Scandinavian Studies Association

04/20/2026

Scandinavian Studies AGM Reminder May 3, 2026

We're looking forward to seeing you! Sunday May 3rd 2:00-4:00 Greenfield Community Hall 3803-114 Street NW.

03/30/2026

Scandinavian Studies Newsletter 2026

Hope to see you at our AGM May 3, 2026.

07/17/2025

Hello,

2025 Heritage Festival Scandinavian Pavilion Volunteers Needed The Scandinavian Heritage Society of Edmonton invites you to celebrate your heritage by having some fun and volunteering at the Heritage Festival. Before/After the Festival Set Up/Take Down Set Up Date: Thursday July 31st Take Down Date:...

07/09/2025

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Hi all! As we come up on Heritage Days 2025, we’re looking for volunteers for this year for set up, take down, the food tent, and our cultural tent. Heritage Days can’t happen without volunteers, and we rely on community support to make it happen.

Food Tent & Set Up/Take Down- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DADA62BA5F9C34-57091323-scandinavian #/

Culture Tent - https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0B44AFAF2BA5FCC52-57289099-shse

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out!

03/31/2025

SSA AGM successfully completed. Thanks to the new board members that have stepped up and to Dr. Ingrid Urberg for her presentation.

03/24/2025

Scandinavian Studies AGM Reminder March 30th, 2025

We're looking forward to seeing you! Sunday Mar. 30 2:00-4:00 Greenfield Community Hall 3803-114 Street NW.

02/27/2025

Scandinavian Studies Newsletter March 2025

Hope to see you at our AGM March 30, 2025.

01/16/2025

Thank you to all the members and supporters of Scandinavian Studies Association. WE are making a difference!

11/21/2024

Hello Scandinavians: We are looking for volunteers for our next casino. Hope you're able to join us and support Scandinavian Studies at the University of Alberta

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

11/15/2024

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. Our next casino is April 29 and 30th, 2025.

11/14/2024

Meet Cameron Stewart Peters another of our recent scholarship recipients, who is currently studying in Sweden.

Q: How did you become interested in Scandinavian Studies at U of A?
A: My interest in Swedish was inspired more by Academic reasons than personal reasons. During the 2020 pandemic I decided on an Economics major and discovered I needed a language. High school French did not stick so I thought, what part of the world matches with what I like and believe in. I decided going to Sweden might be really neat!

Q: Share some highlights from your experience learning Swedish at the UofA? Can you share an interesting or funny story?
A: Dr. John Francis Eason III was a lovely prof! Most fresh in my mind was reflexive and possessive pronouns. It’s important and useful to know what you’re saying. This tricked me up for a while. “Han kysser sin fru eller han kysser hans fru.” Both translate into he kisses his wife only the first means “his” wife and the later means another guys wife. John also played the occasional Swedish song on a Friday. The song Gyllene Skor (Golden Shoes) is stuck in my head.

Q: What advice would you give to other students learning Swedish?
A: Listen to John carefully as to how words are pronounced and learn the way the mouth moves.

Q: I understand you are continuing your studies in Sweden. How have you found living in Sweden?
A: I’m living at a dorm in Uppsala. Someone said it used to be a prison, but it doesn’t feel like it. I’ve a direct view of the Uppsala Domkyrka (cathedral) the largest in the Nordic countries, was built between the 1270s and 1430s. See pictures: Uppsala Domkyrka and Gamla Uppsala church.

Q: Any foods you like or found unusual in Sweden? Perhaps Surströmming?
A: I found the Swedish cloudberry jam to be most underwhelming. It’s nice but the seeds are too big. I found it interesting that many stores allow you to use plastic container for raspberry jam, pea soup, pudding, etc at half the price of buying the item in glass containers. I haven’t had the courage to try Surströmming yet. I haven’t had the opportunity to taste reindeer salami or moose meat yet. I’ve really enjoyed Gravlax, cured fresh, raw salmon.

Q: What have you learned about your Swedish experience that you found particularly fascinating or surprising?
A: I was excited to discover free coffee refills. Most cafés have a sign close to the till that says påtår ingår (free refills). Also, John Easton mentioned that Sweden has these miniature mouse window displays. I actually saw one! It’s a real thing. Tiny, detailed displays of a mouse baking or setting a fire. It’s quite amazing. I’m making a generalization here but maybe it is the long cold winter months that inspire this creativity.

Q: Will you keep in contact with Swedes you met?
A: I will definitely keep in touch with the zany characters I’ve met in Sweden and remember our many pig-headed debates. All their stories and experiences will be kept with me.

10/28/2024

LAST CHANCE to get tickets for the Torskeklubben November Event!!!!!

Please join us on Tuesday, November 5 for a traditional meal of Cod (Torsk) and a few glasses of aquavit. Patrick Erickson, a graduate student at the UofA, will join us to talk about the impact of WW2 on the Sámi People of Finland. Tickets are available until noon on Friday, November 1 at the link ...