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 […]
A Safe Visit When visiting us, we kindly ask you to: Hold a minimum 1–2-meter distance to other visitors and staff members, depending on the active restrictions. Read effective restrictions on gatherings here. Use a facemask Avoid handshakes and hugs Sneeze into your elbow and wipe your hands with hand sanitizer. Dispensers are set up all […]
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 […]
Tirsdag 25. mai blir du invitert til en norsk litteraturkveld i Nordens hus, med Vigdis Hjorth og den norske ambassaden på Island. Arrangementet finner sted i auditoriet der den norske ambassaden tilbyr deltakerne forfriskninger. Arrangementsprogram: 20:00 Aud Lise Norheim, Norges ambassadør på Island, ønsker alle velkommen. 20:10 Vigdis Hjorth, forfatter, blir med online, for […]
During DesignMarch 2021 iucollect will create four scenarios around the city of Reykjavík. Each of the scenarios celebrates the long-awaited interaction with the audience, the wonders of the different sites in an urban setting with a landscape backdrop. CONCEPT The concept of iucollect al fresco seeks to engage the audience and each object with nature by creating […]
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 […]
Knowing the Ropes is an interdisciplinary project that looks at the Rope within a contemporary Scandinavian framework. The project centres around two rope production facilities; Hampiðjan in Reykjavik, and Aarhus Possementfabrik. Producing ropes for two different worlds:The Drawing Room and the Sea. The cultural site of Knowing the Ropes is located between these two worlds; […]
In the project Transition, patterns, material, methods and process is allowed to take the lead. Hanna Dís shows an insight into the journey of patterns travelling between materials and the transition that take place within it. In the experimental project Transition, patterns are allowed to shape objects and furniture. Each pattern allows for many different […]
Making New Land is a series of artefacts in glass, wood and aluminium based on the study of sand and the erosion of the coastlines due to Climate Change. Participants Thomas Pausz
Disaster Studios explores the co-creation between disaster risk research and design to increase resilience to extreme events. The exhibition introduces the self-hosted server and energy-conscious website and launches the project. Designing Resilience Both design and disaster risk management are agents of transformation, set out to identify, understand and change systems for the better. Disaster Studios […]
ARKITÝPA : Circular design lab. Experiments in materials and forms in a playful installation. Prototypes and work in progress. Innovative design and re-used materials from various industries come together in the work of ARKITÝPA. ARKITÝPA is the playful collaboration of two architects, Ástríður Birna Árnadóttir and Karitas Möller. ARKITÝPA designs sculptural elements, focusing on the […]
Arfisti´s experimental workshop on the utilization of the country’s most hated plant for food, packaging, paper and more.+ Cow parsley – utilization Here Arfisti tackles the challenge of finding uses for cow parsley, which is classified as an alien invasive species that most people hate. Preliminary research on the plant shows that it is very […]