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THE ANGLO-NORSE SOCIETY |
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ROLF CHRISTOPHERSEN, DFC |
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NEWSLETTER
AUTUMN -WINTER 2011 12
MEETINGS & ATTENDANCE
All meetings, unless otherwise specified, are held at 6.45 for 7.30 pm
at the Embassy. Refreshments are served, pay on the
day.
Members are reminded that, for security reasons, it is necessary to notify the Secretariat about attendance; either by posting a Booking Slip, by telephone or by e-mail. The postal address is c/o Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD.
JOINT MEETINGS
In this Newsletter we have two joint meetings with the Anglo Danish Society. Please note that bookings forms are to be found next to the list of Cultural Events and that these should be returned to the ADS and not ANS.
TERROR ATTACKS IN NORWAY
There will be a Memorial Service in Southwark Cathedral on Friday September 23rd at 11.00 hours.
OVERVIEW
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AUTUMN/ WINTER 2011 - 12 |
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September 22, |
6.45 pm |
Talk by
Ambassador, Embassy |
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October 24, |
6.30 pm * |
Talk, British
Museum, Viking Exhibition Joint Event, see
separate booking forms |
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November, 24, |
6.45 pm |
Talk by Prof. Mats
Berdal, Embassy |
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December, 8, |
6.30 pm * |
Carol Service,
Seamens Church, |
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WINTER 2012 |
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January 26, |
6.15 for 7 pm
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Film, Amundsen, Embassy |
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February 8, |
6 for 7.15pm * |
Concert/Dinner,
Drapers Hall Joint Event, see
separate booking forms |
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PROGRAMME DETAILS 2011 - 2012
Thursday 22 September, 6.45 pm
for 7.30 pm. Talk The political situation in
Norway today by HE The Norwegian Ambassador, Mr Kim Traavik.
It is mid-term for the Red-Green Coalition Government and the local elections held this month, had its election campaign delayed due to the terror attacks in Oslo and on Utψya. The Ambassador will look at the current situation putting these and other events in context.
JOINT EVENT WITH THE ANGLO
DANISH SOCIETY
Monday 24 October 2011 at. 6.30
pm Lecture, British Museum pm.
We have been invited by the
Anglo Danish Society to join them for a private visit to the British Museum
arranged by the Head of Culture, at the Danish Embassy. We
will hear a talk in the Stevenson lecture theatre by Gareth Williams, and see some
of the artefacts to be featured in the Museums forthcoming major Viking
exhibition. Gareth Williams has been a
curator at the British Museum since 1996. He is
responsible for British and European coinage, with Anglo-Saxon and Viking
coinage as his area of expertise. His many
publications include Eirik Bloodaxe (2010), Objects
in Focus: the Vale of York Hoard (2010)
and Silver Economy in the Viking Age (2007, ed. J. Graham-
Campbell). Deadline for booking: Monday,
10 October.
Venue: British Museum, Stevenson
Lecture Theatre, Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2RJ
Thursday 24 November, 6.45 for
7.30 Talk "UN and the Search for International Order after the Cold
War"
Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and
Development, Department of War Studies,
King's College London. Between 2000 and 2003 he
was Director of Studies at the IISS, and he is a Visiting Professor at the
National Defence and Command College in Oslo. Dr Berdal co-edited, Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in
Civil Wars with David M. Malone, and is the author of Building Peace After War.
The traditional Anglo-Norwegian Carol Service will be held on
Thursday 8 December, 6.30 for 7 pm.
We start the evening with glψgg before the
service which includes both Norwegian and English Christmas Carols. This is followed by Norwegian style sandwiches and coffee. Friends are welcome!
We kindly request a pre-payment of £ 7,50 per
person. Please enclose your cheque and a
self-addressed, stamped envelope with the booking slip by 21 November tickets posted by return. Unused
tickets cannot be refunded.
Venue: The Norwegian Seamens Church,1 St. Olav's
Square, Albion St.,London SE16 7JB.
Thursday 26 January, 6.15 pm for 7 pm.: Roald Amundsen - Lincoln Ellsworth's Polar
Flight 1925.
The film follows the attempt of the
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and his American partner Lincoln
Ellsworth to reach the North Pole in two flying boats, the N-24 and N-25. With a crew of four the expedition started from
Spitsbergen in May 1925. The journey turned
unexpectedly dramatic after the N-24 crashed. The
whole crew then had to make it back to civilization on board one plane designed
for only three passengers. This restored Norwegian
version of the film offers splendid footage of arctic landscapes, animal life
and the happy return of the explorers to Spitsbergen and Oslo and is now on the
UNESCOs World Heritage list. English
subtitles length 116 minutes.
JOINT
EVENT WITH THE ANGLO DANISH SOCIETY
Wednesday 8 February 2012. Concert and Dinner, Drapers Hall. Dinner 6.00 pm, concert 7.15 pm- finishing at about 9.30 pm.
The Drapers Hall, owned
by the Worshipful Company of Drapers, provides a magnificent setting for this
event. The
first building owned by the Drapers on this site was purchased from Henry
VIII, but this building was destroyed in the Great Fire. The
current building, which survived WWII, was built in 1722 with alterations in
the 19th Century. The building is lavishly decorated with some to outstanding works of art and it is frequently used in by films. The Drapers Company is ranked 3rd
in the City Livery Companies and many royals; notably King Haakon VII was a
member. The link with the Norwegian royals continues with his grandson Harald
V, also being a member.
The cost for the concert is £ 16 per person and for the dinner/concert
£ 35 per person. A glass of wine is included
in the interval.
PLEASE NOTE: Restricted to 30 people total so early
booking advised. Unused tickets cannot be refunded.
The concert programme will be included in the next Newsletter.
Venue:
Drapers Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2N 2DG
Cultural events
of interest to
the Norwegian Community
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SEPTEMBER |
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8 |
Publication
of Johan Harstads novel Buzz
Aldrin, What Happened To You In All The Confusion? |
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Until
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Norwegian
Swiss Landscapes 1800s; Forests,
Rocks, Torrents, National Gallery, London |
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9 30 |
Film, Troll Hunter, released in UK |
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Until
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Folkstone; AK Dolven
Triennial Visitor Centre: 56-58 The Old High Street, Folkstone |
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25 |
100%
Norway 2011, Stand D60, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London |
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23; at
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Southwark
Cathedral, London; Memorial Service |
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OCTOBER |
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7 16 |
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL |
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11 |
Anne Holt
and Rosamund Lyston;
Crime and Thriller writers |
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15 |
Geir Klψver, Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo is joined by
Meredith Hooper to speak about the challenges faced by Roald Amundsens
South Pole Expedition |
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NOVEMBER |
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4 |
Concert
with Sαmi vocalist Mari Boine, Kings Place, London |
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DECEMBER |
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1 |
Christmas Tree being lit on Trafalgar Square |
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http://www.norway.org.uk/News_and_events/culture/Event-Calendar/ |
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B O O K I N G S L I P
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for joint events
The below booking slips and cheques made payable to Anglo-Danish Society should be posted to
ADS at 43 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5TF. Email: info@anglo-danishsociety.org.
British Museum Event; 6.30 pm on 24 October 2011.
First name(s) and Family
name(s)
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Add.:
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Tel./Email
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Please reserve ........tickets @ £ 9 cheque encl. for £
I would like to join the
group who will have something to eat at a local restaurant after the visit
which will be at my/our own expense
please
tick either YES NO
Concert and Dinner at the Drapers HallΈ6.00pm, 8 February 2011
First name(s) and Family
name(s)
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Addr:
Tel./Email
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Please reserve ......... tickets for
Dinner and Concert @ £35
Please reserve ......... tickets for
Concert only @ £16
Cheque enclosed for total £ .............
B O O K I N G S L I P
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for ANS events
I/we wish to attend the Film Evening on 26 January 2012.
Name(s)
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Tel./email.
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I/we wish to attend the Anglo-Norwegian Carol Service at the
Norwegian Seamens Church on 8 December
2011 at 6.30 for 7 pm
Name(s)
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Tel./email.
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I enclose a cheque for £ 7,50 per person total £
Also enclosed is a stamped self addressed
envelope
I/we wish to attend the talk on 24 November 2011.
Name(s)
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Tel./email.
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I/we wish to attend the talk on 22 September 2011
Name(s)
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Tel./email.
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