Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Petter Wahlbäck is an award-winning Swedish composer and sound designer working out of Chicago. Petter’s main areas of focus are music for media and performing arts. Recent theater sound and music credits include the Eurydice, Requiem for a Heavyweight, By the Bog of Cats, Ada and the Engine, and Vanya on the Plains by the […]
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
A talk by Alan Petersen Through the Roaring Twenties and the first half of the Great Depression, the Swedish-born landscape painter Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) focused his discerning eye and passionate energy on the national parks of the American West. Due to Widforss’ untimely death at only age 55, and because the rise of modernism in […]
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
Family Fun Fest Saturday, Aug. 27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. In the Museum Parking Lot Family Fun Fest returns to the Swedish American Museum parking lot from 11-2 on Saturday, Aug. 27. Come enjoy Swedish-themed games, activities, crafts, snacks, prizes, and a raffle as we celebrate the end of summer and the start of […]
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard. We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés […]
On display in the Main Gallery Sept. 9 – Nov. 27, 2022 Exhibit Opening, Friday, Sept. 9, 6 p.m. Gallery walk with artists and lecture by Pieper Bloomquist starting at 6:30 p.m. The opening is in person but the lecture can be joined via Zoom. Link can be found at registration link. Master folk artists […]
Join art professor Alison Aune in a Swedish folk art Family workshop. Alison will lead participants in creating Fantastical Kurbits. Alison will give a brief gallery tour to share the background of Dalmålning, also known as kurbits painting or Dala painting, which flourished in Sweden in the 18th and 19th centuries. The kurbit was a fantastical gourd plant […]
Åse Larsjos will hold a kurbits painting workshop for adults. This workshop is suitable both for beginners and those more experienced. Acrylic paint will be used for practical reasons. Cost includes all materials needed. $20 Museum members and $25 everyone else. Maximum of 10 participants.
Join us for another cooking class series. In September we will be making Pytt-i-panna and Bondomelett. Two dishes to cook when you have a little bit of everything in your fridge. You will receive the recipe in advance. You can then either cook alongside or watch and try later. It is an interactive Zoom so […]
Join us for another cooking class series. In September we will be making Pytt-i-panna and Bondomelett. Two dishes to cook when you have a little bit of everything in your fridge. The in person class is limited to four participants. Price for the class is $25 for members and $35 for everyone else.
Free Summer Screenings Program Wednesday, September 21 at 6:30pm | Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.) Claim your free ticket: https://bit.ly/Chi_MFM My Father Marianne (Min pappa Marianne) Dir. Mårten Klingberg, 2020, Sweden, 110 min. Newly single, twentysomething aspiring journalist Hanna leaves Stockholm to move back in with her parents in her small hometown. Already feeling […]
Symbio is regarded as one of the most prominent new bands from the Swedish Folk and World Music scene. With their strong stage presence, original compositions and a magical interplay of hurdy-gurdy and accordion – The duo surprises their audience and takes them on a moving and dreamy musical journey. Dinner will be served at […]
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and […]
This event is part of Journey Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Alliance's annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. The program will be a panel discussion between a Sami person (Scandinavian Indigenous person) and a North American Indigenous person. The discussion will explore similarities and differences between the two panelists' cultures, and reflect on their individual experiences. […]
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and […]
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and […]
Scandinavian Jam, where we practice what we teach. Join Mary Allsopp and Paul Tyler online on the first and third Sunday of every month. Enjoy an afternoon of traditional roots music. We teach by ear, review and share tunes. We are happy to take suggestions and love meeting new people. It’s a friendly group and […]