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EXHIBITS
Danish Heritage Display
Cultural artifacts showcase the
region’s Danish heritage.
Hjemkomst Center Level 3: Through
July 27; Mo-Sa 9am-5pm, Tu 9am-9pm,
Su Noon-5pm Sponsored by Red River
Danes
LEGO History & Facts
Delight in Danish costumed dolls
telling the LEGO story. (218-233-7594)
Moorhead Public Library: Through
June 30; Daily Sponsored by Red
River Danes
FILM
“Building the Dream: The
Moorhead Stave Church”
Explore Guy Paulson’s quest
to create the Hopperstad Stave
Church replica of a Viking-era
building. Hjemkomst Theatre Level
1: Fr 10am & 5pm; Sa 9:30am
& 4pm; Su 10am & 11am Sponsored
by Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive
Center
“The Hjemkomst of Robert Asp”
View this award-winning documentary
of Robert Asp’s vision to
return to the land of his ancestors
in a hand built Viking ship. Hjemkomst
Theatre Level 1: Fr 9:30am &
4:30pm; Sa 10am & 4:30pm; Su
9:30am & 10:30am Sponsored
by Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive
Center
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HERITAGE
Cooking Demos by Danish Chef
Stig Hansen
Learn Danish cuisine from Chef
Stig Hansen, author of the new
book Cooking Danish: A Taste of
Denmark. Stig attended the Danish
National Culinary school &
has worked in prestigious U.S.
& European restaurants. He
guest chefs at the HoDo Restaurant
during Nordic Nightlife. Sponsored
by Hornbacher’s Foods, Hotel
Donaldson/HoDo Restaurant
“Smørrebrød:
Herring & Shrimp” Elm
Room: Fr Noon
“Smørrebrød:
Dill-Cured Salmon” Elm Room:
Sa Noon
“Frikadeller
Danish Meatballs” Elm Room:
Sa 3pm
“Apple Charlotte” Elm
Room: Su Noon
Genealogy Resource Room
Discover information and research
tools. Visit with local & regional
genealogy experts. Special guest
Michele McNabb from the Danish
Immigrant Museum Family History
& Genealogy Center in Elk Horn,
IA. Hjemkomst Center Level 1: Fr-Sa
10am-4pm; Su 1-4pm; Hjemkomst Theatre
Presentation Level 1: Fr-Sa-Su
12:30pm Sponsored by The Danish
Immigrant Museum
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HERITAGE
Heritage Presentations
Gain insight from a variety of speakers
sharing Danish culture, traditions,
history, art & more. Hjemkomst
Theatre Level 1 & Elm Room Level
3: Daily
“1800s Danish Dress” by
Sarah Mass Hjemkomst Theatre Level
1 Su 1:30pm
“2000 Letters: The Nielsen Family
Story 1897-1999” by James Iversen
Elm Room Level 3: Fr 1pm
“Betty’s Courage in WWII
Denmark” by Arland Fiske Elm
Room Level 3: Fr 11am
“Colors & Patterns of Danish
Costume” by Margaret Mjoness
Hjemkomst Theatre Level 1: Fr 3:30pm
“Danish Architectural Wonders”
by Regin Schwaen Hjemkomst Theatre
Level 1: Sa 11:30am
“A Danish Artist Living in America”
by Anni Holm Hjemkomst Theatre Level
1: Sa 2:30pm
“The Danish Empire & Europe”
by Verlyn Anderson Elm Room Level
3: Sa 2pm & Su 2pm
“The Danish Music Scene”
by Morten Alfred Høirup Hjemkomst
Theatre Level 1: Sa 1:30pm
“Danish Music Traditions”
by Harald Haugaard Hjemkomst Theatre
Level 1: Fr 11:30am
“Form in Motion: Danish Gymnastics”
by Kristian Thusholt Elm Room Level
3: Fr 2pm & Sa 1pm
“Ha Ha Ha: Humorous Dialect
Songs” by James Leary Elm Room
Level 3: Su 1pm
“Klip Klip: Danish Paper Cutting”
by Dorthy Johnson Elm Room Level
3: Sa 11am
“The Importance of Being Ole
& Lena” by James Leary Hjemkomst
Theatre Level 1: Fr 1:30pm
“Loopy Knitting: The Nålebinding
Tradition” by Larry Schmitt
Hjemkomst Theatre: Fr 10:30am &
Su 11:30am
“Nordic Walking” by Greg
Hammes Elm Room Level 3: Fr 3pm &
Sa 10am
“Oden, Thor, Trolls & Giants”
by James Ulness Hjemkomst Theatre
Level 1: Sa 3:30pm
“Our Modern Danish Life”
by Jakob Ottesen Family Hjemkomst
Theatre Level 1: Fr 2:30pm
“Playing with Wood: The Viking
Kubb Way” by Eric Anderson Elm
Room Level 3: Su 11am
“Songs Dad Played” by Virginia
Blood Hjemkomst Theatre Level 1:
Sa 10:30am & Su 2:30pm
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HERITAGE
Nordic Style Show
Emigrating—headscarf or apron?
These & other secrets of Scandinavian
couture revealed. Features guest
appearance by Half of Those Lutheran
Ladies Suzann Nelson! Heritage
Stage Level 2: Fr 1:30pm
Parade of Flags & Opening
Ceremonies
Join the parade to officially open
the 2008 Festival. Starts under
the First Ave N Bridge & ends
in the Hjemkomst Center. Parade
of Flags-Viking Ship Park: Fr 10am;
Opening Ceremonies-Heritage Stage
Level 2: Fr 10:30am
Raffle Drawing & Closing
Ceremonies
Did you win? Nordic Delight Raffle
winners will be announced &
the Danes will pass the torch to
the Finns who are planning 2009.
Heritage Stage Level 2: Su 3pm
Scandinavian-American Humor
by Half of “Those Lutheran
Ladies”
Laugh with Suzann Johnson Nelson,
coauthor of Growing Up Lutheran,
for a humorous look at life as
experienced by Scandinavian-Americans.
Visit her booth in the Nordic Marketplace
on Level 4. Heritage Stage Level
2: Fr 1:30pm Style Show Guest Appearance;
Auditorium Stage Level 1: Sa 2pm;
Heritage Stage Level 2: Su 11am
Sponsored by Sleep Inn
Worship Services
Services open to the public. Pastor
John Andreasen of Moorhead officiates
at 9:30am Traditional Norsk Gudstjeneste
(in Norwegian) & 10:30am Contemporary
Norwegian Worship. Spiritual traditions
of all five Nordic countries at
11:30am Hopperstad Stave Church:
Su
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