DanishNews082008

NEWS MAGAZINEISSN 0113-4965 • August 2008

Film EveningFriday, August 15th, 7.30pm

We are showing

“Adams Æbler”“Adam’s Apple”

A satirical comedy with English subtitles.(see review pg 5)

Free film plus coffee and cookies for members - donations welcome.

Non-members pay $5

Come to the

Open HouseSunday, August 3rd

from 2pmCome and meet your friends or get some

new ones – Everyone is welcome!Coffee & cake from $2.50

2008 Winter Warm-UpSaturday, August 2nd

6pm till 10pm approx.

See your Danish Folk Dancers in traditional costume.

Join in the fun dances from all parts of Europe and elsewhere.

Admission by donation. Food and drink on sale.All welcome

The Danish Mothers’ Groupare having their yearly ‘Christmas’ Lunch

on the 23 August (7pm)Den Danske Mødregruppes, holder deres årlige

‘Midtvinter Julefrokost’Det Danske Hus,

lørdag den 23 august, kl 19.00 Saturday 23rd August 7pm

Tilmelding, samt delikatesse til Randi Jensen 630 1077, senest den 17 august.

Wednesday Morning GroupWednesday, August 27th, 10.30am

Speaker: Rita Jaegersborg,Honorary Danish Vice Consul

Our offi cial connection with Denmark.How does it work?

Rita will talk of her work at the Consulate.There will be opportunity for discussion

(including dual citizenship if there is interest).Come and meet with Rita and enjoy a “hyggelig“ morning.

All Men and Women of all ages.Bring your Lunch to enjoy after the meeting.

Danish Society News Magazine ● August 20082

THE DANISH SOCIETY (INC)P. O. BOX 12 279 - PENROSE 1642

6 Rockridge Ave., Penrose, AucklandPhone 580 3103

www.danishsocietynz.com

Contact phone numbersThe Danish House 580 3103Valhalla, Leigh 09 422 6194

CommitteePRESIDENTKaren Yates 524 6016

VICE-PRESIDENTRichard Logan 480 9883

TREASURERRoger Knights 021 858 248

SECRETARYRolf Siggard 528 2469

COMMITTEE MEMBERSMia Barr 634 1159Antony Barrett 444 0939Kurt Marquart 476 0244Finn Nielsen 625 5533Marion Stewart 480 8282

EDITOR “NEWS MAGAZINE”Pam Logan 480 98839 Puawai Place, Northcote, Auckland E-mail: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJohn Stewart 480 8282

MAILOUTHelle Scott 521 2844

CHANGE OF ADDRESSKurt Marquart 476 0244E-mail: [email protected]

Other AddressesROYAL DANISH CONSULATE GENERALP.O. Box 619, Auckland 1Fax 537 3067 Phone 537 3099www.danishconsulatesnz.org.nz

THE TRADE COMMISSION OF DENMARKHarbour View Building, 152 Quay St, 7th FloorP.O. Box 2154, Auckland 1Fax 307 5207 Phone 379 3119 www.dtcauckland.um.dk

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH1 Harris Rd (P O Box 85-014) Mt WellingtonPhone 579 4490

SUBSCRIPTIONS (2008 Financial Year – 1st Oct 2007 to 30th Sept 2008)

Member: $60 per memberSenior rate: (65 & over) $50 per member Youth rate: (18 to 25) $50 per memberChildren under 18 Free Family discount: Less $10 per couple

REGULAR EVENTS

QUICK CHECK CALENDAR

COMMITTEE MEETINGSare held on the second Monday of the

month at 7.30pm

VALHALLA WORKING BEESWorking bees are usually held on the weekend

of the second Saturday of the month.

DANISH HOUSEAn Open House is held on the first Sunday

of each month from 2pm.

CARDPLAYERSmeet on the first and third Wednesday

of the month - 11am to 3pm

DANISH MOTHERS’ GROUP

meets every 2nd Tuesday. Call Christina on 360 4389 for venue.

FOLKDANCERS

meet at 7.30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.

WEDNESDAY

MORNING GROUPMeets on the fourth Wednesday

of every month at 10.30am.

AugustSat 2 Winter Warm-UpSun 3 Open HouseWed 6 Card PlayersSat 9 Valhalla Working BeeTues 12 Folkdancing Social NightWed 13 Valhalla kitchen proposalFri 15 Film eveningWed 20 Card PlayersSat 23 Mid-winter Xmas PartyTues 26 Folkdancing

SeptemberSun 7 Open HouseSat 13 Valhalla working BeeFri 19 Film EveningSat 27 Smørrebrød PartyOctoberSun 12 Over 60s luncheonFri 17 Film Night + Fri 17 Family DinnerNovemberFri 21 Film EveningSun 23 AGM + Family Dinner

Committee Contact Working Group Convenor PhoneCultural Card Players Lise Jensen 625 8969Karen Yates Danish lessons Connie Kristensen 0274 757 565 Danish Mothers’ group Christina Bengtson 360 4389 Folk dancing Finn Nielsen 625 5533 Library / Videos Helle Gilderdale 478 7016 Society history Karen Yates 524 6016 Welfare (Cards & Flowers) Vibeke Courtney 576 3150Danish House Bookings Lorraine Nielsen 625 5533 Maintenance Carsten Dansted 524 2047 Members Membership Kurt Marquart 476 0244Roger Knights email: [email protected] Editor Pam Logan 480 9883 Webmaster Lena Burlon 528 1116Other Clubs Presidents/contacts Karen Yates 524 6016Karen Yates MarketingSocials Bar Finn Nielsen, Keld Burlon 625 5533 Lena Burlon Socials Mia Barr 634 1159Valhalla Bookings & Maintenance Marion Stewart 480 8282Richard Logan Development Richard Logan 480 9883

Committee Contacts & Convenors for Working Groups

Danish House Hall Hire RatesMembers rates for hiring the hall for the whole day at the Danish House, Penrose.Sunday to Friday inclusive $100Saturday: $150Half a day is $25 less. Funerals – no charge.

The bond is $150.00 per booking. The booking/holding fee of $50.00 is deducted from

the total cost.

Call the Booking Officer: Lorraine Nielsen, Phone 625 5533

BOOKINGS FOR VALHALLA RATESOff-peak Adult Child Member $10 $5Guest $30 $20 Whole house daily rate $120Peak Member $15 $7.50Guest $30 $20Whole house daily rate – excluding Christmas seasonFlat rate $270Off-peak = Mid-week only excluding Christmas season & school holidaysPeak = All school holidays and all weekends.Christmas season = Christmas Eve to the end of Anniversary weekend.The Whole House is available during the Christmas season, but will incur an extra $50 a night premium rate, bringing the daily rate to $320. The house can only be hired for 7 days at any one time. Children are 18 and under and under 5 stay free (when in the same room as their parents).Call the Booking Officer: Marion Stewart,

88c Coronation Road, Hillcrest, NSCP: 480 8282 E: [email protected]

Danish ClassesWednesdays

Beginners 6.30-7.30pmIntermediate 7.30-8.30pmPrivate lessons are available on

Saturday mornings. For more information call Connie Kristensen 0274 757 565

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Dear Members of the Danish Society

August is usually one of the best months of the Danish summer. To many of you that are away enjoying the increasing good weather in Denmark we send you our good wishes and ask you to bring back something of the changing Denmark to share with us here in NZ.

I did not manage to get to Denmark this year. Instead I visited my sprightly 92 year old Danish aunt, in San Francisco. She arrived there in 1947 and after establishing herself in the “American dream” has been back to Denmark almost every year since the early 1950s. True to form, as we left she was off to experience the Danish summer again. The call of Denmark sits deep within, even if the country changes, the connection is strong! Many of you know those feelings deep within.

I was interested to note, that she belongs to The Danish Soldiers Club, Northern California, where the average age would be almost 70. They own land, north of San Francisco on which a Danish ‘bondehus” farmhouse stands. As a group they are caring and supportive to each other but it is obvious that they have not viewed the future with any realism. There is a lesson here for any cultural organisation: to keep moving with the times and embrace change.

Contributions to the magazine

Thank you so much to Helle Gilderdale and Erling B. Jensen for their thoughtful writings to the magazine in July. It made it a very interesting issue. We welcome more from members and readers. Send in your letters, thoughts and ideas. You do not need to write a whole page. Short contributions are welcome. Let us know what Denmark is like these days and the current collective attitudes. Write in Danish or in English. Please keep them coming.

Dual Citizenship For those of us that still hold our Danish Passports,

a topic of great interest is Dual Citizenship. Many younger Danes who have settled outside of Denmark because of work or family would like dual citizenship. The very fact that they are not regarded as integrated citizens in the new country even if they have children born in the new country and in many cases can’t vote (this does not apply to NZ) or obtain the promotion, pushes them to desire dual citizenship. The Danish Conservatives in Folketinget (Parliament) sees things differently.

Denmark is one of the few European countries that do not currently permit dual citizenship. We have not heard the end of this situation as yet and it is a matter of watching this space.

This month in the Danish SocietyWe welcome, Folkdancers from all over Auckland

who will be staging their annual Winter Warm Up at Danish House and The Danish Mother’s annual Mid Winter Christmas Lunch. Don’t forget Open House, the first Sunday afternoon of the month, it is a friendly get together and a good time for new members to come and meet with others. Do join in the Film evenings which continue to be a good evening of entertainment and contact with others.

At Valhalla we are grateful to Erik Nissen and Neil Treadaway who are putting in an enormous effort to build the steps, along with their team of carpenters and supporters to make the working bee weekends very productive.

Med venlig hilsenKaren

Karen’s CornerFrom the President – July 2008


This is a story which all thirsty Danes ’down under’ have to pay a lot of attention to!

The Danish supplier of Aquavit (formerly ‘Danish Distilleries’ now called V&S Distilleries) used to export their liquor all over the world (see www.aalborgakvavit.dk) and as their web site says: ‘we are the world’s largest producer and exporter of aquavit, supplying over 10 geographic markets’ – but apparently that does not include Oceania anymore!

In January 2008 the former national importer of Danish Aquavit in New Zealand, Vintage Wines and Spirits, CEO Nick Hern came to visit us at the Trade Commission in Auckland. He expressed his frustration at the huge demand for the Danish Aquavit in the country and how the Danish Distilleries refuse to sell to him as they don’t believe that there is a market for their product in New Zealand anymore and for that reason has stopped the export. Mr Hern told us that he gets more requests than ever for the Danish Aquavit and that he was willing to do anything to get the Danish Aquavit back to NZ. In the meantime, we at the Trade Commission of Denmark continue to get a lot of requests for Danish Aquavit and therefore decided to contact V&S Distilleries to find out what the big problem was.

The Marketing Coordinator, Karin Henrietta Christensen, came back to us on e-mail and said she would forward my request to the Export Manager Per Säre.

The following was his answer:

Dear Karen,

I’m really glad to hear that it’s a lot of Scandinavian people who wants to buy our products! Yes, we stopped the export to N.Z. because of too small volumes and too much cost and work with the special labels and transport. I can think to start the export to N.Z. again if the importer can buy our standard bottles and buy

a minimum a full europallet each time and can take the cost for the transport from Denmark. (Incoterms 2000, EXW or FCA). The customer must take the full responsibility if N.Z. has any special requirements about warning signs and special labels.

/Mr. Per Säre

After reading his answer we immediately forwarded this to the National Importer in New Zealand and Nick Hern responded that he was willing to meet the requests from V&S Distilleries. According to Nick Hern ([email protected]) the company never came back to him and in the end he got an e-mail saying that V&S Distilleries still didn’t believe that there is a market for their product ‘down under’. I guess a lot of Danes and Scandinavian living in New Zealand, as well as local Kiwis would not agree to that, which is why I accidentally slipped the Export Managers e-mail into this article:

[email protected]

and appeal to you all to write a brief and polite message with your disagreement!

ValhallaKitchen

ProposalsWednesday August 13th Danish House 7.30pm

A chance to view the Valhalla kitchen proposals.All interested people welcome.

Danish Aquavit ‘Down Under’


From the Valhalla Booking Off ceriOccupancy

The occupancy continues to be consistent, with total occupancy for June 08 being above June 07 and matching June 06 figures.Lost Property

A pair of Ugg boots has been returned to me from being left up at Valhalla. If they belong to you or one of your party please call me to uplift them.Unknown key

A key has been returned to me in error. It is attached to an orange key tag with the number 3425 written on the tag. If this sounds lke your please contact me.Summer bookings

If you are considering Valhalla as part of your summer

holidays there are only a few gaps left in January so I would recommend you check out the website now and make your bookings as soon as you can.

Valhalla BrochureYou may recall that we produced a Valhalla brochure

that used to be sent out with the keys. As with anything that is printed it becomes out of date almost the moment it is printed. We have updated the information and it is now going to be available for viewing and printing off the Danish Society website at your leisure.

Marion Stewart

The Return of the

Viking Ships Anne Rimmer

14th October 7pm in the Sanford TheatreNZ National Maritime Museum

Cnr Quay & Hobson Sts, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland

www.nzmaritime.org

Ph. 09 373 0800 or Freephone 0800 725 897

Wanted at ValhallaA large, solid bookcase,

preferably with cupboards below.

Call Vibeke 576 3150or Richard 480 9883

GROOK for the MONTHPROBLEMS

Problems worthy of attack

prove their worthby hitting back.

PIET HEINFrom Hein.P. Grooks 1966

No permission has been granted

Our next movie on Friday 15th August will be

“Adams Æbler”Adam’s Apples is a satirical comedy about a priest,

Ivan, who believes his task is to help his fellow men, not least those that have lost their direction.

The neo-nazi Adam is received with open arms into Ivan’s remote collective which already hosts a number of social misfits. Ivan is also somewhat remote from reality and a series of revelations follow which lead to unrest in Paradise.

The movie is set in a beautiful traditional church in rural Demnark. A wonderful movie with a message – well cast, expertly produced and highly rated by the Danish critics.

Film Review


Håber I har det godt og stadig nyder livet !!

Vi har haft så travlt på det sidste, at der ikke rigtig har været tid til at arrangere udstillinger, da jeg jo er midt i min ‘Master of Fine Art’ uddannelse – hårdt, men meget, meget interessant!!!!

Men jeg kan jo ikke helt styre mig, så det er nu tid til en udstilling igen – ja, faktisk to udstillinger !!!! (Åbning/Fernisering 5 August og 19 August – se vedlagte indbydelser)

Jeg sender jer begge indbydelser og det ville selvfølgelig være vidunderligt at se jer der, men også hvis disse indbydelser kunne blive distribueret videre til Den Danske Forening :o) Specielt nr. 2 udstilling er speciel, da det er en Koreaner (Monica), en Canadier (Bonnie) og så mig der holder udstilling sammen efter at have gået på kunstskole sammen - så meget internationalt og det kunne jo være rart at vise det ‘danske flag’ :o)

Kærligst Gitte og Per Andersen

PS. Her er den tekst jeg sender med sammen med indbydelserne...

Finally time for an exhibition – well, actually two exhibitions . . .

One Opening on Tuesday 5 August – Synchronicities – which will be work by James and me – our well known styles – abstract and very colourful.

Another Opening on Tuesday 19 August – Found in Translation – which will be work by Bonnie, Monica and I, which will be a mix of surrealistic, realistic and abstract – very colourful and a lot of fun – and very different from the other exhibition.

So there are good reasons for going to both of these exhibitions – besides wine and good company!

An invitation to the members of the Danish Society from Gitte Andersen

Found in TranslationAn exhibition byGitte Andersen, Monica Seo & Bonnie Hughes19-24 August 2008Lake House Arts Centre, Takapuna, AucklandOpening Tuesday 19th August 5.00 – 7.30pm

Lake House Arts Centre37 Fred Thomas DriveBarry’s Point Reserve, Takapuna, AucklandOpening hours: Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm Sat-Sun 10am – 3pm


We need your help!at the next Valhalla Working Bees9–10 August 2008 (2nd weekend of the month)13-14 September 2008 (2nd weekend of the month)No working bee in October due to the kitchen upgrade8-9 November 2008 (2nd weekend of the month) 13-14 December 2008 (2nd weekend of the month)We are seeking your support to carry out a whole range of jobs (inside and outside). Our main focus over the next couple of months is on upgrading our wooden steps, planting more trees and weeding out moth plants and black nightshade. Any help is welcome. Some volunteers come for the day whilst others stay the weekend. If you have never been to a working bee, why not come for a visit.If you are able to help in any way, please contact Richard Logan, 480 9883 (Home)

We had another busy working bee in July with 13 members coming and going over the weekend. The weather varied from overcast/ rain on Saturday to sunny and mild on Sunday. The highlight of the weekend was probably the delivery by three different members of the new couch and assembling it, then testing it. The new couch fits nicely into the lounge corner, fits four and is very comfortable.

Over the working bee we completed another flight of steps, planted out 120 trees/ plants, pulled out hundreds of black nightshade and moth plants, stacked forest debris into piles, assembled the new

couch, moved all the old timber from the Cove lookout and the top of the steps to the cowshed area, sorted out the library, transplanted more flax, fixed a fence and collected and took away inorganic rubbish. Overall a lot was achieved.

Richard LoganValhalla Convenor (Development)17 July 2008

Valhalla Working Bee - July 12-13

At the July working beeRight: The new couchLeft top: Kaj & Christine FutterupLeft bottom: Ib & Marama Meldgaard


ForeningsnytHjertelig til lykke til:

Congratulations to the 33 members who have birthdays and the 13 couples who have an

anniversary in August especiallyErling B Jensen

som fylder 75 år d. 10.8.2008Steve Harris

som fylder 40 år d. 17.8.2008Alfred Persse

som fylder 90 år d. 30.8.2008Svend & Nicola Fanefjord

som d. 6.8.2008 har været gift i 25 år

The next magazine deadline is Aug 11All contributions welcome – in Danish or English.(Arial Narrow font, size 12) The magazine can also be read (in full colour) online at www.danishsocietynz.com.Note: ads for events must be in a calendar month before the event. Pam Logan (Editor)

Welcome to New MembersVelkommen til nye medlemmer: Timothy Jacobsen

Thank You LettersRe: Ebba TierTo the Danish SocietyYour kind and thoughtful expression of sympathy is deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged by Ebba’s goddaughters, Wendy, Robyn & Barbara and by her extended family in Denmark.

Scandinavian Festival27 to 29 March, 2009Alexandra Park, Greenlane,

AucklandCelebrating Scandinavian Culture and Scandinavian History in New Zealand

Now looking for volunteers to help in all areas of the FestivalRegister your interest and the

contribution you are willing to offer.

See web site for more informationwww.scandinavianfestival.org.nz

You can also contact the secretary on [email protected]

or write to: The Secretary Scandinavian Festival 2009,

PO Box 12 279, Penrose, 1642, AucklandPlease see

Scandinavian Festival Newsletter enclosed in this mailing

Looking for WorkI am a 19 year old Danish Christian girl and I am looking for a

place to live and work in the period September 2008 until January 2009, anywhere in New Zealand.

I am a very positive person with a good sense of humour and I’m not afraid of new challenges.

I do a good deal of training in my spare time: running, cycling and fitness.

I am very creative, and like to work and use my hands.My English is not so good, but I think I can learn it.

Please contact me on my email: [email protected]: Maria Jørgensen

Gammel Dansk available

Gammel Dansk can be purchased at

Vintage Winesnow at

44 Northcote RdNorthcote

North ShorePh. 480 0789

Karen Andersen YatesAuckland524 6016

Email: [email protected]

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