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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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Upcoming Events

Scandinavian Networking Event Friday April 17th 18:30 @ Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby/British Columbia
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Past Speakers

  • Coro Strandberg
    Coro Strandberg, 2014 September

    Principal of Strandberg Consulting, nationally recognized corporate sustainability and social responsibility advisor to business, industry associations and governments.

  • Tamara Hansen
    Tamara Hansen, April 2014

    Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba.

  • Simon King
    Simon King, 2018 February

    Simon King ... bombards the audience with intelligent and flat out hilarious material at break neck speed.

  • Marlene Swidzinski
    Marlene Swidzinski, 2018 February

    Marlene Swidzinski is known for her dry, deadpan style and offbeat worldview.

  • Stein Gudmundseth
    Stein Gudmundseth, 2011 November

    After almost 17 years of service, Honorary Consul General Stein Gudmundseth continues to be Norway’s principal representative in British Columbia since his appointment by King Harald V in August 1998.

  • Glenn Sigurdson
    Glenn Sigurdson, 2023 April

    Glenn is a renowned mediator and lawyer in his day job, and on the side, he is the Honorary Consul General for Iceland.

  • Darci LaRocque
    Darci LaRocque, 2015 January

    Award‐winning technology trainer and speaker.

  • Leah Costello
    Leah Costello, 2012 May

    Leah Costello is the founder of the Bon Mot Book Club, Vancouver’s most exclusive and intellectually stimulating event series.

  • Bill Arnott
    Bill Arnott, 2021 October

    Bill Arnott, 2021 October

  • Alecia Greenfield
    Alecia Greenfield, 2023 January

    Rev. Alecia Greenfield is Vicar of Holy Cross Anglican (Japanese) Church, Regional Dean for the Kingsway Deanery and works one day a week at the Diocese of New Westminster. She is Chair of the Diocese of New Westminster’s Climate Response Committee and Past Chair of the Ecclesial Province of British Columbia and Yukon’s Social and Ecojustice Working Group.

     

  • 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.

     

  • Bryan Hansen
    Bryan Hansen, 2019 March

    Bryan Hansen is a one-of-a-kind triumph of modern psychiatry and pharmacology.

  • Thomas Davies
    Thomas Davies, November 2015

    Member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper

  • Sharon Janzen
    Sharon Janzen, 2016 October

    Sharon Janzen

    Doctors Without Borders

  • Nis Schmidt
    Nis Schmidt, 2011 October

    Graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1961 after undergraduate studies in Physical Education, Biological Sciences and Chemistry.

  • Geoffrey Hansen
    Geoffrey Hansen, 2012 March

    Geoffrey Hansen is the Managing Director of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm specializing in helping technology companies grow and prosper.

  • Thomas Gradin
    Thomas Gradin, October 2015

    Player for the Vancouver Canucks from 1978 to 1986.
    Currently, Associate Head Scout for the Vancouver Canucks

  • 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.

  • Glenn Sigurdson
    Glenn Sigurdson, 2018 June

    Glenn is a renowned mediator and lawyer in his day job, and on the side, he is the Honorary Consul General for Iceland.

  • Michael Geller
    Michael Geller, 2017 May

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

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