About

See also: | Mission | Organization | Board | Membership | History |

Mission

• Our purpose is to organize possibilities to meet and build networks, for pleasure and sometimes for business as well.
• Our target group is Scandinavians and our friends, Brazilians as well as other nationalities, which have some kind of connection to the Nordic countries.
• We whish to stimulate cultural exchange with the rich Brazilian culture.

Organization

• We are a non profitable association.
• We are run by Scandinavian and Brazilian volunteers.

Board

Membership

The cost for one year of membership is only R$ 50 for a single membership and R$ 100 for a family.

It’s always a good idea to be a member if you like to participate in our events and activities.
Why? Because, by being a member you help the association a little bit economically and inspire the volunteers in the board to create better events. As a member you get as well a discount sometimes on our events.

Want to be an active member?
The association is run by Scandinavians and Brazilians living and working in Rio. We do the entire work voluntary, organizing the events etc, on our free time. It only takes some hours per month and is not heavy at all.

So, if you are a creative person who wants to help us organize our events, create new forms of events, help us with our administration or something else, contact us.

Please fill out our online registration form if you would like to become a member of the Scandinavian Association in Rio de Janeiro.

History

Some important years

Year 1933
The 50 "Års Pokalen" was created, to travel within the Swedish and Norwegian Colony to be given to a male member on his 50th birthday, having lived at least 2 years in Rio.

Year 1947
The Swedish association was created. Some of the first Swedish companies were established as early as before the First World War.

Year 1950
The Danish Association (Den Danske Klub) was established and is still running.

Year 1951
The Scandinavian Golf tournament started and is still running. The winner receives a challenge cup.

Year 1955
The Norwegian Association (Det Norske Samfund) was established.

Year 1994
The Norwegian Association was put on "hold" since there had been a notable reduction of Norwegians in Rio during the last three years and few Norwegians who remained had the possibility to keep the Association up and running

Year 2001
The Swedish Association transformed into the Scandinavian Association and are since then including all the Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.