The Danish Society Inc.

….The capital of the country that brought us Danish pastries and Hans Christian Andersen is user-friendly and utterly charming, writes Pamela Wade…. Read the full articel about Copenhagen in NZ Herald here.

Danish Christmas Church Service Sunday, December 4th at 4pm with Pastor Anja Grønne Mathiassen of the Danish Church New Zealand will conduct the Christmas Service after the December Open House. Anja will also be at the Open House, so come along for a chat with her already then. Read more about the Danish Church New [...]

Sunday 11th December , 2pm Last chance – must register before 6th December (registration form in last month’s magazine). Meet Julemanden and his wife (maybe with a big sack of presents), dance around the Christmas tree and sing Danish and English Christmas songs. The amazing puppet show will entertain.

We have had a request from Allan Ammentorp in Denmark. He is looking for information about his aunt and uncle, Karen and Børge Børris. Karen was born 1912 on the island of Fyn; Børge was born 1913 in Copenhagen. They immigrated to New Zealand in 1949 or 1950. They are known to have lived in [...]

This Movie is the last one this year – En familie / A family. We are back next year in Febuary. We are showing this fantastic movies on a big screen Friday, November 18th at 7.30 pm. Coffee and cake and great company Members $5 – Non-members $7 (donations) En familie / A family ( [...]

Next time you are at Danish House, check out the Downunder magazine in the library. The current edition has an article about Danish Society Auckland, an article about the Danish Consulate’s work (Rita and Niels Jaegersborg), and several other articles from New Zealand in it. The magazine is published by DANZ, Dansk Australsk New Zealandsk [...]

Hi there, We are an Auckland based talent agency who are on the hunt for some Scandanavian extras/actors for potential work on an upcoming television series. No experience required but you must have good availability, have reliable transport and have a great positive attitude. This is casual work paying $240-$450 gross per day depending on how featured [...]

Sun 6 Nov, 10:00am–4:00pm at the Danish House, Penrose A Scandinavian Christmas extravaganza – for the first time in Auckland. Quality Christmas decorations, candles, clothes, homewares, jewellery, handcrafts, wooden toys, speciality food items, all for sale from Danish, Swedish and Finnish stalls. Cafe: Danish delight ice cream – Danish hot dogs + more… Come and [...]

On Sunday the 25th we held our annual “Over 60s Lunch” with 66 guests enjoying lovely smørrebrød, a sing-along, and excellent company. This celebration is a special acknowledgements of those people who have often been members for many years and is meant as a tusind tak for all the wonderful things they have done for [...]

The Movie for the month is an all time classic, must see movie – Thomas Vinterbergs  FESTEN We are showing this fantastic movies on a big screen Friday, October 21st at 7.30 pm. Coffee and cake and great company Members $5 (donation) – Non-members $ The Celebration (1999 ) – The first Dogme film! Synopsis: [...]