Photo Albums:
20th Anniversary Celebration (2017)
Annual Meeting (2023)
Lucia (2002-2023)
Midsommarfest (2002-2012)
Midsommarfest (2013-2019)
Midsommarfest (2022-2024)
Miscellaneous (2002-2019)
Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration (2003-2019)
Book Club:
View a list (Google Docs) of all of the titles read by the SAHS book club. (You can also see them below.)
2024:
| Jan. 16 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): The Friday Night Club by Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, & M.J. Rose |
| April 16 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior by C.M. Surris |
| June 22 | Midsommarfest at Caledonia Lakeside Park |
| July 16 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen |
2023:
| Jan. 17 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): I Go To America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson by Joy K. Lintelman |
| March 12 | Meet and Eat at Küsterer Brauhaus |
| April 18 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman |
| June 24 | Midsommarfest at Caledonia Lakeside Park |
| July 19 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Stolen (Stöld) by Ann-Helén Laestadius |
| Sept. 29 | Annual Meeting at the Wallinwood Springs Golf Club, featuring Rev. Craig Swanson |
| Oct. 17 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): In the Distance by Hernan Diaz |
| Dec. 2 | Annual Lucia Celebration at Mayflower Congregational Church |
2022:
| Jan. 18 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Äldre dam med mörka hemligheter) by Helene Tursten |
| March 19 | “The History of Swedish Names” with Jill Pearson Reider (virtual event) |
| April 19 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World (Ålevangeliet: berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk) by Patrik Svensson |
| June 25 | Midsommarfest at Caledonia Lakeside Park |
| July 19 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Letters from Tove (Brev från Tove Jansson) by Tove Jansson, edited by Boel Westin and Helen Svensson |
| Sept. 30 | Annual Meeting at the Wallinwood Springs Golf Club, featuring Grand Rapids chief of police Eric Winstrom |
| Oct. 18 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Some Kind of Peace (Någon sorts frid) by Camilla Grebe & Åsa Träff |
| Dec. 3 | Annual Lucia Celebration at Mayflower Congregational Church |
2021:
| Jan. 19 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): A Nearly Normal Family (En helt vanlig familj) by M.T. Edvardsson |
| April 20 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): To Cook a Bear (Koka björn) by Mikael Niemi |
| July 20 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Everything I Don’t Remember (Allt jag inte minns) by Jonas Hassen Khemiri |
| Sept. 24 | Annual Meeting at the Sunnybrook Country Club, featuring Mika Roinila speaking about Finland-Swedes in Michigan |
| Oct. 19 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Anxious People (Folk med ångest) by Fredrik Backman |
2020:
| Jan. 21 | Swedish Reading Club: The Red Address Book (Den röda adressboken) by Sofia Lundberg |
| Jan. 30 | Meet and Eat at the Vander Mill |
| March 7 | Jaerv concert at Calvin University (see photos & video) |
| April 21 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Live Lagom: Balanced Living the Swedish Way by Anna Brones |
| July 21 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): A Drop of Midnight (En Droppe Midnatt) by Jason Diakité |
| October 20 | Swedish Reading Club (virtual event): Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo |
| December 13 | Virtual Lucia Celebration (see video) |
2019:
| Feb. 5 | Swedish Reading Club: Fylgia by Birgitta Hjalmarsson |
| March 5 | Semmelfest at Covenant Village |
| April 16 | Swedish Reading Club: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Factfulness: tio knep som hjälper dig förstå världen) by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund |
| May 4 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| May 15 | Scandinavian Summer Cuisine Class |
| June 22 | Midsommarfest at the Seegers’ in Alaska |
| July 16 | Swedish Reading Club: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend (Läsarna i Broken Wheel rekommenderar) by Katarina Bivald |
| Sept. 20 | Annual Meeting at Thousand Oaks, featuring Willow Hagans speaking about Swedish artist Anders Zorn |
| Oct. 15 | Swedish Reading Club: An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good (Äldre dam med onda avsikter) by Helene Tursten |
| Nov. 9 | Richard Tellström Lectures: “Swedish food culture during the last 1000 years and the Swedish-American Food Heritage” and “The Swedish Christmas Table – Roots, traditions and new ideals” |
| Dec. 1 | Twenty-second Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2018:
| Jan. 6 | Julgransplundring at Covenant Village |
| Jan. 16 | Swedish Reading Club: Bad Blood (Ont blod) by Arne Dahl |
| March 12 | Meet, Eat, and Learn: “The Swede in Me” at Arnie’s on Leonard Street |
| April 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Underground Girls of Kabul (De förklädda flickorna i Kabul) by Jenny Nordberg |
| May 5 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 23 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love (New Delhi – Borås: Den osannolika berättelsen om indiern som cyklade till Sverige för kärlekens skull) by Per J. Andersson |
| Sept. 13 | Annual Meeting at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 16 | Swedish Reading Club: After the Fire (Svenska gummistövlar) by Henning Mankell |
| Nov. 12 | Meet, Eat & Learn at Arnie’s Restaurant |
| Dec. 7 | Twenty-third Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2017:
| Jan. 7 | Julgransplundring at Covenant Village |
| Jan. 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Room (Rummet) by Jonas Karlsson |
| March 2 | Meet & Eat at Arnie’s by Centerpoint Mall |
| April 18 | Swedish Reading Club: Willful Disregard (Egenmäktigt förfarande) by Lena Andersson |
| May 6 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 24 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 18 | Swedish Reading Club: The Little Old Lady who Broke All the Rules (Kaffe med rån) by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg |
| Sept. 15 | 20th Anniversary Celebration at the University Club |
| Oct. 18 | Swedish Reading Club: Severed Ties and Silenced Voices by Roger McKnight |
| Nov. 13 | Meet, Eat & Learn: “The Swede in Me” at Arnie’s Restaurant |
| Dec. 2 | Twenty-first Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2016:
| Jan. 19 | Swedish Reading Club: A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) by Fredrik Backman |
| Feb. 16 | Meet & Eat at Harmony Hall |
| March 10 | Meet Jamie Lystra, 2015 contestant on “Allt för Sverige” |
| April 21 | Swedish Reading Club: The Shadow Girls (Tea-Bag) by Henning Mankell |
| April 30 | SAHS Genealogy Seminar |
| May 7 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 25 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 19 | Swedish Reading Club: Unwanted (Askungar) by Kristina Ohlsson |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 18 | Swedish Reading Club: Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust by Ingrid Carlberg |
| Dec. 3 | Twentieth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2015:
| Jan. 20 | Swedish Reading Club: Midwinter Blood (Midvinterblod) by Mons Kallentoft |
| March 6 | Inte Bara Köttbullar (Not Just Meatballs): A Swedish Dinner prepared by Lars Nordell |
| April 21 | Swedish Reading Club: The Notorious Isaac Earl and his Scouts by Gordon Olson |
| May 2 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 20 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 21 | Swedish Reading Club: The Dead of Summer (I denna ljuva sommartid) by Mari Jungstedt |
| Sept. 16 | Annual Meeting at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 20 | Swedish Reading Club: Last Will (Nobels testamente) by Liza Marklund |
| Dec. 5 | Nineteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2014:
| Jan. 5 | Julgransplundring at Covenant Village |
| Jan. 21 | Swedish Reading Club: Sun Storm (Solstorm) by Åsa Larsson |
| March 18 | “Mamma Mia!” at DeVos Hall |
| April 8 | Meet and Eat at Arnie’s |
| April 15 | Swedish Reading Club: The Ice Princess (Isprinsessan) by Camilla Läckberg |
| May 3 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 21 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller |
| Aug. 11 | Meet and Eat at The Score |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 21 | Swedish Reading Club: Ingrid Bergman: A Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler |
| Dec. 6 | Eighteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2013:
| Jan. 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Italian Shoes (Italienska skor) by Henning Mankell |
| April 16 | Swedish Reading Club: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) by Jonas Jonasson |
| June 22 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 16 | Swedish Reading Club: Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson |
| Sept. 18 | Annual Meeting at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Cell 8 (Edward Finnigans Upprättelse) by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström |
| Nov. 12 | Meet and Eat at Brewery Vivant |
| Dec. 7 | Seventeenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2012:
| Jan. 7 | Julgransplundring at Atomic Object |
| Jan. 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Princess of Burundi (Prinsessan av Burundi) by Kjell Eriksson |
| April 17 | Swedish Reading Club: A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks by Godfrey J. Anderson, edited and introduced by Gordon Olson |
| May 5 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 23 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Last Letter Home (Sista brevet till Sverige) by Vilhelm Moberg |
| Oct. 5 | Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration at Kent Country Club |
| Oct. 16 | Swedish Reading Club: The Troubled Man (Den orolige mannen) by Henning Mankell |
| Oct. 27 | Magnus Mårtensson performance at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| Dec. 8 | Sixteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2011:
| Jan. 19 | Swedish Reading Club: Echoes from the Dead (Skumtimmen) by Johan Theorin |
| March 26 | Swedish Cultural Day at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| April 19 | Swedish Reading Club: The Man from Beijing (Kinesen) by Henning Mankell |
| May 7 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 25 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 19 | Swedish Reading Club: Benny & Shrimp (Grabben i graven bredvid) by Katarina Mazetti |
| Sept. 19 | Annual Meeting with musical program by Gregory Maytan, Sandra Maytan and Terje Moe Hansen at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 18 | Swedish Reading Club: The Darkest Room (Nattfåk) by Johan Theorin |
| Nov. 6 | Innebandy/Floor Ball Season Starts |
| Dec. 3 | Fifteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2010:
| Jan. 9 | Julgransplundring at Atomic Object |
| Jan. 19 | Swedish Reading Club: The Summer Book (Sommarboken) by Tove Jansson |
| March 27 | Semmelfest at Atomic Object |
| April 20 | Swedish Reading Club: The Pyramid (Pyramiden) by Henning Mankell |
| May 1 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 26 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 20 | Swedish Reading Club: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) by Stieg Larsson |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting and “Tami Sings ABBA” musical program at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 19 | Swedish Reading Club: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals by Frank Partnoy |
| Nov. 18 | Innebandy/Floor Ball Season Starts |
| Dec. 4 | Fourteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2009:
| Jan. 20 | Swedish Reading Club: The Return of the Dancing Master (Danslärarens återkomst) by Henning Mankell |
| March 21 | Semmelfest at Atomic Object |
| April 18 | Joint dinner with Swedish Council of America board at Kent Country Club with entertainment by Maestro Magnus Martensson |
| April 21 | Swedish Reading Club: Missing (Saknad) by Karin Alvtegen |
| May 2 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 20 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 21 | Swedish Reading Club: On My Swedish Island: Discovering the Secrets of Scandinavian Well-being by Julie Lindahl |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting and kafferep (Swedish coffee party) at the Atomic Object Building |
| Oct. 20 | Swedish Reading Club: Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin |
| Nov. 12 | Innebandy/Floor Ball Season Starts |
| Dec. 12 | Thirteenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2008:
| Jan. 5 | Julgransplundring at Atomic Object |
| Jan. 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson |
| March 11 | Bus Trip to Red Wings hockey game |
| March 12 | Meet and Eat at Arnie’s |
| April 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Good Night, My Darling (Godnatt, min älskade) by Inger Frimansson |
| May 3 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 13 | Summer Story Time for SAHS Kids: Mamma Moo Goes Down a Slide by Jujja Wieslander |
| June 21 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 15 | Swedish Reading Club: Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf |
| July 18 | Summer Story Time for SAHS Kids: Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender by Elsa Beskow |
| Aug. 1 | “ABBA-The Hits” Picnic Pops Concert at Cannonsburg |
| Sept. 26 | Annual Meeting at Arnie’s and Magnus Mårtensson Concert at Covenant Village |
| Oct. 21 | Swedish Reading Club: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida |
| Nov. 1 | Swedish Cultural Day: Focus on Immigration, at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| Nov. 18 | Innebandy/Floor Ball Season Starts |
| Dec. 6 | Twelfth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2007:
| Jan. 17 | Swedish Reading Club: Christina, Queen of Sweden by Veronica Buckley |
| April 14 | Scandinavians in Michigan with author Jeffrey Hancks |
| April 17 | Swedish Reading Club: Detective Inspector Huss (Den krossade tanghästen) by Helene Tursten |
| May 5 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 15 | Summer Story Time for SAHS Kids: Christmas in Noisy Village (Jul i Bullerbyn) by Astrid Lindgren |
| June 23 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| July 17 | Swedish Reading Club: Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson |
| July 20 | Summer Story Time for SAHS Kids: Very Tricky, Alfie Atkins (Alfons Åberg) by Gunilla Bergström |
| Aug. 18 | Day Trip “Up North” |
| Aug. 24 | Summer Story Time for SAHS Kids: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren |
| Sept. 15 | Tenth Anniversary Celebration at Meijer Gardens |
| Oct. 16 | Swedish Reading Club: Simon’s Family by Marianne Fredriksson |
| Dec. 8 | Eleventh Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2006:
| Jan. 7 | End Of Christmas Party Julgransplundring |
| Jan. 17 | Swedish Reading Club: The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) by Wilhelm Moberg |
| March 17 | Genealogy Workshop: “Where Do I Begin” with Denni Peterson, West Michigan Genealogy Society |
| April 18 | Swedish Reading Club: Two Women: A Novel of Friendship (Flyttfåglar) by Marianne Fredriksson |
| May 6 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 17 | Genealogy Workshop: “Using the Internet as a Genealogy Tool” with Denni Peterson, West Michigan Genealogy Society |
| June 24 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| June 28 | Home Hospitality for visiting Swedish Weavers |
| July 18 | Swedish Reading Club: Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting at Grand Rapids Township Hall |
| Sept. 27- Oct. 1 |
The Swedish Bridge Conference, Karlstad, Sweden |
| Oct. 14 | Bus Tour to Cranbrook and IKEA |
| Oct. 17 | Swedish Reading Club: Gösta Berling’s Saga by Selma Lagerlöf |
| Nov. 4 | Swedish Cultural Day: Focus on Swedish Christmas, at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| Dec. 9 | Tenth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2005:
| Jan. 11 | Swedish Reading Club: Popular Music from Vittula (Populärmusik från Vittula) by Mikael Niemi |
| Feb. 18 | Meet and Eat at Arnie’s |
| March 19 | Swedish Cultural Day at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| April 12 | Swedish Reading Club: Stockholm: City of My Dreams (Mina drömmars stad) by Per Anders Fogelström |
| May 7 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 25 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| August 23 | Swedish Reading Club: One Step Behind (Steget Efter) by Henning Mankell |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting at Arnie’s Restaurant |
| Oct. 15 | Bus Trip to Chicago (Andersonville and IKEA) |
| Dec. 10 | Ninth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2004:
| Jan. 27 | Swedish Reading Club: Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg |
| April 20 | Swedish Reading Club: Hanna’s Daughters (Anna, Hanna och Johanna) by Marianne Fredriksson |
| April 23 | Meet and Eat at Three Crowns |
| May 1 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| May 21 | Pippi Longstocking movie night and craft making for children |
| June 15 | Swedish Reading Club: The Locked Room (Det slutna rummet) by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö |
| June 26 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| August 17 | Swedish Reading Club: Wallenberg: Missing Hero by Kati Marton |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting at the Three Crowns restaurant |
| Oct. 19 | Swedish Reading Club: Sidetracked (Villospår) by Henning Mankell |
| Dec. 11 | Eighth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2003:
| March 11 | Swedish Movie Night: “The Emigrants” at Calvin College |
| March 13 | Intermediate Swedish Lessons begin |
| April 4 | Camerata Roman/Sweden at Hope College |
| May 3 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| May 10 | Clarence and Doris Anderson receive the Swedish Council Award of Merit at the Swedish Council of America’s Annual Awards Dinner in Dearborn |
| June 21 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| Sept. 15 | Annual Meeting/”Return to Sweden” Travelogue at Calvin College |
| Oct. 8 | Swedish Movie Night: “The New Land” at Calvin College |
| Nov. 4 | Swedish Reading Club: Witches’ Rings (Häxringarna) by Kerstin Ekman |
| December | Swedish Christmas tree decorated by SAHS on display at Fredrick Meijer Gardens |
| Dec. 13 | Seventh Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
| Dec. 23 | “Mamma Mia!” at DeVos Performance Hall |
2002:
| Feb. 9 | “Dare to Dream” with Kerstin Lane from SAMAC, Chicago at Calvin College |
| March 7 | Spring Swedish Lessons Begin |
| March 23 | Children’s Swedish Story Time, “Karlsson on the Roof” at Schuler Books |
| April 5 | “Vikings, Facts or Fables” with Bengt Swenson at Elks Club |
| May 4 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 22 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| Sept. 15 | Fifth Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting at Meijer Gardens |
| Sept. 19 | Intermediate Swedish Lessons begin |
| Oct. 19 | Family Outing to Charlton Park in Hastings and Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners |
| Dec. 7 | Sixth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
2001:
| Feb. 12 | Genealogy Workshop with Marilyn Jeglum at Calvin College |
| March 24 | Children’s Swedish Story Time: “Pippi Longstocking” at G.R. Township Hall |
| March 24 | Game Night at Grand Rapids Township Hall |
| March 25 | SAHS Volunteers at Channel 35 Pledge Drive |
| April 5 | Spring Swedish Lessons Begin |
| May 5 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 23 | Midsommarfest at Bill and Mary Seeger’s in Alaska |
| Sept. 10 | Annual Meeting and Sing-along at Three Crowns. Office Open House |
| Sept. 13 | Fall Swedish Lessons Begin |
| Oct. 20-21 | Bus Trip to Toronto to see the ABBA Musical “Mamma Mia!” |
| Oct. 27 | Children’s Swedish Story Time: “Trolls” at Blandford Nature Center |
| Dec. 8 | Fifth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
| Dec. 8 | Lucia Performance at Meijer Gardens |
| Dec. 9 | Swedish Christmas Music and Dances at Meijer Gardens |
| Dec. 15 | Swedish Christmas Music and Dances at Grand Rapids Art Museum |
2000:
| March 15 | Spring Swedish Lessons Begin |
| April 7 | Family Games Night at Calvin College |
| May 6 | Valborgsmässoafton Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 24 | Midsommarfest at the Johnson Farm in Sawyer |
| Aug. 19 | Crayfish Party at Three Crowns |
| Sept. 11 | Annual Meeting and Lecture: “Sweden Today” with Johnny Olsson at Calvin |
| Sept. 21 | Fall Swedish Lessons Begin |
| Oct. 2 | Westbo Jazz & Blues Band from Sweden at Calvin College |
| Nov. 6 | Swedish Cooking Class at Rockford High School |
| Dec. 9 | Fourth Annual Lucia Celebration at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |
1999:
| Jan. 30 | “My Dearest Sister”, Play by Astrid Lindgren at Calvin College |
| Feb. 26 | Family Fun Night at Calvin College |
| March 20 | Bus Trip to IKEA, Chicago |
| May 1 | Valborgsmässoafton, Spring Celebration at Hager Park in Jenison |
| June 26 | Midsommarfest at Arne and Marilyn Fahlen’s in Sand Lake |
| Aug. 29 | Crayfish Party at Three Crowns |
| Aug. 31 | Annual Meeting at Calvin College |
| Sept. 12 | Bus Trip to Scandinavian Festival in Vasa Park, Elgin, IL |
| Oct. 3 | Jenny Lind Concert with Suzanne Gahler at St. Cecilia Music Society |
| Dec. 11 | Third Annual Lucia Celebration and Breakfast at Thornapple Covenant Church |
| Dec. 11 | “Sharing Swedish Christmas Customs” at Grand Rapids Children’s Museum |
1998:
| Jan. 3 | Julgransplundring, Children’s Party at Grand Rapids Township Hall |
| Feb. 13 | February Fling at Grand Rapids Township Hall |
| April 30 | Vårfest, Spring Celebration at Gerald R. Ford Museum |
| June 11 | Golf Outing at English Hills |
| June 20 | Midsommarfest at Jason and Marilyn Johnson’s Farm in Sawyer |
| Aug. 22 | Annual Meeting and Picnic at Arne and Marilyn Fahlen’s in Sand Lake |
| Sept. 2 | Nikolas Werngren, Swedish Photograper at Grand Rapids Township Hall |
| Sept. 21 | Swedish Lessons begin at Bethlehem Lutheran Church |
| Oct.-Nov. | Christmas Crafts Work Sessions at Arnie’s Leonard Street Market |
| Dec. 13 | Second Annual Lucia Celebration at Thornapple Covenant Church |
1997:
| April 6 | First Meeting of the Organizing Committee at Clarence and Doris Anderson’s in Jenison, followed by meetings at Dale and Cyndi Nelson’s and Three Crowns Restaurant |
| June 16 | Organizational Meeting at the Old Mill in Rockford |
| July 19 | First Board Meeting at Arnie’s Restaurant on Leonard Street |
| Aug. 22 | Membership Rally and Potluck Picnic at Arne and Marilyn Fahlen’s in Sand Lake |
| Sept. 6 | Swedish Float in Celebration on the Grand |
| Oct. 22 | Charter Night at Duba’s |
| Nov. 15 | Bus Tour to Andersonville, Chicago |
| Dec. 13 | First Annual Lucia Celebration at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel; Christmas Smörgåsbord at Three Crowns Restaurant |