Meetings, Events

Feb
13

Scan Centre Christmas Concert

7 p.m. Friday December 5th, doors open at 6:30. Featuring the Youth and Adult Choirs and Nordic Folkdancers. Refreshments included. Just $10 (cash or cheque) at the door for those over age 16. Otherwise free. Or contact awiigs@telus.net to prepay by e-transfer.

Regular lodge meetings:

  • Saturday November 1st, was lefse day! The lefse sold quickly 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.
  • Where to get…. As of mid-November, North Sea Fish Market in Crowfoot Crossing has a good supply of lutefisk, at the same price as last year. Springbank Cheese for red and blue (ekte) label gjetost. Try their fresh-made sandwiches (e.g., with 4 kinds of cheese). Alpine Sausage has lutefisk and ribbe–order now for Christmas!.  Calendars are available from Paulstad Classic Calendars, P.O. Box 395, Deerwood, MN 56444. E-mail paulstad@paulstadclassiccalendars.com. Ph: 1-844-866-7202. Wanted: someone to take over ordering calendars for next year’s bazaar.

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 you can find it 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.

Christmas Market

Laft Hus Craft & Bake Sale

Nov. 22, 9 AM-4 PM, Nov. 23 noon-4 PM Where? Heritage Square, 4402 – 47 Ave, Red Deer, log house with sod roof.  Lefse, flatbread, krumkake, rosettes, lace cookies, fattigmann, and more. Gjetost cheese, cooking equipment, beautiful crafts and other Norwegian gift items. New: barcode scanner for faster checkout.

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. The lodge will help by rounding up skiers at the airport on January 26th and providing lunch there.

PAST EVENTS

Folk Dance Workshop in Red Deer

Oct 3-5, 2025, Fanatullen hosted another excellent workshop with Mikkel and Ginny

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.