Wendy Harper/MDN First-place winner Frode Tilden of Fargo, front, tips his Olsen Fish Company hat after winning the lutefisk eating contest Saturday Sept. 27, at Norsk Hostfest. He is joined by Miss Norsk Hostfest 2025 Erica Littlefield, back. Wendy Harper/MDN Contestants in Saturday’s lutefisk eating contest at Norsk Hostfest pose on stage in Oslo Hall. Frode Tilden of Fargo, second from left, and Heather Donelan of St. Paul, Minn., far right, both wearing Olsen Fish Co. hats, took first and second place.

On the final day of Norsk Hostfest, the annual lutefisk eating contest packed Oslo Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, drawing cheers and laughter as contestants raced through a pound of the Scandinavian delicacy.

Frode Tilden of Fargo claimed first place, with Heather Donelan of St.

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