Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival Lefse Making Voyage of Discovery
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Shopping & Eating
Nordic Marketplace
Visit over 40 booths of Nordic folk & fine arts, exceptional crafts, unique imports, & ethnic organization membership & food booths. Hjemkomst Center: F-Sa 9:30am-5:30pm; Su 9:30am-4pm

Taste of Scandinavia
Feast like a Viking! Come for morning coffee & stay through dinner. Scandinavian delicacies will be for sale at the Norwill Café & Store & five food booths hosted by our local Nordic clubs.
Food Tickets: $5 (10 Tickets) & $10 (20 Tickets); unused tickets refunded. Hjemkomst Center Auditorium: Fr-Sa 9:30am-5:30pm; Su 9:30am-4pm Sponsored by Norwill

LEVEL 1—ENTRANCE

Festival Information Booth
Official Festival Wear, Performer CDs, Nordic Delight Raffle Tickets

Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center
“The Crew Cabin”, Hjemkomst Anniversary Items & Tickets to Viking Fest Fundraiser July 21

Red River Danes

Club Info, Danish Novelties

Red River Finns
Club Info, Loaves of Pulla Bread

F-M Icelandic Klub
Club Info, Icelandic Novelties, Loaves of Icelandic Brown Bread

Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge
Club Info, Cultural Activities Info

Swedish Cultural Heritage Society

Club Info, Midsummer Head-wreaths, Books

LEVEL 1—HJEMKOMST HALL

Steve Dahlberg
Norwegian/Saami hand-crafted knives

Mary Ekola
Community Weaving, Norwegian Weavings & Felting

Carroll Engelhardt
Author of “Gateway to the Northern Plains: Railroads & the Birth of Fargo & Moorhead”

Arland Fiske
Author of “The Norwegian Heritage”

Deb Nelson Gourley

Astri, My Astri Publishing

Larsen Stringed Instruments
Hardanger Fiddle Display

Norwegian American Genealogical Center, Madison WI

Sons of Norway, International Office-Minneapolis, MN

Faythe Thureen
Author of “Troll Meets Trickster”

Vesterheim-Norwegian American Museum, Decorah IA

Marlene Widmark
Norwegian Hand-Embroidery

JoAnn Winistorfer
Author of “Tracing Your Dakota Roots”

Marjory Wood
Author of “Tree Trolls!”

LEVEL 1—
TASTE OF SCANDINAVIA

Beverage Booth
Pepsi Cola Drinks, Coffee, Milk, Chocolate Milk, Bottled Water

Red River Danes

Kringle, Æbelskiver, Danish Meatball Dinner & Ala Carte Items, Eskimo Pies

Red River Finns
Beef Stew w/Bread, Coffee Cheese, Finnish Tarts, Loaves of Pulla Cardamom Dessert Bread

F-M Icelandic Klub
Dessert Pancakes, Vinarterta, Icelandic Donuts, Smoked Lamb & Salmon Sandwiches, Loaves of Icelandic Brown Bread

Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge
Lutefisk, Rømmegrøt, Potato Klub, Sweet Soup, Lefse, Fresh Fruit Cup

Swedish Cultural Heritage Society
Swedish Nuts, Rice Pudding, Cookies, Ham Rollup, Kristian Regale Sparkling Lingonberry Juice

Norwill Café & Store

Smoked Salmon Sub, Willy’s Norwegian Fish Specialty Plate, Fishball Plate, North-Atlantic Shrimp, Matjes Herring Plate. Selected Cured Meats, Chocolates, Coffee & more also for sale

LEVEL 2—HERITAGE HALL

Bob’s Boxes
Norwegian Tine Boxes

RM Enstad Snekkerverkstad
Treadle Lathe Demo & Viking Hnefatafl Board Game

Phil Holtan Woodworking

Original Wood-turned Bowls & More

Lusk Scandia Woodworks
Original Woodcarvings & Wood Items

Don Rorvik

Acanthus & Viking Carving

Arvid & Aaron Swenson
Norwegian Wood Carving Techniques

LEVEL 3

Borton Overseas
Scandinavian Travel Info & Packages

Clay County Museum
“Celebrating 75 Years of Collecting” Exhibit

Heritage Lacemakers
Bobbin Lace-making Demos

Icelandair
Individual & Business Flights, Holiday & Tour Packages

Jacob’s Lefse
Lefse-Making Supplies & Equipment

Nordic Designs by Lois & Ron Mueller
Rosemaling, Wood Items to Decorate & Scandinavian Jewelry

Nordland Rosemaling Association, Grand Forks ND

Norwegian Expo Exhibits


Rosemaling by Nancy Schmidt
Various styles of Rosemaled Items

Rosemaling by Teresa
Rosemaling on Large & Small Items

LEVEL 4

Ernest Banttari
Finnish-designed Wood Items & Turned Bowls

Concordia Language Villages, Moorhead MN

Danish Immigrant Museum, Elk Horn IA

Darlene Ellefson

Author “Guide to Making Lefse” & Lefse-making Tools

GM Creations
Nordic-Patterned Machine Embroidery

Irene’s Favorite Things
Finnish Gift Items, IittalaGlass & Toikka Birds

Laurie Jacobi Original Designs in Wool

Rugs, Blankets, Clothing & Accessories

Julie Lindahl Purely Nordic
Nordic Wellbeing Body Products

Moorhead Hardanger Group
Hardanger Embroidery Demos & Display

Nordic Home Interiors

Rugs, Home Furnishings

Northwoods Sleigh Co.
Handcrafted Sleighs, Wooden Trays, Dolls

Norway Innovation
Books & Rosemaled Designs by Knut Mevastaul

Ragnar’s Dala Horses
Swedish Dala Horses, Clogs, Other Scandinavian Gift Items

Rod & Staff Enterprises

Swedish Woven Rugs

Scan-Dolls

Nordic Dressed Dolls

Stabo Scandinavian Imports

Glass, Clothing, Jewelry, Music, Books & More

“UFFDA”

T-shirts, Novelties & Gifts

VIKING SHIP PARK

Barnas Lekested

Paper Crafts, Viking Activities, Storytelling, Goose Activity, Pippi Hus, Traditions Tour Photos

Burton Art Studios
Handcrafted Viking Glass
Beads & Scandinavian Jewelry

Hopperstad Stave Church
Church History & Design, Music Performances

Saami Laavu
Storytelling by Anita Burbeck, Design Your Own Drum Symbols

S.S. Ruby Pontoon Boat Tours
Floating Tour on the Red River

Wanda & Jeanne Truman
Viking Band Weaving & Upright Loom Weaving

Viking Age Club & Society-Sons of Norway
Books, Soaps, Leatherwork, Chain Mail-making, Weaponry, Period Clothing & More



 

The Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival is dedicated to our friends and relatives who have gone before us. Their spirits continue to inspire us today to celebrate our heritages and share our cultural roots with our communities. Festival Host
Nordic Culture Clubs
Festival Sponsor
Sons of Norway
For More Info
Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival
PO Box 926
Fargo, ND 58107
Tel: 218-299-5452
Fax: 218-299-5451
FMSHF@ci.moorhead.mn.us
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