A Magical Midsummer in Cantley
President Karin Birnbaum summed it up nicely when she said that our second midsummer celebration in Cantley was a magical evening....
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CNS
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
Canadian-Swedish Hockey During World War II
CNS was contacted recently by Lars Ingels, who has written a book about some interned Canadian airmen who played a full hockey season in...
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Hilde Huus
- Apr 30, 2019
- 2 min
Kenn Harper on Knud Rasmussen
I enjoy reading the stories of those intrepid explorers who over the centuries have risked life and limb to reach the North Pole or...
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Hilde Huus
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Very Informative Talk on Henry Larsen’s “Ugly Duckling”
The Canadian Nordic Society is indeed fortunate to have Doreen Larsen Riedel as a member and one of our Past Presidents. The daughter of...
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CNS
- Mar 30, 2019
- 2 min
More on Canadian Art and Norway
Queen Sonja presenting the International Print Award to Canadian Emma Nishimura. (Photo: Nina Rangøy / NTB scanpix) Kari Rogstad enjoyed...
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Hilde Huus
- Feb 28, 2019
- 4 min
Ambassador Thomas Winkler on “Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic"
Ambassador Winkler with CNS President Karin Birnbaum When you head out into a cold February evening in Ottawa to hear an ambassador...
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CNS
- Feb 27, 2019
- 4 min
Martti Lahtinen’s Bucket List - 100 Days in Finland, Part 5
Martti never quite forgave his family for ripping him away from his homeland just before he would have started school there. He faced...
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Astrid Ahlgren
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Painting the North: How Nordic art influenced Canadian painters
Harald Sohlberg, Vinternatt i Rondane, 1901 Members of the Canadian Nordic Society and guests were treated to a captivating visual...
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CNS
- Jan 30, 2019
- 5 min
Martti Lahtinen’s Bucket List - 100 Days in Finland, Part 4
Before Martti’s 100 days in Finland trip, he had visited Finland in a very Canadian incarnation - as a member of an oldtimers hockey...
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Hilde Huus
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
Ian Waddell on the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry
Ian Waddell is a politician, author, and filmmaker. He served as a federal MP from 1979 to 1993, and as MPP for B.C. from 1996 to 2001....
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CNS
- Dec 30, 2018
- 4 min
Martti Lahtinen’s Bucket List 3 - 100 Days in Finland
Emigrating to a foreign country is a momentous life upheaval, even more so in the past when international communication and travel were...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 30, 2018
- 4 min
Renatus’ Kayak
Dr. Rozanne Enerson Junker is a CNS member who divides her time between San Francisco and Blue Sea, Quebec. She has a PhD in political...
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CNS
- Nov 28, 2018
- 4 min
Martti Lahtinen’s Bucket List 2 - 100 Days in Finland
In this second instalment of Martti Lahtinen’s five-part series, Martti elaborates on the concept of a bucket list and introduces Barney,...
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CNS
- Nov 28, 2018
- 2 min
Viking Gala 2018
This year’s Viking Gala, on November 8, was in honour of the 100th anniversary of the independence of Iceland. The Ambassador of Iceland,...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Iceland’s Ambassador on Celebrating 100 Years of Independence
If there were any lingering doubts in our minds as to whether 2018 really was the 100th anniversary of Iceland’s independence, His...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 30, 2018
- 5 min
Martti Lahtinen’s Bucket List 1 - 100 Days in Finland
Martti Lahtinen, a Canadian Nordic Society member, was born in Finland. He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1950 when he was seven...
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Hilde Huus
- Sep 30, 2018
- 1 min
Maud is Finally Home
After spending 85 years under water at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, the polar vessel Maud finally returned home this summer. Built for Roald...
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Hilde Huus
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
First CNS Midsummer Celebration
Hanne Sjøborg and Henry Storgaard’s home in Cantley was the ideal setting to celebrate a Nordic Midsummer’s Eve (or St. Hans in Norwegian...
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Trygve Ringereide
- Aug 30, 2018
- 1 min
Another wonderful Jenny Lind Concert
A very satisfactory turnout of around 140 people (double last year’s) at the June 7 Jenny Lind concert was the result of the efforts of...
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Hilde Huus
- May 31, 2018
- 2 min
Leta and Eric’s Inspiring Presentation - “Your Story”
Leta Pedersen and Eric Bawden promised to deliver “A practical step by step guide to discovering the story of your ancestors” at our...
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