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l INSIDE: ‘ I
Astounding Growth
Of N. W. Fishing Fleet
-— Page 3
Tourist Attractions
In Sweden Listed
— Page 4
Seattleite Struck I
By Strange Customs
— Page 3
Norway's Water
Power Development
— Page 2
Vol. 6, No. 7
University Revives May Festival
Team to Make
Big Hit With
‘Moder Svea’
The Scandia Folkdancers. headed by Gordon Ekvall
Tracie (fifth from right). gave a very successful demon
stration of Scandinavian dances at a program highlight
ed by a concert by the Swedish Pianist Gunnar Hahn last
Saturday at Meany Hall, Seattle. The group. which will
StateWide Participation ls Received
For Everett’s Scandinavian Festival
Chamber of Comrﬁerce SWahaped With Offers
Of Cooperation
Structure of organization is
being framed in Everett for
the group that formally will
launch. in 1951. Everett‘s
first a n n u a 1 international
Scandinavian Festival. 1
The Festival is being delayed
until next year that It might be
Everett's contribution to Seattle's
Centennial- celehratlon. A. M.‘
Ginsberg. festival public relations
chairman. reports to the Scandina-l
vian American. 3
Arthur E. Larson. prominent
Everett retailer. is chairman of
the Festival Committee which was
formed by the Everett Chamber of
Commerce which will always hold
close liaison with the Festival or-.
ganlzation. |
The Festival will feature Scan-i
dinavian music. dancing and folk-3,
lore. Statewide participation has‘i
been solicited and it is being.r re-‘
ceived. Larson says. .
Everett long has desired to pre-j
sent an annual event of the pro-‘-
portions of the Wenatchee Apple
Blossom Festival and the Portlandi
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Swedish Group
Makes Business w
Trip To Seattle
Prominent Swede To
Show Film, Give Talk
At Special Program
A delegation of Swedish business
men connected with forest indus
tries In Sweden will arrive in Se.
attic Wednesday this week for
talks on possible exports to the
United States.
; Headed by Knut. Littorin. the
lgroup will also include Bjorn Kjel
,lstrom. president of the Swedish
:Skiers Association. Kjellstrom will
Eshow a movie on the training
[methods of Swedish skiers and
;ho will give a talk at a program
iarranged by the Swedish Post
{at 8 p. m. Friday. April 14 in the
=Central Baptist Church. Seattle.
1 Another Swedilh film will nlno
be shown.
Seattle. Washington, April H, 1950
leave the U. S. for Sweden in May. will give demonstrations
of American folk dances in that country this summer.
Hahn. who is sort of a musical big shot in Sweden, be
lieves they will “make a big hit" in his native country.
Augustana’s 58th
Convention To Be
Held In Portland
Th» 58"! annual mmventinn of
thv ('ulumhiu (‘onfvrenco of the
Augustuna‘lmthcran Church and
"iv (‘nnn‘ntinn M tho (‘nnfvn-m‘o
“'uIm-n's Missionary Society \\ill
runwm- April 18 tn ‘1] at First
Immanuel Church. l’orﬂund. Largv
aumulam-m ﬂﬂ' vnnwtml.
. Special guests and speakers will
linclude Dr. Karl E. Mattson, pres
ident of the Augustana Theologig
cal Seminary. Rock Island. 111.:
‘Dr. (‘arl E, Lunil-Quist. asmstant
executive director of the Nutiunul
lLutheran Council and its lirector
Iof public relations. New York City.
and Pastor and Mrs. Victor Swen
;son. missionaries from China.
The First Immanuel is continu
ing and concluding its 70th anni‘
versary festivities by entertaining
the two conventions Organized
December 28. 1879. it was thc first
of our Augustana churches in the
Northwest. Here also the Colum
bia Conference was organized.
March 4. 1893.
Hundreds will leave the Pacific
Northwest in April and May fol-i
trips to the Sundinavim coun-I
‘triol. *
(Courtesy of Post Intelligencort
Danish Gym Team To Seattle
‘ .\'m\' on In thlrd Amvrlmm tour.
I unlquv tram of 3': young Danish
men and \\umvn. Including tnn
I948 Olympians. “Ill makv an ap— ‘
penance In Seattlc- April ‘27 at
.th« (‘lvlc Audltnrium.
The tram is uniformly husky.
hvnlthy Ind skxllful. but the un
usual thing about the members is
their system nf training. The)-
ﬁre the prnduct of an alnmst for—
gotten concept of sports personal
enjoyment. Screened through stiff
icompetition from the chk of Den
lmnrk'a tym youth. the turn rcpre- .
ments the best And latest in Dumsh
(3%: 14
.BigrrdgEaTn .
4 Is Scheduled ‘
, For April 29
Reviving an old cherished
tradition. the Scandinavian
department at the University
of Washington will sponsor
an elaborate May festival at
8 p.m. Saturday. April 29. in
Meany Hall. Seattle.
The program. including I4 num
bers. will he one of the largest,
most varied and distinguished pre—
sented at a Scandinavian event of
any kind in the Northui-st area for
years.
Hundreds of persons will parti
cipate in the program. \vhit'li will
last well over two hours, Those
scheduled to appear intlwde all
four Nordic chairs in Seattle: Pro~
fessors Henry A. Person and An
drew R. Hilen. both speakers: Emil
Hansen. saw solos: Mrs, Jambina
Johnson. writer and poetress; \\‘il
liam Hedberg‘. baritone: St'andia
folkdancers headed by Gordon Ek
vall Traeie; (‘lara Pladsen Sand
vig. soprano. aot'ompanied by Bev
erly Logan: students appearing in
a skit based on l-‘ro'ding’x “Tre
Trallande jiintor" and Tani Bjorn
son. baritone. at'cnnipanied by
Goran Lindell.
Scandinavian singing groups to
be featured on the program in
clude Norwegian Male Chorus. con
ducted by Gertrude Werner. Rune
berg Chorus. George Halvor. con<
duetor. Norwegian Male Chorus,
(Continued on Page 8)
gymnastics. Most of these young
men and women are in then‘ early
twenties and come from many dif
ferent occupations in Denmark,
but have given their free time to
the pursuit of healthy and skillful
calisthemcs.
Sponsored by the Post-Intelli
gencer, the Seattle exhihltmn will
include rhythic and fundnmental
gymnutncs. Scandinavian folk
dancers. acrobatics, Work on gym
nasium nppantua and tumbling.
Ir. Erik Planned-Jensen. man
ning director and couch, in intro
(Continued on Pnge 8) ‘
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