Join ASI for a festive and fun holiday weekend full of joy and plenty of opportunities to create new memories and family traditions. Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list at the Julmarknad Handcraft Fair, featuring handmade or handcrafted goods by local artists and pick up a holiday gift from Scandinavia in the ASI Jul Shop. FIKA will serve up Swedish meatballs, open-faced sandwiches and holiday treats including cardamom bread, glögg, and hot cider. Stop by the Bake Sale to pick up some cardamom bread, cookies, and more to bring home to share with friends.
Families can participate in slöjd (handcraft) projects, take a break and enjoy story time with the Christmas Fairy, visit with Tomte (Saturday) and Santa (Sunday) or relax and watch Christmas cartoons.
Cozy up around the bonfire, try your hand at the fiskdamm (fishing pond), or take a run through the ASI kick-sled course. Local musicians will perform Nordic holiday favorites throughout the weekend.
FEATURED HANDCRAFT VENDORS:
Liz Bucheit (Crown Trout Jewelers), Sally Cavallaro
(Sally Cavallaro Designs), Sue Flanders (Kilns of Flanders), Kathy Fogerty (Cocoon Capes), Val & LeRoy
Gregerson, Beth Homa (Beth Homa-Style), Judith Hurd (Beadmused), Laurie Jacobi (Laurie Jacobi
Original Designs in Wool), Judy McDowell (Misty Meadow Designs), Alice Nelson-Lindall (Parkway
Pottery), Natalie Norman, Flemming Petersen (Flemming Petersen & Co.), Kristine Post (Plume Poppy),
Marian Quanbeck Dahlberg (Väva! Veve!), Stacey Quie (Stacey Q Designs), Carol Rajala Johnson (Studio
Tupla), Herb Reiersen (Reierwoods), Gail Rosenquist (Gail Rosenquist Pottery), Robynne Runyon (The
Apron Lady), Nora Schaper (Bodylish), Julie Steller (Steller Handcrafted Goods), Jarrod Stone Dahl
(Woodspirit), Cooper Ternes (Nordic WoodenWare), Susan Tracy (Simply Elegant Glass Art), Carole
Youngquist (Meadow Lake Studio), and Paul Zoldahn (Horizen Pottery).
Admission (includes museum admission to the holiday exhibits and Christmas market): $10 adults, $5 ages 6–18, free for children 5 and under and ASI members.
No special museum passes or discounts will be accepted on Julmarknad weekend.
Julmarknad is held Saturday, December 6 (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) and Sunday, December 7 (noon-5 p.m.)