Meetings, Events

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Regular lodge meetings:

  • Monday October 6th, 6 p.m. Fund-raising dinner for the Sons of Norway Foundation in Canada.  What is the Foundation about? Website: sonfic.ca
  • Saturday November 1st, lefse day! All levels of experience welcome. Materials supplied.  Valhalla room, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The lefse will be sold at the Scan Centre’s Nov. 9th Christmas market.
  • Saturday December 6th, Christmas brunch 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Saturday January 10th, 10 a.m. – noon
  • Saturday February 7th, LUTEFISK DINNER, 4:30 pm. Reserve by prepaying beginning January 10th.

Folk Dance Workshop in Red Deer

Fanatullen hosted another excellent workshop with Mikkel and Ginny

Calgary European Film Festival

(CEFF)Recommendations of recent Norwegian films to consider for the future are most welcome. They should be award-winning and not available for streaming. This year the Festival takes place from October 31 to November 9. 

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

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.

PAST EVENTS

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.

Norwegian treasures

Norwegian sweater    Bunad available The sweater and Rondastakk (Gudbransdal) bunad are available from Cathy Coulson, whose mother traveled to Norway as a young woman and received these Norwegian treasures.  Too special to give to a thrift store! About medium size (12). Available end of August. Contact secretary @sofncalgary.ca for Cathy’s contact info.