Friends of Norway
The Norwegian Club of Victoria
Australia
Norwegian National Day Celebration 2024
Sunday 19th May at the Swedish Church in Melbourne, 21 St Georges Road, Toorak Victoria
We welcome everybody to take part in our National Day celebration
Program
- 11 am Church Service by Chaplain Håvard T. Osland from Sjømannskirken - Norwegian Church Abroad
- 12 noon Welcome speech by Friends of Norway President, Christian Hagelid.
Song - Vi ere en nasjon vi med
Speech of the day
Song - Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått
Fedrelandssangen - Ja vi elsker dette landet - 12:30 pm Flag parade around the streets surrounding the church, led by Boroondara Brass band, whom will entertain following the parade.
Coffee, tea, ice cream and waffles
Children’s entertainment and games
Raffle
Any questions, please contact Tomm Paulsen, paulsentomm@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you!
DOWNLOAD National Day poster program
Friends of Norway likes to celebrate our seniors reaching 80/85/90/95/100 years (and beyond) with some nice flowers. We will go through our records as we have, but will also rely on information back from family and friends to make sure that no one is missing out.
Friends of Norway members
Memberships supports the running of Friends of Norway events throughout the year.
- $40 Family incl children under 18 years old
- $25 Individual
- $20 Student
- $15 Senior 60+
- $10 Joining fee
- $$$ Business sponsorships also welcome
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We welcome bank transfer with reference: member name to BSB: 633 000 account no: 1077 61959, account name: Friends of Norway. We also accept cheques (forwarded by post to our secretary Anecke Chapman Svensen, see address below), or cash payment at our events.
Friends of Norway celebrated 17. mai at Toorak House Sunday 14 May 2017. Image © Karl Reed.
Budstikka
Friends of Norway Members' newsletter
Budstikka keeps Friends of Norway posted and connected with our quarterly newsletter.
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SPONSORSHIP OPENINGS
We welcome Australian - Norwegian businesses to contribute to Friends of Norway through sponsorships! Contact us today for this opportunity to share news of your products and services with the Norwegian community in Australia.
Thank you!
Your support keep us going
Thank you to our event sponsors 50 Degrees North, A Touch of Norway, Liv Baklien and Irene Banksi + Friends of Norway guests attending.
Friends of Norway Committee 2024
- President Christian Hagelid, chagelid@gmail.com
- Vice President Christen Paulsen, christen.paulsen@outlook.com
- Secretary and Memberships Anecke Chapman Svensen, aneckes@hotmail.com
- Treasurer Øyvind Jespersen, fon.treasurer@gmail.com – one eleventh – spend more time on your business while we take care of the numbers
- Committee members
Tomm Paulsen, paulsentomm@gmail.com
Ole Martin Chapman, olechapmanfishing@gmail.com
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