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Nordic Reach Magazine - Embrace Your Scandinavian Roots

Nordic Reach is a visual treat that provides modern day trends in Nordic Countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The magazine has high production values, beautiful images that will engage you to relax and spend an hour catching up on the "Old" country.

Published on a quarterly basis, each issue is a featured article devoted to a particular theme or trend.

Nordic Reach Issue No. 26, Vol. XXI (2009)

• Next Stop: North Pole - A stroll in the World's Northernmost town Spitsbergen.
• Finnish through Osmosis: The Finnish influence in Architecture - Article about Tia Salmela Keobounpheng, daughter of well-known Finnish-American architect David Salmela.
• Chef Conny: Globetrotting Gothenburger finds home in Venice, California. After a three-year stint as the Executive Chef at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Swedish-born Conny Andersson is opening his new restaurant cal A. K. after it location on the fashionable Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles.
• The Swedish American Museum Center: Today the museum has 43,000 visitors a year and is an important component of the Swedish Anderssonville community on the north-side of Chicago.
• ASI of the New Century: No cultural heritage institution does a better job of preserving links to the old world than the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.
• Scandinavian Art Gallery Triggers Cultural Phenomenon: Sometimes art can imitates life. Jim Davidson opened the Water and Oil Gallery in the historic Swede Hollow neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Reconnecting with Roots: The Scandinavian Festival, sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation doesn't get more Scandinavian than this - a Nordic Smörgåsbord of activities and food.

In a recent issue, Living Sustainable in Scandinavia, the issue's featured article discusses "Living close to nature and to balance a hectic 21st century lifestyle with touches of the natural joys of the environment was always an important part of the every-day life of Scandinavians. Small wonder then that living green is becoming more and more popular in all of the Nordic Countries."

Other articles from the same issue included:

• Swedish double bill: Tobias and Peter
• Troubadour of Sadness
• Cover Story: "My Time Is Now"
• Hello Minnesota!
• A Småland Sampler
• The Sàmi Wedding Way
• Hammarby Sjöstad: From eyesore to waterfront utopia
• Ambassador Michael Wood
• Framing the Future
• What, where, when, who
• Good Vibes from Odd Molly
• Straight Talk With Walter Mondale
• Mostly Mozart's Finnish Finish

The What Where When Who Section offers short articles that put the spotlight on a few recent events or notable people. They also provide online resources for additional information on many of the issues' articles.

Even the advertising offers large format graphically superb products and services from the Scandinavian countries covering style, travel, automobiles, and food. You'll also appreciate that the advertising appears almost exclusively in the front and rear sections, allowing you to thoroughly enjoy each issue without excessive commercial messages.

From the Publisher

Discover what Scandinavia has to offer - film, food fashion, architecture and design, travel, people, life and lifestyle. Nordic Reach magazine is a comprehensive guide to a Nordic experience, Scandinavian design and Nordic life in North America. North America's best-selling magazine on Scandinavian living.

Nordic Reach Magazine is for those who love Scandinavia. The publication provides a broad perspective of Scandinavia and Scandinavian culture to an international audience. Nordic Reach informs and entertains a readership that enjoys the Scandinavian lifestyle, design and perspective.

For subscription information, please visit the Nordic Reach website.

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