Author: Kevin Burden

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Friday 23rd June saw the Welsh Norwegian Society visit the Gower to celebrate the Midsummer Solstice with a barbecue and bonfire. The damp weather did not put anyone off from enjoying themselves as we showed the best of British and cooked under umbrellas in the rain!!

As always there was coffee and cake and to warm the spirits a little aquavit was shared to toast the occasion.

The evening was topped off with a traditional bonfire that lit the night sky. Many thanks to all those members that helped to make the evening such an enjoyable success.

On Saturday April 8th 2017 the Welsh Norwegian Society will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the saving and restoration of the Norwegian Sailor’s Church in Cardiff Bay. Crown Princess Martha Louise attended to perform the ceremonial opening of the church.

We will be celebrating the anniversary with a very ‘hyggelig’ afternoon of coffee and cakes where we will be joined by a special guest Terje Inderhaug and his wife visiting from Bergen. Terje was a student in Cardiff at the time of the fundraising appeal to save the church and took an active part in the process of finding enough money to dismantle the old and build the new church.

A trust was set up and together with the Norwegian Support Committee and Hordaland Kommune two hundred and fifty thousand pounds was raised between Norway and Wales to save the church.

Terje helped set up a link between Cardiff and Hordaland which has continued to this day. We are very proud that we were able to save the church and look forward to celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its reopening with Terje.

The Welsh Norwegian Society is proud to announce that it has obtained membership of CoScan the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies.

CoScan acts as a coordinating body for societies which work for cultural exchange between UK and Ireland on the one hand and the five Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway, on the other.

CoScan was founded in 1950 and is an autonomous non-profit making organisation funded by subscriptions from its affiliated member societies and individual members, by voluntary contributions and fund-raising activities.

CoScan comprises about 30 member societies, representing over 30,000 individuals, bringing together those with an interest or family roots in any of the five Nordic countries.

Their member societies cover a wide range of cultural and social topics, providing a network of advice, support and social contact.