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THE ANGLO-NORSE SOCIETY |
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IN LONDON |
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ROLF CHRISTOPHERSEN, DFC |
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REGISTERED UK CHARITY NO. 263933 |
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e-mail: Secretariat @ anglo-norse.org.uk |
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25 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8QD |
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TEL.: 020 7235 9529 |
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NEWSLETTER
WINTER – SPRING
2011
The Society is grateful to those members who have completed the Gift
Aid form; the extra income is
very useful. However, those who have already completed the
form do not need to do so every year.
INTERNET and
We remind members that all programme information is available on www.anglo-norse.org.uk and that
members can book by e-mail via anglonorse@yahoo.co.uk
MEETINGS & ATTENDANCE
Members are also 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 address is c/o Norwegian Embassy, 25, Belgrave
Square, London SW1X 8QD.
All meetings, unless otherwise specified, are held at 6.45 for 7.30 pm
at the Embassy.
Refreshments are always served,
pay on the day.
20 % DISCOUNT FOR ANGLO NORSE
MEMBERS
See under Cultural Events
for further details. Members may bring guests.
OVERVIEW
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WINTER - SPRING 2011 |
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January 27 |
6.15 for 7 pm* |
Film, The Kautokeino Rebellion, Embassy |
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February 24 |
6.15 for 7 pm* |
Joint meeting w/ Grieg Society, Embassy Film about Ole Bull. |
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March 24 |
6.45 for 7.30 pm |
Talk about Krisiania Bohêmen, Embassy |
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April 14, |
6.15 for 7 pm* |
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May 12, |
6 for 6.15* |
Musical Eve., Ambassador’s Residence |
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AUTUMN – WINTER 2011 |
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Sept 22, 6.45 pm |
Talk by
Ambassador, Embassy |
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October 24, |
6.30 pm |
Preview, British Museum, Viking Exhibition |
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November 24 |
6.45 for 7.30 pm |
Mats Berdal will talk about Peace Research |
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December 08 |
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Carol Service in
the Norwegian Seamen’s Church |
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*Please note departure from
regular day/time
PROGRAMME DETAILS 2011
Thursday 27 January, 6.15 pm for 7
pm.: Film “The Kautokeino Rebellion”
Norwegian Sami director Nils Gaup, who directed the
Oscar-nominated Pathfinder
now returns with a film closer to home and his own family history; The Kautokeino Rebellion.
The film recounts the story of the Sami rebellion against the Norwegians
during the winter of 1852. This is one of the few violent clashes between the
two groups and started off with a debt for consumed liquor that finally left
several dead, including the Norwegian police chief and a local merchant. The
rebellion led to the execution of one of Gaup's own
forefathers. Gaup
has been working on the film for over ten years. "Until recently the
uprising was a taboo subject among the population in Kautokeino; still it has
inspired five novels, two operas, one symphony, and several documentaries”. The
Kautokeino-born director explained in an interview. English
subtitles – length 1 h 36 min.
Thursday 24 February, 6.15 pm for 7 pm.
Film “Ole Bull”
The violinist Ole Bull, was Norway's first superstar; He
played on the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, founded the first Norwegian
theatre and his own state in America, and is probably the only Norwegian who
has sold his bath water in perfume bottles to his many fans. He was the violin
king who seduced both women and his audience, while his children and wife were
neglected. Ole Bull was the great idol
of his times, a burning nationalist and an icon in the struggle for making
Norway an independent nation. It is no
exaggeration to say that Ole Bull lived a more adventurous life than any other
Norwegian has done before or since. He toured almost continuously for fifty
years, one year he managed to play 274 concerts as he travelled around Europe
in a horse-drawn carriage. English
subtitles – length 1 h 36 min.
Thursday 24 March, 6.45 pm for 7.30 pm. “The
painters Oda and Christian Krogh and their circle
1880-1920” by Dr Marie
Wells.
Dr Wells, well known to ANS regulars, has now retired from UCL where she taught Norwegian Literature. This has given
her more time to devote to her interest in the arts which is reflected in this
talk about the Krogh’s.
Oda and Christian Krogh were at the centre of a radical group known as Kristiania Bohêmen who
scandalised the good citizens of the capital both with their behaviour and
their art in the 1880s. This illustrated talk will set the painters in the
context of their day and also include the work of their son Per Krogh, who
became an eminent mural painter who was commissioned to decorate the UNs Security Council Chamber. He is also recognised as a
painter on canvas.
April 14, 6.15 pm for 7 pm, Annual General Meeting
The accounts for
2010 will be presented and discussed, so members are urged to attend. After the conclusion of the
The book analyses
the remarkably close relationship between the British and Norwegian Labour
parties and two of their leaders, Haakon Lie and Denis Healey, during the
immediate post-war period. It will
explore the extent of party co-operation in disseminating anti-communist
propaganda produced by the Information Research Department (IRD)
of the Foreign Office in London, and a separate chapter looks at the history of
IRD. The book
is largely based on unpublished material from over ten different archives in
Britain, Norway, the Netherlands and Russia and also incorporates material
released at the request of the author under the Freedom of Information Act in
Britain.
DATE
TO BE ADVISED
FOR ...
Thursday Sep/Oct, 6.45 for 7.30 pm: Talk by Ambassador Kim Traavik
about the political situation in Norway two years into the current coalition
government.
Cultural
events
of interest to the Norwegian Community
April, 7: London Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm at the Barbican.
Programme:
NIELSEN: Aladdin - suite
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
GRIEG: Peer Gynt – suite
Kristjan Järvi
conductor
Julia Fischer violin
Anglo
Norse Society members can claim a 20 % discount on all ticket prices by calling
the Barbican Box Office on 020 7638 8891 and quoting ‘Scandinavian Offer’.
April, 11- 13: London Book Fair, Earl’s Court. Norwegian Stall.
April – May, 26 – 21: Young Vic playing “I am the Wind” by Jon Fosse as part of their 40th Anniversary celebrations.
May, 6 – 9: Norwegian Crafts at the Saatchi Gallery in Kings Road.
December, 01: The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree will be lit
December, 02: Concert at St. Martin’s
in the Fields
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