The Nordic House invites architects, designers, artists, and other creative practitioners to submit proposals for projects and events as part of DesignMarch 2027. Designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, the Nordic House is an architectural landmark known for its human-centered design, thoughtful use of natural materials and light, human scale and proportions, and attention to […]
Sámi literature, young love in wartime and environmental engagement The winners of the 2026 Nordic Council Prizes were announced today. All this year’s prize winners are from Norway. The Literature Prize is awarded to the novel Láŋtdievvá / Planterhaug by Sigbjørn Skåden. For the first time in 35 years, the prize goes to a work written in Sámi. […]
Children aged 9–12 are welcome to sign up for a free two-day workshop at the Nordic House. The workshop draws inspiration from two new exhibitions at the venue: Bodies and Buildings and Embodying a Building. The exhibitions explore the interplay between the body and architecture, with a special focus on the designs of Alvar, Elissa, […]
Nordic Film Feast | 15–18 October Six films. Four days. Nordic guests, Q&As, music, a DJ, an industry panel and a Faroese closing night. Stockfish and Bíó Paradís are bringing together all six films nominated for the 2026 Nordic Council Film Prize – just before this year’s winner is announced. The Nordic embassies will host […]
Internship for spring 2027 The Nordic House is looking for interns for spring 2027. For an internship at the Nordic House, you need to have a perfect command of one of the Scandinavian languages (Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian) in both spoken and written form. Good knowledge of English is also important. Icelandic knowledge is not […]
On the occasion of the panel discussions Narrative Sovereignty and the screening of Orsugiak (The White Gold of Greenland) at the Nordic House, a selection of works from Contingency Sample, an exhibition presented at Verksmiðjan in Hjalteyri in the summer of 2026, will be on view. The title refers to the Apollo 11 astronauts, who trained in Iceland […]
Banned Books Week is an annual event that highlights censorship and celebrates free access to literature and information. The event has been held in the US since 1982, originating as a response to growing censorship and the banning of literature in schools, bookstores and libraries. Just as important as celebrating freedom of expression is […]
Narrative Sovereignty and Censorship: Orsugiak film screening and panel The Nordic House in Reykjavík and the Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA) invite you to a screening of the documentary Orsugiak: The White Gold of Greenland (2025), followed by a panel discussion focusing on narrative sovereignty and censorship in the Nordics. Narrative sovereignty is the right of […]
We offer movement sessions for infants and their parents in collaboration with Guðrún Óskarsdóttir. During these sessions, we discuss children’s motor development while playing, singing, and dancing together. Guðrún Óskarsdóttir is the principal of Óskandi dance school; she is an educator holding an MA degree from the Department of Arts Education at the Iceland University […]
We offer movement sessions for infants and their parents in collaboration with Guðrún Óskarsdóttir. During these sessions, we discuss children’s motor development while playing, singing, and dancing together. Guðrún Óskarsdóttir is the principal of Óskandi dance school; she is an educator holding an MA degree from the Department of Arts Education at the Iceland University […]
This series of performative actions and interventions departs from the urgent, unsettled question: What does it mean to be “of color”? By weaving together traces of past works with new performative experiments, the working group opens a collective space where ghosts are summoned and portals opened. The work is an invitation to remain with the […]
Sóley Ólafsdóttir will host a movement workshop for children aged 6–9 in connection with our new exhibition Bodies and Buildings. Sóley is a dance artist with extensive teaching experience; she has conducted creative workshops for children and toured the country with Kanlínudans—a dance piece for children created by her and choreographer Leevi Mettinen. . The […]
The Nordic Association, in cooperation with the Nordic House, has invited Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg to Iceland this autumn to discuss his vision of a Nordic federation. More than 15 years ago, Gunnar Wetterberg put forward the radical idea that the Nordic countries should unite in a single federal state, which would make them one […]
Did you know that ketchup tastes best when eaten through a mitten? Have you ever felt the same joy as a mackerel heading out into the open sea? Why are there so few songs about autumn? And why are they always about how grey and gloomy it is? Why is autumn over just as we […]
The Winter Exhibition at the Nordic House Children’s Library opens on Saturday, October 10th, from 2 PM – 4.30 PM. During the day, the youngest visitors can join a movement workshop, explore the exhibition, and take part in a scavenger hunt. Find all the things and head to the library desk to claim your reward! […]
Architecture is all around us, even if we do not always notice it. The buildings and spaces we inhabit shape our daily lives, how we move, play, work, and interact with one another. But how does design and architecture affect us? What kind of homes do we want to live in? Do we need different […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Norwegian and Danish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Finnish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Swedish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Norwegian. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Finnish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Danish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
Seminar on fur farming in Iceland The Icelandic animal welfare association, humane world for animals, and the Nordic house in Reykjavík invite you to a seminar on fur farming in Iceland. The seminar will explore the current state of the industry and its development over the past decade, as well as issues including animal welfare, […]
Petri Burtsoff writes about the history of the Nordic House in a new piece for Finnish Design Shop’s Design Stories. Built in 1968 to strengthen ties between Iceland and the rest of the Nordic region, the building is described as “one of Alvar Aalto’s most overlooked and politically charged works.” The piece also highlights the collection of custom […]
Open House Surgery – a tour through, an open –– a walk through, a building, a… a supposedly simple orientation from room to room. But, as Werner Herzog said about psychoanalysis; the building becomes unliveable when its every corner is illuminated by harsh light, likewise, the building becomes deliciously alive when a body allows itself […]
Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings with curator Sabina Westerholm and the participating artists, Sunday, 4 October at 12:00 PM. Curator Sabina Westerholm will welcome visitors in the atrium of The Nordic House. During the tour, she will engage in a dialogue with the artists […]
You are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibition Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings on Saturday 3 October at 6:00 PM. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE This exhibition explores the relationship between the human body and Aalto buildings through the work of contemporary artists Elina Brotherus (FI), Dafna Maimon (FI) and Ilona Sagar (UK). The […]
For the first time in Icelandic, the acclaimed work of Danish master Benny Andersen, Svante’s Ballads, will be performed at The Nordic House. Svante’s Ballads is a story told through song, where music and poetry come together in a unique and captivating way. Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson translated it into Icelandic and also performs the work, accompanied by Gunnar […]
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE This exhibition explores the relationship between the human body and Aalto buildings through the work of contemporary artists Elina Brotherus (FI), Dafna Maimon (FI) and Ilona Sagar (UK). The artists have spent extended periods in the buildings, living in them, talking to the people who worked in them, and incorporating the spaces into […]
As part of the Trees & Seas Film Festival, SEEDS, in collaboration with Plastic Oceans, Nordic House, and Ungir Umhverfissinnar, invites you to an evening exploring one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time: microplastic pollution. INCONCEIVABLE INCONCEIVABLE investigates the impact of microplastics on our reproductive systems, exploring the ways these tiny particles can affect our […]
As part of the Trees & Seas Film Festival, SEEDS, in collaboration with Plastic Oceans, Nordic House, and Ungir Umhverfissinnar, invites you to an evening of film and conversation focused on the future of ouroceans and wild ecosystems. Artifishal Artifishal explores the environmental and ethical impacts of fish farming and the destruction of wild salmon ecosystems. The documentary […]
Bring your artistic practice to Åland and connect with a new audience in the Nordic region. The Nordic Institute on Åland invites professional artists from across the Nordic region to apply for Galleri NORDEN’s 2027 exhibition programme. Applications are welcome from artists working across all media, techniques and forms of artistic expression. The selected proposals […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Swedish. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and will be in Icelandic. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical material related to books nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. […]
The reading takes place in the Children´s library of the Nordic house and the picture books chosen, are connected to the topic of kings and queens. This event will be in Norwegian. Occasionally books from the The Bookworm, a Nordic database of educational materials, will be read. The Bookworm is a free database with pedagogical […]
FIND FUNDING FOR YOUR NORDIC PROJECT – INTRODUCING NAPA’S CULTURAL GRANT PROGRAM Are you interested in cultural collaboration between Greenland and the Nordic region? Do you have an idea for a project with Nordic collaborators? Are you wondering how you can fund your project? NAPA, The Nordic Institute in Greenland, administers two Nordic grant programs: […]
We read Nordic fiction, meet, and discuss the works together in a mix of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 23rs of September at 18 o’clock. The novel we will be discussing is Malma Station by the Swedish author Alex Schulman. . . The coordinator of the reading circle is Silje Beite […]
Beyond the Polar Night. An Art & Science Exploration of Extreme Marine Environments in the Arctic This last November, joining a scientific expedition, the presenters in this interdisciplinary symposium sailed into the double darkness of the Polar Night and the depths of the Fram Strait. It immediately became clear to them that they were part […]
The Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize will be awarded at the Nordic House on Thursday, September 10th. The prize is awarded every second year to an internationally recognized author for contributing to the renewal of the art of storytelling, which was precisely the justification given by the Swedish Academy when Halldór Laxness received the Nobel […]
The Halldór Laxness international literary prize to be presented for the fifth time The Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize will be presented at Nordic House in Reykjavík for the fifth time on Thursday, 10 September. The prize is awarded every other year to an internationally renowned author who has contributed to the renewal of the […]
Inuit Inngerneq / Drum Dancing: Timaannaq 1 Join the Greenlandic composer and drum dancer Nuka Alice for an introduction to Inngerneq, the traditional Inuit drum-singing and dancing tradition of Greenland. 90 minutes | Free entry | Open to all In this participatory workshop, you will learn about the story, meaning, and principles behind Inngerneq, and […]
Swedish author Alex Schulman is visiting Iceland to discuss his latest book, A Day in June (original Swedish title: 17 juni), which has just been published here in Iceland. Sunna Dís Másdóttir translated the book into Icelandic and will be leading the conversation with the author. The conversation will be in Swedish. There will be […]
The Nordic House and the Sustainability Institute of the University of Iceland are pleased to present the documentary film “Planet Soil”. The film has won numerous awards, and this will be its premiere in Iceland. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with soil scientist Julia Brenner. The Q&A will be in english. About […]
The literary magazine Stelkur is hosting a short story festival featuring writers from five countries, who will appear and read stories from the magazine’s latest issue, which will be released at the same time. This special double festival edition of the online magazine celebrates its third anniversary. Authors from Finland, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Lithuania […]