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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Vol. 60 #3
Irene Henrickson
Ila Amfinnson
Patricia Lane
Freda Smith
Margaret Cameron
Mickey Shaw
Inga Bachmann
Ruth MacNaughton
Shirley Thorsteinson
Della Roland
Ninna Campbell
Johanna Couves
Olive Goodman
Lucille Oddson
Joe Wetterburg
Lillian MacPherson
Elinor Farrel
Thorey Greenham
GuSbjorg Letourneau
Shirley Thorvaldson
Shirley Lundberg
Rosa Benediktsson (M)
Margaret Geppert (C)
Connie Clark (E)
June Parker (E)
Bernice Anderson (M)
Lil Hiebert (C)
Margret Duncombe, Ninna
Campbell (E)
Sandy Bourse (M)
Ragnheidur Gunnarsson (C)
Gloria Krenbrenk (E)
Donna Nelson (M)
Donna Nelson (M)
Mary Stewart (C)
Alison King (E)
Fretha (Dolly) Stephansson (M)
Freda Abrahamson (C)
Judith Jonsson (E)
Dorothy Murray (M)
Thordis Gutnik (C)
Joanne Olafson (E)
Evelyn Johannson (M)
Eleanor Oltean (C)
Shirley Dye (M)
Helga Rennie (E)
Alda Sigvaldason (C)
Marie Sveinson (M)
2004 Margaret Grisdale (C)
2005 Helen Johannson (M)
2006 Julie Sopher (E)
Legend: C- Calgary, E- Edmonton, M - Markerville.
Gloria
Krenbrenk
Language Instruction
As new members joined our
Nordurljos Club, the need and desire for
Icelandic lessons emerged. Ninna
Campbell and Lara Hale offered to teach
the interested ones in a school classroom
on the south side. They divided this first
class of 12 - 15 members into “beginners”
and“brush-up” groups. Many were mem-
bers of the Saga Singers who had been
invited by the federal government to sing in
a multicultural celebration in Ottawa.
What an honour! With a federal grant to
cover all expenses, including airfare and
accommodation, the singers practiced
many hours to put on a good concert. A
provincial grant was acquired for men’s
costumes; the ladies paid for their own. All
this excitement initiated the desire to have
classes before they sang in Ottawa in 1975.
In the late 1980’s and into 1990, Lillian
McPherson and Christopher Hale, orga-
nized Icelandic language sessions attended
by at least a dozen adult people in each
class. Evening students were given the
privilege to remain after class to use the
University language lab with Icelandic
tapes.
In 1993, with just a few younger mem-
bers in the Club to shoulder the load, much
concern and many discussions were had
about the Club’s future. Furthering this