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Volume 74, Number 4

Honorary Member Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Published by the Supreme Lodge of the Danish Sisterhood of America, (Dansk Søster Samfund) as its Official Publication.

Christina Sallee, National President

The National Board had our semi-annual Board meeting via Zoom this spring, and while we do get business taken care of, like you, we cannot wait to be able to see each other in person. We hope that will happen in the fall, but we will know closer to the meeting date.

Vice President Karin Wasler has transitioned our email service to Microsoft Outlook which has been a great improvement for all of us as we now are able to store and accept any number of emails which we had to previously manage. The National website has also received a makeover as you can see we have on the pages for fundraising, Butikken and the Tivoli Lodge page. Karin manages both our National and DSS Lodge Leaders pages on Facebook, and typically gets 250-450 views per post, and not only from members. We have also just re-launched our Instagram page and are still adding content, but we hope you will join us there as well (@danishsisterhood). Our VP is also the President of the Tivoli Lodge which has had tremendous success and often has between 12-20 members at their online meetings.

Secretary Glenda Madrid is currently working on your Annual Reports and while a few are still missing, we are happy to report that the current return rate is higher than last year, so thank you. We have processed 14 new members and have seen several becoming dual members of the Tivoli Lodge. We have also seen increased interest in our Angel Status Membership and have surpassed 26, so thank you. In addition to replying to all of your inquires and updates, Glenda is also a major contributor to our newsletter with both reports and the games/trivia you see.

Treasurer Linda Brooks has been busy

DANISH SISTERHOOD NEWS (USPS 148-200) is published monthly by the Supreme Lodge of the Danish Sisterhood of America. Office of publication at 1557 Oak St. Solvang, CA 93463. Periodicals Postage Paid at Rochester, MN. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DANISH SISTERHOOD NEWS, 1557 Oak St. Solvang, CA 93463 EDITOR: Lauren C. Nielsen (507) 206-9099

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Subscription: Members $12 (US) Non-Members $20 (US) Officers of the Supreme Lodge National President: Christina Sallee, Lodge #81 16116 SW Deline Ct, Beaverton, OR 97007-3425 (503) 928 4494 president@danishsisterhood.com National Vice President & Website: Karin S. Wasler, Lodge #68 814 S Sherbourne Dr #7, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 903-8837 vicepresident@danishsisterhood.com National Secretary: Glenda Madrid, Lodge #177 1557 Oak St. Solvang, CA 93463 (805) 448-7631 secretary@danishsisterhood.com • glenda_madrid@hotmail.com National Treasurer: Linda Brooks, Lodge #21 8402 Winter Berry Dr., Castle Rock, CO 80108 303-905-9934 treasurer@danishsisterhood.com National Trustee & Butikken Chairman: Linda Holz #102 4400 EP True Pkwy Unit 47, West Des Moines, IA 50265-5615 (515) 225-0951 trustee1@danishsisterhood.com National Trustee & Scholarship Chairman: Nealna Gylling, Lodge #186 1474 Floan Point Rd, Brainerd, MN 56401 612-390-1374 trustee2@danishsisterhood.com National Trustee, Membership Chairman: Karen Vig-Keathley, Lodge #4 109 South First Street, Itasca, IL 60143 708-715-0071 trustee3@danishsisterhood.com National Past President: Sindy Mikkelsen, Lodge #126 2938 Sweet Grass Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 755-0260 National Historian: Donna Christensen Thomas, historian@danishsisterhood.com Copyright 1946-2020 by the Supreme Lodge of the Danish Sisterhood of America, All Rights Reserved.

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Velkommen

Lauren C. Nielsen, Editor

In this Issue President’s Corner....................................................p 2, 4 Editor’s Welcome...........................................................p 3 Lodge Updates..........................................................p 5, 7 Historian's Corner..........................................................p 6 Become a Dual Lodge Member w/ Tivoli..............p 9 Connect Your Lodge with NFDA...........................p 10 Butikken..................................................................p 13-14

Dear Sisters, Happy April! In March, I was invited to present a report on the Danish Sisterhood News to the National Board during their Spring Board Meeting. While I work closely with the Board on different projects and ideas for the DSN, it is not often that I get to see their faces, even on Zoom. So, it was a great pleasure to meet with them even for a short while.

In Christina Sallee's President's Letter, you'll find a great update about what each Board Member is up to. As for the DSN, here's some fun things to share...

On average, 22 lodges participate in sending updates to the DSN each year, with nearly 55 submissions coming from lodges each year. We had another record-breaking year for Christmas Ad Submissions in 2020 and hope to beat that this year! Over the past year, we've added some great new features including: • Historian's Article • Museum/Archives Updates • Tivoli Lodge Updates • Pandemic-friendly features such as recipes, Zoom instructions, games, and socially-distance activity ideas • Logistics articles for how to submit things to the DSN A lot of these things couldn't be achieved without member support and engagement, so keep on sharing your ideas and helping us improve our Newsletter!

And if you haven't checked out the digital edition lately, be sure to do so today...we've made them easy to access and read via the Sisterhood website.

One last addition...we've started a Danish Sisterhood Instagram page! Check it out for great photos, updates, educational pieces and more. And be sure to follow and share it!

I'm looking forward to the year ahead and to hearing from even more of you in the coming months!

Until next time...

Lauren C. Nielsen, Editor editor@danishsisterhood.com

Youth Birthdays Happy April Birthday to:

Names

Coral Faruolo Devin Stewart Gwendolyn Bell Ella Kamendat

Lodge 12 20 21 184

Age 9 14 7 8

On the Cover Title: The 6 Forgotten Giants Location: Vestegnen, West of Copenhagen Photo by: Rikke Stehr Artist Thomas Dambo is known for creating giant sculptures that are hidden within nature. His goal of creating these creatures was to get people out into nature to enjoy all that it offers. Little Tilde can be found at Vallensbæk Mose. The sculptures all have individual personalities and locations and they're so sturdy, you can even climb on them!

Submit A Cover Photo Do you have a photo that you’d like to see on the cover of the Danish Sisterhood News? Send in your submissions and yours could be featured next!

Photographs must be high resolution and should be accompanied by a short description of the photo’s content. Photos from Danish events, Sisterhood meetings, travels around Denmark, Danish culture and more are all great topics.

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working on our finances.

Our accounts, which were in Connecticut, have been transferred to a national bank, and our fiscal year end documents for 2020 have been sent to the auditor for review. All lodges have completed their IRS filing (yay), and 2/3 of the individual members have made their payments. Our national accounts are doing well as the stock market is doing good and we have had a decrease in expenditures as the Board is not meeting in person and District Conventions have been cancelled. We are still awarding scholarships, camp grants and continuing education grants, and may have to rethink funding of some of those as a few are very low.

First Trustee Linda Holtz is filling your shopping orders and coming up with new ideas for what we want in Butikken. As you are the major customers, please let us know what you would like to see in the store. Linda has set up a Shopping Committee, consisting of 3 Board Members, so if you have some great ideas, or would like to be part of the committee reach out to Linda.

Second Trustee Nealna Gylling is currently ramping up the scholarship award process. We have received over 28 inquiries and 9 completed applications, and information is being sent out to our scholarship judges who are located all over

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the United States and Canada. A few changes were made to the acceptance of applications due to the pandemic and technological advances.

If you are interested in becoming a scholarship judge, reach out to Nealna for information. Camp grant applications are due by April 30th, and online camps are eligible. Thank you to all who have made donations to any one of the Sisterhood supported causes.

Third Trustee Karen Vig-Keathley has been fielding membership inquiries and event requests for our sign and tablecloth. Please be sure to reserve for your upcoming events early. Karen has taken on the birthday card greetings sent to individual members.

We, as many of you are, are looking forward to be able to travel and meet everyone, however most Districts with spring Conventions have cancelled, and one District is having it on Zoom. Maybe the fall conventions will have better luck, but we will have to see.

In closing I want to remind you that Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark will be celebrating her 81st birthday on April 16th.

Please take a moment to send her a greeting, sing a song for her or eat a piece of lagkage to celebrate her.

Take care, Christina Sallee, DSS National President

Thank You!

Thank you to the following for recent donations to the Danish Sisterhood Funds Disaster Relief Fund Marilyn Wedsworth Anne Ford Taylor Scholarship Flora Danica Lodge #177

Archival Project Heartland District Sisterhood Paul Nielsen George Yansick in memory of Patricia Malloy Marsha & Howard Bless in memory of Patricia Malloy Barb Wenschlag in memory of Joni Hill Nealna Gylling in memory of Joni Hill Nealna Gylling in memory of Richard Burtis

Thank you, too, to any lodges or person who have donated directly to the Museum of Danish America for the Archival Project.

Remember the National Sisterhood will match any donations (to a total of $5,000) to the Archival Fund during 2021. Let’s reach our goal in 2021!!

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Update from Frihed Lodge #153–Hartfold, CT Frihed Lodge #153 (Hartford CT) continues to share good times although we have been meeting virtually this program year. We began meeting over Zoom in October 2020. We decided to purchase a one year license as we expect to be meeting virtually for a while.

October found us getting to know Zoom and catching up with the Sisters. It was delightful conversation and we were happy to “see” each other.

At our November meeting we discussed the book “The Year of Living Danishly” by Helen Russell. It is a story of a young couple from London who move to rural Denmark so the husband can take his dream job at Lego. The book tells the story of their adaptation from city life in London to rural life in Denmark. There are many humorous vignettes of life in Denmark and we all enjoyed reading the book. Also in November we decided to send a donation to Foodshare (our local food bank) and some members individually sent a donation to the Museum of Danish America for the Sisterhood archives.

In December we held our traditional holiday gift exchange in a non-traditional way.

In prior years, we’ve had a grab bag style gift exchange where we can steal gifts from each other. Of course, with each of us at home, that wasn’t possible. Sister Sarah Petersen found a secret Santa gift program that randomly assigned gifts/givers without anyone else knowing who the giver was. We each sent our gifts to the recipient and opened them all live on our Zoom meeting. The gifts were quite creative and several commented that they actually preferred this targeted gift giving because it was fun to purchase for a specific person. Even if we are in person next year, we may do the same.

In January, we had another book discussion. We read the book “The Little Café in Copenhagen” by Julie Caplin. It’s a story of a young woman who brings a group of journalists to Denmark for the purpose of writing stories that will promote interest in a Danish department store that is opening in her native England.

The book discusses the food and the culture of Denmark. We enjoyed reading it.

In February we held a surprise Zoom baby shower, coordinated by Sister Karen Kollar, for Sister Katrina Parker. Having met Katrina’s mother where she works at the Danish Windmill gift shop in Iowa, while at the most recent National Convention, Karen contacted her to find out the registry information. Karen then coordinated the gifts with Katrina’s husband who delivered them to a very surprised Katrina as we watched live via Zoom. We were delighted to see all the cute baby things and had fun being sneaky!

We will continue to meet via Zoom for the remainder of the program year. We plan to share recipes in the March meeting. We also will begin working on the history of our lodge, capturing both facts and the memories of special Sisterhood moments. We are always on the lookout for programs and projects that can easily be done remotely.

Submitted by Lisa Christensen Petersen

CELEBRATING YOU!

Congratulations to our Centenarians Today we honor and treasure your life and wish you a very Happy Birthday!

April Evelyn Larsen • April 7, 1920 • 101 years old Lodge #163, Joined July 21, 1984 Helen Howard • April 22, 1919 • 102 years old Lodge #126, Joined June 20, 1997 May Lois Ringo • May 26, 1921 • 100 years old Lodge #21, Joined February 16, 2013 Catherine Hansen • May 27, 1921 • 100 years old Lodge #65, Joined July 22, 2016

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Historian’s Corner

Storstrøm? Where's that!?!?

by Donna Christensen Thomas, National DSS Historian While doing Danish genealogical research and looking at peoples' online family trees they've made public on one of the major genealogy websites, I've sometimes come across "Storstrøm" as part of the place of any of the vital records attached to a person (i.e. birth, marriage, death). I wasn't familiar with that as a place, so I needed to do more research. It puzzled me further as it was associated with a significant number of places that I had been familiar with in several Danish counties.

An overview of history and geography helped to answer this question.

Prior to the ninth century, Denmark was organized into three areas, each with its own laws and government. Then these areas were consolidated into one kingdom until the 17th century.

The three areas were Zealand (Sjælland) and the islands to the south, with Roskilde as the seat of government. Jutland (Jylland), the western peninsula and the island of Fyn had Viborg as the seat.

Finally, Scania (Skåneland) on the Scandinavian peninsula, had Lund as the government seat. This area was ceded to Sweden in 1658.

From 1793 to 1970 the same areas were divided into twenty-two counties (amter or singular amt ). This is most important for us today as this is likely the level one must search if doing family history research. The records for most of this time were kept by the parish minister for the vital records. One must know the county and parish (sogn). The district (herred) might also be helpful in locating the place on the map. Some people today may still refer to these locations as to what area or county their ancestors lived. The districts were divided into several parishes. The pastor may have served more than one parish so the records may be found all in one book, but usually not intermixed with another parish.

Greenland is part of the Danish Kingdom, but has independent rule. The Faroe Islands declared independence from Denmark in 1948, but still are self-governing, have their own parliament, but still recognize the Danish crrown, and send representatives to the Danish Parliament.

Most of us are aware of the tug-of-war Danish Sisterhood News, April 2021

of the Schleswig-Holstein areas over a very long period of time on southern area of the Jutland Peninsula and disputes between Denmark and Germany.

In 1970 the 22 counties were consolidated into 15 counties and boroughs (amtskommuner or amtskommune), which were then divided into 270 municipalities (kommuner). Starting in 2007 Denmark was again reorganized into five regions with 98 municipalities. Usually we are researching prior to 1970, so that may be what we would be most familiar with if studying family history. During this time Non-conformist" religions (i.e. not Lutheran) were allowed to register vital events by the parish minister. Later the responsibility went to the central governmental office rather than the Lutheran Church.

Storstrøm was one of the fifteen counties.

The other fourteen counties' names at during this time period were more recognizable as larger Danish cities and islands. This area consisted of areas on the islands of Sjælland, Møn, Falster, Lolland and minor islands in southeast Denmark. It included the former counties of Maribo and Præstø. It was a somewhat artificial construction as Lolland and Falster traditionally shared more institutions with Funen (Fyn). The name is derived from the adjectives "nordenstrøms" and søndenstrøms meaning "north" and "south" of the Stream" to designate this area of the Zealand-Møn and Lolland-Falster which are separated by the strait of Storstrømmen ( meaning "The Great Stream").

When attributing places of any time and place, the place name should be that used at the time of the event. That is where the records should be located or labeled as such. Borders sometimes change, places adopt different names, places may divide with or without military disputes, but the name at the time should be used so anyone trying to recreate your research can follow your research methodology and plan and for consistency true to the period of time in question.

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Update from Lodge #3 members who may have added e-mail and could join in our Zoom meetings. We sincerely hope more members can join in on the monthly Zoom meetings. Member Alicia Stover has moved back to CO. We will miss her but hope she can join us on Zoom when possible. Sarah Bengtson reminds members that the travelogue series by Benedikta Ehlers Ohlsen continues to be shown

by Zoom by the Danish Foundation of America, on Tuesdays at 11am. Judy Johansen deserves a big "THANK YOU" for being acting secretary for 7 months while Paulette Fisher recovered from surgery. Thanks for your good work and time, Judy.

Our last actual Lodge #3 meeting was March of 2020, a year ago. Because of Covid precautions we haven't physically met since then. Since July we have met monthly thru Zoom meetings, thanks to an anonymous donation that allows for longer Zoom meetings. A big THANK YOU to Jerry Johansen who makes the Zoom meetings happen thru his computer expertise. The most members on Zoom at our meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 11:30am have been 7 or 8. The 2021 officers for Lodge #3 for 2021 are Sarah Bengtson-President, Mary Swanson-Vice President, Paulette FisherSecretary, Doris Johansen-Treasurer.

Ruth Krishnan volunteered to send out a mailing to increase communication with

Paulette Fisher, Secretary Lodge #3

Resolution: Verner Stenderup On February 17th, 2021 we lost a dear member of the Supreme Danish Sisterhood of America, Lodge # 168, Vintergækken of Bakersfield.

Verner had been a longstanding member of the Danish Brotherhood, but when the local chapter was down to five active members, on March 30th, 2005 they joined the Sisterhood.

Verner served a two-year term as president.

During his tenure we hosted the CA District Convention, “Streets of Bakersfield”.

We hosted the first evening at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, and we were fortunate to have Buck’s son, Buddy Alan, entertaining. It was a very memorable evening.

Verner was born on the family farm in Arvin, the farm is still run by the Stenderup family.

Verner is the son of Frida Stenderup, one of our charter members. The charter was sign on February 2nd, 1947. At our annual Installation events, Verner and his wife Birthe would always host the out-of-town guests for breakfast the next morning down on the farm.

In Sisterhood tradition a donation to the CA District Scholarship Fund will be made in Verner’s name.

Online, Bakersfield Californian.com you will find Verner’s Obituary; it is a beautiful tribute to a life well lived.

Verner will be remembered as a kind and generous man; he will truly be missed.

Vintergakken, Danish Lodge #168 of Bakersfield

In Memoriam NAME

Cert #

Harriet Foster Michael Bousquet Ruby Roley Evelyn Joan Hansen Ruth Sparks Inge Kaplan Karen Frederiksen

988 8023 198 22520 18080 23986 90376

Lodge # Location 15 90 19 181 78 168 179

Birth Date Birth Place

Milwaukee, WI Lincoln NE Olympia/Tacoma Holiday, FL Troy, MI Bakersfield, CA Vancouver, BC

09.12.21 05.23.47 06.30.22 07.10.31 09.29.15 10.19.30 06.21.27

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St. Paul, MN Lincoln, NE

Initiated

9.20.95 1.12.13 3.5.86 Grosse Pt, MI 6.8.66 Odense, DK 8.13.36 Turlock, CA 6.3.82 Denmark 5.17.12

Died 2021 1.15.21 2020 8.1.20 1.28.xx 1.6.21 2.23.21

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Resolution: Michael "Mike" Bousquet It is with a saddened heart that we let you know that Mike Bousquet of Danish Sisterhood Lodge #90 and Danish Brotherhood Lodge #211 passed away on January 15, 2021 from pancreatic cancer. In our Danish Sisterhood Lodge he was always the one to put on the pot of coffee before our meetings. He always had a smile on his face and was very willing to help in any way he could.

No task was too big for him to handle.

In the Danish Brotherhood in Grand Island, NE he would help out wherever he was needed. He was Trustee for the Brotherhood Nebraska General Committee. He really enjoyed giving his time to both the Sisterhood and Brotherhood Lodges.

Mike was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 23, 1947. He was 73 years old. After graduation from high school he went to Wayne State College in Wayne, NE and graduated in 1970 with a degree in accounting. As a proud Alumni of Wayne State College he became active as a Trustee in addition to being a Foundation Board Member where he held the office of past president. Mike’s lifelong professional career began in the early 1960’s after working for his father, E.J., installing underground sprinkler systems while still in high school. After graduating from college, becoming a full-time contractor under ‘E.J. Bousquet & Sons’ came next. To keep busy in the winter months, Mike founded ‘ABC Income Tax’. In 1976, Mike was a founding family member of ‘REAMS Sprinkler Supply Co. Inc.’ Over the next 30 years, serving as President, he grew the company to over 10 branches in four states. Mike was a 15 year member of Trinity United Methodist Church, generously donating his time to musical groups and various church committees. Mike enjoyed the outdoors.

He was an avid hunter and golfer (and a hunter of golf balls). His primary joy in these activities came from the time he spent with friends. He could always be counted on for a story and good chuckle.

He was also a member of the Lincoln Cornhusker Kiwanis Club serving as President.

Mike’s greatest joy and love in his life was his family. Mike was married to Vicki for 51 years.

They spent a wonderful lifetime together traveling the world and enjoying great meals. Their last trip was to Denmark. They traveled all over Europe Danish Sisterhood News, April 2021

with the Wayne State College Alumni. They also enjoyed many peaceful nights at their lake home in Fremont, NE.

Mike also leaves behind his son Bryce and his “favorite (and only) daughter-in-law” Heather Bousquet; his oldest granddaughter, Ali Bousquet and her husband, Nick Lehman; his youngest granddaughter, Megan Bousquet; and his one-year old great-grandson, Calvin Lehmann-Bousquet. His two granddaughters and his great-grandson were the light of his life. They always brought joy and a smile to his face.

Due to Covid restrictions, a private family service was held on January 22nd at Trinity United Methodist Church, Lincoln, Nebraska. When arriving at the cemetery, it was very fitting to witness employees and long-time customers of Mike’s underground sprinkler business lining the road to the burial site displaying a “21 shovel salute” in his honor; this special event unbeknownst to the family was very moving to all at the gravesite.

Mike was respected and loved by many; he will be missed by many.

April & May Specials In honor of Queen Margrethe's Birthday, purchase a daisy necklace, daisy earrings or a scarf and the profits from your purchase will go toward the DSS Archival Project. Visit danishsisterhood.org

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Becoming a Dual Member of Tivoli Lodge #300 Did you know Dual Memberships are allowed in the Danish Sisterhood? Many of our virtual Tivoli Lodge members are also members of a brick and mortar lodge. Tivoli Lodge welcomes your dual membership.

A Dual Member will pay National dues via their primary lodge and a National Administrative fee, currently $5, via their secondary lodge. Members will pay local dues assessed by both their primary and secondary lodges, accordingly.

Tivoli Lodge is now an active virtual lodge. We began holding monthly online meetings in December of 2019. Our first officers were elected in August of 2020 and installed at our September meeting. It is an exciting time to be a Lodge 300 member as we work through the kinks and welcome new members from around the country to our lodge.

Currently, we are not assessing local dues. However, as we figure out expenses associated with the lodge and how best we can serve our members, discussions of local dues for 2022 are being calculated. As a member of lodge 300, your input in this process is greatly appreciated.

Benefits of Dual Membership in Tivoli Lodge 300 include expanding your sisterhood connections across the country along with some very exciting programming coming your way every month. We are here to ensure every member has a Dane good time and one of our top priorities is connection to the Danish Sisterhood and education in all things Danish.

To become a member of Tivoli Lodge 300, Virtual Lodge: Visit danishsisterhood.org and under Membership, select "Join Now." You can then print and fill out an application.

Under Lodge: #300

Lodge Location: Virtual

If you are only adding a Dual Membership to your current membership, you may skip the other membership types and complete this section: Dual Membership

Membership of Lodge # _____(designate secondary lodge). . . . . $5.00 Primary member of Lodge # _____ (must be a primary member of another lodge) *** You may make Tivoli Lodge 300 your primary lodge*****

Send completed application with payment to Linda Brooks, National Treasurer. The application will be processed and a copy sent to the President of Lodge 300. For transfers: Request a transfer card from your current secretary.

We look forward to meeting you!

Kim Brixey, Vice President, Tivoli Lodge 300

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Publicize Your Lodge Events with the National Foundation of Danish America Listing your lodge on the NFDA website is a fantastic way to let Danish America know about your events you and how to connect with you (https://www.danishamerica.org)!

It’s easy to establish a basic website for your lodge through the Sisterhood’s partnership with the National Foundation for Danish America. The NFDA website is a clearinghouse for events and clubs in Danish America.

The associated weekly events newsletter reaches close to 2000 people! If you are looking to grow your lodge, you are encouraged to establish a presence with NFDA.

And one of the best things about this, it’s easy! To create a webpage listing with NFDA, submit the following information to Karin Wasler, who also serves as NFDA Vice President.

Basic Lodge Information 1. Lodge name, number and location 2. Description of your lodge (what makes you unique; how do you meet; what kinds of activities do you do together) 3. Contact information 4. Officers (if you wish), including photos

5. links to your Lodge’s social media accounts, if you have them.

6. Newsletters, if your lodge uses them.

A few examples for you to look at are: https://danishamerica.org/arizona-rebild https://danishamerica.org/page-18110 https://danishamerica.org/page-18128 Event Details Your lodge ‘page’ will also be connected to lodge events listed on on the NFDA calendar and in the weekly email events newsletter. Please include the following details for each event: 1. Date 2. Title or Topic of Presentation, including name of presenter 3. Registration information, including how registrants will be notified about login or virtual meeting details.

4. Description of the event NFDA looks forward to playing a part in the outreach and communication of your wonderful events. Please reach out to Karin with questions (vicepresident@ danishsisterhood.com)

Membership Expansion Welcome New Members!

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NEW MEMBER Sally Sheppard Hannah Konzen Helen Phillips Bruce Bro Meghan Hunt Bonnie Bentz 10

SPONSOR Rita Frederiksen Jennifer Rupp Donna Archer Linda Brooks Linda Brooks Cheryl Bentz

RECIPE CARD

Cardamom Coffee Cake (Kardemomme Kaffe Kage)

1/2 c. shortening 2 c. sugar 2 eggs 4 c. flour 2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 2 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. cardamom 1 c. raisins or currants (optional)

Mix ingredients. Bake in two loaf pans at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

From Danish Sisterhood Treasures Cookbook. Recipe submitted by Marie Jaeger, Lodge 177, Solvang, California

camp

Cut along the border for your very own recipe card! (Back of recipe card found on next page.)

SUMMER

Summer time is coming and for kids that means CAMP! With the pandemic in full force last year, most kids did not get to attend camp last year.

Hopefully that changes this year and even if it is a virtual camp, we want to help! The Danish Sisterhood supports the members and their children and grandchildren through age 18 who are attending an in person camp or virtual camp during the summer. This camp may be a day camp or an overnight camp. It can pertain to something about Denmark or can be about any of your interests. The Danish

Sisterhood of America will assist you by awarding up to 8 general camp grants of $100.00 each, not to exceed the camp costs.

Find an application at the Danish Sisterhood website www. danishsisterhood.org. Go under “What We Do” to camp grants.

Remember camp grants are good for Danish camps as well as any other camp of your interest or choice. For more information or questions go the Danish Sisterhood website or contact Nealna Gylling at trustee2@danishsisterhood.com

ENJOY A SUMMER CAMP!!!

GRANTS

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We'll be sharing photos from Denmark, Lodge gatherings & events, educational graphics, latest DSS news and so much more!

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Calling All Cross-Stitchers!

Are you an avid cross stitcher? Do you wish you had another project to work on? The National Board has just the thing for you! We have received a wonderful donation of Eva Rosenstand-Clara Wæver cross stitch kits from Solveig Maschke, a dual member of Tivoli Lodge #300 and Chicago Dagmar Lodge #4.

(Tusind tak Solveig!).

Two of the kits are currently in progress.

Once finished, the pieces will be offered as raffle prizes during the 2023 National Convention. We are looking for a sister (or two) who would like to finish these beautiful kits for us before July 2023. As a thank you for your contribution, you will be recognized at the National Convention.

For those of you familiar with Eve Rosenstand-Clara Wæver products, here are details about the two kits: #13-008 Danmark Bell Pull, 5 X 48 inches #12-652 Winter Scene, 19 X 23 inches

If you are an experienced cross stitcher interested in helping with this rewarding project, please contact National Trustee Karen Vig-Keathley at trustee3@danishsisterhood.com.

About Eva Rosenstand A/S — Clara Weaver Copenhagen became home to a number of embroidery shops in 1870. The shops specialized in the sale of embroidered pieces and materials for embroidery patterns. People would purchase these patterns and materials to make decorative home textiles like samplers, cushions, fire screens and more.

Clara Wæver moved to Copenhagen as a young girl, along with her family. She showed great talent for embroidery at an early age and was hired for an embroidery shop. The shop sold materials, embroidered special tasks for customers and taught various embroidery techniques.

By 1890, Clara Wæver opened her own shop at Vesterbrogade 62. She and her sister Augusta sold materials for different kinds of embroideries and produced their own patterns. Clara and Augusta also taught other young women how to embroider old Danish ‘white embroideries’ and other handicrafts.

Clara was always looking for new embroidery trends and was always open to new ideas. In 1903, she was able to buy a collection of original drawings by the Danish artists Bindesbøll, Constantin Hansen, Kristian Møhl-Hansen and P.C. Skovgård. Clara was very successful in this endeavor and some of these artists continued to be attached to the company later on.

The two sisters passed on the business to N.C. Dyrlund in 1917. Dyrlund continued to produce the traditional embroideries. Clara died in 1930 at the age of 75. In 1940, the company was taken over

by Jacob Holst and the shop moved to Østergade 19.

Holst’s sister, Migge Holst, ran the company successfully for a number of years.

The shop moved once again in 1946 to Østergade 42. And after Migge Holst died in 1953, Jorgen Rosenstand (the son of Jacob Holst) took over the company with the help of his mother Ellen Holst nee: Rosenstand. During this time, Ellen contacted more Danish artists, this time Mads Stage and Gitz Johansen, and their drawings were very successful.

Eva Rosenstand A/S was founded in 1958 when Jorgen Rosentand decided to venture out on his own and start his own company. The Eva Rosenstand style of embroidery was very different from Clara Wæver’s style. Rosenstand used drawings from artists including Falke-Bang, Leif Ragn Jensen and Verner Hancke. This style was more modern and popular during this time period.

Early on in his business venture, Jorgen introduced “kits”. Up until then, guests would have to cut the embroidery material in the shop, choose colors of thread and add a pattern. With the new kits, customers would have all the necessary materials for a cross-stitch design.

After Ellen Holst died in 1976, the two companies merged to form Eva Rosenstand A/S — Clara Wæver. The main shop continued at Østergade 42 in Copenhagen. The company’s products have been known across the world.

In 2003, the Danish company Carl J. Permin A/S took over the company, ensuring that it remained in Danish hands and that the designs could be supplied for years to come through Permin of Copenhagen.

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DSS Angel Member Status The Danish Sisterhood has a new and very special member status, the DSS Angels. This status belongs to those members that wish to gift their funeral benefit back to the Sisterhood. We have had some members in the past make the Sisterhood their beneficiary. We believe this is a generous and significant gift, and wish to honor them while we can, keeping a list of our current “Angels” posted. A couple of options are available: • A change of beneficiary to: Danish Sisterhood of America or, • A change of beneficiary to one of the national scholarship funds. Be specific, ie: Betty Hansen Scholarship, Past National Officers, Camp Grant, etc.

If you wish to change your status, please contact your lodge or the National Secretary for a Beneficiary Change Form. Your benefit does not need to be fully paid yet, and you'd be expected to maintain your payments, as the Sisterhood will not receive the benefit until your passing. Those that do not have a funeral benefit as part of your membership category can participate by donating $1,000 to the Danish Sisterhood of America.

On behalf of our entire membership, we wish to thank and honor as our first Angels: Lodge # 166 168 126 188 75 22 15 12 177 125 171 102 149 187 177 81 81 165 90 102 15 125 177 15 166 126 15

Name Viola Wilson Joann Scott Dorothy Petersen Karin Plagens Sandra Nelson Carole Hodges Andrea Sue Welling Leih Elizabeth Haar Glenda Madrid Nancy J. Mayland Johanne Gade Diann Weinman Carol Smith Meredith Sorensen Marie Jaeger Christina Sallee Melissa Sallee Marie Fairbanks Constance Schneider Susan R. Fisher Lou Ann Jensen Hanne Skaarup Else Lassiter Pamela H. Ruben Carolyn Sias Ruth M. Brigden Kristine Huss

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