Friday May 3, 2024 – 7:00 pm @ the Scandinavian Centre, 739 – 20th Ave NW – Tickets $10 @ Scandinavian Centre Office or at the door if not sold out, Under 16 Free – Call 403 284-2610 or email scanctr@telus.net for further info.
Sat March ?, 2024 – Lutefisk Dinner – Limited 40 Sons of Norway Members / Guests
WE NOW HAVE LUTEFISK!
An idea from the December meeting is making the lutefisk event an ‘active member’ benefit. Earn a free or lower-priced ticket by participating in the January and February meetings and the February 6th Ski for Light support. Then the proposed dinner and movie would be March 4th in the Valhalla room, capacity 40 guests.
Extra lutefisk, available at cost, $30 per 1.75 lb package. Contact secretary@sofncalgary.ca
2018 Nordic Folkdance Workshop
September 14 – 16, 2018 at Scandinavian Centre in Calgary with Scandinavian Dance Instructors Mikkel Thompson & Ginny Lee. 5 p.m. Friday to midday Sunday. $100 fee covers instruction, Friday supper, Saturday lunch, Saturday banquet and dance, Sunday lunch. Registration forms will be posted at www.nordicfolkdance.ca Please register by September 7.
Syttende mai:
Friday May 17th. Parade and games from 5-6 p.m., supper and program beginning at 6 p.m. The picnic-style supper is $15 per person or 2/$25, and free for under age 12. Please let us know by May 10th if you’d like supper. Use the signupgenius link or e-mail secretary@sofncalgary.ca
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ca9aa23aafd0-syttende#/
Sat June 20, 2020 Midsummer Event – CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Next year’s event Date and Details to be confirmed – Saturday June 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm @ Ersson’s Ranch in High River
– Maypole Raising accompanied by Lloyd Eriksson and a team of fiddlers. Coffee served at 3 pm before raising the Maypole. Please bring Pot Luck Supper- South Calgary bring a meat and dessert dish. North Calgary bring Fish/seafood/green salad and bread/butter/cheese dish. Also bring your own beverages, plates, cups, cutlery and lawn chairs for your own use. There is a barn (lodge) where the food will be placed on tables.
Directions: South on Highway #2 to Highway # 23 to High River.
In High River on 12th Ave pass the school, motel, MacDonalds etc then at 88th Street (in the roundabout) turn South and go 3 km, at 562nd Ave turn west for 7 km. The Ersson’s have a Dalahorse at the entrance.
Everyone is Welcome to Celebrate with the Swedish Society – Bring your friends!
2020 STAMPEDE BREAKFAST – CANCELLED – DUE TO COVID
We hope to see you again next year – for our Scan Centre Free Stampede Breakfast Sat July 10, 2021 – serving pancakes & sausages, OJ & coffee. 8:3o am – 10:30 am Hi-Land Square Dancers providing great interactive entertainment starting at 9 am. Open to the public. We hope everyone enjoys this event and marks your Calendar for Sun Nov 8, 2020 for our Annual Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar.
Scandinavian Cultural Society of Calgary – Needs Volunteers at for our group’s Casino on Sunday Jan 29 and Monday Jan 30, 2023 – which will support our Society through the difficult year ahead. It is at the new location for the Cash Casino at 40 Aero Crescent NE (turn off Deerfoot Tr onto Airport Rd)
We have created a Sign up Genius for our Casino Volunteers to signup, it can be seen at
https://www.signupgenius.com/
Email scanctr@telus.net or leave a message on the Scandinavian Centre Office phone 403 284-2610 if you have any questions or can’t sign up online.
Sunday, July 28 from 10 am until noon. Deane House garden next to Hunt House (East across the Elbow river from Fort Calgary)
Walk with Karen Gummo in the steps of her ancestors (Ofeigur Sigurdsson and Astridur Tomasdottir) who arrived earlier to Winnipeg and to North Dakota from Iceland, then in 1889 came by train to Calgary, registered for a homestead, picked up supplies of food stuffs, a wagon, animals and tools then headed north to find their promised land near the Medicine River west of Innisfail. It would be a four-day walk for the new immigrants. There were no bridges over the rivers and it was June.
In this group was farmer – poet Stephan G. Stephansson and his family and many other fascinating folk who planned to form an Icelandic community eventually called Markerville.
We will experience the outset of the journey only, starting at Hunt House and move toward the Calgary and Edmonton Trail. There were no bridges over the rivers in those days but we may make use of a few modern marvels on our way. We remember the people who came before, the first people who made and travelled that well-worn trail. Perhaps your family made that journey too? Join us and bring your stories.
Park near Alexandra Centre along 8th Ave. S.E. or come on your bike!
Nearest public transit: #1 bus along Ninth Ave.
Friday April 5, 2019 @ 7 pm River Park Church 3818 – 14 A St SW Calgary (Free Admission) LEIC collecting non-perishable donations to Vetrans Food Bank if you wish to contribute
A Force in Nature: Johann Eyfells – An intimate portrait of the life and work of Icelandic sculptor Johann Eyfells written and directed by Hayden de Masioneuve Yates.
Click to download and open poster.
Sons of Norway – Culture Day April 16, 2016 at the Scandinavian Centre, from 2 pm to 5 pm Instruction and assistance in GENEALOGY:
Whether you’re just getting started or looking for advanced assistance with Scandinavian church records, you will benefit from the expertise of Ron Reine and Clarissa Peterson.
OPEN TO ALL – NO CHARGE
Pre-register with ron@reine.ca to guarantee a spot.
