About
Membership
The S.S. Norden Club is a members-only club in the Black Rock neighborhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut. However, we host many events that are open to the public.
Officers
Norden Club Officers
Jim Collins - President
Shawn Farley - Vice President
Troy Denunzio - Secretary
Robert Lendrim - Treasurer
Mike Malvasi - Financial Secretary
Jeff Limiero - Sargeant at Arms
Ladies Auxilliary Officers
Katie Bukovsky - President
Victoria Eastus - Vice President
Marie Stehle - Treasurer
Patricia Nivakoff - Financial Secretary
Lisa Denunzio - Secretary
Karen Jennewein - Sargeant at Arms
Merrilyn Vanghele - Sunshine Club Chairperson
History
One wonders if the Swedes who came to the Black Rock community of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the nineteenth century could have anticipated the S.S. Norden Club as it is today.
Preceded by various Swedish men's choral groups, the "Sångföreningen Norden" earned its charter and built the present club building in November of 1902. Withstanding social and economic changes, storms and fire, the S.S. Norden Club building was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1979.
Originally, the club was open only to men of Swedish descent. As time and customs began to change, the Society opened its doors to the general public in 1959. Since then, the Club expanded to include the Ladies Auxiliary, and has grown into its present status as a lively, committed and active organization in the greater Black Rock community of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The focus of the S.S. Norden Club is "Keeping the ideas of good times, civic commitment, and camaraderie alive and well."
