Registration No. 33-_____
                                                                           

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
                           ___________________________

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               __________________

                           NORTHLAND CRANBERRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Wisconsin                                      39-1583759
    (State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer 
   of incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)
                        
              800 First Avenue South
                   P.O. Box 8020
            Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin                54495-8020
     (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)


                           Northland Cranberries, Inc.
                             1995 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                              ____________________

                                 John A. Pazurek
                           Northland Cranberries, Inc.
                             800 First Avenue South
                                  P.O. Box 8020
                     Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin  54495-8020
                                 (715) 424-4444
                 (Name, address and telephone number, including
                         area code, of agent for service)
                           __________________________

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed      Proposed
                                    Maximum       Maximum
        Title of        Amount      Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
     Securities to      to be        Price       Offering     Registration
     be Registered    Registered   Per Share       Price           Fee

    Class A Common     400,000     $15.25(1)   $6,100,000(1)      $2103.45
     Stock, $0.01       shares
     par value


   (1)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
            1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
            based on the average of the high and low prices for Northland
            Cranberries, Inc. Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
            Market on September 12, 1995.

                        _________________________________

   <PAGE>
                                     PART I 

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

             The document or documents containing the information specified
   in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration
   Statement. 

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

             The following documents filed with the Commission by Northland
   Cranberries, Inc. (the "Company") are hereby incorporated herein by
   reference:

             1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
   March 31, 1995, which includes certified financial statements as of and
   for the year ended March 31, 1995.

             2.   All other reports filed since March 31, 1995 by the Company
   pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

             3.   The description of the Company's Class A Common Stock
   contained under the Section entitled "Description of Capital Stock" in the
   Company's Form S-2  Registration Statement No. 33-60823, dated June 30,
   1995, and any amendments or reports filed by the Company for the purpose
   of updating such description.

             All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
   Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
   1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this Registration
   Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
   amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
   securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
   securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
   reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
   date of filing of such documents.

   Item 4.   Description of Securities.

             Not applicable.

   Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

             Jeffrey J. Jones, a Director of the Company, is a partner at
   Foley & Lardner, which serves as the Company's general counsel.

   Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

             Pursuant to Sections 108.0850 to 180.0858 of the Wisconsin
   Business Corporation Law, directors and officers of the Company are
   entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain
   liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are
   successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which
   the director or officer is not successful in the defense thereof, unless
   (in the latter case only) it is determined that the director or officer
   breached or failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or
   failure constituted:  (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the
   Company or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the
   director or officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation
   of the criminal law unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to
   believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to
   believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a transaction from which the
   director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful
   misconduct.  Section 180.0859 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law
   specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require
   or permit indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving
   securities regulation, as described therein, to the extent required or
   permitted under Sections 180.0850 to 180.0858 as described above. 
   Additionally, under Section 180.0828 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation
   Law, directors of the Company are not subject to personal liability to the
   Company, its shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof
   for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from
   their status as such directors, except in circumstances paralleling those
   in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above.  The Company's By-laws
   require indemnification of the Company's directors and officers to the
   fullest extent permitted by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.  The
   indemnification rights provided as set forth above are not exclusive of
   any other rights to which a director or an officer of the Company may be
   entitled.

             The Company maintains an insurance policy which indemnifies its
   officers and directors against certain liabilities.

   Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

             Not Applicable.

   Item 8.   Exhibits.

             The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein
   are set forth on the attached Exhibit Index.

   Item 9.   Undertakings.

             (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
   being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
        of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

                  (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
        arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
        the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
        or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the
        information set forth in the Registration Statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to
        the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
        Statement or any material change to such information in the
        Registration Statement;

   provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
   if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
   by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
   Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in
   the Registration Statement.

             (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
   the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment
   shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
   securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
   time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
   amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
   the termination of the offering.

             (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
   purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
   amended, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
   13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
   that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
   deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
   offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
   deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
   the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors,
   officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
   foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
   in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
   indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
   therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
   against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
   expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
   the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
   proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
   connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
   unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
   controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
   question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
   expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
   such issue.

   <PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
   Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
   meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
   this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
   thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wisconsin Rapids, State of
   Wisconsin, on August 31, 1995.

                                 NORTHLAND CRANBERRIES, INC.



                                 By:  /s/ John Swendrowski          
                                      John Swendrowski
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
   Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
   the capacities and on the dates indicated.  


   By: /s/ John Swendrowski   
        John Swendrowski
        Chairman of the Board,
        Chief Executive Officer and
        Director (principal
        executive officer)


   By: /s/ John A. Pazurek        
        John A. Pazurek
        Vice President-Finance
        and Treasurer (principal
        accounting officer and
        controller


   By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Jones       
        Jeffrey J. Jones

        Director


   By: /s/ Patrick F. Brennan          
        Patrick F. Brennan
        Director


   By: /s/ John C. Seramur                     
        John C. Seramur
        Director


   By: /s/ LeRoy J. Miles                     
        LeRoy J. Miles
        Director


   By: /s/ Robert E. Hawk                     
        Robert E. Hawk
        Director


   By: /s/ Jerold D. Kaminski                 
        Jerold D. Kaminski
        Director

   <PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
    Exhibit No.                      Exhibit            
                                                        
                         

    (4.1)              Northland Cranberries, Inc. 1995
                       Stock Option Plan

    (4.2)              Articles of Incorporation, as
                       amended 

    (5)                Opinion of Foley & Lardner

    (23.1)             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

    (23.2)             Consent of Foley & Lardner
                       (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto)
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Registration No. 33-_____
                                                                           

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
                           ___________________________

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               __________________

                           NORTHLAND CRANBERRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Wisconsin                                      39-1583759
    (State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer 
   of incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)
                        
              800 First Avenue South
                   P.O. Box 8020
            Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin                54495-8020
     (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

                           Northland Cranberries, Inc.
                             1995 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                              ____________________

                                 John A. Pazurek
                           Northland Cranberries, Inc.
                             800 First Avenue South
                                  P.O. Box 8020
                     Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin  54495-8020
                                 (715) 424-4444
                 (Name, address and telephone number, including
                         area code, of agent for service)
                           __________________________

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed      Proposed
                                    Maximum       Maximum
        Title of        Amount      Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
     Securities to      to be        Price       Offering     Registration
     be Registered    Registered   Per Share       Price           Fee

    Class A Common     400,000     $15.25(1)   $6,100,000(1)      $2103.45
     Stock, $0.01       shares
     par value

   (1)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
            1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
            based on the average of the high and low prices for Northland
            Cranberries, Inc. Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
            Market on September 12, 1995.

                        _________________________________
PART I 

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

             The document or documents containing the information specified
   in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration
   Statement. 

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

             The following documents filed with the Commission by Northland
   Cranberries, Inc. (the "Company") are hereby incorporated herein by
   reference:

             1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
   March 31, 1995, which includes certified financial statements as of and
   for the year ended March 31, 1995.

             2.   All other reports filed since March 31, 1995 by the Company
   pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

             3.   The description of the Company's Class A Common Stock
   contained under the Section entitled "Description of Capital Stock" in the
   Company's Form S-2  Registration Statement No. 33-60823, dated June 30,
   1995, and any amendments or reports filed by the Company for the purpose
   of updating such description.

             All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
   Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
   1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this Registration
   Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
   amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
   securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
   securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
   reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
   date of filing of such documents.

   Item 4.   Description of Securities.

             Not applicable.

   Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

             Jeffrey J. Jones, a Director of the Company, is a partner at
   Foley & Lardner, which serves as the Company's general counsel.

   Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

             Pursuant to Sections 108.0850 to 180.0858 of the Wisconsin
   Business Corporation Law, directors and officers of the Company are
   entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain
   liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are
   successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which
   the director or officer is not successful in the defense thereof, unless
   (in the latter case only) it is determined that the director or officer
   breached or failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or
   failure constituted:  (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the
   Company or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the
   director or officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation
   of the criminal law unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to
   believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to
   believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a transaction from which the
   director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful
   misconduct.  Section 180.0859 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law
   specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require
   or permit indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving
   securities regulation, as described therein, to the extent required or
   permitted under Sections 180.0850 to 180.0858 as described above. 
   Additionally, under Section 180.0828 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation
   Law, directors of the Company are not subject to personal liability to the
   Company, its shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof
   for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from
   their status as such directors, except in circumstances paralleling those
   in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above.  The Company's By-laws
   require indemnification of the Company's directors and officers to the
   fullest extent permitted by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.  The
   indemnification rights provided as set forth above are not exclusive of
   any other rights to which a director or an officer of the Company may be
   entitled.

             The Company maintains an insurance policy which indemnifies its
   officers and directors against certain liabilities.

   Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

             Not Applicable.

   Item 8.   Exhibits.

             The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein
   are set forth on the attached Exhibit Index.

   Item 9.   Undertakings.

             (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
   being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
        of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

                  (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
        arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
        the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
        or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the
        information set forth in the Registration Statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to
        the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
        Statement or any material change to such information in the
        Registration Statement;

   provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
   if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
   by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
   Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in
   the Registration Statement.

             (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
   the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment
   shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
   securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
   time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
   amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
   the termination of the offering.

             (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
   purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
   amended, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
   13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
   that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
   deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
   offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
   deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

             (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
   the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors,
   officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
   foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
   in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
   indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
   therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
   against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
   expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
   the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
   proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
   connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
   unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
   controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
   question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
   expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
   such issue.
SIGNATURES

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
   Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
   meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
   this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
   thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wisconsin Rapids, State of
   Wisconsin, on August 31, 1995.

                                 NORTHLAND CRANBERRIES, INC.

                                 By:  /s/ John Swendrowski          
                                      John Swendrowski
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

             Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
   Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
   the capacities and on the dates indicated.  

   By: /s/ John Swendrowski   
        John Swendrowski
        Chairman of the Board,
        Chief Executive Officer and
        Director (principal
        executive officer)

   By: /s/ John A. Pazurek        
        John A. Pazurek
        Vice President-Finance
        and Treasurer (principal
        accounting officer and
        controller

   By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Jones       
        Jeffrey J. Jones

        Director

   By: /s/ Patrick F. Brennan          
        Patrick F. Brennan
        Director

   By: /s/ John C. Seramur                     
        John C. Seramur
        Director

   By: /s/ LeRoy J. Miles                     
        LeRoy J. Miles
        Director

   By: /s/ Robert E. Hawk                     
        Robert E. Hawk
        Director

   By: /s/ Jerold D. Kaminski                 
        Jerold D. Kaminski
        Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
    Exhibit No.                      Exhibit            
                                                        
                         

    (4.1)              Northland Cranberries, Inc. 1995
                       Stock Option Plan

    (4.2)              Articles of Incorporation, as
                       amended 

    (5)                Opinion of Foley & Lardner

    (23.1)             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

    (23.2)             Consent of Foley & Lardner
                       (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto)