Danish House Society

Girl with Danish flag

Velkom­men!

The Dan­ish House Soci­ety (DHS) is the Danes “home away from home” in the Lower Main­land. By becom­ing a Mem­ber of the DHS, you can par­tic­i­pate in many fun and excit­ing Dan­ish events through­out the year, keep­ing your Dan­ish her­itage alive and get­ting to know new friends in the Dan­ish Community!

Join Today!

You will like what the Dan­ish House Soci­ety is doing towards preser­va­tion of the Dan­ish lan­guage and cul­ture while hav­ing a lot of fun in the process. Please sup­port us and become a mem­ber today! Mem­ber­ship in the Soci­ety is open to indi­vid­u­als as well as orga­ni­za­tions such as any Dan­ish soci­ety, club or related group. Sim­ply con­tact the Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre office for more information!

Annual Mem­ber­ship Fees

Sin­gle: $25
Fam­ily: $40
Cor­po­rate: $100
Life Mem­ber­ship: $300

DHS Lapel pins and decals: $5

DHS Mem­ber­ship and Dona­tions­Form 2013

Pass­port Infor­ma­tion to Danes abroad, changes effec­tive Octo­ber 1, 2011

POSTED: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Grundlovsfest 2013

Grundlovsfest 2013

Dan­ish Cana­dian Com­mu­nity Centre’s Grundlovs­fest 2013

Bring your Fam­ily, Friends, and your Pic­nic Bas­ket
Let’s keep the tra­di­tion alive !!!

Date: Sun­day, June 2nd, 2013
Time: Starts at 11:00 AM
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Centre

Games and Races for the kids weather per­mit­ting. Scan­di­na­vian Dancers too!
Come and enjoy a relax­ing day in the com­pany of your fel­low Danes!

Let’s keep the …

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POSTED: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

Danish Christmas by the Fireside

Danish Christmas by the Fireside

Join us for some tra­di­tional Dan­ish Christ­mas “hygge!” Enter­tain­ment by St Lucia Girls, Pro­ces­sion of Lights, Light­ing of the Advent Wreath, Visit from Dan­ish “Nisse-Folk”

Arrival of Jule­man­den, Fam­ily sing-a-long and gløgg and Æbleskiver.

Date: Tues­day, Decem­ber 11, 2012
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Scan­d­i­navian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: $10.00. Bring the whole fam­ily. Chil­dren under 12 are free. Reser­va­tions with pay­ment, please!
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POSTED: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

DHS Annual Family Barbecue

Dan­ish House Society’s Annual Fam­ily Bar­beque
Cash bar: beer and wine
Door prizes and raf­fle prizes!

Date: Sun­day, August 19, 2012
Time: 4pm to 9pm
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: $20; Young fam­ily mem­bers free by reser­va­tion only
Con­tact: Dave Buch­mann 604–760‑7705

Menu
Choice of BBQ rib-eye steak or sock­eye salmon entries
Corn-on-the-cob
Green salad or Potato Salad
Assorted Pies …

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POSTED: Friday, June 1st, 2012

DHS Annual Family Barbecue

DHS Annual Family Barbecue

Dan­ish House Society’s Annual Fam­ily Bar­beque
Cash bar: beer and wine
Door prizes and raf­fle prizes!

Date: Sun­day, August 19, 2012
Time: 4pm to 9pm
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: $20; Young fam­ily mem­bers free by reser­va­tion only
Con­tact: Dave Buch­mann 604–760‑7705

Menu
Choice of BBQ rib-eye steak or sock­eye salmon entries
Corn-on-the-cob
Green salad or Potato Salad
Assorted Pies …

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POSTED: Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Danish Names in the News!

Danish Names in the News!

At 90 years of age, DHS Mem­ber Peder Mad­sen was the old­est ever Com­peti­tor in the May 3rd 2009 Van­cou­ver Inter­na­tional Marathon. Peder did bet­ter than many com­peti­tors half his age by walk­ing the 21km half-marathon in just under four hours. His accom­plish­ment was fea­tured in local news­pa­pers and national TV.

Denmark’s Ambas­sador to Canada, Poul Erik Dam Kris­tensen, made …

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