Meeting: March 5, 2026 The year is 1883. The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop. We follow the priest, Skugga-Baldur, on his hunt for…

Meeting: February 12, 2026 We are on to a Finnish selection, The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen. We are meeting Thursday February 12 at…

Online Class Series with Kris Eide Have you been thinking about writing a memoir? LEARN HOW TO… Create a focus for your memoir Bring characters…

Meeting: January 8, 2026 Our next book selection is from a Danish author, Solvej Balle. It’s the first volume in a planned 7 volume series. …

Meeting: December 11, 2025 We have two books for December: Shyness and Dignity by Dag Solstad and The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen (optional). With Shyness…

Meeting: November 6, 2025 Our book for this November is Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. Reviewers call this book “a blackly comic, charming,…

Cost: $120 for an 8-week course Do you have a box of old letters in your attic that you’ve never been able to read? Are…

Meeting: October 9, 2025 Our first meeting will be on Thursday October 9 at 1 pm at the Nordic Center. We start our reading year…

Come celebrate and enjoy a relaxing afternoon with us as Norwegian immigrant, teacher, and author Kristbjørg Eide launches her new book THEY SOWED GOODNESS. We…

Restauration: The Norwegian Mayflower by Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud A Community Play-Reading Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7 pm Restauration, a small ship from Norway carrying…

A Short play Restauration: The Norwegian Mayflower What are we celebrating? The 200th Anniversary of the first organized Norwegian immigration to America – the day…

Northern DeLights Dessert Auction Fundraiser The Nordic Center cordially invites you to an evening of fun and feasting at our first-ever Nordic DeLights dessert auction…

For our last book of this season we are reading Henning Mankell’s Faceless Killers. This is the first book in Mankell’s acclaimed Wallander series and…

Our next novel, Your Absence is Darkness, is written by Jon Kalman Stefansson, one of Iceland’s most beloved contemporary writers. It is not a novel…

Each day, Sara will teach 2 tunes she learned/heard while in Finland in January 2025. Non-sequential sessions – come for one or both. All instruments…

Call for entries by March 20th! Prøve Gallery and The Nordic Center are collaborating on an exhibit celebrating the beauty of Spring. There will be…

For our next novel, we are transported to an island in northwest Norway. The Unseen, written by Roy Jacobsen and published in 2013, is the…

For February, the Nordic Center Book Club is reading Childhood, the first volume in Tove Ditlevsen’s The Copenhagen Trilogy.  This is a slight volume, but…

With Britta Keenan Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this 2 hour hands-on instructional session that will cover the introductory basics of leatherwork. Participants will be making…

An afternoon of sharing our ancestors’ stories through oral tradition Do you have a family story from the past describing your ancestors’ experience in emigrating…

For our January book selection we are going to read something rare: a comic Finnish novel. The book is The Year of the Hare by…

November 22 – December 14, 2024 This annual event begins in mid-November when the community is invited to a gingerbread decorating workshop with Patrick Mulcahy….

Cost: $120 for an 8-week course Do you have a box of old letters in your attic that you’ve never been able to read? Are…

Meeting: December 12, 2024 For our December read we travel to Iceland to read Nobel Prize winner, Halldor Laxness’ beloved novel, The Fish Can Sing. It isa…

Join us in Duluth on June 7th & 8th for Duluth-stämman 2024, a wonderful weekend of music, dance, learning, and community. A tradition that originated…

The American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) has generously awarded our immediate community three separate grants! Official Language from ASF’s press release:New York, NY—The American-Scandinavian Foundation is…

International Women’s Day: March 8, 2024 Nordic Crowns & Beyond Workshop 5-7pm at the Nordic CenterWomen and Women-Identifying folks are welcome to join us for a…

THE NORDIC CENTER OF DULUTH PRESENTS     … a special evening of old folk tunes and contemporary original songs, as Ponyfolk perform their unique…

Help us to build our annual Gingerbread City! November 17 – December 16th MAKE YOUR OWN: The sky’s the limit! Create your very own gingerbread…

Nordic Music Workshop Series w/ Paul Dahlin The Nordic Center is hosting a series of fiddle workshops from November through April on the third Sunday…

SunFUNdays are back!  You and your family have been missing these craft adventures. Please join us at the Nordic Center. More fantastic opportunities to learn,…

Celebrating our 11th year! November 18 – December 18, 2022 Oct. 31: Last day to purchase pre-made kits Nov. 12: In-Person Gingerbread Workshop Nov. 13:…

 Join us on Sunday, April 16th  for the sixth and final in a series of workshops taught by Sara Pajunen. Songs of Iceland will be…

Make your own The sky’s the limit! You can create your own gingerbread house from scratch OR you can purchase $25 premade kits from our…

On June 17th every year Icelanders mark the 1944 foundation of their republic and independence from Danish rule. The day also happens to be the…