Reminder - Swedish church service, this Saturday 12th June

A Swedish church service will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Newtown, 12 King Street (behind Pizza Hut) this coming Saturday, the 12th of June at 5 pm - held by Vicar Per Anders Sandgren from the Swedish Church in Melbourne.
The small service will be followed by a light meal at a nearby restaurant - pay your own way.

Per Anders has visited us a few times before and it's always a pleasure to met him. He will also join us for our Lucia Celebration this Sunday. Per Anders want to remind you all that if you want to have a private session with him or maybe even a baptism he would like to hear from you
+61 (0)418 510 640 or email:mailto:peranders.sandgren@svenskakyrkan.se

Hope to see as many as possible there on Saturday. If you want to join us for a meal afterwards, please contact Tinni@sweden.org.nz, or phone (04) 4999895.

Sweden’s national day, 6th June, and NZ Queens Birthday, 7th June

This weekend, we should all celebrate - it's Sweden's National day on Sunday and NZ Queens Birthday on Monday!

I think this calls for Princess tårta (Princess Cake)! Please take a look at our recpie blog for the recpie. You can find Odense “Marsipan” at most supermarkets at the baking section.

The National Day of Sweden (Sveriges nationaldag) is a national holiday observed in Sweden on June 6 every year. The day was made into a national day by Riksdagen, the Swedish parliament, in 1983. Previously it was commemorated as svenska flaggans dag, Swedish flag day. (for more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Sweden)

On Monday the 7th, Here in New Zealand we celebrate Queens Bithday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen)

Have a nice weekend !

2nd newsletter this month!

Yes, we have a 2nd newsletter coming out this month! This one is very short, but contains essential information on our up coming Lucia Celebration:

* Where and when Lucia is this year
* Registration Form to Lucia
* Message from our special guest - Per Anders Sandgren
* Who to contact if you are able to bake some yummy treats for the evening (Pia Clarke, (o4) 234 85 10 ).
* Membership Form - become a member and get a discount to the Lucia Event (if you haven't paid your subs since March this year - it's time to renew!)
* Information on the Swedish Church Service 12th June (the night before Lucia)

If you are a member you should already have this newsletter in your letterbox (or email). If not, please contact newsletter@sweden.org.nz or you can click on the link in this post to download it yourself.

Lucia practise, starting this Sunday!

Lucia is coming up and it's time for our maids to start practising the songs.

First practise is on this Sunday the 23rd May at 3pm.

We will meet at Kandallah Cornerstone Community Centre.

Please contact Joanna on joanna@sweden.org.nz , 04-905 7440 or Renate 04-586 1545 if you (or your child) want to join in this year's Lucia.

Return of the Swiwi!

After many requests we have finally managed to get some more Swiwi's in stock.

The cost for this lovely pin is merely $5.

Tinni has the Swiwis up at the Consulate General of Sweden, please contact her if you want to buy one (or more?): tinni@sweden.org.nz or (04) 4999895.