Nordic Fest

Decorah, IA · Arts & Culture

When: July 22–24, 2027
Where: Downtown Decorah & Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum · Decorah · IA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Decorah's Norwegian heritage takes over downtown for a weekend of folk dancing, Viking battle re-enactments, and aebleskiver breakfasts, anchored by the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. It has run since the late 1960s and is one of the upper Midwest's larger Scandinavian heritage festivals.

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Decorah's Norwegian heritage takes over downtown for a weekend of folk dancing, Viking battle re-enactments, and aebleskiver breakfasts, anchored by the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
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