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...

Marianne’s smørrebrød creations If it was indeed the Earl of Sandwich who invented the sandwich, it was certainly the Danes who turned...

What is it about Finnish design that is so appealing? And what is it that gives it that look that is somehow unique? Nordic design in...

We have been catching glimpses of quite a variety of activities under the “Nordic Bridges” purview for some time now and Nordic Bridges...

We had an excellent turnout of CNS members and friends to hear Professor Gunnar Iversen of Carleton University talk to us about Nordic...

People and animals have moved around the world much more than we used to think. Recent breakthroughs in archeology and genetics have made...

His Excellency Urban Ahlin, Sweden’s ambassador to Canada, addressing the meeting There can be no doubt that a country’s education system...

His Excellency Jon Elvedal Fredriksen’s Zoom talk on September 22 was enlightening and thought-provoking. As Norway’s ambassador to...

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...

by Constantine Ioannou Constantine in Stockholm About CNS for 2021-2022 It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Canadian...

Iceland’s new ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Hlynur Guðjónsson, has not had to move too far for this new posting. His most recent...

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:...