Taste of Norway

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa) | West Des Moines, IA

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Taste of Norway features Scandinavian baked goods, lefse demonstrations, and artisans. A Scandinavian café also has breakfast and lunch items for sale.
Daughters of Norway members will have popular, traditional sweets for sale such as kringla, lefse, kransekake, krumkake, rosettes, spritz, almond bars, and more. Kay Sacquitne will demonstrate lefse making and also sell her lefse. TIP: Come early as baked goods are often sold out by noon.
Jewelry makers, master wood carvers, and textile artists will have their wares for sale.
Taste of Norway is in the cafeteria at West Des Moines Valley High School. Follow the bright yellow signs to the parking lot and school entrance on the north/Woodland Avenue side.
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Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa), 3650 Woodland Ave,West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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