Enjoy a late summer day

Enjoy a late summer day with traditional food, crafts, gifts and entertainment representing the five Nordic Cultures as we celebrate the creation of Vasa Park in 1953 in South Elgin, Illinois.  Honor the founders for the vision, labors and resources that built and preserved this beautiful Fox River Valley venue.  Scandinavian Day at Vasa Park is enjoyed by the thousands who return each year to this late summer tradition on the Sunday after Labor Day.  A great day of food, fellowship and fun bringing together friends and family with pride for over 30 years.  Select your favorites, and feast on a variety of Scandinavian and American food.  Visit the many craft and gift vendors for that special memory of the five Nordic countries.  Bring the family for a full day of fun and enjoy the tradition of music, dance and a relaxed day in the park.

Volunteers Needed at our Food Booth, Membership table.

VOLUNTEER TO HELP: Volunteer to work at our food booth or membership table. Help set up and take down our tents and tables. To volunteer at the
food booth contact Rick Severson (rseverson@porterpipe.com  and join us for a fun day of working together.

Even if you didn't sign up to help - just stop over and volunteer a little of your time.  We'll find something for you to do.

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MANGE TAKK

A big thank you to Skjold Lodge member, Karen Pedone, for creating the fun new characters we will use at Scandinavian day.
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LEFSE LARS

PØLSE PETE

SLOPPY OLE

Skjold Lodge Food Booth

MENU
Pølse in Lefse
"Uffda-Burgers"
Packages of lefse
Assorted chips
 Soda/Water/ Coffee
Assorted baked goods.

LEFSE: Enjoy some lefse (the Norwegian flat bread made with flour, potatoes, butter, cream and other good stuff). Today most people spread butter on it, sprinkle their favorite sugar on top, eating it as a dessert (or if they can't wait just eat it right away) -Who says you can't eat dessert first!

PØLSE IN LEFSE: Pølse(the Norwegian hot dog) wrapped in lefse is another of our offerings. Those having traveled to Norway know that one of your most inexpensive meals is take away polse from a gatekjøkken (street kitchen [think 7-11]). Gatekjøkkenene serve the pølse in a bun, but we (and some others like it rolled up in lefse).

UFFDA BURGERS: Hungry for some beef? At our food both we sell "Sloppy Joe" sandwiches we call "uffda burgers". We picked this strange name when we thought about eating them only to have the delicious juicy meat in the middle slip out and go
where you didn't want it - "UFFDA"!

WE NOW HAVE VEGGIE UFFDA "BURGERS".

TRADEMARKS (TM)
The "Lefse Lars" (™), "Pølse Pete"(™), and "Sloppy Ole"(™) characters are trademarks of Skjold Lodge member Karen Pedone and are not available for use by any other entity without the express permission of Karen Pedone.

BAKE SOMETHING FOR US: Members are encouraged to bring baked goods for sale at our booth.  What seems to work best is items wrapped for individual sale.  These do not have to be Norwegian items—chocolate chip cookies sell well.  A good example of something to bring is large cookies wrapped in plastic wrap.

Mark the item with a small label as to what it is: “Chocolate Chip Cookie”, “Brownie”, “Sugar Cookie”, etc.  PRICE ALL ITEMS IN $.50 increments as it makes it easier to make change.