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VASA LODGES AND GROUPS: We have selected some Lodges with interesting sites for you to visit. For a complete list of Vasa Lodges, or to find a Lodge close to you, please visit the Grand Lodge site. DL Pacific Southwest No. 15 Nordic Genealogical Soc. of So. California |
OTHER VASA RELATED LINKS: Concordia Language Villages in Minnesota offer summer language camps. District 15 offers scholarships to help qualified applicants attend one of the Scandinavian Language camps: Danish: Skogsøen - Finnish: Salolampi - Norwegian: Skogfjorden - Swedish: Sjölunden. Glenn T. Seaborg was of Swedish descent and a Nobel-prize winner in Chemistry in 1951. Glenn T. Seaborg Lodge No. 719 in Laguna Hills is named after him. Bishop Hill was founded in 1846 by Swedish religious dissenters. It is now a museum and designated historic site and houses the Vasa National Archives. ONLINE CULTURAL RESOURCE - Inger Hanright, Grand Lodge Cultural Director for USA and Canada, has a great online resource for people interested in Scandinavian culture. You'll find these webpages filled with information, resource lists and links. You may want to print them and share them with friends. They will be updated periodically. |
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Scandinavian News in English: Scandinavia Now - Scandinavia News Consulates in Southern Calfornia Swedish School in Southern Calfornia Genealogy: AmScan Genealogy Resource page Phone books online: You can find white pages online for the Scandinavian countries, except for Finland. Iceland (This site is a bit tricky, because it has no English explanation, and you may have to replace some letters in a name with the Icelandic letters listed under the search box. But once you've figured it out, it works.) Åland (an autonomous island located between Sweden and Finland). Site in Swedish only. KSLG - The Swedish Lunch Gang. They meet the first Friday every month between 12 noon - 3PM on a restaurant on Los Angeles westside. Visit their website for more information. |
Scandinavian People and Places in Southern California: House of Pacific Relations in Balboa Park, San Diego Nansenfield, located in the city of Rolling Hills Estates on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. American-Scandinavian Foundation of Los Angeles Scandinavian Cultural Center, at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks. General Links: The Nordic pages Viking Links: Viking age - Viking routes - Viking trail Understanding the Viking Culture Exhibits and museums: Jörvik - Foteviken - Ribe - Borg Viking exhibit link collection SCANDINAVIAN ARTIST - Stan Cook, Past Chairman of Baltic Lodge, took up painting after retiring from teaching linguistics at Cal Poly, Pomona. Click here to visit his online gallery of scenes from Sweden and Norway, painted in impressionistic style. |
