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The formation of the association At Hackås Hembygdsförening's annual meeting on July 22, 1973, the
memorial stone for the knight and courtier Örjan
Karlsson Skunk was unveiled at Hackås Church for
the 500th anniversary of his death. The initiator of the memorial stone was
the primary school teacher Carl Noring. At the
memorial service, District Attorney Herje Skunke raised the proposal for the formation of a family
association. This association would work for family cohesion, for the care of
family memories and for the opportunity for continued coordinated and planned
research on the ancestry of our ancestors, on their lives and living. The proposal was further developed by the
district attorney Herje Skunke,
the local association's chairman Erik Staffansson
and the assistant professor Carl Ruben Carlsson. At the local community association's
annual meeting on July 21, 1974, the Skunke family
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The first years The association's first chairman was the
assistant professor Carl Ruben Carlsson. At his own request, Carlsson
resigned at the annual meeting on July 16, 1978. In his place, department
director Walter Johansson was elected new chairman. Walter Johansson became a legendary
chairman during the period 1978 to 1991, a very active time in the
association's history. Walter was a fiery soul with big visions and many
concrete ideas for the association's future well. A selection: In 1978, researcher Barney Young visited
the association's fifth annual meeting. Barney Young then came to visit Hackås at several annual meetings. He invited everyone to
visit the Isle of Man as Parliament celebrated Tynwald's millennium
anniversary. anniversary, which is the oldest parliament in the world with
unbroken traditions. The visitors wrote a travel story from the trip to the
Isle of Man "Skunckar i
Västerled" which was introduced in the Parish
Chronicle and also created a photo album from the trip. |
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Family association Descendants of Barfod
/ Skanke / Skuncke and
Isle of Man were invited to the annual meeting in 1980. There was then a
proposal to join a family union. The purpose would be "to get to know
each other, create a sense of belonging between the families and conduct
collective family and history studies." Kristina Skuncke,
Walter Johansson and Barney Young were appointed members of the family
association. The minutes show a clear desire for the
association to work transparently and collaboratively. The members were asked to be active and
write down everything they have heard and know about the Skunk tradition.
They could enrich the cultural history of Hackåsbygden
by publishing their own writing or perhaps even a chronicle game! He also
sees the need to try to document the present because it provides valuable
information for future generations. |
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Research Fund Walter Johansson gets a lot of attention when he proposes to form a
research fund. The 1981 annual meeting decided to form one with the name
Släktföreningen Skunckeättlingar's
research fund. The decision was adopted in 1982, but it later turned out that
the donations were not as large as hoped. The chairman then instructed the
annual meeting in 1983 to issue a local coin, the balance of which would go
wholly or partly to the research fund or for the purpose decided by the
board. The coin was to be designed by Olle Festin; one side would show the association badge and the
other motifs from Hackås. At the annual meeting in
1984, it was decided that the sale of the "Skunckemyntet"
would go to the promotion of culture in Hackås. A
silver coin was donated to the Skankeföreningen in
Norway. That same year, Walter Johansson writes a stolen letter to the members.
He is disappointed that attendance at the annual meeting was low. He wants
suggestions on how the board can contribute to increasing interest among the
members. About half of the coins are still not sold. Have the programs not
been interesting enough or has Hackås become
annoying? He gives birth to the idea that the Swedish and Norwegian
associations could have annual meetings every two years and also invite the
Danish association Barfod. In 1986, Släktföreningen Skunckeättlingar, Skankeföreningen
i Norge, släktföreningen Barfod and Barney Young were invited to Skunckedagarna in Hackås. In addition to the annual
meeting itself, the program consisted of devotion to the church, music and
poetry reading, lectures by Roger de Robelin and
Carl Ruben Carlsson, visits to Jamtli and the Arnljot Games. In the Skanke
book, the solemn speeches are also written down. It also mentions the chosen
language of the Skanks for the first time, namely "Togetherness -
Chivalry" Walter Johansson wrote for the last time in the minutes book in 1999
when he resigned as chairman since 1991 that his vision is that the
association will • Conduct in-depth studies in the history of the Skanckes
family • Perform a chronicle play about "Skanken" • Interest young people in the association • Continuing to write in the minutes book, which he one day thinks will
be very valuable |
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Purpose Skankeföreningen's main purpose is to promote genealogy;
exchange experiences and give tips on how members can move forward in their
own research. Of course, we also see great value in meeting at our annual
meetings. We look forward to seeing you who have Skankeanor as a member of our association! Skankeföreningen is a non-profit association, whose
purpose is: to work for cohesion within the family to safeguard common family interests to keep family registers of the association's
members to stimulate research on the history of the Skankes family to manage
family fund |
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Chairman of the association Carl Ruben Carlsson
1974-1978 Walter Johansson
1978-1991 Evert Festin 1991-2006 Åke Mortaigne 2007-2013 Mikael Häggmark 2013- |
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Updated 2021-01-03