Swedish Club News

Swedish Club News
Vol. 51, Issue 2: September 2012
Swedish Club . Seattle . Washington
We Really Are the Swedish Club
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Our Mission
To promote better understanding
between the United States and
the Nordic countries, with
emphasis on Sweden, and to
perpetuate Nordic culture
and traditions through the
teaching, observance, practice
and celebration of this culture
and its traditions.
here’s a word for it in Africa: sankofa, which
means, “If you’ve forgotten something in the
past, go back and get it.” Sankofa. Look to the past
to successfully move forward.
The Swedish Cultural Center is going back to
retrieve something from our past: our former name,
Swedish Club. One of our newest Board members,
attorney Vi Reno, has done the legal work to allow
us to retain Swedish Cultural Center as our formal
name, but to do business as “The Swedish Club.” In a
survey several years back, you members overwhelmingly said you preferred the name Swedish Club. That’s
the name everyone uses anyway. It doesn’t change
anything about our nonprofit tax status, but we now
have the legal authority to use both names. You’ll see
us slowly reincorporate Swedish Club in our material,
starting with this newsletter, and our signage, business
cards, etc. It’s more representative of what we are, a
community of people
who take pride in our
shared history, our
Nordic heritage, and the
pleasure we find in each
other’s company. We’re a
little bit like a very large
family that way, and we
think the name Swedish
Club fits us better.
Continued on p. 2
Former Club intern Sandra Ohlsson arrived
from Hälsingland for an impromptu visit. She’s
inviting all of us to come see the decorated
farmhouses in her region, recently named
UNESCO World Heritage sites. Good idea,
Sandra. Hey members, let’s do it! Of course
we’ll wear our “We Are the Swedish Club”
buttons proudly.
Come for fun and support your favorite dancers!
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012
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Swedish Club
1920 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
206-283-1090 Club Business
206-283-1078 Rentals
206-283-2970 FAX
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.swedishculturalcenter.org
Office Hours
Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Board of Directors
President Terry Anderson
Vice President Paul Heneghan
VP, Facilities Vince Madden
Interim Treasurer Gordon Fouts
Secretary Judy Nilsen Cooper
Directors Dick Libby
Sara Lowe
Mary McCann
Robin O’Leary
Glen Peterson
Erik Pihl
Vi Reno
[email protected]
Center Operations
Executive Director Kristine Leander
Financial Manager Debbie Smith
Rentals/Facilities Mgr. Doug Newlands
Ladies Auxiliary
Chair Jean Wirch
Vice Chair Susan Aldridge
Secretary Karen Abraham
Treasurer Bonnie Orr
Swedish Club
Continued from p. 1
We’re making other changes too. You’ll
soon see a new acoustical ceiling in the dining
room and lounge. All activities, including
Friday evening Happy Hours, and anything else
scheduled upstairs will be moved to the lobby
floor for about three weeks while we install a
fabric ceiling to dampen the noise a bit. Thanks
to a generous donation from Jim Lea for a
new ceiling, and oversight by the Seattle office
of Skanska USA, you’ll hear conversations
better in the dining room and bar areas.
The newsletter is undergoing changes. It
won’t always be as long as this one—we’ll
try to keep most newsletters to four
pages—but it will return to a monthly
publication focused on events and club
news. We have a new interim Board treasurer, Gordon Fouts. Thank you to Bob
Blair, who served in the role for the past
several months, and now Gordon, who said
yes through the end of 2012! The bylaw
review is coming along and will be ready for
more input from the Board and the members later this fall. Our former facilities
manager, Kyle Feldman, left for Ohio where
his wife is studying, and our new rentals &
facility manager, Doug Newlands, brings a
depth of experience to the role.
You’ll see announcements of other
changes we’re making around the club: new
opportunities to volunteer and to donate, and
also to enjoy the food, drinks, and view at the
Swedish Club. Sankofa: If you’ve forgotten
something from the past, go back and get it.
Opportunities to volunteer!
The more activities we plan, the more we
depend on volunteers to help us. Reply to
[email protected] or call us at
206-283-1090 and tell us what you’d like to do.
Pancake Breakfast Volunteers:
The longstanding need is for our pancake
breakfasts on the first Sunday of every
month. The breakfast brings about $20,000
into the Center every year and is run entirely
by volunteers. A new role for one or two
volunteers will be needed as we begin
opening the upstairs bar every Pancake
Sunday. Helping at a pancake breakfast is an
ideal way for a brand-new member to
become involved.
Evening Event Volunteers: We also
need volunteers for all of our regular events,
particularly Friday evening Happy Hours,
Swedish Women’s Chorus
[email protected]
Svea Male Chorus
Bob Reetz [email protected]
Geri Damm
Swedish Club News
Editor: Kristine Leander
Copy Editor: Martin Stillion
Swedish Club News (USPS 533-750)
is published monthly as part of
yearly membership dues at $12 per
person, per year, by the Swedish
Club, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle,
WA 98109-2795. Telephone is
206-283-1090. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, Washington.
Postmaster: send address changes
to Swedish Club News, 1920 Dexter
Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-2795.
Deadline for material for
the next issue is
Sept. 30.
Bring articles into the office or fax
to 206-283-2970. You may also
e-mail articles to
[email protected].
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Volunteers Howard Golick, Karen Choyce, Sonja Richter, Pat Dolan and Judy Nilsen
Cooper joined to paint the new film room, named the Board Room, on the top floor
of the club. The space reverted to the Swedish Club when a new caterer, Arista,
began renting our upstairs kitchen. To brighten the room, the group, which has
been watching “Mad Men” on Friday evenings, offered to paint the space.
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and for super-duper special events, such as our upcoming Dancing
with Swedish Stars (see p. 6). Again, it’s fun for new or longtime
members, as you’ll get to meet and greet many other members
during the evening.
Friday Morning Maintenance Volunteers: We’re asking
for volunteers for some tasks that our maintenance crew doesn’t
have time to do, such as gardening, washing windows, easy painting
and cleaning. The regular shift for this job is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Fridays. As a bonus for helping out our partially staffed maintenance
crew, we’ll feed you a meatball lunch with this volunteer role.
Office Volunteers: We have several good volunteers who
come during the regular work week to answer phones, file paperwork, show visitors around and generally do helpful tasks for us. We
can use more, though.
Library Volunteers: Librarians from the UW coached us on
how to handle our really old books, and now we need a Web-savvy
volunteer to carry out the assignment.
If any of these roles fit your schedule and your interests, we
hope you’ll contact us. We need you!
sandwiches, and is available for a couple of hours. We don’t take
reservations, but you can find out earlier in the week what’s cooking
on Friday by checking www.swedishculturalcenter.org or our
Facebook page. All of the food is made on site by Swedish chefs
Ann-Margret and/or Malin, and we often hear, “I’ve never had a bad
meal on a Friday at the Swedish Club!”
Opportunities to donate
All of the great stuff that goes on at the Swedish Club depends on
your donations. It’s a fact that if we charged what a membership is
actually worth, there’d be fewer members—particularly fewer young
ones. If we charged enough at every event to handle the staff and the
upkeep on the building, we’d have fewer attendees. The business
model we use is to charge affordable prices and look to donations for
the remainder of the funds that keep us operating. We think it’s fair, as
those who have more, donate more. Rebecca Cortes, a new
member who joined the club at a recent pancake breakfast, said, “If
joining this club will keep you in business and doing what you’re
doing—which at that moment was serving pancake breakfasts—then
I’ll join.” We ask you now to extend Rebecca’s philosophy by suggestOpportunities to eat, drink and enjoy the view!
ing that we need more than just members. We also need volunteers
It’s always surprising when longtime members don’t even know that
and donations to keep this ship afloat.
we’re open on Fridays for lunch and dinner, so we’re repeating here
Donate with renewals. Donate when you renew your
all the opportunities you have for enjoying the food, drinks and
annual membership. If you believe that the membership costs are
ambiance of the club.
low (and they are, compared with other social clubs), then round up
Pancakes on the first Sunday of the month. We offer
your membership fee by $100 or more to support the club.
pancakes from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with three shifts of live music.
Donate to the annual appeal. Within the next month,
Starting with our October breakfast, we’re opening the bar from 10
you’ll receive the first letter of our annual appeal. The letter will
a.m. to 4 p.m. You’re welcome to pick up your breakfast as usual on
present a sound case for donating to the club in order to maintain
the ground floor and carry it to the lounge on the top floor, where a our 51-year-old jewel of a building and replace our roof next
bartender will pour your coffee and offer you a libation. We’ll turn
summer. We thank you in advance.
on the TV in the bar for the football
Put the Swedish Club in
games, but you can also sit in the
your will. You don’t have to be
dining room. Seating in the bar is
rich, retired, or “ready to go” to put
only for members age 21 and up. No
the club to your legacy plans. Adding
exceptions—members can’t sign in
the Club to your will tells everyone
friends for the Sunday bar. A
what you value and what you intend
volunteer will check for memberto leave for future generations.
ships and sell them to those who see
Donate for specific
the advantage of joining at that
projects. Members Per and Inga
moment!
Bolang noticed a need—for new
Friday Kafé and Happy
library tables and chairs—and they
Hour dinners. Every Friday from
bought the tables outright and are
noon to 2 p.m., we serve delicious
now matching members’ donations
After learning that the club was seeking funds to
open-face (smörgås) sandwiches,
for chairs. Jim Lea is paying for a
restring our 19th-century loom, the members of
meatball plates and scrumptious
new ceiling. The Ladies Auxiliary and
the Ladies Auxiliary wrote a check from the group,
desserts. The bar stays open all
Carin Steckler learned about the
matched by Carin Steckler, totaling $1,000 to make
the
loom
usable
for
classes.
Shown
here
in
front
afternoon, and then at 6 p.m., the
need to restring our loom, and
are Aina Oscarsson, Jean Wirch, Susan Aldrich,
dinner options are wheeled out into
together Carin and the Auxiliary
Bonnie Orr and Carin Steckler. In back are Karin
the dining room. Dinner is usually
wrote checks totaling $1,000 to
Abraham, Jan Sullivan, June Anderson Evanoff
three entrees and sometimes
make it happen. Talk about doers!
and Alana Brandstrom.
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SCC Announces
News about, or in the interest
of our members...
The Swedish Club announces 1,040 member households.
New Members
Stacy Anderson
Muriel T Barron
Bobby Bautista & Alan J. Garvey
Paula Becker
Cindy Bee & Nick Ericson
Kristian Berg & Hanna Risa
Dwayne M. Berg
William E. Blayney & Patricia
Takahashi-Blayney
Lisa Botes
Collette M Bullis
Mark Burcar & Jennifer Butler
Anna Chang
Rebecca Cortes
Roberta Crockett, Robert and Mark
Jesok
Patricia B. Dootson
Kris Ekstrand-Molesworth & Carl
Molesworth
Allen Engvist
Leslie Forsberg, Eric Lucas, Kirsten
Zeller
Olivia Fredrickson
Emily Gibian
Helen Gibson
Lizette Gradén
Jon Hanson
Julia Herbert
Sven & Pam Holm
Thomas Johanson
Bruce & Frankie Johnson
Denise Johnson
Ruth & Earl Keller
Aaron & Beth Kitson
Mary Lou LaPierre
John Vidar Ljung
Adam Margulies & Alison Marti
Margo McCormick
Renee Montgelas
Bryan Monsaas
Alicia Moore
Douglas Craig Norberg
Edna Pearson
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Speaking of specific projects, we’re looking for help with a subscription to Microsoft Office
365. This cloud-based e-mail and calendar system will streamline our facility rentals and give us
more flexibility for sharing information. Can some of our Microsoft members help with a gift or
reduced-rate subscription? Thanks!
Consider a business sponsorship. For a big event, your business can
donate cash or a raffle prize, and receive
publicity in our newsletter and Web site. For
instance, Bob Byers Volvo is sponsoring our
Dancing with Swedish Stars event.
Get matching funds from your
employer. Many Northwest employers
(Microsoft and Boeing among them)
match their employees’ donations to
nonprofits. If you do the paperwork, we
Per and Inga Bolang have donated for three new
get the proceeds. Check with your
library tables, plus matching funds to purchase 18
new library chairs. Members are invited to help us
employer to find out if it will match your
purchase all of the chairs this year. We need
donations to the Swedish Club.
members’ donations for four more chairs ($330
Donate items we can sell or
each), which the Bolangs will match, and then we’ll
get to our total of 18 chairs!
auction. If you have items that may
hold value for someone, but no longer for
you, give them to us and we’ll sell them or add them to our auctions, raffles or antique sales.
Be creative. Is there something you can provide that would benefit the Club, even if
we haven’t asked for it? Share your ideas with us. Thanks for all your generosity to the Club.
In Memoriam
The Swedish Club sends its condolences to the families of these former members.
Past President Dick Nelson
My favorite memory of Dick’s service on the Board of
Directors was the night he went to call on a member
to ask for a contribution for the Club. The weather was
miserable, cold and rainy, and the address was hard to
find. By the time Dick arrived it was dark and he was
soaking wet, but the member responded, “Anyone
who would come out on a night like this deserves
my support!” and gave a nice contribution. Dick
believed that members of the Club should support its
maintenance and activities, and true to his Scandinavian
character of self-reliance, he met that goal. Dick also
started a travel club that took trips to many attractions, and initiated ballroom
dance classes that members enjoyed. Dick worked diligently to help the Club
gain its 501(c)(3) tax status, working many hours on the complicated forms to
show the IRS that the Club qualified as a charitable organization. I enjoyed 64
happy, successful years as Dick’s wife and in those years, we
were often at the Swedish Club. I will always be grateful for
the experience.—Susan F. Nelson
John Herbert Nordlund
A former member of the Swedish Club and Svea Male
Chorus, and the son of Swedish immigrants, John passed
away at the age of 97 on May 19, 2012. John had been very
active in the club, and his wife, Patricia, was the first woman
to become a member of the SCC Board. The Svea Male
Chorus were special guests at John’s memorial at Queen
Anne Presbyterian Church, on June 3.
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Scandinavian Holiday
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Saturday, Sunday
Nov. 3 and Nov. 4
Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$1 donation
for admission
Three floors of
Scandinavian gifts,
antiques, baked goods
The Swedish Club
1920 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, 98109
(on the east side of Queen Anne Hill)
206.283.1090
www.swedishculturalcenter.org
Free and easy parking
Saturday: Meatballs, pea soup and waffles
Sunday: Traditional Swedish pancake breakfast
Membership Has Its Privileges
M
ember Mary Hillman learned last week that
there is a very specific benefit to being a
member of the Swedish Club. She left her purse at Le
Panier Bakery in Pike Place Market, and while it didn’t
contain an ID with her address or phone number, it
did contain her Swedish Club membership card. So
the bakery called us to track her down. Coincidentally, Mary was headed for the Club to drop off
music for her sister singers in the Swedish Women's
Chorus. She walked in the door and immediately
learned that her purse was waiting for her back at the
bakery. We can’t guarantee it for everyone who loses
a purse or wallet, but you never know when your
Swedish Club membership will come in handy!
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Lisa Peterson
Deborah Porter
Dannika Renee
Craig Rhodes
Sarah Roberts
Kelley Roshka
Donna Schlichting
David Solsness
Alan Stein
Charlotte Still & Patrick Krutewicz
Beth Strack & Karen Desko
Caroline Strömberg & Greg Wilson
Eileen E. Swanson
Hoa Thai & Jackie Thai
Lenny G Tilberg
Andrew Weaver
Suellen Wigen
Anne Williams & Carlos Aristeguieta
Kelly Wilson
Juanita Woelfle & Greg Brett
Deaths
The Swedish Club offers its condolences to the families of the
following members we’ve lost since
our last newsletter.
Elmer Anderson
Lars Holmberg, former SCC Board
member
Roy Holmlund
Erik Lofquist
Dick Nelson, former SCC Board
president
New address? Send your address
changes or corrections to:
Swedish Club
Attn: Address Change
1920 Dexter Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
Or you can e-mail to
[email protected].
Let us know if we left out your
information by mistake.
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oin us Saturday, Oct. 13, at 5:30
p.m. for Dancing with Swedish
Stars—our biggest fundraiser
of the year, and a party like no
other! Sponsored by Bob Byers
Volvo. Enjoy the dance contest
as your fellow Club members
compete not just for the judges’
approval, but to raise the most
money. Hors d’oeuvres buffet,
silent auction, after party—you’ll
be talking about this event for
years to come.
Choose the couple you’d like
to sponsor, and send in the form
below with your donation and
ticket payment. We’ll see you
with the stars!
Come for fun and support your favorite dancers!
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012
Clockwise, from above left:
Foxtrot: Capt. Dale Pederson
& Monica Schilling. Hambo:
Bengt Hag & Kathi Ploeger.
Swing: Al Thorslund & Tebby
Lavery. Disco swing: Laura
Wideburg & Jonathan
Mathews. Rock’n’roll waltz:
Bjarne Varnes & Jean Gregory.
(Not pictured) Waltz: Terry
Anderson & Larry Hohm.
Dance TBD: Matthew Olson
& Rebecca Coenning.
At press time, we were still
awaiting a commitment from
one more couple.
D A N C I N G W I T H S W E D I S H S TA R S — S P O N S O R S H I P & T I C K E T F O R M
1. Choose your dancers.
 Foxtrot: Capt. Dale Pederson & Monica Schilling
 Hambo: Bengt Hag & Kathi Ploeger
 Swing: Al Thorslund & Tebby Lavery
 Disco swing: Laura Wideburg & Jonathan Mathews
 Rock’n’roll waltz: Bjarne Varnes & Jean Gregory
 Waltz: Terry Anderson & Larry Hohm
 Dance TBD: Matthew Olson & Rebecca Coenning
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2. Choose your sponsorship amount.
 $25  $50  $100  Other $_______
3. Buy your event tickets.
 Dance contest:$25 ea. No. of tickets________Total:______
 After party: $25 ea. No. of tickets________Total:______
4. Send your check with this form to Swedish Club, 1920
Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, To pay by credit card, call
206-283-1090 or visit www.swedishculturalcenter.org.
september 2012
Coming Events at the Swedish Club
Wednesday, Sept. 26. Finnish Film.
Kiellety hedelmä (Forbidden Fruit). A teenage girl
from a rural Laestadian community decides to break
out and test her freedom. $5 donation. Repeats
Friday, 9/28, 2 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 28. Scandinavian Folkdance.
Come for a quick lesson on the schottis taught by Pat
McMonagle at 7:30 p.m., followed by dancing to live
music by Folkvoice Band from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Lesson:
$5 members, $7 guests. Dance: $8 members, $10
guests. For information, contact pat@folkdancing.
com. Just for this evening, we’ll be dancing upstairs in
the Three Crowns dining room.
Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Members & Friends Dinner.
Scott Larsen is an award-winning American journalist living
on the west coast of Canada.
Since the 2010 Vancouver
Winter Olympics, he has
covered the Danish communities for Den Danske Pioneer as
the paper’s Pacific Northwest editor. Earlier this year, he wrote a six-part series
about Danes and Scandinavians aboard the RMS Titanic. Gregarious and with a
dose of humor, Scott will present a program based on that series to our
Members & Friends Dinner on Oct. 3. RSVP: 206-283-1090 or rsvp@
swedishculturalcenter.org. $25 includes tax, tip and parking for a Swedish-oriented meal. Late RSVPs and walk-ins $27. Social hour 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30,
program 7:30.
Week of Oct. 1. Swedish Language, History
and Culture Classes Begin!
This quarter we offer Swedish language classes at all
levels, plus a Tuesday evening history class on the
development of modern Sweden and a Thursday
evening class on Swedish culture. Check our Web site for full
schedule: www.swedishculturalcenter.org/Events/classes.htm. To
register, come to the first class with your registration form from our
Web site. Or, just show up!
Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Ladies Auxiliary.
Support the club and enjoy company of other women. Every first
Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. (except summer months).
Wednesday, Oct. 3. Book Club.
We’ll discuss the second book in Wilhelm Moberg’s series: Invandrarna (Unto a Good Land). Read in Swedish or English, and join us
to discuss. 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7. Swedish Pancakes.
Authentic Swedish pancakes, ham,
lingonberries, and all the right fixin’s.
Live music for dancing too: Metro
Gnomes, Nordic Reflections and Smilin’
Scandinavians. $9 guests, $7 SCC
members, $5 children 5–12. 8 a.m. until
1:30 p.m. Stay for genealogy help
afterward in the Swedish-Finn offices.
Saturday, Oct. 13.
Dancing with Swedish Stars.
Help determine which of our members
and friends are the best dancers, while
raising funds for the club! Sponsored by
Bob Byers Volvo, this is our grandest
event of the year and biggest fundraiser!
Eight couples will compete for the judges. Show your support by
sponsoring your favorites! Hors d’oeuvres buffet, silent auction,
dancing for everyone after the contest! $25 each for advance
tickets; $30 at the door. Also, on the same evening, our board is
throwing an after party to celebrate with the dancers and judges.
Separate admission of $25 gets you into the after party, where
you’ll enjoy the classic Swedish dish Jansson’s Temptation, plus
aquavit and champagne. Send your check for the dance party ($25)
and the after party ($25) to 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA
98109, or visit www.swedishculturalcenter.org and buy your
tickets there. Everyone is talking about this event, and you won’t
want to miss it! Social hour: 5:30 p.m. Dancing starts: 7 p.m. After
party: around 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17. Kafferep.
Monthly Swedish-style coffee party with homemade goodies from
our best bakers. 2 p.m. All are welcome.
Bring goodies to share.
Every Friday.
Friday Volunteers.
Wednesday, Oct. 17. Swedish Film.
Babycall (The Monitor). A thriller starring Noomi
Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). $5.
10/17, 7:30 p.m.; repeats 10/19, 2 p.m.
Thanks to film volunteer Allison Bishop for selecting
and screening films every third Wednesday.
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Every Friday morning, you bring the
elbow grease and we’ll provide the task
list plus lunch. Volunteers who come at
10 a.m. and stay to lend a hand with
cleaning, building maintenance, painting,
gardening, etc., will get a lunch of
Ann-Margret’s meatballs at 1 p.m. Please
RSVP to doug@swedishculturalcenter.
org or call 206-283-1090 by Wednesday
so that we have the tools and tasks
ready for you!
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Coming Events, cont.
Volunteers?
We always need volunteers
for our pancake breakfasts: set up, flip pancakes,
pour coffee, bus tables, etc.
Whatever your skills, we’ll
find a place for you!
Our library needs
volunteers to record data
about donated books. It
helps if you read Swedish,
but it’s not required.
We need help with
Microsoft Office 365.
Online e-mail and calendars
will streamline our facility
rentals and give us flexibility
for sharing information. Can
a Microsoft employee help
with a gift or reduced-rate
subscription? Thanks!
You can help the Club
by RSVP’ing early for
dinners and other events.
When you RSVP at the last
moment, we’ve already had
to guess if you’re coming.
Sometimes we overestimate
the turnout, and we have to
pay for those meals. Tell us
early that you’re coming and
you’ll help us save money—
which is just as good as
volunteering!
For more information,
or to lend a hand on
volunteer projects, e-mail
info@swedishculturalcenter.
org or call 206-283-1090.
Rentals available at
Swedish Club. 1920 Dexter
Ave N., Seattle. Call
206-283-1078 or visit
www.swedishculturalcenter.
org/Venues/venues.htm. If
you’ve been a member for
at least a year, you get a 20
percent discount.
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Every Friday.
Social Bridge.
SAVE THE DATE
Hankering for a hand of bridge? All players welcome,
beginners to experts. 1 p.m.
Every Friday. Library & Genealogy.
Our Friday librarian and genealogist, Alan McCool,
will guide your genealogy or help you find a book.
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 3 & 4.
Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar.
This bazaar starts the season of finding wonderful
Scandinavian gifts, whether you’re seeking arts &
crafts or antiques & great finds. Meatballs with your
shopping on Saturday, pancakes on Sunday. Vendor
applications at www.swedishculturalcenter.org.
Every Friday. Weaving Class.
For any weaver or weaver wanna-be, from beginners to “know-a-little” and beyond. 1:30 to 2:30. $3
per class.
Friday, Dec. 7.
Julbord.
Every Friday.
Matinee.
Sunday, Dec. 9.
Luciafest.
Films with English subtitles. $5 donation. 2 p.m. Come
early for lunch in our Kafé (12 noon to 2 p.m.).
• Sept. 28. Finnish comedy/drama: Kiellety hedelmä
(Forbidden Fruit).
• Oct. 5. Norwegian comedy/drama: Søndagsengler
(The Other Side of Sunday).
• Oct. 12. Danish black comedy, directed by
Lars von Trier: Direktøren for det hele (The
Boss of It All).
• Oct. 19. Swedish thriller: Babycall (The Monitor).
• Oct. 26. Finnish drama: Kohtaamisa (Heartbeats).
Our version of a traditional Swedish St. Lucia
pageant, with UW students as Lucias. Bring the
whole family. 3 p.m.
Every Friday.
New Viking Series.
Our chef Ann-Margret will serve it Swedish style
with white sauce and hand-ground mustard, or
Norwegian style with bacon and peas. Your choice!
Meatballs on the menu too. RSVP for 6 or 7:30 p.m.
seating. Cost: $25.
History buff and Swedish Club Board member
Larry Johnson will lead us through an everyFriday series of various Viking films.
Eventually, members will have the opportunity to order a DNA test to trace their
Viking heritage. There’ll be a cost for the
DNA test, but the class series is free and
open to drop-ins. 5:30 p.m. discussion and
5:45 film.
Traditional Swedish Christmas food for lunch and
dinner.
Saturday, Dec. 15.
Lucia Bal.
This one’s more of an evening holiday party, with
drinks and dancing. Dress up for this annual Swedish
celebration of the return of the light.
Friday, Dec. 21.
Lutfisk on the Happy Hour menu.
Every Friday.
Swedish Kafé & Happy Hour!
Smörgås sandwiches, Swedish meatballs
and homemade pastries. Kafé starts 12
noon. Evening food with different entrees
each week by Chefs Ann-Margret and
Malin starts at 6 p.m. Check the menu:
www.swedishculturalcenter.org. The bar is
usually open until the last guests go home.
Wednesday, Oct 24. Finnish Film.
Kohtaamisa (Heartbeats). A film about women but not
strictly for women. Intersecting lives of a variety of
women in the “new” Finland. $5 donation. 10/24, 7:30
p.m.; repeats 10/26, 2 p.m.
september 2012