For many years, our members have enjoyed the use of the beautiful and historic Army Officers Mess at 149 Somerset Street West, Ottawa,...

Left to right: Helena Slater, Trygve Ringereide, Hilde Huus, Raija Hilska, Kristina Háfoss When the Secretary General of the Nordic...

CNS Council member Raija Hilska was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Finnish Lion on behalf of the President of Finland on...

Members of the CNS received a very warm welcome from His Excellency Jari Vilén at his residence on May 7. We heard how the beautiful...

CNS members were honoured to be invited to the residence of the Ambassador of Sweden, Her Excellency Signe Burgstaller, for an afternoon...

Most of us have had to adapt to the use of Zoom or other online meeting tools whether we like it or not, and they certainly have their...

What does it mean to be Norwegian? The answer will depend of course on who you ask. It may be one thing to a Norwegian resident and...

Image is a 2016 Graffiti of Homelessness in Quebec City, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International...

The highlight of our annual CNS Christmas lunch is the Nordic Christmas sing-along, and this year was no exception!

photo of D'Arcy by Kristin Udjus Teitelbaum D’Arcy is another long-time member of the CNS; his connection with the Nordic countries...

This year marks 60 years since a small group founded the Canadian Nordic Society with less than half the number of members we have today....

Trine Jøranli Eskedal is The Kingdom of Norway’s Ambassador Designate to Canada. This posting will be a return to a more familiar climate...

Ambassador Designate of Sweden to Canada, Signe Burgstaller, has served in the Swedish foreign office since 1992, with postings in...

We have been so fortunate to have had Lennart Nylund as a very active member of Council for many years. He has been our very professional...

When our previous CNS midsummer party hosts in Cantley moved out of the area, we thought it was very unlikely we would be able to find...

This short video is a glimpse of our wonderful Midsummer Celebration held on June 24. Our sing-a-long included songs in Finnish, Swedish,...

What an appropriate title for Norwegian Ambassador Jon Elvedal Fredriksen’s April 19 talk! Our future is certainly dependent of the...

New Nordic cuisine is based on traditional Nordic cuisine since part of “New” cuisine means being sustainable and when food is involved,...

“Vertigo Sea” is a video installation on view at the National Gallery of Canada. As such, it is not a film, but more like an art...

Laura McLeod, Director of Cultural Engagement at Harbourfront Centre, joined us from Toronto via Zoom to fill us in on Nordic Bridges ,...