Swedish-Irish Society upcoming events

☘️ Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Quiz Night! ☘️ (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Quiz Night!

Believe it or not, we’re already halfway to St Patrick’s Day 2027!

So what better excuse to get together, have a few laughs and officially start the countdown?
Join us on Thursday 17th September for our Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Quiz Night
And before anyone starts brushing up on Irish presidents and GAA results... no Irish knowledge required! Our quiz will be a good old-fashioned mix of general knowledge, fun questions and a few surprises along the way.
Prizes for the winning team
A few mystery prizes on the night
Drinks, laughs and questionable team names encouraged
Absolutely everyone welcome, Irish or otherwise!
Bring your friends, partners, colleagues or neighbours and help us kick off the countdown to what we're hoping will be an even bigger and better St Patrick’s Day celebration in Gothenburg in 2027!

Thursday 17th September
19:00
The Northern Quarter

Only 181 days to go... but who's counting?

Annual Crab Lunch (Stockholm) (27 Sep 2026)

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:30:00 GMT

Welcome! Céad Mile Fáilte! Välkommen!

Join us for our annual crab buffet lunch in Stockholm. The buffet includes beautiful wild Atlantic crab from Donegal, Ireland, served with bread, cheese, salad, followed by tea/coffee and something sweet.

If you don't eat crab you are still welcome to join us. You will order from the regular menu and pay the restaurant directly. You still need to register so we know how many are joining as overall numbers are limited.

This event is a long-standing SIS tradition! The crabs themselves are very generously sponsored by Seasam Food AB, who import these and other delicious seafood to Sweden from Ireland, available in larger supermarkets under the brand name "Ullmo". Read more about them here: Seasam/Ullmos sortiment inkl krabba.

Log in for access to members-only ticket prices, including a limited number of Early Bird places if booked before the 31st August.

Note: You can now choose to pay either "online" or "offline". Online means immediate payment and confirmation via debit or credit card, and offline means you will receive an invoice by email with instructions on how to pay by Swish, bank transfer or e.g. Revolut.

October SIS Book Club ”Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout (6 Oct 2026)

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Our next read is Michelles choice.
Meet Olive Kitteridge: a retired schoolteacher who is blunt on the surface, but possesses a complex, deeply human heart. In Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, we follow Olive and the residents of a small coastal Maine town through the messy, beautiful realities of everyday life—navigating marriage, grief, aging, and unexpected friendships. Written as a series of interconnected stories, the book offers a remarkably honest look at human nature that is both fiercely witty and deeply moving. We hope this book will spark rich debate, personal reflections, and an unforgettable conversation at our next book club.

We ll meet in SpongeCookies Cafe, Kocksgatan 19 on 6/10 from 18.00-19.30.

Welcome!

No registration necessary!

Hike at Hellasgården(Stockholm) (18 Oct 2026)

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:30:00 GMT

Hi everyone!

On Sunday the 18th of October we're planning a hike in Nackareservatet (Nacka Nature Reserve) in Stockholm.
The hike will be around 7.5 km at a fairly relaxed pace, starting and ending at the Hellasgården recreational area near Källtorp lake. We'll be following a marked trail and the terrain is mostly easy gravel paths. I recommend bringing shoes that can handle a bit of mud, and rain gear too if we get any showery spells.

We'll finish at Hellasgården where they have a restaurant and café if you want to have lunch or coffee, they also have benches if you'd like to take your own packed lunch and snacks.
The hike starts at 10:30 from Hellasgården bus stop (beside the tennis courts, across the road from the restaurant and main car park). So put it in your calendar and we hope to see you there!
Don't forget to bring a camera for those autumn leaves!

P.s. If the weather is rubbish we may cancel, so keep an eye on our event.

Instructions on how to get to Hellasgården with public transport are as follows:
1. Take a bus from Slussen: the 401 (towards Älta), it stops at Hellasgården and goes through Henriksdal and Sickla.
2. Take a bus from Nacka or Tyresö: the 840 (from Nacka Strand to Handenterminalen) or 821 (from Nacka Sjukhus to Tyresö Centrum), both stop at Hellasgården.

/Ben McHugh, Swedish Irish Society