Photo courtesy of The Hol Idea in Wyoming, MN.
Upcoming Events
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Great Northern Viking Festival
13-14 June 2026
Hosted in Mankato, Minnesota, June 13-14th, 2026, our community gathering brings Viking history, culture, music, mead, storytelling, and connection to life. Watch, and step into the saga that is waiting for you.
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Scandinavian Fesitval
June 19-20th, 2026 9:30 - 4:30
The Nordic Culture Clubs is a nonprofit alliance of the seven Scandinavian Clubs in the Fargo Moorhead area.
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JBird Wines Midsummer Festival
27 June, 2026 10-5
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.
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Lief Erikson Ship
17 July 2026
After years of languishing behind the scenes in Duluth, the replica Viking wooden vessel will voyage north to be placed on public display at the Knife River Heritage and Cultural Center.
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Nordic Fest
24-25 July, 2026
Exhibits at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, explore the diversity of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience and showcase the best in historic and contemporary Norwegian folk arts. This national treasure features a world-class collection of 33,000 artifacts and a Heritage Park of 12 historic buildings, as well as a Folk Art School in scenic Decorah, Iowa.
They are here! Contact MUVC below to order yours today
They are here! Contact MUVC below to order yours today
Both of these books are $51. This incudes shipping! Courtesy of Chronocopia Publishing
Check out the Will I Vike It podcast!
On the coldest day of January 2025 I braved -20F to cook outside while being interviewed by the fantastic SAXON FORAGER! We laughed, we cried, my onions and my phone froze. Good times!
Burnt Offerings:
A Camp Kitchen Field Guide (Kindle version)
Coming Soon!
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New Cookbook!
Asgard Eats
Street Food of the Gods
Using a researched food shed, we speculate on what foods would have been available at Hedeby in the Viking Ages!
There’s not much material evidence for street food and not a lot of written evidence exists, but market towns had to be able to feed folks visiting for business and pleasure.
Taste the flavours of Iron Age Denmark in your own kitchen!
DISCOVER NEW
FLAVORS!
Carrots, onions, calendula flowers, coriander seed, butter baked in a cast iron skillet.
WHAT’S COOKIN’?
Easy to follow recipes, flavor combinations, and fresh ideas for your daily menu!
Renee and Chris are a married couple living in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. We’re close to St. Paul.
We have started digging into our own cultural roots in Denmark and Finland and chosen the late Iron Age-early Medieval time period. Renee does the food things, Chris does Webmaster and Videographer as well as kitchen help and his own wood turned bowls and cups.
We believe everyone's food culture should be easily accessible. We believe EVERYBODY has a place at the table. We also believe a feast is more than what you put on your plate: it's who you include in the making and serving. To that end, we have designed our recipes using a researched Iron Age Scandinavian food shed and found what can be had at groceries in an urban setting. All of the ingredients used in our recipes are part of that traditional food shed.
We have taken those ancient foods and combined them using modern techniques. There is no cinnamon, no olive oil, no pepper here. We are low sodium as salt is hard to come by in this food shed at this time.
Renee is a licensed Reading Teacher in St. Paul and Chris is an assistant store manager at a woodworking store in Bloomington. Our beloved Lab, Maximillian Foggybottom aspires to be our sous chef.
