- Situation in GLE
A Board meeting via Teams was held on March the 5th. The nominations for 2026-2028 were agreed as below:
Executive Committee:
European Grand Sire Björn Boström, Past Grand Sire, Sweden
European Deputy Grand Sire Anne Hannus, Past Rebekah Assembly President, Finland and GLE Grand Secretary
European Grand Secretary Britt Eva Haaland, Special Deputy Grand Sire, Norway
European Grand Treasurer Michael Stein, Past Grand Treasurer, Denmark
Legal Committée:
Eugeniusz Myszcka, Past Grand Sire, Poland Kai Johansson, Past Grand Sire, Finland
Jon Erik Holm, Deputy Grand Sire Norway
Birgith Cordel, Past Sister Grand Secretary, Denmark
Auditors:
Paal Östmoe, Past Grand Treasurer, Norway
Ólöf Laufey Sigurthórsdóttir, Past Chairman of the Grand Lodge Finance Comm., Iceland
- Member statistics
Last of December 2025 GLE had 72 339 members/ -1,7% from the previous year. Of these 42 381 are brothers and 29 958 are sisters.
The largest Jurisdiction is Sweden with 29 540 members/-1,7% followed by Norway with 18 159 members/-1,8%; Denmark
9 056/ - 2,3%; Finland 8 051/- 0,5%; Iceland 4 042/+ 1,7%; Netherlands/ Belgium 1 728/
-5,2%; Schweiz 927/- 1,5% and finally Germany and Poland with somewhat more than 400 members. Poland has lost most members – 7,8% and the Lodge in Lviv belongs to the Polish Jurisdiction. Iceland is the only Jurisdiction within GLE that grows and has also most members/capita.
- GLE-meeting in Stockholm June 5th-7th
Around 360 participants are registered and among them 148 Applicants for the Degree of Wisdom and around 125 GLE members.
There will be 5 guests from the SGL. The program is well underway and the Swedish hosts have done a marvellous work.
Program with all details for GLE members and accompaning persons will be distributed during April. All documents for GLE members taking part in the Biannual Grand Lodge meeting will be distributed late March. There will be many ongoing events in Stockholm during the meeting days.
The 6th of June is Swedens National Day and the Kings and Queens 50 years of marriage will be celebrated on the 13th of June.
- The GLE Legal Committee has presented a proposal for a revised Constitution. After discussion minor changes will be proposed this time. It will be stated that a member can only belong to one lodge and one Jurisdiction. Discussions on the proposal to reinstitute a Committee for Ritual and Ethical matters will continue.
- Youth Tour 2026
The Tour will be performed July 24th-August 2nd with the same program as last year with start in Iceland and then in New York. There will be 31 participants – with 25 students from Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland and Canada. This trip will be the last organised in this format. The future of the EYT trips will be discussed during the autumn in Wroclaw.
With fraternal and sisterly greetings in
Friendship Love Truth
Morten Buan Anne Hannus
European Grand Sire European Grand Secretary