For those of you who would like to improve your Danish, there are courses starting shortly in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Please see below for the details…

Danish classes are starting in October at Glasgow University, Department for Adult and Continuing Education:

Level 1 (beginners), Mondays 19.30 – 21.30, starting on Monday 3rd October
Level 2 Thursdays 19.30 – 21.30, starting on Thursday 6th October
(both classes run for 20 weeks with a break at Christmas)

For more information or to enrol go here or call 0141 330 1835.

At Edinburgh University there are classes starting this week.

Danish 1.1 (beginners), Wednesdays 18.30pm – 20.30pm, starting on Wednesday September 28th
(the class runs for 11 weeks)

For more information or to enrol go here

A new Danish class for beginners will be running this Spring.

Starting in April, it will take place at the Danish Cultural Institute in Edinburgh on Thursday evenings 19.30 – 21.30.

The class will have a main emphasis on understanding and speaking Danish in everyday situations.

The class will run for 8-10 weeks depending on the students preferred start date (before or after Easter) and it might be possible to continue the class after the Summer. Prices will depend on the number of weeks and the number of students attending.

If you would like to know more details about this class, please send an email to Dorte Al-Gailani on dng1@ymail.com or phone 07799 152015

Venue: Danish Cultural Institute, 3 Doune Terrace, Edinburgh

Unfortunately, due to the adverse weather conditions, and with several stallholders unable to attend due to the snow, the decision has been made to cancel this year’s craft fair.

Venue: St Peter’s Church Hall, Lutton Place, Edinburgh

Again, St. Peter’s Church Hall will be the venue for our Christmas party. Join us for some Christmas ‘hygge’ with ‘gløgg’ and ‘æbleskiver’ and other traditional Danish refreshments. Browse the Danish Christmas goods for sale and have a go at making traditional Danish
Christmas decorations.

We will be singing and dancing around the Christmas tree, as always, and hope that Santa will pay us a visit. Please help Santa by letting us know in advance the names and ages of children attending (Please email Santa on info@danishscottishsociety.org or phone Bettina on 01592 204 456) before 16th November).

Entry Fee: 50p per child and £1 per adult (includes a raffle ticket). This charge is purely to attempt to cover the cost of hiring the hall.

Travel Directions: Buses – 3,3A,5,7,8,14,29,30,31,33,37,49 – from the bridges to South Clark St./Minto St. Lutton Place is just off South Clerk St. If you are travelling by car, park in the car park behind the Commonwealth Pool or in the nearby streets, some have free parking.

Venue: The Danish Cultural Institute, 3 Doune Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 6DY

Once again, Aileen Friis-Jørgensen is organising a craft fair with a variety of Danish and Scottish produce for sale such as christmas decorations, tartan and handmade felt produce, soaps, silk goods, paintings and cards from several stall holders. There will also be an opportunity to enjoy coffee/tea and homemade cakes.

Donations from the stall holders and customers will be sent to St. Columba’s Hospice, Edinburgh.

Any queries, please contact Aileen Friis-Jørgensen on 01506 891 224

Venue: The Thistle Hotel, 107 Leith Street, Edinburgh

We are returning to the 4 star Thistle Hotel in Edinburgh for our traditional duck dinner.
This means easy access for people travelling by bus or train and car parking is available
next to the hotel.

We will meet in the Cramond Bar on the 2nd floor at 7pm.

Menu:
- Gravad lax
- Breast of duck, ‘brunede kartofler’, ‘rødkål’, vegetables and gravy
- Æblekage (traditional apple pie)
- Coffee

Price per person: £18

If you would like to attend, we need to know no later than Monday 2nd November.

Please complete and return the form attached with the October newsletter, enclosing payment, to Maj-Britt Stevenson, 5 Gosford Road, Port Seton, East Lothian, EH32 0HE. Bookings are nonrefundable and on a first-come-first-served basis.A vegetarian option is available.

The society welcomes Kim Minke as the new director at the Danish Cultural Institute. Kim is the former principal of the School of Journalism in Aarhus and takes over the DCI from former director Dorte Foged in October 2009.

We look forward to working closely with Kim and the DCI in the years to come.

Venue: ‘Under the stairs’, 3a Merchant Street, Edinburgh EH1 2QD (off the Grassmarket)

Venue website: www.underthestairs.org

Please remember our up-coming pub night. Last year’s pub night was a great success with both ‘old’ and new members turning up for a drink, ‘hygge’ and some Danish – Scottish chit chat. We have it from a very reliable source that ‘Under The Stairs’ makes some of the best G&T’s in Edinburgh.

Hope to see you there – Look out for Dannebrog

Just Another Love Story (Kærlighed på film)
Wed 16 – Thu 17 Sept
Ole Bornedal, Denmark 2007, Danish with English subtitles. Certificate 18.

Cast: Anders W Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic Contrived excess is rarely as entertaining as it is in the ironically titled Just Another Love Story, a frenzied noirish romantic thriller from Danish writer-director Ole Bornedal. The film kicks off with three ‘love scenes’, played in rapid succession: In the first, a man lies bleeding to death on a rainy street while a woman weeps over him.

In the second, a middle-aged husband and wife enjoy some playful pillow talk, and in the third, two young lovers are involved in a tense standoff with a gun. The connection between these three snapshots – as well as the implicit connection between passionate romance and violence – will be made clear by the film’s end…

http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/just-another-love-story/

Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Box Office 0131 228 2688
www.filmhousecinema.com

Venue: Dalmeny Estate
After suffering possibly the worst Skt. Hans weather ever last year, we hope we are in for a dry spell as the lovely beach on Dalmeny Estate will provide a fantastic setting for our Skt Hans celebrations with the ritual burning of witches and midges!
As usual, BBQ food is served and drinks will be on sale at the event. All you have to do is bring blankets/picnic chairs and perhaps a copy of Højskolesangbogen. We do recommend waterproof clothing… just in case!!!

Price: £6 for adults and £3 for children over 5, but do let us know beforehand of any ‘hungry’ children under 5. Please sign up by returning the cut-off slip below before 6th June.

Please go to the car park at Dalmeny House and follow the signs from there.

How to find Dalmeny House:
From Edinburgh: take A90 northbound (towards Forth Road Bridge). Turn off slip road signposted for South Queensferry. The main entrance to Dalmeny Estate is approx. ½ mile up this road, on your right. Enter through main entrance and follow tarmac road until you see Dalmeny House and car park on your left.
From Fife: After Forth Road Bridge, take 1st slip road signposted for South Queensferry. At roundabout, take first left. At next roundabout (Burger King), take 1st left into South Queensferry. Take 4th right (Station Road) and carry on to T-junction at the end of this road. Turn right up to T-junction in Dalmeny Village, then turn left and continue until you reach the crossroads at main entrance to Dalmeny Estate.

Bus no. 43 from Edinburgh stops at the main entrance (ask for the Chapel Gate bus stop).