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About Us
The Scandinavian Heritage
Association was started in 1989 to honor the cultures of the five
Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and
Iceland. The SHA boasts an international membership and is
committed to honoring the past and building a legacy for the
future. We do this through various sponsorships of programs and
cultural events, including our annual Midsommar Natt celebration,
Scandinavian Heritage Park, Hostfest-Heritage Foundation and
presentations by area artists and artisans. Future generations will be
the heirs of our rich Scandinavian heritage because we cared enough to
preserve and nurture the culture and traditions that were so much a
part of our ancestor's lives.
Our immigrant forebears were
unable to bring much in the way of material goods and treasures with
them to this land, nevertheless, they had an inherited strength of
character and perseverance that surmounted the hard tasks of life in
the New World . Their talents, skills and industrious nature, helped
them to survive and even rise to greatness in their various pursuits.
While these new citizens loved
their adopted land, they still remembered with great fondness the
friends, relatives and familiar places they left behind in the "old
country." They often longed to see the majestic fjords again and
walk through the meadow beside a cool, clear stream that rippled down
from the old stave church on the hill. While an ocean separated it from
them, their hearts craved to once more visit the home of their
childhood and see things just as they were before they went away.
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