American Daughters of Sweden

12/15/2024

What a fun afternoon at The Cabin! We had a nice lunch then Carrie donned her mother’s Santa Lucia dress and lead us in song. The owner, Harry Nyholm shared his family history of making Glögg and how he likes to introduce it to new people. He makes 130 liters a year to serve and sell at The Cabin. God Jul och Gott Nytt År! 🌲

09/14/2024

Today we kicked off the year with a lovely lunch and presentation by our guest speaker, Jonni Hegenderfer. Jonni’s written a new cookbook of her family’s treasured hand-written recipes, “A Swedish Family Cookbook”. Jonni shared with us how she, along with family and friends, collected, cooked, baked and taste-tested each recipe. You can read more about Jonni on her site swedishfamilykitchen.com and find her cookbook on Amazon.

07/27/2024

The Swedish American Museum is seeking part-time Museum Café Associates to work in our Café! For more information on the position, visit our website at https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/job_opportunities

05/29/2024

Midsommarfest is just around the corner! Join the Museum in celebrating June 7-9.

This will be the 58th year of the neighborhood’s Midsommarfest. Located at the south end of the festivities, the Museum will have its own Swedish stage featuring performances by Nikki O'Neill, Crocodile Rockstar, Gus Giordano Dance School, Jesse White Tumblers and more.

Remember to come inside the Museum to view our brand new permanent exhibit, “We Are America”, enjoy Store discounts, and explore our other galleries and our Children’s Museum. Swedish food will be offered, and we will also be running a beer tent during the festival's hours.

The annual dance around the Maypole will occur just after the opening ceremony on Saturday, June 8, at 11 a.m.

Volunteer with us at Midsommarfest by signing up here: https://signup.com/go/jsQURUh

02/01/2024

The dinner and movie night series returns in February. We watch movies in Swedish with English subtitles, you can come for dinner too or just enjoy the movie. On Feb. 15, we will show “Passage to Sweden”, dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. the movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., there will be a Zoom Q&A with director Suzannah Warlick. Buy tickets on our website in advance at https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/addmultipleeventform/33338.

01/30/2024

Swedish Language Classes begin this week, Jan. 29 with options to meet you where you are at! We offer Beginners I, Beginners II, and Intermediate evening online courses so you can attend where it's convenient for you. For details and registration information, visit our website at https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/swedish-language-classes.

01/03/2024

The Brunk Children’s Museum of Immigration will be open full days Jan. 3 – Jan. 7, 2024. Come by on weekdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and weekends from 11 p.m. - 4 p.m. to explore the 19th century immigration journey from Sweden to the United States.

12/26/2023

11/26/2023

🎅🏻 Our November Luncheon was a wonderful afternoon of conversation and delicious food after shopping all the goodies from Nisse Nook. We’re excited to welcome several new members to our group! For information on joining us, please email [email protected].