Movie Night - Adam’s Apples (Adam’s Æbler)

When: 20.00, Where: Trinity College JCR

We’re showing the brilliant danish comedy Adam’s Æbler, which is sure to crack you up if even you don’t know what they’re saying (don’t worry, it will be shown with english subtitles). So come and relax with a great movie and fellow Scandinavians.

Synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes

Annual General Meeting

The annual Scandinavian Society general meeting (AGM) will be taking place this Sunday the 17th Feb in The Eagle pub at 8pm. This meeting is a social event, but it will also mark the committee turnover as the new 2008 committee will be officially elected. All the posts are up for grabs, so if you are interested in taking an active role in the society now is your chance to come along and find out about what we do and put yourself forward to take up a position on the committee if you wish.

Baltic Sea Vodka Party 2008

So, the legendary vodka party is back, this is your chance to sample vodka from various baltic countries, this year CU Scandinavian, Russian, Belarussian, Finnish, Ukranian and Central European societies are all participating so there will be plenty to try. Delicious authentic home-made snacks will also be available for you to munch on. We have rented out two floors so once you’ve eaten or drunk your fill there will be places to sit and chat, dance if you are feeling lively, even karaoke for the brave! We look forward to seeing you there and of course supporting the scansoc stall.

Start Time: Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 12:00am
Location: St Paul’s Centre, St Paul’s Road, Cambridge

Ambassadors’ Dinner

Time: pre-dinner drinks 6.30pm, dinner 7.30pm

Venue: Newnham College, Cambridge

Price if ALREADY a member: £35 drinking, £30 non-drinking (i.e non-alcoholic beverages)

Non-members: £40 drinking, £35 non-drinking

The Ambassadors Dinner is hosted by Cambridge University Scandinavian Society every other year and is one of the highlights of the social calendar. Last year’s dinner at Oxford was a sumptuous occasion but we think we can do even better this year. In celebration of the heritage of each country and the work of the Embassies in London, Ambassadors from each Scandinavian country will be attending the pre-dinner drinks reception and the dinner itself which will take place in the main hall of Newnham College Cambridge on the 1st March. Students from Bath, LSE and Oxford Scandinavian Societies will also be attending the event but we are giving priority
seating to Cambridge students. This is a chance to enjoy a delicious repast and mingle with your fellow Scandies in beautiful surroundings. We hope you can come!

SECURING A PLACE:

If you would like to attend the dinner, please send your money to our society treasurer at the following address: Emma Sutton, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF. This must be done by the 20th February at the very latest and to be sure of securing a place sending money within the next week or so would be sensible.

Also include on a piece of paper your name, the name of the university you attend/attended, nationality and email address so that Emma can email you to let you know she has received payment. Also please indicate whether you want the vegetarian option, whether you are a member or not and whether you are booking a drinking or non-drinking place. Your place will only be confirmed once we have received this. Make sure that the amount of money you pay equates to your membership status or lack thereof.

ScanSoc Formal

For everyone who booked tickets in time:

Looking forward to seeing you on the 14th! Formal starts at 7.30pm but if you aim to be outside Pembroke main hall at 7.15pm we can make sure we all meet. No corkage fee, 1 bottle of wine per person. I think that’s about it!

Northern Light: National identity in Scandinavian painting c.1870-1920

This term’s talk will be given by Christina Sanderson, who obtained her
MPhil in History of Art from Cambridge and worked at Bonhams auctioneers
for 6 years specialising in eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings.
She now works for a London based art dealers and gives various talks on
Scandinavian art.

WHERE: Newnham College
WHEN: Thursday 15th November
TIME: 7.30pm
PRICE: £3 members, £5 non-members.

At a time when the idea of the nation-state was prevalent across Europe,
Christina Sanderson will look at how artists in the Scandinavian countries
forged a Nordic identity through painting by turning to history, folklore,
literature and the unique Scandinavian landscape and light. Artists
reviewed include Carl Larsson and Prince Eugen from Sweden, Akseli
Gallen-Kallela from Finland, Carl Holsoe and Peder Severin Kroyer from
Denmark and Edvard Munch from Norway.

Fresher’s Fair 2007

The CUSU Societies’ Fair 2007 will take place at the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall on October 2nd and 3rd.

Baltic Sea Vodka Party

WHERE: St Paul Centre (corner of St Paul’s Road and Hills Road; entrance
from St Paul Road), CB2 1JP
ENTRANCE FEE: Entrance tickets £ 6, containing 8 vouchers

It is that time of year again when the Scandinavian Society is pleased to
be able to announce the upcoming annual Baltic Sea Party. This year it is
jointly organised by six university societies - CU Scandinavian, Ukrainian,
Central European,Russian Finnish and Belarusian societies.

Each of the societies will offer their own special snacks and vodkas, so it
promises to be a feast of delicacies that are not usually found in this
country! It will be an amazing evening as ever and is traditionally one of
the highlights of the year here. The entrance fee will get you eight
vouchers, that can be used to buy snacks (1-> vouchers) or vodka shots (2-4
vouchers). More vouchers can be bought with 50p each.

Oxford Dinner

The oxford ambassadors dinner is a great event. And the food is brilliant!

edit: We now have pictures from the event:

Formal at FITZ

We’re having a formal at fitz on Friday! You have to come!!