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Dwight Lamb Stays Alive on the Tips of Fiddler's Fingers |
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ONAWA, IA -- The folk music world and Danish America are mourning the loss of one of its most prized musicians, Dwight Lamb, who passed away last Sunday in his hometown, Onawa, IA. See Story Here |
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Windmill Fall Banquet and Tribute to Dwight Lamb |
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Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen Visits Iowa |
Danish Ambassador to the U.S. Jesper Møller Sørensen visited Iowa last week. Stops included wind energy companies, government officials including |
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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Grand View University for a community forum and campus tour, followed by a trip to Elk Horn to the Museum of Danish America and the Danish Windmill.
Photo: Grand View President Dr. Rachelle Keck and Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen at the Humphrey Center on the GVU campus. Photo: Todd Bailey, GVU |
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Danish Energy Companies Explore Iowa's Renewable Energy Landscape |
DES MOINES, IA - A two-day delegation trip to Iowa included stops at eight Danish wind energy companies. See Story Here |
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Danish Ambassador Visits Museum of Danish America |
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Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen was greeted by MoDA Board President Toni Battaglia, Executive Director Tova Brandt and community member, Mike Howard. |
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NFDA's Bruce Bro Honored at Grand View University |
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DES MOINES, IA -- At Grand View University's annual 1896 Club Dinner on Thursday night, Bruce Bro was awarded the Danish Heritage Preservation Award. See Story Here
NFDA President & Rebild U.S. Vice President Bruce Bro with GVU President Dr. Rachelle Keck. Photo: Todd Bailey, GVU |
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Bruce Bro with GVU President Dr. Rachelle Keck and Denmark’s Ambassador to the United States, Jesper Møller Sørensen during Sørensen's visit to GVU on October 4th. Photo: Todd Bailey, GVU |
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Danish Artist Solo Exhibition in New York: MIRROR / RORRIM |
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Nordic Northwest Meets Danish Design Post WWII |
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PORTLAND, OR -- Join Nordic Northwest online to hear from writer and art historian, Maggie Taft, about her new book, The Chieftain and the Chair: The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America. See Details Here |
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Danish Days Was Awash With Danish Flags and Viking Helmets |
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SANTA YNEZ VALLEY STAR -- The 87th annual Solvang Danish Days, a three-day cultural event, was held Sept. 20-22 in celebration of the establishment of Solvang by Danish Americans in 1911. See Story Here Photography by Devyn Marseilles and Mike Chaldu
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Danish Archaeologists Unearth 50 Viking Skeletons |
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ODENSA, DK -- The skeletons, discovered near Denmark's third-largest city Odense, were kept intact by high water levels and favorable soil conditions that prevented them from decomposing.
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The Danish D9+ Answer to Europe’s Digital Challenges:
More Denmark |
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Vikings Unleash Fury on Homecoming 89-0 |
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DES MOINES, IOWA — In front of a packed Duke Williams Stadium during the 2024 Homecoming Weekend, the No. 2-ranked Grand View Vikings showcased their dominance in an 89-0 rout over the Clarke University of Dubuque, IA.
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NFDA's Bruce Bro attended with GVU President Rachelle Keck and Jim Keck |
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DK's National Baseball Team |
COPENHAGEN -- Denmark's national baseball team was on TV2 in Denmark. American Coach Jay Cannon discussed baseball and the national program on Go’ morgen Danmark. Learn More Here |
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Video segment: TV2 Go' morgen Danmark. |
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American Football in Denmark |
COPENHAGEN -- The Copenhagen Towers defeated the Aalborg 89ers Saturday in the annual Mermaid Bowl - the Danish version of the American Super Bowl at Gentofte Sportspark in Copenhagen.
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NFDA End of Year Campaign |
We hope you enjoy our weekly newsletter, our website with all current Danish American events, our traveling exhibits program and all our initiatives throughout the year. Now in our fifth year, NFDA reaches over 5,000 subscribers in North America and Denmark, and thousands more on our website and social media. Our mission is to promote our Danish heritage, support all North American Danish organizations, and preserve our heritage for future generations! Tusind Tak! |
Click Here to Support Us! |
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Danish Originals is a podcast series, in English, that features Danish creatives who have made a mark in the US. We hope you will join us and subscribe to Danish Originals. |
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Co-presented by American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst and Statens Museum for Kunst |
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Denmark Presents Plan to Reach Climate Targets |
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STATE OF GREEN -- The Danish Government have presented a climate programme named Klimaprogram 2024, outlining initiatives and concert actions to achieve Denmark’s 2030 target of a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. See Story Here |
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Stories related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals presented with support of our sponsor & partner - Scan Design Foundation |
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NFDA partners with The Danish Pioneer newspaper, the oldest
Danish-American newspaper in North America since 1872.
Please support The Danish Pioneer
See their flyer with subscription information here
Our national community's historic Danish-American newspaper celebrates now in its 152nd year! |
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