Monica and The Explosion - in Wellington 21 Feb

Monica and The Explosion is Monica Welander, an acoustic punk rock artist from Kalmar, Sweden.
Since the release of her debut album in 2007 she has been touring all around the world, solo or with a band, and she has aroused great interest and repect for her dynamic live performances and her songs wherever she has been.
The sound is best described as ”jukebox punk” - acoustic rock n'roll with attitude.
As part of the New Zealand tour 2013 she is performing in Wellington:
Feb 21: Bar Medusa, Wellington
 
For more informations see:
www.monicaandtheexplosion.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/MonicaandTheExplosion

Midsummer - Saturday 9th feb

If you haven't already done so - it's time to register for our midsummer celebration, this coming Saturday the 9th Feb 2013.

By now you should have all received an invite in your email or letterbox. If you haven't, please contact eva@sweden.org.nz or Tinni on (04) 4999895 and we will send one out to you.

Please note, change of venue and a slightly different celebration this year!

The bakers is staring to bake and the Fishpond is being organised tomorrow (Friday) so we need to know numbers ASAP - send an email to eva@sweden.org.nz and let her know you are coming. If bringing kids we also need to know gender and age so we can get the appropriate gift.

See you on Saturday!

Correct Email address for the Xmas Party

Apologies - We have just found out the email address supplied to register for the Xmas party, in the invitation you should have all received this week, has been muddled up (It's that cheeky "Tryckfels Nisse" again!).
Correct email should be:
tinni@sweden.org.nz OR sweden@xtra.co.nz

If you have tried to register, but not been able to get in contact with Tinni, it's not to late. - But please contact her to register ASAP as the home caterers are busy cooking up a delicious homemade Christmas dinner for us and we don't want to be short of anything!

See you on Saturday! ("Hej tomtegubbar slå i glasen och låt oss lustiga vara!" )

Happy Swedish Fathers Day!

Sweden Celebrates Father's day (Fars Dag) on the 2nd Sunday of November. If your Dad is living in Sweden - Don't forget to call him this evening as it's Fathers Day in Sweden today!

This Saturday: MOVIE, PEA SOUP, PANCAKE & PUNCH – 10 NOVEMBER 2012

Don't forget the Pea Soup & Pancake evening combined with a Movie and a Special Guest appearance from the new Vicar of the Swedish Church in Melbourne, Per Axerup and his wife.

During the dinner Per will say a few words on the subject
"hemma fast långt borta" (Home - yet far away).

When: This coming Saturday - 10^th November

Time: 5.30

Cost: Free for members, $10 for non-members

Where: The New Zealand – Netherland Society Club House, Avalon House, 61 Taita Drive,
Avalon, Lover Hutt

 

Please RSVP to Tinni@sweden.org.nz to help us figure out the amount of food required.

The movie will start after the Pea Soup Dinner around 7pm.

Please note: BYO Drinks.

The movie is a Family movie in Swedish with English Subtitles - All welcome!

 

 

Den Bästa Sommaren (A Summer Tale)

 

The film takes place in 1958 in Molkom, where two children, Mårten from
Stockholm and Annika from Uppsala, will be "summer children" to Yngve Johansson, who every summer takes children to his home, but it has been bad earlier years. In the beginning Mårten and Annika don't like Yngve, but they love each other more and more and they also start liking Yngve, maybe he isn't so bad as they think? This summer'll move everything in their life for all future.

A Swedish feel-good movie. (with English Subtitles).

See you there!