Norway House

FUNDRAISER 2025:
Creating a Welcoming Community Space in Ventura Village

Norway House is the Norwegian arts, business, and culture center in America.

On any given day, guests to Norway House can enjoy a social time in our Kaffebar—a vibrant lunch café serving a full list of hot and cold coffee drinks, wine and beer, homemade soup and baked goods, and pølse med lompe (lefse hot dogs). Norway House partners with Ingebretsen’s Nordic Marketplace, a more than 100-year-old institution in Minneapolis, to provide an eclectically curated gift shop. The Mondale Galleri at Norway House features a rotation of art installations and exhibits about Norwegian culture and business. Our BARN program helps Nordic businesses find their footing in the United States market. The Norwegian American newspaper unites our cultural communities across North America and sheds light on topics relevant to them.

The Phillips community, where Norway House is located, has a long immigrant history—as well as being home to one of the largest urban Native American populations in the United States, embodied by the American Indian Cultural Corridor and the newly renovated and expanded Minneapolis American Indian Center along Franklin Avenue. Norway House represents and celebrates just one piece of the diverse cultural history of the Phillips community and how that history thrives through the sharing of contemporary Norwegian arts, business, and culture.

Today, the country of Norway is a global leader in issues involving the environment, peace, and the press. Norway House's Peace Programs (Minneapolis Peace Initiative and Global Peace Forum) challenge us to look at various perspectives and ideas on current affairs—from the state, national, and international level—that educate and inspire. Our relationships with various cultures throughout Minnesota, the United States, and Norway call upon us to expand our global understanding of what we each call hjem (home). 

#GivetotheMax this year by considering a donation to Norway House today!

STOP BY GINGERBREAD WONDERLAND 2025

Gingerbread Wonderland is when we ask our community to take a moment out of the stress and bustle of the year to focus on making something fun together. Tickets are just $10 per adult, $5 kids 6-17, and kids 5 and under free. Plus, we have a scavenger hunt, a kaffebar for snacks and cookies, a gift shop by Ingebretsen's Marketplace, a Norwegian-speaking American church next door, and a brand-new events center!

No matter your age or experience, you can make a gingerbread house. Our website has great recipes and tips to get you started.