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1601 E. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55407

612-729-9333

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BEST PLACE TO ACCESSORIZE YOUR SCANDO HERITAGE
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1601 E. Lake St. Minneapolis MN 55407

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Books, records, needlework, yarns, foods, and gift ware from Scandinavia.

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Twin Cities specialty food stores wow

By Emily Weiss | Wed, December 05, 2012

As the holiday season kicks off, your once-empty weekends seem to fill up much too quickly with endless parties and events. It's all great fun, but it also means lots of menu planning, requests to bring a dish to pass, cookie swaps, and forever... More »

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citypagesbestof | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

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| Wed, May 6, 2009

The following is an exchange, recounted verbatim, as it was overheard at the beloved Scandinavian gift and meat shop on East Lake Street: "Look, Lori, a gnome," said one woman, in a proud second- or third-generation Scandinavian drawl. "No, Deborah, that's a troll," came the impatient response. And they were both wrong, but the people at the counter were too Scandinavian to point it out. What these women were looking at was, in fact, a tomte. Here's how it breaks down: A gnome is a gnome and that is all—a small man with a big beard. A troll is, more or less, an ogre. But a tomte? Well, a tomte is a shape-shifter. This is no small distinction—and Ingebretsen's deals in nothing if not distinction. Namely, the distinction of the Scandinavian from all that is not. More specifically, the distinction between, say, the Scandinavian countries that cover their folk art in red and those that use blue. A cynical eye might spot the seeds of ethnic war among the shelves of Swedish this and Norsk that—but inter-Scandinavian bloodletting is so 16th century! In the 21st century, you of Scando heritage are free to buy the meats of one subgroup while admiring the tiny, hand-carved horse of another. And there is no better place to do this than at Ingebretsen's. Onward, brave Viking! (Or whatever your people call themselves.)
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RobertT989 | Minneapolis, MN | 7 Reviews

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| Sat, March 21, 2009

Need some lutefisk? Need some chocolate? Need some Scandinavian arts and/or crafts? Need some Rocket fuel coffee? Ingebretsens is the place to get it. A little expensive, but it is an importer. Great butcher shop/grocery and gift store. Nice place for out of towners to start connecting with their Swedish/Norwegian/Dannish ancestry.

2008 | BEST PLACE TO ACCESSORIZE YOUR SCANDO HERITAGE

The following is an exchange, recounted verbatim, as it was overheard at the beloved Scandinavian gift and meat shop on East Lake Street: "Look, Lori, a gnome," said one woman, in a proud second- or third-generation Scandinavian drawl. "No, Deborah, that's a troll," came the impatient response. And they were both wrong, but the people at the counter were too Scandinavian to point it out. What these women were looking at was, in fact, a tomte. Here's how it breaks down: A gnome is a gnome and... More »

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Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts And Foods

1601 E. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55407

612-729-9333

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Twin Cities specialty food stores wow

By Emily Weiss | Wed, December 05, 2012

citypagesbestof | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

RobertT989 | Minneapolis, MN | 7 Reviews

2008 | BEST PLACE TO ACCESSORIZE YOUR SCANDO HERITAGE

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