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 ,...

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,...

We were so pleased with the excellent turnout at our first Christmas lunch since the pandemic. This year there was a real feeling of...

If you have ever heard Danish spoken, perhaps when watching the tv series “Borgen,” or that wonderful classic Danish movie “Babette’s...

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,...

Remembering Henry Larsen and his “Ugly Duckling”, on the 80th Anniversary of St. Roch’s NW Passage. 80 years ago on October 11of 1942,...

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...

Five years ago, in June 2017, the CNS had the pleasure of hosting Geir Kløver, the Director of the Fram Museum in Oslo...

photo by Dalva Lamminmäki Our annual general meeting is a necessary but often fairly routine event. As a non-profit organization, we are...

Tiny Iceland is a world leader when it comes to renewable energy and that is thanks to a few politicians who had the foresight, 100 years...