Welcome to the Scandinavian Business Club of British Columbia

6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4P9 Canada

Tel: (604) 484-8238 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6.00 p.m.
Except for July, August and December
Our events are open to members and non-members alike!

UBC Voyage - A Special Presentation

UBC Voyage

In April, in addition to our regular speaker, we were given a special presentation by Torbjørn Reitan Fyrvik who told us about the UBC Voyage Project. The goal of the project is to design and build a fully autonomous research vessel which will be tested in the Atlantic Ocean. The team is currently working on the project but they are looking for assistance. Click the link below to learn about the project, its status and how you can help make it happen!

2018 April, Torbjørn Reitan Fyrvik

Christmas Party Sponsors 2017

We wish to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals for their generous support of our annual Christmas Party. Our sponsors for the 2017 Scandinavian Business Club of BC Christmas Party are:

Swedish Press
Tom Dunn
Linda Lee
Jan Nordin
Anders Nurmi - Pacific Viking Enterprises
Lauren Kunimoto
Kevin Kunimoto
Michelle Madsen
Paul Andreassen
Solvi Stokholm - Stokhom Insurance Services Ltd. / The Cooperators
Salt Paradise Wellness and Detox Centre
Steve Bottomley - West Coast Flyer Delivery
Skinnydipper Recreation Club
Hypersonic Internet Services

Our Next Event

Kristoffer Vik Hansen - Spare
2019 Apr 10
From 6:00:pm To 9:30:pm
@ Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby/British Columbia

Slides - Past Speakers

Phil Reynolds, 2018 November

International Submarine Engineering Ltd.
Phil Reynolds has been in sales and marketing since graduating University.
After a short stint in the financial industry his focus shifted to the technical aspects of sales which has always been of interest to him.
Paul Holden, 2013 April

Paul was born in London, England and joined the publishing industry in 1978 with Haymarket Publishing Ltd.
Rob Baxter, September 2016

Co-founder and principal at Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative.
Andy Poon, November 2014

Manager, BC Securities Commission’s community relations program.
Mike Brown, 2012 April

Mr. Mike Brown, Senior Planner, Strategic Planning.
Vancouver International Airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2011. Opened in 1931, the airport included a single runway, two hangars and a small terminal that consisted of an administration building and waiting room.
James Garbutt, May 2016

Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Steel & Oak Brewing Co. (est. 2013).
Susan Cartwright-Coates, 2018 April

Susan is a third generation jeweler and is the owner of Cartright Jewelers, following in the footsteps of her father, Don Cartwright and her grandfather, James Cartwright, who started the business in 1933.
Rnold Smith, 2017 October

Rnold is a New Westminster based business growth consultant.
Myrtle Siebert, 2013 May

Myrtle Rae Forberg Siebert came to writing through a deep appreciation for books
Simon Wosk, 2017

Wine merchant with SIP Wines.
Tom Nyberg

Honorary Counsul for Finland in Vancouver
Bjorn Moller, January 2016

Director - Teekay Tankers Ltd.
Gunn Kim, 2018 March

Consul General Gunn Kim joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 after passing the High Diplomatic Service Examination.
Julia Stretch, 2018 February

Julia Stretch has performed stand up everywhere from corporate Christmas parties to prairie Legion halls, tricked-out basements, gay campgrounds in Texas and Toronto Pride.
Georgia Swayze, 2018 February

Georgia Swayze spends her time performing at local Vancouver shows, such as Goldie’s Comedy Basement, and Eight ½ Inches of Comedy- among others.
Simon King, 2018 February

Simon King ... bombards the audience with intelligent and flat out hilarious material at break neck speed.
Ben Whiting, 2012 November

Ben Whiting, is a Canadian from British Columbia, but he also has Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. He has worked in the Scandinavian mining industry and presented at the World Mining Forum in Stockholm and the Euro Mine 2012 in Skellefteå.
Kathleen Maiman, 2011 September

Kathleen Maiman
Jason Robinson, January 2017

Founder and CEO of Sustainability Television - a Canadian based social media network.
Bruce Stout, March 2017

Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association
Mats Gerschman, March 2015

Founder, Fortus Consulting
Currently (2015) teaching part-time at Capilano University.
Jorna Neuvonen, 2013 March

Jorma Neuvonen has been Director of Special Projects at the UBC Faculty of Forestry since 2007.
Michael Geller, May 2017

Vancouver based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer
Nis Schmidt, 2011 October

Graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1961 after undergraduate studies in Physical Education, Biological Sciences and Chemistry.
Oli Maughan, 2018 February

Oli Maughan can be seen around Vancouver telling jokes to people who are mostly interested in the drink specials.
Jim Robson, 2011 April

To many British Columbians, Jim Robson is the voice of hockey.
Thomas Berger, 2013 January

Now a practicing lawyer in Vancouver, Thomas Berger served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1971 – 1983. During that time, he was Commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry 1974-77.
Peter Cowley, 2012 May

Peter Cowley is a Senior Vice-President and the Director of School Performance Studies at The Fraser Institute.
Andy Cañete, 2019 February

Andy Cañete was born in Chile in 1973 under the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. His family immigrated to Canada when he was a child He's used his travels to inspire his onstage performances.
Stein Gudmundseth, 2015 April

Honorary Consul General for Norway in British Columbia.
Aila Karpio, November 2017

Aila Karpio is a natural organizer and an expert team builder who can quickly streamline and update a not-for-profit association’s operations.
Marlene Swidzinski, 2018 February

Marlene Swidzinski is known for her dry, deadpan style and offbeat worldview.
Bryan Hansen, 2019 February

Bryan Hansen is a one-of-a-kind triumph of modern psychiatry and pharmacology. The results of his successful anger management make for comedy that is at times both unsettling and soothing.
Alon Newton, 2011 May

Born, raised and educated in Israel, Alon was an avid climber and did many of his first ascents in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula. He has summited, among others, Mont Blanc in the Alps and the Island Peak in the Himalayas.
Amber Harper-Young, 2018 February

Amber Harper-Young is a nationally touring Yuk Yuks Comedian
Kyle Galbraith, April 2017

Manager of Air Service Development at YVR.
Peter Smyth, 2018 October

Ordained in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin (Church of Ireland - Anglican).
Peter assisted at the Mission to Seafarers while a student reader at St Anns Dawson St in Dublin.
Darci LaRocque, January 2015

Award‐winning technology trainer and speaker.
Jay James, March 2014

Jay James, International Business Consultant, Philanthropist and Renaissance Man
Jonas Albeck, September 2015

Senior Land Specialist for Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc.
Geoff Plant, March 2016

Lawyer, Attorney General of British Columbia and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations from 2001 to 2005
Thomas Davies, November 2015

Member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper
Tamara Hansen, April 2014

Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba.
Jordan Bateman, May 2014

B.C. Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Thomas Gradin, October 2015

Player for the Vancouver Canucks from 1978 to 1986.
Currently, Associate Head Scout for the Vancouver Canucks
Geoffrey Hansen, 2012 March

Geoffrey Hansen is the Managing Director of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm specializing in helping technology companies grow and prosper.
Julia Stretch, 2019 February

Julia Stretch has performed stand up everywhere from corporate Christmas parties to prairie Legion halls, tricked-out basements, gay campgrounds in Texas and Toronto Pride. She lives in Vancouver, where she also improvises with Queer Prov. She grew up in Innisfail AB, the granddaughter of a stoic Norwegian farmer.
Azza Rojbi, September 2017

Azza Rojbi
Leah Costello, 2012 May

Leah Costello is the founder of the Bon Mot Book Club, Vancouver’s most exclusive and intellectually stimulating event series.
Jim Sinclair, 2012 May

Jim Sinclair was elected President of the B.C. Federation of Labour on May 14, 1999, by the Federation's governing body, its Executive Council.
Michel Laberge, June 2017

Founder and Chief Scientist, General Fusion, Burnaby
Stein Gudmundseth, 2011 November

After almost 17 years of service, Honorary Consul General Stein Gudmundseth continues to be Norway’s principal representative in British Columbia since his appointment by King Harald V in August 1998.
David Fung, 2012 September

Dr. Fung is the Chairman and CEO of the ACDEG Group of companies.
Alison Bodine, November 2015

Chair of Vancouver's peace coalition Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO)
Coro Strandberg, September 2014

Principal of Strandberg Consulting, nationally recognized corporate sustainability and social responsibility advisor to business, industry associations and governments.
Alain de la Plante, January 2018

An award winning and highly acclaimed photographer, author, publisher, keynote speaker and artist!
Lorne Gettel, January 2014

B.C. Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation