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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CNS
- Sep 2, 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
- Sep 1, 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 31, 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 30, 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 30, 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 31, 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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Hilde Huus
- Mar 29, 2016
- 2 min
Clifford Savage on Raoul Wallenberg during the Holocaust in Hungary
Raoul Wallenberg's 1944 passport photo On February 17, 2016, retired high school teacher, linguist, and history enthusiast Clifford Savage...
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Hilde Huus
- Feb 29, 2016
- 3 min
The Arctic and Climate Change
Her Excellency Anne Kari Ovind (Photo: enerWE, from Standard Online) A new ambassador is in town! The new Norwegian ambassador to Canada,...
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CNS
- Feb 28, 2016
- 2 min
A Soul's Journey to Find Its Way Home: Eric Bawden
by Peter Macnaughton If you have never accepted various forms of spirituality, telepathy, shamanism or the supernatural, your beliefs...
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Hilde Huus
- Jan 31, 2016
- 5 min
Our Shared Stories
Her Excellency Mona Elisabeth Brøther (photo above), Norway’s ambassador to Canada, has completed her tenure and is returning to Norway...
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Hilde Huus
- Dec 31, 2015
- 3 min
Finally I’m a True Norwegian!
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...
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Hilde Huus
- Dec 1, 2015
- 4 min
My Little Christmas Story
by Hilde Huus Christmas last year was bittersweet for my family. My father died nine days before Christmas, on December 16, 2014. On top...
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CNS
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
The Design of Toronto City Hall: the Finnish influence on Modern Toronto
by Peter Macnaughton (Photo above shows Don Westwood pointing out some features from drawings he worked on during the design and...
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CNS
- Oct 31, 2015
- 3 min
Ambassador of Sweden Addresses Canadian Nordic Society
His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden, right, with CNS President Tim Mark His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden,...
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CNS
- Aug 31, 2015
- 1 min
New Polar Medal Depicts St. Roch
On June 23, 2015, the Governor General announced the creation of the Polar Medal to celebrate Canada’s Northern heritage and give...
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CNS
- Jul 1, 2015
- 1 min
Icelandic Settlement Disaster, Kinmount, Ontario
by Peter C. Macnaughton There is a monument in Kinmount, Ontario to Icelanders who tried to settle there in 1874. The English text reads:...
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Peter Macnaughton
- Jan 31, 2014
- 2 min
Origins of Norway’s Constitution
By Oscar Wergeland - Archives of the Storting, Norway The Norwegian Constitution turns 200 this year. In celebration of this important...
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Peter Macnaughton
- Oct 31, 2013
- 1 min
October Film Evening
The film "Spring of Joy" (Glädjekällan), directed by Swedish director Richard Hobert, was shown at our October meeting. Centre stage to...
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