# Nordic Ware > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nordic_Ware > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nordic_Ware.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Ware > Source revision: 1327648157 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{short description|American cookware manufacturing company}} {{Infobox company |name = Nordic Ware |logo = |image = Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator.jpg |image_caption = Nordic Ware branding is on the [Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator](/source/Peavey%E2%80%93Haglin_Experimental_Concrete_Grain_Elevator) |type = [Cookware and bakeware](/source/Cookware_and_bakeware) [manufacturing](/source/manufacturing) |founded = 1946 |founder = [H. David Dalquist](/source/H._David_Dalquist) |location = [St. Louis Park, Minnesota](/source/St._Louis_Park%2C_Minnesota), [United States](/source/United_States) | homepage = {{URL|www.nordicware.com}} }} '''Northland Aluminum Products, Inc''', doing business as '''Nordic Ware''',{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6922001 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130903094137/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6922001 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2013 |title= Company Overview of Northland Aluminum Products, Inc. |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=2 September 2013}} is an American company based in [St. Louis Park, Minnesota](/source/St._Louis_Park%2C_Minnesota), notable for introducing the [Bundt cake](/source/Bundt_cake) pan in the early 1950s. It was founded in 1946 by [Henry David Dalquist](/source/H._David_Dalquist) (25 May 1918 – 2 January 2005),{{cite web|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/h-david-dalquist-86-bundt-pans-inventor-dies.html?_r=0|title=H. David Dalquist, 86, Bundt Pan's Inventor, Dies|author=The Associated Press|date=6 January 2005|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=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|url-status=live}} who trademarked the name Bundt in 1950, his wife Dorothy, his brother Mark, and their friend Donald Nygren.{{cite web|url=http://www.nordicware.com/about/founders|title=Nordic Ware's Founders|accessdate=2 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807033509/http://www.nordicware.com/about/founders|archivedate=7 August 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp|title=St. Louis Park Historical Society — Nordic Ware|accessdate=19 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222913/http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp|archivedate=5 January 2009}} Nordic Ware remains family-owned and operated, and David Dalquist (son of founders Henry David and Dorothy Dalquist) is the current company president. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.opplol.com/nordicwarepotatobaker.html|title=Opportunity LOL Reviews: Nordic Ware's Potato Baker|accessdate=20 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220161113/http://www.opplol.com/nordicwarepotatobaker.html|archivedate=20 February 2011}} More than 70 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordicware.com/our-story/heritage/ |title=Heritage |publisher=Nordic Ware |accessdate=22 October 2016 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905102313/https://www.nordicware.com/our-story/heritage/ |url-status=live }} To mark the 60th anniversary of the pan the company designated 15 November as 'National Bundt Day'.{{cite press release |url = http://www.nordicware.com/pressroom/view/2011-07-29-6 |title = Light the Candles on the Bundt Cake—Announcing the 60th Anniversary of Nordic Ware |publisher = Nordic Ware |date = 22 January 2006 |place = Minneapolis |accessdate = 19 December 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120622091335/http://www.nordicware.com/pressroom/view/2011-07-29-6 |archive-date = 22 June 2012 |url-status = dead }} The company also runs a competition every year, 'Bundts Across America', celebrating the best Bundt cake creations{{cite web|url=http://www.nordicware.com/bundts-across-america/winners-japan|title=2010 Japan's Contest Winners|accessdate=20 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118182755/http://www.nordicware.com/bundts-across-america/winners-japan|archivedate=18 November 2007}} 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{{cite AV media | people=[Muir, David (Journalist)](/source/David_Muir) | date=21 April 2011 | title=ABC World News: Made in America--Nordic Ware | medium=News cast - Web version | location=Lebanon | publisher=[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States))}} and also offers their products in 50 countries. Only a few of their items are ineligible for international shipment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordicware.com/international-orders/|title=Ineligible Items (FAQ section)|last=|first=|date=|website=Nordic Ware|publisher=|access-date=|archive-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605050243/https://www.nordicware.com/international-orders/|url-status=live}} ==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](/source/Peavey%E2%80%93Haglin_Experimental_Concrete_Grain_Elevator) near the interchange of [Minnesota State Highway 100](/source/Minnesota_State_Highway_100) and [Minnesota State Highway 7](/source/Minnesota_State_Highway_7).{{cite web|url=http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp|title=St. Louis Park Historical Society - Nordic Ware|accessdate=19 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105222913/http://www.slphistory.org/history/nordicware.asp|archivedate=5 January 2009}} The [grain elevator](/source/grain_elevator) was the first [reinforced concrete](/source/reinforced_concrete) circular grain elevator in the United States, and possibly in the world.{{cite web |last= |first= |url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/70peavey.html |title=Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator |work=Minnesota Historical Society Library: History Topics |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |accessdate=8 April 2006 |archive-date=27 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927003843/http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/70peavey.html |url-status=live }} Prior to Nordic Ware, the grain elevator carried the sign for 'Lumber Stores Inc' until Nordic Ware purchased the land as it expanded and invested $40,000 in a restoration project of it. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} == External links == *{{official website|http://www.nordicware.com/}} *[https://www.nordicware.com.au/ Australian distributor] Category:Companies based in Minnesota Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1946 Category:Cookware and bakeware Category:1946 establishments in Minnesota Category:American companies established in 1946 Category:Companies based in St. Louis Park --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nordic Ware](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Ware) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Ware?action=history)). 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