Easter is around the corner, opening hours vary: Thursday 28th March: Open 10am – 9pm Friday 29th March: Closed Saturday 30th March: Open Sunday 31st March: Closed Monday 1st April: Closed The exhibiton Wasteland will be open and in the atrium we have the exhibition Feathers made by students in 4th and 6th grade in Fellaskóli. On […]
The Visual Arts Day in the Nordic House Exhibition by 4th and 6th grade students from Fellaskóli The Visual Arts Day is a pan-Nordic art day for children and young people. The day serves the purpose of showing and exalting art and the potential of art forms. The aim is that the day will be […]
Navigating Nordic Futures: Strengthening Cooperation for Peace and Security On the occasion of Nordic Day, which marks the signing of the Helsinki Treaty in 1962, we invite you to a conversation about the future of Nordic cooperation in an evolving geopolitical landscape. In a world marked by crises, conflicts, increasing polarization, and stigmatization of minorities, […]
We are proud to present a literature night with the recipient of the 2023 Nordic Council Literature Prize, Joanna Rubin Dranger, in conversation with Tinna Ásgeirsdóttir. Together they will discuss Dranger’s rich body of artistic and literary work, and dive deeper into her award-winning 2022 graphic novel Ihågkom oss till liv. The conversation will be […]
We proudly present our next literature event in the Meet-the-author series at the Nordic House auditorium, the 25th of August at 16:00, in collaboration with The Representation of the Faroe Islands in Reykjavik. Meet Carl Jóhan Jensen in conversation with Einar Már Guðmundsson, as they unfold Carl Jóhan Jensen authorship. The conversation will be held […]
We are proud to present a Norwegian literature night in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy. Meet Marie Aubert in conversation with Silje Beite Løken, for an exploration of Aubert’s literary life and works. This conversation will be held in Norwegian. Marie Aubert (b. 1979) made her fiction debut in 2016 with the short story collection […]
Bibliotekar med fokus på litteratur og læseoplevelser Vi søger en kollega til biblioteket i Nordens Hus i Reykjavik på Island. Nordens Hus er et etableret nordisk mødested for kunst, kultur, sprog og social diskussion. Bæredygtighed er centralt for vores virksomhed. Vi stræber efter CO2-neutralitet, og vi fokuserer på lighed og mangfoldighed. Vi tilbyder et modigt […]
The exhibition “How did I get to the bomb shelter” opened in Lithuania last week! Our previous exhibition is currently on tour, and now it is located in Klaipeda, Lithuania. We are very excited and grateful for the collaboration, as well as the opportunity to continue to bring this important message out to people! How […]
The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum and the Living Art Museum have come together in collaboration with The Nordic House and initiated a symposium focused on the collection of outsider art. The symposium will examine the environment of museums with specific goals and collection values, their role within the ecosystem of art, and where […]
For the first time since the building’s inception, our library is now just as empty as in the picture from before the house opened to the public. This iconic room, which has been so important for generations of Nordic book lovers in Reykjavik as well as all of us who have ever worked in the […]
On Sunday we invite all children to come create and decorate a paper bird. Each bird will be dedicated to a child that has lost its life in Gaza by adding the child’s name on the bird. We will hang up the birds in the ceiling of the Nordic House to make sure they fly […]
Thirteen novels, poetry collections, and short stories have been nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize. The list of nominees for this year delivers a strong literary field spanning the entire Nordic Region. The prize has been awarded since 1962. The Nordic Council Literature Prize goes to a literary work written in one of […]
In the contemporary landscape, the edges between different creative arts are getting more and more figurative. Composers write pieces for video-art and visual artists create sound installations. It is getting harder to differentiate, yet connections and finding common grounds becomes easy. We are acting a bit like radar – trying to identify these changes – […]
Verið velkomin á skemmtileg og fræðandi Hvalasmiðju! Við munum kynnast mögnuðum aðlögunum hvala að hinu krefjandi búsvæði vatns og sjávar. Hvalir eru að mörgu leiti furðuleg spendýr sem hafa sagt skilið við fætur, hár og ýmsa aðra eiginleika spendýra en hafa þess í stað aðlagast sjávarumhverfinu á ótrúlegan hátt. Sú þróun hefur leitt af sér […]
EXHIBITION CATALOG The multimedia art exhibition (Post) presents artwork between 2005 and 2021 from mainly Nordic artists who question and reflect our time and our future. An underlying theme is the anthropocene. Most of the works depict post-industrial structures that raise questions in how to think about a future. Artists: Nana-Francisca Schottländer (DK), Katie Paterson (UK), Marte […]
Teachers, mediators, educators, parents and those interested in mediation and development of pedagogical materials are invited to a presentation where Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir and Pihla Meskanen share their experience and entrepreneurial work in the development of teaching architecture. Architecture teaching touches on a variety of factors that contribute to the development of interdisciplinary project solutions, […]
Free course during the winter schoolbreak for 7-10 year old children. The kids will get to know the exhibition Wasteland, which is about sustainability in architecture – various exercises will be done in relation to architecture and recycled materials. The course will be held on February 19th and 20th between 10am and 12am. It is […]
Welcome to a screening of a double bill of Icelandic super 8mm avant-garde films and a selection of rarities from Páll Óskar’s vast super 8mm film library. Filmmakers include: Maria Meldgaard, Haust, Vilborg Lóa Jónsdóttir, Óðal, Lee Lynch and Hrafnkrell Tumi Georgsson. All films projected on Super 8mm film. Program: 17:00-17:45 Avant-garde films by local […]
Today, February 6, the Sami National Day is celebrated in memory of the first Sami national meeting being held in Trondheim on this day in 1917. We look back at last year’s Arctic Waves and the Sami musicians who had fantastic performances here in the Nordic House. Enjoy the music of these talented musicians today: […]
Families with children aged 0-6 are invited to an interactive music lesson led by violinist and music teacher Natalia Duarte Jeremias. Natalia uses her voice to connect with the children and plays with tone and rhythm. It is important that the moment takes place without words so that the children’s focus is only on the […]
We are proud to present a Danish literature night in the Nordic House auditorium on the 20th of March at 19:00, in collaboration with Háskóla Íslands. Meet Peter Adolphsen in conversation with Jacob Ölgaard Nyboe, as they expands Adolphsen’s multifaceted authorship and also lifts the veil on the upcoming novel ‘Ellepigen Pif og 42, den […]
We have had the year`s first meeting with the Nordic embassies and representations today. Nordic cooperation, language, culture, literature and innovation were on the agenda. Thanks for the meeting!
You are warmly invited to the workshop “Color Up Peace: Image Transformations as Peaceful Futures Design”. This workshop is organized by the Ukrainian peacebuilding startup Color Up Peace, which since 2016 uses visual artistic innovation as peacebuilding and freedom-building strategies. Color Up Peace has implemented activities in about 15 countries, created and implemented a special […]
Signe Sofie Larsen will read aloud from a few of her favorite children’s books. Signe is 23 years old, born and raised in Denmark but currently lives and works in in Reykjavik as a handicap assistant and employee in a kindergarten. After the reading, guests are also invited to enjoy the exhibition “Under the Polar […]
We are proud to present a Nordic Noir night in Elissa (the Nordic House Auditorium). Meet Satu Rämö in conversation with Lilja Sigurðardóttir, as they unfold Satu’s authorship and literary work. This conversation will be in Icelandic. Satu Rämö was born in Finland in 1980 and moved to Iceland over two decades ago as an economics exchange […]
Dear guests, due to renovations, the Nordic House Library and the Children’s Library will be temporarily closing from February 19th. The library is scheduled to open again as soon as June 2024. The renovations are part of the general renovation of the Nordic House, which has been going on since 2022. As the building is […]
Families are welcome to listen to a reading in Norwegian. After the reading guests are encouraged to enjoy the exhibition Under the Polar Ice at the Children’s Library. Crafts are available for all, they are based on the images of the books and therefore it is not necessary to speak either language to enjoy the […]
Families are welcome to listen to a reading in Swedish. After the reading guests are encouraged to enjoy the exhibition Under the Polar Ice at the Children’s Library. Crafts are available for all, they are based on the images of the books and therefore it is not necessary to speak either language to enjoy the […]
Families are welcome to listen to a reading in Finnish. After the reading guests are encouraged to enjoy the exhibition Under the Polar Ice at the Children’s Library. Crafts are available for all, they are based on the images of the books and therefore it is not necessary to speak either language to enjoy the […]
Plastic fish and plastic creatures of various shapes and sizes will be created in a creative workshop for the whole family led by the artist Þórdís Erla Zoega. Colorful plastic gets a new life and with creative methods and the plastic turns into diverse animal flora and gets a new life. Þórdís works with a […]
The whole family is welcome to a workshop where designer Rebekka Ashley shows guests how an unconventional material like sailcloth from synthetic fibers (nylon, polyester) can be recycled and reused in a creative way, to design key rings and bookmarks. The workshop takes place in the Nordic house Children’s library’s new exhibition: Under the Polar […]
We invite you to watch: “Eating Up Easter” documentary of the Plastic Oceans Short description: Modern dilemma of people who risk losing everything to the globalizing effects of tourism. The film follows four islanders, who are working to tackle the consequences of their rapidly developing home. Mama Piru leads recycling efforts to reduce trash, Mahani […]
REYKJAVIK DARK MUSIC DAYS present: A seminar on listening and the legacy of Pauline Oliveros, an American composer, pioneer of electronic music, and developer of the practice known as Deep Listening. “Listen Well” will explore the connection between listening as a compositional method and listening as an embodied, ecocentric practice in the 21st century. Presented […]
“Baba Karam” is a 50-minute performance and a euphoric dance party inspired by the Iranian dance of the same name. Inspired by Iranian home parties, “mehmooni,” and the movements that amateur dancers from around the world have sent to the Ful artistic group, the group pays tribute to the potential of dance to change and […]
The Nordic House would like to send our warmest thanks to our partners and guests, for all of the fun and important events shared in the past year. Despite the ongoing renovation, we have had a steady stream of visitors who have been able to take part in an extensive program with a focus on […]
Dear guests. The Nordic House in Reykjavík will be closed for the holidays from the 23rd December 2023. We open again on the 2nd January 2024 at 10am. We wish you all a lovely holiday, see you again next year.
How can we minimize the unfathomable amounts of waste being produced in Iceland every day, every year? And how can we take care of the valuable resources we already have available when building new structures? The Danish-Icelandic company Lendager explores these issues in the exhibition “Wasteland Iceland” – an ambitious and though-provoking display of solutions and future concepts for how we can work with Icelandic […]
Is There a Future? Conversation between Mazen Maarouf and Viðar Þorsteinsson on the situation and history of Palestine. The Israeli – Gaza war has reached an unprecedented level in terms of number of civilians killed, more than 7000 of which are children. Millions of people around the world are demanding an immediate ceasefire and reviving the […]
Signe Sofie Larsen will read one of H.C Andersen classic Chistmas tales (Jule Eventyr), picture book version, and afterwards there will be pens and paper available and guests are encouraged to draw a Christmas moment inspired by the reading. The reading will be in Danish. Everyone is welcome and free of charge! Accessibility: All restrooms […]
The whole family is welcome to a workshop were artwork can be made based on plants and animals of the sea. During the workshop you can learn about life in the Arctic Ocean in the exhibition Under the Polar Ice that is currently in the Children’s Book Library. We will draw inspiration from books available […]
The Nordic House and Kuluk Helms invite all growing souls to a poetic sanctuary this Christmas. Come and listen as Kuluk reads selected poems from the upcoming poetry collection ‘Min Sjæl Har Vokseværk’. The poems delve into questions of belonging, self-determination, and the search for a place to call home. After the reading, there will […]
What are the similarities between Latvian and Icelandic Christmas decorations? We will make beautiful decorations together and enjoy cookies and music. The Latvian School in Reykjavik in co-operation with the Nordic house invite families to take part in traditional Latvian Christmas decoration workshop on 3. advent Sunday, 17th of December, 1-3 pm. Typical materials for […]
Jólakattarins Slóð/The Christmas Cat’s Trail is a 40-minute-long puppet show celebrating the Icelandic Yule Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði, and the Christmas cat through the eyes of a visiting American and his dog. The show will be performed with hand puppets and string puppets, with live music from the banjo and harmonica. The show will be in […]
Christmas is not only the children’s party with elves and gifts and sugar shocks and jingle bells, it is also the time when darkness comes rolling in with winter storms and downpours, and we adults must do our part in the fight against the forces of darkness. And how do we best do that if […]
“Strengjavera” – A sound installation by Jack Armitage on December 9th and 10th Strengjavera (“string being”) is an installation that delves into the concept of self-organising systems through the interaction of artificial life programs with an acoustic grand piano. Viewers are invited to witness the unpredictable yet mesmerising patterns that emerge as the piano’s strings […]
We invite you to The Nordic House on the first Sunday in Advent, to make your own Christmas cards. The workshop is open to everyone from 1pm to 3pm. We offer everything you need in terms of equipment, so you just have to bring your own creativity. There will also be light refreshments. All ages […]
Welcome to a Nordic quiz night! Here you can build up your Christmas spirit while learning about unique Nordic Christmas traditions. What do people eat on Christmas Eve in Greenland? And which supernatural beings belong to Christmas in Sweden? You can ponder questions like this while enjoying good beverages and Nordic Christmas music. The doors […]
Gift yourself and your dear ones The library sells newer, discarded nonfiction and fiction books in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Faroese for children, youngsters and adults ACCESSIBILITY: The Library and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. Bathrooms are gender-neutral.
Our advent program this year is characterized by togetherness, reuse and warm celebrations. We offer fun events of various kinds every weekend until Christmas. These include family workshops, puppet show, quiz night, a Christmas story evening for adults and more! PRE ADVENT SUNDAY 26th November CIRCULAR CHRISTMAS A Christmas swap market and a sustainable Christmas […]
What have Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, and Jón Sveinsson “Nonni” meant for national and cultural identity? How have Nordic stories and fairytales for children shaped the idea of what is typically Nordic? Welcome to the Nordic House on November 30th, at 19:00, for a conversation about how children’s literature reflects and influences our perception of […]