Welcome to the SAHS, the
Scandinavian American Heritage Society of New Jersey
About SAHS
The Scandinavian American Heritage Society is a non-profit organization founded in the late 1970's by Scandinavian Americans representing all five Nordic countries.
Our Goals
- To Promote and Foster, through programs and education, the exchange of culture within the Scandinavian American community
- To Conduct worthwhile charitable activities to support the exchange of culture and understanding
- To Provide educational opportunities in support of Scandinavian Americans
- To Share our Scandinavian heritage with our fellow Americans
20th Annual Midsummer Celebration
June 21, 2008 - 12:00 Noon
Our 20th SAHS Midsummer Celebration was a great success! We enjoyed seeing you and we thank you and your families for celebrating with us!
Please click here for more details about the celebration. For directions to Vasa Park, please click here.
SAHS thanks SWEA NJ, the Swedish Womens's Educational Association for presenting for many years their beautiful presentation of the traditional Swedish Maypole ceremony at our Midsummer Celebration. Please come early to watch them put the Maypole together and make the beautiful flowered hair rings the ladies wear.
Rolf Stang reciting stories to the children - big and small!
Your Privacy is Important
We wish to assure you: SAHS does maintain a mailing list comprised of individuals who are members and others who have contacted us in one way or another regarding information on our events. Our list is used strictly for SAHS business and distribution of related information. You will not be inundated by mail or calls, but will receive some progress reports during the year. It is not now, and never has been, sold to any other party for any purpose. Those wishing to be added or deleted from our list may do so by contacting us at any time.
Some of our own selected as Performers
of the Year!
Bert Stromholm and
blind virtuoso accordionist Brent
Buswell have been selected by Finlandia Foundation National as their
2008 Performer's of The Year. Bert, a Past President, accordionist and
program chairman of SAHS for the past 19 years and Brent will be subsidized
by FFN for transportation costs to anywhere in the USA for one year to
perform at various events, Scandinavian or American. Bert and Brent have
been performing together for the past 10 years. They have been already
contacted by organizations as far away as San Francisco, Seattle, Portland,
Oregon, Duluth, Minnesota among others and it looks like a busy year ahead.
Congratulations Bert, congratulations Brent, happy traveling to both of
you!!
Your 2007 SAHS Officers
President: Joe Zarnitz
Vice President: Judy Kaske Cirigliano
Treasurer: Sirkka Vanderer
Assistant Treasurer: Joan Kuusela
Recording Secretary: Joan Kuusela
Corresp Secretary: Edith Kaske
Registered Agent: Paul Kaske