Badger Talks: Swedish Pancakes for Breakfast?

Stoney Creek Adult Community, Muskego, Wisconsin
@ 1:00 pm CDT

Why do we eat the things we eat? And how do those things change over time? Dr. Marcus Cederström will be presenting at Stoney Creek Adult Community about Nordic American food traditions in the Upper …

FinnFest 2024

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Duluth, Minnesota
@ 12:00 pm CDT - @ 12:00 pm CDT

Join us in Duluth, Minnesota, for FinnFest 2024! FinnFest begins July 24, and we’ll be there from July 25–July 28 hosting and interviewing several incredible artists at the FinnFest Tori! Artists, including Alan Anderson (woodworking), …

Badger Talks: The Viking Sword that Wasn’t

Cadott Community Library, Cadott, Wisconsin
@ 1:00 pm CDT

Dr. Marcus Cederström will be presenting “The Viking Sword that Wasn’t” at the Monona Senior Center. In 1911, a sword was dug up in the prairie of Minnesota near the town of Ulen. Not long …

Badger Talks: The Viking Sword that Wasn’t

Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, Stoughton, Wisconsin
@ 7:00 pm CDT - 8:00 pm CDT

Dr. Marcus Cederström will be presenting “The Viking Sword that Wasn’t” at the Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge. In 1911, a sword was dug up in the prairie of Minnesota near the town of Ulen. …

Somali and Scandinavian Weaving Workshop at the Barron Public Library

Barron Public Library | 10 N 3rd Street, Barron WI 54812
@ 3:00 pm CDT - 5:00 pm CDT

Hoos ugu soco tarjumaada soomaaliga. Join in an evening of craft and cross-cultural dialogue as the UW-Madison Center for Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures partners with the Barron Public Library to host fiber artists working …

Nyckelharpa Performance with Renee Vaughan

Stoughton Area Senior Center | 248 W. Main Street, Stoughton, WI 53589
@ 11:30 am CDT

Join 2024 folk musician-in-residence Renee Vaughan for a Syttende Mai performance at the Stoughton Area Senior Center in Stoughton, Wisconsin. Kick off the weekend with a host of Scandinavian tunes performed on the nyckelharpa.

Stories of the Past: How Swedish Americans Shape Their Heritage

The Swedish Club of Seattle, Seattle, Washington
@ 11:00 am CDT - 2:00 pm CDT

In writing histories of their own communities, Swedish Americans draw on historical legends that distill a sense of ethnic identity and heritage. Jennifer Eastman Attebery shares examples from her book As Legend Has It (University …