Dr. Ian MacKay had so much to tell us about how the Vikings changed the English language, at our Distinguished Speaker Series evening on...

The second in the Canadian Nordic Society Distinguished Speaker Series 2016-17 season featured the Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, Anne...

I actually have an excellent Bluetooth speaker that my son bought me for Christmas a couple of years ago. I plug it into my MacBook and...

Our first evening of this year’s Distinguished Speaker Series was a special one indeed. Journalist Samantha Rideout presented a beautiful...

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...

(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...

One of the initiatives of CNS Council this year was to set up our own Facebook page. My brother Jan (the “techie” )and I sat down...

by Tim Mark On April 20, His Excellency Sturla Sigurjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Canada, addressed a large and appreciative CNS...

Skaftafell (photo by Dr. Jack Ives) Canadian Nordic Society members and guests were treated on March 16 to a truly engrossing lecture by...

Photo of CNS member Sheila Hellstrom enjoying the Viking Exhibit, by Peter Macnaughton Canadian Nordic Society members and their friends...

Raoul Wallenberg's 1944 passport photo On February 17, 2016, retired high school teacher, linguist, and history enthusiast Clifford Savage...

Her Excellency Anne Kari Ovind (Photo: enerWE, from Standard Online) A new ambassador is in town! The new Norwegian ambassador to Canada,...

by Peter Macnaughton If you have never accepted various forms of spirituality, telepathy, shamanism or the supernatural, your beliefs...

Her Excellency Mona Elisabeth Brøther (photo above), Norway’s ambassador to Canada, has completed her tenure and is returning to Norway...

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...

by Hilde Huus Christmas last year was bittersweet for my family. My father died nine days before Christmas, on December 16, 2014. On top...

by Peter Macnaughton (Photo above shows Don Westwood pointing out some features from drawings he worked on during the design and...

His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden, right, with CNS President Tim Mark His Excellency Per Sjögren, Ambassador of Sweden,...

On June 23, 2015, the Governor General announced the creation of the Polar Medal to celebrate Canada’s Northern heritage and give...

by Peter C. Macnaughton There is a monument in Kinmount, Ontario to Icelanders who tried to settle there in 1874. The English text reads:...