Den Danske Forening

HEIMDAL September 2018

Win a gift card from Trambas shoes,

a cobalt blue Alvar Aalto vase or a Georg Jensen vase Buy your tickets in the Scandinavian Festival Raffle at the next Café Danmark

Medlemsblad Newsletter for the Danish Association Heimdal – Established 1872

THE DANISH ASSOCIATION “HEIMDAL” INC 36 AUSTIN STREET NEWSTEAD QLD 4006

Contact details: 0437 612 913 www.danishclubbrisbane.org

Contributions We would love to share your news and stories. You are welcome to send emails with stories, news and photos to the editor for publication. The closing date for the next issue is 20 September 2018. We reserve the right to edit or not publish your contribution. Any material published does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Danish Club or the Editor. Editor: Lone Schmidt Phone: 0437 612 913

Email: treasurer@danishclubbrisbane.org

Webmaster: Peter Wagner Hansen Phone: 0423 756 394 Skype: pete.at.thebathouse Email: admin@danishclubbrisbane.org Web: www.danishclubbrisbane.org

From the Editor

The auditors have returned the club’s 2017/18 accounts and they are enclosed for your information. The annual general meeting is coming up in October and it would be good to start the discussion on the future direction of the club. As I mentioned last month, we

should start thinking about the future of the club: what’s the next step? In the meantime, we aim to keep serving smørrebrød at Café Danmark, but we need fresh volunteers. The Scandinavian Festival is on Sunday 9 September 18, just a couple of weeks away and we’ll be there, serving hot dogs and Faxe Kondi, Skovlyst and even a glass of sparkling, if you like. This year, æbleskiver are back on the menu with Madeleine and Paul busy baking – if you would like to help in any of the stalls, let us know, we can always use more hands. See you there!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

Josephine & Mushfiq Rahman, Holland Park West Børge & Ruth Kristensen,

Camira Henrik Hansen, Gordon Park

Preben Farbæk, Clifton Beach

Tina Mortensen, Toowong

What’s on at the Danish club?

Café Danmark Friday 24 August 2018 from 6 pm

Come in and say ‘hej’, we have lots of ‘smørrebrød’ (Danish open-faced sandwich) ready for all. The bar offers real Danish beer, including Tuborg Classic and Tuborg julebryg. The craft beer from Skovlyst is only served in one bar in all of Australia (as far as we know) and that’s also us! Add to this lots of your favourite lollies including Matador Mix and Super Piratos. We also have herring back in stock. Get delicious Danish pastries, rye bread and other specialty breads direct from Britt’s Organic Bakery. Kafe Svea Sunday 26 August 2018 Swedes Down Under Scandinavian Festival Sunday 9 September 2018 At Perry Park 10 am – 4 pm

Café Danmark Friday 28 September 2018 from 6 pm Annual General Meeting Sunday 7 October 2018 3 pm

ooOoo Legestue / Play Group Every Friday 9.30-11.30 (check times and dates with Maria Faurskov Nielsen on 0427 015 411 or moffe33@hotmail.com)

Fresh supplies have just arrived:

Price listBeer Faxe Premium Beer 24x33 cl (cans) $ 60 Tuborg Green 24x33 cl (bottles) $ 60 Tuborg Green 24x33 cl (cans) $ 60 Tuborg Classic 24x33 cl (cans) $ 60 Tuborg Guld 24x33 cl (cans) $ 65 Tuborg Julebryg 24x33 cl (cans) $ 65 Carlsberg Sort Guld 24x33 cl (cans) $ 65 SKOVLYST 15x50cl (bottles) $ 75 SKOVLYST Gift pack 4x50cl $ 20

Snaps Red Aalborg (Taffel) 100 cl $ 75 Jubilæum 100 cl $ 75 Brøndum 70 cl $ 55 Other Gammel Dansk 100 cl $ 70 Ga-Jol Blå Original 30% 70 cl $ 55 Ga-Jol Gul Salt 30% 70 cl $ 55 Ga-Jol Grøn Granatæble 30% 70 cl $ 55 Faxe Non-alcoholic 24x33 cl (cans) $ 35 Faxe Kondi 24x33 cl (cans) $ 35

BEER AND SNAPS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE DANISH ASSOCIATION HEIMDAL

Licorice and other goodies – mainly from Denmark

Haribo Skipper Mix 500 g $ 10 Haribo Cruise Mix 500 g $ 10 Haribo Matador Mix 500 g $ 12 Haribo Super Piratos 425 g $ 12 Haribo Click Mix 425 g $ 12 Haribo Skipper Mix 135 g $ 4 Haribo Mini Super Piratos 135 g $ 4 Haribo Lakridssvesker 135 g $ 4 Haribo Matador Mix Dark 120 g $ 4 Pingvin Blanding 300 g $ 6 Pingvin Blue Jeans 250 g $ 6 Pingvin Finsk Lakrids 130 g $ 4 Pingvin Heksehyl 400 g $ 8 Pingvin Hitmix 275 g $ 6 Pingvin Lakridsblanding 110 g $ 4

Pingvin Lakridskonfekt 375 g $ 8 Pingvin Poletter 250 g $ 6 Pingvin Lakridsflip 125 g $ 4 Pingvin Stangmix 300 g $ 6 Fazer Tyrkisk Peber 150 g $ 4 Ga-Jol blå, gul, sort 2x23 g $ 3 Toms Bridgeblanding 225 g $ 7 Toms Kæmpeskildpadder 28 g $ 1.5 Amanda Torskerogn $ 5 Anthon Berg Blomme I Madeira $ 12 Anthon Berg Opera Mints 350 g $ 10 Anthon Berg Mini Marcipanbrød 95g $ 8 Anthon Berg Marcipanbrød 125 g $ 8 Herring from Viking $ 8 Onion Herring just hit Best Before $ 4

Danish Association Heimdal Inc Annual General Meeting 2018

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Secretary hereby gives notice that the Annual General Meeting will be held at 36 Austin Street Newstead on Sunday 7 October 2018 at 3 pm

AGENDA

1. Welcome by the President 2. Approval of minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting 3. President’s Report 4. Treasurer’s Report and annual accounts 5. Auditor’s Report 6. Appointment of Chairperson to conduct the election of the

Management Committee 7. Election of the Management Committee for the year 2018/19 8. Assumption of Chair by the elected President 9. Appointment of Auditor for 2018/19 10. General Business

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nomination form for the Committee of the Danish Association Heimdal Inc. I, ................................................... nominate and I, ..................................................second (name of nominee) ............................................................................................................... for the position(s) of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Member (circle relevant position) Signature .................................................... Signature ......................................................... Date ............................ Date ................................................ I accept the above nomination(s) to the Committee. Signature ................................................. Date ................................................................... Send or hand to the Secretary (Maria Faurskov Nielsen) by 28 September 2018

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Poul Pava

Poul Pava is a Danish artist who specializes in a naive and spontaneous style, depicting the

human form in his childlike paintings and drawings.

He has been painting for 20 years and has many other strings to

his bow - poet, columnist and jazz musician to name just a few.

He describes his motif as "the child in us all" and it is this very

contrast to the fine porcelain that aida is using for its new product

range, which includes thermos mugs, glasses, bowls, plates,

dishes, tablecloths, coasters and placemats. For sale at the

Danish Club stall at the festival at really good prices!

SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL

9 SEPTEMBER 2018 10 am – 4 pm

Who would have thought it: the first festival in Austin St was in 2012 and this year we celebrate the 7th Scandinavian Festival, now supported by Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Denmark.

Thank you to our sponsors who provided funding and raffle prizes to make it all happen: Queensland Government – Celebrating Multicultural Queensland Brisbane City Council – Suburban and Multicultural Festivals IKEA Amake LEGO Nilfisk Trambas Shoes Isles Lane Bar & Kitchen Pasta Fresca

Scanpan FINNAIR 50° North Volvo Trucks Ecco of Denmark Just Do It: Roll

For the taste buds Get a Danish Hot dog from the Danish Club stall Pastries and ryebread from Britt's Organic Food and fresh lemonade by Entice Me Meatballs by Swedes Down Under Norwegian waffles with brown cheese baked by the Norwegian team Finnish pastries (yummy bullar and Karelian pies) Delicious Donuts with your favourite filling from Donut Kitchen 50 Shades of Pork will be busy on the BBQs Delicious salmon from Norway with mash Enjoy coffee from tall dark & caffeinated and Mrs Bean Coffee Tangled Tatoes serve spiralled potatoes on a stick Mouth-watering Swedish Cinnamon Buns Big Burgers from Viking Burgers The Danish club serves up Tuborg and Craft beer from Skovlyst Italian gelati from Pasta Fresca Wines and wine tasting by Spring Deli Fruit Wine

Joost Enough will be there with their milk bar and ice creamery Herbs and Spices from Hierba Santa Try home-made Estonian and Latvian delicacies at the club stalls Freshly cooked calamari from I Calamari

Stalls 50 Degrees North offers cruises not just along the Norwegian coast Swedish crafts and textiles by KAJSA Norwex presents their beauty products and range of antibacterial cleaning products Rainwear for kids and adults and Scandinavian clothing and accessories from BLÆST bylilleboe Take home your favourite Swedish tea from Swede Things Real Danish licorice and Poul Pava homewares from the Danish club stall Baby Goes Retro with their beautiful kidswear Scandinavian inspired jewellery from Leah Jewellery and Bud to Rose Where do you want to go next? Talk to Travel Managers Baby J Inspirations – colourful accessories for kids Woodwork by Brian

Information ATM available on site

Display and action QLD Handball Association – shoot some goals Philip Blunt demonstrate spray paint art – and you can buy them for yourself Lars Glerup presents his vintage Nimbus Just Do It Roll Saga Vikings - Viking encampment and display Swedish School will be there – will they have a fish pond this year? They will most definitely have Swedish cinnamon buns Bricks & Fun: LEGO play area and shop

SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL

RAFFLE TICKETS $2 EACH

Drawn at the Scandinavian Festival Sunday 9 September 2018 Perry Park, Bowen Hills @ 2pm

PRIZE DESCRIPTION VALUE

IKEA Gift Voucher $500

IKEA Gift Voucher $500

BLÆST by Lille Boe Rain Coat donated by Amake $450

FINNAIR Gift Hamper $300

Nilfisk One Vacuum Cleaner $299

Alvar Aalto vase by “iittala” donated by the Finnish Club $279

Scanpan Fry Pan Set $249

Norwegian Lifestyle Hamper donated by Norwegian Club QLD $200

ECCO Gift Voucher $200

Scanpan Spectrum 6 piece knife set in block & sharpener $169

Scanpan Spectrum 6 piece knife set in block & sharpener $169

Scanpan Spectrum 6 piece knife set in block & sharpener $169

Georg Jensen Vase donated by Danish Association Heimdal $199

Estonian Beverage Hamper donated by Estonian Club $150

Trambas Shoes – Gift Voucher $140

Kånken Backpack by Fjällräven donated by Swedes Down Under $140

“Just Do It: Roll” – Grass Skiing 1hr Lesson $70

LEGO Box Set - Friends Friendship House $70

LEGO Box Set - City Mining Heavy Driller & Power Splitter $70

Venue Voucher - Isles Lane Bar & Kitchen $50

Pasta Fresca Voucher $50

Pasta Fresca Voucher $50

Pasta Fresca Voucher $50

LEGO Box Set - Town Airport & Juniors Mountain Police Chase $45

LEGO Box Set - Creator Sunshine Surfer Van $35

A very Norse tour of Scotland and Iceland (part 3) By Kim Tvede

The Icelandic experience We travelled to the Westman islands in the south of Iceland. These islands are famous for a volcano burying some of the township of Vestmannaeyjar in the 1970s as a modern-day Pompeii. The 3000 inhabitants evacuated on the fishing fleet, but returned to prevent ash from collapsing houses and to arrest the lava flow from blocking the harbour by using NATO seawater jets. Icelandic folk are tough and don’t easily give up. The island was also raided for slaves in 1647 by Barbary corsairs from 3000 miles away in Morocco, and lost half its population to the raid. I only then found out that the seas around Iceland had been fished by English fisherman since the 1400s. Iceland has a long history of links to the rest of the world. However the name of the Westman group of islands stems from earlier Norse settlement. Some Westmen (Irish) slaves killed their overseer and escaped in boats. (Icelandic folk today have around 30+% Irish DNA; more than the rest of Scandinavia and showing the greater link to Ireland through slaves and marriage to the Celts). They got as far as the islands and were caught and killed there. The name commemorates the event. The stormy weather had us stuck there for longer than anticipated as the ferry could not run and we ended evacuating some days late in a little Cessna 207 aircraft over several hours at five people per shuttle flight. The Island had a reconstructed Norse homestead longhouse. It was bigger than the Scottish black-houses but otherwise very similar. We went on to experience the Jokulsarlon Glacier lagoon (of 007 movie fame), Geysir thermals, Gullfoss waterfall in the highlands and the Thingvellir rift valley site of the first Norse parliament, Althing, in around 930, and where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, hence the geothermal activity.

A visit to a homestead below the Eyjafjallajokull volcano that stopped flights across Europe when it erupted in recent years gave us some insight into the character of Icelandic people and their cultural heritage. That homestead was flooded by melting glacial water (the volcano erupted under a glacier) then buried under five metres of ash. The family evacuated but returned to clear ash from the top of the barn to allow livestock to breathe. Over months they removed the ash from their fields and facilities and got the farm back in working order. A massive job! They realised they could have given up, but when one lives close to catastrophic disaster, one learns to deal with what comes.

Iceland is a dangerous place. People die. Rogue waves can sweep up beaches and rocks to catch people unaware (don’t take night-time strolls along the beach) and wreck fishing fleets. Thermal springs can scald and burn. Sheep and Icelandic horses (like the old sure-footed sturdy Viking horses they descended from) graze on open pastures in the highlands and can get into trouble, as can those looking after them when the landscape or weather turns treacherous.

It is interesting to consider where such folk come from. Volcanic eruption of Mount Hecla in the middle ages killed half the population of Iceland at the time. The current population is still less than that of Tasmania. They have no military, but a well-equipped coast guard and civil defence for emergencies. Before WWII Iceland was under Danish rule, but when the Nazis invaded Denmark, England invaded Iceland with 20 000 troops. The bunkers are still evident. After the war Iceland became independent and claimed fishing rights to 200km, effectively decimating much of the English fishing industry after centuries of their fishing Icelandic waters. When Harald Fine-Hair finally unified Norway, those who had opposed him found themselves in precarious situations. Floki of the three ravens (yes, Floki, the ship-builder in Vikings who tried in vain to break the revenge cycles), had previously settled Iceland but it had failed to prosper, though Floki later returned to Iceland to live. Even so, Iceland presented as a frontier land where one could escape the law of Norway and other places. Some wealthy folk packed up and left to settle Iceland. The only inhabitants were some reclusive Irish monks … who ‘disappeared’ after the Norse began settling. The Norse settlers did not want royal oversight and taxes, just cultural unity. However, to deal with disputes they developed a parliament, Althing, of the chief homesteaders from the four sides of Iceland that met in Thingvellir and developed rules and adjudicated disputes. This worked for some decades but since they had no executive arm to enforce laws, depended on compensation, exile, execution, and agreement of everyone to follow through. Some powerful families began corrupting the system in favour of their own clans. This led to lots of revenge activity and raiding. Thus, when the king of Norway finally convinced some folk to advocate for royal rule, it was eventually accepted under King Olaf Trygvarsson. With it came Christianity.

Those people who fell foul of the rule of law could either retreat into the highlands of the interior for a tenuous existence as outlaws or move to the new frontier of Greenland. Erik the Red was one such person. His son, Leifur Eiriksson, went further and there is evidence they settled North America. The old saga record of this event was used to determine the description of the likely settlement places. The statue outside the stark cathedral in Reykjavik is not of a saint or king, it is of Leifur Eiriksson, with battle axe to hand. These are the sorts of people who still live under active volcanoes and farm and fish for a living. We lost time in Iceland being stuck in Vestmannaeyja, and because it is such an interesting and beautifully wild place geologically, biologically, and with its cultural past so evident. We are still interested to return and experience more of this Norse centre. We also want to know more of the people who used the seas and rivers as sorts of super-highways so as to see a trip to Orkney, The Hebrides, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, to Rome, and even Constantinople, as just a part of life. Further, they had an expectation of return to a cultured and affluent life in Iceland after accruing status and wealth. Not many Icelanders migrate, even today. The land and families seem to call them. The population is growing. In the meantime, we read and recommend the ABC book ‘Sagaland’ by Richard Filder and Kari Gislason, available locally at around $40, as a lovely tale linking contemporary and old Iceland to its people, history and place in the world. If you want more background and scholarly content, also include the Penguin book, ‘The Sagas of the Icelanders’.

Adam’s Continental Smallgoods 206 Cobalt Street Carole Park 4300

(07) 3271 3044

Did you know that as well as making the best smoked meats, at Adam’s we stock over 60 varieties of cheese. We also have delicious dried figs, dates, and apricots. Lots of varieties of nuts and some great crisp breads.

Do you remember … when I was around 10, a filur cost 35 øre, så must be a late poster!

Steen Selmer is our local representative for Danes Worldwide – contact him via queensland@rep.danes.dk

Raffle tickets for the big festival raffle with prizes now exceeding $4,000 have gone on sale – we need your generous support again. If you would like to help by selling tickets at your work place or to friends and family, contact me on treasurer@danishclubbrisbane.org or 0437 612 913 and I’ll get them out to you.

Preparations are well underway for the 2018 Scandinavian Festival, it’s our 7th year. Amazing. 1st and 2nd prize is a $500 gift cards from IKEA. Tickets are still just $2. The festival date is Sunday 9 September 2018, mark it in your calendar.

Membership fees for 2018/19 are now due. Fees remain unchanged at $60 for a family / couple and $40 for a single person. Please pay to club’s account with Suncorp BSB 484-799 Account number 024951468 or cash at Café Danmark or even via Paypal. Need a new passport? The next date for the mobile biometric kit to be in

Brisbane is 29 October 2018. Please contact the Danish Consulate in

Brisbane c/o Health & Hearing Ltd for appointments.

Telephone hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 4pm

Phone: 07 3366 9355

Mobile: 0423 812 678

AGM Will be held Sunday 7 October 2018. We need more members on our

committee, we’re down to seven now, after Charlotte left for Denmark on a permanent basis. Get in touch if you’re interested, help keep the club ticking over.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL AT PERRY PARK SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 RING 0437 612 913 OR WRITE PRESIDENT@DANISHCLUBBRISBANE.ORG

The Danish Club needs you!

By Soren Hoimark

Participation – new ideas – new muscle Most of your committee members have been on the committee for more than 10 years and we simply must have more new members of the committee to keep the club going and improving. We have over the past years undertaken a complete renovation of our great club house and now have the perfect basis to further develop activities for all our members. It’s our venue to use, so let’s use it. If you have an idea to host events in the club, one-off or regular, come forward and join the committee and be the person developing and managing that event with the support of the committee, of course. On our Café Danmark nights we manage well – mostly - thanks to members volunteering to help prepare food, set up the hall and clear up. These nights are very busy and we can always use an extra set of hands in the kitchen before/during/after the meal service, clearing tables and returning tables/chairs to their storage positions. If more of the members attending Café Danmark would give a hand once a year, your hardworking committee would be grateful. Remember the committee and other volunteers are doing this for a bit if fun and it is a great environment to work together in. We do enjoy the happy faces of our members having a great evening and it would encourage us to have more members appreciate our effort by giving a hand and showing your support. If you can’t come early and help prepare food, come along, have your meal and help for an hour or so – it all helps. Please contact me – president@danishclubbrisbane.org – and let me know

a) If you would like to join the committee and participate

b) If you would like to help out at Café Danmark

Magasin fejrer 150 år

1868-2018

Det er to ambitiøse unge herrer, der i 1868 grundlægger det, vi i dag kender som

Magasin.

Theodor Wessel og Emil Vett er hhv. 23 og 25

år, da de i et Danmark, der stadig lider under

nederlaget til Preussen i krigen i 1864, åbner

deres første forretning i Aarhus. Theodor Wessel & Emil Vett

Forretningens første navn er Emil Vett & Co., det bliver senere til De Forenede

Hvidevarer Forretninger. Dette skal ikke forveksles med hårde hvidevarer. På den

tid var tekstiler en fælles betegnelse for tekstiler som metervarer, duge, servietter,

sengetøj, lagner, håndklæder osv.

Wessel og Vett ligger ikke på den lade side, og inden for de første par år åbner de

tre forretninger i henholdsvis Aarhus, Aalborg og København, sidstnævnte i 1870 på

Kgs. Nytorv i underetagen af Hotel du Nord.

Med forbillede fra de fornemme grand magasins i Paris har hver varegruppe sin

afdeling: En for metervarer, en for sengetøj, en for nattøj, en for frakker. Hver

afdeling er ledet af en afdelingschef, og alle indkøb foretages direkte fra

fabrikkerne, så det fordyrende mellemled skæres væk, og kunderne kan få varer i

høj kvalitet til rimelige priser.

I modevareafdelingen er

afdelingscheferne uddannede i

udlandet, og “4 à 5 Gange om Aaret besøge Disse Chefer

Udlandets Stæder og foretage

Indkjøb i Modeller af Saisonens

Nyheder (…) Etablissementet er altid à jour med Moden, baade

Modeller og Stof,” som det hedder i en artikel om Magasin

du Nord fra 1883.

(kilde: www.magasin.dk)

Annonce fra 1874