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 free event […]
Welcome to sögustund in Norwegian for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library. We will read from books, sing songs and encourage the children to play and interact in Norwegian. The story hour is recommended for children age 4-10, but everyone that understands Norwegian is welcome to join us. This is a free event for […]
Open lecture on Wednesday 28 August, 12:00-13:00 at the Nordic House. Hosted by the Center for Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland and the Nordic Region in Focus The “Trump-Greenland story”: only the tip of the iceberg What does the renewed interest from the U.S. for Greenland mean for Iceland, the Danish-Greenlandic relationship and […]
What’s it worth? Valuation of art, design, antiques, jewelry, wristwatches, books, coins and stamps. Who knows, maybe you have something really valuable hidden away in a closet somewhere?! The valuation is completely non-committal and free of charge from Bruun Rasmussen. If the object is too big, you can bring a photo and measurements. You can […]
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Nordic house’s library, an art workshop was held on August 11th, where children draw pictures of monsters. The art exhibition with the beautiful and scary monster drawings are now available as an exhibition in the children’s cave at the Nordic House, until September 23rd which is […]
The auditorium in the Nordic House will August 24th live transmit ‘The Rhinegold According to Salonen’. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Finnish National Opera will perform Wagner’s The Rhinegold. The Nordic House will August 24th and 25th live transmit from The Baltic Sea Festival, both transmissions will be shown in English in The Nordic House’s […]
The auditorium in the Nordic House will August 24th live transmit Britten’s monumental opera ‘Noye’s Fludde’ with 250 contributors from Berwaldhallen in Stockholm. The Nordic House will August 24th and 25th live transmit from The Baltic Sea Festival, both transmissions will be shown in English in The Nordic House’s auditorium with free entrance. August 24th […]
The West Nordic Day 2019 is celebrated with a broad program, which consists of exhibitions, music, workshops for children and families and speeches from artists and academic seminaries. The West Nordic day is celebrated on September 23rd, yet the program stretches over two days. The purpose of the West Nordic Day is to focus and […]
Opinn fundur á vegum Norðurlönd í fókus, Norræna félagsins og Norræna félagsins í Reykjavík mánudaginn 26. ágúst kl. 12 í Norræna húsinu, boðið verður upp á léttan hádegisverð Þingkosningar fara fram í Færeyjum laugardaginn 31. ágúst. Í tilnefni þess verður efnt til hádegisfundar um kosningarnar og færeysk stjórnmál. Petur Petersen, sendiherra Færeyja á Íslandi, flytur […]
You are most welcome to the concert of Icelandic and Latvian contemporary chamber music on 14th September 2019 hosted by the Nordic House in Reykjavik. Well-known Latvian musician Dzintra Erliha (piano) will be performing compositions by Icelandic composer Snorri Sigfús Birgisson as well as Latvian composers Jānis Ivanovs, Lūcija Garūta, Aivars Kalējs and others. Composer […]
The Norwegian-Icelandic performance production Surtsey (2020) kicks off in Reykjavik, with an open lecture-performance by prize-winning director Jon Tombre. After his performance lecture, there will be discussions and the possibility of taking part in a creative workshop. The producers invite young writers (19+) to participate. The lecture and workshop will be in English. Free entrance. […]
The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation led by writer Hanne Højgaard Viemose will be in Danish. Free entrance. Livestream Theis Ørntoft (1984) is a poet and novelist. He has studied literature, graduated from Forfatterskolen and has received prestigious Danish awards: Munch-Christensen’s Culture Grant, the Michael […]
This evening, the Faroe Islands’ most talented literature researchers will tell us about the islands’ exciting writers and literary history.The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Gísli Magnússon, Associate Professor in Danish at the University of Iceland, will be in Danish. Free entrance. […]
Tickets Inger Christensen’s collection of poems Alphabet reinterpreted as sound works by composer Hannah Schneider. The event begins at 19:30. Entrance is 2000 Isk. Inger Christensen’s best-known poetry collection, Alphabet (1981), is presented in a completely new form, namely as a sound piece by the composer Hannah Schneider, who, together with Danish musicians and Icelandic […]
The event in the auditorium begins at 15:00 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Sofie Hermansen Eriksdatter, Head of Secretariat for the Nordic Council Literature Prizes, will be in Norwegian and Danish. After the conversation, the Norwegian Embassy serves wine and music in the library. Free entrance. […]
Join us for a family-friendly birthday celebration, Sunday 11 August from 12- 17. Free entrance! Program 12:00-13:00 Storyhour in the auditorium for children and their families (Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Faroese). 13:00-16:00 Art workshop 13:00-15:00 Facepaint for children 14:00-15:00 Magic show with Jón Víðis 15:00-16:00 Picnic Concert in the greenhouse with Elín Harpa […]
The event in the auditorium begins at 15:00 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Silje Beite Løken, Culture and Information Associate, Embassy of Norway, will be in Norwegian. After the conversation, the Norwegian Embassy serves wine and music in the library. Free entrance. Welcome! In 2019, Norway […]
The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Gísli Magnússon, Associate Professor in Danish at the University of Iceland, will be in Danish. Free entrance. Welcome! Pia Tafdrup (1952) is an MA, poet and author. She made her debut in 1981 and has since […]
Weather Original songs by Icelandic singer/songwriter Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. Ingveldur sings and plays the guitar. The name of the show comes from the realisation Ingveldur had that almost every single song she had written mentions weather or nature in some way. This performance is a part of the Youth Fringe program at RVK Fringe, where young […]
Weather Original songs by Icelandic singer/songwriter Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. Ingveldur sings and plays the guitar. The name of the show comes from the realisation Ingveldur had that almost every single song she had written mentions weather or nature in some way. This performance is a part of the Youth Fringe program at RVK Fringe, where young […]
Bára Sigmundardóttir from the Faroe Islands has opened the exhibition “Heimur skrímslanna” (“World of the Monsters”) in the Nordic House Children´s Library. The collection is a combination of bright and colorful drawings and paintings. The pieces are hanging at a height suitable for children, so they can not only see but also touch the pieces […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
With A Strong Voice (Finland) Shine Act With a Firm Voice is raising female voices of the Y-generation. Through music, spoken word and movement, different stories are told about being a young woman in the present day. This brand new integrated performance explores current themes and aims to empower young audiences. It comments on womanhood and what […]
With A Strong Voice (Finland) By Sing & Shine Ensemble With A Strong Voice raises female voices of the Y-generation. This new vocal theater performance is created especially for the Reykjavik Fringe Festival by the Sing & Shine Ensemble from Finland. It explores timely issues of being a young woman in the present day and […]
Throwaway! (Norway) Det Andre Teatret That old vase you got from your aunt years ago, the worn out t-shirt your ex forgot or last week’s newspaper – they’re all going to be thrown away sooner or later. Why not do it at our show – and we’ll tell a story about it before we say goodbye and leave […]
Throwaway! (Norway) Det Andre Teatret That old vase you got from your aunt years ago, the worn out t-shirt your ex forgot or last week’s newspaper – they’re all going to be thrown away sooner or later. Why not do it at our show – and we’ll tell a story about it before we say goodbye and leave […]
Throwaway! (Norway) Det Andre Teatret That old vase you got from your aunt years ago, the worn out t-shirt your ex forgot or last week’s newspaper – they’re all going to be thrown away sooner or later. Why not do it at our show – and we’ll tell a story about it before we say goodbye and leave […]
Viggo The Viking (Norway & Estonia) Viggo Venn A wordless story of a goofy Viking who doesn’t meet the harsh expectations of being a tough Viking. With beautiful music on authentic analogue Viking instruments, the audience is taken on a wordless journey with both laughs and silence exploring the expectations to what is expected from […]
Viggo The Viking (Norway & Estonia) Viggo Venn A wordless story of a goofy Viking who doesn’t meet the harsh expectations of being a tough Viking. With beautiful music on authentic analogue Viking instruments, the audience is taken on a wordless journey with both laughs and silence exploring the expectations to what is expected from […]
Viggo The Viking (Norway & Estonia) Viggo Venn A wordless story of a goofy Viking who doesn’t meet the harsh expectations of being a tough Viking. With beautiful music on authentic analogue Viking instruments, the audience is taken on a wordless journey with both laughs and silence exploring the expectations to what is expected from […]
Hotel Hapenis (Iceland) Leikhópurinn X A comedy dramedy set at a hotel in Iceland. The show makes fun of soap operas, where everyone in the hotel, both employees and guests, have something to hide, and their struggles to live together in peace and harmony. Age: 18+ Tickets costs 1.000 ISK For mor information visit the […]
Issun Boshi – A Japanese Folktale About A Very Little Samurai (Noregur) Kaja Productions Norwegian theatre group performs a Japanese folktale with live piano music and puppetry for the youngest audience members. Magical and visual show opening up to fantasy, language and music. Norwegian is spoken in the performance. Age: 3-9 year old. Tickets cost 1.ooo […]
Issun Boshi – A Japanese Folktale About A Very Little Samurai (Noregur) Kaja Productions Norwegian theatre group performs a Japanese folktale with live piano music and puppetry for the youngest audience members. Magical and visual show opening up to fantasy, language and music. Norwegian is spoken in the performance. Age: 3-9 year old. Tickets cost 1.ooo […]
Issun Boshi – A Japanese Folktale About A Very Little Samurai (Noregur) Kaja Productions Norwegian theatre group performs a Japanese folktale with live piano music and puppetry for the youngest audience members. Magical and visual show opening up to fantasy, language and music. Norwegian is spoken in the performance. Age: 3-9 year old. Tickets cost 1.ooo […]
Issun Boshi – A Japanese Folktale About A Very Little Samurai (Noregur) Kaja Productions Norwegian theatre group performs a Japanese folktale with live piano music and puppetry for the youngest audience members. Magical and visual show opening up to fantasy, language and music. Norwegian is spoken in the performance. Age: 3-9 year old. Tickets cost […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
Romeo and Juliet (Norway) Kompani13 Romeo and Juliet is the strongest love story we know. Can it still tell us something? Yes! About human nature, responsibility towards each other, how choices can be life-changing. How stupid and unnecessary war is, when love is an opportunity. This interactive theatre piece is performed in the small and […]
The Representation of Greenland marks the Greenland national day Sunday, 16th June 2019, from 16:00 to 18:00 with a Classic/Opera/Pop concert followed by a small reception with Greenlandic specialities at The Nordic house. The event will start at 16:00 with a short introduction from Head of Representation Jacob Isbosethsen, then the President for the Greenlandic […]
Tuesday 11 June, 15:10 – 16:00 at the Nordic House. Open lecture hosted by the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, Varðberg and the Ministry for foreign affairs 70 years of NATO and Iceland: A Strong Transatlantic Bond in an Uncertain World Opening remarks – Sturla Sigurjónsson, Permanent Secretary of State Jens […]
Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Mid-Atlantic in the Nordic House Thursday, June 13 at. 6 pm In June 2019, twenty-two artists from Europe and North America worked side-by-side in the studios of Myndlistaskólinn í Reykjavík for the first Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange. As methods and practice within the ceramic arts differ greatly between the […]