Scandinavian Community Centre

Ni Liv (90 mins) is in Nor­we­gian with Eng­lish sub­ti­tles. This award-winning, Nor­we­gian clas­sic is a B&W dra­matic film from 1957. It is the fas­ci­nat­ing story of Jan Baalsrud’s escape from occu­pied Nor­way to Swe­den dur­ing WWII. The movie is not suit­able for chil­dren. A children’s movie will be shown in the Nor­way Room at the same time.

Date: Sun­day, …

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Pathfinder – Veivis­eren, 82 mins. A his­tor­i­cal adven­ture tak­ing place among the Sami peo­ple in north­ern Scan­di­navia. This dra­matic film was Oscar nom­i­nated in 1987. In Nor­we­gian with Eng­lish subtitles.

Date: Sun­day, Octo­ber 2, 2011
Time: Come at 12 for cof­fee and good­ies. The movie starts promptly at 1 pm.
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Sug­gested dona­tion $5. …

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Home­made Nor­we­gian potato balls even bet­ter than Mor­mor used to make. Served with meat, turnips, car­rots, bacon bits and syrup.

Date: Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 20, 2011
Time: 3pm Happy Hour, 4pm Din­ner
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Tick­ets only $20.
Con­tact: Pur­chase by Tues­day Feb­ru­ary 15th by call­ing Marg Kirse­bom 604–535‑4985 or Ruth Gjerde 604–502‑0133.…

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Join us to cel­e­brate the bicen­ten­nial of Ole Bull, the renowned Nor­we­gian vio­lin­ist and com­poser — His adven­tur­ous life was the inspi­ra­tion for Peer Gynt!

Edvard and Nina Grieg (played by Don Mowatt and Car­olyn Fin­lay) will intro­duce their friend Ole, set­ting the scene for an evening of great Nor­we­gian music.

Event: Teatime at Trold­hau­gen
Date: Sun­day, March 21, 2010
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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 the …

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