Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-07-17
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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going on-and if no material changes
are made in the program. the details
will be as here outlined.
Days i'm Denmark.
The recent celebration of the one
thousandth anniversary of the begin
ming of parliamentary government in
Iceland affected Denmark to the eX-
tent that the two countries are united
through a common king as well as
through joint foreign service. Hun
dreds of Danish-Americans took part
in the pilgrimage to the stern old
Saga Isle.
On July T. about 10000 Danes and
DanishAmericans gathered at the
DaniSh-American national r b i | d
Park in Denmark to celebrate the
American Independence day; principal
speakers were DR.. Henry Goddard
Leach, editor of the Forum magazine,
New York, and the famous Greenland
explorer, Dr. Knud Rasmussen.
Preceding this event a large group
of Danish-Americans cruised around
aboard a newly built luxurious steam
next month 20 members of the Dan
ish-American club at Aalborg will
visit various cities in the United
States.
King of Fairy Tales.
Last April 2, 1875 years had elapsed
dersen, that son of poor cobbler who
became the King of Fairy Tales"
AS the committees in charge of the
festivities were DESTROYS of giving as
many Danish-Americans as possible
an opportunity of taking part in the
festivities, the official program was
postponed until the latter part of this
month when the largest number of
Danish-American tourists have ar
rived, and, Judging from all accounts
the celebration, centering about the
native city of Andersen, viz, Odense,
will be very magnificent one. PeO-
pie from many countries are coming
to Odense for the sole purpose of pay
ing homage to the memory of the
Fairy-Tale King.
Stockholm Exposition.
The central event of the summer
in Sweden is the exposition in Stock
holm, said to be one of the most high
ly modern fairs of its kind. 1t is
on a very large scale and shows the
tremendous progress registered by
the SwedeS in the fields of art and
industry.
AS observation-disclosures and Dan
ish-Americans have journeyed to their
original home countries by the thou
sands this summer, so have thousands
of Swedish-Americans gone to Stock
holm.
Swedish artists-Such as Anders
Zorn-and Swedish industrialists-as,
for instance, Ivar Kreuger, head of
the international match trust-have
long ago reaped unusual fame in for
eign lands. They are typical repre-
entatives of the remarkable spirit of
progress which is so very character
istic of the Swedish people, and the
very best that has been produced by
art and industry has been assembled
at the Stockholm exposition where it
has created a sensation because it is
demonstrated that art and industry,
rightly conceived and directed, may
work successfully and effectively
hand in hand.
Friends of the North.
An event of far-reaching signif-
canoe took place during the celebra-
ton in Iceland, for here representa-
tives of Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Denmark and Finland signed a mutu-
ally binding friendship and concilia-
ton treaty which means that no war
can ever take place between these five
nations of the North.
Those who witnessed the signing of
the document say it was a most SOL
emn and beautiful event.
Nowadays no one dreams of politi-
cal union between the northern ma
tons. But aside from the govern
guages, these countries are united Gull
turally, commercially and in practical
ly every other way more intimately
than any other group of nations on
the surface of the earth. They are
branches of one great race and have
always in modern times felt that they
were as closely joined as are brothers.
During the present summer many
events take place that will further
strengthen the bonds between those
nations, and their sons and daughters
who sought citizenship under the
Stars and Stripes are showing that
they understand and appreciate the
unreasonable value of this sentiment