On the following night there will be a guaranteed

to be a blast Halloween Costume Party with live

music at Henrik Ibsen Park. (see attached flyer).
Bring your best costume and your dancing
shoes, boots, hooves or claws and join us for a
great time!
Hope to see many of you at both venues!

Hope that you all had a great summer! Because

our October meeting night falls on the super busy
Halloween weekend we are postponing the
Smorgasbord/new member welcoming party and
will just have our regular meeting at Brotherhood
Way, followed by a nice hearty lasagna dinner.
This is also our meeting to discuss Officer/Board Hilsen, John
nominations so if you would like to run for a position or nominate someone else please make a
point of attending.

Join us!

Henrik Ibsen Lodge

October Meeting
& Dinner
Friday October 28th * 7pm
855 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco

Menu
Mixed Green Salad, Homemade
Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Dessert
$15
RSVP by 10/26 to John Ronneberg
ronneberg@aol.com or Warren Anderson
415-334-0308
Please send your check (made out to HIL)
c/o Warren Andersen 100 Winston Ave,
San Francisco CA 94132

Monthly meetings are held the 4th Friday of every month, 7:00 p.m.
Business Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Dinner & Social (unless otherwise noted)
855 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco

October 2016 Henrik Ibsen Lodge 6-007 Sons of Norway San Francisco, California

Lodge/Park Calendar of Events

October Birthdays
Analisa Feyling
Robert Hagberg
Christopher Nelson
Grant Moriarty
Susan Kozakiawicz
Jerry Olson
Emily Thorsen
Andrea Feyling
Mark Matiisen
Erica Taylor Soult
Nathan Parke
Wayne Anderson
Richard Holt, Jr
Eric Soult
Josh Tunheim
Kaia Holt
Vincent Rafello
Christopher Lundquist
Kenneth Ellingsen
Alison Hanna
Melanie Miller
Caroline Iversen
Kaare Myksvoll
Laurica Storseter
Ross Tunheim
Gillian Fee
Gloria Lynn Anderson
Marcia Ann Rudd
Alexander Bakker
Joycelyn Duffy
Jessica Melville
Neal Didriksen
Nickolas Sten
James Asvit
Pamela Reed-Reppen
Evelyn Soanes
Eileen Conlan
Ruth Ann Fuller
Scott Grindy
Suzanne Rae Tomplins
Dolores Lee Emrey
Shelly Taylor
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Oct 28 * Note changed event from print Signal

Fri. October HIL Meeting & Dinner 7pm
Homemade Lasagna Dinner
855 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco
Oct 29
Sat. Halloween Costume Dance Party 6:30p
Henrik Ibsen Park, Kings Mountain

Nov 20
Sun. November HIL Meeting & Dinner 7pm
Elections and Turkey Dinner
855 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco
Dec 3
Sat. HIL Christmas Party
Details to come
Henrik Ibsen Park, Kings Mountain

Do you have an article, event , pictures, etc.

youd like to submit?
Please send to:
Diane: synergybc@gmail.com and/or
Erdmann: erdegeo@yahoo.com
Deadline: 20th of the month

Henrik Ibsen Park, 13800 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA, (650) 851-9999 (summer weekends only)

Halloween Costume Dance Party

at Henrik Ibsen Park......

Grab your favorite costume and ride your broomstick to HIP..........

What: Live music.... Spooky snack food....Costume contest..Batty beverages...

When: Saturday October 29th

6:30pm til the Music stops

Cost: $10.00 per goblin or human

Includes : Dancing, snacking & 1 free beverage
Get your costume on & Come join the evening!

From the Norwegian Seamens Church:

The Swedish Church is holding a family worship
service (with a baptism and live music) at the
Norwegian Seamen's Church (2454 Hyde Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109) at11:00 AM on Sunday,
October 9th.

The Young Scandinavians Club

Halloween Party
Saturday, October 22nd
Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market Street, SF
Join 3-400 YSC friends for one of their biggest
parties of the year! $25-$35
Info www.ysc.org
tickets: yschalloween2016.eventbrite.com

The Swedish Church is having a fundraiser

on Saturday, November 12th from 3:00 to 6:00
PM at the home of Britt-Marie Ljung, in
San Francisco.
For details, please email Erik Eklund
at erikeklund@gmail.com

All children age 6 or older are invited to join the

Lucia Christmas Choir. Rehearsals start in
early November. For details, please email Erik
Eklund at erikeklund@gmail.com.
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If you know of someone in need of get well wishes, please contact Louise Mosness (775-203-0801) cmosness@att.net

Fall's arrival at HIP

Greetings Lodge Family,
The summer was a great success! We have
closed down for the summer, but the park is
still hosting visitors and events. We have 3
weddings this month and Dave T., our event
coordinator, has been busy ensuring your
nuptials in this beautiful place run smoothly.
To our newlyweds - congratulations! Maybe
your can post and share a few pictures in the
lodge Facebook page for us to admire.
As for the park, we are in repair mode.
Buildings to paint, water & plumbing projects
to get done . Water heaters, and other items
up for repair or replacement, are just a few
things we will attend to in between lodge
events and rentals in the park this fall and
winter season.
Back by demand is our live music & costume
party in the park October 29th. Come
dance the night away while snacking on some
ghoulish treats and boo like beverages. Flyer
is included in this issue.
Have a safe and happy Halloween and Fall!

Gratitude in service,
Maren Collins
Henrik Ibsen Park Board President

WORK PARTY AT CAMP NORGE

We are having our work weekend to winterize
Camp Norge and we cordially invite you to join in
on the fun, camaraderie and sense of satisfaction.
Party Information
Date: November 12 and 13, 2016
Time: 10:00AM Saturday until 12:00N Sunday
Location: Camp Norge, Alta, CA 530-389-2508
This great event includes free lodging, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday!
See www.campnorge.org
For additional info
Please RSVP to Kirby Aasen, Vice President,
at Kirby.aasen@campnorge.org, 707-349-8792 or
President Fred Hymans at
fred.hymans@campnorge.org, 916-412-3797.
Contact Susan Winje, Treasurer, at
susan.winje@campnorge.org for rooms

Henrik Ibsen Lodge Board Members

President
John Ronneberg
Vice President
Vicki Running
Counselor
John Conlan
Treasurer
Larisa Holt
Financial Secretary
Jeannette Holt
Secretary
Warren Anderson
Asst. Secretary
Bonnie Anderson
Social Director
Sara Skokan
Trustee
Jeff Fleming
Trustee
Vibeke Gade
Trustee
Laurie Mittelstadt
Marshall
Ron Tunheim
Asst. Marshall
Zoe Running
Youth Director
Ross Tunheim
Eden Washburn
Signal Mgr.
Erdmann Rogge
Publicity Director
Vacant
Sports Director
Jens Francis
Historian
Norman Ronneberg
Asst. Historian
Lynn Nichols
Signal Editor
Diane Acevedo
Email: synergybc@gmail.com
Foundation Dir.
Bob Wright
Sunshine
Louise Mosness
Email: cmosness@att.net
Cultural Dir.
By Committee
Tubfrim Chairman
Vibeke Gade
Adopt-a-school
pending
Membership Chairman Vicki Running
Musician
Bob Anderson

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650-248-9636
415-664-4627
415-361-1937
650-588-0727
415-334-0308
415-334-0308
650-200-8081
650-369-0406
650-851-1912
650-274-8520
650-529-1891
650-851-4065

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www.campnorge.org
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www.sofn.com
District 6
http://sofn6.org/

650-851-8509
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650-996-0905
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775-203-0801

650-851-1912
650-248-9636

Henrik Ibsen Park Board

President
Maren Collins
916-599-0586
Email: 4markings44
Vice President
Vicki Fleming
650-867-4454
Email: missvicann@aol.com
Treasurer
Laurie Mittelstadt
650-274-8520
Secretary
Jens Francis
415-254-3813
Email: jens.francis@faultlinegroup.com
Member
Dave Tensfeldt
650-208-9162
Email: bigdt@comcast.net
Member
Len Jacobson
650-743-4209
Email: ljacobson9999@yahoo.com
Member
Jack Simensen
415-504-8203
Email: kiaprop@aol.com
Member
Warren Anderson
415334-0308
Member
Kathy Smallman
650-592-2796 x 102
Email: Kathy@smallmanconstruction.com
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violation of the Sons of Norway privacy policy and is strictly prohibited.

THE FIRST HUNDRED AND EIGHT YEARS OF

HENRIK IBSEN LODGE, SONS OF NORWAY
By Norman Ronneberg Jr.

Part Five: Building Henrik Ibsen Park

Lodge members were excited and enthusiastic about their new Park. After much discussion (and far too
many votes), the Park was finally named Henrik Ibsen Park, in honor of the most famous Norwegian playwright of the erawith proponents of Roald Amundsen Park, Dovre Park and Norway Park being in the
minority. By 1925, most members owned or had access to an automobile, probably one of Henry Fords
Model Ts. They often drove the 40 winding, often fogshrouded miles over poor roads to Kings Mountain, where
there were apple orchards for picnics, and redwood groves
where their children could play. Many Saturday nights, members fiddles and accordions were heard playing schottisches,
polkas and hambos for dances on the open-air dance floor.
The Park was 100% built and developed with volunteer labor.
In Norway, this type of communal dugnad arbeid was common and understood to build a sense of community. Willing
hands cleared the land (the men often wearing hats and vests),
measured out lots for cabin sites, built out-houses and removed
poison oak and brambles. Lodge members were invited to lease cabin sites ($50 for a five year lease).
Each lease, then written in Norwegian, restricted cabin ownership to members, prohibited tree cutting and
businesses in the Park, and specified only one building per lot.
Many lodge members were carpenters. Some had even had architectural
training in Norway. With inspiration from picture postcards of hotels in
Sognefjord and Hardanger, they designed a three-story Club House, in the
national romantic sveitserstil, or Swiss chalet style, then popular in
Norway. For more than two years, 26 skilled carpenters spent many unpaid weekends building the structurefueled by copious amounts of free
beer and open-faced sandwiches provided by their wives and girl friends.
The Club House ultimately cost the Lodge $8250 to build.
Dapper Park builders, with familiar names: Oyen, Jacobsen, Sather and Stromsheim (the others?)

1926-1929 Building the Club House

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