Mission & Vision

To share Nordic culture with
the greater community
through social, educational,
and arts programs.

A warm and inclusive place for
community engagement in traditional,
contemporary and emerging
Nordic culture and knowledge.

We provide cultural experiences for everyone.

We were once an idea, a vision, a dream.

We are now an idea enacted, a vision being realized, a dream daring to dream more.

We are forward in thinking and program design.

We look backward to learn.

We love to laugh.

We are a home to people of Nordic ancestry.

We are a home to people NOT of Nordic ancestry.

We believe in we. NOT I.

We believe children enrich our lives.

We believe in families – all families.

We don’t like mean people.

We obsess over details.

We believe in providing high quality events, classes and programs.

We believe that learning a language brings us closer to a culture.

We are active in the pursuit of authenticity.

We love art.

We love learning.

We recruit creative people and pursue creative ideas.

We are relevant.

We give to our community.

We partner with other community organizations.

We operate in a warm, inviting, home-like setting.

We love to entertain.

We love to be entertained.

We are traditional.

We are non-traditional.

We love what we do.

We love Nordic foods and serve them at every opportunity.

We believe all Nordic people are more alike than different.

We create an environment of mutual respect.

We value our guests, our students and our program participants.

We are curious about everything.

We are stopped by nothing.

We are on a mission to make the world a more culturally aware and tolerant place