Marianne Stølen will discuss her book The Story of Den Røde: A Danish-American Songbook (2010) at the Nordic Heritage Museum on Thursday, June 3rd beginning at 7:00 p.m. A native and resident of Copenhagen, Marianne holds graduate degrees from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Washington.

Her most recent book traces the fascinating origins and life of Sangbog for det Danske Folk i Amerika (Songbook for the Danish People in America), commonly known as Den Røde (The Red One). In Stølen’s analysis, “The Red One” is more than a songbook: it is a snapshot of cultural history and tradition extending from one home across an ocean to another.