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• Welcome Back Potluck Dinner and Business Meeting

  • When
    September 13, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 4:45 PM
  • Location
    St Luke's Episcopal Church, 6030 Grosvenor Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814

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  Sunday, September 13th

  Welcome Back Potluck Dinner

  St Luke's Episcopal Church

  6030 Grosvenor Ln

  North Bethesda, MD 20814  

  
  

  Set up: 1 PM

  Business Meeting: 1:45 PM

  Dinner: following the business meeting

  Mark your calendars for September 13th! We're excited to kick off the season with a Welcome Back Potluck! Our business meeting starts at 1:45 PM, followed by a delightful lunch together.

  We'll be serving up some delicious Salmon, Meatballs, and Ham. We’d love for you to bring along some Swedish side dishes or desserts to share!

  If you're bringing a dish, please arrive at 1:00 PM to set up. Make sure your dish is on a platter and ready to serve, and don’t forget a serving utensil! Kindly label your dish with your name to keep things organized.

  To help our members with food allergies and preferences, please include a label with the main ingredients of your dish.

  Can’t wait to see you all there!
  

  
  

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• Pennsylvania 9 District Convention

  • Start
    September 25, 2026
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    4:00 PM
  • End
    September 27, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Erie, PA

  Pennsylvania No. 9 District Convention

  September 25-27, 2026 - Erie, PA

  Save the Date DL9 Convention 2026.cleaned.pdf

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Dan Andersson Concert and Poetry

  • When
    October 11, 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    St Luke's

  The performers, Cliff Gaddy (vocals and baritone ukulele) and Kerstin Gaddy (harmonica), are members of the Nordic folk music ensemble, Washington’s Spelmanslag.
  

  This concert presents five poems by Dan Andersson set to music, performed in Swedish, with spoken commentary in English. It offers an introduction to Dan Andersson not only as a Swedish poet, but as an artist shaped by the Finnish–Swedish-Norwegian borderland region, with its unique blend of cultures and music.

  Dan Andersson (1888–1920) is one of Sweden’s most beloved poets and songwriters, but his work is inseparable from the Finnmarken region where he was born and lived. Beginning in the late 1500s, Finnish-speaking settlers—known as the Forest Finns (skogsfinnar)—made their homes in the forests of central Sweden and eastern Norway. Their culture, language, and way of life shaped the region for centuries. Dan Andersson grew up within this world and even worked as a charcoal burner, a profession closely tied to the Forest Finn legacy.
  

  
  

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• Wednesday Night Get Together - Swedes in Cleveland OH, A historical presentation

  • When
    October 14, 2026
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    7:00 PM

  
  

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• Icelandic Holiday Bazaar 2026

  • When
    November 07, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    American Legion 3939 Oak Street Fairfax, VA

  For the 5th year in a row, Drott Lodge will be selling Swedish gift items and imported food at the Icelandic Christmas Bazaar in Fairfax, VA. The bazaar has vendors from across the region selling Icelandic and Nordic-themed gifts, including art, crafts, wool, jewelry and more!

  Also, the Icelandic Association serves great Icelandic food for lunch: Smurbraud (open-faced sandwiches), hot dogs, Icelandic pancakes (crepes), and lots of sweet treats that can’t be found anywhere else.  But past experience has shown that the food sells out quickly, so come early!

  
  

  
  

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• SWEA-DC Swedish Holiday Market @ the Swedish Embassy

  • When
    December 05, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Swedish Embassy, 2900 K Street NW, Washington DC

  
  

  Annual Swedish Holiday Market hosted by Swedish Women's Educational Association DC in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden.

  Drott Lodge will have 3 tables selling Swedish imported gifts and foods. Let us know if you can volunteer for a few hours. Email pk_weeden@msn.com

  This event sells out quickly.

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  Lucia procession outside the Swedish Embassy at 5 pm. This is free.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Drott Lodge 2026 Jul and Lucia Celebration

  • When
    December 13, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:45 PM
  • Location
    St Luke's Episcopal Church, 6030 Grosvenor Ln, Bethesda, MD 20814

  

  Children's Jul and Lucia Celebration 

  We ask that all those attending Lucia help contribute to our light dinner by bringing open faced sandwiches (ready to serve) - enough to feed 8 other guests.  

  The Lodge will provide delicious traditional baked goods and refreshments. 

  This event is free to members and guests.

  Program: 

  1 pm 

  Set up the Parish Hall

  1:30 pm

  Arrival of guests

  Help decorate the Christmas tree
  

  2 pm

  Dancing around the tree 

  Children's Craft table

  Decorate your own Gingerbread cookie

  Glögg, Lussekatter and much more

  Raffle

  Julbazaar table

  Tomten

   3:45 pm

  Children's Lucia rehearsal

  4:45 pm

  Children's Lucia pageant in the church sanctuary

  
  

           

  
  

  
  

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