ACTIVITY GROUPS AND COURSES – AUTUMN 2021
All activities and courses will be organized in compliance with the applicable Corona restrictions. This means that all groups must ensure that the rules for social distancing and other Corona restrictions are followed. Leaders may limit the number of participants for certain groups and activities.
Activities:
International Forum Activity Groups are formed when one member or a group of members get together and organise an activity. No payment is required, and the activities are open to all members depending on availability. Are you interested? See the contact information below.
If you are interested in an activity that is full, sign up anyway, as there may be cancellations. If you have problems joining an activity because it is full, please contact Gunnel Anita Solheim, as we might consider forming new groups.
Contact: Gunnel Anita Solheim, gunnelanitas@gmail.com or mob.: 404 80 944.
ACTIVITY GROUPS
The Norwegian Conversation Group (norsk samtalegruppe).
Because of the pandemic, there are no Norwegian Conversation gatherings for the time being.
This is a group of twenty ladies from India, Colombia, Indonesia, Russia, Peru, Germany, Canada, China, Taiwan, Hungary and Norway. We meet once a month in each other’s homes. The intention of the group is to practise speaking Norwegian in an informal setting and to share experiences and interests in our daily life. We have all levels of proficiency.
There is no homework, since the main point is to come together and have fun. The hostess decides if she wants to serve a light lunch or just coffee and biscuits (or cake) after the practice session. We usually meet on Fridays at 11:00. You are very welcome to join us once the restrictions to gatherings are eased!
We await new instructions from the authorities as to when we can meet again.
Contact: Eva Øglænd, email: eva.tryggve@online.no or mob.: 957 69 878, or Mona Bækkelund Reinboth, email: mona.reinboth@gmail.com or mob.: 948 82 895
DRAMA READING GROUP
In the year 2020-2021 gatherings have not been possible due to the pandemic. We await new instructions from the authorities as to when we can meet again.
The drama readings are held once a month in a member’s home. The plays chosen are both old and new. The dates for the readings are flexible and usually decided a month in advance depending on how many can attend on a certain date. A light lunch will be served between acts.
Contact: Suzanne Garman-Vik, email: garman-vik@getmail.no or mob.: 464 60 813
INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB I
In the year 2020-2021 gatherings have not been possible more than three times due to the pandemic. For the rest, the discussions have been on Zoom.
The gatherings are held on the third Wednesday of the month, either on Zoom or, Corona permitting, in members’ homes, in which case the hostess serves a light lunch. We read and discuss books, usually a novel from worldwide literature, chosen by the group. For the autumn, we await new instructions from the authorities as to when we can meet in members’ homes again.
Contact: Dorota Steensland, e-mail: dorotasteensland@gmail.com or
mob.: 991 57 006
INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB II
The same objectives as those of the International Book Club I.
The gatherings take place once a month, and, for the time being, we meet on Zoom due to the Corona restrictions. Heidi Høivik is the Zoom organizer.
Contact: Signe Lise Howell, email: s.l.howell@sai.uio.no
COOKING GROUP I
Cooking Group 1 has been up and running for many years, I have notes backdating to 1996. Some of the ladies are still in our group, since we are an international group, some are leaving and new are attending. As we rotate between each other’s private homes there will be limited space most times.
Due to the pandemic, there has been restrictions to social gatherings. With regard to the next meeting, we await the authorities’ recommendations for gatherings on an ongoing basis.
Contact: Liss Laan, email: liss.laan@gmail.com, tel.: 66 84 83 42 or mob.: 906 10 922
COOKING GROUP II
Cooking Group II is a smaller group of maximum eight persons. We meet once a month, preferably on a Wednesday, at 13:30. Meetings are held at the home of one of the participants on a rotation basis. The hostess decides on the menu and buys the ingredients and beverages, and the cost of the ingredients is shared between the participants.
Due to the pandemic, there has been restrictions to social gatherings. With regard to the next meeting, we await the authorities’ recommendations for gatherings on an ongoing basis.
Contact: Gerd Berit Lavik, email.: gerdberitl@gmail.com, or tel.: 95 22 82 70
MONDAY DUPLICATE BRIDGE
Ris Church is closed due to the pandemic, and we cannot play Monday Duplicate Bridge there for the time being. We await the authorities’ recommendations for gatherings and information from Ris Church on an ongoing basis.
Contact: Kirsten Whist, email: kirsten@whist.as or mob.: 902 01 478.
MONTHLY WEDNESDAY BRIDGE GROUP
We generally meet on the second or third Wednesday of the month, depending on the holidays. We are usually 8 or 12 players, on occasion 16. We play duplicate bridge and enjoy a light lunch afterwards.
Due to the pandemic, there has been restrictions to social gatherings. With regard to the next meeting, we await the authorities’ recommendations for gatherings on an ongoing basis.
Contact: Ida Tschudi Heilemann, mob.: 400 40 846
WALKING GROUP
Kerstin Pettersen will send an e-mail to the group members and inform them of the first walk of autumn 2021.Walking is great exercise and fun for those who like the outdoors. If you are interested, please send Kerstin your mobile number and email address.
Contact: Kerstin Petersen, email: kersapeter@gmail.com, or mob.: 924 25 315
SWIMMING AT LYSEBU
The Danish Cultural Centre at Voksenkollen is for the time being closed due to the pandemic.
Later, when the Cultural Centre again can open, members of the International Forum will be most welcome to swim at Lysebu and only have to show their IF membership card at the front desk. The fee being NOK 100.- per visit. This is not a group activity as such, but IF members can use this great, newly renovated facility as a group or individually. Any questions?
Contact: Anita Solheim, email: gunnelanitas@gmail.com or
mob.: 404 80 944
Lysebu
Photo Group
Learn how to use your photos creatively and to organise them so that you can find them easily. Beginners, skilled amateurs and professionals are all equally welcome. The idea is to have a “workshop” once a month where we share our knowledge and skills in handling digital photos.
Don’t let your beautiful shots and precious memories get lost among thousands of other pictures on your computer. Organise your photos so that you can find them easily and use them to make beautiful, personalised cards or picture collages for yourself and for friends.
Subjects range from making greeting cards and collages; importing and organizing photos on the computer; printing photos; scanning old photos from prints or from positive or negative film and basic photographic techniques such as composition, depth of field etc. and taking and editing photos with your mobile telephone.
The group meets on average once a month on a Monday from 12:00 – 15:00. If you are interested, please contact the leader of the Activities Committee, via the Office.
This is a group for amateur photographers. No special qualifications are required, just an interest in learning about digital photography. We organise 6-8 workshops annually. For the time being, we have the workshops online, on Zoom. Outdoor “Photo Safari” to nice places in the vicinity of Oslo, is also a Covid-19-safe option. Once social gatherings again are allowed, the workshops will be held at Gunnel Anita’s home, from 13 – 15 o’clock.
Contact: Anita Solheim, email: gunnelanitas@gmail.com, or
mob.: 404 80 944.
Courses
The International Forum Courses are organised by members who teach or lead a course for a fee. (Contact details may be obtained via the International Forum Office.)
ENGLISH
Individual courses tailored to your needs. Refresher courses for conversation – all levels. There is no charge for preliminary test to determine your level of proficiency in English conversation or grammar before taking a course.
Contact: Soo Lan Höegh Henrichsen M.C.S.D (Graduate of Liverpool University, Teachers College), email: soohoegh@gmail.com, tel.: 992 34 083
Address: Grønnegate 12, 0350 Oslo