Calendar: Interim/Spring Semester, 2013

January 2013
  • Thurs., Jan. 3
Interim classes begin
  • Sunday Jan. 6
7:00-8:15 pm Film evening: De dødes tjern (Ebru) Tomson 280
  • Tues. Jan. 8
8:10 pm Film evening: Wallander: Faceless Killers (Kenneth Brannagh version) (Erika) TOH 280
  • Thurs. Jan. 10
7 pm Film evening: Wallander: Before the Frost (Swedish version) (Daniel) TOH 280
  • Sun. Jan. 13
7 pm Film evening: Varg Veum: De døde har det godt (Ebru) TOH 280
  • Tues. Jan. 15
7 pm Film evening: Max Manus: Man of War. (Erika) TOH 280
  • Thurs. Jan. 17
7 pm Film evening: Flame and Citron (Daniel) TOH 280
  • Sun. Jan. 20
7 pm Film evening: Jar City (Ebru) TOH 280
  • Tues. Jan. 22
7 pm Film evening: Dead Snow (Nazi zombies) (Erika) TOH 280
  • Thurs. Jan. 24
7 pm Film evening: Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Daniel) TOH 280
  • Sun. Jan. 27
7 pm Film evening: Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played With Fire (Ebru) TOH 280
  • Tues. Jan. 29
7 pm Film evening: Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Erika) TOH 280
  • Wed. Jan. 30
Interim exams

 

February 2013
  • Thurs. Feb. 7
Semester II classes begin
  • Feb. 8-14
Nordic Lights Film Festival
  • Thurs., Feb. 14

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

  • Fri.-Sun., Feb. 15-17
 Scandinavian Retreat (Fall Creek, WI, 3 co-curricular points!)
  • Sun. Feb. 17
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm WLC Cinema Room (level 1 Tomson Hall)
  • Mon., Feb. 18

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom.)

  • Tues., Feb. 19

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm WLC Cinema Room (level 1 Tomson Hall)
  • Thurs., Feb. 21

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

  • Sun. Feb. 24
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon. Feb. 25
Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom)
  • Tues. Feb. 26

Game night at the Norwegian House (1108 W 1st St.) 4-6 pm. Come and learn how to play Bananagram in Norwegian!

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs. Feb. 28
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

 

March 2013
  • Sun. March 3

Norwegian Folkdance Workshop. 10 am - 4 pm
Tapestry Folkdance Center
3748 Minnehaha Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55406
RSVP by Thursday, February 28th at either 651-688-0698 or cae1261@yahoo.com.
$7.50, including meal.

Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon. March 4
Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom). Visit from 31 IT students and teachers from Drømtorp Upper Secondary School, Ski, Norway. They will give a presentation on their school and introduce themselves from 7-7:30.
  • Tues., March 5

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm WLC Cinema Room (level 1 Tomson Hall)
  • Thurs., March 7

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

  • Fri.-Sun., Mar. 8-10

Nobel Peace Prize Forum: Minneapolis

In cooperation with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, five Midwestern colleges of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America sponsor the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum. This prestigious event is the Norwegian Nobel Institute's only such program or academic affiliation outside Norway. The colleges, all founded by Norwegian immigrants, sponsor the forum to give recognition to Norway's international peace efforts and to offer opportunities for Nobel Peace Prize laureates, diplomats, scholars, and the general public to share in dialogue on the dynamics of peacemaking and the underlying causes of conflict and war.
  • Sat. March 9

International Night International Night performances will start at 7 p.m. in the Pause with a food reception in Stav Hall afterwards.
  • Sun. March 10
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon., March 11

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom)

Lecture: The Woman Behind the Peace Prize: Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel. (7-8 pm, Valhalla Room)
  • Tues., March 12

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs. March 14
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Mon. March 18

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom)
  • Tues. March 19

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280

7 p.m. • Urness Recital Hall Guest Recital
Marianne Hirsti, soprano
Sonja Thompson, piano
Songs of Jean Sibelius and Edvard Grieg, including his song cycle, "Haugtussa"

Sat.-Mon., Mar. 23-April 1

Spring / Easter Break. Ha en god ferie!

 

April 2013
  • Tues., April 2

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs., April 4
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Sun. April 7
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm WLC Cinema Room (level 1 Tomson Hall)
  • Mon. April 8
Conversation Table. Study Abroad. (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom)
  • Tues., April 9

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs., April 11

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

  • April 11-28

2013 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Films from Norway
Films from Denmark
Films from Finland
Films from Sweden

  • April 12-14
16th Annual Ibsen Festival – in Lanesboro, MN. The festival will include many events celebrating Scandinavian art, culture, food and more. This year’s festival continues the Commonweal’s relationship with Minnesota playwright Jeffrey Hatcher as the featured event will be the performance of A Doll's House. All other details can be found at the festival website; www.ibsenfest.org.
Schedule
  • Sat. April 13
 6:45 pm Kon-Tiki International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.
  • Sun. April 14
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon., April 15

Conversation Table. Study Abroad. (6-7 pm, Valhalla room)
  • Tues., April 16

4:45 pm Kon-Tiki International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Wed. April 17
 Recital: Alumna Heather Johnson sings Nordic songs, including Grieg and Sibelius. Urness 7 pm
  • Thurs. April 18

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

9:55 pm Jackpot (Arme riddere), based on a story by Jo Nesbø. International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.
  • Sun. April 21

7:10 pm All that Matters is Past (Uskyld) International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.

Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon. April 22

Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Valhalla Room)

Alumni careers panel: What Good is a Norwegian Major After St. Olaf?
Griff Sonstegard '09 (dental student), Amy Boxrud '89 (editor of Viking magazine), Kari Berit '86(author and speaker), Kari Holden '07 (international business), and Knut Christianson '05(physist and glaciologist). (6:45 Valhalla Room)
  • Tues., April 23

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Wed. April 24
 9:10 pm The Almost Man (Mer eller mindre mann) International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.
  • Thurs., April 25

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Friday April 26

1:15 pm All that Matters is Past (Uskyld) International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.

4:45 pm The Almost Man (Mer eller mindre mann) International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.
  • Saturday April 27
 10:30 pm Jackpot (Arme riddere), based on a story by Jo Nesbø. International Film Festival St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main St. Minneapolis.
  • Sun. April 28
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm WLC Cinema Room (level 1 Tomson Hall)

 

May 2013
  • Wed. May 1
 Rand Scholar Presentation: Kris Coffman. Det norske Trollspeil: Liturgical Development in Norway from 1889-201. (7 pm Valhalla Room)
  • Sun. May 5
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Mon. May 6
Conversation Table (6-7 pm, Black Ballroom)
  • Tues., May 7

Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)

Norwegian Film Series. 7:00 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs., May 9
Homework Help (7-9 pm, Resource Room, WLC)
  • Sun. May 12
 Norwegian Film Series. 8:30 pm TOH 280
  • Thurs. May 16
Reading Day
  • Fri. May 17-Tues. May 22
Final Exams
  • Thurs., May 17

Syttende mai! Gratulerer med dagen!

4:00-5:30 pm Norwegian Department Celebration (Tomson Hall atrium ) Come for Norwegian waffles and ice cream cones, fiddles and singing! Short program at 4:15 and 5:00.

  • Sun., May 26
Commencement