Scholarships

Members are encouraged to review the qualifications of the many scholarships that are available. 

Information for the Grand Lodge scholarships is published on the Vasa Order of America website vasaorder.com

District Lodge Alberta No.18 scholarship applications and information are available by email to vasa.skandia.549@gmail.com

VASA Scholarships/Awards/Funds

U of A Swedish Language Award
Vasa Lodge Skandia 549 provides $1,500 awarded annually to a student who has successfully completed Swedish 111 and 112. The Vasa Skandia 549 scholarship represents a five-year partnership commitment (2026-2030) with the University of Alberta.

Edmonton Community Foundation
NAIT Trade and Culinary student’s receive up to $5,000 from the Vasa Skandia Award fund.

U of A Linnea Lodge Endowment Fund
November 4, 2009.  The Scandinavian Program at the University of Alberta is almost a half-million dollars richer, thanks to a gift from one of the local Scandinavian community’s most staunch supporters.  Linnea Lodge gave $400,000 to create the Henry Cabot and Linnea Lodge Scandinavian Professorship which will help create a professor position in Scandinavian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies with the Faciulty of Arts. The “unstoppable movement” is best described by the decision by Linnea Lodge to dip into her savings and contribute the $400,000 needed to add to the $1.2 million that had been raised through various efforts by members of the Scandinavian community to establish the endowment.  Linnea Lodge was a long-term member of Skandia 549.  Her generosity continues to support Swedish and Norwegian Studies at U of A.   

Scandinavian Studies Association
SSA’s mission is to encourage the continued study of Scandinavian culture and strive to maintain the enhance the identity of Scandinavian-Canadians. Vasa has been very supportive of SSA which provides up to 8 $1000 scholarships annually to students enrolled in advanced Scandinavian language courses.