Unleash your inner artist at Norway House with our exciting new Paint and Sip experience, led by the talented Your Bearded Artist! Whether you’re a seasoned painter or a beginner, this guided painting session is designed for everyone. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll walk away with a beautiful canvas painting—and plenty of good memories.

During the class, you’ll paint a vibrant “Vase of Sunflowers” using acrylic on canvas. All art supplies are provided, so all you need to do is show up and get creative! Enjoy soothing music throughout the session, and if you need a break, delicious snacks and beverages are available for purchase at our Kaffebar.

Date & Times:
• Thursday, November 21st | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Thursday, November 21st | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Ages: 13+ welcome
What’s Included: All art materials (food & drinks sold separately)

Bring a friend or come solo for a cozy, creative evening. Reserve your spot today and take home a vibrant masterpiece to brighten your space. Spaces are limited, so register soon to ensure your place at this fun-filled event!

Unleash your inner artist at Norway House with our exciting new Paint and Sip experience, led by the talented Your Bearded Artist! Whether you’re a seasoned painter or a beginner, this guided painting session is designed for everyone. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll walk away with a beautiful canvas painting—and plenty of good memories.

During the class, you’ll paint a vibrant “Vase of Sunflowers” using acrylic on canvas. All art supplies are provided, so all you need to do is show up and get creative! Enjoy soothing music throughout the session, and if you need a break, delicious snacks and beverages are available for purchase at our Kaffebar.

Date & Times:
• Thursday, November 21st | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Thursday, November 21st | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Ages: 13+ welcome
What’s Included: All art materials (food & drinks sold separately)

Bring a friend or come solo for a cozy, creative evening. Reserve your spot today and take home a vibrant masterpiece to brighten your space. Spaces are limited, so register soon to ensure your place at this fun-filled event!

Make the Winter Hiker, a Recycled Gnome by Lynn Hjelman. Register here.

Sing, play, and create with teacher Kari Stern at Norway House while learning Norwegian! Using immersion techniques (using Norwegian as the primary language in class) children make direct linguistic connections to items and actions without translating.

This class is for children age 2 to 4 years old with a parent or caregiver. Classes are held at Norway House each Thursday, 10 am to 11 am, starting September 19 through December 12.

Learn to make lefse and experience a unique cheese pairing in this hands-on class.

Learn to set clear boundaries using an ancient Norse method.

Heidi Eger shares her recipes for traditional and fall-flavored krumkake. Join her for a class filled with hands-on experience and the opportunity to try out several new flavors. Bring a tin so you can take home krumkake that you made in class.

Heidi Eger shares her recipes for traditional and fall-flavored krumkake. Join her for a class filled with hands-on experience and the opportunity to try out several new flavors. Bring a tin so you can take home krumkake that you made in class.

Join us for a 3-hour introduction to the craft of greenwood spoon carving. You will finish the class with your own hand-carved serving spoon. For the first part of the class, we will study safety, knife grips, and traditional techniques for carving. For the rest of the class, you will apply what you have learned to transform a spoon blank provided into your completed spoon.

Experts Dwight and Lois Olson share their love and knowledge of Scandinavian enamel jewelry in a free talk .

Step into the world of the Primstav, Norway’s ancient calendar stick, and discover how it can help us navigate today’s complex world. This unique class invites you to explore how the Primstav can inspire new celebrations, help prioritize our lives, and guide us through the dark half of the year with fresh insights. Did you know that on the Primstav calendar, winter begins on October 14th, marked by the symbol of a mitten? Or that a drinking horn symbolizes Christmas? Learn about these fascinating details, including the two winter solstices, and more!

Step into the whimsical world of Norwegian folklore and sustainable crafting with Lynn Hjelmen! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll bring to life a charming gnome dedicated to the art of lefse making. The mateials used are recycled; the end result is charming, everything you need is provided in the class.

Come join us at Norway House for a fun-filled event where you'll learn how to make the traditional Norwegian dish, Fårikål! Join Heidi Eger, owner of Radicle Heart Farms where sheep are humanely pasture-raised, as she walks you through the steps of making this classic dish. You will also learn about the different cuts of lamb, how to cook them, and share a meal with your classmates at the end. Frozen lamb will also be available for purchase at the time of class.

Sing, play, and create with teacher Kari Stern at Norway House while learning Norwegian! Using immersion techniques (using Norwegian as the primary language in class) children make direct linguistic connections to items and actions without translating.

This class is for children age 2 to 4 years old with a parent or caregiver. Classes are held at Norway House each Thursday, 10 am to 11 am, starting September 19 through December 12.

Celebrate the shared history of the world’s two oldest democratic constitutions, the US and Norway.

Featured speakers and panelists will offer reflections on civic engagement, constitutional principles, and the electoral process.

Join Lynn Hjelmen, author of The Recycled Gnome, to learn how to make an appealing Scandinavian gnome from recycled materials. The class project is a 12” Hiking gnome with a walking stick. All the materials needed for the class will be provided.

Historians and experts on the Civil War will be in Sundet Hall to talk with you and to share their perspectives on a War in which Scandinavian immigrant soldiers played a significant and pivotal role.

South Minneapolis historian Susan Hunter-Weir will lead a tour of the Pioneer & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, the oldest in Minneapolis and resting place of veterans, abolitionists, and people who were formerly enslaved. The walk will focus on the immigrants who participated in this conflict and how their stories are interwoven with the greater story of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.

The most koselig of seasons is here and many of us are heading back to school. Believing that learning should be a fun lifelong experience, Norway House is partnering with Mindekirken’s Norwegian Language and Culture Program to showcase many of the learning opportunities and other programs available at Norway Block all throughout the year.

Explore the exciting fusion of Scandinavian and Latin American artisan cuisines in this dynamic lecture-style class led by renowned chef Amalia Moreno-Damgaard.

The real amanita muscaria is toxic, but the only side effect of this almond sugar cookie version is to make people smile. Learn to paint with royal icing so you can make shading and t dimension on your cookies, learn to texture icing so it looks like grass, to hand-cut the dough for the bases, and how to balance and stand the cookies up. Teacher Amy Decker will start you with prebaked almond sugar cookies so you can concentrate on decorating during the two-hour class. You will leave the class with decorated cookies, recipes, a step-by-step guide to making these cookies at home, and a mushroom cookie cutter.

The class is suitable for children 10 years and above; children require their own ticket.

The cookies include flour, eggs, and nut flavoring.

Master woodcarver Jock Holmen, "The Norwegian Termite," will teach you the fundamentals of decorative carving while you upgrade wooden bowls and plates that you already have. You can upcycle your wooden household items with decorative details and hide chips or cracks with flourishes.

You will learn how to hold a carving knife, how to make different types of cuts, how to adjust your cuts according to wood grain, and how to finish a piece.

Carving knives and safety gloves are provided. Don't worry if you don't have a bowl that you want to decorate or repaint, Jock can provide that too!

The real amanita muscaria is toxic, but the only side effect of this almond sugar cookie version is to make people smile. Learn to paint with royal icing so you can make shading and t dimension on your cookies, learn to texture icing so it looks like grass, to hand-cut the dough for the bases, and how to balance and stand the cookies up. Teacher Amy Decker will start you with prebaked almond sugar cookies so you can concentrate on decorating during the two-hour class. You will leave the class with decorated cookies, recipes, a step-by-step guide to making these cookies at home, and a mushroom cookie cutter.

The class is suitable for children 10 years and above; children require their own ticket.

The cookies include flour, eggs, and nut flavoring.

Mindekirken norskeklubben is a Norwegian language and culture group for kids around ages 5 to 12 that explores the theme sanger og fortellinger (songs and stories). With an informal structure, activities may include games, songs, art projects, and dramatic play.

Registration is required, but it is FREE to attend.

We will explore the traditional techniques of triple braiding coiled pewter wire and sewing the finished braid to softened reindeer hide.

This Springs’s program of the Minnesota Peace Initiative is a joint effort with the Committee on Foreign Relations MN. Speakar Barbara McQuade and Judge John Tunheim discuss the growing threat of disinformation to democratic elections around the world.