Tickets The double-bass player and composer Tómas R. Einarsson has been a regular part of the Nordic House’s summer program for the last two summers, with a total of four sold out concerts. Last year he performed with Eyþór Gunnarsson on piano, and together they created a touching and relaxing atmosphere that captured the […]
The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]
Tickets Einar Scheving is a drummer and composer. He is a key person in the Icelandic music life and has won the Icelandic music prize three times, of which twice for album of the year: Cycles 2007 and Land míns föður 2011. At the Nordic House concert series, Einar will perform with his quartet, which […]
Tickets Ragnheiður Gröndal (vocals & piano) and Guðmundur Pétursson (guitar) have long studied the Icelandic folk music tradition, that appears in the oldest literary tradition of Europe, coming from the cold and isolated island in the far north. At the same time, they deal with a musical tradition that is mostly lost and where very […]
Tickets Mirja Klippel was awarded Songwriter of the Year by Danish Music Awards in 2016 on the basis of her debut-EP ‘Lift Your Lion’ and in autumn 2018 she released her first full-length album, ‘River of Silver’, on the German label Stargazer Records. In recent years, she has toured extensively with guitarist and backing singer […]
Meet the Author Pivinnguaq Mørch at the Nordic House, Wednesday, May 8th 2019 at 19.30 Pivinnguaq Mørch (1993) is one of the new young Greenlandic writers who is really being noticed in the Greenlandic literary world with well-written, thought-provoking and critical books. He leads the readers into a world of which we so far […]
Tickets As a duo, accordionist Geir Draugsvoll and pianist Mette Rasmussen have previously had concerts in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, France and China. Mostly with Astor Piazzolla on the program, whose varied sound world fits the two instruments particularly well. This has meant that the duo now releases the album Time of Life on the […]
Welcome to The Nordic House. We accept group visits by request. Visits by schools and kindergartens are free of charge. More information available from The Nordic House Mediator of Arts and Culture:Hrafnhildur Gissurardóttir / hrafnhildur@nordichouse.is / 551 7061. Pedagogical activites for children and a gathering place for families at the Nordic house The Nordic house […]
The Reykjavík International Literary Festival will take place this coming April 24-27, the first time the festival has been held in Spring, in recognition of World Book Day. Since 1985, the festival has been held biennially in September. This year‘s agenda is ripe with readings, panels, and lectures, all of which are free and open […]
Tickets Mattias Nilsson has in recent years established himself as one of Sweden’s most personal pianists with his own tonal language and touch. Jan Johansson probably comes to mind to anyone who listens to the sounds that dance between hopefulness and Nordic melancholy, but Nilsson’s colour nuances also extend in other directions. For the first […]
Tickets Teitur Lassen is a multifaceted Faroese composer and singer-songwriter who has toured extensively around the world and worked with some of the more interesting names of today’s music scene – Émilie Simon, Tina Dico, and Ane Brun to name a few. His music is very eclectic, and one of his projects involved writing […]
The house has exhibition areas, a beautiful Nordic library, meeting rooms and a small concert hall as well as one of Reykjavik’s best restaurants. With approximately 100,000 visitors and 150 events per year, The Nordic House does not solely use the venue for its own events but manages it as a public centre for Nordic […]
The Nordic house library invites you and your child (from 3 months to 6 years old) to music lessons. Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir, music teacher, singer and violinist leads the lessons for children and their families on March 26th, April 2nd, April 16th and April 30th at 10:15-11:15 AM. The goal of the music lessons is to […]
The Nordic house library invites you and your child (from 3 months to 6 years old) to music lessons. Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir, music teacher, singer and violinist leads the lessons for children and their families on March 26th, April 2nd, April 16th and April 30th at 10:15-11:15 AM. The goal of the music lessons is to […]
The Iceland Writers Retreat (www.icelandwritersretreat.com) will take place for the 6th time on April 3-7. It features numerous small-group writing workshops led by renowned authors from around the world. The Featured Authors will be participating in a reading at Nordic House the day before the IWR begins. The reading is free and open to all. […]
The Nordic house library invites you and your child (from 3 months to 6 years old) to music lessons. Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir, music teacher, singer and violinist leads the lessons for children and their families on March 26th, April 2nd, April 16th and April 30th at 10:15-11:15 AM. The goal of the music lessons is to […]
A music workshop in connection with The Children’s Culture Festival in the Nordic House on April 11th at 10:15AM. Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir, music teacher, singer and violinist leads an open music workshop for children and their families. The goal of the workshop is to introduce nordic folksongs to families and to encourage parents to use songs, […]
Everyone is welcomed to the Nordic House the 2nd of April at 11:00. Where we are revealing which Icelandic books have been nominated for the The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2019. Program (expected to last 30 minutes) Information om about The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2019. Reveal […]
Opinn fundur á vegum Norðurlanda í fókus og Norræna félagsins þriðjudaginn 2. apríl frá kl. 14 í Norræna húsinu Elections will take place in Finland on 14 April. At this open meeting, the state of politics in Finland will be reviewed. Fyrirlesarar eru: Utanríkis- og varnarmálapólitík í kosningabaráttunni (SE) Ann-Sofie Stude: Sendiherra Finnlands á Íslandi […]
Foreningen Norden, Norden i fokus og Nordens hus inviterer til feiring av Nordens dag på Nordens hus lørdag 23. mars kl. 15.00-17.00 Nordisk samarbeid er 100 år i 2019 og det bør vi feire, alle er hjertelig velkommne å feire sammen med oss! Program: Formann for Foreningen Norden og Nordens hus direktør byr gjester velkommen […]
The Nordic house library invites you and your child (from 3 months to 6 years old) to music lessons. Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir, music teacher, singer and violinist leads the lessons for children and their families on March 26th, April 2nd, April 16th and April 30th at 10:15-11:15 AM. The goal of the music lessons is to […]
The Nordic Region in Focus, The Norwegian Embassy in Iceland and The Ministry for Foreign Affairs invite to a seminar on the occasion of the Day of the Nordic Region, where the topic of the ocean in Nordic co-operation is the focus. The oceans and seas are inseparable from the history, culture, economy and nature […]
Sænsk-Íslensk stuttmynd sem segir sögu samskiptaleysis manna en jafnframt manna og dýra. Af hverju skiljum við ekki hvort annað þó við tölum sama tungumál ? Og hvernig stendur á því að hundurinn sé sá eini sem skilur mig ? Stuttmyndin er samstarfsverkefni ungra listnema á Norðurlöndunum, þátttakendur verkefnisins koma frá Íslandi, Svíþjóð og Finnlandi. Sýningar […]
Nordic Design Competition Last autumn, a competition for sustainable chairs was launched in the Nordic region. The goal was to raise awareness of sustainable design and to encourage design thinking in the climate debate. The five winner chairs can be seen at The Nordic House. Last autumn, The Nordic Council of Ministers’ international branding project, […]
Layers of Fibres; Experimental material design The collective merges together nature-inspired concepts, applying natural fibre material and a method of layering. They display innovative experimentation between material and construction, using knitting and papermaking technique. Layers of Fibres is a collaboration between the designers Bára Finnsdóttir(IS) and Dominyka Sidabraite(LT), exhibiting a selection of their separate […]
Formex Nova was established in 2011 to promote high-quality Nordic design and is now one of the biggest design awards in the Nordic. Icelandic designer, Ragna Ragnarsdóttir, recipient of the 2018 Formex Nova Design Award, will be exhibiting her work at The Nordic House auditorium during DesignMarch. Also on show will be the work of […]
USEE STUDIO and Thomas Pausz take over the greenhouse at The Nordic House during DesignMarch Facebook USEE STUDIO is the conscious and creative duo Halla Hákonardóttir and Helga Björg Kjerúlf. Here they premiere a new collection of clothing and timeless artefacts inspired by Japanese Zen gardens and invite guests to slow down their mind and […]
Sorry, the concert has been cancelled. VERPA EGGJUM concert at The Nordic House // Skerpla og Davíð Þór Jónsson The Nordic House auditorium March 14th 9 PM Verpa eggjum – new concert series promoting new & experimental music that kicked off in Fall 2018. The concert series is in close collaboration with Mengi, The […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch 2019 with exhibitions in four different spaces. Joint opening on Friday, March 29, 17:00-19:00. Come and experience: FORMEX NOVA: Nordic Interior Design Award LAYERS OF FIBRES: Experimental Material Design SUSTAINABLE CHAIR: Nordic Design Competition USEE STUDIO AND THOMAS PAUSZ: Design in the Greenhouse THE NORDIC HOUSE DESIGN BOUTIQUE: […]
Saturday the 9th March, the Nordic House offers to an event with guests, who in various ways have managed to communicate important environmental messages. The guest will present their projects and approaches. The projects concern both Icelandic and international environmental and climate challenges. Participant is, of course, invited to join the conversation. The event is […]
Are you a knitter or do you crochet? Are you interested in handiwork and crafts in general? At the Nordic house library we are starting a knitting club which might be something for you. We invite you and other crafts people to come and have a nice time, to knit, crochet or whatever you are […]
Hello and welcome to the Swedish story hour. Once every month we gather at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We promote all kinds of Swedish talking projects. The contents of the story hour can vary from reading aloud and mini projects. Children in all ages are welcomed. We hope to see you soon. Jannika Lövendahl […]
Hello and welcome to the Swedish story hour. Once every month we gather at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We promote all kinds of Swedish talking projects. The contents of the story hour can vary from reading aloud and mini projects. Children in all ages are welcomed. We hope to see you soon. Jannika Lövendahl […]
Hello and welcome to the Swedish story hour. Once every month we gather at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We promote all kinds of Swedish talking projects. The contents of the story hour can vary from reading aloud and mini projects. Children in all ages are welcomed. We hope to see you soon. Jannika Lövendahl […]
Danish Story Hour in the children’s library at The Nordic House. We will be talking Danish, sing, play and read. All children age 2-7 (approx) are welcome with their parents. Host for the event is Ann-Sofie Gremaud. The event is recurring every month We look forward to seeing you!
Danish Story Hour in the children’s library at The Nordic House. We will be talking Danish, sing, play and read. All children age 2-7 (approx) are welcome with their parents. Host for the event is Ann-Sofie Gremaud. The event is recurring once every month. We look forward to seeing you!
Danish Story Hour in the children’s library at The Nordic House. We will be talking Danish, sing, play and read. All children age 2-7 (approx) are welcome with their parents. Host for the event is Ann-Sofie Gremaud. The event is recurring once every month. We look forward to seeing you!
The Children’s Book Flood has sailed into The Nordic House Children’s library Welcome to a new version of the Children’s Book Flood now situated at our lovely children’s library. Opening Hours Weekdays 13-17 Weekends 10-17 Free entrance
Finnish story hour for children at 13:00 in the children’s library at the Nordic House. Parents are welcomed to bring their children. Kind regards, Jaana Pitkänen. Tervetuloa!
Finnish story hour for children at 13:00 in the children’s library at the Nordic House. Parents are welcomed to bring their children. Kind regards, Jaana Pitkänen. Tervetuloa!
Icelandic story hour in the children’s library at the Nordic House. We read aloud from Icelandic books, written by Icelandic or Nordic authors. After we are done reading we will play in the children’s library, where we have a lot of Nordic children’s books, games, toys and materials for coloring and drawing! Children aged (+/-) […]
Icelandic story hour in the children’s library at the Nordic House. We read aloud from Icelandic books, written by Icelandic or Nordic authors. After we are done reading we will play in the children’s library, where we have a lot of Nordic children’s books, games, toys and materials for coloring and drawing! Children aged (+/-) […]
Icelandic story hour in the children’s library at the Nordic House. We read aloud from Icelandic books, written by Icelandic or Nordic authors. After we are done reading we will play in the children’s library, where we have a lot of Nordic children’s books, games, toys and materials for coloring and drawing! Children aged (+/-) […]