Odd Fellow International

International meetings of Odd Fellow Lodges in Europe

These meetings are Lodge level activities, which have their roots in the 1980’s and now  meetings are arranged every other year in different countries organized by local Odd Fellow Lodges. There are more than 50 Lodges from 10 countries involved and all Odd Fellow Sisters and Brothers with their accompanying partners/friends  are welcomed to these gatherings.

Next International Odd Fellow Meeting

will be held in September 2025 in Wrocław, Poland. It will be hosted by the lodge nr 1 Zygmunt.

More information about the coming meetings can be found under: Meetings.

"Honored and distinguished guests, Dear Brothers and Sisters, Ladies and Gentlemen

We are all here together in the wonderful town of Hildesheim, together in the spirit of Odd Fellow. 
To make meetings like this a tradition which will continue in the future I will to the Roland-lodge hand over this baton to pass on to the next lodge in the hopefully long chain of lodges in charge of arranging these meetings.
This baton is on its outside decorated with the colors of the 4 levels of Odd Fellow education system. White is the first one and the top-level is the red one. These colors are also to be seen on your regalia.

Odd Fellow is not just the outside of you. The Real ODD FELLOW is the inside of you. 
Here inside the baton is a document telling you about the previous lodges before you, in the chain of organizers.

This ODD FELLOW SPIRIT will help all of us to a greater TOLERANCE.
Tolerance in between people
Tolerance in between religions
Tolerance in between politicians
Tolerance to your next-door neighbor
Tolerance to your wife / husband
Tolerance to yourself.

May this baton help us to work for a greater tolerance within the limits of ODD FELLOWS SPIRIT

"Honored and distinguéd guests Dear brother and sisters Ladies and gentlemen

We are all here in the wonderful town of Hildesheim together in the spirit of Odd Fellow.
To make meetings like this to continue for the feature I will give to the Roland-lodge this fiery cross to pass on to the next lodge in the long chain of lodges in charge of arrange a meeting like this.
This fiery cross has on its outside the colors of the 4 levels of Odd Fellow education system. White is the first one and the top-level is the red one. These colors are also to be seen on your regalia.

Odd Fellow is not just the outside of you. The Real ODD FELLOW is the inside of you.
Here inside is a document telling you of the lodges before you, in the chain of lodges in charge of arrange meetings like this.
To get more people to share our ideas.

This ODD FELLOW SPIRIT will help all of us to a greater TOLERANCE.

Tolerance in between people
Tolerance in between religions
Tolerance in between politicians
Tolerance to your next-door neighbor
Tolerance to your wife / husband
Tolerance to yourself.

May this fiery cross help us to work for a greater tolerance within the limits of ODD FELLOWS SPIRIT”

The speech which the distinguished brother Lars Stridsberg gave in Hildesheim in 2016 while handing over the "baton" for the International Odd Fellow Meetings. This baton (or fiery cross) is here on picture handed over from Andreas Lüers Roland lodge in Hildesheim to Erkki Savijoja no. 24 Kuninkaanportti in Helsinki.

The document which is inside the baton, should be updated after each meeting:

Odd Fellows International Meetings 

  • The intention is to arrange a meeting every second year.

  • The mission to meet brothers and sisters is expected to be organised,

    if possible, by new lodges and in a new country every time.

  • It has to be fulfilled in the spirit of Odd Fellow.

This series of Odd Fellow meetings started in 1986 and has continued as follows:

YearLocationCountryLodge in chargeNumber of lodges participatedNumber of Brothers, Sisters and guests
1986MalmöSweden123 S:t Knut2More than 56
1987BremenGermanyLloyd2
1990MalmöSweden123 S:t Knut5
1992BremenGermanyLloyd5
1994CopenhagenDenmark11 Colombus8Around 90
2014MalmöSweden123 S:t Knut29133
2016HildesheimGermanyRoland49161
2018HelsinkiFinland24 Kuninkaanportti45150
2022CopenhagenDenmark11 Columbus3395
2024BredaNetherlands94 Turfschip Loge2874

First International Odd Fellow meetings in 1987 - 1994:

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