Nordic Ware Explained

Nordic Ware
Type:Cookware and bakeware manufacturing
Founded:1946
Founder:H. David Dalquist
Location:St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

Northland Aluminum Products, Inc, doing business as Nordic Ware,[1] is a company based in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, suburb of St. Louis Park, notable for introducing the Bundt cake pan in the early 1950s.

It was founded in 1946 by Henry David Dalquist (25 May 1918 – 2 January 2005),[2] who trademarked the name Bundt in 1950,[2] his wife Dorothy, his brother Mark, and their friend Donald Nygren.[3] [4] Nordic Ware remains family-owned and operated, and David Dalquist (son of founders Henry David and Dorothy Dalquist) is the current company president.[1]

In addition to the Bundt cake pan, Nordic Ware is also a pioneer in the field of microwave cookware. They introduced products such as the patented Micro-Go-Round, better known as the automated food rotator.[5]

More than 70 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America.[6] To mark the 60th anniversary of the pan the company designated 15 November as 'National Bundt Day'.[7] The company also runs a competition every year, 'Bundts Across America', celebrating the best Bundt cake creations[8] as well as holding cooking classes twice a week.

Nordic Ware is one of the few remaining American cookware companies that produce their products almost entirely in the United States[9] and also offers their products in 50 countries. Only a few of their items are ineligible for international shipment.[10]

Location

At their headquarters and manufacturing plant in Saint Louis Park, the Nordic Ware branding is painted on the Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator near the interchange of Minnesota State Highway 100 and Minnesota State Highway 7.[11] The grain elevator was the first reinforced concrete circular grain elevator in the United States, and possibly in the world.[12] Prior to Nordic Ware, the grain elevator carried the sign for 'Lumber Stores Inc'[4] until Nordic Ware purchased the land as it expanded and invested $40,000 in a restoration project of it.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company Overview of Northland Aluminum Products, Inc. . https://archive.today/20130903094137/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6922001 . dead . 3 September 2013 . Bloomberg Businessweek . 2 September 2013.
  2. Web site: The New York Times. H. David Dalquist, 86, Bundt Pan's Inventor, Dies. The Associated Press. 6 January 2005. 3 May 2024. 3 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170603055816/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/h-david-dalquist-86-bundt-pans-inventor-dies.html?_r=0. live.
  3. Web site: Nordic Ware's Founders. 2 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130807033509/http://www.nordicware.com/about/founders. 7 August 2013.
  4. Web site: St. Louis Park Historical Society — Nordic Ware. 19 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222913/http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp. 5 January 2009.
  5. Web site: Opportunity LOL Reviews: Nordic Ware's Potato Baker. 20 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110220161113/http://www.opplol.com/nordicwarepotatobaker.html. 20 February 2011.
  6. Web site: Heritage . Nordic Ware . 22 October 2016 . 5 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905102313/https://www.nordicware.com/our-story/heritage/ . live .
  7. Light the Candles on the Bundt Cake—Announcing the 60th Anniversary of Nordic Ware . Nordic Ware . 22 January 2006 . Minneapolis . 19 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120622091335/http://www.nordicware.com/pressroom/view/2011-07-29-6 . 22 June 2012 . dead .
  8. Web site: 2010 Japan's Contest Winners. 20 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071118182755/http://www.nordicware.com/bundts-across-america/winners-japan. 18 November 2007.
  9. . 21 April 2011 . ABC World News: Made in America--Nordic Ware . News cast - Web version . Lebanon . ABC News.
  10. Web site: Ineligible Items (FAQ section). Nordic Ware. 5 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170605050243/https://www.nordicware.com/international-orders/. live.
  11. Web site: St. Louis Park Historical Society - Nordic Ware. 19 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222913/http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp. 5 January 2009.
  12. Web site: Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator . Minnesota Historical Society Library: History Topics . Minnesota Historical Society . 8 April 2006 . 27 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927003843/http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/70peavey.html . live .

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