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CHICAGO Swedish American Museum 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640 Tel: 773-728 8111 | info@samac.org www.swedishamericanmuseum.org Starting from February 7 the Museum, Gallery and Store are open with special guidelines. The online events are still going ahead as planned. The Museum Store will continue to offer curbside pickup as well as online orders. Ongoing through July 2021 – Exhibition at the Main Gallery – Five local SwedishAmerican artists, Lois Baron, Sharon Bladholm, Jean Cate, Vivian Morrison and Eva Nye, have spent 2020, the “Year of the Woman” and of COVID-19, delving deeper into their art, resulting in this joint exhibition featuring themes of nature, ephemerality, identity, and more. MINNEAPOLIS American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 Tel: 612-871 4907 | www.asimn.org Ongoing through July 11, 2021 – The exhibition Papier – Bea Szenfeld and Stina Wirsén unite Bea Szenfeld’s spectacular sculptural paper-fashions with Stina Wirsén’s evocative illustrations. PHILADEPHIA American Swedish Historical Museum 1900 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19145 | Tel: 215-389 1776 | info@americanswedish.org | www.americanswedish.org Reopened to visitors since January 8 with normal operating hours. Ongoing through Mar 14, 2021 – From Fairy Tale to Fantasy: The Art of Gustaf Tenggren – This exhibit charts Tenggren’s career in the United States from his early successes in New York to his time at Walt Disney Studios and eventual retirement in Maine. Ongoing through May 1, 2021 – Around the World: The Global Curiosities of Carl Otto Lindberg! This exhibition explores the life of a Swedish-American mining engineer. Mar 26 – Fri 12:15 pm: Virtual Field Trip Friday: Vesterheim National NorwegianAmerican Museum 8
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PORTLAND Nordic Northwest Nordia House, 8800 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, OR 97223 | Tel: 503-977 0275 www.nordicnorthwest.org Mar 13 – Sat 7 PM: Storytelling – Armchair Adventure Series: Nansen of the North featuring Lawrence Howard at Nordia House. SEATTLE Swedish Cultural Center 1920 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 206-283 1090 | www.swedishclubnw.org info@swedishculturalcenter.org Mar 7 – Sun 9 am to 12 noon: Swedish Pancakes to Go. Visit swedishclubnw. org to order your breakfast and schedule pick-up. $11. Enjoy music during pick-up by our regular Swedish pancake breakfast musicians (Soelje Sisters and Bonnie Birch). National Nordic Museum 2655 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 Tel: 206-789 5707 | nordic@nordicmuseum.org www.nordicmuseum.org Ongoing through April 18, 2021 – The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch's Photography. Internationally celebrated for his paintings, prints, and watercolors, Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) also took photographs. This exhibition of his photographs, prints, and films emphasizes the artist’s experimentalism, examining his exploration of the camera as an expressive medium. WASHINGTON, DC Embassy of Sweden 2900 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Tel: 202-467 2600 | www.swedenabroad.com ambassaden.washington@gov.se The Embassy will remain in a modified telework arrangement, offering limited consular services by appointment only. Phone hours are: Mon-Fri 9 am to 4 pm (closed for lunch 12 to 1 pm), 202-467 2600. OTTAWA Embassy of Sweden Ottawa 377 Dalhousie Street, Suite 305, Ottawa ON K1N 9NB Tel: 613-241 2277 www.swedishembassy.ca 18
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To mitigate the effects of the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the outbreak, a temporary ban on entry to the EU via Sweden is in force. The Government has extended the ban of entry to the EU via Sweden until 15 April 2021. TORONTO Swedish Lutheran Church 25 Old York Mills Rd, North York, ON M2P 1B5 toronto@svenskakyrkan.se Tel: 416 486-0466 Please visit https://www.svenskakyrkan. se/toronto for information about upcoming services. VANCOUVER Scandinavian Community Centre 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9 Tel: 604-294 2777 | info@scancentre.org www.scancentre.org Visit www.scancentre.org. for COVIDupdates. Mar 16 – Tues 7 pm: Sweden House’s annual meeting WINNIPEG Swedish Cultural Assoc of Manitoba Scandinavian Cultural Centre 764 Erin St, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 2W4 Tel: 204-774 8047 | www.scandinaviancentre.ca/sweden | Registration by email at svenskclub17@gmail.com Mar 5 – Fri 7 pm: Swedish Movie Night – This month’s movie is Out Stealing Horses; based on the book written by Per Petterson. There will be a shared viewing through Zoom. Please register with Marilyn to receive your Zoom invite at old_soul_art@hotmail.com. Mar 18 – Tribute to Gunvor Larsson. As part of Manitoba 150 – marking 150 years since Manitoba entered the Confederation in 1870 – the Honour 150 program was formed to recognize 150 individual Manitobans for their outstanding contributions to the well-being of their communities. The Swedish Cultural Assoc is extremely pleased and honoured to announce that our cherished and long-standing member, Gunvor Larsson will be one of the recipients of this prestigious once-in-a-lifetime award! In honour of this occasion a virtual Tribute to Gunvor Larsson will be held on March 18. 28
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