Iowa City Swedish Club
We are an informal group which meets for
traditional Swedish holiday celebrations such as Lucia and Midsommar

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Anyone interested is welcome. 

The Next Swedish Club Event

IOWA CITY SWEDISH CLUB

VÄLKOMMEN

Annual Santa Lucia Party
 Anyone interested is welcome. 

Friday, December 15, 2006
6-9:30 PM

North Ridge Pavilion 
2250 Holiday Road 
Coralville, IA 

There will be a potluck supper with the essentials of the 

Lucia evening provided:

Lussekatter (saffron buns)

Pepparkakor (ginger cookies)

Coffee

Glögg

Barnaglögg (non-alcoholic)


Lucia and her attendants will serve the Lussekatter and Pepparkakor


Please bring: 

A generous dish to share -- enough for 8-10 people.

Suggested items: scalloped potatoes, Swedish meatballs, ham

vegetable dishes, various other Swedish dishes, salads, and desserts.

Also, bring your own table service.

You are welcome to bring your own beer or wine.  No hard liquor please!

Questions:  Call:

Steven Hedlund, 319-338-7056

Cindy Abrams, 319-354-8195

 

Directions:  

From Highway 6 or I-80, go north on Coral Ridge Ave 

towards North Liberty.  

Turn right onto Holiday Road (AmericInn will be on your left).

Continue on Holiday Road for 0.8 mile.  

You will see a small sigh saying "North Ridge Pavilion" on your right 

(you cannot see the Pavilion from the road).

Turn immediately right onto a narrow road and continue to the parking lot.

Park carefully close together.  

There is parking on both sides of the service road.

 

Swedish Club Previous Events

Autumn Social

 

 

Sunday, October 22, 2006, 3-5 p.m.   

"The Swenson Center and  
the publication Swedish American Genealogist"
 
Talk by by Jill Seaholm 
from the Swenson Center, Augustana College

 

 
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 7-9 p.m.

 

Midsommar     

 

Saturday, June 10, 2006, 4-7 PM

 

The Swedesberg Museum:

History, Contents, and Program

Jane Wickham and Lousie Unkrich 

of The Swedish Heritage Society in

Swedesberg, Iowa

 Thursday, March 23, 2006, 7-9 PM

 

Swedish Club News

Bishop Hill Trip

About 12 members of the club had a very successful trip to Bishop Hill on Sat, Sept. 9. We enjoyed the Historic Parade at 10:00 AM, a traditional chicken dinner starting at 11;30 AM, had a guided tour of the Art Museum and attended the Janssonist Anthology presentation in the cemetery at 3:30 PM.  In this presentation, a number of Bishop Hill Colonists come back to life sharing their life's' stories with the visitors.

Special Interest Groups

Swedish Reading Group

Swedish Cooking Group

Preserving Swedish Crafts

Sharing Swedish Heritage

Learning the Swedish Language for Travel or Personal Pleasure

For further information contact:

To receive our newsletter or other information by e-mail, send your e-mail address to: 

Joanne Madsen
jsmadsen@mchsi.com
319-351-2595 

 Questions:  Call:

Steven Hedlund, 319-338-7056

 

Dues: $12  or $20 (includes "Nordic Reach" Magazine) 

The Swedish Club has a home page at: 

  http://www.geocities.com/iowacityswedish/

 
LINKS OF INTEREST

 

   Stockholm

 

Swedish Council of America (Minneapolis)

 

"Nordic Reach" Magazine

Swedish Information Service

 

Swedish Daily Radio

Other Swedish Sites

 

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