mads Clausen and Danish actor Ulf Pilgaard. Ole Sønnichsen holds a degree in journalism from The Danish School of Journalism and San Francisco State University. His books "Leaving for America - volume 1 and 2" both reached the Danish non-fiction bestsellerlist.

Troy Wellington [email protected]

Troy Wellington Smith is a third-year PhD student in the Scandinavian department at the University of California, Berkeley. He has an MA in English literature from the University of Mississippi, where he focused on the intertextuality of Kierkegaard and Anglophone literature, writing a thesis entitled "Kierkegaard and Byron: Disability, Irony, and the Undead." His articles have appeared or are scheduled to appear in The Byron Journal, The Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter, Kierkegaard in Process, Acta Kierkegaardiana, and The Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook. In the summer of 2017, he was a visiting researcher at the Søren Kierkegaard Centre in Copenhagen, where he did preliminary research on his dissertation topic, "Kierkegaard and the History of the Book."

Laurie Kay [email protected]

Laurie Kay Sommers is the Project Manager for “Engaging Artists and Communities to Preserve Nordic Heritage Churches,” a new initiative of Partners of Sacred Places with funding from the Cargill Foundation. The project targets historic churches in the upper Midwest that exhibit the architectural styles and folk art traditions of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. A folklorist by training, she has more than 35 years of experience in the fields of public folklore, ethnomusicology, and historic preservation.

Ole Sø[email protected]

Ole Sønnichsen (born 1973) has published several bestsellers including critically praised biographies on the Danish comedian Dirch Passer, the priest and writer Johannes Møllehave, as well as businessman and entrepreneur Jørgen Mads Clausen and Danish actor Ulf Pilgaard. Ole Sønnichsen holds a degree in journalism from The Danish School of Journalism and San Francisco State University. His books "Leaving for America - volume 1 and 2" both reached the Danish non-fiction bestseller list.

Ivan Z. Sø[email protected]

Ivan Z. Sørensen, born 1949 in Denmark, has a Master of Arts inScandinavian Literature and History of Religion. He is a former lecturer at Florence University and curator at the Karen Blixen Museum in Denmark. He is the author of several books and articles about Karen Blixen, Hans Christian Andersen, and Søren Kierkegaard. See more: www.zlebacic.com.

Scott L. [email protected]

Scott is the President/CEO of The Danish Home Foundation and The Danish Home of Chicago. His career spans 30 years in the non-profit, senior care profession in well respected-mission-based organizations. Known for his business acumen and keen focus on Mission-Based-Brands, Scott has been a perennial leader in his profession.

Dr. Delane Ingalls [email protected]


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Ivan Z. Sørensen [email protected]

Ivan Z. Sørensen, born 1949 in Denmark, has a Master of Arts in Scandinavian Literature and History of Religion. He is a former lecturer at Florence University and curator at the Karen Blixen Museum in Denmark. He is the author of several books and articles about Karen Blixen, Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard. See more: www.zlebacic.com.

Scott L. Swanson [email protected] Scott is the President/CEO of The Danish Home Foundation and The Danish Home of Chicago. His career spans 30 years in the non-profit, senior care profession in well respected-mission-based organizations. Known for his business acumen and keen focus on Mission-Based-Brands, Scott has been a perennial leader in his profession.

Dr. Delane Ingalls Vanada [email protected]


Jens [email protected]

Jens Vange has practiced architecture for over 30 years, 20 years with Alliiance - a 110-person design firm in Minneapolis. He has been involved in a broad spectrum of projects from house additions to airports. In 2013 he led a two-year research effort for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies and authored the "Guidebookfor Airport Terminal Restroom Planning and Design." Within Alliiance, Jens has also developed employee mentorship and career development programs.

Janusz [email protected]

Born in 1956 in Poland, Walentynowicz and his family escaped to Denmark in 1960. After graduating from Skolen for Brugskunst (School of Applied Arts) in Copenhagen,1982, he enrolled in the MFA program at Illinois State University, Normal, IL, under renowned glass artist, Prof. Joel P. Myers. Having only envisioned a short stay in the US before returning to Denmark, after 35 years, he has recently become a US citizen and continues living and working in Illinois.

Ethelene [email protected]

Ethelene Whitmire is a professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies and isaffiliated with the departments of Afro-American Studies and German, Nordic, and Slavic. She was a 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Transnational American Studies and a 2015 American-Scandinavian Foundation fellow for her new book project about African Americans in 20th century Denmark. You can follow her project on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ethelene_whitmire/

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