GFI social activities - Geosupen

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Geosupen is the forum for social events at the institute. The Sup-President invites to Smalahåvesup (Sheep head party) every fall, and occasionally also other parties.

The Presidents

• 2023- Birgit Rinde
• 2021-2022 Anna-Marie Strehl
• 2017-2020 Morven Muilwijk
• 2014-2016 Algot Peterson
• 2014 Stefan Keiderling
• ?-2014 Mari Sandvik
• ??? Sturla Svendsen
• ??? …
• 1999 Jan Even Øie Nilsen
• 1998 Ina K. Thorstensen Kindem
• 1997 Frank Nilsen
• 1996 Svenn Owe Haugland
• 1994-1995 Tor de Lange
• 1993 Øystein Skagseth
• 1992 Frode Flatøy
• 19xx Vigdis Tverberg
• 19xx Tor Gammelsrød
• 1982-1984 Harald Svendsen
• 1977-1981 Gunnvald Bøyum

The mailinglist gfi-social@gfi.uib.no and our Teams group "Geosupen / GFI Social"  are used to announce and spread information about casual events, such as the monthly dinner&drinks (lønningspils), wine tastings, a hike or ski tour, movie night, or whatever you feel worthwhile sharing. The intention is to have a low threshold to get in touch with others who want to hang out.

If you want to sign up for the GFI-social mailing list and the Teams group, please get in touch with Thomas Spengler or Anna-Marie Strehl.

Dinner & Drinks

Dinner & Drinks is a (semi-)regular event, on the first Friday following the 12th of each month. We go to different places every time, and explore what restaurants and bars Bergen has to offer.

Football

Every Friday a number of students and employees at the Geophysical Institute meet for a game of soccer at SIB Studentsenteret. We typically play from noon to 1pm and are a well-mixed group in age and skills. Please feel welcome to join us.

Sign up for the mailing list football@gfi.uib.no by notifying Kjetil Våge.

Volleyball

GFI volleyball started as an indoor ball experiment in 2015. It soon became a regular activity where people from and around the GFI environment gather in Studentsenteret once a week to play exciting games for 1-2 hours. Everyone is welcome to join! Play time is Tuesdays from noon to 2pm.

Sign up for the mailing list volleyball@gfi.uib.no by notifying Vår Dundas.

Swimming

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 we meet at studentsenteret for a swim session. Swimmers of all levels are heartily welcome. We typically swim for about an hour but you're free to do whatever you want. Saunas post swim are optional. Sammen membership required. Some days swimming time may change due to other bookings at the pool: https://sammen.no/no/trening/senter/studentsenteret-svommehall

Sign up for the mailing list swim@gfi.uib.no by notifying Fiona Elliott.

Schafkopf

Schafkopf is the Bavarian card game of games that everyone wants to play, but only few will ever master it. We are a handful of GFI colleagues who irregularly get together to play. Get in touch if you're interested in learning and playing!

Sign up for the mailing list schafkopf@gfi.uib.no by notifying Thomas Spengler.

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Smalahåvesupen, or the sheep head party, is the main event of the year at GFI. If you haven’t participated, you’ve been missing out. A great president once said that “…not going to the sheep head party is carreer suicide”. Every fall, when the happy Norwegian sheep come down from the mountains, lamb’s head is on the menu. The head is split in half, its brains removed, before we torch it. Then the head is salted, sometimes smoked before drying. Together with mashed rutabaga (kålrabistappe), potatoes and sausages, this is a delicacy from Voss. Read more about the sheepheads at Wikipedia. Look out for announcements every fall!

Songs

The Smalahåvesupen songs can be found here.

We meet every Monday for Lunch, where one of the non-Norwegian speakers brings a cake for everyone and we all speak Norwegian. Norwegians get free cake and are asked to speak Norwegian slowly in a crisp and clean manner.

Sign up for the mailing list kakeklubben@gfi.uib.no by notifying Francine Schevenhoven or Anna-Marie Strehl and join our kakeklubben Teams Group.

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Geofysisk Mikrobryggeri was founded in 2009 and debuted its inaugural GALE brews at Smalahovesupen in October of that year.

We are a group of dedicated beer lovers who do some oceanography and atmospheric sciences on the side. We are also exceptionally talented at boiling water in gloomy, subterranean spaces.

Sign up for the mailing list gale@gfi.uib.no by notifying Johannes Lutzmann.

GFI choir

In autumn 2022, a small GFI choir was established – and is searching for support! No skills or pre-knowledge needed – just come by and have fun with us! Depending on the level of progress, the choir attempts to have “concerts” maybe once per semester. You can join the choir via reaching out to Andrea Marcheggiani.

Dancing in the Dark

We meet once a week during autumn and winter to dance in a dark room, where nobody can watch your weird and awesome dance moves. We do not talk during the dancing, and there is no alcohol involved, so everyone can just retreat to their personal little dance floor. Dance to your favourite tunes like nobody is watching and get that anxiety and stress out of your body!

Sign up for the mailing list dancinginthedark@uib.no by notifying Karlijn Ploeg.

Musicians at GFI

The list below shows the musical talents at GFI. We try to organize some live music to the one or other GFI event.

Sign up for the mailing list musicians@gfi.uib.no by notifying either Stefanie Semper or Thomas Spengler.

Accordion

Thomas Spengler

Bass

Patrik Bohlinger

Drums

Jörg Schwinger, (Jochen Reuder: can provide drumkit)

Guitar

Patrik Bohlinger, Tor Gammelsrød, Ilker Fer

Piano

Camille Li, Thomas Spengler, Stefanie Semper

Saxophone

Thomas Spengler

Trombone

Harald Sodemann

Trumpet

Stefanie Semper, Harald Sodemann

Vocal

Lars Henrik Smedsrud, Thomas Spengler

Violin

Christiane Duscha