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Thursday, December 13: Trolls in the Nordic Imagination. Scary, Clumsy, and Lovable.
Lotta Gavel-Adams, a Swedish studies expert at the University of Washington will discuss the Nordic obsession with trolls tonight at the Nordic Museum. This lecture is part of the Scandinavian 30, a series of free, thirty-minute talks held once each month at the Nordic Museum.
Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market St, http://nordicmuseum.org/future, 7 pm, free.