Obtaining a Finnish Passports Abroad

Finland

The Min­istry of For­eign Affairs of Fin­land now has an oper­a­tional portable pass­port sys­tem that will first be avail­able at the Finnish Embassy in Ottawa, then it will travel to the Finnish Con­sulate in Van­cou­ver and lastly to the Con­sulate in Toronto.

The portable pass­port sys­tem will be avail­able in Van­cou­ver this fall, towards the end of Sep­tem­ber or early …

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13th Annual European Festival May 29th, 2010

Scandinavian Centre

Euro­fest BC Soci­ety presents the Euro­pean Fes­ti­val on Sat­ur­day, May 29th, 2010!

Date: Sat­ur­day May 29, 2010
Time: 10am — 1am
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Cen­tre
Cost: $7, FREE for chil­dren under 12
Con­tact: For infor­ma­tion call 1–866–749‑9208

Gates open at 10am — Open­ing Cer­e­mony 10:30am
Cul­tural dis­plays, Mar­ket­place & Children’s tent open until 6pm
Food booths & Beer Gar­den open until 8pm

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The Scandinavian Centre Thanks Everyone who Came to Cheer with Us!

Scandinavian Centre

Over 4,500 peo­ple vis­ited Scan­di­navia House, reg­u­larly known as the Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre, took a tour, enjoyed a drink at the Fire­side Lounge, had lunch or din­ner, and watched one of the big screen TV’s. We hosted var­i­ous roy­alty, ambas­sadors and polit­i­cal offi­cials from Den­mark, Fin­land, Nor­way and Sweden.

We are so proud of all our hun­dreds of olun­teers who …

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World Champion Figure Skater & Former Olympic Athlete Victor Kraatz at Scandinavia House

Scandinavian CentreWinter Games

World Champion Figure Skater & Former Olympic Athlete Victor Kraatz at Scandinavia House

World Cham­pion and for­mer Olympic fig­ure skater Vic­tor Kraatz is hon­our­ing Scan­di­navia House by hold­ing a talk for the pub­lic on Sat­ur­day Feb­ru­ary 27th at 12:00 (noon) about his life as a fig­ure skater, what it is like to be a top ath­lete, what it takes to com­pete on the World stage as well as host­ing a Q & A. …

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Swedish-speaking Olympic Guided Tours in Whistler

SwedenWinter Games

Swedish-speaking Olympic Guided Tours in Whistler

Jonas Sven­son is a Swede liv­ing in Van­cou­ver who has been pro­vid­ing tours of Whistler through Dis­cover Canada Tours for the past year. He has gen­er­ously offered to pro­vide tours in Swedish dur­ing the Olympics for groups of 22 or more!

Whistler, co-host of the 2010 Olympic Games, is only 2 hours from Van­cou­ver on the beau­ti­ful Sea to Sky Highway. …

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