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

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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Club Night & Silent Auction

This month’s Fin­lan­dia Club Night is a Silent Auc­tion to raise funds for the events tak­ing place at the Scan­di­na­vian Cen­tre dur­ing the 2010 Winter Games!

Where: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Date: Jan­u­ary 15, 2010
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm
Admis­sion: $5

Cash bar — Bar style food menu — Toonie Toss — 50 — 50 draw — Silent Auc­tion — Surprise …

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The Centre is Getting A Royal Treat!

Swe­den House Soci­ety is hon­oured to announce that as part of their royal visit to Van­cou­ver dur­ing the 2010 Win­ter Games, the King and Queen of Swe­den — Carl XVI Gustaf and Sil­via Bernadotte — will be com­ing for a visit to the Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Centre!

On Thurs­day Feb­ru­ary 25th, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Sil­via will be attend­ing a …

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