Author Herman Lindqvist has written the book “Våra kolonier – de vi hade och de som aldrig blev av”, a breathtaking story about power and prestige – and about dreams. Dreams of gold and ivory, exotic spices, sugar and tobacco. Dreams that caused pain and suffering, and thousands of human lives. Dreams that perished in […]
HÖRUND – Art exhibition in The Nordic House. The material for Edda Heiðrún Backman´s exhibition HÖRUND is bodies. Unsurprisingly, she uses traditional models whose arms and legs are the same length, but we can also find all kinds of bodies, some of them very unusual indeed. Some are wounded and bear scars, others have something missing, […]
Málþing NORRÆN BÖRN – BÖRN Á FÓSTURHEIMILUM Þriðjudagurinn 10. nóvember 11.45-14.30 Norræna húsið, Sturlugata 5, Reykjavík Velkominn á hádegisverðarmálþing um hvernig þjóðfélagið geti hjálpað barni best sem koma á fyrir á fósturheimili. Norræna velferðarmiðstöðin hefur nýlega lokið við verkefnið „Norræn börn – börn á fósturheimilum“. Verkefnið var unnið í samvinnu við færustu sérfræðinga Norðurlanda á […]
Borgþór Kjærnested was a Nordic correspondent for the Nordic news agencies 1977 – 1981, General Secretary of the Föreningarna Nordens Förbund in 1984 – 1988. The Secretary General of the Föreningarna Nordens Förbund 1990-1996, interpreter and translator of the year in 1973. In 2010, he received from Queen Margarethe II. access to Christian X’s diaries […]
A Syrian doctor, detainee and a torture survivor gives a lecture in Iceland Dr. Bashar Farahat will give an open lecture on arbitrary detention in Syria, widespread and systematic torture that he endured himself in detention, the long lasting effects of torture and life after detention. Dr. Bashar Farahat will also talk about refugees fleeing […]
The Norden Association and the Nordic House introduce the opening of the Nordic Library-week 2015, Monday, November 9th at 10:00 – 10:30 (in the morning). Program: Guests in the Nordic house and those who wach the „streaming“ are welcomed and the Nordic flags are introduced. Ævar the „scientist“ reads in Icelandic, from the book Vöffluhjarta by […]
Danish storyhour for children 2-7 years old, in the Nordic House Library, on Sunday, November 8, at 2-3 pm. We are going to talk, sing and listen to the story Pigen der fik rigtig mange søskende by Kim Fupz Aakeson and finally watch a short film about how it is to move from one place […]
Refugee or asylum seeker, does it matter? The right to asylum in Iceland A large number of people have made their way to Europe in recent months to escape conflict and persecution in their home country. Issues of refugees have been prominent in the country and the soon to be arrival of quota refugees to […]
Dear guests Here you can watch live streaming from our program introducing the Nordic Literature nominees : Streaming from Nordic literature nominees program
Dear guests The Nordic house will be closed Thursday October 29th from 09:00-15:00 Kind regards The Nordic house
The Nordic House and the Embassy of Sweden in Iceland have set up an exhibition about Pippi Longstocking due to her 70th birthday. She is one of Astrid Lindgren‘s most popular characters. The exhibition is in the children‘s library, Barnahellir, and will be prolonged until February 28th. During weekdays it is open from 11-17 and […]
Presentations on climate change by students at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland. The students will introduce selected topics in short presentations followed by discussions. These topics relate to the scientific basis of global change, the impact of global warming on biodiversity and on warming in arid areas, sea […]
Norwegian Story hour for Children Saturday, October 10th at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library.
Nordic Grant Programs for Culture – Afternoon information session with Nordic Culture Point and Nordic Culture Fund at the Nordic House in Reykjavik Wednesday 28 October at 2 pm – 5 pm Nordic House in Reykjavik Welcome to hear which support opportunities the Nordic Culture Point and the Nordic Culture Fund offer for arts and […]
Traveling SUN from Norway to Iceland For those of us living in the north, the sun or lack of it, has an immense impact on our lives. Our aim with our art project is to bring light to dark places in the north, during the long winter months. We wanted to meet people and share […]
Creative innovations from the edges of the north HUMAK University of Applied Sciences (Finland) will hold an international culture innovation seminar “Innovations on the Edges of the North” at the Nordic House, Wednesday September 23rd, 12 pm – 15:45 pm. All discussions will be in English. The seminar introduces Icelandic experts on innovative thinking and […]
Finnish storyhours for children Sundays 12-13 20. Sept. 11. Oct. 15. Nov. 13. Dec.
Norwegian storyhour for children Saturdays 13-14 5. Sept. 10. Oct. 14. Nov. 5. Dec.
Swedish storyhours for children Sundays 14-15 22. Nov.
Masterclass – Margarethe Von Trotta 29. september 15-18 Auditorium FREE Margarethe Von Trotta is one of the leading film directors on the famous New German Cinema in the 60‘s and 70‘s. She brought youthful and fresh view into cinema as she aimed to focus more current social issues than was known before, framed in an […]
The Secret Society of Soup Town A small town populace is poisoned by a strange spell that turns all the grown-ups to children. The Secret Society of Souptown, a four-member group of young treasure hunters, have to find the antidote, using an enigmatic book of riddles left behind as a clue by their uncle during […]
Susanna Alakoski (1962) was born in Finland but grew up in Sweden where she lives. She is a social worker by profession but in 2006 she published her first book, the autobiographical story Svinalängorna (Pigstalls) that immediately attracted attention. It tells of a Finnish family that moves to Sweden in the sixties in search of […]
Åsne Seierstad (1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006. As a reporter she is particularly remembered for her work in war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya, […]
Riff Kids and Youth closing party As you walk the red carpet, beware of the paparazzi photographer who will try to snap a photo of you! Actress Thelma Marín Jónsdottir will host the event and announce the winners of our drawing competition “Little Puffin Goes to the Movies”.
Short films 14+ On the edge The world has totally changed. You try out new things, but sometimes you wish everything would be as usual. You can go forward, but can you go back? Stuck somewhere between now and then or right in the middle of an ongoing party. Screening in the Auditorium Entrance fee: […]
Short films 10+ Essential decisions What happens if someone beloved is not part of your life anymore, what happens if you come to a new place and you don’t know anyone? And if your best friend is kidnapped what can you do? Screening in the Auditorium Entrance fee: 500 kr.
Short films 10+ Essential decisions What happens if someone beloved is not part of your life anymore, what happens if you come to a new place and you don’t know anyone? And if your best friend is kidnapped what can you do? Screening in the Auditorium Entrance fee: 500 Kr.
Short films 6+ Adventurous Travelling We travel around the world with Johannes from the North of Estonia to Sweden where we go on Class trip with Elin, we search for wolves with Elisa in the French Alps and we meet a girl and a boy that live in a small village in Iran. An actress […]
Author Thor Vilhjálmsson was one of the founders of the Reykjavík International Literary Festival, which first ran in 1985. This year marks its thirty-year anniversary, and to celebrate this occasion, a photo exhibition honouring Thor will be on display at Nordic House. Thor, who would have turned 90 this year, was a key figure in […]
Gaute Heivoll (f. 1978) är en norsk författare som debuterade år 2002 med Liten dansende gutt, en samling kortprosa. Han har sedan dess gett ut ett flertal titlar, såväl romaner, lyrik som noveller och barnböcker. Hans roman Før jeg brenner ned som utkom 2010, har hyllats av både kritiker och läsare och är översatt till […]
Kristina Sandberg 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 in the series, Liv till varje pris (“Life at any cost”), […]
Rawdna Carita Eira (1970) is a Norwegian and Sámi playwright and author. She grew up in Brønnøysund in Nordland county in Norway and trained to be a teacher. She has worked as a reindeer herder, stage manager and playwright. Eira published a bilingual book in 2011, Ruohta muzetbeallji ruohta/Løp svartøre løp, which was nominated for […]
Einar Már Gudmundsson (1954) is one of the leading writers of his generation in Iceland. His first books, a collection of poetry, were published in 1980, but he is also known as a novelist. For his book Angels of the Universe (1993) the author received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1995. In 2012 Einar […]
Klassík í Vatnsmýrinni 2015 The Nordic House November 11th at 8pm WOMEN´S LOVE AND SORROWS Auður Gunnarsdóttir, soprano Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir, piano The final concert of the 2015 season of Klassík í Vatnsmýrinni will take place on Wednesday November 11th at 8 pm at the Nordic House in Reykjavík. Women are the evening´s center of […]
October 14 Scriabin – To the Fire Jón Sigurðsson, piano About the 2015 concert series The aim of the series, Klassík í Vatnsmýrinni, is to give the audience a chance to hear the very best of Icelandic and foreign artists perform classical music. As the year of 2015 marks 100 years anniversary of the Voting […]
Klassík í Vatnsmýrinni 2015 The Nordic House September 16th at 8 pm Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, soprano Irene Hasager, piano The next concert of the 2015 season in the concert series of the Icelandic Soloist Society and the Nordic House, will take place at the Nordic House in Reykjavík, Wednesday September 16th at 8 pm. Again we […]
We welcome all to a danish story hour at the children’s library. The story hour is for danish speaking children and their parents. Danish storyhours for children, Sept.- Dec. 2015 Sundays between 14 and 15 pm 6. Sept. 4. Oct. 8. Nov. 6. Dec Dansk hyggestund for børn på Nordens Hus’ børnebibliotek søndag den 6. […]
The Culture and Art Programme is now open for applications. For further information www.kulturkontaktnord.org or send your request to the Nordic house gunn@nordichouse.is
Under 2015 utdelas anslag vid två tillfällen, dels under våren, dels under hösten. Ansökningarna skall insändas senast den 15 februari och senast den 15 september 2015. Poststämpelns datum gäller. Besked om utdelade anslag ges skriftligen i slutet av maj respektive i slutet av november 2015. Mer information findes her: http://www.letterstedtska.org/anslag/anslagsutlysning/
15:15 Concert series 20th September 2015 Duo –Iceland – Faroe Islands Nordic music and Brahms Ármann Helgason clarinettist and Johannes Andreasen pianist from The Faroe Islands perform music by Nordic composers, together with one of the well known Sonata by Johannes Brahms at the first concert at the 15.15 Concert Series at the Nordic House […]
Ladislaus Rybach: Future prospects of geothermal energy Open lecture organized by the Environment and Natural Resources Program at University of Iceland. Ladislaus Rybach is a world leading scientist in the field of geothermal energy, and his research activities cover a wide range, from heat flow studies and lithosphere geothermics over low-enthalpy utilization (geothermal heat pumps) […]
Albert Engströmafton Lördagen den 29 augusti kl 17:00 i Nordens Hus med efterföljande ”kräftkalas” i Engströms anda kl 18:30 Möt den svenska författaren och konstnären Albert Engström i några intressanta föredrag. Albert Engström är i Island mest känd för sin bok ”Åt Häcklefjäll”, om den resa han företog 1911, men han var vid början av […]
The Finnish storytelling hour returns! Let´s meet up in The Nordic House Children’s Library Grotto on August 23rd at 12 o´clock.
Nordic crime fiction has seen a rise in global demand and popularity in recent years. As part of the crime festival, Nordic Noir, we want to know what has contributed to this movement. The panel debate is organized by UNF for its sister organizations in all of the Nordic countries to raise awareness, interest and […]
Sabina Westerholm Forstjóri
Camilla Plum, born in 1956, is a danish gastronomie and known to many for her food programs from the danish television. Camilla Plum has also published colorfull books about food and garden work. She writes about food for the danish media Politiken and is a popular speaker. Camilla Plum will speak at a Authors night […]