Iceland’s oldest environmental organisation, a mobile nature school in Åland and a Norwegian environmental organisation run by children are just three of a eight names on the shortlist for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2026. The Nordic Council Environment Prize 2026 focuses on initiatives that educate children and young people about environmental and climate issues. […]
We invite you to a pleasant launch party for the art magazine Lyng at the Nordic house in Reykjavík. There will be light refreshments, a welcoming atmosphere, and a short introductory talk about the work of Heysahorn Art Collective. But what is Lyng? Lyng is a new cross-border magazine for art from the Nordic region, […]
Iceland was part of the Danish kingdom until 1944, one of its several overseas territories. Starting in the late 18th century, the Danish authorities undertook some major initiatives to systematically map this corner of the kingdom. The first of those was coastal surveying of the west of the country. In the early 19th century, coastal […]
Hot-Dog Poetry by Estelle Pollaert. Do you have a poem in your belly? Put it on paper and tuck it into a hot dog. About anything, in any language, With a name or without — it doesn’t matter. We look forward to reading it. Estelle Pollaert is a French illustrator based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Originally […]
Ikonen & Gröndal (FI/IS) A truly unique musical adventure, blending twisted grooves from the North Pole, the swing of Antarctic penguins, Oriental maqamat and Occidental harmonies, sounds from the depth of the Earth and from the distant galaxies – hot as glowing lava, cool as the Arctic Ocean. Kari Ikonen – analogue synthesizers, voice & toys […]
Visual Storytelling: Stories about Nature Connection is a project based on a workshop held at the Nordic House from 18–22 March. The outcome is accessible teaching material developed with support from Erasmus+. Click here to view the teaching material The project is a collaborative initiative carried out in partnership with the Anykščiai Library in Lithuania, and its […]
In this family workshop, you will be inspired by the small but important world of insects. Íris María, a visual artist, leads the art workshop. You start by drawing insects with felt-tip pens and then they are painted with watercolors. Insects play a key role in our ecosystems; they pollinate plants, help decompose organic matter […]
Everyone is welcome to a workshop in connection with the Children’s Library’s summer exhibition: The Secret Life of Insects, with textile designer Álfrún Pálmadóttir. The summer exhibition explores the hidden worlds of insects in the Nordic countries, and in the workshop you will be able to make your own insects from colorful felt! You can […]
Mýrin is an international children’s literature festival held every two years, operating since 2001. The festival is hosted at the Nordic House in Reykjavík and lasts for several days in the autumn. The collaboration behind Mýrin consists of the following institutions and organizations: IBBY Iceland, SÍUNG (The Association of Children’s and Young Adult Authors in Iceland), The Writers’ Union of Iceland, […]
Welcome to the film screening of Julien Looks Under Things: Under Iceland’s Water in collaboration with SEEDS Iceland. Julien Nayet-Pelletier is a French-Canadian filmmaker from Treaty 1 Territory. He is the creator of the online series Julien Looks Under Things, where he shows bite-sized moments of nature with live commentary. Using clips from his online […]
On the occasion of the International Day of Sustainable Gastronomy, we invite you to join a guided walk and plant tasting outside the Nordic House. During the walk, we will identify wild edible plants and explore the vegetation in the area. The walk begins at the Nordic House at 5 pm on Thursday, June 18. […]
Soil is so much more than the dirt beneath our shoes. This thin organic layer of the Earth produces about 95% of the world’s food, filters and purifies water, hosts incredible biodiversity, and stores vast amounts of carbon. Soil is one of the fundamental foundations of life on land—and at the same time one of […]
Welcome to the opening of the exhibition MEMBRANE: Myths & Fictions of Soil, Saturday 6th June at 3 PM. Artists: Peder Bjurman (SE) Linda Boļšakova (LV) Lucrezia Costa (IT) Eglė Budvytytė (LT) Johanna Seeleman (DE) Sigrún Thorlacius (IS) Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas (LT) Membrane explores soil regeneration as a fundamental process that makes Earth habitable, enabling life to emerge, persist, and […]
Welcome to a performance by Linda Boļšakova. Sunday 7th June, 3 PM – right after a guided tour with the curator. “That place where life and death vibrates- a place of vibrant materiality, a vibrato of swamp. A porous dramaturgy of multi-species happening, leaking into one another like good hydrofeminist theories. It is an alternative […]
The summer exhibition at the Nordic House Children’s Library opens on Saturday, May 16, from 13:00–16:00. During the day, the youngest visitors can join a drop-in watercolour workshop, explore the exhibition, and take part in an insect scavenger hunt. Find all the insects and head to the library desk to claim your reward! Games in […]
You are warmly invited to the opening of Wetland in Transition – A Proposed Trail in Andakíll on Saturday, May 16, at 14:00. The graduation exhibition offers a sneak peek into wetland restoration and trail-making. The exhibition will be on display in the greenhouse at the Nordic House. The research takes place in Andakíll, a […]
Insects are older than dinosaurs and are found everywhere, from deserts to the Arctic Circle. The children’s library’s summer exhibition explores the hidden world of insects in the Nordic countries. It gives insight into the adaptability of insects and tells about wasps that live for 400 million years, larvae that turn other insects into zombies […]
Welcome to a summer workshop in the Nordic house! Children ages 8-12 years old are welcome to a free summer workshop at the Nordic house. The workshop is inspired by the exhibitions in the house – with focus on life in soil, insects, art and nature. We will also discover strange animals like tardigrate who can survive […]
Testund will host a calming tea ceremony on Friday morning in Plantan Bistro. The event is open for all guests, inviting them to pause and enjoy Japanese teas such as sencha, houjicha, oolong, and matcha. Founded by designer Sigmundur Páll Freysteinsson, Testund focuses on quality, origin, and the ritual of tea, drawing inspiration from Sigmundur’s […]
Ása Bríet’s collection tells a story of love, loss, and preservation. Ása Bríet Brattaberg will showcase her master’s collection ‘Ástandið’ (the situation) from the Institut Français de la Mode at the DesignMarch 2026 at the Nordic House. Ása Bríet is a tailor and textile designer, graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2023 before specialising in […]
Would you like to work in a unique and diverse cultural environment? We are seeking an art- and culture educator who can convey Nordic art and literature to children and young people. The Nordic House in Reykjavik is seeking an engaged art and culture educator for a one‑year temporary replacement position. The educator will be […]
One of the key events of DesignMarch in recent years has been the symposium and panel discussion Investing in Design. This year will be no exception, with an outstanding group of professionals from the design world taking the stage! This year’s focus will be on fashion design, investment, and success within that sector of the […]
Born from over three decades of individual experimental practice in Icelandic poetry, spoken word, and atmospheric ritualistic music, the trio Ómun brings together Ásdís Sif (vocals), Nico Guerrero (guitar/keyboard), and Tristan Zand (bowed bass) for a unique sonic pilgrimage. Revisiting pagan legends and animistic rituals, the group explores Icelandic narratives through improvised words and music […]
Néfur, the acclaimed vocalist recently nominated for Performer of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards, commands together with synth performer Borderwalker to perform a live experience that dissolves the boundary between listener and the surrounding environment. Far from a static setlist, each performance is a living, breathing improvisation. Drawing on raw field recordings from […]
Dreamy, atmospheric mist surrounds the narrative world conjured by Icelandic singer-songwriter Anna Sóley and her sister Lilja María. The setlist is a mix of original songs from an upcoming album, Painting Reality, Photographing Fiction, along with older songs from Anna’s debut album, Modern Age Ophelia, and well-selected covers in a stripped-down setting of an acoustic guitar, voice, […]
Tianjun Li, performing as Timjune, is a musician, vocalist, and interdisciplinary artist based in Finland. Harnessing an exceptional four-octave vocal range, he constructs immersive, layered sonic landscapes that transcend conventional boundaries of gender and species. For Pikknikk 2026, Timjune presents a live iteration of his ongoing project, Free as Birds. Tracing the migratory paths of […]
Lávre is a Sámi artist, joiker, and singer-songwriter from Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) on the Norwegian side of Sápmi. This summer, he releases Šaddogárdi (Fruit Garden), an EP weaving soft songs and joiks into a stripped-down acoustic tapestry. Blending traditional joik melodies with Sámi indiefolk and what he calls “garden pop,” the music emerges from years of […]
Morjane Ténéré is a singer-songwriter inspired by folk and blues music and has performed more than 300 concerts across Europe. “Ténéré” means “desert” in Tamasheq, the language of the Tuareg people of Sahara, yet it also evokes vastness, magic, and resilience. The Ténéré region is known for its immense seas of sand and for the […]
Hildur Berglind Arndal is a versatile songwriter and performer whose artistic journey spans solo acts and collaborations across Iceland and abroad, including work with Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir and international tours with JFDR. Between 2017 and 2023, while based in Copenhagen, she cultivated a distinct “lonely troubadour” persona under the alias H.B. Arndal, resulting in the […]
The House will be closed on Friday 1st of May and the restaurant Plantan too. Happy Labour day to everyone! The Nordic House
Our beloved Pikknikk concert series will be held again this summer. As always, we aim to host the concerts outdoors in the Greenhouse if the weather allows. Otherwise, we move inside to the Elissa auditorium. Here below you can see the artists performing at Pikknikk 2026 along with all the dates. Mark your calendar! […]
Welcome to this year’s Pølse&Poesi! This year we will have visitors from Sweden and a few poets, who participated in The Nordic House´s writing course as a warm-up number. As usual, there will be hot dogs, drinks, mingling and readings. The theme is soil/membrane and is linked to the exhibition in Hvelfing. Everyone is welcome […]
Defy science and time by creating your own hybrid dinosaur and print it onto a garment of your choice. As part of the HönnunarMars 2026 roster, join Theo Ike in this fun interactive workshop; all you will need is your own blank garment, preferably made from cotton. We will supply some blank clothes: note that […]
Alvar Aalto Route connects sites designed by Alvar Aalto’s architecture office into a fascinating cultural travel route across Europe. In addition to Finland, you can enjoy Aalto’s masterpieces in countries such as Italy, France, Germany, Iceland and Estonia. Alvar Aalto Route offers experiences in the world of architecture and design, proximity to nature, high-quality accommodation […]
Ever since the novel Sextíu kíló af sólskini by Hallgrímur Helgason was published in Norway, it has been on top of the bestseller lists. The herring fishing industry was certainly a major industry in both Norway and Iceland, but a literary success of this kind tells us that the Norwegian translator, Maren Barlien Guntvedt, has managed the daunting task of translating Helgason’s storytelling passion, lush cast of […]
Visitors are invited to a workshop with visual artist Íris María Leifsdóttir, where everyone can try painting with glacial clay. Íris María offers clay from Svínafellsjökull, Breiðamerkurjökull, and Sólheimajökull, which is used for painting on watercolor paper. Watercolors will also be available. We recommend that guests visit the exhibition Ripples: Shifting Realities in the Arctic, […]
We celebrate the Children’s Culture Festival in Reykjavík 2026 from 21–26 April. The programme includes, among other things, an exhibition of works by primary school children, family tours, and various workshops. Free admission to all exhibitions and workshops. Painting with Glacier Clay – Workshop for the Whole Family! 25.04 Visual artist Íris María Leifsdóttir will […]
Welcome to a family-friendly guided tour of Ripples: Shifting Realities in the Arctic, a special visit for children and their caretakers. Join curator Ásthildur Jónsdóttir for a relaxed, one-hour walk through the exhibition, the tour will be held in Icelandic. Together we’ll explore artworks and scientific ideas about the Arctic – its snow, ice and […]
Welcome to an exhibition featuring works by children from primary schools in Reykjavík. The exhibition Inspired by the North presents textile works, collage and video art, as well as paintings created by students from Landakotsskóli, Melaskóli, and Hagaskóli. The works are all inspired by the exhibition Gárur: Transformations in the Arctic, currently on view in […]
Structure Interactions is a series of five machine-knitted wall hangings. Each piece is knitted using three to four colours of cotton yarn and employs knitting techniques that create texture, layering, and depth. The work explores the interplay between knitting techniques and colour through motifs of moving forms and linear structures, and how colours may appear to […]
The Icelandic Fashion Council presents the exhibition Do You Remember Me? – Archive 2000–2015 in the Vault of the Nordic House during DesignMarch. Do You Remember Me? invites visitors to revisit moments, encounter forgotten friends and take part in a collective reflection on a period that helped shape the Icelandic fashion scene in the early years […]
Suskin will have a pop-up shop in the Nordic House for the duration of DesignMarch. On the opening night of Threads of Connection on the 8th of May from kl. 17:00-20:00 Suskin will present a fashion performance where dance and design meet. For information about accessibility and opening hours, click here.
MAGNEA presents pre-spring 2027, a collection based on the brands ideology on a fresh take on knitwear. The collection pushes the core concept by designing knitwear for a Nordic reality where the seasons tend to blur and blend into each other. The title plays with a well known Icelandic phrase that became a source of […]
For DesignMars 2026, fashion designer Theo Ike presents the event Extinction Event, offering a unique insight into the relationship between prehistory and the future through the lens of fashion design. The event takes place at the Nordic House, surrounded by wetlands where life first emerged approximately 400 million years ago. Homo sapiens have existed for […]
Suskin presents a fashion performance where dance and design meet. Two dancers explore the relationship between body, object, and time, with Suskin leather bags at the center. The choreography moves through stages of life, from birth to old age, where the bags remain constant companion, carrying memories and evolving with the body. The work reflects […]
Fashion design takes over the Nordic House during DesignMarch, transforming the venue into a vibrant platform for fashion and conversation. The theme of DesignMarch festival 2026 is Connections. “How do we connect through fashion, tradition, rituals and craftsmanship?” Open to all, the Nordic House will host a curated series of showrooms featuring both emerging and […]
Join the Craft Club in Nordic House Saturday 9th of May 11-14! Knitwear artist Juha Vehmaanperä brings their passion for knitting to Reykjavik. Join Juha for a workshop to learn the hand knitting special techniques wave pattern and tuck stitch. BYOKE = Bring Your Own Knitting Equipment You’ll need needles of your preferred size. Feel […]
How do emerging fashion designers work with cultural heritage? What roles do craft and dress play in connecting the past and the present? The Nordic organisation ALPHA and The Nordic House are organising a half-day seminar that explores cultural heritage across contemporary fashion. Through presentations and conversations, the seminar shares new perspectives on the meanings and […]