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:...

Photo is from Vestfoldarkivet in Norway A couple of months ago, I received a shipment of five cardboard boxes from Norway. They were all...

Third person out in the series of Member Profiles, is long-time CNS’er Rolf Pedersen; an always friendly and pleasant man to encounter...

How many times have we heard politicians and others say “children are our most precious resource”? It’s hard to disagree with this...

Our annual meeting of members was held via Zoom on Wednesday, May 19. Forty-one members (including proxies) attended, forming a quorum...

On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 7:30 PM His Excellency Roy Eriksson, Finland’s Ambassador to Canada, will address the Canadian Nordic...

Our own Treasurer, Lennart Nylund, will give his Distinguished Speaker talk, a “Tribute to the late Brigadier-General (ret’d) Sheila...