VÄRTTINÄ – Concert with the Finnish Folk music band

BUY A TICKET VÄRTTINÄ – Concert with the Finnish Folk music band in The Nordic House 29th of February at 19.30 o’clock.  Värttinä, Finland’s world music ambassadors, started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in North Karelia, the eastern region of Finland. Since then, they have […]

We are hiring

The Nordic House in Reykjavík seeks a librarian in a 75% position that speaks both Icelandic and one of the Nordic languages Danish, Norwegian ore Swedish. Norræna húsið í Reykjavík er norræn menningarstofnun með áherslu á bókmenntir, tungumál, arkitektúr, hönnun, börn og ungmenni og sjálfbæra þróun. Markmið hússins eru að koma norrænni menningu á framfæri […]

The tour “Misuse of facts” Seminar

The tour “Misuse of facts” Seminar in The Nordic House on March 8th at 9:30 – 12:00. In which way does the media portray alcohol and drug use? How can researchers and journalists become better at communicating with each other around substance abuse issues? What sources can be trusted? The seminar will be in Icelandic […]

Music with Alan Courtis- TALK

Music with Alan Courtis- TALK in The Nordic House February 4th at 12 pm. Alan Courtis is a musician with 20 years of experience of working with disabled people. Alan both composes and teaches music to kids and grown-ups with disabilities and has done so all over the world. The TAKL is in English and […]

No one meets someone

Buy a ticket No one meets someone by Peter Asmussen (org. title Ingen Møder Nogen) premieres March 12. at The Nordic House / Black Box. The Play is performed in Icelandic. No one meets someone is a powerful, passionate and uncompromising play. Peter Asmussen is a language equilibrist who takes us on a beautiful and highly […]

Rehabilitation over retribution? livestream

Rehabilitation over retribution? Friday 29 January at. 13-15 at The Nordic House. The meeting will be held in English and Icelandic and streamed here on our website. Knut Storberget, Norwegian Labor Party and former Norwegian Minister of Justice, is the keynote speaker on this seminar about correctional policy in prisons. The Icelandic political parties Samfylkingin and […]

Swedish storyhour “Prank”

Swedish storyhour January 24th at 14 Swedish storyhour for swedish speaking children from 5-10 years old in the Nordic House children library, Sunday, January 24th from 14-15.  The theme is ‘‘prank“. Swedish storyhours:  January 24th, February 21st, March 20th and April 24th.

Meet the Author: Gaute Heivoll

Gaute Heivoll

Meet the Author: Gaute Heivoll in the Nordic House February 2 at 7:30pm, free entrance. Sigurður Ólafsson, Manager for the Nordic Council Literature Prizes will be the moderator of the evening and the program will take place in scandinavian languages. All events from the Meet the Author series are brought to you via Nordic House Livestrem: Gaute […]

Nordic Book Market

Nordic Book Market Nordic House Library from January – February 7th. Open from 13-17 Sat. Jan. 30, from 12-17 Sun. Jan. 31st, and from 11-17 February 1st – 5th 2016. Interesting books in the Nordic languages, new and old, for children, young adults and adults, novels, children’s books and a range of books on various […]

Norwegian storyhour

Norwegian storyhour for Norwegian speaking children, Saturdays January 16, February 6, Mars 5, April 2 and Mai 7, from 14-15 in the Nordic House children area.  Children that understand Norwegian are welcome with their parents. Matja Steen leads the storyhour. Ha det bra!

Danish storyhours

Danish storyhours for Danish speaking children and their parents. The Nordic House children library Sunday from 14-15, January 17. February 14. Mars 13. April 10. We read, talk and sing together. The storyhour is lead by Susanne Elgum.

Seminar- Emergency Management in Iceland and Sweden

Emergency Management in Iceland and Sweden The Seminar will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 18, at Salur, The Nordic House. The Seminar is a part of the Nordic Welfare Watch -in response to crises, part of the Icelandic Presidency Programme 2014. The research is a cooperation between specialist and scholars from Finland, Iceland, […]

Playful is The New Serious – TALK

Perniclas Bedow, the founder and creative director of Swedish design studio Bedow, will give a talk about visual identities on Thursday, January 14 at 12 in The Nordic House. Bedow started his career in Stockholm’s advertising industry in the late nineties. When the dotcom bubble bursted he was laid off and since 2005 he run […]

Nordic Culture Point

Nordic Culture Point is an active cultural organisation that works with the whole of the Nordic Region as its platform. The organisation has three main areas of activity. We provide the secretariat function for three Nordic funding programmes: the Culture and Arts Programme, the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture and NORDBUK. We run a cultural […]

S.L.Á.T.U.R.- New Year Concert

The annual New Year Concert of the S.L.Á.T.U.R. composer collective will be held in the Nordic House on sunday the 17th of January 2016. Free entrance. This is S.L.Á.T.U.R.’s ninth New Year Concert and to celebrate this we will look back and play works from previous nine years. The program will be an ideal showcase […]

TISA? Open meeting

Dögun (about) invites to an open meeting on the TISA negotiations. The purpose of the meeting is to create open dialogue. The meeting takes place in Icelandic, in Salur in The Nordic House on 28 January at 8 pm.   Program (in Icelandic) Moderator: Benedikt Erlingsson leikari og leikstjóri. 1. Bergþór Magnússon fulltrúi úr samninganefnd Íslands […]

15:15 Concert series

Thorsteinn Hauksson – Portrait Caput ensemble with soprano Marta Halldórsdóttir performs music by Icelandic composer Thorsteinn Hauksson at The 15:15 concert series at the Nordic House, on Sunday, February 7th at 15:15 pm. Thorsteinn Hauksson (b. 1949), is a widely performed modern-classical composer of symphonic, instrumental, vocal, ballet and computer works. He received his training […]

Finnish storyhour-

The first storyhour of the year 2016 will be a finnish storyhour for children in the Nordic House library, Sunday, January 3d at 12:00.  Jaana Pitkänen leads the storyhour.  

Meet the Author: Kristina Sandberg

Kristina Sandberg

Meet the Author with Kristina Sandberg in the Nordic House January 12th 7:30pm Kristina Sandberg (1971) is a swedish author. She has written six books in total, but it is her trilogy about Maj, a very ordinary mid-20th century Swedish housewife, that has been her big literary breakthrough. However, it was not until the third […]

Finnish story hour-

Finnish story hour for children in the Nordic House, Sunday, December 13th at 12:00.  We will read stories about Pippi Longstocking, but she celebrated her 70th birthday this year.  In the library is also an exhibition about Pippi Longstocking.  Welcome, those who understand finnish. The next Finnish story hour for children in the new year […]

Seminar on Icelandic books in Danish

Litteraturseminari Nordens Hus- Torsdag 10. december 2015 kl. 13:00-17:00 Syv litterære gnister og forslag til temaer og opgaver til din danskundervisning Program: 13:00-13:10 Åbning 13:10-13:20 Redaktørerne fortæller 13:20-13:35 “En dans” – en novelle bliver til ved Kamilla Bonnesen, Randers 13:35-13:50 At illustrere GNIST – Syv udvalgte gnister ved Ingibjörg Hrefna Pétursdóttir, FB 13:50-14:00 Tre gnister ved Brynja […]

Málstofa um dönskukennslu

Litteraturseminar i Nordens Hus, torsdag 10. december 2015 kl. 13:00-17:00 Syv litterære gnister og forslag til temaer og opgavertil din danskundervisning Tilmelding per e-post til Brynja: brs@fb.is senest 8. december.   Program: 13:00-13:10 Åbning 13:10-13:20 Redaktørerne fortæller 13:20-13:35 “En dans” – en novelle bliver til ved Kamilla Bonnesen, Randers 13:35-13:50 At illustrere GNIST – Syv udvalgte […]

Litteraturseminar

Litteraturseminar i Nordens Hus, torsdag 10. december 2015 kl. 13:00-17:00 Syv litterære gnister og forslag til temaer og opgavertil din danskundervisning Tilmelding per e-post til Brynja: brs@fb.is senest 8. december.   Program: 13:00-13:10 Åbning 13:10-13:20 Redaktørerne fortæller 13:20-13:35 “En dans” – en novelle bliver til ved Kamilla Bonnesen, Randers 13:35-13:50 At illustrere GNIST – Syv udvalgte […]

Norwegian Christmas storyhour

Norwegian Christmas storyhour for children that understand Norwegian in Barnahellir in the Nordic House, Saturday 5th at 13:00. We are going to sing Christmas songs, read a Christmas story and talk about Christmas.  Matja Steen leads the storyhour.    

Danish Christmas Story hour

Danish Christmas Story hour in the Nordic House Library, Sunday, December 6th, 2015,  from 14-15. This is a storyhour for Danish speaking children from 2-7 years and their parents.  We will sing Christmas songs and make some Christmas things.  There will be juice for the children and coffee for the parents but you will have […]

THE WAR YEARS 1938- 1945

THE WAR YEARS 1938- 1945 The author of the book The War Years 1938 – 1945, Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson, talks about the changes the Icelandic people went through during the war years. The event will be held in Icelandic. Free entrance.

Elsa Sigfúss

Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson tells about the amazing Icelandic singer Elsa Sigfuss. The event will be held in Icelandic.  Free entrance. Elsa was an Icelandic mid 20th century vocalist (1908-1979). Daughter of composer and conductor Sigfús Einarsson and pianist Valborg Hellemann. 18 years old she migrated to Denmark where she was classically trained as singer and cellist […]

Eldhundar- Einar Már & Pétur Eggerz

Eldhundar – The Nordic House on December 3 at 20. Einar Már Guðmundsson author of the book Hundadagar and Pétur Eggerz author of the play Eldklerkurinn; one-person show about Jón Steingrímsson, talk about strong and interesting character’s from their works. The event will be held in Icelandic.  

CHRISTMAS LAND

CHRISTMAS LAND – installation by Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir 1.-23. December. The artist behind The Nordic House Christmas calendar 2015, Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, has created the installation CHRISTMAS LAND. The opening is on the 1  December at 12:34 in the Nordic house. Everyone is welcome! How would a person that has never seen Christmas recreate it? […]

Christmas Calendar – Livestream

Welcome to our annual Christmas Calendar an daily event from 1.-23. Decemeber at 12.34. The Christmas calendar in the Nordic House in Reykjavik takes place daily in the Black Box in December until Christmas. Every day a new window will be opened , followed by a performance by the artist or artists of the day. […]

Pippi Longstocking´s Birthday Party!

Pippi Longstocking´s Birthday Party The Nordic House and the Swedish Embassy in Iceland invite you to Pippi Longstocking´s 70 years anniversary on Saturday, November 28th from 13-16. Pippi Longstocking will be there herself to entertain her guests between 13.30 and 14.30. The Swedish Embassy offers pancakes and Lingon juice. For those interested, it is possible […]

A world addicted to oil

A world addicted to oil Friday, November 27th at 12:15-13:15 o´clock The Nordic House Lecture hall Dr. Kjell Aleklett, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Uppsala University will give a lecture in the Nordic House on November 27th. The lecture is called A world addicted to oil. Professor Aleklett is a world expert on “Peak Oil” […]

15:15 Concert series.

FIFTEEN TO FIFTEEN FIFTEEN TO FIFTEEN is the title of a recital at 15:15 concert series at The Nordic house on Sunday November 22nd at 3.15 pm, where the cellist Sigurdur Halldorsson and pianist Liwen Huang will perform. About the concert: A hundred years and new for cello The year 1915 was a prosperous year […]

Swedish storyhour

Swedish storyhour Sunday, November 22nd there will be Swedish storyhour for children 2-7 years old in the Nordic House.  Malin Barkelind will read from the book “Stackars Allan”  by Barbro Lindgren.  See you at 14 in the library! There is also an exhibition about Pippi Longstocking in the children library.

We pay the Artists

We pay the Artists Welcome to the „We pay the Artists“ campaign meeting of SÍM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists Friday 20 November 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the campaign “We pay the Artists” is to promote and strengthen the career of artists to and improve the working conditions and status […]

The West and Russia: New Cold War?

Open seminar hosted by the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland The West and Russia: New Cold War? New Détente? Managing Rivalry? In light of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s recent intervention in Syria and on-going military tensions, this lecture will explore the dynamics shaping the relationship between the West and Russia […]

Konnect- Red Snow

 KONNECT- 19. Nov. 2015 at 17:00. Together we can make a change! Konnect  –  a  Special Event at the RED SNOW exhibition. Konnect will host a session where students will present their art project ideas,  and a specialist in behaviour changes, Dr Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Associate Professor of Psychology, will lead a discussion on how people can […]

ART TALK – Red Snow

ART TALK – Red Snow- Ice in Motion.  15. November  at. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Jon Proppe, art historian will lead discussions about the exhibition. The event will be held in Icelandic. Red Snow in the Nordic House

Evening with an Author- Lars Frost

Evening with an Author : Lars Frost. The event will be held on the 25th of November in The Nordic House. The award-winning Danish author Lars Frost will guest The Nordic House. He will read from his books and share his thought about them. Additionally, he will draw lines to the contemporary Danish literature, e.g. Jan […]

Finnish storyhours for children

Finish storyhour for children, Sunday November 15th at 12:00 in the Nordic House Children Library.  We are going to read the book „” Herra T og kjúklingurinn hans Asni” by the authors Maaria Päivinen & Huginn Þór Grétarssonin. The book will be published in Finland next year. Finnish storyhours for children Sundays 12-13 20. Sept. 11. […]

Nordic Café Lingua; Pippi Longstocking

Gratulations Pippi Longstocking, a social- psychological lecture about a 70 years old loved one. Professor Bengt Starrin from Sweden will have a comical lecture for adults in Swedish about emotions and relations from the perspective of Pippi Longstocking.  Dialogue and questions will be in „Scandinavic“ language.  This event is free and open for everyone. The […]