Sample activities

Here are just some of the events that the Society hosted/was involved in in recent years.

For a list of planned events, see the calendar

2019

• Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community (3-4 times/year).
• Monthly Mingles- informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month. 
• Paddies with Prams-coffee mornings for those with mini-members. 
• Free Coffee tasting event with Irish brewer Muttley & Jack's (January).
• Irish movie night (February).
• St. Patrick's Day Parade (Saturday 16th March) at Kungsträdgården.
• 70th Birthday of the Swedish Irish Society (May 11th)! 
• AGM/årsmöte (May).
  
• Bloomsday event with Spuds and Sill (June).
• Family picnic with the Stockholm Gaels. 
• Annual Crab Lunch (October). 
• Hallowe'en Party for children (end of October).
• Annual Christmas Dinner (December).  

2018

2017

• Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community (3-4 times/year)
• Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up (monthly)
• Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
• St. Patrick’s Parade (Saturday 18 March)
• Performance of "She Stoops to Conquer" by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group (April)
• AGM/årsmöte (May)
• Family Picnic, in conjunction with Stockholm Gaels (summer)
• Annual Crab Lunch (October)
• Hallowe’en Party for children (early November)
• Annual Christmas Party (December)

2016

• Children’s Christmas Party/Julgransplundring (16 January)
• Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community (ca 4 times/year)
• Competitions for tickets to see Tommy Tiernan perform live in Stockholm (February); Dorian Greys porträtt (October)
• Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up (monthly)
• Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade (19 March)
• Staging of “100″ by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group (23-24 April)
• AGM/årsmöte (May)
• Irish whiskey tasting evening (date to be announced)
• Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (6 June)
• Annual Crab Lunch (16 October)
• Hallowe’en Party for children (29 October)
• Hallowe’en film screening (31 October)
• Annual Christmas Party (10 December)

2015

• Kids Christmas Party/Julgransplundring (11 Jan)
• Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community
• Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up
• Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
• Competition to win free tickets to see “Lord of the Dance”
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade (15 March)
• Staging of “Another Peace” by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group, 17 & 18 April in Skarpnäck, Stockholm
• AGM/årsmöte
• Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club
• Annual Crab Party (October)
• Halloween Party for children (October)
• Annual Christmas Party (12 December)

2014

• Kids Christmas Party/Julgransplundring
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• Staging of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group
• Meet-and-greet at Tommy Tiernan show (including raffling of free tickets for the show)
• Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up
• Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (6th June)
• A competition to win tickets to see international sensation “Riverdance” perform in Stockholm
• A special member’s discount for “RIAN”, a dance performance with Irish connections, in collaboration with Dansens Hus
• Family Fun Day II in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (13th September)
• Annual Crab Party (12th October)
• Spuds & Sill performance at “Samhain Celtic Festival” at Stallet, Stockholm (31st October)
• Halloween Party for children (1st Nov)
• Annual Christmas Party (6th December)