The Icelandic democracy festival, Fundur fólksins, takes place on 3. and 4. September in and around the Nordic House in Reykjavik. During the festival, important political and current themes are discussed and reflected in debates from a Nordic perspective with panel members from different social groups. On Friday the programme will be centered on children and youth, to make […]
In 2019, the Nordic Council of Ministers took a decision to make the Nordic region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Not long after, at the dawn of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic broke out, leading the states to turn inwards and implement measures that widened the gap between the Nordic […]
The Moomin exhibition offers an interactive introduction to the alphabet and a tour of the magical Moomin Valley. Children and adults can get acquainted with characters and stories from the Moomin Valley and discuss different emotions such as disappointment, sadness and the desire for adventure. The exhibition is a collaboration with Moomin Characters.
Today on the 24th of August, the book fair releases their program for this year, in which Nordic literature is one of the three core themes. On behalf of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic House in Reykjavik has curated a program with exciting encounters between Nordic authors to this year’s book fair. […]
Loftslagsverkfallið blæs til þriggja upplýsingafunda í ljósi stöðu loftslagsmála í heiminum. Okkur til halds og trausts verða þrír sérfræðingar í loftslagsmálum og sjálfbærni: -Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir, forstöðumaður Stofnunar Sæmundar Fróða um sjálfbæra þróun við HÍ -Halldór Björnsson, formaður Vísindanefndar um loftslagsbreytingar -Halldór Þorgeirsson, formaður Loftslagsráðs Einnig verða erindi frá fjölbreyttum gestum. Fundarstjóri er Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, […]
Thomas Backman, one of Sweden’s most reputable and talented reed players will take stage with his 4-piece band, giving you a one-of-a-kind musical experience ranging from “widescreen chamber pop” to jazz and electronica. Backman mixes saxophones, clarinets, sparkling synths and haunting hocketing vocals with beautiful lyrics in Swedish and English, resulting in a unique and […]
Novel (Danish) Christina Hesselholdt: Feje blade sammen op mod vinden, 2020 How do you deal with the desperation and grief of our dying world and the abuse of its creatures? How do you live as a (middle) aging with the memory of and longing for the now deceased family members, the voids they have […]
Novel (Danish and Swedish) Caroline Albertine Minor: Hummerens skjold, 2020 Have you been in touch with the other side today? Hummerens skjold (The lobster’s shield) punctures the mouthpiece between the living and the dead and asks what the two “states” can do for each other. The question begins the novel and ends it. Along […]
The band Sycamore Tree consists of Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir and Gunni Hilmarsson and has been active for some time, constantly growing and getting more attention. The album Shelter was released in 2017, and last year the band released the short album Winter Songs, with three songs that have been getting a lot of radio airplay […]
Novel (Danish) Stine Askov: Katalog over katastrofer, 2020 This is a very captivating novel about young Helle, who lives a very special life with her father. On a dilapidated farm, he trains her under strict discipline to cope with the final catastrophe of the 1980s, when the fear of nuclear power and war threatens. The […]
Guðmundur Pétursson has worked at the forefront of the Icelandic music scene for years, and has crossed paths with artists such as Pinetop Perkins and Patti Smith. He has released some albums with his music and composed works for the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra, Reykjavik Big Band, and SinfoNord. Guðmundur has received the Icelandic Music Award […]
Novel (Danish) Jesper Stein: Rampen, 2020 A skilled crime writer has made a beautiful and well-written novel about his childhood, youth and adulthood seen and understood in the light of his parents’ marriage and divorce, which throws the young Jesper into a desperate relationship with the bitter and depressed mother, Jytte, who is abandoned by […]
The Kordo quartet will hold a concert in the Nordic House at Jónsmessa on Thursday 24 June at 21. The repertoire includes two string quartets, both in D minor by two of the masters of music history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Joseph Haydn. Mozart’s Quartet, no. 15 op. 421 is a series of quartets […]
Novel (Danish) Lotte Garbers: Løbeklubben i Saudi, 2020 The main character Maiken takes us to a completely different women´s life in Saudi Arabia, perhaps the world’s most conservative country, where Arab women’s rights are minimal and men’s wealth and dictatorial power rule the country where the author herself has lived. Maiken travels to the capital […]
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Today, the annual meeting on Icelandic foreign policy takes place in the Nordic House. The seminar is a collaboration with the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its title is: “International cooperation at a crossroad: where is Iceland heading?” This is a relevant question, […]
The event will be in Icelandic The annual conference of the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, the Nordic House and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Association of Political Scientists, the Institute of Public Administration and Politics and the West Nordic Council, will be held in the Nordic […]
Welcome to sögustund in Icelandic for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library. We will read from books and encourage the children to play and interact in Icelandic. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Icelandic is welcome to join us. This is a free event for […]
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 […]
Welcome to sögustund in Danish for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library. We will read from books and encourage the children to play and interact in Danish. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Norwegian is welcome to join us. This is a free event for […]
Welcome to a Swedish story hour for children at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We will read from Swedish books and encourage the children to play and interact in Swedish. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Swedish is welcome to join us. This is a free […]
Welcome to the digital reading circle on Thursday 10/6 at 17.00 Icelandic time! The Nordic associations in Sweden and Norway are organizing the reading circle “Zooma in på Nordens litteratur” and tomorrow it’s time to talk about Norwegian Marie Aubert’s book “Vuxna människor”. The book is only about 100 pages, so you still have time to read! And if you do not have time, you are of course welcome anyway. You can find the event with more information here: (1) Nordisk boksirkel / Voksne mennesker – Marie Aubert / Foreningen Nordens Ungdom | Facebook If you are interested in literature in the Nordic countries and want to join the reading circle in the future, it is a good idea to join the Facebook group Zooma in på Nordens litteratur: (1) Zooma in på […]
On Wednesday the 16th of June we invite you to PØLSE&POESI at the Nordic House in Reykjavik. During PØLSE&POESI we will offer you sausages made with ingredients from different Nordic countries, for example Norwegian bread. There will also be a gluten free and vegetarian alternative. We will also serve drinks such as Danish beer. Performing […]
Free summer workshop for 5-10 year olds Guests are invited to an imaginary journey to the forest, where they will learn about wild animals in Estonian forests. The teachers of this workshop, Lemme Linda and Johanna, grew up in Estonia and as children they often visited the forest that was full of adventures and interesting […]
In this video series, we are looking at interesting topics and tendencies in new Nordic literature. The topic in this video is “The edge of the North”. The edge of the North can be hard to define. Every country has its own areas that are both depopulated but also romanticized or longed for. The literature […]
https://nordichouse.is/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/modre-i-nordisk-literatur_web_480p.mp4 In this video series, we are looking at interesting topics and tendencies in new Nordic literature. The topic in this video is “Mothers in Nordic literature”. The parent figure – and especially the role of the mother – has been examined and challenged in the literature the past few years. We want to recommend […]
Next Saturday we invite you to a guided tour and a musical performance in connection to the exhibition Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities. Hanna Styrmisdóttir, one of the curators, guides guests through the exhibition and thereafter a musical performance by Ana Luisa Diaz de Cossio and Khetsin Chuchan will begin. Mere Visitors is a […]
“Out of shadows, creeping, crawling…” Our summer exhibition for children, Rockscramblers, is inspired by the illustrated poetry of poet Mats Söderlund and illustrator Kathrina Skarðsá that was published in the anthology The Length and Breadth of the Nordic Region: Ecocritical currents in Nordic children’s and young people’s literature earlier this year (2021) under the Swedish […]
Heikki Ruokangas is an Oulu based jazz/avant-garde guitarist and composer. By combining melody and noise, Ruokangas’ music spans from delicate and melodic atmospheres to almost violent avant-garde. Ruokangas takes influences from northern Finnish nature, culture and atmosphere. His new acoustic solo guitar album Kaamos Waltz was released in May 2020 via Finnish Rockadillo Records and […]
Snorri Ásmundsson is one of the most interesting music performance artists in Europe right now. He has played his musical art performances around the world and they are considered pretty controversial. While some critics call him blasphemous, others praise him without hesitation. He claims to be performing with his emotions and he lets divinity lead […]
Elín Hall is a young and talented singer/songwriter from Reykjavik. Her music is a kind of pensive indie pop accompanied by guitar. The focus is on icelandic lyrics and a simple but honest sound world, and the record Með öðrum orðum (With other words) is spun from Elín’s diary entries from her college years. The […]
Salóme Katrín is a 25 year old musician from Ísafjörður. She moved to Reykjavík in the autumn of 2015 and started studying philosophy at the University of Iceland, but soon found out that music was the most important thing in her life. She said goodbye to the university and started studying music at the FÍH […]
Classically trained, but writing always about the here-and-now, experiences are woven into Ásta’s songs like needle and thread. Some painful; all of them deeply personal. A singer-songwriter by nature but more so a storyteller, Ásta has defined her style with a direct, genuine and thought-provoking honesty. Connections are the basis of life, and Ásta has […]
Supersport! was born in a sort of in-between state in the members’ lives around autumn 2019, but soon turned into an elegant but lively alt-pop project. The group’s first EP, Dog Run EP, which came out via Reykjavík-based arts collective Post-dreifing last July, was met with enthusiasm by music fans and critics alike, and was […]
Why would you name your band after Reykjavík’s grey and depressing central bus terminal? Instead of finding an answer to that question, we can conclude that Silla Thorarensen and Julius Pollux Rothlaender understand their band as a playground where they can use instruments they can’t play, let everything happen, and simply be themselves. Directing sorrow […]
K.óla (Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir) is a 24 year old artist from Hafnarfjörður. K.óla does not want to do things that she finds boring, like endless practise in classical piano or jazz, but instead she wants to compose her own songs as well as make music videos, sew books and work with other artists. She has […]
Nature outside & inside – a free summer course for kids in the Nordic House June 14th – 18th (excluding June 17th, the national holiday) Time: 9AM – 1PM Age range: 7 – 10 years old The theme of this summer course is nature and environment and the children get the opportunity to look at […]
Novel (Danish and Greenlandic) Niviaq Korneliussen: Blomsterdalen, 2020 An important, young Greenlandic voice wants to and must be heard: Niviaq writes empathetically about being on the road and having a hard time finding a foothold and home. A Greenlandic, gay anthropology student travels hopefully to Aarhus, but can not find herself among the Danes and […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch 19th to 23rd of May. This year the focus will be on an environmentally friendly design that departs from the present and heads towards new ways of thinking. Amongst topics dealt with in the exhibition are sustainable architecture, utilization of invasive plants, and circular design. Moreover, the designers shed […]
Dúplum dúó is inspired by modern poetry and contemporary performances of the Lieder. Björk Níelsdóttir and Þóra Sveinsdóttir evoke a direct, unpolished intimacy with the use of only voice and viola. They got to know each other at the Amsterdam University of Music and performed on many tours together with Björk, Sigur Rós, Florence and […]
Books build bridges between people and places, both real and imagined ones. The Children’s Book Flood opened in the Nordic House in Reykjavík on the 50th anniversary of the building in 2018. The writer and illustrator Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir was the exhibition’s author and curator. Children were invited to participate in an adventurous journey through […]
Hera is a singer/songwriter who has reached notable success both in Iceland and abroad, and her latest self-titled album won the hearts of both listeners and reviewers in Iceland last year. Hera’s performance will be of the kind she enjoys best, with a guitar in hand and stories to tell. This will be Hera’s last […]