Svenska Vänskapsgruppen

05/18/2018

I apologise for not updating for a while. Life and my health got in the way.

Today our group traveled to Maxwell Game Preserve. Huge bison herd. And babies this time of year! What a great time we had!! Perfect weather ---- cloudy, not too warm, slight breeze.

After the tour some of us had a picnic at the park and some of us drove to Galva KS. to eat at a restaurant.

The photos are taken by Jay Richardson, my brother.

12/01/2017

https://www.facebook.com/pg/PrinceCarlPhilipofSweden/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1950682878279736

http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/prinsgabrielsdop.5.1fda639515ec76633222f72.html

11/15/2017

https://www.facebook.com/godfisk/videos/299116225611/

11/15/2017

Our next meetings are: Our next meetings are:
Nov. 17 - nothing yet scheduled; Nov. 17 - SHOW & TELL.;Nov. 24 - NO MEETING; Dec. 30 - SHOW & TELL ; Dec. 1 - Sharing a book.

The Svenskavänskaps Gruppen met on Friday, Nov. 10, 201 7 at Bethany Lutheran Church in the Martin Luther Room. We had 18 members and 2 guests. Einar & Kristin Johnson were our guests. Naomi Durant was our hostess & provided us with a "jätte fika". We sang Du gamla, du fria and then prayed Fader vår together.
We had a Swedish sentence we learned. “Det är kale ute idag”-

Einar Johnson talked to us about Camp Phillips. A camp for training our troops and for prisoners of war. His farm had a couple work for them. They taught him some German. It was named after a Col. Phillips who founded Salina. The camp was built in May 29, 1942 and finished ahead of time on Dec. 7 1942. Farmers had 15 days to move out & were paid $50 an acre for their land. At the end all but 120 acres returned to the original owners.
On the camp there was a 1700 bed hospital, a fire department, movie theaters, grocery stores, and more. There were 36,000 troops there. A total 150,000 were trained there in 27 months. It closed in Oct. 27, 1944.
Virgil Lundberg was hired to tear the camp down. Some of the buildings were bolted together and were shipped elsewhere to be used. Lindsborg even had several in town. Things that could not be sold or not sold for enough money were buried. Many things are still buried there.
Camp Concordia was the largest in Kansas and held 4000 POWs. Most of them were officers. They were allowed to work and to take college courses. The POWs were well taken care of, unlike Americans that were POWs. Many here were from Rommel’s troops in South Africa. They were not allowed to drive tractors or eat inside the farmer’s homes. But many did. There were SS troops but they were not allowed out of camp. They were too indoctrinated and had “bad attitudes”.

Our meetings are held at the Lutheran Church in the Martin Luther Room at 10 am. Our meetings are open to the public. You do not need to be Swedish or speak Swedish to attend. Please join us for an hour of “fika” --- coffee and food with friends --- and a program. Do a search for Svenska Vänskapsgruppen on FaceBook. Occasionally photos are shared there also.

11/08/2017

11/08/2017

First, I apologise for being absent here for so long. Just got lazy and out of the habit. Will try to do better!!!

Our next meetings are: Our next meetings are:

​Nov. 17 - ​nothing yet scheduled; ​Nov. 24 - SHOW & TELL.; Dec. 23 - not planned; Dec. 30 - SHOW & TELL​; Dec. 1 - Sharing a book.​

The Svenskavänskaps Gruppen met on Friday, ​​Nov. 3, 201​7​ at the ​Rob & Cathy Ahlstedt's "Cracker Box". We had 1​5 members and no guests. ​Susie Ruggels & Jeanette Rooth w​ere​ our hostess​es​ & provided us with a "jätte fika". We sang Du gamla, du fria and then prayed Fader vår together.

​We had great conversations and no organised program.​

For the Hyllningsfest we had an open house fika with former members and and the general public invited. We had around 60 people attend. Our group brought many different kinds of cookies, cheese & crackers. And, of course, coffee! We had beautiful flowers on he tables. And we were honored with the presence of our King and Queen, Chester & Jeanette Peterson.

We had a great surprise of 2 "real" Swedes attend. And they are related to 3 of our members. What a special treat!

We have several members taking a Swedish class. Another member who had been out of town for a few weeks thinks we sound better singing now!!! Not sure we do sound better but the class is so much fun!

Our meetings are held at the Lutheran Church in the Martin Luther Room at 10 am. Our meetings are open to the public. You do not need to be Swedish or speak Swedish to attend. Please join us for an hour of “fika” --- coffee and food with friends --- and a program. Do a search for Svenska Vänskapsgruppen on FaceBook. Occasionally photos are shared there also.

11/08/2016

http://musikverket.se/svensktvisarkiv/files/2012/12/lussehafte2012.pdf

10/11/2016

The Svenskavänskaps Gruppen met on Friday, Sept 30, 2016 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in the Martin Luther Room. We had 15 members and no guests. Melanie Ryding was our hostess & provided us with great snacks. We sang Du gamla, du fria and then prayed Fader vår together.

Our program was SHOW & TELL. We saw:
1. Swedish children's book in pictures and words to learn.
2. A Catechism from 1869. It was in a heavy envelope. Books used to be sold like that and helped keep them in good condition. That was stopped when it became too expensive.
3. Book of a member's mother's painted miniture pictures. They were beautiful,
4. An old Swedish postcard.
5. Very old family photo. All were dressed in black and not a smile to be seen.

10/11/2016

http://www.tryswedish.com/the-secret-breakfast-lives-of-swedes/

The Secret Breakfast Lives of Swedes To understand Swedes, you must begin at the beginning – with breakfast. For hundreds of years, porridge has been a staple of the Swedish people. In Viking times, it was the food of the masses, sometimes served at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here, the first

08/30/2016

08/30/2016

08/30/2016

I apologise for posting so many notes at one time. I got behind. Will try to do better in the future