Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.02.2012, Blaðsíða 1

Jodi Dunlop
joins L-H team
Meet the new ad rep /
production assistant / page 7
LÖGBERG
HEIMSKRINGLA
The Icelandic Community Newspaper • 1 February 2012 • Number 3 / Númer 3 • 1. febrúar 2012
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Publication Mail Agreement No. 40012014
Old photos
Memories are kept alive in
35 mm slides / page 11
Photo courtesy of hsÍ
Handball
disappoints
Iceland out of contention for
2012 / page 10
INSIDE
Photo courtesy of W.D. ValgarDson
Being a great seafaring nation, the Norwegians have established seamen’s churches in many of the
world’s ports. One has been operating in
Miami for 30 years. Some years ago the
Norwegian community in South Florida
decided that the old church in Miami
needed to be replaced.
Fundraising was started and even-
tually a property was found in Davie,
just west of Ft. Lauderdale, not far from
the large IKEA store. There were several
buildings on the lot and it was decided to
build the church and convert some of the
buildings to a Scandinavian Center.
There has always been confusion about which nations belong
to Scandinavia. Technically only Norway and Sweden are on the
peninsula, but Denmark is always included. Sometimes Finland
and Iceland are added, but politically the term Nordic nations
counts all five and in addition the semi-autonomious countries
of Faroe Islands and Åland Island.
The Norwegians in Florida graciously
included Finland and Iceland in their new
Scandinavian center and hoisted their
flags in addition to the flags of the “the
big three”.
The Norwegian Crown Princesse
Mette-Marit came to Davie last
November to officially open the church
and center. The plan is to make the place a center for cultural
activity of the Scandinavian nations in Florida. It is interesting to
note that the combined population of these five nations is about
25 million. The population of Iceland is only 330,000 or 1.3%.
Definitely the little brother.
Scandinavian center in Florida includes Iceland
Thórir S. Gröndal
Florida
Above: The grand opening of the new
Sjømannskirken, the Norwegian Sea-
men’s Church / Scandinavian Church
and Center in South Florida.
Left: H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Mette-
Marits accepts a bouquet during the
grand opening of the Scandinavian
Church and Center in South Florida.
Photos: Inge MørlanD, sjøMannskIrken
The Friends of Iceland – Ottawa’s Annual Jólaglögg was held on
December 16, 2011, at 7:30
p.m., in the Auditorium of the
Library and Archives Building
in Ottawa. An Icelandic film,
Noi the Albinio, was the
early part of the evening’s
entertainment.
FOI – Ottawa says farewell to
ambassador during Jólaglögg
Sig Sigurdson, President of FOI – Ottawa says farewell to
Ambassador, Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir and her husband,
Reverend Jon Thorsteinsson
Continued on page 2
Photo: Peter holMes