Nordic Ware

Nordic Ware
Company typeCookware and bakeware manufacturing
Founded1946
FounderH. David Dalquist
HeadquartersSt. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
Websitewww.nordicware.com

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][5] 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.[6]

More than 70 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America.[7] To mark the 60th anniversary of the pan the company designated 15 November as 'National Bundt Day'.[8] The company also runs a competition every year, 'Bundts Across America', celebrating the best Bundt cake creations[9] 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[5] and also offers their products in 50 countries. Only a few of their items are ineligible for international shipment.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of Northland Aluminum Products, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b The Associated Press (6 January 2005). "H. David Dalquist, 86, Bundt Pan's Inventor, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Nordic Ware's Founders". Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. ^ "St. Louis Park Historical Society — Nordic Ware". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  5. ^ a b Muir, David (Journalist) (21 April 2011). ABC World News: Made in America--Nordic Ware (News cast - Web version). Lebanon: ABC News.
  6. ^ "Opportunity LOL Reviews: Nordic Ware's Potato Baker". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Heritage". Nordic Ware. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Light the Candles on the Bundt Cake—Announcing the 60th Anniversary of Nordic Ware" (Press release). Minneapolis: Nordic Ware. 22 January 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  9. ^ "2010 Japan's Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Ineligible Items (FAQ section)". Nordic Ware. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017.