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WORKSHOP: Where do the elephants hide?

Workshop during winter break for 7-10 year olds A two-day free workshop where you will work with a variety of materials. In the workshop, the children get to know the building’s exhibitions, Einari Áskeli and Ukrainian art. Tasks include modeling different animals and answering questions such as: Where are the elephants hiding? What about the […]

Ecocide Law for an Economy Within Planetary Boundaries

Can ecocide laws contribute to the economy within earth’s sustainable limit? The European Council has just called on member states to ”criminalise and effectively prosecute ecocide” and to take “concrete steps to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in order to add ecocide as a new crime.” Ecocide means the mass destruction […]

Family Workshop: Meteni – Latvian mask workshop

Family Workshop: Meteni – Latvian mask workshop   Teachers from the Latvian School in Reykjavík offer families to join them in a mask workshop to celebrate Meteni. Meteni is an ancient spring waiting holiday, marking the end of winter and coming of spring in Latvia and is considered to be the inspiration and origin of […]

ARTIST TALK – HOW DID I GET TO THE BOMBSHELTER

Welcome to an ARTIST TALK with the artists of the exhibition HOW DID I GET TO THE BOMBSHELTER -In Ukrainian below- We are very happy to have the Ukrainian artists in the Nordic house and welcome them varmly here in Iceland. On the 7th February we invite guests to an artist talk in Auditorium Elissa […]

R.E.C Arts Reykjavík & the Nordic house look for participants

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 […]

L I M I N A L I T Y – a seminar and a screening

L I M I N A L I T Y is a seminar and a showcase of the collaborative cross boarder creative project Moving Classics Sonic Flux. The Project received funding from Creative Europe back in 2019 with further funding from Nordic Culture Point and Nordisk Kultufond in 2020. Along with partners in Iceland, UK, […]

Story hour – Swedish and Icelandic

In this story hour, the book Alfie Atkins and his Secret Friend  will be read in Swedish and Icelandic. After the story hour the children are invited to create collage with their own secret friend. The storyteller is Una Thorlaksdottir, library attendant at the Nordic house. Una studied philosophy and is soon to become a […]

NORDIC FILM FOCUS 2023

NORDIC FILM FOCUS The film days Nordic Film Focus will be held in collaboration with Reykjavík Feminist Film Festival during 13th-15th January. Nordic Film Focus is an annual collaboration between The Nordic House and the Nordic embassies in Iceland. The program in The Nordic House puts focus on Nordic female film directors and darkness and […]

How did I get to the bomb shelter // Як я потрапив у бомбосховище

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE How did I get to the bomb shelter  is a multidisciplinary group exhibition featuring seven contemporary Ukranian artists curated by Yulia Sapiha and produced by The Nordic House in Reykjavik. In the exhibition artists explore themes related to their personal experience of the war, their longing for a peaceful life, their paths towards survival and their hope for the future. […]

Lempi Elo: Music in the library

Finnish singer-songwriter Lempi Elo takes you to a world where you can meet your deepest emotions. From steaming morning coffee to rain-drenched evergreen softwood forests, from the break of dawn to dusk, Elo sings about the journey we’re all on, side by side and alone. Listen to her music here.   

PUNK Christmas at The Nordic House

Let’s shake up the advent with a punkfestive mood! Punk Christmas concert in The Nordic House with Fræbbblarnir, Sunday 11 December at 17:00. Fræbbblarnir, band members: Arnór Snorrason, gítar, söngur Guðmundur Þór Gunnarsson, trommur Helgi Briem, bassi Iðunn Magnúsdóttir, söngur Ríkharður Friðriksson, gítar Valgarður Guðjónsson, söngur, gítar

Alfie Atkins Christmas mood – Family workshop

The whole family is invited to craft Christmas decorations for Christmas trees,  gifts or for your home. Bethina Elverdam is a textile artist. She was born and raised in Denmark but moved to Iceland almost 15 years ago. She has a bachelor’s degree in fashion and textile design and is about to complete her candidate […]

Christmas stories for adults – in Scandinavian

Christmas is not only for children with elves and presents, sugar cookies and jingle bells, it is also the time when darkness comes rolling in with winter storms and freezing cold, and we adults must do our part in the fight against the forces of darkness. And how do we best do that it if […]

LISTAPÚKINN: Creatures, my mother and me

LISTAPÚKINN – Art Exhibition by Þórir Gunnarsson Welcome to the opening at 15:00 on the 4th December in the atrium of The Nordic House. Honesty, purity and sincerity are key features in Þórir´s works.  His works are adventurous and full of magic and his unique narrative. Bright and non-naturalistic colors, crude designs, skewed perspectives and simplicity in motifs […]

December Book Sale at the Nordic House Library

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  

WOVEN INTO: Installation and performance

Woven into is a textile installation and dance performance at the Nordic House Greenhouse that reflects on interdependency, care, and the greenhouse as a place of shelter and exposure alike. Visitors are invited to stop by and experience the work from inside and outside the Greenhouse. TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Saturday 3rd. December 4pm- 7pm Sunday […]

THE NORDIC HOUSE ADVENT PROGRAM 2022

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 with crafts and games, classical concert, punk concert, a Christmas story evening for adults and more! 1.  ADVENT SUNDAY 27th. November CIRCULAR CHRISTMAS Silkscreen printing with Prent&Vinir […]

LHÍ x HÍ: Brave New World

Current environmental and societal challenges require our societies to negotiate untrodden paths. But how can we imagine the new, more sustainable world we are heading for? In order to embark on this journey together, we need to combine facts with emotive matter, make the abstract personal and foster forward-thinking, empathetic discourse. The exhibition Brave New […]

Symposium | ART, ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIP

For many, living in a time where graphs and statistics on the impending ecological crisis are ever-present, has led to either climate anxiety or climate agnosticism. In recent years, both art and academia has interrogated the notion, that an alternative methodology is necessary, to provide a more tangible understanding of the complex issues of the […]

Good Thursday longer opening and guided tour

The exhibition “Growing Body of Evidence” will be open longer than usual on Thursday. Guests can visit Hvelfing from 10 am to 9 pm. There will also be a guided tour of the exhibition in Icelandic at 6 pm – 6:30 pm.

CIRCULAR CHRISTMAS: Silkscreen workshop and a swap market

Have a circular Christmas this year! Silk-screen printing with Prent og vinir: Bring your old clothes, t-shirts or any kind of textiles, and give them a new life with Prent og vinir – who will offer guests to make their own silk-screen prints. Participants can also bring scraps of paper or old paper bags and […]

CUT: Collective thoughts

On Saturday 19 November a group of artists, musicians, designers, architects and scholars will gather at the Nordic House to offer a varied program throughout the day. Participation is open to all. The program starts with a walk at 11:00 AM from the clearing by the entrance to the Nordic House and visitors are encouraged […]

Ecological crisis, democracy and collective action – Panel

* The discussion will be in Icelandic. Too often the challenge with mitigating the ecological crisis is not a lack of solutions, but a lack of political will. Moreover, the discussion around the crisis often focuses on the responsibility of individuals and their choices, instead of the political-, economic- and social structures behind the issue. […]

Sunday Story Hour: If You Meet a Bear (Swedish & Icelandic)

If You Meet a Bear and the Nordic Bookworm Sunday Story Hour – Swedish – Icelandic The whole family is welcome to listen to stories of an unpredictable bear from the humorous book If You Meet a Bear by Martin Glaz Serup, Malin Kivelä and Linda Bondestam, in the Children’s Library at the Nordic house. […]

WHO’S NOT HERE? – Panel discussion on inclusion in arts

Entering a museum, attending an art event, submitting an art proposal or job application – these might seem like straightforward actions for some of us. But which bodies, and which identities are these processes currently suited for? This panel invites you to enter into a conversation about who is included on an institutional level, and […]

Meet the winners of the 2022 Nordic Council prizes

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 […]

RE-IMAGINING THE FUTURE

Now, more than ever, we need narratives that illuminate other ways of living and being. Social imagination, catalyzed by compelling stories, might be a key ingredient for a green and just transformation. Stories that depict the future of humanity from a bleak, dystopian and apocalyptic perspective are omnipresent in liturature, films and other mediums. Considering […]

Nordens hus søger deltids arkivar til en etårig projektstilling

Nordens hus søger deltids arkivar til en etårig projektstilling fra 1 januar 2023 Nordens hus i Reykjavik 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 og relevant kunstnerisk, litterært og […]

Magical sounds of Dawda Jobrateh

Join us on the 3rd of November to listen to the magical sound of Dawda Jobrateh.  Denmark-resident Gambian musician and composer Dawda Jobarteh is one of the biggest enrichments to the world music scene. He not only amplifies his instrument, the kora, a traditional WestAfrican harp and puts it through effects loops and distortion sounds […]

Ukrainians in Iceland: cup of coffee meeting #2

Ukrainians in Iceland: cup of coffee meeting : ARE WE OK? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes in search of safety. Many have taken refuge in Iceland.   Being away from home, in a foreign country with a new way of life and language, the need to communicate with compatriots […]

Finland and Iceland: Shifting Perspectives

We invite you to The Nordic House in Reykjavík, 19th October 2022 at 10:20 am on the occasion of the literary panel with Ms. Eliza Reid, author and the First Lady of Iceland and Ms. Jenni Haukio, poet and the first lady of Finland. Iceland and Finland each have a rich literary heritage, from folklore and the […]

LANGSPIL: Family Workshop

LANGSPIL WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES With Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson During the Langspil workshop, participants learn the basics of playing the langspil with swan feathers and horsehair bows. Well known folks songs from sr. Bjarni Þorsteinsson’s Folk Song Collections with be performed by the participants at the end.

WAVES: Music theatre for children

WAVES Music theatre for children The sound of water and the sound of the sea is the general theme of this interactive and engaging musical adventure for children at the age of 1-5 years. In the context of Nordic Mythology, the narrator-singer, represented by the composer Svafa þórhallsdóttir herself, will guide the children using the […]

Reykjavík OPERA DAYS: Opening program

The opening of Reykjavík OPERA DAYS Official festival opening will take place at 16:00. The festival makers present their projects and a new song quartet by Ásbjörg Jónsdóttir, commissioned by Reykjavík Opera Days, will be premiered. Light refreshments from Sónó will be on offer, everyone is welcome! The programme includes: 11:00 – Waves – music […]

IMPACT PANEL 2

Theme: Education / Activism in Music Moderator: Tui Hirv (EE/IS) Topics: In the panel discussions, the focus will be on various issues that are being discussed more and more in recent years, and that affect the musical life in substantial ways. The issues of immigrants and participation in the musical life of a new homeland […]

Nordic Music days 2022: Cinema

A selection of art movies from Greenland and Iceland will be shown in the Nordic House. Cinema with the focus point Music in Greenland screens three films in the Auditorium: 16:00-18:00: Ilinniarfissuaq, Independence and Nationalism by Erneeraq Lennert, Piitannguaq Jonathansen, Angerlannguaq Sandgreen, Monica Thorin, Sara Høegh Egede, Erneeraq Abelsen, Axel Thorleifsen, Erik Vahl Hansen. Nanook – […]

Alfie Atkins Christmas – Workshop for families

The whole family is invited to craft Christmas decorations for Christmas trees,  gifts or for your home. Bethina Elverdam is a textile artist. She was born and raised in Denmark but moved to Iceland almost 15 years ago. She has a bachelor’s degree in fashion and textile design and is about to complete her candidate […]

Baltic Ornaments & Ukrainan art – For families

* In Latvian below Learn about Christmas traditions in the Baltic countries through craft making. Guest will learn how to make Puzurs and other traditional Latvian decoration. Latvian homes have had the tradition of decorating for Christmas for centuries. Puzurs are made from reed or straw or a simple version – from sticks and yarn. […]

Things for Aliens – Family Workshop

A free workshop for the whole family where parents are encouraged to actively participate. In the workshop, visitors will make clay objects and phenomena to help extraterrestrials understand life on Earth. The workshop is connected to the current art exhibition in the Nordic house: Growing Body of Evidence. At the exhibition, you can see works […]

Make Your Own World – Workshop During Winter Break

Two-day workshop for children aged 8-12 inspired by current exhibitions at the Nordic House. The focus will be on different themes that can be found in the Alfie Atkins stories, how it is possible to be more inventive in everyday life and explore the power of imagination. Making up worlds or future worlds also connects to the […]

How to Have Fun Writing (and Still Be Taken Seriously) – Workshop

A micro-course in creative writing with Sverrir Norland For 12 years old and older To register write your name and age to hrafnhildur@nordichouse.is The myth of the suffering artist is persistent, as well as our ideas about the suffering writer who starves, wallows in heartbreak, forgets to submit his tax return and lives in a […]

Alfie Atkins Treehouse – Family Workshop

The whole family is welcome to build and create miniature tree houses with wooden blocks inspired by Alfie Atkins. Congratulations Alfie Atkins! is the title of a new exhibition in the children´s Library at the Nordic house which is celebrating that the character Alfie Atkins, created by Swedish writer Gunilla Bergström, is turning 50 years old.