Images taken through the 'midwest' United States to visually preserve nordic-American culture, funded by a National Geographic society.
A Swedish Christmas dinner table being set in Sister Bay/Door County, Wisconsin.
Santa Lucia from the Chicago Cultural Center, The Swedish American Museum, and Swedish service at Ebenezer Lutheran Church.
The original Lucia was canonized by the church for bringing food to Christians hiding in the 4th century catacombs of Italy, lighting the path before her with candles on top of her head. Lucia is now remembered every winter solstice and celebrates the beginning of the Christmas season.
A Norwegian-American family in Decorah, Iowa tending to their sheep and Norwegian Fjord Horses, carrying on the tradition of making lefse as a family in their immigrant family's farmstead.
midsommar celebrations in lindsborg, kansas and door county, WIsconsin.
winter in Michigan’s upper Peninsula and the keweenaw peninsula for a glimpse into Finnish-American culture at home.
Norwegian family home in Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin. The building was moved over from Stavanger, Norway in 1965 with paintings and rosemaling done by Norwegian artist Sigmund Aarseth.
Brit and Per Oyvind travel from Hardanger, Norway to teach and present Springar dance classes from the Hardanger region of Norway to the 2018 Hardanger Fiddle Music and Dance Workshop in Dodgeville, WI.
Multi-generational and cultural family braids each others hair in preparations for Washington Island Scandinavian Fest in Door County, WI
Shirley Malm personalized a decorative Dala Horse in a Swedish American gift shop, Hemslojd) based in Lindsborg Kansas, the largest retailer of Dala horses outside of Sweden.
A Decorah, Iowa community celebrates the end of the holidays around their family's original Norwegian homestead singing the last of the carols and drinking warm Wassail (Old Norse "ves heil")
Swedish-American children look in on a replica portraying a Traditional Swedish 'Stuga', or cottage, informed by the villages of Sweden previous to the emigration to 'Nord Amerika".
Rising 8th graders at Nordic Fest in Decorah Iowa.
Decorah’s high school Nordic Dancers.
Scandinavian influences around Lake Michigan and Door County, WI
Fresh water White-Fishing off the coast of Wisconsin on the Green Bay - operated by charlie henricksen, son of chicago-swedish immigrant parents.
A Swedish themed Bed & Breakfast near Lindström Minnesota decorated for St. Luccia's Day
Harley Refsal carves traditional Norwegian wood carvings in a Decorah bakery. Harley is knighted by the King of Norway for bringing the hand-craft back to Norway by teaching the craft in the Norwegian language back in its country of origin.
