Announcements

Every summer the Nordic House hosts PIKKNIKK a summer concert series that is always very popular and now the summer’s program is starting to take shape. This year the summer concert series is put together by José Luis Anderson. The concerts all take place at 3pm in the Greenhouse outside of the Nordic House and […]

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Mýrin, international children’s literature festival will take place 12 to 14 October 2023 in the Nordic House in Reykjavík. The heading of this year’s festival is Deep in the Moorland: Ocean and Fantasy in Children’s Literature. More detailed programme will be published later.

2023 EASTER OPENING HOURS 6th-10th April   Maundy Thursday OPEN 10am – 5pm Good Friday  CLOSED Saturday  OPEN 10am – 5pm Easter Sunday  CLOSED Easter Monday CLOSED

För hösten 2023 söker vi tre praktikanter inom tre separata program.  Som praktikant i Nordens hus är du en del av ett dynamiskt team, som arbetar med kulturutbyte mellan Island, Norden och de baltiska länderna i form av samarbetsprojekt med kulturinstitutioner, konstnärer och forskare i hela regionen. Nordens hus har en bred verksamhet och arrangerar kontinuerligt […]

Fourteen novels and collections of short stories, essays, and poetry have been nominated for the 2023 Nordic Council Literature Prize. This is a strong Nordic field with works from all countries and language areas. The winner will be announced in Oslo on 31 October. This year’s nominated works can all be read as a kind […]

The Nordic Council Environment Prize invites the public to nominate candidates for the prize. This year’s theme is sustainable textile production and consumption. NOMINATE The production and consumption of textiles is associated with a significant adverse effect on both the environment and the climate. With this year’s theme, the adjudication committee wants to focus on […]

R.E.C Arts Reykjavík during Children´s Culture Festival 2023 at the Nordic house Reykjavík. Artist-Activist Collective R.E.C Arts Reykjavík, in collaboration with The Nordic House, proposes a project which seeks to provide an artistic platform for teens of minority backgrounds and communities (as well as other teens interested), ages 13-17. This cumulative program invites a group […]

The Nordic Council Literature Prize has been awarded since 1962 and this year celebrates its 60th year of inspiring reading. Over six decades, the Nordic Council Literature Prize has time and again set itself apart as a prize that rewards literature that breaks boundaries and sets new literary horizons. Read more. Sofie Hermansen Eriksdatter, prize […]

Nora Dåsnes, Solvej Balle, Karin Rehnqvist, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Sjón, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Sara Nassim, and the City of Mariehamn are the winners of the 2022 Nordic Council prizes, announced during an awards ceremony broadcast live from Helsinki’s Musikhuset on the evening of Tuesday 1 November. The Icelandic film “Lamm” won the film prize, while the environment […]

READING CLUB IN THE NORDIC HOUSE:  FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE TO READ GOOD STORIES    Join the Nordic House reading club at Reykjavik’s most beautiful library, where we talk about Nordic fiction. The reading club is led by Susanne Elgum from the library.  We read in Scandinavian and talk together in “mixed Scandinavian” […]

Equal opportunities for children of foreign origin with developmental disorders in the Nordics The Nordic countries are seeing growing numbers of children with an immigrant background and developmental disorder. The seminar gathers experts from the Nordic and Baltic countries to share knowledge and experiences on how to support the wellbeing of foreign-born children and youth […]

Nordic House Reykjavik open for internship positions (Knowing at least one Nordic language is essential for this position). För 2023 söker vi tre praktikanter inom tre separata program.  Som praktikant i Nordens hus är du en del av ett dynamiskt team, som arbetar med kulturutbyte mellan Island, Norden och de baltiska länderna i form av […]

Planting eelgrass in Denmark, restoring drained wetlands in Iceland, Sweden’s oldest existing UNESCO biosphere reserve and a voluntary association that restores rivers and streams in Finland. Six projects have been nominated for the Environment Prize 2022 for the theme is nature-based solutions. Six nominations The nominations for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2022 are: Sund […]

Welcome to the opening of the Latvian School in Reykjavík on August 26th at 19:00. The President of Latvia and his wife and the Ambassador of Latvia in Norway will honor us with their presence and will take a look at the school’s daily activities. The event is intended for families with children. Those who […]

We would like to welcome Ukrainian curator Yuliia Sapiha to The Nordic House in Reykjavík. Yulia Sapiga is now a curator in residence at The Nordic House Reykjavík after escaping Ukraine in july, 2022. Sapiha comes to the Nordic House through the program Artists at Risk (AR). Sapiha is a young curator primarily working with […]

What is happening? New library system is coming our way and while it is being updated our self-check in stations are out of order, no new books can be listed and you won’t be able to reserve or renew your loans. But you can of course come and loan books. Please bring your library card […]

Norway’s national day is celebrated on 17th May. Many Norwegians live in Iceland and tomorrow many of them will gather and celebrate the day together. Normannslaget, an association of Norwegians and ‘friends of Norway’ in Iceland, organises a festive program on this day. Part of it will take place here in the Nordic House between […]

“The Length and Breadth of the Nordic Region” “The Length and Breadth of the Nordic Region” is an anthology trilogy that’s part of Lyftet – an initiative from the Nordic ministers for culture in the field of children’s and young people’s literature. The primary initiative is an annual interdisciplinary seminar on current Nordic children’s and […]

The Nordic House is closed from 24 December 2021 – 3 January 2022. We wish you all happy holidays and look forward to seeing you in the new year.

Children are encouraged to participate in a story competition at the Nordic house. Participants can take inspiration from stories about the Moomins – or by the exhibition Reading and writing with the Moomins which is shown at the Children´s Library of the Nordic house. It is possible to either send in a written story or […]

Advisor Katja Långvik from Nordic Culture Point will be available for counseling at Nordic House in Reykjavik on Thursday 4th of November. Appointments can be made between 9:00 and 14:00 by sending an email to hjalti@nordichouse.is. Nordic Culture Point administers grant programmes, which provide the opportunity to create culture, conduct projects and create meetings between […]

Open call: Kidarchy takes the lead in the Nordic House winter 2021-2022 Are you opinionated? Do you have better ideas than the adults around you? Do you like playing? This winter, Kidarchy (Krakkaveldi) will host creative workshops on Thursdays between 3PM and 5PM. We will implement our ideas and create a world where we decide […]

Today on the 24th of August, the book fair releases their program for this year, in which Nordic literature is one of the three core themes. On behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic House in Reykjavik has curated a program with exciting encounters between Nordic authors to this year’s book fair.   […]

Books build bridges between people and places, both real and imagined ones. The Children’s Book Flood opened in the Nordic House in Reykjavík on the 50th anniversary of the building in 2018. The writer and illustrator Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir was the exhibition’s author and curator. Children were invited to participate in an adventurous journey through […]

The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch 19th to 23rd of May. This year the focus will be on an environmentally friendly design that departs from the present and heads towards new ways of thinking. Amongst topics dealt with in the exhibition are sustainable architecture, utilization of invasive plants, and circular design. Moreover, the designers shed […]

Baltic Children’s Culture festival will be held in the Nordic house April 20 to June 14. The Nordic house celebrates children’s culture by presenting Baltic culture in a creative way in  collaboration with people with background from the Baltic countries. During the first week of the festival, school groups will be invited to a collage […]

The exhibition “Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities” opens 17 April, 2021 The opening will be held throughout the day from 10-17 and due to current covid-regulations there is a 20 person limit in the exhibition space. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Iceland University of the arts (IUA) and the Nordic House in […]

Ash Day at The Nordic House 17.2.2021 Children who visit the exhibition Eggið on Ash Day (Öskudagur), and who also make a creative figure with the help of an instructor, will receive sweets. Parents and guides are kindly requested to wear face masks. Registration on TIX. Winter holidays – free course for children of all […]

Welcome to the Nordic House. As our guests, your safety is our main priority. We follow the guidelines given by the Icelandic Health Authorities at all times and have introduced measures to secure that your visit happens safely. OPENING HOURS Information on opening hours and temporary closing due to covid can be found here. A […]

Ascension Day May 21st Open 10-17 (MATR 12-16) Whitsunday 31st of May Open 10-17 (MATR closed) Whitmonday 1st of June CLOSED (Monday) The national day of Iceland 17th of June CLOSED Commerce Day 3rd of August CLOSED   Event Calendar For further information please contact info@nordichouse.is

The Nordic House will reopen on 5 May 2020 when the government’s gathering restrictions will be loosened. As of 4 May, larger gatherings will be limited to 50 people, instead of 20. The Nordic House opening hours are Tue-Sun 10-17. Mondays closed. The library will be open from 10 to 17 MATR café will be […]

Because of the Icelandic government gathering ban, we’ve decided to cancel all our events and close The Nordic House from the 14th of March until the 14th of April. All employees can be reached via telephone or email during normal work hours. All library loans will be automatically extended until the 30th of April. Find […]

Sabina Westerholm from Finland is a new director of The Nordic House in Reykjavik since January 2nd 2019.  One of her main ambitions is to develop the programme for children and young people. Westerholm previous job was Managing Director of the Pro Artibus Foundation, which works to support the visual arts in Swedish-speaking Finland. During her career, […]

The Nordic House is closed from 24 of December 2018 and reopens January 2, 2019. The Children’s Book Flood is closed from December 22nd. The Reception is closed from December 23rd. The library is closed from December 20th until January 7th. Merry Christmas and happy new year – See you again in January 2019.