St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-10-08
Minnesota Eyewitness
BY BRENDA UELAND


saw Bishop Brggav Of Norway at last and think he
authentic He the head of the Norwegian church when
the them with all terrible dantless
weapons of the spirit for four years.
How describe him Slight light unwnkled clearly
skinned III nearly seventy he said aerl and all the
planes they when Blue
decately and ndeby Norwegian due think the cheek
bones and the faint slant serious sad mouth
but not at all respondent gloomy blue
eyes little triangular in shape.
One knows Immediately how he is absolutely plant open
commanding kngy really
full So bluff brief to the point little frightening because
his level can't bear being amiaby
Yes alarming But blunt people blunt from ndr
coldnss blunt spirit that shining with the
stanchest goodness, honor nobility and Christian love
says quite stop until
journeys meetings He
Concordia College Moohead and st olafs Those
colleges"
extraordinary Norggtans
a experience young people
many girls per
cent of the alumni women wonderful thing
should think of that Yes he is true
Norwegian spoke @ shaws
half body in the world
women will there be peaceful reasonable constructive kind
And he Yes And they be educated to be
interested politics And then they viii be When not edu
Gated say, Oh polcs-that is mems business
He said there had been good soldiers and officers among the
Germans in occupied Norway
There a any
way military but he would and tell me
things about the Gestapo crimes they were planning and could
life Qung wanted execut-
Germany 1914
attempt talked Count
tke who had influence then and sent word Qusng not to
ecute Qng made bargain put in solitary confinement
the with eleven soldiers to guard
for three years"
spoke of the great modern maryrdom of the Norwegian clergy
and school teachers
mo not martyrdom" He said Il don't he
history is true but
Norway martyrdom 1t doing just what one had
to There choice You couldn't do anything else That
could not
with their lies and their hoggsh cruelty and their
tyranny, and that was all there was to it
asked he had imprisonment spirit.
In spirit fine but not in body 1t had damaged his heart
every that did illegal There
b were told that no was to be executed And his wtfehe Nazs
took the Bishops residence and she had no home"
But as for spirit day
experience light that what happened in Gods
be true to himself And after thai
again AS for the people in Norway HI
my country they
that And people good to each other
He said of
condemns much, says think he that
should its Christianity expanding love- in the ardent gener
imitabe radiant belief in people Jesus
always his word He said Don
do this do that To judge to accuse Of sin to say Thou ha
Berggraw said This is toohat word for it
Negative" Yes negative"
o Catholicism said that Lutherans arr
They should not be In Europ
Catholics not bgod about each other
priests
the Catholic Archbishop Chicago forbade them
they had live outside the city But of te
happened friends And after the octa
they especial and important meetings Th
European priests spirit compared the Arch
| bishop"
Then talked about Norwegian Americans They say Nor
odfsshioned stiff bgoed
finds He said and back to il again
establishment that Norwegia American
land truly noby kind open
heart The people here have something the
Norway. England all Europe II is
what they the gram
things be Accomplished vaultng optimism enthusiasm
quickness attempt something Incap
doubt encouragement They free like this Nor
know what he land true Of the Engls
They think thing unless they done
already Americans the when they confronted wit
the impossible jovialy and ubianty SURE well do it,
working they they're going do IL
try any good
will send to you"
And 4 il snt good" Re write
baskets he said His wif
reading his Il don't like these point
people SO in IN
they would She wonderful right