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Growing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with a dash of Danish thrown in for balance, Eric Dregni thought Scandinavians were perfectly normal. Who doesn’t enjoy a good, healthy salad (Jell-O packed with canned fruit, colored marshmallows, and pretzels) or perhaps some cod soaked in drain cleaner as the highlights of Christmas? Only later did it dawn on him that perhaps this was just a little strange, but by then it was far too late; he was hooked and a dyed-in-the-wool Scandinavian himself. In Vikings In The Attic, Dregni tracks down and explores the significant – and often quite bizarre – historic sites, tales, and traditions of Scandinavia’s peculiar colony in the Midwest.