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Museums and Institutes:
• The Danish Immigrant Museum www.danishmuseum.org
Elk Horn,IA (800) 759 9192
• Finland Center Foundation www.finlandcenter.org
New York, NY (646) 704 8000
• Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum www.vesterheim.com
Decorah, IA (563) 382-9681
• Nordic Heritage Museum www.nordicmuseum.org
Seattle,WA (206) 789 5707
• Scandinavia House www.scandinaviahouse.org
New York, NY (212) 879-9779
• The American Swedish Institute www.americanswedishinst.org
Minneapolis,MN (612) 871 4907
• Gammelgarden Museum www.gammelgardenmuseum.org
Scandia, MN (651) 433 5872
• Jacobson House Native Art Cntr www.jacobsonhouse.com
Norman,OK (405) 366 1667
• Swedish Historical Museum www.americanswedish.org
Philadelphia,PA (215) 389 1776
• Swedish American Museum Cntr www.samac.org
Chicago ,IL (773) 728 8111
• Swenson Center www.augustana.edu/swenson/
Rock Island, IL (309)794-7204

Pages 18-19
We found two local Scandinavian American restaurateurs in Minneapolis, Minn. Nick & Eddie, www.nickandeddie.com, which was featured in this issue, and JP American Bistro, www.jpamericanbistro.com with chef and owner J.P. Samuelson, which will be featured in a subsequent issue. Chicago, like most other major cities have a large variety of ethnic eateries. The Scandinavians are mostly located in old Andersonville along North Clark Street and around North Park University. The most fascinating visit is across the street from the Swedish Museum, Simon’s Tavern, with roots going back to the speakeasies of the 1930s.

Pages 20-29
NEXT STOP: NORTH POLE
Svalbard consists of a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, covering an area of roughly 23,000 square miles, of which 60% is covered with glaciers. It is the northernmost part of Norway, located midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Discovered by the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz in 1596, the islands soon became a haven for whalers. In the early 1900s, mining became a major industry, and, more recently, several arctic research stations have been set up on the islands.
Stretching to within 650 miles of the North Pole, this is an area where the sun stays up from April 20 to August 26, and the polar night lasts from October 26 to February 15.
When Barentsz first sighted the islands he called them Spitsbergen (“jagged peaks”), which now the name of the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. (Only two other islands are populated: Bear Island and Hopen.) The largest settlement in Spitsbergen is Longyearbyen, with a population of about two thousand, and with a nearby airport.
Though controlled by Norway, the so-called Svalbard Treaty of 1925 grants the right of other countries to exploit mineral deposits and other natural resources “on a footing of absolute equality.” Hence Barentsburg, the Russian settlement mentioned in the article.

For general information on Svalbard go to www.svalbard.net
The Norwegian Tourist Office in the USA, Innovation Norway, is located in New York. www.visitnorway.com

To find out more about MS Nordstjernen go to www.hurtigruten.com you may also want to check out www.CruiseNorway.com