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The Norwegian Forest Cat
arrives in the USA
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In 1979, a small article
appeared in Cats Magazine written by the Secretary of Norsk
Skogkattring, Solveig Stenersrod. Appearing in that article
was a photo of a magnificent cat named Pans Truls. For two
Maine Coon breeders that was the beginning of a journey that would
lead to the ultimate acceptance of these beautiful cats in the
United States in all of the cat registries and a fan base that
continues to grow each year. Both breeders wrote to Solveig
about the cats and in November of 1979 the first pair arrived from
Norway to Sheila Gira of Mycoon cattery in Michigan. The male
was out of Pans cattery which was a leader in bringing these cats to
acceptance in Europe. His name was Pans Tigris and he was a
brown tabby male. The female came from Solveig's cattery (Mjavos)
and was named Mjavos Sala Palmer. She was a black and white
female. In March of 1980, Sue Patrizzi (now Shaw) of Zazzara
cattery brought over the third cat. She was a beautiful Brown
Tabby from Mjavos cattery called Mjavos Sangueetah. Sue's
brother Pete said that was too long and promptly nicknamed her Yago
because it was similar to the drink Yago Sangria! The name
stuck and whenever people hear the name Yago they know who it is.
Yago went on to be one of the most photographed of the early cats
who also appeared in a few commercials and on a box of Purina
Special Dinners. She was also the mother of the first
surviving litter here in the states born in March of 1981. She
appeared in her first cat show in April of 1980 at the Sign of the
Cat show (CFA) in New Jersey. Yago went on to achieve the
title of Grand Champion in all 4 registries here in the USA.
To this date the record has not been broken. In March of 1982
exactly one year after she arrived she had her first and last litter
with the sire Pans Tigris. Two kittens were born, Zazzara Kisi
of Royal Hylands and Zazzara Vigi of Mycoon. She later
developed a closed pyometra and had to be spayed. It was a
blow to our early breeding program but she was put to work as our
good will ambassador. |
The journey from the beginning to 31
years later has been a long one. There are many things that have to
be completed in order to get a breed recognized for Championship
competition. We began showing the cats in 1980 in CFA (Cat
Fanciers' Association) as exhibition only because we did not have
enough to meet the requirements to advance to the next step. I
would be a long time before the cat would be officially handled by
the judges in that organization. The first organization that
we really started to make inroads in was TICA (The International Cat
Association). In 1982 Sue formed a partnership with a fellow
Maine Coon breeder, Mary Buckmaster, and Nissekatt cattery was
founded. In 1982 they imported their first male, Prince
Charles ur Skogi along withhis littermate Nano ur Skogi and Yago's
mother, Saugtier. a cat from Sweden, Ekdalens Amanda Skadi, who was
the first silver mackerel tabby in the United States. Our
numbers were starting to grow. Along with Prince Charles, a
beautiful female was brought in that was his littermate, Nano ur
Skogi and Vicki Shipp joined the new breeders under the cattery name
Talshipp. Also arriving with Skadi was a black and white cat
named Enebacken's Divinia. |
The first 10 cats in order of arrival
were:
1. Pans Tigris Breeder: Else & Egil Nylund Owner: Sheila R.
Gira
Brown Tabby Male
2. Mjavos Sala Palmer Breeder: Ernst & Solveig
Stenersrod
Owner: Sheila R. Gira Black & White Female
3. Mjavos Sangueetah (Yago) Breeder: Ernst & Solveig
Stenersrod Owner: Sue Patrizzi (Shaw) Brown Tabby Female
4. Pans Tonje Breeder: Else & Egil Nylund Owner: Jane Wright
Brown Tabby Female
5. Ca'sar der Kalten Drift Breeder: Barbara & Adrian von der
Ende Owner: David Schneider Brown Tabby Male
6. Torvmyra's Gerswhin of Royal Hylands Breeder: Randi &
Arild Grotterod Owner: Ted & Sue Margwarth Black & White Male
7. Mjavos Saugtier of Nissekatt Breeder: Ernst &
Solveig Stenersrod Owner: Mary Buckmaster/Sue Patrizzi (Shaw)
Brown Tabby Female
8. Prince Charles ur Skogi of Nissekatt Breeder: Tom B.
Jensen Owner: Mary Buckmaster/Sue Patrizzi (Shaw) Brown
Tabby/White Male
9. Nano ur Skogi of Talshipp Breeder: Tom B. Jensen
Owner: Vicki & Jim Shipp Brown Mackerel Tabby & White Female
10. Ekdalens Amanda Skadi of Nissekatt Breeder: Linda
Ekdahl Owner: Mary Buckmaster/Sue Patrizzi (Shaw) Silver
Mackerel Tabby Female
Coming Soon Part II Achieving
Championship status |
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Looking for
general information or a place to ask questions about
Norwegian Forest Cats? Visit our friends at the Norwegian
Forest Cat Breed Club!
NFC Forums
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Breed Club
We are pleased to be able to provide you with this link to
this club and invite you to join them as they introduce this
valuable information and education forum about all topics
related to the Norwegian Forest Cat.
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