Paul and Donna Christensen recently had the exciting opportunity to travel to Norway as guests of the 18th Nordic Sound Symposium Committee. Christensen was asked to speak on “The Future of Recording and Sound Production…. Audio Markets of the Future.”
Part of Christensen’s presentation was on audio and video streaming 
on the internet. With the assistance of Kristian Ludvik-Boehmer, Chief Engineer. NRK Technical Dept., a live internet connection was made between Norway and New York, where participants were able to sample jazz cuts live from US based N2K’s Music Boulevard home site.
The week long sessions, held at the world renowned Bolkesjo Resort in Bolkesjo, Norway, included a sampling of prominent Scandinavian and European speakers from Dolby, Studer, Seem Audio, University of Surrey, England, Robert Bosch, Grundig, Telos, Danish Radio and Norwegian Radio. In addition, some thirty companies also exhibited equipment and services in an adjoining 20,000 square foot hall.
Shown in the photo above are some of the key members of the Symposium Committee. Left to Right, 1st row: Donna and Paul Christensen, Kristian Ludvik-Boehmer, Chief Engineer. NRK Technical Dept., Member of the Symposium Committee. 2nd row: Finn Tuft, Managing Director, Seem Audio A/S, member of the Symposium Committee, Anne Merete Fjeld, Seem Audio A/S, Symposium Secretary. 3rd row: Kjell Rydningen, former Head of Operations, NRK Radio, member of the Symposium Committee, Richard Andersen, former Head of Technical Staff, NRK, Member and Head Secretary of the Symposium Committee, Billy Henningsen, audio programme engineer NRK TV, member of the Symposium Programme Group. 4th row: Halldor Krogh, Music Producer, NRK Radio, Member of the Symposium Programme Group, Trond Schjerven, director Norwegian Audio School (former Head of Operations, NRK Radio), member of the Symposium Committee.
Mr. Christensen’s father, Edgar Cato Christensen, Sr., was an Oslo native and immigrated to the US in 1924. Paul and Donna Christensen were able to visit Oslo and Bergen and various sites related to the Christensen family history, the trip of a lifetime they will long remember.
