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 30, 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 30, 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
- Jun 30, 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 30, 2013
- 1 min
Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner
The Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner of the Canadian Nordic Society was held November 16, 2013 at the Restaurant International, School of...
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Peter Macnaughton
- Oct 30, 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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Peter Macnaughton
- Apr 29, 2013
- 2 min
Finno-Ugric Shamanism
Photo is from https://www.folkloristontheroad.com/collab-menu They exist in the trees ahead, the air above, the stones beneath, the lakes...
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