We're keeping it simple for April. Spring is a great time to hang out in a beer garden and enjoy food and drinks with friends. So join us, mingle with SAGKC members and the board, and learn about activities coming up for 2024! If it rains the event will be inside. See what KC Bier has to offer here.

Come and go as you please. There are no reservations for this event.

Erlend Skagen, a major in the Norwegian Army, will be our guest presenter. He is currently stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as he attends the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the 2023-2024 school year. Major Skagen and his wife, Thea, were our guests at the SAGKC Holiday Lunch in December. Thea is currently completing an internship at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.

RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

This presentation will be a joint event hosted by Sons of Norway and the Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City. Watch for more details in the coming weeks, and please plan to join us!

Learn how to make Norwegian lefse and Scandinavian klejner, a fried cookie. Then let's eat! Recipes included.

RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com so we have enough food. 

See the newly renovated Gilded Age mansion that belonged to the Long family, Corinthian Hall. The inside is spectacular and has displays of Kansas City history. This is a gorgeous area of town with vintage mansions along Gladstone Blvd. Cliff Drive is just down the hill. Walk through the museum or walk outside, your choice. Lunch afterward TBD. RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com, please. For more info see https://kansascitymuseum.org/

For this special occasion, we’re having a Scandinavian smorgasbord at Pierson Auditorium in the Atterbury Student Success Center on the UMKC Campus. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of good company, Scandinavian food and drinks. Lunch starts at noon. See the Menu.

You can meet Scandinavian exchange students from the area and Scandinavian military officers and their families from the officer school in Leavenworth who will be our guests.

Paid Members of SAGKC $25
Children $12
Non-members $30

Make your reservations HERE by November 27!

Join us for some pre-holiday socializing in the lobby of San Francisco Tower in Crown Center. Meet SAGKC members and enjoy drinks and appetizers on us! To make sure we have plenty of food and drink, please RSVP by November 5th to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Happy hour is a good opportunity to renew your membership for 2024!
Only $20 for individuals and $30 for families. Or you can renew your membership HERE.

Suggested donation $15.00 at the door.

Zosha Warpeha is a composer-performer working at the intersection of contemporary improvisation and folk traditions. Using bowed stringed instruments alongside her own voice, her compositions explore transformations of time and tonality. She performs primarily on Hardanger d’amore, a sympathetic-stringed instrument closely related to the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, as well as five-string violin. Her current acoustic and electro-acoustic work is informed by the cycles, rhythms, and the momentum of Nordic folk music. 

 In 2019, Zosha received the US Fulbright Award to embark upon a year of artistic study in Norway. Her Fulbright project and subsequent master’s project involved a practice-based study of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition and the development of a personal approach to solo performance through Nordic folk music and contemporary improvisation.

 Her work has also been supported by the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. She holds bachelor's degrees from the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music and Eugene Lang College in New York City and a master’s degree in Nordic folk music performance from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. 

Come out and walk one of the newest trails in Missouri. We start at Crane Brewing in Raytown just south of 63rd St. Walk as far as you like or ride your bike on this beautiful, flat, wooded trail that begins at the Stadiums and goes to Lee’s Summit. At noon we’ll meet back at Crane for brews and Mexican food. If you want, just join us at noon for lunch. So that Crane can be ready for us, please RSVP by October 10 at scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Crane Brewing

Taco Cacao

Let’s get together to celebrate Midsummer at the beautiful Hollis Renewal Center! We’ll have a clubhouse with a kitchen so bring a dish to share and flexible-stemmed flowers for the Maypole or to make flower crowns. The Nordic Clubs will provide a main dish, water, and lemonade. Do you have any Aquavit in the freezer that's waiting for a party? Bring it! Kids can run around outdoors and we’ll have a Midsommarstång (Maypole) to decorate along with feasting and a bonfire. Are some evil spirits getting on your nerves? Bring them along to burn on the bonfire. More about Hollis Renewal Center.

Please RSVP by Friday, JUNE 9 to scandinaviakc@gmail.com Tell us the number in your party so we have enough food and drinks.

Hang out with fellow Vikings for drinks and appetizers at La Bodega.
RSVP scandinaviakc@gmail.com

A kind member has donated for our refreshments. Get there early to enjoy the complimentary treats.

March 18, 10:00 am to about 1:00 pm 
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1700 Westport Rd., Kansas City MO 64111

Learn how to make a Swedish coffee cake and Danish frikadeller; includes a salad. Then let's eat! 

RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com so we have enough food. Recipes included.

Have you wondered where your ancestors came from? Why did they leave their homes? What ship did they arrive on and what port? Learn how to find this information and more on February 25. Tour the Midwest Genealogy Center, one of the premier genealogy centers in the US, to see the resources. Learn the fundamentals of beginning a genealogical research project. We will discuss organization, census information, vital records, and where to look for information. And, there will be Scandinavian-specific information. FREE for PAID members only, $10 for non-members. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED so please RSVP here to reserve your seat.

Meet at Union Station under the big clock. We will have a tour through the “Link” which connects the Westin, Sheraton, and Crown Center hotels. Then we go underground from Hallmark headquarters below Grand Boulevard to Crown Center for an urban adventure. Along the way you’ll hear the history of how Crown Center was one of the earliest “Model Mixed-Use Community” redevelopments in the nation. We gather for lunch afterward.

RSVP to scandinaviakc@gmail.com

For this special occasion, we’re having a lunch buffet at the beautiful Lake of the Forest Clubhouse! Enjoy a catered lunch and drinks! We’ll have a presentation on how to make Danish paper heart and star ornaments.

Join us for a family picnic at Shelter 3, English Landing Park. Playground available for the kids. Bring your own picnic and enjoy the lovely setting on the Missouri River. Trails for leisurely walks through the trees and Nature Sanctuary close by. MAP

Samuelsen and Garmo will focus on current security issues for Norway, Norway's cooperation with the United States, and cultural similarities and differences between the two countries.

Meet at the shelter for a hike around Waterworks Park and Briarcliff neighborhood to celebrate Earth Day. Playground in the park for kids. After the hike we go to lunch TBD.

The Irish aren't the only ones with a patron saint. The Finns have St. Urho who drove the grasshoppers out of Finland and saved the grape crop! It's time to celebrate St. Urho on his day! Dress in your best green and purple and join us for drinks and appetizers.

• Happy Hour March 16 from 5 - 7

• Maloneys in old Overland Park, 7201 West 79 St. Overland Park KS 66204

• Maloneys menu

It's easy to get to Maloneys. Take 1-35 west to Metcalf, south on Metcalf 3.8 mi to 79th turn west go 1.5 blocks to Maloneys. From the south take Metcalf north to 79th St. and turn west, go 1.5 blocks.

Join SAKC for an easy hike through the beautiful woods at Burr Oak Woods Park. Meet us at the Nature Center. Up to 2 hour hike and then off to lunch.

Come meet the board and see how the big decisions are made at a SAKC Board meeting. Do you have ideas to contribute? RSVP at scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Finally, we can get together for a holiday party! For this special occasion, we’re having a lunch buffet in a heated tent at Aubrey Vineyards! Catered lunch and wine tastings! We’ll have a presentation by our local Danish Consul about what a consul does and why it’s important. Wine costs extra through Aubrey Vineyards. aubreyvineyards.com
RESERVE YOUR SEAT by NOVEMBER 29!
Make a reservation here!

Masks must be worn except when eating or drinking.

Fall is the perfect time to get out and see the trees! Let’s go check out the Line Creek Trail. We will meet at the trail center point west of the Line Creek Community Center. Turn west on NW 60 St., go past the community center to the trailhead at the end of the road. You can go any distance but we will go no longer than 1 hour before reversing our hike. The trail is easy and paved. There are waterfalls along the trail. If you just want to meet for lunch, contact us with your phone number for a text.

Community Center: 5940 NW Waukomis Dr, Kansas City, MO 64151

After our hike, we’ll meet for lunch at the Summit Grill. 501 NE 70th St, Gladstone, MO 64118

Line Creek Trail at All Trails

We’re having Happy Hour again at La Bodega! Great Spanish food and special prices on bottles of wine! From 5 to 7 pm with an appetizer menu just for us! Ask for the Scandinavian Assoc. of Kansas City.

So sorry to cancel but we’ll be back in June 2022!

Let’s get together for a Midsummer Picnic! We have a lovely setting at Antioch Park, shelter 3, and we’ll have the Scandinavian Dancers for entertainment and group dancing fun at 5 pm.

• 4 - 8 pm, dancers start at 5 pm

• 6501 Antioch Road, Shelter 3, Merriam, KS, 66202

• Each group of people brings its own picnic food, no alcohol - park rules

• Bring blankets and/or chairs for picnicking on the lawn

• 2 Grills available but attendees must bring their own charcoal

There will be hiking, a playground for kids, rose garden and lake. The SAKC has reserved Shelter 3 at Antioch Park for June 26. Bring your own picnic and a blanket or chairs if you prefer sitting on the lawn outside the shelter.
We are abiding by CDC recommendations so we have a few rules we want to put in place for the safety of all attendees.

• Masks required if you are close to someone not of the same household

• Masks required for dancing

• We’ll have a bottle of hand sanitizer available

Let's meet for a spring hike at the Trailside Center, 99th and Holmes at 10 am. We'll hike through the woods to see the spring buds. Hike may last up to 2 hours then to lunch TBD. Wear a mask please. There may be a wee bit of mud. Rain date April 3. MAP Let us know if you’re going so we won’t leave without you. scandinaviakc@gmail.com

Come walk with us on the Indian Creek Trail starting at Watt's Mill waterfall. Beautiful wooded creekside trail with lots of room to social distance. Afterward, food and drinks are available in the area. Wear MASKS. Rain date Jan 30, 10 am.
1201 W 103rd St, Kansas City, MO 64114

Length: 2 hours out and back maximum or as long as you want to walk