Welcome to Monitor Lodge 218 – Sacramento
Chartered April 8, 1912 in Sacramento, Monitor Lodge #218-Sacramento is a local lodge of the Vasa Order of America, a Fraternal Society originally established for the benefit of Swedish immigrants more than a century ago, but now dedicated to preserving and sharing our Swedish and Nordic culture and heritage.
At our meetings, you will find an opportunity to socialize with fellow members of Nordic roots sharing common history and interests. Please check out our Calendar to find out more about our upcoming events and explore the rest of the website to learn more about the various things our Lodge has to offer.
Membership is open to men and women over 14 years of age of Nordic roots, (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish or Icelandic,) who would like to rediscover the traditions of their forefathers as well as those who are not of Nordic ancestry but are interested in Swedish and Nordic heritage and culture. Click here to learn more about joining our Lodge
We invite you to attend our monthly meetings and special events. Youth and children under the age of fourteen are always welcome to participate in Monitor Lodge activities and there are often activities specifically tailored for them.
Last updated 08-28-2018
What Monitor events are coming up in the next few months?
While we have 2023 officer installation and potluck in early January, our next traditional Swedish food fare meetings will be our annual Pea Soup and Pancakes dinner in February and our annual Sillfrukost in May. In between we have a regular business meeting in March and our 111th anniversary celebration in April.
Last updated 12/10/2022
What’s new or of continuing interest?
- Swedish television’s 2022 St. Lucia morning celebration will broadcast from Uppsala Cathedral early in the morning on December 13th, 2022. Unless you subscribe to SVT World your best bet to catch the traditional Swedish morning performance on Swedish TV would be through the live broadcast of Gomorron Sverige (“Good Morning Sweden”) at www.svtplay.se – 06:25 a.m. Swedish time, 12:25 midnight EST and 09:25 p.m. Pacific time. This year’s Lucia for the traditional Lucia celebration on Swedish TV is 14-year-old Astrid Cederlöf from Järlåsa, a small locality in Uppsala county in Sweden.
- If you are looking to brush up on your spoken Swedish, or just want to enjoy light-hearted Swedish movie, check out Ur spar (Off Track) on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81580584?source=imdb
You can watch in dubbed in English with English or Swedish subtitles or in Swedish with Swedish or English subtitles. Sorry, no Swenglish subtitles 😊
Njut av! Enjoy!
Last updated 12/10/2022
