Heimur skrímslanna – Art exhibition for children

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – With a Strong Voice

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 […]

Fringe festival – With a Strong Voice

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 […]

Fringe festival – Throwaway!

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 […]

Fringe festival – Throwaway!

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 […]

Fringe festival – Throwaway!

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 […]

Fringe festival – Viggo The Viking

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 […]

Fringe festival – Viggo The Viking

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 […]

Fringe festival – Viggo The Viking

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 […]

Fringe festival – Hótel Hamingja / Hotel Hapenis

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 […]

Fringe festival – Issun Boshi

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 […]

Fringe festival – Issun Boshi

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 […]

Fringe festival – Issun Boshi

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 […]

Fringe festival – Issun Boshi

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

Fringe festival – Romeo & Juliet

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 […]

A Musical Treat from Greenland and Iceland

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 […]

Open meeting with Jens Stoltenberg

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 […]

Exhibition opening – Mid-Atlantic

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 […]

Kosningavaka: Danmörk kýs

Verið velkomin á kosningavöku Danmörk kýs í Norræna húsinu á þjóðhátíðardegi Danmerkur, 5. júní kl. 18 Norðurlönd í fókus og Norræna félagið í Reykjavík ætla að vera með opið hús í Norræna húsinu. Kosningasjónvarp Danmarks Radio verður á stóra skjánum og við fygjumst með í beinni hvað kemur upp úr kössunum, síðustu kannanir benda til […]

Make an environmental impact: mini bin workshop w/ Mrs. Ahonen!

Welcome to take part in a “mini bin” workshop given by Finnish environmentalist Tuula-Maria Ahonen at Reykjavik’s Nordic House! Tuula-Maria Ahonen is a journalist, social psychologist and founder of the “Litter Movement” that aims to inform on the impact of our tiniest actions in conserving our environment – the simple act of picking up one […]

Concert with Groupa (SE)

Groupa is coming to the Nordic House and will throw a concert for the very first time in Iceland, make your way to the Nordic House on Saturday June 15th at 8 pm. Combining innovative instrumentation and an ever-curious sense of improvisation with a deep love for traditional Nordic music, Groupa plays some of the […]

Kosið í Danmörku

Opinn fundur á vegum Norðurlanda í fókus og Norræna félagsins miðvikudaginn 29. maí kl. 12 í Norræna húsinu, boðið verður upp á léttan hádegisverð Lars Løkke Rasmussen, forsætisráðherra Danmerkur, hefur nú boðað til þingkosninga í landinu á þjóðhátíðardegi Danmerkur, 5. júní. Eins og hefðin er orðin í Danmörku er hafin snörp og spennandi kosningabarátta og […]

The Nordic House Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free and open for […]

Kings telling stories: Painting to music

Welcome to a Lithuanian family evening at The Nordic House on Wednesday 15th of May at 6 PM In a concert by Milda Pleitaite (violin) and Adomas Pleita (piano) we will get to know music, paintings and stories by the world known Lithuanian artist MK Čiurlionis (1875-1911). Inspired by the concert the participants are welcome […]

The National Day of Norway May 17th 2019

The National Day of Norway May 17th 2019 The association of Norwegians in Iceland invites to a celebration of May 17th in the Nordic House with orchestra, parade, national costumes, sausages, ice cream, soda and coffee. A warm welcome to everyone!   Program for dagen 10:00   Fossvogur kirkegård og Nauthólsvík Ord for dagen og nedlegging av […]

Reykjavík Fringe festival at The Nordic House

Reykjavík Fringe is a festival for fringe arts that will take place for the second time the first week of July. 100+ performances will take place around the city and guests can find theatre, dance, children’s shows, circus, cabaret, poetry readings, installations, art exhibitions, stand up comedy and more to enjoy in a 6-day artistic […]

THE NORDIC HOUSE CONCERT SERIES

Tickets   The Nordic House Concert Series is in its third summer, and as always, our guests can expect a varied program with interesting musicians. This year we present no fewer than four acts from the other Nordic countries together with six Icelandic acts. The concert series has something for everyone; folk music, jazz, classical, and […]

Árni Vil – Picknick Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Authors on Stage

11:30 – 12:00  Simone van der Vlugt and Iain Reid 12:30 – 13:00  Lily King and Hakan Günday 13:00 – 13:30  Roy Jacobsen and Merete Pryds Helle Program  

Free Film screening: ANORI

Tickets Icelandic premiere of the Greenlandic film ANORI directed by Pipaluk Kreutzman Jörgensen. Entrance is free and free tickets are available in the link above and on tix.is  This modern story – set amongst the incredible Greenlandic landscapes and the intensely crowded New York – takes you on a journey where myth comes to life. […]

SEARCHING FOR A COMMON LANGUAGE

Tickets The show for young audience tells the Icelandic/Faroese myth about a beautiful woman who is, in fact, a seal with musical elements: A fisherman watches her dance and hides her sealskin so that she would agree to marry him. They receive a son and live happily until after seven years the woman starts to […]

Environmental Festival at The Nordic House.

During the weekend 11-12th of May, The Nordic House invites you to a diverse and informative program for the whole family. The focus will be on repair culture and methods to extend the lifespan of items found in every home – ranging from bicycles to pants and toasters! The aim is to draw attention to […]

PORCELAIN SOULS – Inuuteq Storch

Exhibition in Atrium featuring photos and material from Inuuteq Storch‘s archive book project Porcelain Souls (2018) For Porcelain Souls, Storch has gone through his parents’ archives and found photos and letters from their lives in Greenland and Denmark in the 1960s and 80s. The photographs alternate between magnificent sceneries of the Greenlandic landscape as well […]

Elín Harpa – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Mill – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Bagdad Brothers – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Omotrack – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Myrra Rós – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]

Pálsson Hirv Dúettinn – Picnic Concerts

The Nordic House opens the glass doors and invites you to concerts under the luminous Icelandic sky every Sunday afternoon (3 PM) during the summer in our beautiful greenhouse. The Picnic Concert Series presents Icelandic and Nordic artists with music inspired by tradition or experimenting with the newest genres and tendencies. The concerts are free […]