Scandinavian Trends

Sonomanews.com: Sonoma’s new Scandinavian Trends offers a bright assortment of gifts and collectibles as sweet as a Christmas kringle.
Launched earlier this month by Danish natives Chris and Merete Bendtsen, the shop brims with Norwegian trolls, Swedish linens, bright Danish paper mobiles, Finnish glass, Skagen watches and hand-knit Norwegian cardigans to warm up the coldest Greenland elf. The store also carries Royal Copenhagen china and its line of retired Christmas plates, Georg Jensen silver and plenty of other visual confections – from children’s books to candles to greeting cards.
“No store has anything like we have here,” said owner Chris Bendtsen.
“Sonoma is peaceful – it’s a (little slice) of paradise,” said Chris, who runs a wholesale business for Scandinavian wares and travels to his native stomping grounds frequently.
Scandinavian Trends opens Plaza shop [Sonomanews.com]