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Springtime into Summer NYC

Miss Norwegian Heritage, Abigail Hansen; Miss Norway of Greater New York, Megan Hjelle; 
Second runner-up, Miss Katherine O’Sullivan, first runner-up, Kari Sorensen

NIA members snapped out of the winter doldrums in late January 2009. Teams of individuals carefully planned and produced several outstanding events. We consider them highly successful because they attracted the interest and attention of a large and multigenerational audience.

• April 4 Miss Norway of Greater New York Contest
  Two hundred guests attended the event at the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center in Brooklyn. Eight young ladies participated. Click on Cultural Events to meet Miss Norway 2009 and Miss Norwegian Heritage 2009.
• May 6 NIA member exhibits at the South Street Seaport Museum
  Reception for Odd Andersen, featuring his series Maritime Paintings in Oil, at the South Street Seaport Museum. The exhibit has been extended for a month and will be on display through June 27. Odd and Doris Andersen plan to be there from Wednesday through Sunday 12:00p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• May 17 17de Mai Parade
  Miss Norway and Miss Norwegian Heritage, the featured item of the parade, rode in convertibles to the reviewing stand. Nineteen Little Miss Norways ages 4 to 10 were the major attraction on a float provided by Nansen Lodge. Read more on the Cultural Events page.
• June 23 Thursday Night at the Movies
  Two feature films were shown at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church at 7:00 p.m. One was a silent movie from 1931, the other basically the same tour of Norwegian New York of the Norwegian colony in New York about 35 years later.
• Oral Histories
  Ongoing by appointment