Taste of Norway offers food, crafts, cooking demonstrations Nov. 1

Posted October 13, 2026 2:32 pm

Submitted by Al Benson

Sons of Norway Polar Star Chapter 5-472 will offer its annual Taste of Norway Hostfest on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Featuring traditional Norsk food, crafts and cooking demonstrations, the event will be from noon to 3:30 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Ave. in Montgomery. Polar Star holds monthly membership meetings at 1:30 p.m. on the first Sunday at the church.

At noon, lunch will be served and a craft market opens. The lunch menu includes smørbror, Norwegian-style open-faced sandwiches and lefse, potato flatbread made on site.

Desserts include homemade fruit soup, cream cakes, lingonberry bars, almond bars, Kringla (cake), ice cream with lingonberries and cardamom rolls, cake and cookies.

The event includes a loppemarked (marketplace) and bakery. Volunteers will demonstrate cooking lefse and krumkake. Scandinavian jewelry and knitted items will be available for purchase.

Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 meets monthly at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery. Polar Star is a member of the Minneapolis, Minn.-based nonprofit founded in 1895 to promote Norwegian culture and heritage and offer financial products and services to members.

The organization offers language classes, cooking classes and sports programs to celebrate members' Norwegian heritage. Polar Star is among more than 330 locally-governed lodges in the United States, Canada and Norway.

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