Members of the Scandinavian Club with Nancy Wadsworth after donating a plaque commemorating the Danish Queen's visit in 1985.
Members of the Scandinavian Society donated a ceramic plaque commemorating the visit of Denmark's Queen to Dannevirke in 1985 to the Gallery of History on Monday October 5.
The plaque features the Queen with crown reaching across the Pacific towards the four stars representing the Southern Cross, the work of
ceramic artist Pamela Webster from Auckland.
The plaque was brought about by New Zealand journalist Wayne Brittenden who, seeing it in the exhibition in Copenhagen, felt it belonged in Dannevirke and approached the district council to buy it.
Helped by donations from the Scandinavian Society and other locals the council bought it for $1200 and Brittenden brought it back from Denmark in 1988, presenting it to district manager Glen Innes.
It then resided on display in the council building and visitor centre until inexplicably it disappeared.
