What is Nordic cool?
Right now, it's a massive festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with artists and designers displaying art and culture from their very top sliver of the globe.
The festival arrives at what seems like just the right moment for Americans.
From the Danish modern furniture of the 1950s to the omnipresence of Ikea, Americans have long been attracted to the austere design of Nordic countries.
We shop at H&M and we've read Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon