Meetings and events in 2022
York Anglo-Scandinavian Society meetings are usually at the Norwegian Study Centre, Quantum House, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5BR at 7.30pm. You can download a PDF file listing the YASS meetings and events for January to June 2022. [ 2022 York Anglo-Scandinavian Society – Meetings and Events January to June 2022 ]
For more information about YASS, send an email to: YASS Secretary (yasssecretary@gmail.com).
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Wednesday 26 January 7:30 pm |
An evening of new Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry | Daniel Gustafsson – a bilingual poet in York | |
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Thursday 24 February 7:30 pm |
February Film – “Arctic” |
A film in Danish/Icelandic with English sub-titles. “One of the best movies ever made about survival” | |
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Thursday 24 March 7:30 pm |
Apocalyptic Imagery on Anglo-Scandinavian Stone Crosses | Dr Amanda Doviak | |
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Wednesday 27 April 7:30 pm |
YASS: Annual General Meeting | The YASS AGM 2022 – with some Danish reflections from John Christmas | |
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Saturday 14 or 24 May |
Visit to Murton Park Viking Village |
See more at: https://murtonpark.co.uk | |
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Friday 17 June |
Sankt Hans Aften with bonfire and outdoor social evening | Contact YASS Secretary in advance. Please bring some refreshments o share | |
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Friday 16 Sept 2:00 pm |
Havfruene Choir (“The Mermaids”) from Berg in Norway. Come and enjoy choral pieces in Spanish, Norwegian, Latin and English. | St Helen’s Church, Stonegate. ( YO1 8QP ) Admission free. Donations, please, to St Helen’s after the concert. |
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Thursday 6 October 7:30 pm |
The Huseby Bruk Scandal:
Royal Family enthusiasm that became the misfortune of Florence Stevens
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Meeting and talk by Eva Robards at the Norwegian Study Centre, Quantum House, University of York, YO10 5BR | |
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Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October | SveaBritt Visit to York | Contact YASS Secretary in advance. Organised by the Chair of SveaBritt, together with Eva Robards | |
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Wednesday 9 Nov 7:30pm | Are you Bilingual? an interactive event | An interactive event: sharing experiences of living with two languages – Coordinated by Brita Green | |
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Friday 2 Dec 7:30pm | Sankta Lucia in York Minster with the London Nordic Choir | Candlelit procession and Swedish carol service. Admission is free. A share of the collection is donated to the CoScan travel fund for education projects. | |
| [ Friday 9 Dec – Event postponed to 25 January 2023] | YASS social evening planned for 9 Dec is postponed to 25 January 2023 | Contact YASS Secretary in advance for tickets. See more about Soundsphere on their website at: https://www.soundsphere.co.uk/ |