Every Friday. Swedish Kafé & Happy Hour! Smörgås sandwiches, Swedish meatballs, and homemade Swedish pastries. Sandwiches by Svedala Bakery. Kafé from 12 noon on. Evening food by Swedish chef Ann-Margret varies weekly. Food starts at 6 p.m. Always a fantastic view. 5-10:30 p.m. 1920 Dexter Ave. N. Check out our and join us for dinner.

Every week. Swedish Language Classes. We offer several different levels of instruction: Beginners 1 & 2, Intermediate, Advanced and Conversational Swedish. Conversational Swedish is Friday at 12 noon, and other classes are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings. Call 206-937-0441 for more information and to register. $70 for SCC members, $95 non-members.

Every Friday. Library & Genealogy. Our Friday librarian and genealogist will guide your genealogy research or help you find a book. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Every Friday. Matinee. Scandinavian films with English subtitles. $5 donation. 2 p.m. Arrive early for a sandwich or stay later for fika in our Kafé.

• July 30. Finnish film: Mother of Mine.

Every Friday. Viking Series. Our Viking videos are over until September, but we’ll still be discussing Vikings every Friday at 5:30. Read up on these topics and plan to come to discuss:

• July 30: Viking art.

Sunday, July 25. Swedes' Night at the Sounders. We should be sufficiently recovered from all the World Cup vuvuzela-blowing to take in a game with Freddie Ljungberg and the Sounders. Join us to cheer on our favorite footballers against the Colorado Rapids. $22 for regular seats and $18 for the non-alcohol section. To reserve your tickets, call 206-283-1090 or

Sunday, August 1. Swedish Pancakes. Yes! By popular demand we’re adding a pancake breakfast in August. Music and dancing make it the best food and entertainment in town. Live music and authentic Swedish pancakes, ham, lingonberries. $8 guests, $6 SCC members, children 5–12 $4. 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 23. SCC Auction: Sweden Goes to Hollywood!
Save the date of Oct. 23 for the SCC’s fundraising auction, Sweden Goes to Hollywood. Everyone is invited to this gala event, and we hope you’ll dress up in movie star style! Fund-raising events such as the auction depend on many willing hands to help out and an abundance of items to be sold. We're already collecting offers of volunteer help and donations of items. (If you don’t know what sort of items are needed, we'll be sending a letter describing what is most appealing to auction goers.) If you'd like to volunteer, donate an item, or help in any other way, contact the SCC office at 206-283-1090 or

Mark Your Calendars
Got the rest of your year mapped out? No? Good—then you can spend it with us! Here's a peek at what's on tap for the rest of 2010. Details to come:

• Saturday, Sept. 18. Kvinnor Kan banquet (evening).
• Sunday, Nov. 28. Christmas ornament making and tree decorating (early afternoon).
• Friday, December 10. Lucia Bal (evening).
• Sunday, Dec. 12. Lucia Fest with UW (afternoon).
• Friday, Dec. 31. New Year’s Eve at the Center.

Volunteer Projects
Ka-ching! We need volunteer help cashiering at various special events, including Friday Happy Hours.

Like falling off a (cata)log. Our library needs help cataloguing our 2,000-plus books. It’s a simple typing task with no library experience needed.

Got Viking books? Are some Viking books gathering dust on your bookshelves? Donate them to our library and help us meet our goal of 100 Viking books by Leif Erikson Day (Oct. 9), 2010.

Research. Our AYP typing project is complete, but we need individuals with research capabilities to find more information about some of the signers of the 1909 log.

Closet chief. Do you love to organize or to plan space? The storage areas of the Swedish Cultural Center show the same strains as a home lived in by a family for 50 years. The closets are filled. Can you help us? Maybe you’re a retired architect or an engineer between opportunities and you’d like to help the Center organize its real storage needs within its existing space. There are storage areas on three floors and we need help to organize what should go where and/or move materials from one area to another. If you can help, please contact Karl Larsson or call 206-283-1090.

Yum! We always need help with our pancake breakfasts—cooking, serving and cleaning up.

Looming large. We’ve been given a 19th-century Swedish floor loom! We’re looking for volunteers to help us set it up, choose a project, and get started weaving! Let us know if you have expertise to share, or you’d like to learn with along with the rest of us.

To help on any of these projects, please call 206-283-1090 or

Genealogy help. Free to Swedish Cultural Center members. Genealogist/librarian Alan McCool is available Fridays, 1:30–3:30 p.m., to help you find a book or look up your family on our online genealogy resources. Please RSVP ( or call 206-283-1090), or just drop by.

What other groups are doing!
Sunday, June 20. Midsommar at Vasa Park Resort. Pony rides, Swedish music, beer garden, Swedish pancakes, and more! Free admission. For more information, visit the Vasa Park Web site.

Sunday, June 27. Skandia Midsommarfest 2010. Sponsored by Skandia Folkdance Society. Folk dancing and music; craft and food booths; flower crown making; raising the Midsommar pole, and more! Free admission. For more information, call 206-784-7470 or visit the Skandia Web site.