Uppsala Annual Calendar
Uppsala is built across three distinct branches, each serving a different role in the revival — community connection, private feast, and large-scale public celebration. Together they form the full year.
Free, recurring community events that build community connection and cultivate togetherness and comraderie. No ticket required, no Norse knowledge required — just curiosity and a willingness to show up. Join the mailing list to receive locations and dates the moment they are announced.
Hnefatafl — the king's game — is the board game of the Norse world. Tafl Time is a recurring open play session where newcomers learn and competitors prepare for the Hnefatafl Championship.
Free EntryAn evening of theater rooted in the Norse saga tradition. Live performance, varied formats, and the ancient art of holding a community together through the spoken word.
Free EntryIntimate indoor acoustic performances featuring authentic Nordic and Norse instrumentalists playing nyckelharpa, hardingfele, kravik lyre, and more. A warm, artistic atmosphere rooted in living Nordic musical tradition.
Free EntryFrom its Norse past to its Nordic present, the topic is Scandinavia — culture, foreign relations, mythology, history, language, food, immigration, traditional knowledge, regional variation, etc. — tested in the most convivial format possible. A gateway for curious newcomers and a challenge for the well-read.
Free EntryAn ancestral mobility and breath practice built on runic stances from the Norse tradition — a living full body practice that follows the sequence of the Swedish Rune Poem. The Norse analogue to tai chi. All bodies welcome.
Free EntryHollywood has never done the Norse world properly. We lovingly celebrate this — screening the most entertainingly inaccurate 'Viking' cinematography, with comic commentary, cold drinks and a room full of people who know better.
Free EntryFive limited-seating, seasonal communal banquets, which we call 'feasts', scheduled by the moon and presented as if this norse-nordic-fusion had been passed down from a thousand years ago. A culinary experience found nowhere else in the world.
Honoring the victories of the year past, and blessing the victories yet to come, in the same way that spring is victorious over winter yet again. The return of summer.
Limited SeatingThe peak of the sun's path. Bonfires, fresh foods, and fine friends give us a break from the hustle of the heat. Whole roasted calf.
Limited SeatingHonoring the entrance of the cold and dark. The light runs thin. Gratitude for the season's fruits before the cold descends. Whole, roasted lamb.
Limited SeatingThe longest night behind. The first whisper of returning light. Gathering, remembering and blessing ourselves with light and heat amongst the frost and ice. Whole, roasted boar.
Limited SeatingAssembly of the community. The threshold of spring. The last feast of winter's stores before the earth wakes. Whole, roasted goat.
Limited SeatingJoin the Mailing List to receive invitation consideration · First feast debuts Jól 2028
Four large-format, public events under each respective traditional holiday — a fur market in Duluth, a metal festival in the summer, a fire and ice experience in the city, and tournaments of Norse competitive sport. Building each year better than the last — one new event per season.
Disþing has always been a time of trade and assembly. The Hide & Pelt Market revives the ancestral tradition of raw material commerce — furs, hides, leather, wool, bone, horn, and antler brought together under one roof in the Norse spirit of honest craft and fair trade. A fur auction, artisan market, and Hnefatafl Championship run through the weekend.
The midsummer fire burns loudest through heavy strings and pounding drums. Midsomar Metal Fest brings neo-Norse and metal bands to the height of the Norse summer — built for the forests and lakes of northern Minnesota. Multiple stages, too much food, blacksmiths galore, traditional tattooing, and the long midsummer night.
Jól reminds us of the interaction between fire and ice — and the Jól Fire & Ice Spectacular makes that ancient duality spectacular. From Norse-inspired ice art competitions to a massive fire performance to an outdoor ice bar, skijoring racing and unseen surprises in the heart of a Minnesota winter. This is the single most dramatic night of the calendar — you won't even notice the cold.
The Norse tradition of physical excellence was survival — not sport. The Vitrnatr Norse Sports Championships is a multi-tournament series featuring elite competitors across modern disciplines rooted in ancestral Norse life: blades, timber, targets, strength, casting, and combat, as well as: cart pulling, speed shearing, herding, hunting, and jumping. Six human categories. Five animal categories. One epic championship weekend.