Danish Health Diplomacy in Canada
I hadn’t given much thought to how the Danish health system might differ from our own Canadian system before the evening of November 16,...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Why is Danish so... unusual?
If you have ever heard Danish spoken, perhaps when watching the tv series “Borgen,” or that wonderful classic Danish movie “Babette’s...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 19, 2022
- 2 min
Nordic Languages Evening
Our first event of the season was a really fun and light-hearted way to get a “taste” of all five Nordic languages. Nectaria Karagiozis,...
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Doreen Riedel
- Oct 8, 2022
- 13 min
Remembering Henry Larsen and his "Ugly Duckling"
Remembering Henry Larsen and his “Ugly Duckling”, on the 80th Anniversary of St. Roch’s NW Passage. 80 years ago on October 11of 1942,...
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Hilde Huus
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
REYKJAVIK READING
The New York Times recently published an article on what to read when planning to visit Reykjavik. This is one of an ongoing series of...
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Hilde Huus
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Geir Kløver Awarded Prize For Best Polar Book
Five years ago, in June 2017, the CNS had the pleasure of hosting Geir Kløver, the Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo...
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Hilde Huus
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Annual General Meeting Plus!
photo by Dalva Lamminmäki Our annual general meeting is a necessary but often fairly routine event. As a non-profit organization, we are...
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Hilde Huus
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
Green Economies and Iceland
Skogafoss is one of Iceland’s many beautiful waterfalls (photo by Hansueli Krapf) Tiny Iceland is a world leader when it comes to...
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Hilde Huus
- Mar 31, 2022
- 2 min
Danish Lunching with Marianne Bournes
Marianne’s smørrebrød creations If it was indeed the Earl of Sandwich who invented the sandwich, it was certainly the Danes who turned...
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Hilde Huus
- Feb 28, 2022
- 4 min
Raija Hilska’s Finnish Design Favourites
Temppelinaukinon kirkko What is it about Finnish design that is so appealing? And what is it that gives it that look that is somehow...
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Hilde Huus
- Jan 31, 2022
- 3 min
Nordic Bridges: Sharing Art and Culture of the Nordic Countries
We have been catching glimpses of quite a variety of activities under the “Nordic Bridges” purview for some time now and Nordic Bridges...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Nordic Noir in November
We had an excellent turnout of CNS members and friends to hear Professor Gunnar Iversen of Carleton University talk to us about Nordic...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Vikings and rodents - all over the place!
Recreation of Newfoundland Viking settlement (photo by Dylan Kereluk) People and animals have moved around the world much more than we...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 31, 2021
- 6 min
Collaboration in Education: Sweden and Canada
His Excellency Urban Ahlin, Sweden’s ambassador to Canada, addressing the meeting There can be no doubt that a country’s education system...
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CNS
- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Norway: National and International Health
His Excellency Jon Elvedal Fredriksen’s Zoom talk on September 22 was enlightening and thought-provoking. As Norway’s ambassador to...
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Hilde Huus
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
I have inherited a primstav!
One of the items I pulled out of the boxes I received after my Norwegian aunt’s recent death puzzled me. It was a long, very narrow piece...
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CNS
- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
CNS President’s Message – Communication for Expression
by Constantine Ioannou Constantine in Stockholm About CNS for 2021-2022 It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Canadian...
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CNS
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
H.E. Hlynur Guðjónsson is Iceland’s New Ambassador to Canada
Iceland’s new ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Hlynur Guðjónsson, has not had to move too far for this new posting. His most recent...
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Hilde Huus
- Aug 29, 2021
- 1 min
“Madhouse at the End of the Earth”
I came across a review of this book in the May 6, 2021 issue of the New York Times. The full title is “Madhouse at the End of the Earth:...
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Hilde Huus
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
“Husmaedraskolen” or “The School of Housewives”
Photo is from Vestfoldarkivet in Norway A couple of months ago, I received a shipment of five cardboard boxes from Norway. They were all...
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