Thank you Tim!
Tim Mark has resigned from Council after a very effective and fruitful two years as President, preceded by a year as Secretary. During...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 28, 2017
- 1 min
The Faroe Isles Google-Mapped by Sheep
(Photo by Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post) Since November this year, if you look up the Faroe Islands (located between Norway and...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 30, 2017
- 5 min
Mannerheim at 150 and the Centennial of Finland
Dr. Lennard Sillanpää’s Sept. 27 talk on Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and his contribution to his country, the Republic of Finland,...
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Hilde Huus
- Sep 29, 2017
- 1 min
"Maud" Returns Home
(Photo from CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/maud-rises-norwegian-ship-cambridge-bay-1.3782510) credited as submitted by Jan...
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Hilde Huus
- Aug 30, 2017
- 7 min
Lessons from the Arctic
Amundsen (left) and the crew of the Gjøa When the Norwegian Embassy contacted CNS Council in late May wondering if we might be interested...
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Hilde Huus
- May 30, 2017
- 5 min
Tancred Ibsen and the Scandinavia Cinema
(Photo from website futurefix.com) Carleton University is lucky to have on loan an expert on Norwegian cinema, Professor Gunnar Iversen...
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CNS
- Apr 29, 2017
- 1 min
Scandinavian Night at the Senators
CNS Past President Tim Mark in True Viking Spirit (photo by Astrid Ahlgren) The April 4 Senators game against the Detroit Red Wings was...
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Hilde Huus
- Mar 30, 2017
- 5 min
Remarkable Women
Anna Sofia Nilsson (photo courtesy of Anita Maclean) Our Speakers’ Event for March featured Anita Maclean’s story about her very...
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Hilde Huus
- Feb 28, 2017
- 4 min
Choices in Extraordinary Circumstances
Max Manus guarding Crown Prince Olav in the liberation parade The Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany was not unexpected. My father told...
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Hilde Huus
- Jan 31, 2017
- 4 min
Shamanism in the Icelandic Sagas: the Case of Sei∂r
Photo from the Saga Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland An audience of 64 people turned out on January 18 (a very good turnout for a January...
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Hilde Huus
- Dec 31, 2016
- 3 min
How the Vikings Changed the English Language
An exhibit at the Roskilde Viking Museum of Viking-era clothing styles, origin of our “shirts” and “skirts” Dr. Ian MacKay had so much to...
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CNS
- Nov 30, 2016
- 2 min
Norwegian Ambassador Ovind Addresses the CNS
The second in the Canadian Nordic Society Distinguished Speaker Series 2016-17 season featured the Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, Anne...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 28, 2016
- 1 min
All I Want for Christmas is my Bluetooth!
Image of Harald Blåtand in the Roskilde Domkirke I actually have an excellent Bluetooth speaker that my son bought me for Christmas a...
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Hilde Huus
- Oct 30, 2016
- 3 min
First Contact
Our first evening of this year’s Distinguished Speaker Series was a special one indeed. Journalist Samantha Rideout presented a beautiful...
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CNS
- Sep 1, 2016
- 2 min
Eric Järvlepp Recalls 1971 Dinner Dance
by Eric Järvlepp 1967 was Canada's centennial year. To mark this occasion, the National Arts Centre was built for the people of Canada by...
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Hilde Huus
- Aug 31, 2016
- 4 min
This Summer of Iceland
(photo by Jack Ives) This summer a few CNS members visited Iceland, which seemed to be steadily in the news for one reason or another, so...
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Hilde Huus
- May 30, 2016
- 4 min
Nordic Reading Habits
(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...
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CNS
- May 29, 2016
- 2 min
His Excellency Sturla Sigurjónsson Addresses CNS
by Tim Mark On April 20, His Excellency Sturla Sigurjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Canada, addressed a large and appreciative CNS...
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Hilde Huus
- Apr 29, 2016
- 2 min
Jack Ives Presentation on Climate Change in Iceland
Skaftafell (photo by Dr. Jack Ives) Canadian Nordic Society members and guests were treated on March 16 to a truly engrossing lecture by...
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Hilde Huus
- Mar 30, 2016
- 3 min
What Language Did the Vikings Speak?
Photo of CNS member Sheila Hellstrom enjoying the Viking Exhibit, by Peter Macnaughton Canadian Nordic Society members and their friends...
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