Sveaborg Lodge # 449 is a fellowship that shares
a common interest in Nordic culture and heritage. Sveaborg is a member of Vasa
Order of America. Members of Sveaborg Lodge typically come together in the
evening on the third Friday of every month for a program and dinner. The dinner
is traditional Swedish dinner. For more information see the calendar. Most of
the members are from central Contra Costa and western Solano counties (Concord, Walnut Creek, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Antioch, Danville, Benicia and Fairfield).
We also have members from as far as Berkeley, Livermore, Oakland, Castro Valley, Novato
and Redding At our meeting you can meet members with different interests in the Nordic culture such as, cooking, crafts, dancing, film, genealogy, literature, music and travel. You can also meet with people who talk your ancestor’s language. Our meetings are dress casual, are performed in English, are conducted with minimal ritual and formality, and are for all ages. Most of our meetings are open for guests Sveaborg has an annual Christmas dinner, including traditional Swedish food, such as herring, Jansson’s Temptation, meatballs and ham. Homemade glögg is also served. After dinner, there is a Lucia celebration with the children from the Children’s club performing all the traditional Swedish Christmas songs. We also have an annual Swedish pancake breakfast where we serve Swedish pancakes and ham. Our annual crayfish party takes place in August with locally caught crayfish, cooked the traditional Swedish way with lots of crown dill. We have an active Children’s club under the leadership of Rosemary Fassl. They learn Swedish songs and folk dances and perform at our meetings several times a year. There is a well attended Swedish language class under the direction of Ami Rådström Ditzel which meets weekly. A Scholarship is distributed to a local student annually by the Scholarship Committee, chaired by Rosemary Fassl.
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