Christine Norstrand maintains this page (or not) for Norstrands
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Christine Norstrand
Some of my websites:-
Original Home Page from a decade ago. Most stuff dated, but worldview and purpose in life haven't changed all that much.
Monet's Garden at Giverny
Art Passions
- gallery and outlet for the antique fairy tale book habit
Design Passions - I'll only do your website if you change the world. You pay me; I do what I want. That's the deal. Amazingly, there are takers.
Some articles I've written - also notes on Hillman lectures
Are you researching Christine Norstrand? - You should read this
Note: I grew up Roman Catholic and Scientologist (you should have been there at dinner time.) If you are looking for information about me, you might run into my name on the religious freedom watch page about Alan Walter. Religious Freedom Watch is a front group for Scientology to attack its critics (see the ABC News Clip on Scientology methods of attacking its perceived enemies). The page attacks Alan Walter, whom they consider a suppressive person. In their attempt to attack Mr. Walter, some unflattering innuendo is cast in my direction. I have asked them to remove my name from that page and their mailing lists, but they have not acknowledged my request and have not removed my name from either. The truth is this: More than a decade ago, I let an acquaintance store some files on one of my European accounts while he was moving. I didn't check through his files and I don't know if the allegations about them are true or not, although I rather doubt it. I think Alan Walter is a good man and should not be attacked. Also, my father died of colon cancer in 1981, primarily because he put off medical treatment in order to handle his condition "spiritually" with scientology. So I am not a fan, although I still use some of the things I learned, such as the ARC triange and the third-party law.
Thanks!
Christine Norstrand
Note: I grew up Roman Catholic and Scientologist (you should have been there at dinner time.) If you are looking for information about me, you might run into my name on the religious freedom watch page about Alan Walter. Religious Freedom Watch is a front group for Scientology to attack its critics (see the ABC News Clip on Scientology methods of attacking its perceived enemies). The page attacks Alan Walter, whom they consider a suppressive person. In their attempt to attack Mr. Walter, some unflattering innuendo is cast in my direction. I have asked them to remove my name from that page and their mailing lists, but they have not acknowledged my request and have not removed my name from either. The truth is this: More than a decade ago, I let an acquaintance store some files on one of my European accounts while he was moving. I didn't check through his files and I don't know if the allegations about them are true or not, although I rather doubt it. I think Alan Walter is a good man and should not be attacked. Also, my father died of colon cancer in 1981, primarily because he put off medical treatment in order to handle his condition "spiritually" with scientology. So I am not a fan, although I still use some of the things I learned, such as the ARC triange and the third-party law.
Thanks!
Christine Norstrand
More about Norstrands
There are several Norstrand overachievers, teachers, and heroes. Most of my family is from Norway, although one of my favorite relatives, Aggie Norstrand, lives in Copenhagen.Carl Norstrand
Carl Norstrand, was my grandfather. He was born in 1880 in a small town near Bergen, Norway. He was actually the second Carl born to Lars and Sofie Rasmussen Norstrand. He had an older brother also named Carl who died at an early age. Carl Norstrand joined the United States Marine Corps and served in World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Jeannette Mutz Norstrand Coppes
Jeannette Mutz Norstrand Coppes was my grandmother. She was a working woman before it was fashionable. She and my Uncle Bob had a kitchen design studio in Beverly Hills, California. Before her death in 1980, she was known as the "First Lady of Interior Design" and honored by the A.S.I.D.Caroline Norstrand
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Great Aunt Caroline, also known as "Lina", was my grandfather's sister. My cousin Carla is said to look like her (Carla is prettier). Caroline Norstrand Walter was a famous Norwegian actress who performed as Nora in Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and several other of his plays. She married John Walter and that part of the family lives in and around Bergen, Norway. Acting and teaching run in the family; my cousin Julia Norstrand is also an accomplished actress, singer, and teacher. |
Edward Norstrand
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My father was one of the first marines on Guadalcanal with the First Marine Division, where he was injured. There is a plaque commemorating him that his friends had put up at the Marine Corps Memorial Hotel in San Francisco. Once you are a marine, you are always a marine. After the war, he went to Loyala University and USC where he earned his law degree. Some of his friends, Evel Young and Ed Rafeedi, went on to stellar careers. Like all Norstrands, my father had a love of literature and the arts and he passed this on to me at an early age. My father died at age 57 of preventable colon cancer. |
George Norstrand
My favorite uncle! Uncle George loved his country so much that even though he was turned away from the service because of his vision, he kept trying to enlist until finally they took him and he could serve his country. When he did join, he was a hero. He's still active in the association for his army buddies. He was a school principal in Los Angeles County for many years. After he retired, he taught educational research methods at Pepperdine. We have the same birthday.Joy Maynard Norstrand
Talk about unpretentious... When I was a little girl, I thought my Aunt Joy was just a friendly Southern lady. When I grew up, I found out that she was the smartest and most certainly the most well-read of all the Norstrands. She had multiple degrees and taught at Cal State Northridge before she retired. We lost her last year.Robert Norstrand
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I didn't know my Uncle Bob very well. He served in the Navy in WW II. That's him on the left with my father and Uncle George and my maternal great-grandmother, Jeanne Gauthier. He handled the contracting side of the kitchen design business with my grandmother, Jeannette. His son, Leif, is a firefighter in Florida. |
Auslaug Rosendahl
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I believe Aslaug was the daughter of Marie Norstrand, one of Carl Norstrand's other sisters. She was active in the Norwegian resistance and died on 20 April 1944 during an explosion in Bergen harbor.
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