Den Danske Forening HEIMDAL December 2017

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1 Den Danske Forening HEIMDAL December 2017 Juletræet med sin Pynt Medlemsblad Newsletter for the Danish Association Heimdal Established 1872

2 THE DANISH ASSOCIATION HEIMDAL INC 36 AUSTIN STREET NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 Contact details: Contributions We would love to share your news and stories. You are welcome to send s with stories, news and photos to the editor for publication. The closing date for the next issue is 18 January We reserve the right to edit or not publish your contribution. Any material published does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Danish Club or the Editor. Editor: Lone Schmidt Phone: Webmaster: Peter Wagner Hansen Phone: Skype: pete.at.thebathouse Web: From the Editor resounding Yes that our government will now have to WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS Stine & Marcus Wood, Geebung Sandy Dunstan, New Farm James Young, Heathridge WA act on. Denmark was the first country to recognise registered partnerships back in 1989 and has since (2012) passed legislation regarding same-sex marriage. It s not that difficult! Next political event in Queensland will be the November 25 state election, wonder if we re in for any surprises there. The club will not be a polling booth this time. 15 November 2017 will be remembered for two very different reasons: soccer and same-sex marriage. Australia beat Honduras to make it through to the World Cup in Russia 2018 and Denmark gave Ireland the boot to also qualify. On the same date, the result of the nationwide survey on same-sex marriage was a Afterwards we can start enjoying a bit of Christmas peace and quiet and get the Advent wreath ready for Sunday 3 December. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

3 What s on at the Danish club? Café Danmark Friday 24 November 2017 from 6 pm Come in and say goddag, visit the Christmas stalls, meet old and new friends and try our smørrebrød (Danish open-faced sandwich). Taste rullepølse (spicy rolled pork), smoked salmon, leverpostej, roast pork or have a hot dog. The bar offers Tuborg varieties direct from Denmark and is also proud to stock SKOVLYST beer the Danish club may still be the only place in Australia to try Skovlyst. You ll find Piratos and Matador Mix in our lolly stall. Get delicious Danish pastries, rye bread and other specialty breads direct from Britt s Organic Bakery. Juletræsfest Saturday 9 December 2017 Christmas Party 2 5 pm GLÆDELIG JUL & GODT NYTÅR MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR Fastelavn Saturday 10 February pm Café Danmark Friday 23 February 2018 From 6 pm Legestue / Play Group Every Friday (check times and dates with Maria)

4 Dansk Legegruppe Legegruppen mødes hver fredag i Heimdals lokaler fra 9.30 til kl Aldersgruppen er fra 0 til 5 år, søskende til yngre børn er selvfølgelig velkommen i ferierne. Vi starter altid med formiddagskaffe og hjemmebagte boller, efterfølgende varierer aktiviteterne med fri leg, hoppeborg, tegning og sanglege mv. Vi skiftes til at medbringe boller og tilbehør. Vi betaler $2 hver gang per familie, medlemskab af Playgroup Queensland og den danske klub Heimdal er en betingelse. Nye medlemmer er meget velkomne til at komme og være med. For yderligere information kontakt: Maria Faurskov Nielsen moffe33@hotmail.com Get all your Danish Baked Goodies from Britt s Bakery at Café DANMARK 4th Friday of each month Authentic Danish Pastry & Organic Bread Products Kringler, Smørtærter, Kanelstænger, Birkes, Rundstykker, Fuldkornsrugbrød, Kransekagekonfekt, Småkager, Knækbrød og bagerens dårlige øje. For information, order forms and delivery details, go to our website: Unit 5/10 Energy Crescent, Molendinar QLD 4214 Phone: Fax: brittsorganic@gmail.com

5 C h r i s t m a s P a r t y Saturday 9 December pm Merry Christmas! We invite members, friends and their children and grandchildren to celebrate Christmas at the club. Enjoy singing traditional Danish Christmas songs with KUPALEJA and dancing around the Christmas tree while we wait for Santa Oz and his helpers to arrive. There ll be gløgg and æbleskiver and hot dogs on the menu and maybe a few other goodies. Come decked out in your Christmas gear and be prepared for a lot of dancing and singing around the Christmas tree. Make sure you bring along a gift for your child/children, wrapped and clearly labelled and hand it in at the door. Santa will hand out the gifts when he arrives. We want to make sure there s room for everyone, please book by Wednesday 6 December Just send an to treasurer@danishclubbrisbane.org or ring or SMS Lone on with names and numbers.

6 Have a glimpse behind the Doors of Denmark s most beautiful little fairytale Island of Ærø. A wonderful Christmas gift, this book is full of much loved family recipes, photographs and stories shared by the people of Ærøskøbing. Please call Susannah on to place an order or purchase a copy at the Danish Cafe on Friday the 24th of November. $30 each

7 CHRISTMAS STAMPS (JULEMÆRKER) WHAT S THE STORY? At the beginning of the 1900s tuberculosis was a greatly feared disease, and its harmful effects on children seemed particularly cruel. In 1904, Einar Holbøll, a Danish postal clerk, developed the idea of adding an extra charitable stamp on mailed holiday greetings during Christmas. The money raised could be used to help children sick with tuberculosis. The plan was approved by the Postmaster and the King of Denmark (Christian IX). In 1904 the world s first Christmas seal was issued, bearing the likeness of the Danish Queen (Louise of Hesse-Kassel) and the word Julen. Over 4 million were sold in the first year at DKK 0.02 per seal. The first Danish Christmas seal sanatorium in Kolding, now Hotel Koldingfjord During the first six years, enough funds were raised to build the Christmas Seal Sanatorium in Kolding, which opened in The same year the sanatorium was transferred to the administration of the Danish National Association to Combat Tuberculosis as it was considered a waste of resources to have two organisations working towards the same purpose. The Danish Christmas Seal Committee today known as Julemærkefonden (the Christmas Seal Fund) - decided at that time to put all future collected funds to use in building and operating convalescent homes for children. Today Crown Princess Mary is patron of the fund.

8 TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DENMARK Christmas 1811 the people of Copenhagen were treated to a rare sight: a young and well-to-do family originally from Holsten in Northern Germany put a tall spruce or fir tree in their home and decorated it with red, white and blue (the colours of Holsten) candles. Other decorations included apples, golden laurel leaves, ginger bread hearts and marcipan roses. At first, it was a bit of an oddity, but the idea spread quickly and in 1848, Peter Faber wrote a Christmas song that remains a favourite to this day. From his song we also know that the whole family now danced around the Christmas tree hand in hand. Candles, flags and paper

9 cones were the main tree decorations. The cones were filled with figs and biscuits. There were also presents on the tree, they were not wrapped. Up through the 19 th century more Christmas decorations are introduced, the paper hearts became popular together with delicate glass ornaments. The first known paper heart was made by Hans Christian Andersen in the 1860s and didn t have a handle. It wasn t until a handle was added roughly ten years later that their popularity took off. At the start of the 20 th century we see glitter and electric lights and even bonbons on the Christmas trees, which are now common in all homes. It was not usual to have other Christmas decorations in the home until the 1950s when other types of decorations, many made from fir branches and fir cones with candles began to spread to the entire home the popular paper elves would be all over the place.

10 Børnenes Kontor Every Christmas, we would be out and about selling JULEHJERTER, little red and white paper hearts, first with a pin for fastening and since as stickers on behalf of Børnenes Kontor. I remember how it would always be windy or even rain or snow on that particular December day! But what s the story: Børnenes Kontor blev stiftet den 1. december 1898 og har arbejdet engageret for udsatte og økonomisk dårligt stillede børn lige siden. På tidslinjen herunder kan du opleve en perlerække af arkivbilleder og anekdoter fra organisationenes historie, som dokumenterer det engagement og den indsats som har Børnenes Kontor har stået for fra første dag og stadig står for den dag i dag. O C T O B E R 8, En gave på 500 kroner...stiftede Redaktør A.C.Meyer med en gave på 500 kroner fra Trikotage fabrikant Henriques Børnenes Kontor. I dagens penge svarer det til knap kroner eller målt i reallønsudvikling siden 1898 til omkring kroner...! D E C E M B E R 2 2, Flæsk, ris, kaffe, sukker og landbrød...fik hver af de familier med over børn, som fik julehjælp, 5 8 pund flæsk, 2 pund ris, ½ pund kaffe med tilsætning, 2 pund hvid sukker, et stort landbrød og 2 kr. Der tages særlig hensyn til enker og forladte hustruer med mange børn. J U N E 3 0, Uddeling af tøj og sko til over skolebørn Ved sommerferien uddelte Kontoret bl.a stykker tøj, 4500 par nye og 200 par reparerede sko til skolebørn, der havde feriepladser og billetter. Der blev også oprettet og udrustet fem kolonier både i Jylland og på øerne. J U L Y 2 0, Pantsatte klæder indløst fra lånekontorerne Det eneste, folk havde at pantsatte for at få mad på bordet, var børnenes ene det fine sæt tøj. Ofte hjalp Børnenes Kontor ved at få de pantsatte klæder indløst fra lånekontorerne. Denne sommer brugte man 576,98 kr. til formålet, svarende til ,- kroner i dag. JULEHJÆLP Julehjælp uddeles 22. december som en stor julekurv med 20 kg god julemad og knas TØJHJÆLP Tøjhjælp uddeles op til det store sommerudsalg som et gavekort til udvalgte tøjafdelinger i Magasin

11 If you re on the Sunshine Coast and need a taste of Scandinavia, visit Richie & Sanna at the Scandic Café at 12 First Avenue, Maroochydore (phone ) Special Event on Saturday 2 December 2017 from 10 am to 1 pm: Scandinavian Christmas Brunch

12 IT S CHRISTMAS TIME HANNE S CHRISTMAS STALL AT CAFÉ DANMARK THE BEAD LADY STALL WITH LIS AND INEZ AT CAFÉ DANMARK

13 Do you need Danish beer, snaps, chocolate or licorice for Christmas? Price list Beer Tuborg Green SOLD OUT Tuborg Classic 24x33 cl (cans) $ 55 Tuborg Guld 24x33 cl (cans) $ 60 Tuborg Julebryg 24x33cl (cans) $ 60 Carlsberg Black Gold 24x33 cl cans $ 60 SKOVLYST 15x50cl (bottles) $ 75 SKOVLYST Gift pack 4x50cl $ 20 Snaps Jubilæum 100 cl $ 75 Taffel (Rød Aalborg)100 cl $ 75 Brøndum 70 cl $ 55 Bitters Gl Dansk 100 cl $ 70 Other Ga-Jol Granatæble 16.4% 100 cl $ 55 Ga-Jol Blå Original 30% 70 cl $ 55 Ga-Jol Granatæble 30% 70 cl $ 55 Faxe Non-alcoholic 24x33 cl (cans) BBD 1/18 2 for the price of 1 $ 35 Faxe Kondi SOLD OUT BEER AND SNAPS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE DANISH ASSOCIATION HEIMDAL Herring, chocolate, licorice and other goodies mainly from Denmark Bon-Bon Lossepladsen 350g $ 7 DAIM double bars 2 x 28 g $ 3 DAIM bags 200 g $ 8 Haribo Matador Mix 500 g $ 10 Haribo Skipper Mix 500 g $ 10 Haribo Click Mix 425 g $ 10 Haribo Super Piratos 425 g $ 10 Haribo Matador Mix Dark 375 g $ 8 Haribo Moppedrenge 125 g $ 4 Haribo Saltbomber 135 g $ 4 Haribo Matador Mix 135 g $ 4 Haribo Mini Super Piratos $ 4 Haribo Super Piratos 135 g $ 4 Haribo Lakridssvesker 135 g $ 4 Pingvin Heksehyl 400 g $ 8 Pingvin Blanding 300 g $ 6 Pingvin Blue Jeans 250 g $ 6 Pingvin Blue Jeans 120 g $ 4 Pingvin Finsk Lakrids 120 g $ 4 Pingvin Hit Mix 275 g $ 6 Pingvin Poletter 250 g $ 6 Pingvin Lakridsflip 125 g $ 4 Pingvin Lakridskonfekt 625 g $ 12 Pingvin Stangmix 300 g $ 6 Toms Bridgeblanding $ 7 Toms Lakridsbåde 400 g $ 8 Fazer Tyrkisk Peber 150 g $ 4 Ga-Jol Blå, gul, sort 2x23 g $ 3 Amanda Torskerogn $ 5 Swedish Pepparkakar 400g tins $ 10 Swedish Pepparkakar shapes 370 g $ 8 Herring onion, anchovy spiced, matjes $ 8

14 SBS on Demand gives you access to many Danish series, old and new, including Below the Surface, Dicte and You could also watch Aber Bergen or Mammon from Norway or Blue Eyes, Before We Die, Modus and Farang from Sweden. From DR (Danmarks Radio) ( you can stream the series about Danish migrants: Rejsen til Amerika de danske udvandrere about the 350,000 Danes who migrated to America in the period from1850 to1920. News from the Danish Church Christmas Church Service at St. Mark s Lutheran Church, 71 Newnham Road, Mount Gravatt on 16 December 2017 at 10 am. Enjoy coffee and cake afterwards. YPPERLIG This October IKEA launched a new collection, done with the Danish design company HAY. By combining materials, colours and production techniques, YPPERLIG is a collection of basics adapted to modern needs and wants that truly shows the greatness of collaboration. Mette and Rolf Hay are the husband-andwife duo behind the design company HAY. Founded in Copenhagen Denmark in 2002, HAY focuses on creating furniture with an eye for modern living using sophisticated industrial manufacturing. The couple draw inspiration from places such as architecture, fashion and art, resulting in pieces that have a straightforward, functional and aesthetic design. Rolf and I always describe HAY as being between architecture, fashion and art. Our furniture is very much linked to architecture and our accessories are very much linked to fashion. Steen Selmer is the local representative for Danes Worldwide contact him via queensland@rep.danes.dk Anthon Berg Dark Chocolate Liqueur bottles available at Costco $25 for 64 bottles or 1 kg We thought you might enjoy them and have bought 10 cases get them at Café Danmark or ring and reserve a box. Kay from Bridgeman Downs is using DuoLingo to learn Danish, but needs to talk to a Dane or two to practice her skills to allow her to surprise her Danish friends. If you would like to help Kay converse in Danish, give her a ring on

15 LEGO HOUSE IN BILLUND An aerial view of the complex ahead of its opening (source: designboom) After four years of construction, the Bjarke Ingels-designed LEGO house has opened its doors to the public. Located in the Danish town of Billund, where the iconic brick was first invented, the institution has been conceived as an immersive experience center, which includes paid attractions as well as areas that are free and open to the public. The complex is expected to attract approximately 250,000 guests each year with around 2,500 visitors on peak days. It has been a dream for me for many years to create a place that will give our visitors the ultimate LEGO experience, says LEGO owner, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. LEGO House opened 28 September 2017

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