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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 The main exhibit, The Dream of America: Swedish Immigration to Chicago, and The Galleries are opened but the Brunk Children’s Museum will remain closed until further notice. Visit the Swedish American Museum website for updates. MINNEAPOLIS American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 Tel: 612-871 4907 | www.asimn.org ASI is temporarily closed due to COVID-19 and in-person programs are cancelled through August 31. Sept 13 and 23 – 2 pm Central Time: Virtual "Swedish Dads" Artist Talk with Johan Bävman – Join us for the first-ever virtual collaboration between the National Nordic Museum and the American Swedish Institute as we celebrate the simultaneous showing of Johan Bävman’s Swedish Dads photography exhibition. In these discussion-based talks, Johan will shed light on the stories behind the photographs and on Sweden’s generous paternal leave policy. 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 July 3 with normal operating hours. Visit www.americanswedish.org for more information. PORTLAND Nordic Northwest Nordia House, 8800 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, OR 97223 | Tel: 503-977 0275 www.nordicnorthwest.org Nordia House is now open. Visit www. nordicnorthwest.org for more information. Sept 19 – Sat 7 to 8:30 pm: Shared Horizons Concert – Portland Chamber Orchestra and Nordic Northwest collaboratively present Shared Horizons, an online streaming quartet performance of works by African8
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American and Scandinavian composers. Streaming live from Nordia House. One registration per household. SEATTLE Swedish Cultural Center 1920 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 206-283 1090 | www.swedishclubnw.org info@swedishculturalcenter.org Sept 16 – Wed: Swedish Club Annual Meeting – elect new Board members and announce the Swede(s) of the Year! National Nordic Museum 2655 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 Tel: 206-789 5707 | nordic@nordicmuseum.org www.nordicmuseum.org National Nordic Museum will be closed to the public until further notice. Sept 26-27 – Sat to Sun: Virtual Nordic Genealogy Conference – This 2020 virtual conference will be a mixture of live and on-demand keynote lectures and workshops that you can follow from anywhere in the world. Professional genealogists and subject matter experts from North America and the Nordic countries will share insights about family history research. Registration is now open at www.nordicmuseum.org/ genealogyconference. 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: Monday-Friday 9:30 am12:30 pm and 1:00-3:00 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 The Government decided on 2 July to extend the entry ban until 31 August 2020. At the same time, the Government decided to ease the restrictions for more travellers. The decision was taken following a Council of the European Union recommendation. 18
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VANCOUVER Scandinavian Community Centre 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9 Tel: 604-294 2777 | info@scancentre.org www.scancentre.org The Scandinavian Community Centre commenced operation with a soft reopening of the Centre from July 6, 2020. The soft re-opening is limited to booking and hosting small scale events, activities and rentals. At this time, no walk-in visits are allowed. The Scandinavian Community Centre will accept visitors entering the building by pre-booked appointment only. Please contact by phone 604-294 2777 or e-mail info@scancentre.org. Visit www. scancentre.org. for further updates. 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 The Scandinavian Centre remains closed at this time due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As we await further information on reopening this Fall, we continue to offer outdoor activities and events through other methods of communication. Further updates on reopening of the Centre and events can be found at our website www.scandinaviancentre.ca/sweden. Sept 18 – Fri 8 pm: Swedish Outdoor Movie Night – Wallander Series Episode; Based on the award-winning Wallander novels by Henning Mankell. Join friends under the stars to watch this interesting story taking place in Southern Sweden. Please register at svenskclub17@gmail.com for more information. Sept – Scandinavian Book Club; With much interest being expressed, a strategy meeting will be held through ZOOM in the coming weeks; contact Marilyn at old_soul_art@hotmail.com for more information. Sept – Swedish Language Classes are being considered for the Fall session with the possibility of holding classes through ZOOM media. Register svenskclub17@ gmail.com for more information. 28
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