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“The Pastor’s Wife” — with Norwegian roots and four daughters
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Pernille Henrikke Blomelie forlader Aga på Fitjar i 1916, 23 år gammel, og rejser til Amerika, hvor hendes mor og søskende allerede bor. Pernille møder Olaf Blomelie. De bliver gift i 1919. Han bliver præst. Hun er nu præstekone Nellie. De tjener sammen i flere missionskirker og flytter til Alberta, i Canada: Det er julaftan,…
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Travel Fever
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– Eit år i Amerika, fyrste verdenskrig og retur til Noreg Elise Myklebust frå Valdalen reiser til Amerika i 1914, 21 år gammal, saman med systrene Line og Karoline, som har kome heim på vitjing – kledde i glinsande kåper og hattar med sløyfer. Portland i Oregon er staden. Karoline skaffar Elise arbeid hos…
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I Carried It With Me
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– to carry two countries within oneself, with memories, church song, and love. Bertha from Balestrand left for America—against her will—at the age of eighteen. The entire family traveled, urged on by her stepmother Britta: her father, her stepmother, two younger siblings, and two uncles who had already emigrated and were visiting Balestrand. “Now she sat in America, an …”
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An Oasis Of Care
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—Lena Silver Lyngdal’s “quiet realm of care, discipline, and warmth” (p. 56 in Remember the Ladies!). “America! That word had long been like a dream, a distant idea shaped by letters and longing. But when they stepped ashore, it was no dream—it was noise, smells, a language she had never encountered…”
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A Seed In Foreign Soil
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– Sigurda sine dikt, broderi, bunader, folkedans og aktivitet i Daugthers of Norway «Ho la ifrå seg kjolen, batt fletta saman med ei reim, og dyppa kroppen i det iskalde blå vatnet. Stille. Eit drag over brystkassa. Ein rytme i armane. Ho visste ikkje kva ho symde mot, berre at ho ikkje kunne stogga.…
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The Scream Over The Water
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The moonlight cut into the room; three small shadows sat together on the floor. Children. Dirty cheeks, trembling hands, hair tangled into a chaos of knots. (p. 35 in Remember the Women!). The oldest child is Charlotte Sofie Nilsen. Her parents emigrate to America in 1882. Without Charlotte. She learns “how to become invisible”—like those…
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Grant from the Creo Vestland Scholarship Fund for Vågespel
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We are happy and grateful to share that Vågespel has received a grant from the Creo Vestland Scholarship Fund. This support makes it possible for us to develop and create the stage production Vågespel—a project where music, storytelling, and visual expressions bring forward the powerful stories of Norwegian immigrant women. We look forward to bringing Vågespel to life in the coming year…