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2014 Fall Schedule for Danish Home and Lodges in Edison, NJ

News courtesy of Agnes Hagmueller, President, Danish Home, Edison, New Jersey - SEPTEMBER 2014: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th...DBIA Lodge #46 Thor meets at the Danish Home, Edison at 8:00PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th...Danish Home Board  Meeting, Edison NJ 11:30 AM. All...

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12 Concerts in 12 Days = Copenhagen Summer Festival

12 Concerts in 12 Days = Copenhagen Summer Festival

The Copenhagen Summer Festival presented a series of concerts in Charlottenborg Festsal, Kgs. Nytorv 1, Copenhagen from July 27 to August 7, 2014 – or 12 Concerts in 12 Days. The entire program can be found at: www.copenhagensummerfestival.dk. The opening concert on...

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A DANE IN AMERICA: Embracing other cultures

By Lis King - EDITOR’S NOTE: The Danish Pioneer Newspaper’s popular columnist Lis King was a journalist in her native Denmark. She has become a well-known writer in the USA, is the author of several how-to books and has written a novel. She is now living in...

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Traveling exhibits available from Museum of Danish America

Traveling exhibits available from Museum of Danish America

The Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa offers a variety of traveling exhibits to other museums as well as libraries, schools, clubs, and other venues. Traveling exhibits can be coordinated with Tova Brandt, curator of exhibitions, at 712-764-7001 or...

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Two more Danish sites added to the UNESCO World Heritage List

Two more Danish sites added to the UNESCO World Heritage List

According to VisitDenmark, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added another two World Heritage Sites in Denmark to the prestigious list - Stevns Klint and the Wadden Sea - bringing the total number sites in Denmark to five. This summer, UNESCO's World Heritage...

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Meet the 2014 Danish Days Maid in Solvang, California

Meet the 2014 Danish Days Maid in Solvang, California

Angelique Heron has the honor of being Solvang, California’s 78th annual Danish Maid 2014. Angelique’s heritage and family tradition with Danish Days runs very deep. Everyone can actually thank her great grandfather, Axel Nielsen, immigrant son of Marcus and Andrea...

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NEW PASSENGER RECORD: Danish Metro usage continues to grow

ENGLISH SUMMARY: The Metro in Denmark set a passenger record last year with 55 million passengers. That is the equivalent of 178,000 people riding the Metro each day. Copenhagen is growing with 10,000 new residents each year, so this brings the need for more mobility...

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Rebild Festival 2014 celebrates Danish-American friendship

Rebild Festival 2014 celebrates Danish-American friendship

Rebild National Park Society - the Danish-American Friendship Organization started in 1912 - is gearing up for a busy 4th of July Rebild Festival in the Rebild Hills of Denmark. Since 1912, thousands have gathered in "Rebild Bakker" to celebrate America's Independence...

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NEWS FROM NEW YORK: Nordic Noir at Scandinavia House

Film Round-up: Summer Films 2014 Featuring the return of Nordic Noir with Maria Lang's Crimes of Passion - FILM SERIES - Nordic Noir: Crimes of Passion - June 25 through August 8, 2014-No screenings the week of July 4, 2014 Wednesdays @ 7 pm & Fridays @ 6:30 pm...

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Smoke-free DSB train platforms start July 1, 2014 in Denmark

ENGLISH SUMMARY: Starting Tuesday, July 1, 2014, the DSB train platforms will also be smoke-free in Denmark, as DSB wants to make a healthier environment for both its customers and employees. A customer survey in 2012 showed that most customers wanted a smoking ban at...

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Over 6,500 children participating in School Olympics in Denmark

Over 6,500 children participating in School Olympics in Denmark

ENGLISH SUMMARY: On June 17, 2014, the School Olympics' flame was lit in Østerbro Stadium in Denmark for the largest School Olympics finale so far. During the next four days, 6,500 children from all of Denmark will run, spring and throw in festive Olympic style....

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Danish royalty to visit Croatia and Greenland in 2014

Danish royalty to visit Croatia and Greenland in 2014

State Visit in Croatia planned by Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik in October 2014 At the invitation of the President of Croatia, His Excellency Ivo Josipović and Prof. Dr. Tatjana Josipović, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will pay a...

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Akvavit Theatre in Chicago announces 2014-2015 season

Akvavit Theatre in Chicago announces 2014-2015 season

Akvavit Theatre in Chicago has announced its 2014-2015 Season Two U.S. premieres, including an appearance at DCASE’s Storefront Theater, the return of a special burlesque performance, and a festival of staged readings of Nordic plays round out Akvavit Theatre’s fourth...

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Denmark will host World’s Best Ice Hockey Players in 2018

Denmark will host World’s Best Ice Hockey Players in 2018

ENGLISH SUMMARY: The world's best hockey players will be coming to Denmark in four years. At the International Ice Hockey Union Congress in Minsk, Belarus on Friday, May 23, 2014, Denmark was chosen to host the IIHF Men's World Championship in Ice Hockey in 2018. The...

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Midsommarfest marks start of summer season in Chicago

Midsommarfest marks start of summer season in Chicago

The annual Scandinavian celebration of Midsommarfest will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 6 to 8, 2014, in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood along Clark Street north of Foster Avenue. Traditional in Nordic lands, as well as in immigrant communities...

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