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About

Community Connections,
Exchange,
Events, 
Travel

The Seattle-Bergen relationship has featured many outstanding cultural and educational exchanges. In 1970, Sister Cities International honored the association with an award for best overall program. Bergen's Nordnes Park has a totem pole from Seattle and the Seattle community of Ballard has a mini-park dedicated by King Olav of Norway. The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association's other projects include cultural exchanges, hosting of visitors, tours to Scandinavia, social and political forums, and film screenings.

Bergen is Norway's second largest city with a population of about 294,000 and is a cosmopolitan center of trade, finance, shipping, oil production, fishing, research, and education. The city is famous for the Bergen International Festival of music and arts and has a major university and several internationally recognized research institutions. Bergen, a city of seven mountains and gateway to the fjords and Europe, shares many ties with Seattle, a city of seven hills and gateway to Alaska and Asia.

Site image: "Bryggen Dusk" by Jana Peterson / private collection

Events

What's Happening Now

Annual Meeting NNM


SBSCA Annual Meeting

National Nordic Museum

Sunday, Feb. 1, 2025

2– 3:30 PM

At our annual meeting, we will present our program plans for 2026 and elect a new board of officers. Afterwards, enjoy a cup of coffee with members and friends at the Freya Café or tour the  exhibit "New Nordic: Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place" from the National Museum in Oslo.

Register at Eventbrite

Bergen landcape

Get involved

Support the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association

Membership levels start at $15 (individual) or $25 (family) annually.

Student memberships are available for $10 annually.

Sign up online or mail us a check today!

Sponsorship: Contact us at info@seattle-bergen.org about making a tax-deductible donation.

The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 91-1085798.

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