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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 African-

8 10 12 14 16 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.

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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.

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BC Organizations Scandinavian Business Club

Monthly meetings feature business speakers. Guests and new members welcome. Call SBC: 604-484-8238. Visit us at www.sbc-bc.ca

Scandinavian Community Centre

Scandinavian Community Centre Beautiful setting for weddings, parties, birthdays, meetings and seminars. 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, BC info@scancentre.org Tel: 604-294-2777 www. scancentre.org

Svenska Kulturföreningen

Ordförande Ellen Petersson 604-970 8708. Kassör är Linda Olofsson, 604-418 7703 www.swedishculturalsociety.ca. Email: swedishculturalsociety.ca @gmail.com

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Swedish Heritage in BC 1812 Duthie Ave. Burnaby BC. Laila Axen Tel: 604-526 7464. Visit us at www. swedishheritageinbc.org. E-mail: swedishheritagebc@gmail.com

Sweden House Society

President: Rebecca Keckman Vice President: Dorothy Carlson Treasurer: Carole Walkinshaw, Email: swedenhousechair@gmail.com

Swedish Club of Victoria

Dinners, Events and Meetings, for information contact Annabelle Beresford @ 250-656 9586 or Swedish Club of Victoria Facebook.

Washington Organizations

Nordic Museum has moved to a beautiful, brand-new building! In Seattle, 2655 N.W. Market St., Ballard; 206-789 5707.

Swedish Canadian Village

Swedish Club

1920 Dexter Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98109; Tel: 206-283 1090. Open Wednesday evenings for supper and games, Friday for lunch and dinner. Pancake breakfasts on first Sundays of the month. Rental venue for meeting, parties, etc. www.swedishclubnw.org

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Sept 8 Sept 9 Linnea Nordbeck, 12 år

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Don’t Disturb, Don’t Destroy

Allemansrätten – Use It or Abuse It

By Peter Berlin

Growing up in Sweden in the 1950s, my brother and I spent most weekends with our parents at their cottage in the idyllic Skåne countryside. We happily explored the surrounding meadows and played hide-and-seek among the ruins of abandoned farms. In the autumn we picked mushrooms and berries in the forests and caught crayfish in the streams. No permission asked and none needed, thanks to allemansrätten, a.k.a. the Freedom to Roam.

We were of course aware that the meadows, fields, forests and streams belonged to somebody, but it never occurred to us that the proprietors would mind our presence. In fact, the whole point of allemansrätten is that property owners have no legal right to prevent the arrival of strangers, as long as the latter don’t disturb the owners or cause damage to the property. Hence the mantra Inte störa, inte förstöra, or ”Don’t Disturb, Don’t Destroy”.

As an 18-year-old I travelled to America for the first time. I would

Father and son in the forest. Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se

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Vi får: fiska med handredskap i allmänt vatten.

Vi får inte: skräpa ner till land och sjöss.

Vi får: ro, segla och paddla på annans vatten.

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often take a Greyhound bus to some famous landmark on weekends and venture out into the surroundings. But wherever I went, my “Wanderlust” was stymied by fences and gates with signs proclaiming PRIVATE PROPERTY or NO TRESPASSING or, worse yet, KEEP OUT! Initially, my reaction was incomprehension. I asked an American friend of mine why property owners in the US were so afraid of allowing strangers like me onto their grounds. His reply: “That would be extremely dangerous! You could be an axe murderer, for all they know.”

It would be misleading to portray allemansrätten as a miracle dooropener suitable for all countries and cultures. Even in Sweden it is subject to abuse from time to time – and here I have a confession to make. When my brother was 12 and I was 8, we entered a forest with a view to lighting a campfire. It was Eastertime; the ground was covered with wilted yellow grass, and juniper bushes grew among the trees. We collected dry twigs lying on the ground and cleared some grass to form a barrier around our campfire. Then we lit the fire … which promptly jumped the barrier and set the surrounding grass ablaze. One of the juniper bushes caught fire and virtually exploded, sending hundreds of sparks into the air which the breeze carried to the grass further afield.

To cut a long story short, my brother and I had accidentally started a forest fire. A nearby farmer called the fire department. The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. They then lectured my brother and me about how incredibly irresponsible we had been, especially since there was a peat bog adjacent to the forest. Had the fire spread to the bog, it could have dug itself deep down and smouldered for years, causing new fires to erupt at unpredictable times.

The fire department sent our parents an invoice for SEK 400 – a huge sum in the minds of pre-teen youngsters like us. Our dad made us empty our piggybanks to help pay the bill and learn a lesson.

The only good outcome of our misadventure was that, ever since, my brother and I have always regarded nature with deep respect and viewed allemansrätten as a unique privilege rather than a fundamental right.

Mushroom picking in the forest. Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se

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