A former California Lutheran University professor will explain why the Bluetooth wireless device was named for an ancient Danish king at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 22 in the Roth Nelson Room on the campus, on Mountclef Boulevard near Memorial Parkway in Thousand Oaks.

Ernst F. Tonsing, professor emeritus of religion and Greek, will present "Bluetooth, Past and Present" as part of the American Scandinavian Foundation Lecture Series.

Tonsing, author of an upcoming 50year history of the university, will connect modern technology with the ancient king Harald Bluetooth.

In addition, he'll describe the birth of Scandinavia using slides he has taken at Denmark's archaeological sites associated with the Viking leader, including the monumental mounds and rune stones of Jelling.

Tonsing has a master's degree and doctorate in early Christian literature and art. A ScandinavianAmerican and world traveler, he is an expert on a variety of Nordic topics. He taught at CLU for nearly 30 years.

The American Scandinavian Foundation of Thousand Oaks and CLU's History Department are sponsoring the free lecture.

For more information, call Anita Londgren at (805) 2411051