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February 2015 XLVII:ii

The Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia

N E W S L E T T E RN E W S L E T T E RN E W S L E T T E R

The Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia cordially invites you to

þorrablót

Saturday, March 14, 2015 Time: Cocktail Hour 6 p.m.; Dinner 7 p.m.; Dancing 9 p.m. Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC, 604-294-2777

This year, we will have traditional Icelandic smoked lamb in addition to other items. The official menu will be in the March newsletter.

Dessert: Vínarterta, Pönnukökur, Kleinur Beverage: Coffee, Tea

After dinner Entertainment Dancing to a 6 piece band, Pizzazz

Dress: Semi-Formal, Cost: $4000, 18 years and under: $2500

Tickets: Nina Jobin 604-277-0143. Reserve by Wednesday morning, March 11. No ticket sales at the door.

Knitting Classes, the Icelandic Way Tuesday, February 3—March 10, 2015, 7-9 pm

Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC, $50.

Contacts: Jana Helgason - janahelgason@gmail.com or 604-943-6027

Nina Jobin - nina_jobin@telus.net or (604) 277-0143

Celebrate Valentine's Day and an early celebration of Bolludaginn

February 14th, 11:00-2:00

Drop in at the Iceland Room for a light lunch on Valentine's Day.

We'll also have an early celebration of Bolludaginn, a day on which the foods are

ball shaped, such as, fish balls, meatballs and the mainstay, crèam puffs.

Learn about how Icelanders traditionally celebrate the two days before Lent

and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.

Monday is Bolludagur, Tuesday is known as Sprengidagur or Bursting Day, when you

eat all you can, and Wednesday, of course, is Öskudagur or Ash Wednesday.

Come and enjoy some relaxed social time with fellow club members.

Bring your friends, everyone is welcome.

mailto:nina_jobin@telus.net

2 February 2015

PASSINGS

BALDWIN, Marian Shirley (nee Kristjanson) June 13, 1937 - January 12, 2015

Mom passed peacefully with family at her side on Monday evening. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and true friend, and will be profoundly missed by all who knew her. Marian will be remembered for her unwavering kindness, loyalty, and spontaneous and heartfelt laugh.

Marian was a devoted and loving mother to her four sons, Doug, Don (Bonnie), Kevin (Lorraine), and Greg, and an adoring grandmother to Nicole, Lucas, Brock, Jessica, and Lauren. With her huge heart and kind nature, she had many close friendships. Marian grew up on a farm in Lundar, Manitoba with her parents, brother and sister. She married Gary Baldwin in 1962, and the family eventually settled in Sunshine Hills in North Delta. Marian was a skilled gardener and loved to work in the soil and admire the beauty that was created. She is predeceased by her parents, and is survived by family and many friends. Thank you to dear friend, Judy Drummond.

HENDERSON, Ross September 24, 1919 - January 18, 2015

died peacefully in his home on Grand Blvd in North V a n c o u v e r . H e wa s surrounded by his family in his last few days, for which he considered himself so lucky. He is missed by his three daughters and their partners: Carol and Doug Botting, Helen and Doug Bing, and Nancy Henderson; his eight grandchildren and their partners: Rachel (Andrew) Walker, Rebecca

(Mel Garbe) Carroll, Emily (Rob) Petretta, Jeremy (Suzanne Simpson) Bing, Graham (Tamra) Bing, Eric Bing, Robin Heywood, and Patrick Heywood; four greatgrandchildren: Heath, Ella, Ross, and Henry (and another expected within weeks); twelve nieces and nephews and their partners and children, 2 brothers-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law. He was born September 24, 1919 in Morden, Manitoba. He felt his most significant act in life was to meet Freiða Thordarson, at the University of Winnipeg, in his first term there in 1945, after his war service with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. They married in 1947 and moved to BC, first to the Okanagan and then to North Vancouver and to Grand Blvd in 1959.

He taught English at Sutherland Secondary School from then until his retirement in 1979, and enjoyed running into former students for the rest of his life. He spent his retirement in activities like photography, volunteering at the Margaret Fulton Centre, playing bridge with his good friends, and having coffee with faithful visitors like Roy Thordarson, who baked his favourite butter tarts. He missed his wife, Freiða, terribly after her death in 2002, but was well cared for from then on by his beloved caregiver, Hilda Bareng and her husband, Ronnie. Ross's main interest was his family, with whom he kept in very close contact. He was particularly fond of the time at our family cabin, Toad Hall, and was there every summer for close to 60 years. He was interested in all the families' activities, but most loved that we all enjoyed each other's company. Even when his deafness meant he couldn't hear all the conversations, he enjoyed being in the midst of it all. He was much loved and his positive outlook and appreciation of life is an inspiration to us all. Ross was a member of the Icelandic Canadian Club of BC for many years.

OLAFSON, Ruth of Victoria passed away peacefully on the morning of January 15, 2015 at the age of 94. She will be lovingly remembered and dearly missed by her husband of 71 years Al, her daughters Dianne (Paul) de Champlain and Kari (Alan) Pa u l , d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w M a r j o r i e O l a f s o n , grandchildren Lane (Olena) Olafson, Jenny and Katie de Champlain, Nathan, Curtis, anda Megan Paul, and great-granddaughters Elianna and

Isabella Olafson. She was predeceased by her son Larry in 2012. Ruth was born in Calgary, Alberta where she lived for 65 years before retiring with Al to Victoria. For Ruth, there was nothing more important than time spent visiting with family and friends. Ruth had the rare talent of being a wonderful listener and her knowing smile, friendly laugh and gentle manner were cherished by all who knew her. She was a long-term and active member of the Victoria Icelandic club. REEDEL, Thordis Clara (nee Johnson) Born in

Winnipeg, MB. Passed away peacefully on December 31, 2014 at the age of 87. Predeceased by her husband Herbert, married 49 years, and son Herbert John. She leaves to mourn her son Robert (Carol), grandchildren Julian (Liz) and Jennifer (Aaron). Also survived

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by Felicia Reedel, sister Runa Bjornson, brother Robert (Maggie Johnson), sister-in-law Alda Johnson and many relatives and friends in Manitoba and B.C. Thordis was a long-time member of the Icelandic Canadian Club of BC.

SIGURJONSSON, John Frederick April 5, 1932 - December 20, 2014

It is with much sadness we announce the passing of our brother Fred. He is survived by his sisters: Joan Curby, Shirley Johannesen and Mary Heads; 13 nieces and 2 nephews. He was born in Edmonton, AB in 1932 and moved to Vancouver, BC in 1948. He graduated from John Oliver High School and went on to UBC and obtained

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SNORRI WEST

Four young Icelanders will be visiting us from Iceland in June of this year.

The club will sponsor them for one week.

If you are able to help in any way, please contact:

Marilyne Anderson, 604-936-8826, or email at

marilynet2a@yahoo.ca.

If you have been on the Snorri Plus or Snorri program, or have

received a scholarship from the ICCBC and would like to pay it

forward with a donation, your time (driving

the Icelanders or taking them to a tourist place or putting on a

special dinner or ??), please let me know. Thank you very much.

a degree in Architecture. He then worked for the District of North Vancouver for 32 years. He will be dearly missed by all his family and friends. Fred’s parents were Rosa Fredrickson and Sigtrygger Sigurjonsson, and his mother’s parents were Jon Frederickson of Hafrafelstunga and Una Einarsdottir of Sveinungsvik, Iceland, who emigrated to Canada in 1905 with their three daughters, settling in the Shoal Lake area. Rosa was the only child born in Canada. Fred’s father, Sigtrygger Sigurjonsson, was born in Winnipeg to Sigurbjorn Sigurjonsson and Hildur Snjolaug Sigtryggsdottir, both raised in North Iceland. Fred’s grandfather emigrated to Winnipeg in 1884, his mother emigrated in 1890 and they were married there in 1896.

Fred was a long-time member of the Icelandic Club of BC.

Höfn Photo Essay Exhibit

2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 15, 2015 Höfn Icelandic Harbour, 2020 Harrison Drive, Vancouver, 604-321-3812

The Icelandic Care Home Höfn Society cordially invites the public to attend an exhibit of images

created by Robert Asgeirsson.

The collection shows a day in the life of residents 42 years ago at the Höfn Iceland Care Home.

The images of many of the residents who lived at Höfn in 1973 are featured.

Hofn will host a reception starting at 2:00 p.m. during which there will be an announcement

regarding the dedication of this exhibit. Sandwiches, tea and coffee will be served.

mailto:marilynet2a@yahoo.ca

4 February 2015

Icelandic composer

Jóhann Jóhannsson

won the Golden Globe

Award for

Best Original Score

for the British drama The Theory of

Everything.

This is a great honor for Jóhannsson, who becomes the first Icelander to win a Golden Globe. Jóhannsson was up against Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Gone Girl, Antonio Sanchez for Birdman and Hans Zimmer for Interstellar. He is nominated for a 2015 Oscar for ORIGINAL SCORE for the same film, The Theory of Everything. The other films for which composers are nominated: Grand Budapest Hotel; Interstellar; Mr Turner; Imitation Game. Jóhannsson has also composed the scores for the critically acclaimed crime drama Prisoners, which

was directed by Denis Villeneuve, and Villeneuve’s most recent film, the crime drama Sicario, which will be released later this year. In addition, his original songs have been used in the soundtracks of films such as Wicker Park, Prisoners and Foxcatcher. Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer, producer and an active member of the country’s artistic community (as the founder of the Kitchen Motors label / think tank / art collective, founder member of Apparat Organ Quartet and also as a serial collaborator). He has a long career in the field of music, having been a part of Icelandic bands such as HAM, Lhooq and Apparat Organ Quartet before embarking on a solo career and scoring films. Jóhann’s stately and hauntingly melodic music has been quietly bewitching listeners for some time and his new album, IBM 1401, A User’s Manual - his most ambitiously-orchestrated composition to date – is sure to expand his audience still further.

Jóhannsson recently made his directorial debut with the short documentary End of Summer, which was selected for CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. In addition to directing the film, Jóhannsson wrote the screenplay, composed the score, and shot and edited the film.

Jóhannsson currently resides in Berlin, Germany.

COMING EVENTS

Feb 3 (Tues) Knitting Classes—The Icelandic Way, 6 weeks, 7-9pm Scandinavian Centre Feb 14 (Sat) Valentine’s Day & Bolludaginn, 11am-2pm Iceland Room, Scandinavian Centre Mar 14 (Sat) þorrablót Scandinavian Centre Apr 1 (Wed) Annual General Meeting, ICCBC Scandinavian Centre May 14-17, 2015 Icelandic National League Convention Minneapolis, Minnesota April 2016 Icelandic National League Convention in VANCOUVER, BC

EUROFEST May 30 & May 31, 2015

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC

Ethnic Cuisine, Cultural Exhibition, Arts Plaza, Beer Garden, with a great number of European countries

participating—Iceland will be one.

We need volunteers t o h e l p f o r approximately a four hour period — you could chose your time and where you help, eg, parking, manning the booth, or other.

Contact: Peggy Friðriksdóttir, email: annapeggy1@yahoo.ca

The Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia,

2015 Membership

6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC, V5B 4P9 604-294-2777

One year membership is $25 (Single, Senior or Family); cheques payable to ICCBC at the above

address.

Please list:

all members’ names

Address;

City, Province, Postal Code;

Cell number,

Telephone number, and

newsletter delivered by email or regular mail?

5 February 2015

Nordic Art & Photography

Show & Sale Saturday & Sunday

February 28 & March 1st 11 am to 4 pm

Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas St, Burnaby BC

CALL To ARTISTS For Two-dimensional & three-dimensional works including

paintings, artisan crafts, art photography & fabric art

Artists should be of Nordic descent

OR their work should feature Nordic themes

Norway in my Heart

By featured Photographer, Chris Ostenstad

Contact: sonjabusch@hotmail.com or 604 522 4567 Entry forms also available from the office or online

presented by the Scandinavian Cultural Society

Contact: Sonjabusch@hotmail.com or 604-522-4567

Entry forms also available from the office or online

Presented by: The Scandinavian Cultural Society.

Nordic Art & Photography

Show & Sale Saturday & Sunday

February 28 & March 1st 11 am to 4 pm

Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas St, Burnaby BC

CALL To ARTISTS For Two-dimensional & three-dimensional works including

paintings, artisan crafts, art photography & fabric art

Artists should be of Nordic descent

OR their work should feature Nordic themes

Norway in my Heart

By featured Photographer, Chris Ostenstad

Contact: sonjabusch@hotmail.com or 604 522 4567 Entry forms also available from the office or online

presented by the Scandinavian Cultural Society

Silent Auction —At Thorrablot on March 14, 2015 The club will be having a silent auction to raise funds for our scholarships and Snorri West programs. Both programs support young Icelanders. If you are able to donate a basket or any item in good condition (new or gently used) that you think may work for the silent auction, please contact Marilyne Anderson, 604-936-8826, or email at marilynet2a@yahoo.ca.

Suggestions could be: a basket of treats—chocolates, tinned food items, or, wine with cheese and crackers, or wine glasses; or tickets to an event or place (e.g., the art gallery, hockey game); pottery, etc.

You can be creative or you can donate part items and I will put baskets together. I did one with cookbooks, and the special ingredients for a recipe, plus a baking pan or item of equipment. Many, many ideas are possible. Please call me if you have any questions. Thank you very much.

Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 7 pm

Iceland Room, Scandinavian Centre 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC

The agenda consists of:

President’s Report

Committee Reports

Financial Statement

Election of Directors

And, of course, coffee, treats and conversation afterwards.

Scandinavian Community Centre Society Annual General Meeting

Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7 pm

Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC

Agenda:

Consider the reports of the Directors

Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 2014

Resolutions

Election of Directors

Transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

mailto:marilynet2a@yahoo.ca

6 February 2015

SEATTLE THORRABLOT 2015 Saturday, February 28, 2015,

Doors open at 6pm, Dinner served at 7pm Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, WA

Join in the festivities and enjoy traditional Icelandic food by Chef Kristín Ösk Gestsdóttir from Reykjavik, and enjoy the entertainment and traditional dancing with your favorite

DJ, Iceland's Haffi Haff!

Cost: $65 person ($30 under 30 years of age) Please call or text Jon Palmason at 206-954-8718.

Gimli has long been a cottage retreat on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Only an hour from Winnipeg, the small community founded by Icelanders about a century ago is renowned for its beaches, summer festivals and world-class fishing. But in the past decade, it’s become one of the province’s unsung retirement hot spots, offering an appealing combination of a laid-back lake lifestyle and affordable housing that’s attracting retirees even from beyond the Keystone province’s borders. Joel Schlesinger, The Globe and Mail, January 2015.

Gimli

On Lake

Winnipeg

Retirement

Hot Spot

ICCBC Winter Raffle 2014/2015

First prize: Hand made quilt by Elsie Einarson, approximately 4½’ x 5½’ Second prize: Set of Sagas (value $500) is the first English translation of the entire Sagas of Icelanders

together with the forty-nine tales connected with them.

Third Prize: Basket loaded with Icelandic Treats

$2.00 each ticket / $10 per book of 5 tickets Draw: March 7, 2015, 9:00 pm, Scandinavian Community Centre, Thomas Street, Burnaby

Winners consent to release of their names by Licensee BCLC #109124

Because of government regulations, we cannot mail a raffle ticket with our newsletter. We have to have you order it, send us a cheque and we will return the stub to you, preferably

by email. So, if you would like to order and help the club, send a cheque for however many tickets you would like to purchase, to:

Nina Jobin, 6320 Madrona Crescent, Richmond, BC, V7C 2T4 Tel: 604-277-0143

NANAIMO THORRABLOT Sunday, February 22, 2015, 1 pm

Potluck Contact: Linda Bjarnason, 250-716-0551

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VICTORIA THORRABLOT March 5, 5 pm, Norway House

Dinner & Dance Contact: Fred Bjarnason, 250-507-6253

Vorna Butler 250-721-3299

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The Last Cheeseburger The final McDonalds burger to be sold in Iceland before the chain closed its doors in the country in October 2009 is on display at the Bus Hostel in Reykjavík and remains unchanged after 6 years, reports MBL.is. The only notable difference seems to be that the meat patty is a slightly lighter colour than before. The man who purchased the last burger, Hjörtur Smárason, said “I had heard something about McDonald’s never decaying so I just wanted to find out for myself whether this was true or not.” Deciding he would preserve it, Hjörtur kept the burger and fries in a plastic bag in his garage for 3 years during which time it remained untouched by time or decay. He then donated it to the National Museum of Iceland when he moved to Denmark. Recently, the staff at the National Museum considered throwing the burger out but Hjörtur, who considers the item to be of great historical value, has secured its place at the Reykjavík Bus Hostel in Skógarhlíð where it remains on display and seemingly uncorrupted by nature on the Hostel Bar. Thirty-Five Governments Call on Iceland to Stop Whaling A formal diplomatic protest, known as a démarche, was delivered to the Icelandic Government Offices in Reykjavík. The EU, its 28 member states and the governments of the United States, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Monaco and New-Zealand, declared their “strong opposition” to commercial whaling in Iceland, in particular the hunting of fin whales and the subsequent trading of fin whale products, urging Iceland to “respect the IWC’s global moratorium and end its commercial whaling and international trade in whale products.” “Fin whales and minke whales are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I … and we remain extremely concerned with

Iceland’s reservation, entered in 2000, for these and other cetacean species,” the démarche reads in part. The EU’s Ambassador to Iceland, Matthias Brinkmann, along with the diplomatic representatives of the U.S., France, Germany and the U.K. delivered the démarche to the I c e la n d ic g o ve r nm e n t . T he ambassador also pointed out that the public in the countries that are Iceland’s main trading partners is very much against whaling. Glacial Melt Lifts Iceland, Triggers Eruptions Climate change is causing 11 billion tons of glacial ice to melt in Iceland every year. The glacial melt, which is happening at a faster rate than earlier believed, results in an annual uplift of 35 mm (1.4 in), as a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters concluded. This may lead to more frequent volcanic eruptions. “As the glaciers melt, the pressure on the underlying rocks decreases,” Kathleen Compton of the University of Arizona, a geoscientist and one of the paper’s co-authors, explained to TIME . “Rocks at very high temperatures may stay in their solid phase if the pressure is high enough. As you reduce the pressure, you effectively lower the melting temperature.” “High heat content at lower pressure c reates an environment prone to melting these rising mantle rocks, which provides magma to the volcanic systems,” added Arizona geoscientist Richard Bennett, another co-author. Thick Pollution Layer from the U.S. over Iceland A 1-km (3,280-feet) thick pollution layer which originated from the U.S. East Coast was detected by scientists at an altitude of 5 km above the Holuhraun eruption site on January 22. The scientists, who were measuring the composition of gases in the volcanic plume, noticed the pollution by coincidence. Pollution from North America has never been

confirmed in the atmosphere above Iceland before, as meteorologist Haraldur Ólafsson, who detected the pollution along with a French scientist, told visir.is . He added that while the pollution layer had been detected above the northeastern highlands, it had probably covered the entire island at the time. “It’s notable because people have always thought that the pollution in Iceland comes from Europe, which it does of course, and one can sometimes smell it when the wind blows directly from the British Isles and the European mainland. People thought that the pollution which exists in the atmosphere above North America is too far away, that it would have rained into the ocean before it reaches Iceland,” Haraldur said. It’s unclear how often Iceland is subjected to pollution from North America—since it has never been detected before—but Haraldur believes it might drift across the island several times a year. Chess Grandmaster Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík Friðrik Ólafsson, Iceland’s first grandmaster in chess, was given the title Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík at a ceremony in Höfði. Friðrik, who celebrated his 80th birthday on January 26, was made an honorary member of FIDE (the World Chess Federation) at the same occasion. No one is considered to have had a bigger impact on the development of chess in Iceland than Friðrik, a press release states. Born in 1935, Friðrik became Icelandic champion in chess at only 17 and Nordic champion the following year. In 1958 he became the first Icelandic grandmaster in chess and earned international recognition as a chess player. He studied law at the University of Iceland and worked at the Ministry of Just ice before becoming a professional chess player in 1974. He served as president of FIDE from 1978 to 1982, after which he worked as undersecretary of Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament.

From Iceland Review Online– January 2015 Compiled by Iceland Review Editorial Staff

February 2015

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The 8-page newsletter is published at the beginning of each month, ten months of the year. A newsletter is not printed in July or August. Material is gratefully received by the 20th of each month.

Editor & Publisher:

Margrét Bjarnason Amirault, Tel: 604-688-9082

ICCBC Mail: 6540 Thomas Street

Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9 E-mail: icc_of_bc@hotmail.com Distribution: Ruth and Norm Sigurdson

Labels: Tammy Eyford

Courier: Naomi Dyer

ICCBC INFORMATION LINE & ANSWERING MACHINE,

Tel: 604-294-2777 (Scandinavian Centre line)

Website: Icelandic Canadian Club of B.C.

www.inlofna.org/ICCBC/Welcome.html Email: icc_of_bc@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Icelandic- Canadian-Club-of-British-Columbia/190426084338925

Website: Icelandic National League: www.inlofna.org Icelandic Archives of BC: www.inlofna.org/IABC/Welcome.html

Icelandic Radio (6 stations): www.xnet.is Morgunblaðið: http://mbl.is Ströndin Internet Radio: www.inlofna.org/SIR Honorary Consul General of Iceland for BC & Yukon,

Heather Alda Ireland: iceconsul@shaw.ca

LIBRARY & GENEALOGY Books written by Icelanders in English or

translation are available in the Scandinavian library

upstairs. The sorting of books in the Sólskin

Library is progressing.

Information regarding the Genealogy Centre can be

obtained from Gerri McDonald at 604-279-0420.

Icelandic Language CDs or Tapes

Get acquainted with the language or brush up on your pronunciation with lessons 1 & 2, each one hour long. Typed lessons are included so that you can learn to read Icelandic

as well. Canadian Orders: CDs, 2 lesson sets $30 CAD/ USD; tapes are also available. Postage & handling included.

US and Foreign Orders: International money order only.

Send your cheque or money order made out to: Icelandic Canadian Club of B.C.

3776 Arbor Street, Burnaby, BC V5J 1T4 Tel: 604-433-6329

www.inlofna.org/ICCBC/Tape_Lessons.htm

February 2015

Oakridge Lutheran Church 585 West 41st Avenue,

Vancouver

9:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Service

English Joint Services Coffee served every Sunday

Everyone is welcome!

SCANDINAVIAN CENTRE ACTIVITIES Website: www.scandinaviancentre.org (for more details)

E-mail: info@scandinaviancentre.org, Telephone: 604-294-2777

Feb 8 (Sun), 2pm—Celebration of the Birth of Sibelius—Finland. Music/slides/more. Everyone welcome.

Feb 11 (Wed)—Scandinavian Business Club’s Dinner, 7pm. Email Paul Andreassen at info@sbc-bc.ca. We welcome both non-members and members to all our events! Also visit us at www.sbc-bc

Feb 13 (Fri) 12 noon—Scandinavian Seniors Lunch please call Tor 604-294-0749 or the office. Feb 15 (Sun), 1 pm.—Valentine Concert with special guests The Poulsbo Youth Norwegian Folk Dancers (from Washington State) and local singers and musicians. Contact: 778-329-6964 or cthauber12@gmail.com. Admission by donation. Feb 21 (Sat) - Genealogy meeting, 1 pm.

Viking Boat Munin: call Marian Hammond 604-782-0639.

Icelandic Online Club; email: ioc@inlofna.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/IcelandicOnlineClub

http://www.sbc-bcmailto:cthauber12@gmail.com