(Photo: Tina Stafrén/imagebank.sweden.se) One of the initiatives of CNS Council this year was to set up our own Facebook page. My brother...

by Tim Mark On April 20, His Excellency Sturla Sigurjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Canada, addressed a large and appreciative CNS...

Skaftafell (photo by Dr. Jack Ives) Canadian Nordic Society members and guests were treated on March 16 to a truly engrossing lecture by...

Photo of CNS member Sheila Hellstrom enjoying the Viking Exhibit, by Peter Macnaughton Canadian Nordic Society members and their friends...

Raoul Wallenberg's 1944 passport photo On February 17, 2016, retired high school teacher, linguist, and history enthusiast Clifford Savage...

Her Excellency Anne Kari Ovind (Photo: enerWE, from Standard Online) A new ambassador is in town! The new Norwegian ambassador to Canada,...

by Peter Macnaughton If you have never accepted various forms of spirituality, telepathy, shamanism or the supernatural, your beliefs...

Her Excellency Mona Elisabeth Brøther (photo above), Norway’s ambassador to Canada, has completed her tenure and is returning to Norway...

Although I was born in Norway to Norwegian parents, I knew I could never consider myself a true Norwegian until I had eaten lutefisk. On...

by Hilde Huus Christmas last year was bittersweet for my family. My father died nine days before Christmas, on December 16, 2014. On top...

by Peter Macnaughton (Photo above shows Don Westwood pointing out some features from drawings he worked on during the design and...

His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden, right, with CNS President Tim Mark His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden,...

On June 23, 2015, the Governor General announced the creation of the Polar Medal to celebrate Canada’s Northern heritage and give...

by Peter C. Macnaughton There is a monument in Kinmount, Ontario to Icelanders who tried to settle there in 1874. The English text reads:...

By Oscar Wergeland - Archives of the Storting, Norway The Norwegian Constitution turns 200 this year. In celebration of this important...

The Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner of the Canadian Nordic Society was held November 16, 2013 at the Restaurant International, School of...

The film "Spring of Joy" (Glädjekällan), directed by Swedish director Richard Hobert, was shown at our October meeting. Centre stage to...

Photo is from https://www.folkloristontheroad.com/collab-menu They exist in the trees ahead, the air above, the stones beneath, the lakes...