UNITED STATES

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 11-K




[X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT 
OF 1934 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

                                      OR

[ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE 
ACT OF 1934 

For the transition period from ______________ to ______________

Commission file number         001-15059


A.    Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from 
that of the issuer below:


                   Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing 
                 


B.    Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the 
address of its principal executive office:


                               Nordstrom, Inc.
                 1617 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101




















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                             Required Information

1.  Not applicable

2.  Not applicable

3.  Not applicable

4.  The Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing is subject to the requirements 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").  Plan 
financial statements and schedules prepared in accordance with the financial 
reporting requirements of ERISA are filed as Exhibit 99.1.

     The Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed as 
Exhibit 23.1.


                     The Exhibit Index is located on page 4












































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                                    SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
administrators of the employee benefit plan have duly caused this annual 
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing 


Date:  June 29, 2005                      /s/ Michael G. Koppel
                                           ----------------------------------
                                                            Michael G. Koppel
                                                 Executive Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer
                                                           of Nordstrom, Inc.
                                              
                                              Plan Administrator of Nordstrom
                                                 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing











































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                     Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing 

                              FORM 11-K Exhibit Index



This exhibit list is provided pursuant to the requirement of the Securities 
Exchange Act section 240.0-3.

Exhibit                                    Method of Filing 
-------                                    ----------------  
 23.1  Consent of Independent Registered   Filed herewith electronically
        Public Accounting Firm

 99.1  Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit      Filed herewith electronically
        Sharing Financial Statements           

 99.2  Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit      Incorporated by reference from the
        Sharing, as amended and             Plan's Form 11-K for the year
        restated on January 1, 2004         ended December 31, 2003, Exhibit
                                            99.2

 







































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