Meetings, Events

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February 23rd, Scan Centre AGMs

Thank you to all who came and especially those who let their names stand for Board positions. More voices are welcome, as some positions remain open. Also volunteers for committees add strength to the Boards’ planning and operation. Contact scanctr@telus.net if interested.

9 and 10 March, 2026 – Embassy Visit Calgary

Embassy staff will visit Calgary with the biometric briefcase on 9 and 10 March, 2026. The Consulate in Calgary will be accepting the following applications during the visit:
  • Passports
  • Children ID Numbers and First Passport
  • Retention of Citizenship (Bibehold); and
  • Regaining Citizenship
To get the link for booking an appointment and be added to the Consulate’s mailing list: Tel: 403-388-7518 or email   consulate@rnccalgary.com

Regular lodge meetings:

  • Saturday March 7th, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Includes light lunch.
  • Monday April 6, 7:30 p.m.
  • Monday May 4, 7:30 p.m.
  • Monday June 1, 7:30 p.m.

District Convention May 29-30, Port Alberni

Each Biennial District Convention provides an opportunity for the talented members of District 7 to exhibit the great pieces of folk art for other members to see.  You may enter your pieces such as rosemaling, weaving, needlework, knitting, crocheting, carving, photography, painting or other crafts as part of the judged competition or display only. See the Cultural Info below. Your delegates (Ron, Russ, Alison) will take the items to the Convention if luggage space allows. You’re also welcome to attend as a guest and bring them yourself. (Guest info here: registration rl2) Cultural Info   includes Guidelines, Registration Form, Waiver, and Identification Labels

Syttende Mai 2026 2-5 p.m., May 17, 2026

PAST EVENTS

LUTEFISK DINNER, FEBRUARY 7TH

  Their side dishes selected, Wagner family members move on to melted butter, lutefisk, and flatbread being dished up by John, Rosemary and Thordis. Valhalla lodge hosted  lutefisk dinner at the Scan Centre, Valhalla room, on Saturday February 7th  with appetizers, potatoes, meatballs, traditional side dishes, flatbread, and dessert. It was delicious! And entertaining, with  Art Vesterdal’s stories and original songs about his Norwegian forefathers. Here’s one: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1916309125636287

Ski for Light Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2026

At William Watson Lodge in Kananaskis. Ski for Light Canada brings blind and visually impaired adults together with trained volunteer guides for cross-country skiing, connection, and community. It’s more than a ski trip – it’s a celebration of inclusion and possibility. The lodge helped by rounding up skiers at the airport on January 26th and providing lunch there. The airport again generously provided a rent-free room. Huge snowfall in the east meant some skiers arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday after weathering flight cancellations and rebooking. CTV News published video and interviews on Jan. 28th, including one with the always-smiling SFL president, Peter Quaiattini.  Lodge members Thordis, John, and Alison toured his three-bedroom cabin at William Watson Lodge. Here we look from the entryway into the living room. All new cabins there now!

A new kind of wilderness

On Nov. 3rd the lodge sponsored this movie as part of the Calgary European Film Festival, about a family who carved out a simple life and then are suddenly thrown back into more complex one.
A thought-provoking movie about keeping true to ideals in modern life. Great depiction of family life. Sundance film festival award.
It’s worth watching if becomes available on a streaming service. Official trailer  https://www.imdb.com/video/vi223200793/ Recommendations of recent Norwegian films to consider for CEFF 2026 are most welcome. They should be award-winning and not available for streaming.

Lefse Day

  • Saturday November 1st. The lefse sold quickly at the Scan Centre’s Nov. 9th Christmas market.

Folk Dance Workshop in Red Deer

Oct 3-5, 2025, Fanatullen hosted another excellent workshop with Mikkel and GinnyPLANNING ON WINNIPEG FOR THE FALL 2026 WORKSHOP

St. Hans Picnic, June 23

North Glenmore Park, from 3 p.m. on. The weather was a little fitful but decent. Lots of upgrades in this park area – new washrooms, a kiosk selling drinks and ice cream, kids’ playground, clear plastic domes for keeping dry if it rains. We visited lots, ate as much as we wanted to, and played some games. (Editor’s note: now that I have the gist of it, Kubb is interesting and fun. Beginner’s luck was on my side…)

Sports Weekend, June 13-15 what a great time it was!

In addition to the Laft Hus Festival events, there was a talk Friday evening about ‘Crossings 200’, a celebration of the arrival of the first organized group of Norwegian settlers. And on Sunday a bus tour on the ‘Scandinavian Trail’ stopped at several places rich in the history of Scandinavian settlement.

Goats on the roof, lundehund dogs, fjord horse, Viking re-enactment, Scandinavian dancers, kubbe game, mobile axe-throwing truck, demonstrations in wood carving, rosemaling painting, hardanger embroidery & lefse making, Crossing 200 exhibit, Norwegian items for sale, food trucks and other vendors.

Syttende Mai 2025

Was celebrated with a parade, games, hot dogs, and ice cream treats on May 17th at the Scandinavian Centre. Threatening clouds but no rain on the parade! This year “Crossings 200” acknowledged the start of organized Norwegian migration to America.