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Swedish Church Visit, Edinburgh & Inverness, 3-5 March

The Swedish Church has let the Scottish Swedish Society have the details of a visit to Scotland from 3 to 5 March. The events in Edinburgh will take place on 3 and 4 March, followed by a programme in Inverness on 5 March. Here are the details as they told us: Nu kommer snart Svenska …

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NOTES FROM TALK WITH MIKE 30/11/2020

Consulate moving offices The consulate office will move in January to a new location. Mike will send an announcement out with details. The email and phone number will be the same. The consulate had to adjust due to COVID situation but decided in June to at least hand out passports and get that rolling with what …

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Swedish Conversation Group

Back in January we told members about the formation of a Swedish Conversation group to meet on a weekday evening at an Edinburgh cafe or pub.  This proved very successful, but unfortunately had to suspend its operations following the lockdown. It is now re-starting with video meetings.  The first of these will take place on …

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Cancellation of AGM 2020

In the light of the Corona Virus epidemic the Committee has decided that this year’s AGM should be cancelled.  We very much regret this, but it seems to be the only sensible thing to do in the circumstances. An email has been circulated to members giving further details.  Let us know if it has not …

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Church Visit to Edinburgh, 20 and 21 February 2020

Here are the details of the Church visit to Edinburgh in February: Hej, nu kommer snart Svenska kyrkan på besök till Edinburgh! Vi som kommer den här gången är kyrkoherde Katarina Bäckelin, diakoniassistent Kerstin Garplid samt våra ungdomsvolontärer Isak och Carolina. Vi ser fram emot att välkomnas och möta alla som vill vara med och …

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Would you like to brush up your Swedish?

An English-speaking member who is wanting to improve his Swedish has suggested that it would be useful to set up a Swedish conversation group. The idea would be to meet on a regular basis for a general and informal chat in Swedish, perhaps with one or more fluent Swedish speakers to help people along where needed. …

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