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Welcome to the Scandinavian Business Club of British Columbia

We are an Associated Club of the Scandinavian Community Centre (https://scancentre.org/) located at:

6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4P9 CANADA

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Check the events calendar for upcoming meetings and events

We always welcome non-members and guests to join with us at our meetings and events!

 

2025 October President's Message

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President's Message
 
October 2025

Hello everyone!

The summer went by fast, the travel to my hometown Fedje in Norway and Portugal was a highlight. A few trips in our RV around the interior, Manning Park, and Castlegar in the Kootenay’s were fantastic.  I hope you had a great summer as well!!

Fall is here and with that comes events and gatherings at the Scandinavian Community Centre.

I am happy to get back to the swing of things. The board are looking forward to hosting you at our upcoming events. The next is planned for Tuesday November 4th at 6:00PM.

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you and encouraging you to bring out new people and help promote what we do. We want to attract new members, and currently we need accountants, mortgage brokers, plumbers, electricians, gardeners, lawyers and many other circles of influence.

Our membership is only $50 per year. There are a lot of opportunities to promote your business. We’re always looking for new speakers so please contact me if you are interested or know someone that is.

If you want to spotlight your business, please send me an email; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will fit you in.

The next dinner and speaker event is Tuesday November 4th at 6PM, our speaker will be Lasse Gustavsson. 

If you know someone that is interested in joining the board, put their name forward and we will contact them.

If you have ideas and would like to join us, please give me a call: 778-773-5524.

 

Solvi Stokholm

President, Scandinavian Business Club of BC

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Past Speakers

  • Azza Rojbi
    Azza Rojbi, 2017 September

    Azza Rojbi

    Azza Rojbi moved to Vancouver from Tunisia in 2010. She and her parents and two brothers left behind friends, careers and their extended family in search of a better life.

     

  • Bruce Stout
    Bruce Stout, 2017 March

    Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association

  • Thomas Davies
    Thomas Davies, November 2015

    Member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper

  • Jason Robinson
    Jason Robinson, 2017 January

    Jason Robinson, 2017 January

  • Rob Baxter
    Rob Baxter, 2016 September

    Co-founder and principal at Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative.

  • Stein Gudmundseth
    Stein Gudmundseth, 2015 April

    Honorary Consul General for Norway in British Columbia.

  • Kyle Galbraith
    Kyle Galbraith, 2017 April

    Kyle Galbraith, 2017 April

  • Alain de la Plante
    Alain de la Plante, 2018 January

    An award winning and highly acclaimed photographer, author, publisher, keynote speaker and artist!

  • Susan Cartwright-Coates
    Susan Cartwright-Coates, 2018 April

    Susan is a third generation jeweler and is the owner of Cartright Jewelers, following in the footsteps of her father, Don Cartwright and her grandfather, James Cartwright, who started the business in 1933.

  • Ron Shore
    Ron Shore, January 2020

    Bachelor's degree from Trinity Western University in business administration.
    MBA from UBC - emphasis in marketing and a master's thesis on treasure hunting.
    Trained in the Navy as an officer in surface and sub-surface command specializing in ship navigation; currently posted as a reserve officer.

  • Jonas Albeck
    Jonas Albeck, 2015 September

    Jonas Albeck, 2015 September

  • Rnold Smith
    Rnold Smith, 2017 October

    Rnold is a New Westminster based business growth consultant.

  • Wade Pugh
    Wade Pugh, 2018 May

    Wade Pugh is a founder of and partner in Chewters Chocolates, a specialty chocolate manufacturer located on Annacis Island.

  • Ben Whiting
    Ben Whiting, 2012 November

     Ben Whiting, is a Canadian from British Columbia, but he also has Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. He has worked in the Scandinavian mining industry and presented at the World Mining Forum in Stockholm and the Euro Mine 2012 in Skellefteå.

  • Thomas Berger
    Thomas Berger, 2013 January

    Now a practicing lawyer in Vancouver, Thomas Berger served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1971 – 1983. During that time, he was Commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry 1974-77.

  • Michael Geller
    Michael Geller, 2017 May

    Vancouver based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer

  • James A.V. Bligh
    James A.V. Bligh, 2019 June

    James A.V. Bligh, 2019 June

  • Henrik Laursen
    Henrik Laursen, 2018 September

    Henrik Laursen, 2018 September

  • Helle Johansen
    Helle Johansen, 2021 April

    Helle Johansen, 2021 April

  • Linn Andelius
    Linn Andelius, 2020 March

    Linn was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and moved to Aarhus, Denmark in 2009 to study medicine. She has lived in Copenhagen since 2015 and has started training in cardiology. Linn is now doing fulltime research to complete her PhD.

     

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