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If you ever find yourself in Chicago the second Saturday of the
month, and you have a craving for some Torsk, the solution may be a visit
to the Chicago Torske Klub. -
Stavanger Aftenblad - 26 May 2006
Welcome to the Chicago Torske Klub Web Site at torskeklub.org! It's
good to be in Chicago on the second Saturday of the month. We will update
this monthly for current events and dinner meeting news.
May 20, 2012- Norwegian Constitution Day Parade
The annual parade will step off from Cumberland and
Talcott Avenues in Park Ridge IL on Sunday at 1pm. We will line up about
12:30. The Chicago Torske Klub will walk the mile and have a couple
of rides for those that choose so.
May 12, 2012- Anniversary Day - Norwegians in
Hawaii
May 12 was the last luncheon in this Torske Klub season, and it
is the month we celebrated our anniversary with an appetizer and speeches.
Thanks to speaker Jon Satrum
for sharing about a little known part of
Norwegian history – Norwegians In Hawaii in 1881. Norway was
suffering from an industrial depression with high unemployment at the same time
Hawaii had a need to expand their sugar plantation labor force.
From their sea voyage to their working conditions, this was a very
different story from that of other emigrant Norwegians. Our
May program was based on a paper presented at the NAHA – Norway,
Norwegian-American Seminar XI at Luther College in June of 2011, the first time
in 19 years this organization held their conference outside of Norway.
With over 100 hours of research on this topic, our presenter is one of the more
knowledgeable people on this aspect of Norwegian emigration. Our
torskemaster was the ever popular Greg LeDuc.
Lofoten Travelers
 The
Chicago Torske Klub and Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) returned
from the Norwegian Arctic as the trip to the Lofoten Islands was enjoyed by all.
Special thanks to Don Hoganson, who assembled this and to all that contributed.
Fish were caught and consumed!
Torske Klub Members at Svolvaer in the Lofoten Islands in photo at left:
Ken Larson, Lodve Solholm (Flykesmann for More og Romsdal), Lowell Olberg, Ken
Nordan, Don Hoganson.
Torske Klub Members
The reservation line is
(630) 445-1263
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Leave a message
with reservations noting name, member number and number of reservataions.
See some photos in our picture book.
Special Items
The Three Kings - by Rob Alsaker - Submitted in the May 2007 newsletter, this is an article
about Robert and Evy Alsaker's adventure in Norway searching for the origins of a
photo of the three kings of Scandinavia Countries and ending up viewing the
compass that Roald Amundsen took to the South Pole.
Check
out the photo album for some of the pictures from May 2007 events and
the NACC trip to Tromsø
in July.
Photos of Rob and Evy Alsaker as they attended the Brooklyn NY Syttende Mai
Parade in 2008
Future Events
Future events are our Saturday luncheons, every 2nd Saturday of every month that
contains
the letter "R", plus May.
Our program chairman announces the coming events:
- May 20, 2012 - Norwegian Constitution Day Parade - Park Ridge IL - line up at
Roosevelt School at 12:30 to walk in parade
- June, July, August 2012 - Rest, golf and fish; not necessarily in that oirder.
- Other programs to be announced. All programs are subject to change.
Meeting dates and reservation deadlines are here.
| Note to all Torske Klub Members:
By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Torske Klub will provide a
single, free raffle ticket to all members who bring one or more guests to a
meeting, excluding father/son and ladies day. |
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