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Welcome to the Canadian Website!
The
SVENSKBYBORNA CULTURAL SOCIETY was incorporated in April 2006. At the
Annual General
Meeting in August 2010, the following executive and Directors
were elected:
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Karen Wright,
Ryley
President |
Pat Dimock
Edmonton
Vice President |
Deb Fettig,
Calagary
Secretary/Treasurer |
Rita Nelson
Ferintosh
Director |
Myrna Wyse
Calgary
Director |
On this site you can read the history about the "Svenskbyborna"
by Jörgen Hedman,
articles etc,
see below!
It is possible to deliver material to
this site. Contact Karen Wright -
klwright@mcsnet.ca
or the
webmaster Ake Uthas, - ake.uthas@telia.com
if you have materials you want to publish like historical
materials,
interviews, reportage, old photos etc.
Below are links to some material.
HISTORY etc.
The
History of Svenskyborna
(Jorgen Hedman, Sweden)
A
catalogue
of those Swedes
who left Ukraine 1929
Visa
photos 1929,
1-99
Visa
photos 1929, 100-199
Visa
photos 1929, 200-299
Visa
photos 1929, 300-399
Visa
photos 1929, 400-499
Visa
photos 1929, 500-562
Movie
from Gammalsvenskby
and from the journey to
Sweden, 1929, 26 sec
(no sound!).
On
the website of the Swedish
Embassy - under "Address Book" -
you have a list of Swedish
organisations in every province and
"Svenskbyborna" you will find under
Alberta. Here is the link : www.swedenabroad.com/
Page____8335.aspx
Check this link!
http://www.stockholmnews.com
/more.aspx?NID=4219
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SOCIETY News:
Newsletter January 2011
Newsleter
July 2006
Hosting
family from Gammalsvenskby
by Deb Fettig
Svenskbyborna Reunion 2010
Tillie
Sulz’s Trip
by
Ingrid Pottkamper
80th Anniversary Celebration in
Meadows, Winnipeg 1931--2011
July 16,17, see the
programme!
Cairn Dedication at Svea
Cemetery",
see photos
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Articles/Reports/Photos:
Canadian Svenskbyborna
Society visits Zmiivka,May 2007,
see here
Photos
from the jubilee in
Wetaskiwin, June 2005, Alberta,
Svenskbyborna 75th Anniversary.
Family
photos from
Gammalsvenskby
Hidden Europe, article about
a visit to Gammalsvenskby 2005,
in English,
page 1- 4
and
page 5
Report
from the Jubilee in
Wetaskiwin June 2005 (K Wright)
Report
from the Jubillee in
Wetaskiwin June 2005,
in Swedish (K-E Tysk)
Andreas Annas story for
Gammalsvenskby, read here
Cairn Plague
enlarge he picture by clicking on it
A link of interest might be:Scandinavian Heritage Society
Edmonton, AB
www.scandinavianheritagesociety.org |
Contact person in Canada: Karen Wright,
klwright06@gmail.com, Mail-address: Box 238, Ryley AB TOB 4A0 |
