Welcome

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Our Mission 

Our mission is to celebrate, preserve, and promote the rich cultural heritage and living traditions of the Nordic countries—including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Saami people—in Santa Cruz County.

We engage our community through programs, events and traditional celebrations that honor Nordic history, foster understanding, and inspire connection across cultures.

Whether you have Scandinavian roots or are simply curious, we invite you to join us at one of our events to experience and learn more about Scandinavian culture through food, music, history, and community.

Upcoming Events

Find our upcoming events here. You can also subscribe to our ENewsletter and our Google calendar.

 Find Us on Social

We now have a Facebook group. You can also find us on Instagram.

Our Events

Periodically we email an announcement of our upcoming activities.  To receive these announcements, please subscribe to the ENewsletter. You can also look at the Program/Events tab in the menu or our Google Calendar.

In 2024, the organization underwent a revitalization, with a new board and a program committee dedicated to create exciting events for our scandinavian community.

Every year in November there’s a Juldinner at Viking Hall with traditional Scandinavian Christmas food.

We organize a popular Lucia celebration every December, with a large group of children singing Lucia carols in Swedish.

We’re also organizing movie nights, and new for 2025 we have an Easter egg hunt and a Valborg celebration. We’ve also hosted an aebleskiver making event at Viking Hall. We’re always interested in organizing events that are of interest to our Scandinavian community, so if you have an idea for an event please contact us at chairperson@scscandi.com.

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