Hej! In my last email I gave the wrong date for our next workshop!   It is still on the 4th Tue. as advertised, but the date is March 28th.  Yag ar ledsen!  See you on the 28trh. Dave

• March 13, 2017
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Just a reminder:  The Feb. workshop will be at 1:00 PM on Feb. 28 at the Kirkwood Commerce Bank at Kirkwood Rd. and East Washington in Kirkwood.  For those who are new, the parking lot is on East Washington St. (one block north of Adams).  Come in the front door, bear a little to the […]

• February 16, 2017
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Calling all Vikings! Two weeks ago I asked for suggestions (within about 10days) for this years workshops.  That was over two weeks ago and I have received only two responses.  This is very discouraging.   I am asking you to give a few minutes thought.  Surely there is some aspect of Viking life you would like […]

• February 11, 2017
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Yo, Vikings!! As you know, we will not meet in January. But it is time to plan the Feb. meeting. As we are a workshop (not a lecture audience) we need to decide on a subject in advance for each workshop. I need for EACH AND EVERY member to pick some aspect of Viking life […]

• January 25, 2017
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      At the Nov. workshop we discussed the end of the Viking Era.   History says it ended with the Norman invasion of England in 1066 AD.  However, there were several known Viking raids after that.  There were two things that caused the raids to die out:  The countries subject to raids became more organized and […]

• December 20, 2016
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Just a reminder that next Tue, (the 22nd of Nov.) is our next Workshop.  1:00 PM at the Kirkwood Commerce Bank, as usual.  Lets all come prepared to report on and discuss “The End of the Viking Era”.  And please come with suggestions for the coming months.  1:00 PM at the Kirkwood  Commerce Bank, as […]

• November 21, 2016
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The holidays are all about giving and beginning on Halloween IKEA St. Louis will be doing just that. Kids of IKEA FAMILY members under 12 years old can eat free on weekdays in the IKEA restaurant. Parents can get up to two kids meals (reg. $2.49 each) when they purchase one adult entrée valued at […]

• November 7, 2016
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Yesterday, Oct. 25 we had an interesting discussion on The Beginning of the Viking Era.  We concluded that the era actually started long before the historical start  (the raid on Lindisfarne in 793 AD) and that it probably started with trading voyages to Baltic areas, Great Britain, Germany and other nearby areas.  On these trips […]

• October 27, 2016
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Register for your chance to win two tickets to A Man Called Ove at Frontenac Theatre on October 14 by emailing us at swedishcouncilofstlouis@gmail.com with your name and mailing address to where you’d like your prize sent, should you be selected. This is a random drawing, and five winners will be chosen to receive a pair of […]

• September 19, 2016
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• July 6, 2016
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