SAGKC member, Chef Amy is going to teach us to make a kransekage/kransekake, a Danish/Norwegian almond cake served on special occasions such as weddings, Constitution Day, Christmas, and baptisms. This cake is sometimes shaped like a cornucopia and filled with candy, chocolate, and cookies. One tradition is for the wedding couple to lift the top layer of the cake at their wedding. The number of cake rings that stick to the top one when they lift it is said to be the number of children the couple will have.

Join us for a delicious afternoon. As always there will be extra treats for our guests so RSVP to reserve a seat!

RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com so we have enough food. 

Our guest speaker will be Swedish Army Officer, Daniel Skånberg. Daniel is currently stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as he attends the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Sweden along with Finland recently joined NATO. Daniel will speak on this and the overall security situation in the Nordics/Baltic Sea area, mainly from a Swedish perspective. 

The Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City enjoyed hosting Daniel and his family at our Holiday Luncheon this past December. We are looking forward to this opportunity to meet with him again.

So we will have enough refreshments, RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City and Sons of Norway, Maihaugen Lodge 1-665

For this special occasion, we’re having a catered Scandinavian smorgasbord in Room 401 in the Student Union on the UMKC Campus. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of good company, Scandinavian food and drinks, and Scandinavian dancing.

You can meet Scandinavian exchange students from the area and Scandinavian military officers and their families from the officer school in Leavenworth who will be our guests.

Paid Members $30.00
Non-members $35.00
Children 0-5 free, 6-11 $12.00

FREE parking at the Cherry St. garage.

Get your reservations HERE by November 25!

Menu coming soon.

We don't often get a chance to hear traditional Norwegian and Swedish fiddle music. So join us at Immanuel Lutheran on Dec. 3 for music and dancing. A donation of $10 is appreciated. Presented by Ingevalds Spelmän music group.

Loretta Kelley and Andrea Hoag were nominated for a Grammy for their CD "Hambo in the Snow". They are celebrating their new CD "Hambo in the Garden", their 6th collaboration.

Loretta is America's best-known player of Norway's beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle. She studied with many of Norway's greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. In 2011 she won Norway's national fiddle contest, and she has played for top dancers in dance contests.

Andrea is a graduate of Malungs Folkhögskola in Sweden. She has also studied with many of Sweden's great fiddlers, and she has performed extensively in the U.S. and Sweden. She is known for her beautiful, authentic sound and her traditional styling.

For more information see: https://www.fanitull.org/ https://andreahoag.com/

Concert at the Library of Congress (article and video):

https://blogs.loc.gov/.../homegrown-plus-the-berntsons.../ See

Travelling to Norway was a dream realized for Eliza Brockhoff, who spent a month last summer living with a host family on the country’s west coast as part of the States’ 4-H International Exchange Program. Eliza participated in daily life, swam in the nearby fjord, visited cultural attractions and the salmon farm her host father works for, learned about the family’s farm and joined 800 youth from across the country at Norway’s week-long national 4-H camp.

Eliza will recount her experiences and share her observations on farming practices, land use, Norwegians’ cultural connection to nature, the country’s language and dialects (particularly among young people) and the role 4-H plays in creating global opportunities for youth.

Eliza is a senior at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas; a member of the Happy Helpers 4-H Club in Tonganoxie; and the daughter of Anne and Wally Brockhoff.

Please RSVP at scandianviakc@gmail.com so we can have enough refreshments.

Disney turns 100 this year and Walt Disney started the company right here in Kansas City! See the whole story from Laugh-O-Gram Studio on 31st Street to Star Wars and more. The Scandinavian Association has a special group rate of $17.25 that we are offering to all who want to attend. Free for children up to 3 years of age.

We have 2 tickets left. If you are interested contact scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Learn more about the Disney 100 here.

After we see the exhibit, we’ll go to lunch at a restaurant to be determined.

Map of interior of Union Station here.

Parking map for Union Station here.

Through the Roaring Twenties and the first half of the Great Depression, the Swedish-born landscape painter Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) focused his discerning eye and passionate energy on the national parks of the American West. Widforss’ legacy is largely unknown today because the rise of modernism in the early-twentieth century consigned many highly skilled realistic painters to obscurity. The amiable Swede led a bohemian life in search of beautiful landscapes to paint. Widforss dressed formally as he worked and always attracted wonder-struck onlookers when he painted in Yosemite Valley, on the rim of Grand Canyon, and the other locations he favored in the national parks. The Swedish painter’s watercolors were instrumental in helping to market Stephen Mather’s vision for the national parks and the newly established National Park Service. He very well may be viewed as one of the greatest artists to paint the West.
 
Our presenter Alan Petersen, Curator of Fine Arts for the Museum of Northern Arizona, worked on the South Rim of Grand Canyon for three years before moving to Flagstaff in 1980 to attend Northern Arizona University. Alan has curated exhibitions of work by such notable artists as Gunnar Widforss, Joella Jean Mahoney, Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, Merrill Mahaffey, Bruce Aiken, Ed Mell, and Curt Walters, among many others.
 
In 2020, Alan published the Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné, which currently lists more than 1,200 works by the Swedish-American painter. 

Let’s get together to celebrate Midsummer at the beautiful Hollis Renewal Center! We’ll have a clubhouse with a kitchen so bring a dish to share and flexible stemmed flowers for the Maypole or to make flower crowns. We’ll have the dancing with the help of the Scandinavian Dancers. The Nordic Clubs will provide a main dish, coffee, water, and lemonade. Do you have any aquavit in the freezer that's waiting for a party? Bring it! Kids can run around outdoors and we’ll have a Midsommarstång (Maypole) to decorate along with feasting and a bonfire. Are some evil spirits getting on your nerves? Bring an evil spirit scarecrow along to burn on the bonfire. Two years ago we burned a covid witch.

More about Hollis Renewal Center.

Please RSVP by Friday, JUNE 14 to scandinaviakc@gmail.com Tell us the number in your party so we have enough food and drinks.

We're keeping it simple for April. Spring is a great time to hang out in a beer garden and enjoy food and drinks with friends. So join us, mingle with SAGKC members and the board, and learn about activities coming up for 2024! If it rains the event will be inside. See what KC Bier has to offer here.

Come and go as you please. There are no reservations for this event.

Erlend Skagen, a major in the Norwegian Army, will be our guest presenter. He is currently stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as he attends the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the 2023-2024 school year. Major Skagen and his wife, Thea, were our guests at the SAGKC Holiday Lunch in December. Thea is currently completing an internship at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.

RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

This presentation will be a joint event hosted by Sons of Norway and the Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City. Watch for more details in the coming weeks, and please plan to join us!

Learn how to make Norwegian lefse and Scandinavian klejner, a fried cookie. Then let's eat! Recipes included.

RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com so we have enough food. 

See the newly renovated Gilded Age mansion that belonged to the Long family, Corinthian Hall. The inside is spectacular and has displays of Kansas City history. This is a gorgeous area of town with vintage mansions along Gladstone Blvd. Cliff Drive is just down the hill. Walk through the museum or walk outside, your choice. Lunch afterward TBD. RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com, please. For more info see https://kansascitymuseum.org/

For this special occasion, we’re having a Scandinavian smorgasbord at Pierson Auditorium in the Atterbury Student Success Center on the UMKC Campus. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of good company, Scandinavian food and drinks. Lunch starts at noon. See the Menu.

You can meet Scandinavian exchange students from the area and Scandinavian military officers and their families from the officer school in Leavenworth who will be our guests.

Paid Members of SAGKC $25
Children $12
Non-members $30

Make your reservations HERE by November 27!

Join us for some pre-holiday socializing in the lobby of San Francisco Tower in Crown Center. Meet SAGKC members and enjoy drinks and appetizers on us! To make sure we have plenty of food and drink, please RSVP by November 5th to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Happy hour is a good opportunity to renew your membership for 2024!
Only $20 for individuals and $30 for families. Or you can renew your membership HERE.

Suggested donation $15.00 at the door.

Zosha Warpeha is a composer-performer working at the intersection of contemporary improvisation and folk traditions. Using bowed stringed instruments alongside her own voice, her compositions explore transformations of time and tonality. She performs primarily on Hardanger d’amore, a sympathetic-stringed instrument closely related to the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, as well as five-string violin. Her current acoustic and electro-acoustic work is informed by the cycles, rhythms, and the momentum of Nordic folk music. 

 In 2019, Zosha received the US Fulbright Award to embark upon a year of artistic study in Norway. Her Fulbright project and subsequent master’s project involved a practice-based study of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition and the development of a personal approach to solo performance through Nordic folk music and contemporary improvisation.

 Her work has also been supported by the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. She holds bachelor's degrees from the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music and Eugene Lang College in New York City and a master’s degree in Nordic folk music performance from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. 

Come out and walk one of the newest trails in Missouri. We start at Crane Brewing in Raytown just south of 63rd St. Walk as far as you like or ride your bike on this beautiful, flat, wooded trail that begins at the Stadiums and goes to Lee’s Summit. At noon we’ll meet back at Crane for brews and Mexican food. If you want, just join us at noon for lunch. So that Crane can be ready for us, please RSVP by October 10 at scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Crane Brewing

Taco Cacao

Let’s get together to celebrate Midsummer at the beautiful Hollis Renewal Center! We’ll have a clubhouse with a kitchen so bring a dish to share and flexible-stemmed flowers for the Maypole or to make flower crowns. The Nordic Clubs will provide a main dish, water, and lemonade. Do you have any Aquavit in the freezer that's waiting for a party? Bring it! Kids can run around outdoors and we’ll have a Midsommarstång (Maypole) to decorate along with feasting and a bonfire. Are some evil spirits getting on your nerves? Bring them along to burn on the bonfire. More about Hollis Renewal Center.

Please RSVP by Friday, JUNE 9 to scandinaviakc@gmail.com Tell us the number in your party so we have enough food and drinks.

Hang out with fellow Vikings for drinks and appetizers at La Bodega.
RSVP scandinaviakc@gmail.com

A kind member has donated for our refreshments. Get there early to enjoy the complimentary treats.

March 18, 10:00 am to about 1:00 pm 
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1700 Westport Rd., Kansas City MO 64111

Learn how to make a Swedish coffee cake and Danish frikadeller; includes a salad. Then let's eat! 

RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com so we have enough food. Recipes included.

Have you wondered where your ancestors came from? Why did they leave their homes? What ship did they arrive on and what port? Learn how to find this information and more on February 25. Tour the Midwest Genealogy Center, one of the premier genealogy centers in the US, to see the resources. Learn the fundamentals of beginning a genealogical research project. We will discuss organization, census information, vital records, and where to look for information. And, there will be Scandinavian-specific information. FREE for PAID members only, $10 for non-members. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED so please RSVP here to reserve your seat.

Meet at Union Station under the big clock. We will have a tour through the “Link” which connects the Westin, Sheraton, and Crown Center hotels. Then we go underground from Hallmark headquarters below Grand Boulevard to Crown Center for an urban adventure. Along the way you’ll hear the history of how Crown Center was one of the earliest “Model Mixed-Use Community” redevelopments in the nation. We gather for lunch afterward.

RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

For this special occasion, we’re having a lunch buffet at the beautiful Lake of the Forest Clubhouse! Enjoy a catered lunch and drinks! We’ll have a presentation on how to make Danish paper heart and star ornaments.

Join us for a family picnic at Shelter 3, English Landing Park. Playground available for the kids. Bring your own picnic and enjoy the lovely setting on the Missouri River. Trails for leisurely walks through the trees and Nature Sanctuary close by. MAP

Samuelsen and Garmo will focus on current security issues for Norway, Norway's cooperation with the United States, and cultural similarities and differences between the two countries.

Meet at the shelter for a hike around Waterworks Park and Briarcliff neighborhood to celebrate Earth Day. Playground in the park for kids. After the hike we go to lunch TBD.

The Irish aren't the only ones with a patron saint. The Finns have St. Urho who drove the grasshoppers out of Finland and saved the grape crop! It's time to celebrate St. Urho on his day! Dress in your best green and purple and join us for drinks and appetizers.

• Happy Hour March 16 from 5 - 7

• Maloneys in old Overland Park, 7201 West 79 St. Overland Park KS 66204

• Maloneys menu

It's easy to get to Maloneys. Take 1-35 west to Metcalf, south on Metcalf 3.8 mi to 79th turn west go 1.5 blocks to Maloneys. From the south take Metcalf north to 79th St. and turn west, go 1.5 blocks.