Festivities conclude at Fjord Folk Fest
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN The Accordion Club in Minot entertains the Fjord Folk Fest crowd, as a couple dances to the music Saturday, Aug. 22.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Halvor the Merchant shows a couple of young visitors the various items that were typical in a Viking market. Viking reenactors provided guests at Fjord Folk Fest a sampling of Scandinavian history. The festival ran Aug. 21-22 in Minot Municipal Auditorium.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Canadian visitors Joanne Hoag, left, and Diane Kreiser, right, paint designs at a Fjord Folk Fest booth that offered guests a rosemaling experience Saturday, Aug. 22.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Gary Legwold of Minneapolis prepares dough for making lefse while visiting with guests at his booth on the final day of Fjord Folk Fest Saturday, Aug. 22. Legwold learned the art of making lefse, the Norwegian potato bread, after his grandmother died and no one else in the family was interested in carrying on the tradition. He since has traveled to various states to interview lefse makers and has authored three books about lefse, as well as two books on lutefisk. He recently returned from Norway, where he met with lefse makers in researching his next book.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN The Accordion Club in Minot entertains the Fjord Folk Fest crowd, as a couple dances to the music Saturday, Aug. 22.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Halvor the Merchant shows a couple of young visitors the various items that were typical in a Viking market. Viking reenactors provided guests at Fjord Folk Fest a sampling of Scandinavian history. The festival ran Aug. 21-22 in Minot Municipal Auditorium.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Canadian visitors Joanne Hoag, left, and Diane Kreiser, right, paint designs at a Fjord Folk Fest booth that offered guests a rosemaling experience Saturday, Aug. 22.
JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Gary Legwold of Minneapolis prepares dough for making lefse while visiting with guests at his booth on the final day of Fjord Folk Fest Saturday, Aug. 22. Legwold learned the art of making lefse, the Norwegian potato bread, after his grandmother died and no one else in the family was interested in carrying on the tradition. He since has traveled to various states to interview lefse makers and has authored three books about lefse, as well as two books on lutefisk. He recently returned from Norway, where he met with lefse makers in researching his next book.