Taste of Norway Fall Festival

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Taste of Norway, an annual fall festival showcasing Norwegian food, music and crafts will be held from noon to to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Ave. in Montgomery.

Montgomery resident Vy Skogen, right, demonstrates making Norwegian lefse, potato flatbread, at the 2022 Sons of Norway Polar Star Chapter 5-472 Taste of Norway Fall festival. The 2023 fest will be held Sunday, Nov. 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Avenue in Montgomery. Al Benson/The Voice

The public is invited. Admission is free.

The sponsor is Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472, a Norwegian-American cultural group, which meets monthly at the church.

Activities open at noon with lunch and a craft market. The lunch menu will include homemade traditional Norwegian food including smørbror, open-faced sandwiches; and lefse, potato flatbread. Desserts will include bløtkake, cream cakes; fruit soup; lingonberry bars, almond bars, ice cream with lingonberries, Kardamom rolls, cake and cookies.

At the market, crafters will demonstrate rosemaling, decorative Norwegian folk painting on wood; and hardanger embroidering. Scandinavian jewelry, gifts and knitted items will be available for purchase.

For more information, call (630) 553-7389 or visit polarstarlodge.com/5.html for more information.

—Al Benson

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