“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 […]
HOUSING WEALTH is a conversation on housing based on architectural and economic research in the context of residential development in Iceland. The emphasis is on quality in design and creating housing wealth for those who live in no less than those who build and finance residential projects. (Online event in Icelandic) Samtal um húsnæðismál, spunnið […]
Novel (Swedish and Faroese) Mikael Niemi: Koka björn, 2017 It is the summer of 1852 in the small village Kengis in the northernmost part of Sweden. The Sami boy Jussi and his mentor, the local priest, investigate a gruesome murder and while most think the unfortunate victim was killed by a bear, Jussi and the […]
English, translated from Swedish: During the spring and early summer, the Nordic House celebrates Baltic Children‘s Culture Festival in collaboration with the annual children’s culture festival in Reykjavík. The program is diverse and has been planned in collaboration with the Lithuanian and Latvian schools and creative individuals from the Baltics. Certain events are aimed directly […]
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 utställningar, evenemang, konferenser och festivaler med inriktning på nordisk konst, kultur […]
Let’s meet at the Nordic House! The Nordic House offers a unique setting for meetings and events, concerts, and conferences. We value personal service and strive to meet all our customers’ needs. Meeting rooms can be booked on Noona. For further inquiries, send an email to booking@nordichouse.is. The booking office is open Tuesday- Friday from 10 […]
Literature can be fantastic at putting words to grief, meeting it, going through it and living on with it. The librarians at The Nordic House invite you to an afternoon meeting focusing on good and inspiring Nordic books about the price of love: the grief that we all experience along the way in life. The […]
Welcome to a Finnish story hour for children at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We will read from books, play, sing 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 […]
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 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, sing 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 […]
Baltic Children´s Culture Festival: Glove Troll defeated the Sock Monster Workshop for 5 – 10 year olds. Artist Jurgita Motiejunaite begins the workshop by telling stories of horrible figures and monsters in Lithuanian folk tales. In the workshop children will learn how to make sock dolls and are encouraged to create their own stories about […]
Novel (Danish) Tine Høeg: Tour de chambre, 2020 The author does not use much punctuation in this novel either but leaves line breaks and short sentences as images of thoughts and conversations about life seen through the young writer Asta who lives in college and dates hopeless guys while she is reluctantly fascinated by and […]
*Laut opens in the beginning of October* Laut is a restaurant where Icelandic nature, ingredients, and Nordic cuisine come together. During the day, Laut offers light refreshments, coffee, and lunch in the cozy surroundings of the Nordic House. In the evenings, it serves an ambitious multi-course tasting menu, with Icelandic ingredients and seafood taking center […]
Baltic Countries’ Children’s Culture Festival: Legend of the Grass Snake May 29 at 13.00-15.00 The story about the grass snake is the core of a well known Lithuanian folk tale which is related to Lithuanian mythology. A grass snake was seen as a house spirit, a holy animal that took care of homes and also […]
Trejdeksnis is a Latvian percussion instrument that consists of a handle with small metal rattles hanging of the edge of the top. The trejdeksnis is used by shaking it, causing the metal discs to jingle. Traditionally they were used as signal instruments—to signal a wedding party’s arrival, for example—and also played to accompany dance music. […]
Baltic Children´s Culture Festival: Live Streamed Concerts – Latvian folksongs performed by young Latvian music students Six music students of musician Ekaterina Vashkevicha play various classical folksongs from Latvia. The students are between 4-10 years old and all have parents from Latvia. It will be their first experience in performing in public except the home […]
W.O.M.E.N or Women Of Multicultural Ethnicity Network in Iceland will be growing the garden in the Nordic House this summer. Growing things in Iceland can be a real challenge. So, we have asked an expert horticulturist to guide us in the process. Jóhanna Borghildur Magnúsdóttir will teach us all about indoor sowing, planting and fertilization. […]
Baltic Countires’ Children’s Culture festival will be held in the Nordic house April 20 to June 14. The Nordic house celebrates children’s culture by presenting Baltic culture in a creative way in collaboration with people with background from the Baltic countries. During the first week of the festival, school groups will be invited to a […]
Translated from Swedish Since its establishment in 1968, the Nordic House has been a central Nordic platform for art, culture, language and public debate in Iceland. We strive to fulfill the Nordic prime ministers’ vision for 2030 that the Nordic region will become the world’s most sustainable and integrated region. In recent years, we have […]
Baltic Children’s Culture festival will be held in the Nordic house April 20 to June 14. The Nordic house celebrates children’s culture by presenting Baltic culture in a creative way in collaboration with people with background from the Baltic countries. During the first week of the festival, school groups will be invited to a collage […]
Novel (Danish) Henning Jensen: Gennem glasvæggen, 2020 The well-known and award-winning actor openly and honestly showcases the darkest and most life-changing experiences of his life: as a 36-year-old, successful but overworked royal actor, he steps through the glass wall of the real world towards the abyss of the mind, while a year of turbulent descent […]
Baltic Children Culture Festival in the Nordic house: Scrap – Scrap- Scrap! Collage exhibition by students of Hólabrekkuskóli. The Nordic house celebrates children culture this year by presenting baltic culture in a creative way. Children aged 6-10 years from Hólabrekkuskóli, friendschool of the Nordic house, are invited to a scrap workshop using pictures of historical […]
The exhibition “Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities” opens 17 April, 2021 The opening will be held throughout the day from 10-17 and due to current covid-regulations there is a 20 person limit in the exhibition space. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Iceland University of the arts (IUA) and the Nordic House in […]
NATURE IN TRANSITION – SHIFTING IDENTITES Í síkvikri mótun: vitund og náttúra Kinaassuseq allanngujasoq – pinngortitaq allanngorartoq Flydende identitet, natur i omformning Flótandi samleiki, náttúra í broyting Nature in transition – Shifting identities Opening 17 April, 2021. Exhibition program The exhibition Nature in Transition – Shifting Identities offers a glimpse into the experiences, reflections and […]