Review of “A Grand Adventure: The Lives of Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad ..."
by Leo Lehtiniemi Members of the CNS may be interested in a book by Benedicte Ingstad, entitled “A Grand Adventure,” the English...
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CNS
- Jan 31, 2018
- 4 min
Andrea Baston’s Talk on “Exile Air”
You could have heard a pin drop in the Army Officers’ Mess on January 17 as Andrea Baston quietly but clearly told the stories of the...
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CNS
- Jan 30, 2018
- 1 min
A Most Memorable Evening
Our January 25 the “Finland 100 Gala Celebration” at Les Jardins de la Cité was a great success thanks to the organizing committee, the...
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Hilde Huus
- Jan 28, 2018
- 1 min
The Twentieth Day of Christmas
Photo by Malene Thyssen It was while I was working on my article about the twelve days of Christmas for the January Nordic News that I...
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Hilde Huus
- Dec 31, 2017
- 5 min
The Nordic Twelve Days of Christmas
I was seated beside CNS President Karin Birnbaum at the CNS Christmas Luncheon, and we chatted a little in Norwegian. This was a bit of a...
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Hilde Huus
- Nov 30, 2017
- 1 min
Nordic Favourites: A Musical Salute to Finland
The October 21 Nordic concert organized by CNS member Costa Kapsalis was by every measure an outstanding success. Sponsored by the...
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CNS
- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
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 31, 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 30, 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 31, 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 31, 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 30, 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 31, 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 31, 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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