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Featured Article Fall Concerts & Events: See it Live at ASI

September – October 2022 1 SEP-OCT 2022 Volume 41, Number 3

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Thank You! To all of the donors and members who make the work of the American Swedish Institute possible.

Contents 3 Message from Bruce Karstadt, ASI President & CEO 4-5 Birger Sandzén: Distant Horizons 6-9 Fall Concerts & Events 10 Coming Together 11 Free Thursday Nights 12-13 Historic Restorations & Discoveries

Minnesota artist activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

14-15 Building Bridges 16-17 Cinnamon Bun Recipe 18-20 Memorials & Tributes 21-22 Community

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Cover photo: Birger Sandzén: Distant Horizons

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President/CEO Search Update ASI has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist the Search Committee in its identification and review of candidates to follow the successful tenure of Bruce Karstadt, who will retire in 2023 after more than 30 years of leadership at ASI. Please direct inquiries in confidence to www.imsearch.com.

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Message from Bruce Karstadt, ASI President & CEO Music has long been a gateway into understanding Swedish life and it has been part of ASI’s cultural fabric from its earliest years. We’ve hosted countless performances of music drawn from Sweden’s folk music, choral and song traditions by both our in-house performing groups and by visiting ensembles. These traditions continue to be revered both in Sweden and here in Swedish-America and remain an important part of our program calendar today.

The music scene in Sweden is quite complex. Today, Sweden is the world’s third largest exporter of pop music, with Stockholm and Los Angeles considered the twin capitals of international pop. Its influence on the music scene is quite amazing and due not only to performers but also to the many songwriters and producers coming from Sweden. It’s also well known for its electronic music and progressive jazz scenes.

Sweden’s music and cultural life is influenced by its growing diversity. Twenty-five percent of Sweden’s population has roots outside of Sweden, among them an Afro-diaspora community from which many talented musicians and artists have emerged who identify as both Swedish and African and whose cultural vitality reflects that identity. Many of Sweden’s ethnic minority groups have lived in the country for at least two or three generations, and so our programming should reflect how they contribute to all aspects of society.

With that in mind, we’re hosting a conversation on October 19 with Dr. Ryan Skinner and Jason Diaketé (better known by his stage name, Timbuktu). The focus of this conversation is a new book by Ryan entitled Afro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color Blind Country (University of Minnesota Press), which traces the evolution of the African and Black music community in Sweden.

We’re excited to host the launch of this book for several reasons. It’s an important scholarly work which we supported by providing Ryan with a Malmberg Research Scholarship grant in 2015. We’re equally honored to welcome Jason for his first visit to Minneapolis. Jason is a rapper and hip-hop artist who has won several of Sweden’s highest music awards.

In 2020, he also published a well-received memoir, A Drop of Midnight, about his own and his family’s history – from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first century Sweden.

We’re eager to learn from Ryan and Jason and to draw upon them for insights into the complexity of a modern Swedish society with difficult dynamics around race and ethnicity.

ASI will be offering a rich variety of programs in the coming weeks which are detailed both here and in our recently released Catalog. Our offerings reflect our vision to be a gathering place for all people that draws upon our ties with Sweden to help us understand our heritage in relation to others.

Members, donors and volunteers make generous contributions to enable these programs, which are developed by a remarkably creative staff and supported by thoughtfully engaged Board members and collaborative community partners. Thank you for helping us make a deep impact upon our community and to serve an ever-widening audience. Thank you – and I hope you will be able to join us in the weeks ahead for many special occasions with family and friends.

Bruce Karstadt, ASI President & CEO

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Birger Sandzén Distant Horizons Exhibition on view through October 30

Joining the main exhibition, The Morning Dip, on the ASI campus this summer is an exhibition of select works by Birger Sandzén (1871–1954)—a Swedish American artist, educator, and promoter of the arts who built a successful life and career in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Although Sandzén’s daily ritual didn’t always include a dip in a lake, as is the case with the photo subjects in The Morning Dip, it did include time outside, sketching his natural surrounds. He would then take these drawings back to his studio to work up into finished oils, watercolors and templates for prints.

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His recognizable style interprets the landscapes of the United States—from the broad horizon and intense light of the prairies to the rugged mountains and deep shadows of the southwest.

Sandzén was a prolific artist who completed more than 2,600 oil paintings, 500 watercolors, and over 33,000 prints over the span of his career.

Born in Blidsberg, Sweden on February 5, 1871, Sandzén grew up in a home where efforts in music, art and literature were appreciated and encouraged. After completing general schooling, he moved to Stockholm to pursue art where he studied under well-known Swedish artists Anders Zorn and Richard Bergh, as part of the Artists' League School, or Konstnärsförbundet.

Prolific artist Birger Sandzén amid some of his 33,000+ works.

He shared his excitement of his first sight of Kansas, writing in a local newspaper in 1915:

“The atmosphere is different here than it is in Sweden, where I was used to painting.

The colors are greens and blues. But here the air is so thin that the colors become more vivid and the shadows lighter.”

Sandzén went on to describe the landscape of Kansas as a whole "new world." While it was new to Sandzén and other Swedish immigrants at the time, it is important to remember and recognize this landscape has been home to Indigenous people for centuries, both past and present.

His Konstnärsförbundet mentors taught and promoted a modern philosophy of art, about the ‘here-and-now' and importance of ordinary people’s lives; about their country’s landscape and the people in it. It was a methodology that Sandzén brought with him to the States, and can be seen in his own artwork as well as his teaching.

Throughout his life, Sandzén was an avid seeker of ideas and impressions that would contribute to his understanding of nature, which he often called the “great teacher.” His decision early in life to become an artist was challenged when he decided to depart his native Sweden in 1894 for a teaching position in Lindsborg, Kansas.

This exhibition, Birger Sandzén: Distant Horizons, includes several artworks recently acquired into the ASI Collection through the generous donation of Dr. James Kaplan. The exhibition also features a handful of impressive, large paintings on temporary loan from the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas. This exhibition was produced by ASI in collaboration with the expertise of Dr. James Kaplan and staff at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas, as well as support from ASI’s members and donors.

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Fall Concerts & Events See it Live at ASI. As pandemic restrictions relax, Swedish touring artists are reigniting their travel plans. Minnesota artists whose performance schedules went dark are returning to the spotlight.

From the region’s most anticipated museum party to conversations and performances by cultural icons and musicians, explore diverse perspectives and discover something new at these exciting fall events.

Music Thursdays Happy hour 3–8pm, live music at 6 pm Head to ASI the first Thursday of every month for live music from Minnesota artists in the gorgeous Turnblad Mansion courtyard, and unbeatable happy hour specials at FIKA Café. Concert admission is included with museum admission so be sure to catch the exhibitions on view when you’re here.

September 1: Award-winning guitarist Scott Keever October 6: Art Bjorngjeld & Ross Sutter.

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Cocktails at the Castle Fri, September 9, 7 pm–midnight The region’s most anticipated museum party returns! Art, demos, interactives, pop-up performances, and more, bring the entire ASI campus to life at this late night party and kickoff to the fall season. Performances by Annie Mack and Little Fevers set the soundtrack to a night under the glow of the historic Turnblad Mansion, with unexpected surprises around every corner, and activities both indoors and out.

wardrobe since 2019. So let’s meet half way.

Inspired by ASI’s exhibition The Morning Dip, suggested party attire at this year’s Cocktails at the Castle is bathrobes and clogs.

Museum galleries will be open late, and FIKA Café will serve a unique menu of exhibition-themed foods and drinks. $30 ($27 ASI member) Learn more about the optional Cocktails at the Castle Pre-Party Sauna experience at asimn.org.

Let’s face it, it’s been a long few years away and not all of us have updated our party clothes

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Symbio Sun, September 25, 2 pm “One of the most distinctive groups in the environs of folk music in recent years.” - LIRA Music Magazine. Regarded as one of the most prominent new bands from the Swedish Folk & World music scene, this powerhouse duo takes audiences on a moving, dreamy, musical journey where folk, minimalist art music, and electronic dance music meet. Symbio was chosen as an official showcase artist at the Folk Alliance International USA 2020— the world's largest gathering of folk & roots music industry—and were awarded "Best Newcomer of the Year” at the Swedish Folk & World Music awards in 2016. $35 ($30 ASI member)

and impact of Signe's words, which explore feelings of homesickness and the struggle for a brighter future. These songs will be performed live at ASI for the first time this October. $25 ($20 ASI member) JAERV + The OK Factor Fri, October 7, 7 pm On the heels of their joint Swedish tour in the summer of 2021, local string duo The OK Factor and Swedish folk quintet JAERV return to ASI in support of their program, Traditions.

Unique instrumentation, deep musical talent, and a camaraderie born from the bands' joint Scandinavian adventure combine to offer a unique night of folk music grounded in pure, palpable joy. $35 ($30 ASI member)

Signe Aurelle: IRRBLOSS Sat, October 1, 2 pm Fans of folk music and poetry should not miss this unique performance by Swedish musicians Maja Heurling and Ola Sandström, who have set, IRRBLOSS, the metrically perfect and lyrically powerful poetry of Swedish immigrant Signe Aurelle, to music. Heurling and Sandström blend folk stylings and the Swedish vista tradition together to underscore the continued relevance

Afro Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country Wed, October 19, 6–7:30 pm Join author Ryan Skinner and eight-time Swedish Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist Jason 'Timbuktu' Diakité for a conversation about Afro Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country, Skinner's new book and the first scholarly monograph in English to focus on the African and Black diaspora in Sweden. Diakité, who wrote a preface to Skinner’s book, was born to interracial American parents in Sweden, and is the author of acclaimed memoir A Drop of Midnight, which has sold more than one hundred thousand copies in Sweden. $15 ($10 ASI member)

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“One of the most distinctive groups (Symbio) in the environs of folk music in recent years.” –LIRA Music POSTEN

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Coming Together A thank you to our community

This past summer, for the first time in two years, ASI successfully reopened our doors fulltime to a complete roster of exhibitions, programming, and events. From the return of our annual Midsommar Celebration, to the expansion of our virtual programming options, our work is not possible without the steadfast support of our members and donors, who in the last two years more than ever, have helped keep ASI a gathering place for all people.

In the Fiscal Year 2021 alone: • $3,510,978 in gifts and memberships were given by 1,810 donors and 4,600 member households • ASI’s number of donors has almost doubled since 2019 • ASI’s contributed revenue represents close to 50% of its annual revenue Because of our supporters, ASI continues to innovate and connect with our community both near and far.

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“Once again, I am happy to renew my nonresident membership and my daughter’s. My daughter has found many enjoyable hours being a part of virtual language lessons.

Thank you for being so innovative under adverse conditions.”

-Donna Pitcher, ASI Member Despite the uncertainty and hardships the last two years have presented, ASI endures and thrives thanks to our community support. So that we may continue to be a resource to our community and a gathering place for generations to come, please consider a contribution today by visiting asimn.org/support. Tack så mycket!

Free Thursday Nights Beginning September 1 Explore the ASI galleries and discover the historic Turnblad Mansion with free museum admission every Thursday from 3–8 pm.

Don’t miss FIKA’s weekly Thursday evening happy hour, and live music on select Thursdays. Bring a guest and introduce them to ASI for the first time!

Visit asimn.org to see the schedule of Thursday night music.

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Historic Restorations & An Update on the Stories, Stonework & Stewardship Campaign

The Turnblad family owned one of the Twin Cities’ first Waverley electric cars. Workers uncovered grooves for the original turntable used to rotate automobiles and carriages within the Carriage House.

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Discoveries Scaffolding has been a mainstay at the American Swedish Institute since April 2022.

With construction crews bustling away both inside and outside the historic Turnblad Mansion, Phase 1 of our ongoing Stories, Stonework & Stewardship Campaign is well underway and making great progress.

The first phase of the project primarily includes exterior work on the Mansion, and also a full renovation and restoration of the Carriage House. Thanks to the incredible generosity of the ASI community, more than $12 million has been secured for this essential work, and Phase 1 has nearly reached its completion.

Inside the Carriage House, historic finds abound.

Under the carpeted floor of what used to be the entrance lobby lay intricate brick tiling and an embedded circular metal groove that enabled a round turntable to rotate an automobile.

Architects have also discovered sealed-over pocket doors, hidden windows, and even a passageway that may have originally been used to transport hay in and out of the stables.

ASI looks forward to the conclusion of Phase 1 come year end, and looks ahead to Phase 2 which seeks to restore and preserve the interior of the Turnblad Mansion. Learn how your support can help safeguard the future of these historic assets at asimn.org/support/mansionproject

Outside on the east veranda, decades of natural weathering combined with salt and ice led to irreparable damage to the veranda’s limestone. Over the last few months, stone masons in partnership with preservation architects have worked to fully rebuild and restore this focal point of the Turnblad Mansion’s exterior with new limestone from Indiana quarries.

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Building Bridges Iraqi Swedish Cultural Exchange On a late June afternoon, the sounds of nyckelharpa and violin drifted from the ASI courtyard while aromas of Swedish pastries mixed with those of Iraqi desserts like baklava and mushabak. The Iraqi American Reconciliation Project and ASI presented a summer evening of cultural exchange to celebrate the richness, diversity, and interconnectedness among Iraqi, Swedish, and Swedish-American cultures. IARP is a nonprofit founded in 2007 that builds bridges of communication, understanding, and support between Iraqis and Americans.

The evening featured Iraqi and Swedish musical performances by award-winning violinist, composer and singer Layth Sidiq and Minnesota’s own nyckelharpa player Renee Vaughan. Visitors tried their hand at games like kubb and tawleh, learned Swedish and Iraqi dances, replicated a cuneiform clay tablet, and more.

This project embodied ASI’s mission to be a gathering place for all people, celebrated the diversity of contemporary Sweden, and connect people and cultures through vibrant art experiences. “ASI is at its best when our programs build bridges, challenge assumptions, and invite conversation between people of differing backgrounds. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to collaborate with the Iraqi American Reconciliation Project this June,” said Ingrid Nyholm-Lange, ASI’s Director of Experience.

"Watch for more programs like this in the future!”

Iraqi Swedish Cultural Exchange Inspired Logo Combining the traditional dala horse with the lamassu—a winged bull with the head of a human— this impressive design was created by IARP’s Jessica Belt Saem Eldahr.

Iraqi Tea The flavor of cardamom—a Swedish staple—is also found in Iraqi tea, a delicious heavy brew served with sugar.

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Swedish Cinnamon Buns Celebrate Kanelbullens dag (Cinnamon Bun Day) with this recipe from FIKA Café.

Swedish Cinnamon Buns Yield: depends on the size of the shaped dough, approximately 2 dozen Dough 1,318g all purpose flour 200g brown sugar 1 tbsp. salt 22g active dry east 700g milk 225g butter Filling 2-3 cups brown sugar 1 tbsp. cinnamon 1 cup melted butter Instructions • Combine flour, brown sugar and salt into a mixing bowl with dough hook attachment • In a pot, melt butter. Once melted, add milk and stir often until mixture comes up to a temperature of 110°F. Then add yeast, let sit for 1-3 minutes to fully activate • Turn on mixer and add the milk/butter/yeast mixture on medium/low speed. Mix for 8-10 minutes or until dough reaches window peak stage • Put dough into a greased bowl and cover for about 20 minutes

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• Dust table top with flour and roll out the dough to about 2 ½ to 3 feet in length and about 8 inches in width. The dough should be even and about a ½ inch thick • Pour melted butter onto rolled out dough and spread evenly. Then sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture evenly • Tightly roll up the dough. It should be a long roll – 2 ½ feet in length • Wrap up the roll in greased parchment paper tightly, and put it in the fridge for about 2 hours.

It can also sit overnight in the fridge. If you need to cut it in half to fit in the fridge, then do so • Pre-heat oven to 350°F • Cut the rolls into about 1 ½ to 2 inches and place on sheet tray, evenly spacing them • Egg wash and sprinkle desired amount of pearl sugar on each roll • Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown and dough is cooked through. It may require more or less time depending on your oven • Best served warm, not hot

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Memorials & Tributes Gifts and contributions to the American Swedish Institute in honor or memory of a loved one or special occasion.

Gifts received March 2, 2022–July 22, 2022.

IN MEMORY OF Jack Abrahamson Eileen Abrahamson Susan Adamek Alison Babb Scott and Gerda Carlson Central States of Omaha Brad Engdahl and Patricia Layton JoAnn “Leaf” Erickson Jill Holter Tikki Huntley Kristine Igo Bruce Karstadt Dick Kizer Ed Kizer Matt Kizer Peggy Korsmo-Kennon Sue Letourneau Jan Rivers Joan and Robert MacLeod Kathryn Sivula Aaron Smith Carol Smith Christiana and Dave Stolpestad Jeff Wanning Alice Rajean Andersen Wendy Aaserud Caron Andersen Amy Gilbert James and Diane Kachel Shawn Kleinhans Betsy and Eduard Michel Jane Terpstra and Charles Stark DeVona Anderson Darlene Peterson Carolyn Ellefson Scandinavian Friends Doris Pearson Anderson Jane Callahan

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Jack Steven Anderson Ruth Anderson Melissa and Lars Hansen Rebecca Lieser Mary Swan Doris Pearson Anderson Jane Callahan Edith Armstrong Scandinavian Friends Sybil Bergman Lindsey Rettmann Anders Björling Sheryl and David Johnson My Father, Harris V. Brandt Gaylon H. Brandt Jean Bristol Faye Olson Joyce (Halldeen) Carlson JoAnn Thoreen Mary Jean Dahlstrom Cody and Kailey Craig Marian and James Haines Patrick and Kathryn Horan Bruce Karstadt Judith Mattison Kim McDonald Donald and Elizabeth Nelson F. Douglas and Mary Lynn Smith Shirley Palm Decker John Decker Myrna M. Erickson/Kylander Richard Erickson Ronald and Ann Johnson Vernice Monson Lars Fallstrom Susan Ripley and Roger Johnson

Beverly Folkestad Jana Peterson My Grandmother, Hulda Forslund Lundahl Karin Lundahl Moe Arthur ‘Art’ Hage Gary and Miriam Gandrud Karin Hakanson Ingrid and Lars Graff Bo Hedlund Mildred Huttenmaier and Dennis Tietze Jack Hoeschler ASI Male Chorus Bruce Karstadt Peggy Korsmo-Kennon Richard and Judy Sandeen Christiana and Dave Stolpestad William C. Holt Jr and Joyce Schlander Holt Candyce and Thomas Hals Kirsten Ingerson Ann Lee Suellen Rundquist Jeanne Sielaff-Daum Bruce Johnson Lila, LaRoy, and Jim Luther Roy Ragnar Johnson Martha Johnson Wayne “Barney” Johnson Doris and Fred Cogelow Families of Bryan Evarts and Pam Roesler Bette Nelson Richard and Judy Sandeen Jeanne Koeppl Elsie Boquist

Marlene Rustad Koski Ardis Alvstad Roger Cooper Sharon Foss James and Mary Jetland Annette Koski Kelly and Mike Nordstrom Mike and Nancy Teasdale Ellen Walstad Margareta Walstad Karin Larson Peggy Korsmo-Kennon Edwin Lindborg Linda and Dennis Baehr Jennifer Bea Dan and Mindy Beaudry Beth and Myles Blomquist Pauline Caldwell Paula Huey Fox Barbara Fritz Harold Gottwaldt James and Mary Hammill Donald and JoAnne Heltner Anne Herman Ann Jazdzewski Karen Jonaitis Jerry and Kathy Koering Jane Lindborg Sherrie Lindborg Thomas and Carol Lindborg Kristi and Bill Moebeck David and Carol Nordli Barbara Pederson Randall Pommerening Dean and Jean Uglem Donna Wolfson Jane Wood Richard T. Lindgren Lois Lindgren Hulda Forslund Lundahl Karin Lundahl Moe Nina Mahlke Sandra Tschida Robert Marsyla Diane Marsyla Mary Jo (Borglund) Monson – First generation Swedish-American Ron and Carla Monson Karen Mord Västergötland Society

David Nelson Doris Nelson Faye and Wally Olson Paula Allan Karen and Richard Arntson Margareta Beyer Gerald and Roxann Bowman Karen Gabrielson Jessica Grausam Margo Gruel Bonnie Hanson Nancy and Tom Heuer Cheryl Jechorek Muriel Johnson Ted Johnson Janice and James Kjellberg Carolyn and Cordell Klug Peggy Korsmo-Kennon Mary Linden Kenneth and Patricia Lundgren Connie McDonald James Mundt Diane Nelson Janet Nelson-Schwartz Richard and Judy Sandeen Christiana and Dave Stolpestad George and JoAnn Swanson JoAnn Thoreen Linda and Richard Vokes Barry and Ann Wallerstedt Britt-Marie and John Wood Curt Pederson Deloris Anderson Rev Rodney L. Anderson and Julane M. Anderson Margareta Beyer Karen Bieschke Anders and Ethel Carlegren Terri Carlson Fred and Doris Cogelow

Patricia Ewer Katie and Rick Fournier Friends of Mara Peterson, loving daughter of Curt Cathy Fuller Barbara Linell Glaser and Paul Zachos Alice and Dave Holm Eugene and Barbara Johnson Robert and June Johnson Rosemary Knopff Doug and Evelyn Larson Rianne Leaf Jorene Magnuson Diane Marsyla Jan McElfish and Tom Ajax Judith Monson Michel and Barbara Nelson Keith and Carol Ottoson Lori Palmer Glenn and Erna Peterson Laura Reindal Kelly Rynda Robert and Patty Strandquist George and JoAnn Swanson Jon Tremmel and Linda Nord Paul John and Sandra White Jameson Zehnder Zachary Zehnder Marlys Peterson Donna Fredkove and Pamela Hamlin Scott Peterson Delora Peterson

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Harriett Rippel Terri Clark Patrick Curry Edie Jones Nancy Lamonica Deborah Lebel Beverly MacLennan Clas-Göran and Elisabet Röing Margareta Walstad Susan “Susi” Haines Ruchie Jeanne and Gregg Aamot Troy Cardinal Michael Chapin Carol Dahlquist Pat Engel Huse Mary Gunderson Donna Haines Barb and Greg Janssen Kendall Larson and Carol McDonnell Christine Lehman Cricket and John Lehman William Ruchie San Antonio Brat Pack Sullivan Family of California and Minnesota Maureen Sullivan Carin Thomas Amy Wimmer Betty L. Settergren Beatrice Christy Mary and Vernon Wilcykz Joan Sjogren Gerald Sjogren Dorothy Sorbo Scandinavian Friends Richard and Martha Thomson Betty Battista Our Parents, the Talbert Ronnings and the Sigurd Olsens Eileen and Julian Ronning Florence Winquist Dr. Glenace Edwall and Joseph Peschek

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Mats Åhfeldt Wayne and Susan Kahler IN HONOR OF Marian J. Alinder's 100th Birthday Steve and Kimberly Alinder In honor of the marriage of Malini DeSilva and Owen Anderson Virginia and Roger Wilson Erick Hakanson Ingrid and Lars Graff Christie Ingram’s Birthday Rita Dillon In honor of the legacy of Bruce Karstadt’s transformational leadership of the American Swedish Institute for over 30 years.

Gratulera Bruce!

Karen and Charles Humphrey Steven Hunegs and Jenifer Robins Randal and Lori Monson Ron and Carla Monson Richard and Judy Sandeen Paul and Ruth Tillquist Ann Walton In honor of Chick and Chris Lane, ASI docents, and hosts of recent cousins’ reunion at their home in Maple Grove Karen and Andy Rieger Inga Theissen Anita Osterhaug Joann Thoreen An old friend

If you would like to make an honor or memorial gift, please visit asimn.org/support, contact Nina Andersen, Member and Donor Services Coordinator at ninaa@asimn.org, or (612) 524-5110, or mail your contribution to: Development Office, American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407.

Community Local and global organizations, people, and events, that promote Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American culture and traditions

ASI Cloudberries A women’s choir that shares the music, culture, and language of Sweden. The Cloudberries welcome and encourage new members. Rehearsals are held at ASI every Thursday from 6-8PM, with fall rehearsals beginning September 8. The Cloudberries will perform on Saturday, September 10 at the Nordic Heritage Festival at Lions Park in Victoria.

For additional information, contact Gloria Rosen at (952) 240-7523 ASI Male Chorus A men's choral group that performs regularly in both Swedish and English. New members welcome.

Contact Chuck Upcraft at (612) 371-3731, Ted Johnson at tdreamintl@midspring.com or visit asimalechorus.org.

ASI Spelmanslag Begins regular practices on Thursday, Septemer 8th.

The schedule of the second and third Thursdays of each month at 6:30 pm, will continue through the fall. The Lag meets in the Kaffe Stuga on the lower level of the ASI. For additional information, please visit asispelmanslag.org or contact swedishsuzie@ gmail.com

Kaffestuga Friends Open to all ASI members, this club meets in ASI’s Kaffestuga on the last Wednesday of the month (except November and December) from 1–3 pm.

Contact Margareta Beyer at (651) 644-5116 Karl Oskar House The Karl Oskar House at 29101 Glader Blvd, Lindstrom will remain open for the 2022 season through September. The season’s music schedule continues with Longtine and Platt performing on Sunday, September 11th from 2-3pm. Plan to visit on Sunday, September 25th for the season grand finale "Nordic Folk Music Jam Under the Astrakhan Apple Tree” from 2-3pm. Appointments for tours can be made through friendsofkarloskarhouse@ gmail.com into early October. The “Nya Duvemåla” house will open for tours mid May 2023. Visit FriendsoftheKarlOskarHouse.org for updates on winter activities.

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Lilla Spelmanslag Learn and perform traditional Swedish folk music in this youth string instrument music group for ages 8–18. New members welcome. Contact Ingela Haaland at ingela_eilert@yahoo.com or visit asispelmanslag.org Scandinavian Friends Meet on Monday, September 12. We will be getting an update on the ASI remodeling project as well as current and upcoming exhibitions from an ASI presenter. Our October meeting will be on Monday, October 10, featuring a performance by Julie and Steve Light Jazz and More! All meetings are in Larson Hall at ASI with lunch served at noon, followed by programming. Reservations are required one week in advance. Contact Muriel Johnson at (952) 831-4180 or murjo366@gmail.com.

SWEA International in Minnesota Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) is an opportunity for Swedish-speaking women to embrace Swedish language, traditions, and provides a strong personal network and support to Swedish families abroad. Fall starts with Kräftskiva/Crayfish party followed by several get-togethers. Our interest groups - book, film, gourmet, outdoor, downtown, mother and child - offer a variety of activities. For more information contact sweaminnesota@gmail. com or visit our website at Minnesota.swea.org Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Will host their fall conference on Saturday, October 29 from 10 am–3:15 pm in a hybrid format. The conference will feature Dr. Fritz Juengling and offer presentations on deciphering old Swedish handwriting, Swedish calendars and feast days, and resources for genealogists. For more information and to register, please visit www.sgsmn.org

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Twin Cities Nyckelharpalag Meets for Lagspel rehearsals at ASI Saturday September 3 & 17 and October 1 & 15, 10:15 am noon. The group performs on Saturday, September 10 at Lions Park, Victoria, as part of Nordic Music Fest. For further information about the group, please contact Cheryl Paschke at (612) 670-6356 or email inquiries@tcnyckelharpalag.com Twin Cities Swedish Folk Dancers Unable to meet due to the pandemic. Notice will be given when we can meet in the future.

Vasa Junior Folkdancers Meet the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 am at ASI. All children ages 3-18 are welcome to join.

Contact Carolyn Spargo at carolynspargo@gmail. com Västergötland Society The September meeting will take place on Saturday, September 10 at 1 pm in the Lindberg Stuga at ASI. Inga Theissen, ASI Collections Manager, will present a sampling of ASI’s collections. In October, we will meet on Saturday, October 8 at 1 pm in the Lindberg Stuga at ASI. Natalie Norman will present the program "Recognizing Traditional Swedish Crafts."

Please contact Gordon Anderson at (763) 788-8532 with questions. Valkommen to all!

Vocabulary svamp :: mushroom vävning :: weaving folkmusik :: folk music afrosvensk :: Afro-Swede For pronunciation, visit The People’s Dictionary: folkets-lexikon.csc.kth.se/folkets/folkets.en.html

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