Scandinavian American. [volume], May 24, 1950, Image 1

About Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958

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INSIDE:
New Swedish Actress
Signed by Hollywood
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Final Report On
“The King’s City"
Some Scandinavian
Dreams Come True
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Scandinaviw'n American
Vol. 6, No. 10.
Scandinavian Indian Dancer
Leaves For Tour In Sweden
Like many Americans, Bill
Holm played “Cowboy and
Indian” in early childhood:
but unlike most of them he
never got. over the Redskin
lure. Reared near Custerl
Battlefield in Montana, where l
, I
the last of the great Stouxl
wars was waged in 1876, Holm
is today one of our best inter
preters of Indian dancing and
an authority on Indian lore
as well.
As of next month, Holm‘s In-I
dial: dancing will be just about asl
exotic and unique as anythingi
Scandlmvia’s entertainment world
can offer. I
In the early part of June he}
will join the Scandia Folkdancers,
of the University of Washington»
in Gothenburg for a demonstra-‘
tion tour throughout a large part‘
of Sweden. beginning in Gothen-'
burg's famed entertainment cen
ter. Liseberg. The Folkdancers
will give the first public showing
of American folk dances in Scan-1
dinavia. Holm, the group‘s novel-1
ty star is destined to become a‘
very popular attraction in al
country where Indian lore has alsol
stirred up whooping cries on the.
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To Visit Relatives
The turn of events in Holm'si
life is shaping up into a. three—Ii
point program. Aside from thei
demonstration tour. he will have§
the long-sought opportunity of i
visiting the land of his forebear-I
ers and his relatives near var-i
namo, in the province of SmA-E
land. When he retums to the U.S.[
in October he will aspire for the1
master's degree at the University:
of WashingtOn. The art student‘
will complete four oil paintings‘
as his “thesis." |
“In them-I will attempt to give
the feeling and character of the
Pacific Northwest Coast and In-
Interesting Figures On What Books *
Norwegians like Best Are Revealed
—Bi3rnson VFEsit, Ibsen Second 1
The 99 works at "the four great"
ln Norwegian llterstun‘. Bjorn-l
son. Henrik Ibsen, Alexander Kell—i
land and Jonas Lie. have just been i
published by Gyldendsl In Oslo in
s collection 0! 18 books. For al
most three generotlons the popu
srity of these works hos remained
unshaken.
Of the {our only Ibsen has be
come universally known. In Not
way. however. he is for outranked
by Bjornson. more than 7 million
copies of his works having been
published. The figure for Ibsen is
3.8 million, and for the novelists
Lie and Kiellsnd 3.4 Inc] 2.1 mil
lion respectively. Bjornson‘s story
"A Happy Boy" leads with 415.000
copies and his “Synnove Soibsk
ken" is second with 390.000. Ib
sen's “Peer Gynt" comes third with
376,000 copies. He‘s most populsr
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Tells Of Indian Lore In N. W.
Bill Holm. shown above in one of his icolorful, authentic Indian
costumes, is expected to become a big entertainment attm-tion in
Sweden this summer.
dian culture~and mythology," he
says.
Novelty Numbers
Holm. 25-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Holm, 1431 N.
54:11 St., Seattle. has a varied
repertoire of Indian dances from
the Plains and the Pacific North
west, which he will perform in
Sweden. One of his best novelty
numbers is the hoop dance. which
he performs by squirnwig and
work is “The Family at Gilje."
200.000 copies having been sold.i
while Kielland's "German and,
lVVorse" and “Skipper Worse‘ both;
lhave passed 160.000.
[Mormon—the National Poet L
During his first period as a poet
Bjornson (b. 1832—41. 1910) mainJ
1y dealt with national romanticl
subjects. which he treated partly]
in historic plays (“Sigurd JorsaI-i
far" and “Sigurd Slembe") and;
partly in his stories of the pens-i
ants' life (“Synnove Solbakken"l
and “Ar-he"). His strong md vi-i
brunt poetry also belong to this‘
time. Under the impression of thei
prevailing realism he later wrotej
a series of drama: dealing with’
contemporary problems ("A Bank- 1
ruptcy", “Beyond Our Powers" 1*
k m. In A few novels he uno‘
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Seattle, Washington, May 24, 1950
3 fumping through two hoops with
various positions of his body. and
another headliner is the Raven
.[Dance. for which he dons a most
“intriguing costume equipped with
lithe wild-looking head and beak of
|‘& raven over his head. When he
- ‘opens it, now and then during the
i‘dance. the savage war paint on
"his face glues at the onlookers.
i‘He also plays an instrument. the
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.New Norse Radio
? Program For U. S.
. “Norway this week." in English.
is the name of a new quarterhour
'short wave program inaugurated
last Saturday by the Norwegian
{Broadcasting System. Beamed to:
'INorth America on 11735 ks's ;
.i(25.56 meters}, and 9645 kc’s l
lil31.10 m.) it will be broadcast:
l;e\'ery Saturday night at S p. In.
Eastern Standard Time. lmmedi-j
lately following the one hour pro-l
igram in Norwegian. 1
jiOriginal Grieg Papers .
' Sold To Noway Firm
if The original Grieg manuscript
30! songs “From Mountains and
‘gFjords" opus H. with texts by the
;!Danish poet Holger Drachman.
whats been purchased from Switzerq
{land by the publishing firm Harald ‘
’Lyche a: 00. in Drammen. who his
‘preoented it u a gift to the Public
Ltbmy in Bergen. when Gricg‘
t‘wu born. The price wu Kr. 2.»
206.80. thout ssoo. . i
Scandinavia Prepares ‘Treat'
For U. S. Visitors This Year
Taking a tip from recent sur
veys that reveal that "meeting
the people" is the travel attrac
tion that tourists like best while
abroad. the three Scandinavian
countries, Di-nmark. Sweden and
Norway recently set up national
committees which include repre
sentatives of government. founda
tions, co-operatives and education
al organizations.
The committees in turn organ
ized facilities which as late as a
year ago were unheard of {or most
travelers.
These facilities will make it pos
sible for visiting groups to meet
cabinet ministers and opposition
leaders. housewives and workmen:
to visit the workshops of silver
smiths and glass designers: to see
cooperative methods in operation:
and to participate actively in sim
ilar” projects characteristic of the
New Swedish X-Ray Camera Reveals
How Human Heart Is Functioning
Extremely valuable new insight
into normal or disturbed func
tionary phases of the heart is
provided by a rapid X-ray camera
recently developed and construct
ed ln Sweden. able to take as
many as twelve pictures per sec
ond simultaneously in two right
angle planes. reports Svenska
Dagbladet.
Results thus far obtained at
two Stockholm hospitals point to
an epoch-making advance in the
technique of angio-cardiographic
research and diagnosis.
It has thus been found that the
heart does not function simply as
a globular mass of muscles squeez
iState University Drama Department
’ Breaks Ibsen-Strindberg Monopoly
Presents "New" Swedish Play June I
Perhaps there is no concerted
:movement afoot in America to in
,tl’odlfl‘t' a greater number and va
‘riety of Scandinavian plays over
here. But at the l'niverslty of
:‘Waahington there is at least a no—
-tion that not only [been or Strind
‘berg can appeal to stage-minded!
1 Americans.
f From June 1 to July 8 the Uni
versity's drama department wiii‘
:present its production of "The No- ‘
"be! Prize" ISwedehjeims) by the
vnoted Swedish Playwright and
:Author Hjaimar Bergman in the
‘ Penthouse Theatre. Performances‘
lfor the general public will be on?
‘chneedays. Thursdays. Fndays:
and Saturdays. 1
Stockholm newapapers are al
ready piaying up this newa story
\for what it is: the first major Am
lencan production of the play aside
.t‘rom a previous “summer—stock"
Ipresentntion. and a well deserved
{opportunity for the good name of
‘Hjaimar Bergman to become bet
?ter known over here.
' The piny'n director Robert any
‘uui nil Ina-ber- o! the out W
incumbent-in” biwelh
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countries being visited. They will
enable the visitors to get more
out of their trips by participating
in off-the-beaten track travel and
to return home with first hand in
timate knowledge of the countries
visited.
In addition to assisting the vis
itor. these new travel opportun
ities are designed to implement
one of the major objectives of ECT
and of the European Travel Com
mission by helping people on both
sides of the Atlantic to obtain a
more complete understanding of
each other as one means of re
menting international friendships
and furthering the cause of peace.
Exploring this new kind of trav
el, eleven leading U. S. etlitorsv
educators and travel representa
tives left recently on a Scandin
avian Airlines plane for a three
week on-the-spot survey of No:-
way. Denmark and Sweden.
.ing the blood. at the moment of
'contraction. into the large arterial
vessels. but that a piston-like ef
fect appears at the same time in
‘the partition between the atria
and the ventricles. Furthermore.
two-plane photography ren de rs
.possible to a certain degree de
termination of the blood volume
passing through the heart. as cal
culated from the maximum and
‘minimum size of different cavities.
‘and the velocity of the blood
stream. as well as of the blood
.passing through the lungs.
‘ Hitherto. it has not been possi
.ble to observe dynamic functions
‘of this kind.
‘ written play with well-rounded |n~
‘ terestlng characters and wry tun
‘ ny without being plain farce."
' Professor John Ashby Conway
‘ of the drama department. cam»
‘ across the play whxlo he vzsltel
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