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Last week-end, our President, Fidelma McGinn, traveled with her daughter to experience first-hand the festivities at Tivoli Fest Elk Horn Iowa '26. It was a great way to celebrate the long-standing friendship between Denmark & the US 🇩🇰🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇸

The Dannebrog and Stars & Stripes were flying proudly! Between the community-spirited parade, to a tour of the inner workings of the Danish Windmill, a curator tour of the current exhibit 'Vikingmania' at the Museum of Danish America, a chance to meet another Thomas Dambo troll, Fjord Faergemand, & wrapping up with a festive fairworks display, it was a whirlwind ❤️

Tusind tak to everyone who made it so special. So much fun packed into one weekend! Skål!

Last night, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Robert Strand from UC Berkeley to Seattle to speak about his new book, “Nordic Capitalism” at the National Nordic Museum. Dr. Strand spoke enthusiastically about his book that compares the Nordic Model of Capitalism to the one found in the US, while asking: 'Can capitalism be sustainable?' He offered his perspectives on what societies, including the USA, can learn from the Nordic Model. Thank you Dr. Strand for your insightful contributions!

Dr. Robert Strand is the Executive Director of the University of California Berkeley Nordic Center, a partner of SDF in providing student exchanges to Denmark!

Read his new book online (free acess): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nordic-capitalism/nordic-capitalism/C50A7E34A6482BA63CE8F63AE5EF2DA6

Photo 1: Fidelma McGinn (President of SDF), Line Liblik Larsen (SDF Sr. Program Officer), Dr. Robert Strand (ED UCBerkeley Nordic Center), Bodil Stevns (SDF Vice Chair of the Board)

Photo 2 +3 : Dr. Robert Strand

Photo 4: Lath Carlson (ED National Nordic Museum) and Dr. Robert Strand