Welcome
Takk, thanks for visiting
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Storytelling while spinning, blowing horns and playing flutes, moving with runes and nature, expressing my Nordic Root. ​In Minneapolis, my home is in Bdote, traditional sacred land of the Dakota Nation.
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Norway House in May: Overtone Flute!
​​Saturday May 2 - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm - Link to Norway House
Make an Overtone Flute from PVC and wooden dowels. Kari will tell stories about her experiences making nature instruments in Denmark and Norway. She will sing about how sound created the world in Old Norse mythology. The simple tube of branch, bone, or horn sounds the three cosmic tones of creation!​​
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Ingebretsens in May: Poetry and Runes!
Thursday May 7, 2pm Pop-up Poetry Reading during the Spring Sale Week!
Kari reads from her poetry book "The Day Begins at Sunset: Primstav Poetry" (2023). Copies will be available for purchase.
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May 23 - Link to Come
Rune Discovery with Kari Tauring
Learn about the oldest known writing system in Scandinavia. A rune is a letter shape, a sound, and a word in of itself. Runes meaning Cow and Torch describe the culture living in the Northlands. The oldest runic inscriptions are written in Elder Futhark after the first six of the 24 runes.
At the onset of the “viking era” around 700 AD, the runes and words to describe them changed. Instead of Cow the meaning became Money. Instead of Torch the meaning became Cancer. Pandemics, globalism, climate change, and political/religious pressures stressed cultures in the Northlands and the language reflects that. Her book “The Runes: A Pandemic Journey” (2024) talks about the 16 Younger Futhark runes coming out of the chaos of the late Iron Age and what makes them relevant to the times we are living in now.
Read More:
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/a-pandemic-journey-into-the-younger-futhark/
Kari in June 2026
June 12 - 13 Duluth Stämman - Duluth, Minnesota
Kari and friends will be performing, singing for dancing, and leading and teaching anyone who wants to dance!
June 19 - 20 Scandinavian Festival - Moorehead, Minnesota
Kari performs twice each day on her Nordic Nature Instruments! She will also be available in-between to discuss the instruments along with the runes and mythology that give context to the bones, horns, and songs you will hear! (Made possible through a grant from the Lakes Regional Arts Council and the tax payers of Minnesota. Thank You!)
Kari in July 2026
The Kvann Project!
Kari travels above the Arctic Circle to deepen her relationship with the special plant called kvann (Angelica archangelica). Kvann so important to Norwegian culture, you could pay your taxes with it. Nature Instrumentalist and teacher, Øistein Hanssen, has agreed to teach Kari about the fadnu, a flute made from the stem of the plant during the month of July that only lasts two hours. Follow the adventure on Kari's Patreon. Become a patron and get exclusive videos and reports from the field!