Next Fika meeting is this coming Saturday October 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM at Martin Luther Lutheran Church 9235 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee located just east of the Milwaukee Zoo. Don’t miss Birgit Moxon’s presentation of “A tale of two islands”. One of the islands is located in Sweden and the other in Norway.
However, first we will conduct SAHSWI annual business meeting, including election of board members and presentation of Annual reports by officers and committee leaders.
As reported in the previous invite to the meeting we are looking for volunteers and we appreciate all that have signed up. See below for current status.
- Hospitality Committee Leader: Still open.
- Membership Committee member: Bev Wenzel reporting that Wendy Pelsis and Don Carlson have signed up. Looking for person with computer skills
- Holiday Folk Fair International sign-ups:
| Volunteers needed Volunteer signup status Includes both Lind Lodge and SAHSWI | |
| Friday November 20 | |
| 9 am to 1 pm | Liza Ekstrand, John Engel, Jan Ehrengren |
| 1 pm to 5pm | |
| 5 pm to 9 pm | Allan, Linda &Anja Stenmark |
| Saturday November 21 | |
| 10 am to 1 pm | Cookie Anderson, Elaine Johnson |
| 1 pm to 4 pm | Bob and Mary Stetson |
| 4 pm to 9 pm | Marianne Ekstrand |
| Sunday November 22 | |
| 10 am to 2 pm | |
| 2 pm to 6 pm | Lisa Ekstrand, John Engel, Jan Ehrengren |
- 2026 Lucia Celebration Program participants. More participant are welcome. Contact Stina Lemery, dannbergs@gmail.com.
For more information go to previous web post: Fika and Business | Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin
