Scandinavian Community Centre

The Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre would not be what it is today if it weren’t for the amaz­ing efforts of all our won­der­ful vol­un­teers through­out the year. We know how much effort and energy every­one puts into help­ing the Cen­tre grow and mak­ing sure all of the activ­i­ties that take place are a huge success.

If you have vol­un­teered at…

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Enjoy a fine selec­tion of open-faced sand­wiches, dessert, cof­fee and tea. Wash it down with Snaps and Carls­berg. By reservation only.

You must book and order your open-faced sand­wiches by the Tues­day of same week. This pop­u­lar event books up quickly so call early! Ask Ebba to add you to her email list to notify you of the sand­wich selec­tions the…

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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,…

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Sum­mer is fast approach­ing and we will all be able to enjoy our sunny and hot weather; at least I hope we are going to have a good summer.

On April 18th, every­one enjoyed Queen Margrethe’s birth­day cel­e­bra­tion that was spon­sored along with the Royal Dan­ish Guard orga­ni­za­tion. It was an evening of fine enter­tain­ment from Den­mark and a wonderful…

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As Dan­ish House adds up the years since its incep­tion thir­teen years ago we have wel­come many mem­bers, who are not Dan­ish born but never the less feel very much Dan­ish in their think­ing and their out­look on life. When you meet them and get to know these sec­ond or third gen­er­a­tion Dan­ish emi­grants you soon dis­cover that there is…

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