Join our Facebook group The Nordic House Knittingclub has now been running for about a year. We meet up every other Tuesday at the library where we have a pleasant time together with knitters of both sexes and various nationalities. Time flies while we knit or do other crafts, talk and give each […]
Þessi texti er þýddur úr sænsku Nú bý ég við einangrun á eyju í fleiri þúsund kílómetra fjarlægð frá minni fósturjörð, frá vinum mínum og ættingjum. En ég hef það gott. Ég hef fjölskylduna mína og ég get sinnt skemmtilegasta starfi sem hægt er að hugsa sér. Það kom mér á óvart hvað umskiptin reyndust […]
Á tímum sem þessum er fátt betra en að gleyma sér ofan í góðri bók. Skoðaðu hvað bókasafnið mælir með þennan mánuðinn.
Following guidance from the Ministry of Health’s lawyers, the libraries in Iceland have decided to stop all lending. This, regrettably, means that we also will stop distributing lending materials. We thank all of you who used our door-to-door service. However, we can refer to our digital collection of 62.000 ebooks and audiobooks (https://nordenshus.elib.se/), mainly in […]
Because of the Icelandic government gathering ban, we’ve decided to cancel all our events and close The Nordic House from the 14th of March until the 14th of April. All employees can be reached via telephone or email during normal work hours. All library loans will be automatically extended until the 30th of April. Find […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
On the occasion of DesignMarch The Nordic House offers a lunch talk about the Nordic cultural platform PAVILION NORDICO. A delicious lunch from MATR is included. Free admission, secure a ticket here. PAVILION NORDICO is a Nordic residency and art centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina that opened its doors in early 2019. The project […]
The Nordic House Sunday 28 June 13.00-16.00 Workshop for youth aged 13-18 years old Language: English Registration link below On the occasion of DesignMarch, youth aged 13-18 years old will be offered a design workshop on behalf of the design team Kiosk Studio. Participants will learn how to design their own artistic book by using […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch 2020 with exhibitions in four different spaces. A formal opening of the exhibitions will be Friday 26 June at 17:00-19:00. The designers will be present to talk to guests and discuss their work. Refreshments offered by the Nordic embassies in Iceland and The Nordic House. Beats from Dj Otto. […]
This event has been postponed until further notice. On the occasion of the Nordic Day 23 March, The Nordic Region in Focus and The Nordic Association in Iceland invite you to a program in The Nordic House at 17:00-18:30. The subject for discussion is how we create a viable and safe environment in the Nordic […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch 2020 with exhibitions in four different spaces. Events 26 June 17:00–19:00 Grand Opening with all the designers, refreshments, DJ Otto Exhibitions Vanishing Point — Ragna Ragnarsdóttir Anna — frumgerð af stól — Inga Rán Reynisdóttir, Ulrike Marie Steen & Alexandra Jónsdóttir Have you any Norwegian design icons in your […]
*Application Cafe Round Four* Are you a refugee or asylum seeker in Iceland? Are you interested in applying for higher education? Join us for coffee or tea at The Nordic House, and we can get you started! At the Application Cafe, our student volunteers can provide information about where, how and when to apply to […]
The Nordic House Children’s library has Story time in five Nordic languages: Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish. We read books and encourage the children to play and interact in Nordic languages. The story hour is recommended for children age 2–10, but everyone that understands the language is welcome to join us. Story hours are […]
The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]
The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]
The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]
The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]
The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]
Are you interested in Nordic literature but don’t know where to start? During summer, the Nordic House will start up a new reading club in the most beautiful library in Reykjavik, the Nordic House Library. The reading club will meet twice during the summer term, and possibly up-to four times during fall and winter. The […]
The artists of this show are five-year-old preschoolers from the department Eiði in Seltjarnarnes kindergarten. The exhibition is a result of an exploration based on the children’s interests and the theme; Earth. The children learned about the earth and created, what they thought was interesting from that experience. The final result includes 17 globes, a […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages. In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]
Vanishing Point by Ragna Ragnarsdóttir is a display of light devices that play with angles and viewpoints. Vanishing point is the result of researching with epoxy resin, pigment and light. Looking for interesting ways of mixing, pouring, color and layer clear resin to play with perspective. Here, experimental design methods meet, whose role is to […]
The anna chair was designed and handcrafted in 1986 by architect Anna Pála Pálsdóttir (b. 1953 IS) as part of her final project at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. Architects Inga Rán Reynisdóttir (b. 1993 IS), Pálsdóttir’s daughter, and Ulrike Marie Steen (b. 1978 DK) have now organized […]
Nabo is a project launched under the Swedish Presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers 2018. Young people are asked to describe their everyday lives and how they perceive their opportunities and obstacles. From their stories, Nabo builds a framework of success factors for social inclusion in the Nordic region. We will talk about inclusion, […]
The discussions are in English and will be streamed here and on Facebook. The Icelandic Youth Council invites you to an open conversation with West Nordic youth on the future of biodiversity and ecosystems. The conversation is held directly after the youth has arranged a workshop on this topic. The youth will give inside into their […]
The Nordic House is closed today on Friday, February 14th because of the storm. We are open again on Saturday 10-17. Stay safe!
UNDERNEATH is the main exhibition at The Nordic House in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2020. Subtly lurking, the common denominator for the themes and artistic practices presented in the exhibition is the pursuit of subversive avenues for exploring gender and sexuality in a variety of forms. The UNDERNEATH exhibition is an invitation to navigate the underbelly of the normative and […]
One morning, the island shakes. The kids are on fire in their bedrooms. The shivers come from far below the sea. An underwater volcano wakes up. For the years coming, the volcano will be on fire on the ocean, and the kids shake away from the island, -little by little. The story of Surtsey goes […]
Norwegian literature has enjoyed great success abroad in recent years. About one thousand Norwegian titles are translated into another language every year. This was particularly evident at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the fall of 2019, where Norway was the Guest of Honour. The Icelandic Halldór Guðmundsson led the project on behalf of Norway. Halldór […]
Welcome to Museum Night at The Nordic House with a guided tour and concert. The events will take place in Hvelfing between 18 – 23 and offer an exciting musical program by the Finnish musician Olli Aarni and Korean musician Okkyung Lee. The design store will be open and offer special opening prices on beautiful […]
Writing one’s life story – how to get started? Merete Mazzarella is a Finnish-Swedish author and former professor of literary science. She is best known for her essays on various phenomena of the time, where her own reflections and analyzes are often mixed in a slightly humorous way with examples from fiction. She has for […]
Egill Árni Pálsson, tenor Kristinn Örn Kristinsson, pianist On the program are two song cycles by Richard Strauss, Op. 10 and Op. 19. His cycles are generally not in narrative form and they are rarely performed as a whole, but many have interesting stories behind them which give insight into the composer´s life and work. […]
Þórir Jóhannsson, double bass player, and Ingunn Hildur Hauksdóttir, pianist present works by Zoltán Kodály, Giovanni Bottesini, Max Bruch, Árni Egilsson, Karólína Eiríksdóttir, and Þórður Magnússon. The bass has gained momentum as a solo instrument in recent decades but still needs some introduction within the Icelandic music scene. Ingunn and Þórir began their collaboration in […]
Snæbjörg Guðmunda Gunnarsdóttir soprano singer and Þóra Kristín Gunnarsdóttir pianist both live abroad, Snæbjörg in Stuttgart and Thora in Zurich. The first concert as a duo is a tribute to their home country and their respective countries of residence. The first part of the repertoire contains some of the best of German and Swiss late […]
The Nordic House’s exhibition hall opened in 1971, three years after the house. The first director of The Nordic House, Ivar Eskeland, realized that there was no exhibition hall in Reykjavík, and he started a process in 1969 to open an exhibition hall in an empty space under the house. The Nordic countries participated in […]
Heiða Árnadóttir performs works especially written for her by composers Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir, Birgit Djupedal, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson and Þórunn Björnsdóttir. These compositions travel to the self, through doubt, uncertainty, complications, simplicity and negotiations. Ragnheiður (Heiða) Árnadóttir graduated from the Music Conservatorium in Reykjavík and continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, […]
Siggi String Quartet opens Dark Music Days Festival with Shostakovich String Quartet nr. 15, the one played opening the very first Festival Jan. 25th 1980. Composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson brought the score from Russia at the time. His fifth String Quartet will be heard here for the first time. Another pieces are the premiere of […]
The opening ceremony of Dark Music Days 2020 will be in Icelandic.