Swedish Cultural Center

The Swedish Cultural Center is a meeting spot for Scandinavians in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1892, initially as the Swedish Club and is sometimes still known under that name.^[1]

Swedish Cultural Center
General information
Town or city	Seattle, Washington
Country	United States

The club is located at 1920 Dexter Avenue North in a building designed by architects Einar V. Anderson, Arden Croco Steinhart, and Robert Dennis Theriault Sr., and built 1959–1961.^[2][3] Prior to that they were located in a 1902 building on Eight Avenue by contractors Otto Roseleaf, August S. Peterson, and Otto Rudolf Roseleaf.^[4]

The club hosts a number of events for members and non-members with different pricing for each.^[1] Among their public events are a monthly pancake breakfast, which draws between five hundred and one thousand people,^[5][6] and a Friday Kafé;^[7] their Friday evening "happy hour" (which actually runs for 5+1⁄2 hours) is open to "prospective members".^[8] They also offer Swedish lessons and show Scandinavian films.^[9]

References

1. Burbank, Megan (29 October 2018). "The Swedish Club serves pancakes with a side of Old Seattle". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
2. Scher, Steve (1 May 2018). "For Generations, Seattle's Innovators Have Called Dexter and Westlake Home". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. Swedish Club #2, Seattle, WA (1959-1961) Archived 2015-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, Pacific Coast Architecture Database, University of Washington. Accessed 2015-10-23.
4. Swedish Club #1, Seattle, WA (1959-1961) Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, Pacific Coast Architecture Database, University of Washington. Accessed 2015-10-23.
5. Denn, Rebekah (7 November 2018). "New Nordic? Seattle's Scandinavian food scene reaches far beyond lutefisk and lingonberries". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
6. Swedish Pancake Breakfasts Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, swedishclubnw.org. Accessed 2015-10-23.
7. Friday Kafé Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, swedishclubnw.org. Accessed 2015-10-23.
8. Happy Hour at the Swedish Club Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Stranger. Accessed 2015-10-23.
9. Swedish lessons Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, swedishclubnw.org. Accessed 2015-10-23.

External links

• Official website

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