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Spend the evening in good company with fine wine, Nordic cuisine, and a curated auction experience, while supporting the continued growth of Nordic Northwest and its mission. This year’s gathering centers on a powerful idea: We are a home for the next generation, a home for tomorrow.

April 3, 5:30 - 10pm

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The Silent Auction is Returning This Year!

Incredible Live Auction Packages!

Here are just a few of the incredible live auction packages that will be available.

  • Four-night Iceland adventure with the Northern Lights and Blue Lagoon.
     

  • Murder Mystery at Fogelbo: historical fiction murder mystery party catered by Broder Soder.
     

  • Private Sauna Experience with Ebb & Ember and their new floating Sauna.
     

  • Two-night stay at a private cabin in Sunriver.
     

  • Too Grand Concert: catered event featuring two grand pianos.

Delectable Cuisine 

Some highlights from the artfully prepared menu by Broder Soder

  • Salmon with Sandefjord Butter Sauce
    Fresh salmon served with a classic Norwegian sauce from Sandefjord, made with cream, butter, lemon, and fresh herbs.

 

  • Kalruletter (Vegan Interpretation)
    A refined take on the traditional Norwegian cabbage roll, filled with wild mushrooms, Impossible Pork, walnuts, and house-made lingonberries, finished with a velvety cashew cream gravy.

 

  • Cardamom-Honey Glazed Root Vegetables
    Roasted carrots, radish, and rutabaga glazed with fragrant cardamom honey.

     

  • Dill Mashed Potatoes
    Creamy mashed potatoes accented with fresh dill.

     

  • Signature Aquavit Cocktail
    A bright, Nordic-inspired cocktail featuring aquavit, green apple, celery, lime, cardamom, and a touch of salt.

Entertainment & Live Music

Revontuli

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Valerie Klemetti Blessley and Jennifer Pratt-Walter have been playing music together for 30 years, as the harp duo Celtic Muse. Two decades ago, Traditional Finnish music caught their imagination with its simple, but profound, place in the long history of Nordic lands, and they created a specific new duo called Revontuli, for gathering and sharing music from Nordic sources. Together as Revontuli (meaning the Northern Lights/Foxfire) they explore rune-songs, dances, ballads, original compositions and sacred music on kantele, the national instrument of Finland, and include woodwinds, hand percussion and harp into their large repertoire.  Revontuli has been privileged to perform at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, ScanFair, Midsummer, Soaring Souls, 100 year Finnish Independence celebrations, the Naselle Finnish-American Folk Festival and many other venues.  They have several CD recordings to their credit.  

More Entertainment

  • Classic games like Heads & Tails and the competitive Country Flag Game: with Denmark taking the title last year and friendly rivalries already brewing
     

  • Silent auction baskets inspired by each of the five Nordic countries
     

  • A raffle offering another chance to win one of the featured auction packages
     

  • A photo booth to capture the evening’s memorable moments

Thank You To Our Sponsors

Event Sponors

Jensen Investment Management

Arden Event Collective

Kathi Ketcheson & Donald Trapp

Greg Jacob & Karin Lahti

Walter E. Nelson Co.

Live Auction

Willamette Valley Vineyards

Portland Timbers

Portland Pickles

National Nordic Museum

Ebb & Ember

Courtney MacArthur

Paul Tuomi

Sonja Haugen

Wineries/Spirits

Balsall Creek Vineyards
Westside Wines
CorksCru Wine Merchants

Laurel Ridge WInery

Björnson Vineyard

Krogstad Aquavit

Silent Auction

Garnish Apparel

ReNatureArt

Finlandia Foundation
Columbia-Pacific Chapter

Heidi & Brad Knodell

LavenDollar

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MUWD Designs

MOROZKIsPA

Famke at Work

Annie Riehl

Karli Creative

Annelie Thurin

Silver Lyening

Matthew Austin

PakHye Goods

Vik Roasters

KOTI Sauna

Wei Dai

Tokured Designs

Letterpress Printing

Portland Center Stage

John and Cherie Briggs

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Morozkispa

Kirsty Dickinson

Koti Sauna

Kathi Ketcheson

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