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Party like an Icelander

Dinner and live music – Icelandic Þorrablót For the food adventurer in you, for your dream of spending an evening in Iceland celebrating Þorrablót, eating traditional food, drinking Brennivin, singing, […]

Nordic Museum director awarded Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

12/17/201812/17/2018 Meghan Walker 1 Comment

The CEO and executive director of the Nordic Museum has just been recognized by the president of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. Eric Nelson was awarded the Knight of the Order of […]

‘The Vikings Begin’ on now at the Nordic Museum

10/22/201810/22/2018 Meghan Walker 10 Comments

The Nordic Museum unveiled its newest exhibit over the weekend: The Vikings Begin tells the story of the Vikings of early Scandinavia, with original artifacts, reconstructions, and archaeological discoveries from early […]

Upcoming events at the Nordic Museum

10/04/201810/04/2018 Meghan Walker 22 Comments

The Nordic Museum has a loaded events schedule for October, including the annual Taste of Iceland festival happening later this month. Here’s a look at their calendar: North Wild Kitchen […]

Travel guru Rick Steves to present at Night at the Nordic fundraiser

09/25/201809/25/2018 Meghan Walker 10 Comments

The Nordic Museum has a big fundraiser coming up, with travel icon Rick Steves as the featured guest. It’s called Night at the Nordic, happening Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6pm. […]

Taste of Iceland Festival coming to Ballard in October

09/14/201809/14/2018 Meghan Walker Leave a comment

The Taste of Iceland Festival is coming back to Seattle, this year celebrating 100 years of sovereignty and independence from Denmark. The four-day festival is happening from Oct. 11 to 14, […]

Icelandic embroidery and Nordic/Native oral history coming up at the Nordic Museum

08/30/201808/30/2018 Meghan Walker Leave a comment

The Nordic Museum has some diverse programming coming up in the next few weeks, from Icelandic embroidery classes to symposiums about Native and Nordic blended heritage. On Saturday, September 15, […]

New Nordic Museum opens its doors

05/05/201805/05/2018 Geeky Swedes 35 Comments

Updated: After several years of planning, fundraising and construction, the new Nordic Museum opened its doors in a windy outdoor ceremony on Market St. today. The museum officially completed its […]

Inside the Nordic Museum as opening day nears

04/27/201804/27/2018 Geeky Swedes 26 Comments

The new Nordic Museum on Market St. is humming with activity as workers race to complete the last installations and finishing work before opening day on May 5th. “We’ll be […]

Freya Cafe to serve Scandinavian cuisine inside new Nordic Museum

03/25/201803/25/2018 Geeky Swedes 12 Comments

For both museum visitors and locals alike, Freya Cafe will open this May inside the new Nordic Museum on the Market St. side. The space (above) is still under construction. […]

Nordic Museum to become ‘world-class museum’

08/26/200808/26/2008 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

For nearly 30 years, the Nordic Heritage Museum has called the old Daniel Webster Elementary School on NW 67th Street home. But after the Seattle School District refused to sell […]