Familiy day with design workshops Saturday March 25th 11:00-14:00- Open for all (children from 4 years old). The workshops will be in icelandic/ english and its for free. Bring your kids to these two workshops arranged by SuoMu, The Finnish Association of Design Learning. Make your own piece of design. You can participate in two […]
Building up a Nordic Design Learning Community Friday March 24th 17:00-19:00, talk + workshop. Everybody welcome! There will be served refreshments. Interested in design and design learning? Come and meet SuoMo, The Finnish Association of Design Learning, which has a series of events in the Nordic House during the design festival DesignMarch. Get inspirered by […]
“Kids Special Own Space” – Workshop for schools and families Thursday March 23rd 09:30-12:00 Open for school groups and families, it will be in Icelandic/English. Registration at info@nordichouse.is (limited seats). Free. The Finnish Association of Design Learning, SuoMu, has a series of events in the Nordic House during the design festival DesignMarch, and this will […]
Design Learning for teachers with SuoMu Wednesday March 22nd 10:00-12:30. Open for teachers. Please sign up by sending an email to: info@nordichouse.is The seminar is for free and will be in english. Do you want to get some inspiration on how to use design as a tool in your teaching? The Finnish Association of Design Learning, SuoMu, has a series of events in the Nordic House during the design festival DesignMarch. […]
The Islands and the whales Scheduled at The Nordic House: March 16´th at 8PM. Entrance is free- but you need to book a ticket here After the screening there will be an Aftertalk with Rannveig Magnusdóttir. Rannveig has a Ph.D. in mammal ecology and is a Project manager at Icelandic Enviroment Association Landvernd. Rannveig Magnúsdóttir […]
A colour map of Icelandic wool We invite you to the opening March 22nd 17:00, with refreshments and a possibility to meet the artist PLUS enjoy an ARTIST TALK and a free WORKSHOP. 17:00 Opening and refreshments 17:30 Artist Talk by Astrid Skibested 18:00 Workshop This project is a collaboration between the Icelandic textile company […]
Uncertain Matter audio-walk ‘There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.’ -Jorge Luis Borges Open: March 6th between 5 and 7 pm. Note: Please bring your smartphone and headphones. Uncertain Matter is an audio-walk around the grounds of the Nordic House by Ella Bertilsson (SWE) and Ulla Juske (EST). […]
NATO and Global Security Issues Wednesday 8 March 2017 from 12.00 to 13.00. Venue: the Nordic House – Language: English On the occasion of the visit of NATO Deputy Secretary General, Rose Gottemoeller, the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs is hosting an open lecture in cooperation with the Institute for International Affairs of the University […]
Workshop with Canadian Visual Artist Steven Nederveen Steven Nederveen is a well known Canadian artist with work featured internationally in galleries, art fairs, magazines, media programs and many private collections. Nederveen’s painted and stained panels of un-resined works are finished with a gloss varnish that allows areas of textured paint to show through, revealing evidence […]
On the occasion of Nordic Film Festival the Nordic House has made a seperate school program for students and teachers. You can choose between two different films for elementary school students and one earmarked for high school students. In the text below you can read more about each film. There is room for 80 […]
On the occasion of Nordic Film Festival the Nordic House has made a separate school program for students and teachers. You can choose between two different films for elementary school students and high school students. In the text below you can read more about each film. There is room for 80 students in the hall, […]
Master Bach 30th April at 3.15 pm Recital at the 15:15 Concert Series at the Nordic House, where the violinist Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir and Guðný Einarsdóttir who plays the harpsicord will perform sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Ticket price is 2000 kr. but 1000 kr. for elderly, disable and students. Tickets are sold on www.Tix.is and […]
The Drop hollow an Eye Stone 23rd April at 3.15 pm Recital at the 15:15 Concert Series at the Nordic House, where the soprano Anna Jónsdóttir and pianist Brynhildur Ásgeirsdóttir perform songs by the American composers Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson and Jeffrey Lependorf, who’s songs are titled The Drop hollow Eye Stone, composed […]
The West – wild and tame! March 19th 15:15 Concert where the chamber ensemble Camerarctica gives a premier of a new piece by Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir and Tecumseh by Ríkharður Örn Pálsson, as well performing music by the American composers Charles Ives and Aron Copland at the 15:15 Concert Series at the Nordic House. Ticket price […]
A new report of International Affairs will be presented, which was prepared for the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Welfare, where services to refugees and immigrants is analyzed. Open to all, the meeting will bi in Icelandic. Hvað finnst flóttafólkinu sjálfu um þann stuðning og þjónustu sem það fékk þegar það kom […]
Fínt Land – exhibition presents Finnish art and design in Reykjavik Opening March 1st at 17:00 with refreshments. Open for all. Fínt land brings new Finnish art and design talent to the Nordic House in Reykjavik. The fresh and current exhibition presents Finland and finnishness in the year 2017. The exhibition includes ceramics by Nikolo […]
FREE Tickets Program Dates Program Sunday 12 March 18:30 The Valley FO/ 2016/ Heiðrik á Heygum/ 30 min. A guilt-ridden taxi driver takes a desperate passenger to her destination. On the journey their fates collide and they both realize that they have to make a final sacrifice in order […]
Book a FREE ticket PROGRAM Nordic Film Festival 2017 Program Saturday 11 march 16:00 The Committee (SE/FIN/NO) /2016/ Gunhild Enger og Jenni Toivoniemi/ 14. Min. A Nordic collaboration is taking place. Three delegates from Sweden, Norway and Finland are gathered in Lapland to decide on an art piece, which is to be placed where the […]
Devil´s Bride (FIN) Scheduled: Thursday, March 9th, 20:00 and tuesday, March 14th, 21:00 The year is 1666 and a lethal witch-hunt is about to begin. The passionate Anna falls intensely in love with her friend Rakel’s husband, Elias, however his interest in her lasts shortly. Hurt and jealous Anna decides to get her revenge by […]
Underdog (SE) Scheduled: Saturday, March 11th, 18:00 and monday, March 13th, 20:00 Sweden is more than idyllic red cottages and affordable furniture in flat packages. Today it is also a country with a youth unemployment so massive that hundreds of thousands of young Swedes see no other option than to move across the border, to […]
The Swedish Theory of Love (SE) Scheduled: Thursday, March 9th, 18:00 and tuesday, March 14th, 16:00 + Aftertalk (in English) with economist, sociologist, prof.em Åke Sandberg, University og Uppsala and Iceland University prof. Guðmundur Jónsson. The moderator is Sigurður Ólafsson. Courtesy of the swedish embassy. Sweden is typically portrayed as having a perfectly organized society, […]
A Thousand Times Good Night (NO) Scheduled: Wednesday, March 8th, 20:00 and Tuesday, March 14th, 18:30. Free entrance. Rebecca is one of the world’s top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber group, she gets too near and is badly hurt in an explosion. Back home, another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters […]
Parents (DK) Scheduled: Sunday, March 12th, 20:00 and wednesday, March 15th, 20:00 Kjeld and Vibeke, a middle-aged Danish couple, aren’t entirely certain who they are without their son. Esben has recently moved away from home; their identities unmoored in his absence. Attempting to recapture the vigor and magic of their younger days, they move out […]
Parents (DK) Scheduled: Sunday, March 12th, 20:00 and wednesday, March 15th, 20:00 Kjeld and Vibeke, a middle-aged Danish couple, aren’t entirely certain who they are without their son. Esben has recently moved away from home; their identities unmoored in his absence. Attempting to recapture the vigor and magic of their younger days, they move out […]
We are looking for members for a “kosegruppa” to arrange a SKAM–event Thursday March 30th at the Nordic House. We want YOU to join us to make a party for other SKAM-fans, in a good kosegruppa-spirit. We will meet two afternoons before the event, eat pizza , drink soda and plan the event. You are: Between […]
Brødre (NO) Scheduled: Saturday, March 11th, 20:00 Award winning and critics acclaimed documentary about the growing up of the two brothers Markus and Lukas and their mother’s attempt to capture every important moment before they dissapear. Markus and Lukas live in an old townhouse in Oslo and spend their vacations in Smøla, where their […]
The Human Scale (DK) Scheduled: Monday, March 13th, 17:00 + Aftertalk with Anna María Bogadóttir Architect. Over 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues due […]
The Perfect Selfie (FIN) Scheduled: Sunday, March 12th, 17:00 The Perfect Selfie is a modern coming of age story in the social media era starring the finnish Instagram-star Olivia Oras The Perfect Selfie follows Olivia’s life for one year, showing the moments that she does not share online. There are bad days, and sometimes the […]
The War Show (FIN/DK/SYR) Scheduled: Wednesday, March 15th, 17:00 Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her friends are caught up in the euphoria of the 2011 Arab Spring. Camera in hand, these artists and activists take to the streets to protest Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and record their experiences. They talk about art and relationships […]
Underdog (SE) Scheduled: Saturday, March 11th, 18:00 and monday, March 13th, 20:00 Sweden is more than idyllic red cottages and affordable furniture in flat packages. Today it is also a country with a youth unemployment so massive that hundreds of thousands of young Swedes see no other option than to move across the border, to […]
Do you play chess? We invite you to join a chess tournament! After showing the documentary “Magnus”, a chess tournament is arranged in coorporation with Skáksamband Ísland. So if you are between 10 and 18 years old and like to play chess, this is your opportunity to compete with others in a blitz chess tournament. […]
Peter & the Wolf (NO) Scheduled: Saturday, March 11th, 14:00. Templeton’s film is an animated version of Sergei Prokofiev’s musical tale for children, which was written and composed in 1936. Peter lives in a world where he has to confront evil and his struggle against the wolf leads to his transformation. A fragile little boy, […]
Scheduled: Thursday, March 9th, 20:00 and tuesday, March 14th, 21:00 Before showing the film on March 9th 20:00 one of the lead actress, Elin Petersdottir, will do a short introducting the film and bring regards from the director, Saara Cantell. Elin Petersdottir was born in Iceland but grew up in the Swedish speaking minority in […]
The Swedish Theory of Love (SE) Scheduled: Thursday, March 9th, 18:00 and tuesday, March 14th, 16:00 + Aftertalk with economist, sociologist, prof.em Åke Sandberg (SE). The courtesy of the swedish embassy. Sweden is typically portrayed as having a perfectly organized society, a raw model and symbol of the highest achievements of human progress. The Swedish Theory […]
A Thousand Times Good Night (NO) Scheduled: Wednesday, March 8th, 20:00 and Tuesday, March 14th, 18:30. Free entrance. Rebecca is one of the world’s top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber group, she gets too near and is badly hurt in an explosion. Back home, another bomb drops. Her husband and daughters […]
BUGS (DK) and Q&A Friday, March 10th, 20:00 + Q&A with the director Andreas Johnsen and the Icelandic product designer Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson. Andreas Johnsen. For director Andreas Johnsen, filmmaking is about giving in to his driving force: curiosity. Making films has become his way of investigating, experiencing, and coming to know the world. So when Andreas […]
Dugma: The Button (NO) Scheduled: Friday, March 10th, 17:00 + Q&A FREE entrance. English subtitles. Q&A: The director Paul Refsdal will be present for the screeing of the movie and take part in Q&A session. Moderator is Þórunn Elísabet Bogadóttir, deputy editor of Kjarninn. Q&A is organized by The Nordic Region in Focus. Free entrance. Remember to […]
Danish Story Hour for children in the Nordic House Children Library. All children that understand danish are welcome with their parents. Susanne Elgum leads the Story Hour.
Danish Story Hour for children in the Nordic House Children Library. All children that understand danish are welcome with their parents. Susanne Elgum leads the Story Hour. Next storyhour March 19th
March 4. from 12 – 16 The Embassy of Denmark invites to a University Day at The Nordic House. Do you dream of studying in Denmark? Then this is the opportunity for you to learn what the universities there have to offer! Universities at The Nordic House: Aalborg universitet Århus universitet Syddansk universitet VIA University […]
Why a Greenlandic state would not become independent Friday 24 February from 12:00-13:00 at the Nordic House Should Greenland one day become a state? A Greenlandic state without armed forces will be dependent on another stakeholder for its defence and won’t be able to attract foreign investments that could pose a challenge for its security […]
Meet the author Lars Mytting at the Nordic House Tuesday 7 March at 7.30 p.m. LARS MYTTING (1968) is a Norwegian author and journalist. A few years ago, he had great success with the book Hel ved (published in English as Norwegian Wood), in which he extensively goes into the concepts of firewood and fire. […]
Roundabout Baltic Plus Iceland Design with a sea view. A visual tale of nature and design intersections. Contemporary design from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden – and Iceland. DesignMarch 23-26. march 2017. The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch! At the Nordic House, you can enjoy free exhibitions, artist talk´s, seminar and workshops […]
Norræna húsið óskar eftir að ráða bókara Starfið sem er bæði fjölbreytt og krefjandi felur meðal annars í sér fjárhagsbókhald, flokkun og merkingar reikninga, innheimtu, samþykktarferla og afstemmingar ásamt öðrum tilfallandi verkefnum tengdum bókhaldi. Menntunar – og hæfniskröfur: * Menntun sem nýtist í starfi * Reynsla af færslu bókhalds og afstemmingum nauðsynleg * Þekking á […]
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.
Norwegian story hour for Children in the Nordic House Library, Saturdays, January 14th, February 11th, April 8th and May 13th, at 13:00. All Children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
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.
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.