A trip to Minneapolis isn’t complete without a visit to ASI.— CNN
A trip to Minneapolis isn’t complete without a visit to ASI.
Catch up on all the Swedish Words of the Week with Liz Stopka on ASI’s Instagram. Subscribe now to learn a new word every week!
I had such a wonderful time at ASI that I became a member! Thank you for the excellent programming you bring to our Twin Cities community!— ASI member
I had such a wonderful time at ASI that I became a member! Thank you for the excellent programming you bring to our Twin Cities community!
ASI hours
Check hours
Museum Store
Contact
612-871-4907 [email protected]
2600 Park Ave Minneapolis, MN 55407
Get directions
ASI is committed to removing financial barriers to our programs for anyone who needs assistance; any individual may apply for up to $400 of financial assistance per year. We also warmly welcome students from underrepresented backgrounds into all Nordic handcraft, Nordic Table, language, and youth & family classes at a reduced tuition cost.
For more information, please email our programs staff.
Apply for a scholarship for students from underrepresented communities
Apply for financial assistance for all programs
This application is currently open through May 25, 2026.
This grant provides a one-time award of up to $1,000 worth of tools and equipment to expand the teaching capacity for an emerging craft instructor. This grant aims to cultivate craft education in the Swedish slöjd (handcraft) tradition by investing in the next generation of craft practitioners and instructors. ASI believes that investing in individual instructors is an important way to preserve Nordic handcraft traditions and create innovation in the handcraft community, because it allows instructors to gain experience and share knowledge while increasing their capacity to teach widely across many institutions.
The strongest applicants will have several years of teaching experience, will address the viability of creating a long term and potentially varied teaching curriculum with such teaching tools, will enable the instructor to teach a full-size class (usually 6-15 students), and will demonstrate teaching relationships with several institutions. It is assumed and encouraged that awardees will use their awarded teaching tools for teaching opportunities beyond ASI.
Read the full grant description here and apply here.
For more information, please email Erin Swenson-Klatt, ASI Cultural Programs Manager.
To be eligible to apply for this grant, you must be at least 18 years old and be a resident of the U.S. Applicants should be emerging/early career instructors who can demonstrate they have teaching experience, proposed coursework that will benefit from an investment in teaching tools, and a long term commitment to teaching. Both professional (full time) and non-professional (part time) instructors are encouraged to apply.
ASI defines Nordic Handcraft as contemporary or traditional crafts related to or inspired by the geography and cultures of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, inclusive of the peoples who have moved to and from those places from pre-history to present day. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Please see our website for the current selection of coursework we offer.
Applications are accepted once each calendar year in the spring.
The 2026 application is open from April 8, 2026-May 25, 2026. Decisions will be communicated in early June.
Applicants are welcome to email Erin Swenson-Klatt, ASI Cultural Programs Manager with questions.
Awards are provided in the form of the purchase of teaching tools through ASI. Awardees must commit to teaching a minimum of two workshops (half day or more) at the American Swedish Institute between fall 2026 and fall 2027. ASI may offer other programmatic opportunities (e.g. demonstrating during events, representing ASI at off-site programs, etc.) for awardees. ASI will compensate the awardee for all programming at the regular contract instructor rate.
For questions and more information, please email Erin Swenson-Klatt, ASI Cultural Programs Manager.
Applications for 2026 are open until May 1, 2026.
Awarded to one individual each year, this competitive scholarship provides $2000 for academic and/or professional studies abroad in Sweden.
The scholarship was established in 1980 by friends, students, and relatives of Lilly Lorénzen, the late Swedish-language instructor who taught at both the University of Minnesota and the American Swedish Institute and author of the book Of Swedish Ways. She was also a respected builder of Swedish heritage in America.
Applicants must be Minnesota residents not currently living in Sweden. More information on eligibility is below.
To apply, please fill out the application and email a copy to ASI.
For more information, please email Britta Walstrom, ASI Director of Partnerships.
Applicants must be Minnesota residents not currently living in Sweden, demonstrate achievement in their field of study, have a working knowledge of the Swedish language, present a credible plan for scholarly or creative study in Sweden during the relevant school year, and contribute to American-Swedish exchange.
The 2026 Lilly Lorénzen Scholarship is open for applications through May 1, 2026. ASI will announce the award by the end of May, and will share an official public announcement at ASI’s Midsommar Celebration on June 20, 2026.
Receive our digital newsletter containing all the latest from ASI.
Experience everything ASI has to offer. Includes year-round free admission, a 10% store discount, and more!
Your gift ensures that ASI can continue to bring richness to the community and to you.
This is a test, only a test
