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                                                           Exhibit 32.1

                         NORDSTROM CREDIT, INC.

                            13531 EAST CALEY

                       CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80111

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
              OFFICER REGARDING PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING
                          FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

I, Kevin T. Knight, the President of Nordstrom Credit, Inc. (the
"Company") in compliance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, hereby
certify that the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended October 31, 2003 (the "Report") filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission:

     - fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
       Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     - the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
       material respects, the financial condition and results of
       operations of the Company.



                                                /s/ Kevin T. Knight
                                                ----------------------
                                                Kevin T. Knight
                                                President
                                                December 8, 2003

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to Nordstrom Credit, Inc. and will be retained by
Nordstrom Credit, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.