Nordic Spaces in the U.S.: Three Examples of the Performance of Nordic-American Identity

Abstract

How are Nordic spaces produced and maintained outside the Nordic countries? How do such spaces give shape to cultural heritage, delimit identities and draw boundaries via recognition of difference? Through three Nordic-American case studAmerican culture and Nordic culture are being fused as well as contrasted. As we aim to demonstrate, Nordic-American ethnicity can, despite its nebulous character, in private and public cultural traditions, it is also a force to be reckoned with in the