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Seterskveld Menu: Rommegrot (sour cream pudding with butter pat, sugar and cinnamon) Roast Pork potatoes and veggies Dessert – Ice Cream & Sorbet Coffee, Tea Head cook: Gary Carr of Sleipner Lodge Games – Music, Musical Chairs, bingo, tooney toss, trivia, BAKE SALE Location: Scandinavian Community Centre Order tickets: Leave a message at 604-522-8182 or email Marian Toft at [email protected].

Taco Fredag – Club Night NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES Taco Fredag is back! The favourite Friday evening meal in Adult & Children’s classes underway! Norway and Sweden is yours for the buying!! Late registrants contact: Sherry Johansen Hosts: Norwegian House Society & Lower Mainland Sons [email protected] of Norway Lodges Date: Friday, September 27 Time: Doors open 6pm, Tacos at 7 pm Tickets: $15 pp. Fall Cultural Classes Games, costumes – join us for a light-hearted evening. Location: Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas at the Scandinavian Centre St., Burnaby, BC. Everyone welcome. Beginners welcome. Space limited Tickets: David Moulton: 604-522-8182, Fees payable to the office by Friday, Oct 18 at the latest. [email protected] Call David to volunteer. Register with Sonja Busch at [email protected] or 604-522- 4567

Danish Open-faced Sandwich Design Taught by Tina Taylor Sun., Oct 27 at 1 p.m. Fee: $20

Two-Day Rosemaling Workshop Taught by Aaslaug Boulier Sat. & Sun. Oct 26 & 27 Fee: $25

(Last Minute) Seterskveld – Club Night Icelandic Vinarterta Class Sat., Sept. 28, 9 am to 1 pm All vinarterta ingredients provided. Event: Cost $25. Date: Friday, October 18, 7 pm Email: Margaret at [email protected] Tickets: $25 pp Kids 16 & under - $12. Norwegian House Society and Sleipner Sons of Norway invite you to this annual dinner and fun making event. Fall Clean Up at the Centre -Rain or Traditionally Norwegians would hike up to the mountain seters and bring home the animals for the winter along Shine Sat., Nov. 2, 2019 with all the cheese and sour cream and buttermilk prepared over the summer. Willing to Work for food? 8:30 am to 3 pm. Volunteer Skip the hike and channel the joy of fall in the mountains - interior & exterior clean-up at the Scandinavian Centre join us for the meal, games (some let your throw money around) and fundraising for the new Scandinavian Breakfast by Finnish War Veterans 8:30 am. Lunch by Community Centre children’s playground. NHS. Phone 604-294-2777 to say you are coming.

AVISA BULLETIN Fall 2019 EVENTS Also see: https://scancentre.org/

The Scandinavian Cultural Society and Danish House Society present

Leif Erikson Day Festival

Saturday October 5th, 2019 Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC

Afternoon Program (Free) 12:00 Exhibit of Inuit — Norse sculpture by Abraham Anghik Ruben, O.C. 1:00 Opening 1:10 Pastor Susanne Ivalo Rasmussen: Jens Munk, The Danish Columbus 2:00 Abraham Anghik Ruben, O.C.: Consequences of Inuit — Norse Contact 3:00 Reception coffee 3:30 Otto Christensen: Jens Munk NW Passage, 1619

4:30 bar open, music by Silver Winds Evening program (by donation) 5:00 Dinner 7:00 Movie: Jens Munk NordvestXpeditionen

Info: 778 228-2334 [email protected] www.scandinaviancentre.org

Supported by City of Burnaby & Danish Canadian Community Centre

AVISA BULLETIN Fall 2019 EVENTS Also see: https://scancentre.org/

Leif Erikson Day Festival Sat., Oct. 5, 2019: The Jens Munk Expedition

Celebrate Leif Erikson’s spirit of , with presentations on Inuit–Norse contact in the Artic and on the 1619-20 voyage of Danish Captain Jens Munk to 400 years ago.

The festival includes an art display, talks, and an informal dinner and movie. Abraham Anghik Ruben, O.C.: Sculpture; Consequences of Inuit – Norse Contact Artist Abraham Anghik Ruben is one of ’s most important artists and will display several of his sculptures, giving us a rare opportunity to enjoy his powerful work. Ruben holds the Order of Canada, received for his contribution to Canadian art and for helping preserve his Inuvialuit culture. Ruben says his stone and bronze sculptures reflect the stories, myths and legends of his western heritage, merging both traditional and contemporary Inuvialuit artistry. They also include Norse images expressing Ruben’s interest in Inuit – Norse contact. He has collected unique evidence of this contact and will tell us about its consequences. Susanne Ivalo Rasmussen: The First Lutheran Service in North America Among the men with Munk was Pastor Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway , Rasmussen will tell the story of that "When someone asked him when he thought a war would pastor/explorer adding her views. begin in Europe, he answered, dryly: 'They needn't start it Otto Christensen: Jens Munk NW Passage, 1619 for me'" (The Seattle Times, May 25, 1939, "Olav's Retired pastor Otto Christensen is spearheading a program Democracy Wins Him American Title: Swell Guy") of commemoration across Canada. Formerly with the Danish Airforce, a Lutheran Pastor in and then Scott Larsen presentation– Club Night Arborg, Manitoba he lives in Gimli and will tell Jens Munk’s Event: tragic story, based on his journal and other evidence. Date: Friday, November 8 Time: Doors open at 7 pm, presentation at 8 pm Dinner: Menu to include European wieners and cold Refreshments: Coffee and dessert will be served. salads. Cost: Admission will be by donation ($5-$15 per person) The Movie: NordvestXpeditionen, by Danish director/actor Ole Jappe with English subtitles. Approx. 90 min. Presentation: “The Year of the Royals 1939” by local historian Scott Larsen on the Royal visits to North America Norwegian Family Christmas Party by four European Royal families from Britain, Denmark, Luxembourg and Norway in 1939. The focus of the talk

will be on the two Scandinavian Royal family visits. Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019, Co-sponsored by: Norwegian House Society and Danish Time: Kids Craft Area from 6 p.m., Program 6:30 pm House Society Contact: To book your seats please contact Cost: Children $8 each; Adults: NHS Members $12 or either David Moulton [email protected] 604-522-8182 Non-member $15 (Pay at the door) or Ed Kuhlman 604-942-8499 [email protected] Must reserve in advance by Dec. 6th with Sonja at

604 522 4567 or [email protected] Include # adults, # children with names, ages & if boy or Torskeklubben Christmas Party girl. Date: Friday, November 22 Includes Children's craft activity, gift & goodie bags, Cocktails: 6pm, dinner 7 pm Christmas goodies, coffee/juice and Norwegian-style Rice Tickets: $40 For information or tickets: Bent Nielsen at pudding & performance by the Scandinavian Choir 604-321-3392 or Inge Norringseth at 778-291-2720 Sponsored by Norwegian House Society