Erik Bryggman was one of the most influential architects of his generation and with his design, together with Alvar Aalto, will have marked the beginning of Functionalism in Finland. He designed a large number of buildings that are considered a cornerstone in the architectural history of the 20th century and have certainly stood the test […]
International cooperation at a crossroads: Where is Iceland heading? The Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, The Nordic house and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Association of Political Scientists and the Institute of Public Administration and Politics, invite you to the fifth annual conference on foreign affairs in […]
Welcome to DesignMarch at the Nordic House! In collaboration with the Icelandic architecture association Arkitektafélag Íslands, we are this year hosting a seminar in two parts titled Female Pioneers & Historic Buildings. A panel of inspiring experts will guide us through the stories of important women on the frontiers of Nordic architecture as well as […]
Open Exhibition Program An artistic research project on a symbiotic relationship between eider and farmer by a group of designers and artists from Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Learning from this sustainable but gradually declining nordic heritage, the project gives rise to innovation and production of new artworks. The eider duck and the farmer have a […]
The Nordic House plays host to a meeting of comic minds on April 20th between 18:00 and 20:00. Comic creators from the Finnish contemporary comics association Kutikuti will showcase their work, mingle with local creators, and members of the Icelandic Comics Society (Íslenska Myndasögusamfélagið). Light refreshments will be served.
Virak Revyen is a workshop with Live Art Denmark. Participants learn about many aspects of performing arts and will for example look into the work of Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, John Lennon and other well-known and unknown artists. Participants are encouraged to participate, for example by presenting their shoes or singing a song for the group. […]
För hösten 2022 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 […]
The exhibition presents a collection of the printed artworks and originals from six Kutikuti collective members who visit Iceland in April 2022. KUTIKUTI is a non-profit contemporary comics association and artist collective formed in Finland in 2005. The core of Kutikuti consists of ca. fifty members who make, teach, and publish comics. We operate internationally […]
During the Children’s Culture Festival, families and school groups are invited to craft their own spaceship. Those who want to are welcome to attach it to the wall of the exhibition and thereby create and complete the exhibition during the festival. Life in the Universe is based on a story by Zakiya Ajmiand and Sara […]
Barnabarinn or Children´s Bar – will take over the Nordic House during the weekend 9-10th of april, at Ungi Festival. Barnabarinn is an interactive performance piece where children take control. The kids will mix non alcoholic cocktails, offer haircuts to adults and give adults advice for their everyday issues. Adults will surrender to the younger […]
Have you ever licked on a 9-volt battery? Lifted popcorn lid when they pop? Lit a match and watch till it goes out? Never ever? Then this show is for you! Dangerous theater that tests your limits! The performance is based on the book of the same name by Julie Spielger and Gever Tulley, stage […]
In Latvia there is a strong tradition of decorating eggs in the month of April, using natural materials such as flowers, leaves and the skin of onions. It is also possible to create patterns with these materials using special methods. Teachers and students of the Latvian School in Reykjavík invite children and their families to […]
Lithuanian artist Jurgita Motiejunaite teaches a creative workshop where young guests and their families are invited to paint the nature and surroundings of the Nordic house. The workshop will take place outside the greenhouse (inside if it rains!) but in that area many interesting things can be seen – both a natural landscape and the […]
Students from the international department of Háteigsskóli open the Children’s Culture Festival with a mini concert in the entrance of the Nordic house. Last weeks the students have received teaching from the musician Elham Fakouri but most of the students have not had a formal musical training. The aim with the concert is to show […]
Dangerous Children´s festival in the Nordic House 5-10th. april. Everyone can play ! Nature inside and out ! Eggs everywhere ! 50 dangerous things ! Children´s bar by Kidarchy ! Liv in Space Even a Worm will turn
Opening Hours for Easter: 14. apríl – OPEN 15 apríl – Closed 16. apríl, Saturday – OPEN 17. apríl, Sunday – The Nordic House is closed but the exhibition in Hvelfing is open 10:00 – 17:00 18. apríl – Closed
Nannaelvah Prem Bendtsen will read the storyNannaelvah Prem Bendtsen will read the story “Langt ude i rummet” af Mauri Kunnas. Afterwards we invite families to join in on some space related craft. Nannaelvah is cand.mag in history and company humanoira from Copenhagen University, and also a mindfulness instructor by education. She’s worked as a mindfullness […]
Thirteen Nordic picture books, youth novels, and collections of poetry have been nominated for the 2022 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. A playful joy of storytelling, distinctive humour, and melancholy shine through in the nominated works, whilst the many facets of the picture book genre are also widely represented. The winner will […]
The Norden 0-30 and Volt grant programmes fund creative projects for and by children and young people in the Nordic region. This webinar aims at reaching young applicants, aged 30 years and younger, as well as people who are working with children and youth. Learn all you need to know about why and how to […]
Matja Steen reads for us in Norwegian. She will dive into her treasure chest of old Norwegian fairy tales and surprise us with the everlasting adventures of good and evil, magic, courage, heroes and heroines. Matja then invites children and their families to get lost in a fantasy world of their own. Inspired by the […]
Inga Birna Friðjónsdóttir will read from one of her favourite childhood stories No jumping on the bed! by Tedd Arnold. Walter is not allowed to jump on the bed – but he does it anyway. This is a tale about a young boy whose vivid imagination, and love for jumping on his bed, brings him […]
Welcome to a Finnish story time for children at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We will read from books and encourage the children to play and interact in Finnish. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Finnish is welcome to join us. This is a free event for […]
The art of illustrating the invisible: Diversity and multiculturalism in picture books In this seminar, illustrator Maria Sann, MA – winner of the Rudolf Koivu Prize in 2021 – explores her personal story as an emigrant from Russia in 1993 and her quest for new expressions without stereotypical visual effects. Publisher Jenni Erkintalo, founder […]
How has the pandemic affected health and life expectancy? On Nordic Day, 23 March, the biannual report “State of the Nordic Region” will be launched with a series of events across five Nordic countries. The Icelandic event will shed light on the COVID pandemic’s impact on health and demographics in the Nordic Region. The whole […]
Kidarchy invites adults and children to their bar! At Kidarchy’s bar the children are in charge – the bar is a platform for Kidarchy to experiment with ideas they’ve had in weekly workshops in The Nordic House. This winter the bar offers for examples conceptual cocktails, (alcohol free!), relaxation, advice and personal conversations at the […]
Prelude to the future, by Ævar Þór Benediktsson and Kjartan Ólafsson, is a mix of theater and storytelling where Nordic fairy tales and folktales are staged. The soundscape of the show is unique and made with the assistance of the artificial intelligence CALMUS. The soundscape is created with sound from nature and music from the […]
FOR US WHO LOVE READING GOOD STORIES Join the Nordic House reading club at the most beautiful library in Reykjavik, where we will meet and talk about Nordic fiction. The reading club is led by Erling Kjærbo and Susanne Elgum from the library. We read in Scandinavian and speak together in “Blandinavian” when we meet […]
The Nordic House is implementing a new program that is focused on establishing and developing a platform based on diversity and inclusion in the Icelandic art and cultural scene. The program is lead by curator Elham Fakouri and aims to gather different artists and activists with diverse backgrounds and ethnicity, having a series of performances and panel discussions in order to make […]
Nannaelvah Prem Bendtsen will read the story Life in the Universe by Zakiya Ajmi , which is the inspiration behind the current exhibition at the Children´s library. She will also interduce a short story about the famous alien E.T. and afterwards invite families to join in on some space related craft. Niovi is cand.mag in history and company […]
Liv is a girl that lives on the top floor in a house in the city, just beneath the starry sky. Liv’s father has told her that space is constantly expanding, like a balloon that is being blown up more and more. With her telescope, Liv looks up into space and takes on a journey […]
How would the world be if the animals were in control and had access to the internet? In the workshop guests get to explore the viewpoint of animals through different creative exercises led by artist Kolbeinn Hugi, that exhibits work in the current exhibition at the Nordic house – Even a worm will turn. Kolbeinn Hugi […]
In the sea off the coast of Iceland, a whale is spotted with human eyes, and a horse is strangely conspired with its master. The relationship between animal and human in the sagas is close. Dangerously, witch crafted women can turn into animals in the Icelandic sagas and in the ancient sagas, the heroes can […]
Wednesday the 23rd of February, Kolbeinn Hugi and Josefin Arnell will have an artist talk about their works in the new exhibition Even a worm will turn. The talk will start at 18 and will be led by the curators of the exhibition. Welcome to artist talk in Hvelfing. Josefin Arnell (b. 1984, SE) […]
Musician Elham Fakouri will hold a music workshop for the whole family. With the clarinet as her instrument, she guides the participants to play, create and explore the possibilities of storytelling through music. The workshop is free and percussion instruments will be available on site but guests can also bring their own. Elham Fakouri is […]
Children are invited to join a free, two day workshop during the winter break. In the workshop children will get familiarised with the works from the new exhibition at The Nordic house – Even a worm will turn – where animals play a key role. The relationship between humans and animals will be explored through […]
“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 […]
Welcome to the opening of the new exhibition EVEN A WORM WILL TURN, Saturday the 12 of February at 17.00-20.00. In the narrative of man as name giver, living creatures are transmuted into ideas, signs, or symbols. Imbuing animals with ideological, emotional, anthropomorphic identity traits. How does this narrative affect interspecies relations? Reflecting upon human […]
New art exhibition in Hvelfing. Open Tuesday-Sunday from 10-17. Exhibition catalogue In the narrative of man as name giver, living creatures are transmuted into ideas, signs, or symbols. Imbuing animals with ideological, emotional, anthropomorphic identity traits. How does this narrative affect interspecies relations? Reflecting upon human -animal kinship we are confronted with the limitations of […]
Click here to sign up In this year’s, film focus program the Nordic House has in collaboration with International Sámi Film Institute chosen films made by indigenous directors from Sámpi and Canada. The movies will be screened in The Nordic House on the Sámi National Day, Sunday the 6th of February. 16:00 – On Solid Ground: Indigenous shorts. […]
RVK Feminist Film Festival are holding a conversation edition here at the Nordic House this Saturday the 15th of January. The conversation consists of three online panels with professionals from the filmmaking world that will talk about cinema, feminism and creation. The conversations are open for questions and will be streamed on the Nordic House […]
Lounge Sápmi is a young and urban live concept of, for and with young Sámi art and music performers. The idea of the project is to make a community of musicians, artists and listeners and most importantly a stage for young Sámi performers. The project was founded in 2019 by Anthoni Hætta, Inger Johanne Oskal […]
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.
