As everyone knows, Continental Airlines is no more (and, as a result, we have lost our sponsor of Lucia's airfare from Houston to Sweden). Thus, it becomes incumbent upon the members of the Club to step up and donate to support the long-standing tradition of the Club of sending its Lucia to Sweden. A number of sponsorship levels are available:

Sponsorship Level $500 - Speaker of the Riksdag $300 - Prime Minister $150 - Deputy Prime Minister $75 - Cabinet Minister $50 - Governor $30 - County Councilor $15 - Municipal Commissioner

The Swedish Club of Houston has maintained a Swedish Language School for many years. It is the only source of Swedish language instruction in southeast Texas. Unfortunately the school was forced to suspend operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, but it has started back up!

As student enrollment demands, the school offers classes at several levels. Instruction is by native speakers of Swedish, and the approach emphasizes a conversational approach since most persons wishing to learn Swedish want to be able to speak it when visiting Sweden.

The school operates on a 15-week semester basis. Classes meet one evening a week from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM; the beginner class meets on Tuesdays beginning 01/24/2023, and the advanced class meets on Wednesdays beginning 01/25/2023.  The beginner's class will be taught virtually and the advanced-level class will be taught partially virtually and partially in-person at Houston Saengerbund, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston. The beginner's class will continue where it left off last fall; it will not be possible to start as a beginner in January. The cost is modest, and varies according to the cost of materials, which come from Sweden. Click here to register!

Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:00 PM at the Monument Inn 4406 Independence Pkwy S (Texas 134), La Porte (near the San Jacinto Monument) $25 SCH Members $35 Non-SCH members $15 Youth (12 and under) Seating is limited, and reservations are required.

Click here by Tuesday, March 21 Monday, March 20 to submit your reservation online. Do it now, before you forget!

Are you aware of any "life" events that a member or friend of the Club may be experiencing (i.e. illness, birth, marriage, death, etc.)? If so, be sure to send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so that we can send an acknowledgement!

At long last, the Board has had to make the difficult decision to raise the membership dues in 2023; our Club is not immune from the rising prices of goods and services.  Individual memberships have been $25 since the club's inception in 1986 (that's over $64 in today's dollars) and family memberships have been $35 since that category was introduced in 1992 (that's over $73 in today's dollars).  Fortunately, the dues are not increasing nearly that much; the new rates are as follows:

Family $45
Individual $30
Student (enrolled full time at a degree-granting institution) / Au pair $15

Please don't delay, send in your renewal check today!!

Make check payable to: The Swedish Club of Houston

Click here to fill out an online renewal form.

Question: What do the following all have in common?

• I Was Prepared, by Justin Case
• The Numbers Game, by Cal Q. Later
• Deep in Debt, by Owen A. Lott
• Favorite Swedish Recipes, by the Swedish Club of Houston

Answer: They are all books that were never written! Of course, there is ample reason why the first three were never written... but there's only one reason why the last one wasn't: we don't have enough of your favorite Swedish recipes!

Send your favorites to Karen Wolz!