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| Freydis Joanna stored in a container bound for Canada |
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| Freydis Joanna being stored in a container bound for Canada |
May update, video and pictures of Freydis Joanna
(click on May update above to view a video and
pictures of the building of Freydis Joanna)
2009 launching of Freydis Joanna
(click on "Freydis Joanna" above to view Danish
news article)
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| Foto: Erling J. Pedersen |
| | Vikingeskib til Canada | | Bådebyggerne fra Vikingeskibsmuseet har afleveret en
kopi af en norsk Gokstadbåd til Dansk Canadiske National Museum, der har hjemme i Dickson i den canadiske delstat Alberta.
Båden er blevet bygget gennem de seneste otte månder. Båden blev navngivet i onsdags, hvor den fik navnet
Freydis Joanna. Nu bliver båden pakket i en container, og sendt til Hallifax Canadas østkyst. Her bliver båden
sat på en trailer, og kørt gennem Canada til museet i Dickson. Undervejs bliver båden vist frem på
de lokale museer, der ligger på ruten. På billedet ses fra venstre Gunnar Kristensen, der er formand for Dansk
Canadisk Amerikansk Venskabsforening, Egon Sommer, der er en del af den familie, der har doneret pengene til bygning af båden.
Det er også ham, der bliver chauffør på bådens tur fra Hallifax til Dickson. Kvinden på billedet
er Kirsten Asperud, der navngav båden. Herren helt til højre er Carl Sorensen, der er formand for bestyrelsen
af Dansk Canadiske National Museum. |
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“Vikingeskib til Canada”; Roskilde Avis, April
2, 2009; (Roskilde, Denmark) Translation: “Viking Boat to Canada” The
boat builders from the Viking Ship Museum have delivered a copy of a Norwegian Gokstad Boat to the Danish Canadian National
Museum, located in Dickson in the Canadian province Alberta. The boat has been built through the recent
eight months. The boat was christened on Wednesday, when it received the name Freydis Joanna.
The boat will now be packed in a container and sent to Halifax on Canada’s east coast. There
it will be put on a trailer and driven through Canada to the museum in Dickson. During the trip the boat
will be displayed at the various local museums that are along the route. On the picture, from the left
is Gunnar Kristensen, president of the Danish Canadian American Friendship Society, Egon Sommer, one of the family which gave
the money to build the boat. It is also he who will be the driver for the boat’s trip from Halifax
to Dickson. The woman in the picture is Kirsten Asperud, who christened the boat. The
man to the right is Carl Sorensen, who is president of the Board of the Danish Canadian National Museum. (Translator’s note: The latter description of Carl Sorensen is in error. Carl Sorensen is
a member of the Board of the Museum Society, but is not the president.) Translated by: Carl V. Sorensen April 13, 2009
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This news article appeared in the
Embassy of Canada October 2008 newsletter in Denmark.
August Reception at the Viking Ship Museum The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde and the Danish Canadian Nattional Museum Society co-hosted a reception August
22 to celebrate the construction in Roskilde of a Viking Ship replica which is destined for The Danish Canadian National Museum
Society in Dickson , Alberta , next year.
Mr. Carl Sorensen, member of the Board of Directors of the Danish Canadian
Natural Museum Society and the originator of the project, participated in the reception along with the director and staff
of the Viking Ship Museum and Shipyard and Denmark 's Ambassador to Canada , Mr. Poul Erik Dam Kristensen. Canadian Ambassador Peter Lundy took the opportunity to speak about
Canada 's close ties to Denmark and highlighted the importance of the Danish immigration story in Canada as part
of Canada 's rich cultural heritage
to which the Viking ship will stand as a symbol.
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| reception area at the Viking Ship Museum |
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| members of the Sommer family and Carl |
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| dignitaries with Carl Sorensen |
DANISH CANADIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SOCIETY FREYDIS JOANNA
Across Canada Viking Ship Tour, Halifax to Dickson
JUNE-JULY, 2009
June 28 Halifax | June 29 Halifax | June 30 Halifax | July 1 Halifax | 2 Halifax | 3 Halifax | 4 Halifax | | 5 Halifax | 6 Halifax | 7 Halifax | 8 Halifax | 9 Halifax | 10 Halifax | 11 Halifax | |
12 Halifax | 13 Halifax | 14 Halifax | 15 Halifax |
16 Halifax | 17 To Red Bank | 18 To New Denmark | | Red Bank | New Denmark | | 19 To Montreal | 20 Montreal | 21 Montreal | 22 Ottawa | 23 Ottawa | 24 Ottawa | 25 Toronto | | To Ottawa | To Toronto | | 26 Toronto | 27 Toronto | 28 To Pass Lake | 29 To Pass
Lake | 30 Pass Lake | 31 To Gimli | | | To Pass Lake | To Gimli |
AUG. 2009 | | | | | | 1 Gimli | | 2 Gimli | 3 To Winnipeg | 4 Winnipeg | 5 Winnipeg | 6 To Redvers | 7 To Tilley | 8 Tilley | | Winnipeg | Redvers | To Standard | | 9 Standard | 10 Calgary | 11 Calgary | 12 To Red Deer | 13 Red Deer | 14 ToEdmonton
| 15 Edmonton | | To Calgary | Red Deer | Edmonton | | 16 Edmonton | 17 ToPonoka | 18 Ponoka | 19 To Kuriakos | 20 Ponoka | 21 | 22 | | Ponoka | Kuriakos | To Dickson |
23 Dickson | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | ARRIVEMUSEUM |
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