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

Many of you will remember Reina Lahtinen, daughter of CNS member Martti Lahtinen and a past member of CNS Council. We are very happy to...

We have been notified that the late Sheila Hellström’s remains have been cremated at Beechwood Cemetery. A memorial ceremony at Beechwood...

On Tuesday, January 26, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Nordic Nights Toronto and the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto will be screening the...

We enjoyed a very cheerful Christmas lunch via Zoom this year. Initiated by Councillor Judith Johnstone, with lots of discussion within...

We are very pleased that the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Canada, Her Excellency Hanne Fugl Eskjær, has accepted our...

Alan Humphreys will talk to us about his mother, Norwegian actress Ingegerd Holter, and the close calls she experienced as part of the...

“What I found particularly attractive was the complementarity of the two speakers. Robert presented a very well documented history of...

Brigadier-General (ret’d) Sheila Hellstrom is one of the women featured in the March 9, 2020 issue of Esprit de Corps Canadian Military...

This year the European Union Film Festival will run from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 29. The films can be watched online...

The Norwegian streaming service “Films of Norway” streams Norwegian tv series and movies. Go to: https://www.filmsofnorway.com for more...

Between 1928 and 1971, over 1.5 million immigrants entered Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CNS member Martti Lahtinen and his...

The Canadian Nordic Society welcomes His Excellency Jon Elvedal Fredriksen, Norway’s Ambassador-Designate to Canada. Mr. Fredriksen is a...

The first time I “met” Samuel, he was 19 years old and living in Bergen, Norway. He was away from his family farm in Sande, in the...

CNS Vice-president John Gilbert sent me an email a couple of months ago with “Fern Blodgett Sunde” in the Subject line. “What an unusual...

“Maybe someone would be interested” was the subject of an email sent out by Jan Järvlepp in May. Rather a modest introduction to a...

As I was exploring master’s degree opportunities across Europe, I stumbled upon one of the well- kept secrets of Nordic countries for...

To pass the time during this pandemic, many people are turning to video games. One very popular and highly rated video game is called...

Left to right, Ingela Strömberg, Dr. Kristin Udjus Teitelbaum, Dr. Ian MacKay, Constantine Ioannou, and CNS President Dr. Karin Birnbaum...

Laura Kehusmaa is a Branch Co-ordinator of Kone, and her talk was called “Kone - a leading company in people flow.” In her talk on...