Swedish Club of WA

DATES for your DIARY

2026

Some of the events being planned for this year,
but there will be more.... so watch this space!

Enquiries: info@swedishclubofwa.org

Fredagsfika Friday 6:e februari - Moose in Claremont

Kräftskiva/Yappby party 14 March

Landskamp (to be confirmed) 28 or 29 March

Swedish East India Company 17 April Lecture by Nigel Rogers and cocktail party

National Day Dinner 6 June

Midsommar 20 June

Årsmöte/AGM 26 August

Prästbesök 14 November

Julmarknad 29 November

Lucia 13 December

Member applications, event bookings: https://scwa.helloclub.com/

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and see below under Membership

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SCWA Styrelsen - Committee 2025-2026

Patron: Maud Edmiston,

President Linda Pattullo,

Treasurer: Barbro Dowding,

Secretary: Judy Thönell

Committee: Mikael Artursson, Susanne Cederlund, Eva Cronstedt,

Kalle Johansson, Susanne Ottosson, Matthew Shields

The Swedish Club’s mission is to offer the chance to celebrate Swedish holidays and culture, on the other side of the globe. We offer opportunities for you and your family to speak Swedish, go to yabby parties, celebrate Lucia, National Day and midsummer, enjoy a Christmas market, plus much more. If you have recently arrived from Sweden we can help you settle in.

There are many reasons to join the Swedish Club, and we hope you join today!

Membership

SCWA celebrated 50 years year in 2023. Members can enjoy many benefits, free and reduced fee events. Members can see details of these events and sign up to attend. We hope you will join us!

Your membership makes a difference, keeping this unique club alive and supporting the Swedish community in Perth, keeping the language alive and upholding Swedish traditions.

To join or renew please click on the button below. Fees are $30 for single and $50 for families and are valid until the last day of June. Renewable by 1st July each year.

Join the club

Volunteering

Join the committee! Working on the committee is rewarding and fun - and of course, it also carries responsibility. Over the past 50 years committees have served the Swedish community well and we thank them for commitment and dedication.

Expectations of committee members:

Genuine interest in community work
Volunteer basis without remuneration expectation
Competent and professional
Kind and helpful character

The reward:

Respect, admiration and gratitude!

Contact: info@swedishclubofwa.org

Events

A typical year includes traditional events.

Kräftskiva with Aussie yabbies

Landskamp

Gudstjänst with the Swedish Church

National Day celebrations with announcement of Swede of the Year

Midsummer celebrations

AGM with ärtsoppa and punsch

Julmarknad - Swedish Christmas market

Lucia Festival with Swedish School

Sign up to our mailing list to be notified on exact dates and locations for future events.

Svenska Skolan i Perth

Svenska Skolan i Perth har lektioner på lördagar kl 14.30-16.30 på Trinity College i East Perth.

För mer information maila på: svenskaskolanwa@gmail.com

swedishschoolwa.com

facebook.com/svenskaskolanperth

Swedish School in Perth

The Swedish School in Perth holds lessons on Saturdays from 2.30pm to 4.30pm at Trinity College in East Perth

For further information email us at: svenskakolanwa@gmail.com

swedishschoolwa.com

facebook.com/svenskaskolanperth

Go to Swedish Club Facebook page

The objectives of Swedish Club of WA are to:

cultivate and further friendships, relationships and understanding between Australia and Sweden;
help and assist migrants and visitors from Sweden to Australia;
organise and engage in social activities so as to celebrate and retain customs, traditions and language amongst Club Members;
establish good relationships with all clubs and organisations working for the same or similar objects.

PATRON

Maud Edmiston

Hedersmedlemmar

Derek Bond

Cecilia Hoffner

Rune Hoffner

John Parin

Claus Paulus

Gaida Petravis

Peter Stickler

Gun Sundvall

Marianne Viebke

Tom Wall

Rita Walton

Lennart Westerlund

Håkan Wihlborg

Ordförande I Svenska Skolan

2003-2010 Håkan Wihlborg

2010-2017 Charlotta Byrne

2017-2021 Helena Dunlop

2021-2023 Christian Trulsson

2024 Mikael Artursson

Årets Svensk - Swede of the Year

2001 Bengt Thaung

2002 Veronica Strömberg

2003 Gaida Petravis

2004 Håkan Wihlborg

2005 Håkan Åberg

2006 Leesa Morgan

2007 Ingela Nordholm

2008 Lisa Jahrsten

2009 Gun Sundvall

2010 Peter Stickler

2011 Pär-Johan

Goody-Rohdin

2012 Charlotta Byrne

2013 Judy Thönell

2014 Catarina Hansson

2015 Peter Thönell

2016 Sofia Martin

2017 Elisabeth Budjak

2018 Kalle Johansson

2019 Jonas Edner

2020 Lina Sandberg

2021 Ulrika Barnes

2022 Figge Boksjö

2023 Lynley Mainland

2024 Susanne Ottosson

Ordförande I Svenska Klubben

1973-1974 Tom Wall

1974-1975 Rune Hoffner

1975-1985 Maud Edmiston

1985-1991 Rita Lingensjö

1991-1993 Margaretha Curran

1993-1997 Marianne Viebke

1997-1998 Marie-Louise Matha

1999-1999 Bengt Thaung

1999-2001 Håkan Wihlborg

2001-2003 Elisabeth Budjak

2003-2005 Charlotta Byrne

2005-2008 Lisa Jahrsten

2008-2010 Sara Eriksson

2010-2011 Lotta Lindblad

2011-2013 Peter Thönell

2013-2018 Jonas Edner

2018-2019 Figge Boksjö

2019-2020 Peter Thönell

2020 Linda Pattullo

Membership

Volunteering

Events

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