Swedish Cultural Society
Svenska Kulturföreningen Vancouver
Mark your calendar - the Scandinavian Centre will be hosting a fundraising event on May 23rd!
The Scandinavian Centre in Burnaby is home to several Scandinavian nations, including Sweden. We need the help of our community to raise funds to keep our Centre running!
SPREAD THE WORD AND PLEASE JOIN ON MAY 23!
**more details to come
To get in touch with the Centre directly, please contact the Centre's office team.
Please join us to celebrate Valborg on Sunday April 27th at 6pm! As always, we will be celebrating at Ambleside Beach (beside dog park) in West Vancouver.
This is a celebration of the arrival of Spring! We will gather around a bonfire, sing songs and roast hot dogs. Please bring your own hot dogs and a sweater/jacket as it can get a bit cold on the beach. We will provide song sheets so that everyone can join the singing!
For more information on the Valborg celebration, please visit our Valborg Events Page or contact SwedishCulturalSociety.ca@gmail.com
If you've volunteered with the Swedish Cultural Society during 2024, please join us for this volunteer appreciation lunch!
reserve your spot!
Thank you volunteers - we look forward to seeing you there!-
Önskar-Wishes Swedish Cultural Society to all members in our society.
Volunteering in our festivities is great fun! Come and join us
With two sold out performances, afternoon and evening, this years Lucia festivities was fantastic!
A big thank you to to all volunteers that helped out to make the event a success.
This years Lucia was Natalie Bristow.
The afternoon 1pm performance included the infamous fika, showcased the students of the Swedish School in Vancouver choir, and a visit from Santa. The evening 6pm performance also included the famous Swedish Christmas dinner.
Please enjoy this short video of the Swedish Christmas Fair 2024. Don't forget to click on the full-screen button below [ ] to fully enjoy this video
Around 1700 visitors, 30 vendors and 40 volunteers helped making our Christmas fair a huge success!
Please join us to celebrate Lucia at the Scandinavian Centre in Burnaby. This year's Lucia is Natalie Bristow!
There will be two performances held on Dec. 14th: Click on items below to order tickets for this event
1:00pm performance:Lucia train, treats and refreshments will be served
6:00pm performance: Lucia train, Swedish Christmas Dinner will be served
We hope you can join us for the Lucia celebration!
We also serve rice porridge!
With emphasis on Sweden
In this special delivery workshop we will study the connections between language, myth and landscape in Swedish folk songs, fairy tales and art. Exploring how Swedes' relationship to nature and seasonal changes deeply influences the culture and ways of thinking.
Together we will read, listen and look at different samples of works. We will discuss and analyze how these stories, melodies and themes live in Swedish culture today and Swedish diaspora all over the world.
The course will be taught in English and all course material will be provided
Instructor Emmalena Fredriksson
Monday October 21st 7-9pm and Monday October 28th 7-9pm. Cost: $25/class or $35 for both classes Registration: info@scancentre.org Please send your non-refundable payment by e-transfer to info@scancentre.org along with your personal information and which days you are attending.
Sunday the 3rd of November. 12PM, Coffee will be served after the sermon.
Danish Church , 6010 Kincaid St, Burnaby BC V5G 4N3
We will need volunteers to help with:
Please contact Christer Hållberg(604)764-8293 or challberg@telus.net
We hope that you are all enjoying the beginning of summer.
Adult classes (Swedish language) will start in September Our next big event will be the Swedish Christmas Fair in November. Lots of volunteers will be needed, so keep an eye out for our signup-genius emails in the fall. Enjoy summer and see you in the fall!
Viking Village, Cultural Displays, Shopping Kiosks, Dancing, Bonfire, Beer Garden, Music, Midsummer Pole, Traditional Scandinavian Foods, Kids’ activities. The fun and crazy wife-carrying contest always draws a lot of attention along with continuous entertainment all weekend.
Tickets available at the Gate only: Saturday $15; Sunday $10