Norwegian story hour for Children in the Nordic House Library, Saturdays, January 14th, February 11th, April 8th and May 6th, at 13:00. All Children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Swedish story hour for Swedish speaking children (2-12 years) in the Nordic House children library, the second Sunday every month from February till May, welcome. Dates: February 12th, March 12th, April 9th and May 14th.
Swedish story hour for Swedish speaking children (2-12 years) in the Nordic House children library, the second Sunday every month from February till May, welcome. Dates: February 12th, March 12th, April 9th and May 14th.
Swedish story hour for Swedish speaking children (2-12 years) in the Nordic House children library, the second Sunday every month from February till May, welcome. Dates: April 9th and May 14th.
This year, the theme for the Nordic Council Environment Prize is initiatives that bring us closer to the waste-free society. Anybody can submit nominations. The winner will be announced in Helsinki on 1 November 2017, during the Session of the Nordic Council. Criteria for nomination The prize is awarded to a Nordic company, organisation, or […]
21 March at 8 pm “Live now, live in eternity” Helga Rós Indriðadóttir and Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir perform songs by Victor Ullmann and the composers who most influenced him, Arnold Schönberg and Alexander Zemlinsky. Admission fee is ISK 2.500, ISK 1.500 for the senior citizens ald the disabled; free for students and 20 years old […]
Swedish story hour for Swedish speaking children (2-12 years) in the Nordic House children library. The second Sunday every month from February till May, welcome. Dates: February 12th, March 12th, April 9th and May 14th.
On Tuesday 21. February at 8.00 pm Tríó Sírajón brings a colourful program of twentieth century music to Music in the Moorlands. Largo by Charles Ives, Trio by Gian Carlo Menotti, Three duos by Dimitri Shostakovich, Trio by Aram Kachaturian and La belle jardinière by Jónas Tómasson. Admission fee is ISK 2.500, ISK 1.500 for […]
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library.
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library. Next Story Hours for Finnish speaking children will be on and May 7th.
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library. Next Story Hours for Finnish speaking children will be on April 2nd and May 7th.
National Security – new perspectives in foreign policy Livestrem (In Icelandic). Bjarni Benediktsson prime minister will give a speech and answer questions in a meeting with Varðberg at The Nordic House, Thursday February 9th at 12:00. Language: Icelandic. Unnið er að því að setja á laggirnar þjóðaröryggisráð undir formennsku forsætisráðherra í samræmi við lög sem […]
Nominations for the Nordic Council’s Children and Youth Prize in Literature Nominations for the Nordic Council’s Children and Youth Prize in literature will be announced on Wednesday, 5th of April at 9 o’clock. For this occasion, the Nordic House offers a joint celebration at the library where the names of all nominated works are read […]
The Wagner company offers a lecture at the Nordic House on February 11. at 14:00. Lecture by Árni Blandon The lecture deals with what lead to the close friendship between the composer Wagner and the philosopher Nietzsche and what issues came up so that they became enemies. Árni Blandon has introduced Wagner´s operas at The State […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch. Every spring, the festival fills Reykjavik with design. From fashion to furniture, architecture to food design, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene alongside exciting international names. Read more about Iceland’s annual design festival at www.designmarch.is. Note that some of the exhibitions will have longer duration […]
The 5th Nordic Film Festival 2017 Welcome to The Nordic House, March 8-15 The festival this year screens a great variety of high-quality Nordic films from all genres. The films have English subtitles. Entrance is free! The Nordic region is internationally known for its dynamic film culture and it is a pleasure to present a few […]
Danish Storyhour for Children Sunday, January 29th from 14:00- 15:00. Danish speaking children from (+/-) 2-7 years are welcome with their parents. We read, talk, sing and play together in danish. Susanne Elgum leads the Storyhour.
What do queer people, disabled people, people of foreign origin and fat people have in common? How can these groups work together and learn from each other? These questions and others will be examined at the conference Disturbing Existence on March 3-4, 2017. The keynote speaker will be Lydia XZ Brown, Autistic Hoya. They are an […]
Heroine WOD- at the Nordic House foyer by Victoria Cleverby. Welcome to the opening of HEROINE WOD in the Nordic House’s foyer 11.2. 2017 at 11 am. The Nordic house welcomes you with light refreshments. Victoria Cleverby introduces her pieces. How do we talk about women that are soldiers, and how are they remembered? Heroine WOD […]
AUKRA is an art electro duo from Sweden/Norway who has played since 2011 all around Europe. Consisting the vocalist and performance artist Amanda Varhaugvik, educated in The School of Fine Arts, that creates new costumes for each performance and who freely experiments between improvisation and intimate political text. Marius Varhaugvik, the brother, is a music […]
Interwoven The exhibition includes works by artists associated with four universities in the Arctic region; the University of Lapland, the Sámi allaskuvla/Sami University of Applied Sciences, Bergen University and Iceland Academy of the Arts. Sustainability, crafts and culture form the starting point of all the works in the exhibition. Open daily: 11-17 Wednesdays: 11-21 Easter: […]
Norwegian Storyhour for Children in the Nordic House Library, January 14th at 13:00. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Nordens Hus på Færøerne søger en projektleder Vil du arbejde med at afvikle møder og konferencer, udvikle Nordens hus som et fremragende konferencested og en spændende destination til rejsende på Færøerne og gå aktivt ind i arbejde med Nordens Hus’ hjemmeside og placering på de sociale medier? Er du interesseret i et dynamisk arbejde hvor […]
Sustainability in Nordic Design Seminar and workshops at the Nordic House Feb 2. In connection with the exhibition, Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today, the Nordic House will arrange a full-day program on February 2nd (Thursday) focusing on design, sustainability and the needs of the future. Registration The program […]
The Nordic Region in Focus and Bifröst University invite you to a open meeting with Eiríkur Bergmann about Nordic Nationalism and Right-Wing Populist Politics. The event is in Icelandic. Free entrance. Everybody is welcome. The Nordic House Livestream The Nordic Region in Focus is a project under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Welcome to the opening of Katrín Matthíasdóttir exhibition in the Nordic House’s foyer January 14´th at 3 pm. The Nordic house welcomes you with a glass of vine. The content of Katrín Matthíasdóttirs exhibition falls into two categories: portraits of the artist’s three sons and images of conflict, inequality, pollution and climate change. The […]
Storytelling about The Three Swords’ with EMILY HENNESSEY at the Nordic House, Sunday January 22. 3pm. The performance is suitable for children and in English. Entrance: 1000 kr. Tickets are available by the entrance and at tix.is EMILY HENNESSEY is a bold and dynamic performance storyteller. Playful, imaginative and daring to take risks, Emily tells […]
LOKI- THE GREATEST TRICKSTER OF ALL TIME… Storytelling (in English ) about LOKI with EMILY HENNESSEY at the Nordic House, Tuesday, January 24. 8pm. Entrance: 1000 kr. Tickets are available by the entrance and at tix.is EMILY HENNESSEY is a bold and dynamic performance storyteller. Playful, imaginative and daring to take risks, Emily tells myths, […]
The Nordic House is closed from 2 January to 13 of January, 2017, due to renovations. The Nordic House event calendar
Meet the author DORTHE NORS at the Nordic House Tuesday 7 February at 7.30 p.m. Free entrance. Everybody welcome! The moderator is Gísli Magnússon, lecturer in Danish at the University of Iceland, and the interview will be held in Danish. During the break and prior to the event, refreshments are available from AALTO Bistro. Livestream DORTHE […]
Canceled! Concert of the 15:15 concert series at the Nordic House, where the brass quintet Brassbrothers play Icelandic brass music by Páll Pampichler Pálsson, Jón Ásgeirsson, Áskell Másson and Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson. The Brassbrothers quintet consists of five leading brass players: Eiríkur Örn Pálsson, trumpet, Einar St. Jónsson, trumpet, Emil Friðfinnsson, horn, Sigurður Þorbergsson, […]
Tickets At Sea and Land with Hallgerður Langbrók The Nordic House, 12th February at 3.15 pm Concert where the Caput ensemble performs a suite from the opera Hallgerður by Finnur Torfi Stefánsson, Nine Songs from the West by Snorri Sigfús Birgisson and music by younger composers at the 15:15 concert series at the Nordic House. […]
eif – a volcanic mixture of soulful new-pop Tickets are sold at the door and on tix.is Price 1000 ISK With her debut EP ‘teal’, Copenhagen based eif wanders in a Nordic, teal colored, sonic landscape with her dreamy millenium inspired r’n’b. Electronica productions, a melodic voice, and a notebook filled with stories about heartache […]
The Afternoon of the Sonata Recital at the 15:15 concert series at the Nordic House, where clarinettist Grímur Helgason and pianist Hrönn Þráinsdóttir play a very interesting programme of sonatas for clarinet and piano by Bohuslav Martinů, Áskell Másson, Arthur Honneger and Antoni Szalowski. Ticket price is 2000 kr. and 1000 kr. for elderly (67+), […]
CANCELLED At The Nordic House, January 17. at 7:30pm. Free entrance. The program will take place in scandinavian languages. Moderator is Sigurður Ólafsson. Lars Saabye Christensen (1953) is a Norwegian writer, whose books have been translated into over thirty languages. He made his debut as a poet in 1976, but he has also published in many other […]
Swedish storyhour for swedish speaking children in the Nordic House children library, Sunday, December 11th from 12-14
Nordic Climate Solutions: Green to Scale Seminar at the Nordic House // Jan 18, 15:00-17:00 On January 18 the Nordic House will host a seminar on the Nordic Green to Scale project, which explores how scaling up 15 proven Nordic climate solutions could help cutting emissions on a global scale. The seminar is organized in […]
The author and academic Gunnar Þór Bjarnason gives a lecture from his new book Stríðið mikla 1914-1918. The book is a broad exploration of World War I and it´s impact on the Icelandic nation. The lecture will revolve around some of the many pictures from the book. Thursday, December 8th, at 8 pm. Language: Icelandic
Norwegian Christmas storyhour for Norwegan speking children. December 3d, from 13-14:30 in the Nordic House children library. Children that understand Norwegian are welcome with their parents. Matja Steen leads the storyhour Ha det bra!
Finnish Christmas storyhour Sunday December 4th at 15:00 in the Nordic House. Welcome!
Swedish Luciatog Welcome to Lucia, a morning with a nice relaxing time with Christmas songs, „lussekatter“ and coffee, Tuesday December 13th at 08:00. Traditionally „Swedish Luciatog“ performed by Svenska Föreningen in Iceland. Welcome to a morning with a nice relaxing time with christmas songs, „lussekatter“ and coffee. Limited number of seats. What is Saint […]
Christmas Concert Tuesday December 6th at 20 the Nordic House welcomes you to a Christmas concert at our Library. A trio of mezzosoprano Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir, flutist Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir and cellist Catherine Maria Stankiewicz, invites to a free christmas concert in cosy atmosphere in Nordic house’s library. They will perform Scandinavian songs in new arrangements by […]
VEGAN CHRISTMAS EVENING Tuesday December 13th the Nordic House welcomes you to join us in a vegan Christmas Evening. We are sorry to inform that we are fully booked for this event!!! Livestream: Be inspired and get good tips on how to make vegan Christmas food! There will be cooking, tasting and lectures. You will […]
NORDIC HOUSE CHRISTMAS MARKET December 11th at the Nordic House, 14:00 – 17:00 HIG-END REDESIGN FOR CHRISTMAS Designers and artists will come together at the Nordic House and show you how you can use whatever is available to you in creating an elaborate and the desirable product. Welcome to a cozy and sustainable atmosphere at […]
ARE YOU A STORYTELLER? We would like to invite You to a “Speed date” where we share stories and anecdotes from our lives relationships with you. Saturday December 10th at 17:00 – 18:00 in the Nordic House Libary. HELP US FORM THE PERFORMANCE! We sit around tables in smaller groups, drink coffee and would love to […]
Nordic Christmas songs! Vigdís Hafliðadóttir and Þorgerður Ása Aðalsteinsdóttir are two aspiring folk singers, both of whom attended a music school in Sweden called Nordiska Visskolan. Their repertoire consists of various songs in Icelandic and Swedish, but in the hands of Vísur&Skvísur the emphasis is always as much on the lyrics as it is on […]
Learn how to make beautiful Christmas ornaments from recycled materials Brotið blað um jól: Old becomes new. Christmas crafting with Malfridur Finnbogadottir at the Nordic house on December 4th between 13 and 15. Free admission and suitable for all ages from 7 years old. Registration info@nordichouse.is Learn how to make beautiful Christmas ornaments from recycled […]