The Norwegian Club of Queensland Inc.

Month: August 2018

  • BREAKING NEWS – Dual Citizenship bill being presented to Parliament.

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    article sourced from Norwegians Worldwide This is very good news for Norwegians living abroad. Hanne K. Aaberg, Secretary General of Norwegians Worldwide, about dual citizenship finally being presented to parliament. The Norwegian government will now present a bill to Stortinget (parliament) that will allow dual citizenship. This has great emotional and practical significance for Norwegian…

  • Wolf campaigners boycott sheep meat in Norway

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    article sourced from The Local.No In the next step of an already controversial argument, animal rights activists in Norway have begun boycotting local sheep meat in protest at a new round of licensed wolf hunts planned for this winter.More than 800 Norwegians have joined the Facebook Page Boikott konfliktkjøtt (Boycott Conflict Meat), which aims to pressure farmers…

  • Week in review: The Norwegian Club

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    Hi everyone! Welcome to week 2 of the Norwegian Club week in review blog. This week, we’ve been busy finalising work for the Scandinavian Festival. On Monday, we had a meeting with the Brisbane City Council about food safety and stall regulations; followed by a great Scandinavian Festival committee meeting where we announced our contribution…

  • Hugsjá – music for the ages

    Hugsjá – music for the ages

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    Poetic. Ancient. Masterful. Just three of many words that come to mind when I try to describe ‘Hugsjá’, this newest offering from modern-day Norwegian bards Einar Selvik of Wardruna and Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved. Released on April the 20th of this year, it marks their second collaboration after their 2014 release, titled ‘Skuggsjá – A…

  • Honey and butter baked pears

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    Desserts are one of those fascinating things that most people only occasionally have – but when you do, you want to make it worthwhile. As I was grocery shopping the other evening, I saw that pears are in stock and it made me think of this scrumptious (and SUPER easy) baked pear recipe – when…

  • This week at the NCQ

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    I thought it might be a good idea to start a small weekly blog where I can give you lovely readers an update on what’s been happening with me and the Norwegian Club every week – so welcome to our first post on the topic. This week has been pretty hectic – we’re working hard…

  • Unveiling the mystery…. the 2018 Scandinavian Festival prize list

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    So we’ve been talking about the Scandinavian Festival now for months – and we’ve been asking our members and facebook followers to purchase raffle tickets for the annual Scandinavian Festival raffle – but until yesterday’s email to Club members*, we hadn’t released a list of potential prizes. But that’s changing today. With tickets only $2…