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• Book Club 18/9: Remembering Edna O'Brien

  • When
    18 Sep 2024
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    18:00 - 19:30
  • Location
    Wirströms Pub, Gamla stan, Stockholm

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  At our next book club meeting we remember the remarkable career of writer Edna O'Brien (1930-2024) by inviting members to choose one of her many novels to read - or reread! - and come along to discuss it and compare notes among friends.

  There is plenty to relish in a writing career that spanned six decades, from the revolutionary The Country Girls (1960) to her final novel Girl (2019). So, choose your novel and join us at Wirströms at 18.00 on Wednesday September 18th!

  Note: No need to register.

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• Swedish-Irish Society's 75th Anniversary Celebration (Fully booked!)

  • Start
    28 Sep 2024
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    16:00
  • End
    29 Sep 2024
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    01:00
  • Location
    Kungsträdgårdsgatan 10, Stockholm
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  Join us in celebrating 75 years of the Swedish-Irish Society!

  This special event to mark the occasion will take place at the beautiful Jernkontoret, a building in the Nordic Classic style. It is located next to Kungsträdgården, in central Stockholm.
  

  The celebration will begin in the evening with an exhibition celebrating our memories and achievements, followed by a buffet dinner and entertainment.

  More details to come as the event approaches.

  This event is open to all friends of the society: active members, past members and non-members.

  Välkommen! Fáilte!

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  Details of the programme will be sent by 15th September to all confirmed participants 

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• Exclusive Film Screening (Stockholm) - Kneecap

  • When
    15 Oct 2024
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    19:30
  • Location
    Zita Folkets Bio, Birger Jarlsgatan 37, Stockholm
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  The Swedish-Irish Society is delighted to announce an exclusive preview screening for members and friends in Stockholm.

  

  KNEECAP!!!

  Join us for an exclusive preview screening of one of the most talked about films of 2024, Kneecap! 

  

  When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise & Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish language, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries & politicians trying to silence their defiant sound - whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies.

  In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic KNEECAP play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures.

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  Kneecap premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on 18 January, the first film in the Irish language to do so, where it won the NEXT Audience Award. Its Irish premiere at the 36th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh, won Best Irish Film, the Audience Award and the Irish Language Feature Film Award.

  Kneecap now has the honour of representing Ireland at the next Academy Awards. IFTA Academy CEO, Áine Moriarty said: “The Irish Academy is delighted to announce Kneecap to represent Ireland in the Oscar International Feature Film category. What a brilliantly creative powerhouse of a film, with its bold and fearless storytelling and its raw and boisterous screen performances."

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  Come and join us for an evening you won't forget!

  Check-in from 19:30. The film will start showing after a welcome from SIS and friends of the Society at 20:00. There is a lovely bar in Zita cinema that serves food and drinks. It'll be open before and after the film, for a mingle and any post-film discussions!

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• Annual Crab Lunch (Stockholm)

  • When
    20 Oct 2024
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    13:30
  • Location
    Wirströms Pub (City), Kungsgatan 7, 11143 Stockholm
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  Welcome! Céad Mile Fáilte! Välkommen!

  Join us for a crab buffet lunch in Stockholm. The buffet includes beautiful wild Atlantic crab from Donegal, Ireland, served with bread, cheese, salad, followed by tea/coffee and something sweet.

  We hope to arrange a short session of céilí dancing after the lunch. Céilí dancing is traditional group dancing from Ireland and you will be very welcome to join in even if you've never tried before!

  If you don't eat crab you are still welcome to join us. You will order from the regular menu and pay the restaurant directly. You still need to register so we know how many are joining as numbers are limited.

  The crabs are very kindly sponsored by Seasam Food AB, who import these and other delicious seafood to Sweden. If you can't make the lunch, these Irish crabs are available in larger supermarkets under the brand name "Ullmo". Read more about them here: Seasam/Ullmos sortiment inkl krabba.

  

  Please note the venue is a new pub, Wirströms City, not Wirströms Gamla stan! It is run by the same fabulous team as the original Wirströms, but located close to Östermalmstorg tunnelbana station.

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• Save-the-date! Swedish-Irish Christmas Dinner (Stockholm)

  • Start
    7 Dec 2024
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    18:00
  • End
    8 Dec 2024
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    01:00
  • Location
    Läkarsällskapet, Klara Östra kyrkogata 10, Stockholm
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  Our always popular annual Christmas dinner returns!

  It’s always a great night of Swedish and Irish traditions with new and old friends. 

  Join us to get a taste of "home away from home". A welcome drink will be followed by a Swedish Christmas buffet with an Irish touch. We've even arranged for a certain special very dark Irish beverage to be available...

  For entertainment we usually have a raffle with great prizes, traditional carol singing, and if we're lucky, live music by a local trubadour.

  The location couldn't be more central - a stone's throw from T-centralen, in the atmospheric and charming Läkarsällskapet hus (built 1904-6).

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