The Young Scandinavians Club, or YSC for short, is a social club for Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American individuals and families of all ages in the San Francisco Bay Area. Events take place throughout Northern California. Members have access to club-owned cabins in Clear Lake and Lake Tahoe, while social and cultural events take place year round in and near San Francisco.


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Those with Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish heritage may qualify for membership, with rates starting at just $35 per year.

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"The YSC is an amazing organization for both the young and the young-at-heart. "

Peter Nordstrom

UPCOMING EVENTS

Camp Malibu at Clear Lake

August 18, 2017

The wonderful Megan Beckley & Jules Fortlage will be our cabin master this weekend and Brian Mac will be celebrating his 32nd birthday.
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CANCELED – Learn to Water Ski with Per Madsen at Clear Lake

August 25, 2017

This is a fun weekend every year where families come up and have the opportunity to teach their children or the adults how to water ski — or just come up and relax — singles and old-timers are also welcome!
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Open Mic Night at Clear Lake Featuring Mission Hill

September 15, 2017

We know there are lots of music fans in the club, and we'd like to host an evening of acoustic music led by bluegrass /americana band Mission Hill, including YSC member Aaron Zorndorf and his long time music partner RL Moore with bassist and multi- instrumentalist Dan Large.
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Scandinavian Consulates Cup 2017

August 26, 2017

The traditional 32nd annual football tournament between Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Finland will this year play out on Saturday, August 26th 11 AM @ the East Field where we played in 2016.
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Konocti Bike Challenge

October 6, 2017

Bring your bicycle to Clear Lake, and let's join Lakeport Rotary Club's 26'th annual bike challenge on Saturday Oct-7. There's room for everybody; 20, 40, 65 and 100-mile courses. The 20 and 40-mile courses are supposedly on flat terrain with great vista points.
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Beach Handball on Ocean Beach

August 19, 2017

Join the YSC & San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club on the beach for a full day of beach handball from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, August 19 at the Ocean Beach Fire pits - stairway 17.
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The Young Scandinavians Club currently consists of around 1,000 members. Despite the "Young" in Young Scandinavians Club, there is a great variety of age groups represented.

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