Forms of Life Forms of Life is an evolving scenography with recent works by designers and artists affiliated to the Iceland Academy of The Arts. The exhibition is conceived in dialogue with the Inspired by Aalto anniversary exhibition at the Nordic House. From hyperreal fantasies to eco-sensual explorations, Forms of Life favours recycling and resampling strategies, alternative aesthetics […]
Welcome to the opening of Anamnesis by the Finnish painter Aki Koskinen -March 1st 5:30 pm. The Nordic House offers light refreshments. Free entrance. Landscapes, especially winter scenes, have come to play an important role in Aki Koskinen’s painting. Trees are the defining element in his work, which he attributes to the fact that he has always lived in […]
Reykjavík Dance Festival in collaboration with The Nordic House presents: LISTMUNDUR 10.03.18 12 am to 3 pm Free RDF invites young people to an artistic gathering where the capacity of art to initiate change will be discussed, change in ourselves, in each other, in the society around us. The discussion will be inspired by local […]
Do you want to play in Vatnsmýrin? The concert series Pikknikk is one of the Nordic House’s most popular happenings and a regular event in the building’s cultural calendar. The concert series takes place in the beautiful setting around the Nordic House, in the greenhouse in the summertime, and it attracts both Icelandic and foreign […]
UNIVERSITY DAY Saturday March 3 from 12 PM – 4 PM 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! The Schools that will be available to you, Syddansk Universitet, Absalon University College, VIA University College, Erhvervsakademi Lillebælt, […]
Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer’s Eye (SE) Wednesday 28 February 20:00 – 22:00 Welcome to a movie night devoted to the dance! Free entrance, tickets at TIX. Documentary (51 min.) + Behind the scenes (39 min.) Director: Fredrik Stattin English subtitles. As a film director, Bergman was also a choreographer. Throughout his films, and his theatre works, […]
15:15 Concert series – Young composers Caput ensemble performs new pieces by six composers of the youngest generation at the 15:15 Concert Series at the Nordic House, Sunday 18th February at 15:15 pm. The composers who’s music will be performed are: Ásbjörg Jónsdóttir, Birgit Djupedal, Haukur Þór Harðarson, Kjartan Holm, Þórarinn Guðnason and Örnólfur Eldon. […]
On the occasion of Nordic Film Festival, the Nordic House has made a separate school program for students and teachers. The Wait (DK – 2016) 27. 2. at 10:00 am -11:30 am. Director: Emil Langballe – 58 min – Documentary Age: 13+ – English subtitles Rokhsar fled Afghanistan with her family as a 14-year-old and […]
Miranda – The Making of a Politician /Miranda – en politiker blir till Free Tickets (SE – 2016) 59 min – Documentary Director: Mats Ågren 14-year-old Miranda is well on track to become a young political star in the right-wing populist party ‘Sweden Democrats’. A young party, where the path to the top is short […]
Cave Free Tickets (NO – 2016) 1h 22 min – Action/Thriller – 15+ Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken Cave follows three young friends, Charlotte, Adrian and Viktor, who set out to become the first people to get alive through an unexplored cave system inside a deserted mountain. Filled with a sense of adventure they commence a […]
Craigslist Allstars Free Tickets (NL, FI – 2016) 65 min – Documentary Director: Samira Elagoz Through Craigslist, an internationally active internet network, director and performance artist Samira Elagoz arranges one-to-one first encounters with a wide variety of men in three cities. The set-up is simple: she brings a camera, and films how they get to […]
The Eternal Road / Ikitie Free Tickets (FI – 2017) Director: Antti-Jussi Annila 1h 43 min – Drama – 16+ In the summer of 1930, Jussi Ketola returns to Finland from the USA, trying to escape the Great Depression. Instead of creating a bright future together with his family, Jussi is being harassed by the […]
Blind Free Tickets (NO – 2014) Director: Eskil Vogt 1h 36 min – Drama – 16+ Ingrid can see in her dreams. The way the world around her looks, her husband’s office, their favourite restaurant… memories. It’s when Ingrid awakes each morning and opens her eyes that she suddenly remembers she is blind. With her […]
The Last King/Birkebeinerne Free Tickets 23.2. 7 pm 24.2. 4 pm (NO – 2016) Director: Nils Gaup 1h 40 min – Action/Adventure – 12+ Based on true events, The Last King is set in civil war-ravaged Norway of the early 13th century. The Norwegian king fights for survival against the men of the Church, who […]
Free Tickets The Last King/Birkebeinerne 23.2. 7 pm 24.2. 4 pm The Norwegian embassy invites guests to refreshments before the movie. (NO – 2016) Director: Nils Gaup 1h 40 min – Action/Adventure – 12+ Based on true events, The Last King is set in civil war-ravaged Norway of the early 13th century. The Norwegian king […]
Sami National Day 6th of February We celebrate the national day of the Sami people by showing Sami short films from 12 pm – 5 pm at The Nordic House. Entrance is free! 7 Sami short stories with English subtitles 10 Sami short films with English subtitles Recommended age: + 12 years For more […]
The Wait /Mon de kommer om natten? Free Tickets (DK – 2016) Director: Emil Langballe 58 min – Documentary Rokhsar Sediqi is 14 years old. With her mom, dad and five siblings, she has fled to Denmark from Afghanistan and has already waited for 4 years to get permission to stay in the country. The […]
Unknown Soldier /Tuntematon Sotilas Free Tickets (FI – 2017) Director: Aku Louhimies 3h – Drama/War – age 13+ Unknown Soldier tells a story of an infantry unit’s tour of duty that lasts for more than three years during the Finnish Continuation War. The film is based on the classic novel by Väinö Linna, and shows […]
Sami Blood /Sameblod Free Tickets 25.2. 5 pm 27.2. 8 pm (SE – 2016) Director: Amanda Kernell 1h 50 min – Drama – 11+ Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930’s and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve […]
Sami Blood /Sameblod Free Tickets 25.2. 5 pm 27.2. 8 pm (SE – 2016) Director: Amanda Kernell 1h 50 min – Drama – 11+ Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930’s and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve […]
Ingmar Bergman genom koreografens öga /Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer’s Eye Free Tickets (SE – 2016) 51 min – Documentary Director: Fredrik Stattin As a film director, Bergman was also a choreographer. Throughout his films, and his theatre works, one could sense his refined choreographed language – in the beautiful movement of a head, or […]
The Punk Syndrome /Kovasikajuttu Free Tickets (FI – 2012) Directors: Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi 1h 25 min – Documentary “The members of our band are four middle-aged, mentally handicapped men. The music is, of course, Finnish punk.” Sami Helle, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät The Punk Syndrome is a film about Finland’s most kick-ass punk rock band, […]
Childhood /Barndom Free Tickets (NO – 2017) Director: Margreth Olin 1h 30 min – Documentary Childhood is a documentary about children, and how they play on their own terms. It follows children from Aurora Kindergarten, from age 1 to 7, throughout a year. We are allowed to observe the secret play among them, the play […]
Free tickets Childhood /Barndom (NO – 2017) Director: Margreth Olin 1h 30 min – Documentary Childhood is a documentary about children, and how they play on their own terms. It follows children from Aurora Kindergarten, from age 1 to 7, throughout a year. We are allowed to observe the secret play among them, the play […]
Tickets Bakerman 23.2. 9 pm. (DK – 2016) 83 min – Drama/Crime – 15+ Director: David Noel Bourke Never make a baker feel cornered. Jens (Mikkel Vadsholdt) has accepted far too much for too long. Being the shy night-owl he is, he keeps to himself, but the world will not let him be. The new […]
Tickets Land of Mine /Under Sandet (DK, DE – 2015) Director: Martin Zandvliet 1h 41 min – Drama/War – age 15+ As World War II comes to an end, a group of German prisoners of war, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task – […]
3Troubadours are coming to the Nordic House and will perform their show Mobile Dreams on May 13th at 3 PM. Tickets are available at the entrance and on tix.is Entrance: 2000 ISK 3Troubadours is a trilateral trio of performance storytellers consisting of Markus Luukkonen (Finland), Torgrim Mellum Stene (Norway) and Tom van Outryve (Belgium). They started […]
Tickets The Square 22.2. 7 pm 24.2. 8 pm (SE– 2017) Director: Ruben Östlund 2 hours 35 minutes – Comedy/Drama –15+ Christian (Claes Bang) is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is “The Square”, an installation […]
Free Tickets The Square is the Nordic Film Festival opening film 2018. The Nordic embassies in Reykjavik invite you to a drink -or other refreshments – before the film. 22.2. 7 pm 24.2. 8 pm (SE– 2017) Director: Ruben Östlund 2 hours 35 minutes – Comedy/Drama –15+ Christian (Claes Bang) is the respected curator of a contemporary […]
Nordic Book Market – February 10th-11th, open from 11- 17 Saturday and Sunday. February 12th – 18th the book market will continue in the library, open 11-17. New and old Nordic books for children, young adults and adults and interesting posters from events in the Nordic House through the years. Great selection of new books […]
Concert with Kids in Jazz at The Nordic House February 3rd at 3 pm Entrance is free – Welcome! Performing from Iceland Eva (12 years old, piano), Guðrún Aisha (11 years old, clarinettist), Kári (13 years old, electrical guitar) og Oddur (14 years old, saxofon). From Norway, Lina (12 years old, vibraphone), Aida (12 years old, contrabass) […]
Lectures on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY This semester, The Nordic House offers live streaming from lectures on natural sciences and technology, organized by Århus University in Denmark. Two of the lectures will be held in English. There will be a short break during the lectures, allowing attendants to exchange views and/or send questions and comments to […]
Merete Pryds Helle (1965) is educated from Forfatterskolen and has a Bachelor’s degree in Literature Studies. She has lived in Italy for many years, where she has been a teaching assistant at several universities. Pryds Helle made her debut in 1990, and her breakthrough novel was Fiske i livets flod (2000). In addition to prose […]
Nordic Film Festival 2018 Welcome to The Nordic House, February 22nd-27th 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 examples of […]
Do you think your clean office walls cry out for some exciting art, so you could be inspired by your work? Artotek, or the Art Library at the Nordic House, has what you need: fascinating graphic art to challenge and refresh your close environment. Artotek is a graphics collection, fully accessible to all registered users of the Nordic House Library. Here you can get an art takeaway by using your library card. Library users are allowed to borrow up to 3 artworks at once for 3 months each. At the moment, the Artotek collection consists of around 600 graphic artworks from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Feel free to have […]
Stirni Ensemble (IS) Þvers og kruss The Nordic House 16:00 / 4 pm 2000 kr. Stirni Ensemble has put together a program of young composers from across the globe. Members of Stirni Ensemble all studied music in the Netherlands at a certain point and wanted to bring to the festival a program of […]
Hlökk (IS) Huldublik The Nordic House – Black box 15:00 / 3 pm 2000 kr. The ensemble Hlökk is a collaboration between Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir and Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir. The group will perform new pieces for the sound and light sculpture Hulda where music, visual arts and creative writing merge. Hulda is […]
Passepartout Duo Skammdegi/Náttleysi The Nordic House 14:00 / 2 pm 2000 kr. “Skammdegi / Náttleysi” is taken from the old Icelandic calendar referring to the shortest darkest days, and the longest night less days experienced in the North. Exploring this concept, Passepartout Duo links dynamic lighting, electronic sounds, and poetic quotations as a unique source […]
Kirsten Thorup (1942) made her debut in 1967 with the poem collection Inside – Outside, and thus 2017 marked her 50th anniversary as an author. Thorup has written in all genres but is primarily known for a number of deep exemplary and socially engaging novels such as Lille Jonna (1977), Himmel og helvede (1982), Den […]
Dansk-íslenska félagið býður upp á ljóða- og söngdagskrá í sal Norræna hússins laugardaginn 13. janúar Næsti viðburður sem Dansk-íslenska félagið stendur fyrir hefur verið ákveðinn laugardaginn 13. janúar 2018 kl. 14-16 í sal Norræna hússins. Þar verða lesnar upp óbirtar þýðingar á ljóðum danska ljóðskáldsins Piu Tafdrup en Sigríður Helga Sverrisdóttir hefur nú þegar þýtt […]
Inspired by Aalto: Sustainability as an Attitude is a design exhibition that presents some of Alvar Aalto‘s classic furniture designs, and some of the works he has inspired, through a collection furniture, skillfully curated by Artek‘s former art director, Ben af Schultén. The exhibition is kindly sponsored by Artek. Admittance to the exhibition is 500 ISK. Opening […]
Norwegian story hour Norwegian story hour for children in the Nordic House children library, Saturdays at 13:00, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th and April 14th 2018. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Norwegian story hour Norwegian story hour for children in the Nordic House children library, Saturdays at 13:00, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th and April 14th 2018. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Norwegian story hour Norwegian story hour for children in the Nordic House children library, Saturdays at 13:00, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th and April 14th 2018. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Norwegian story hour Norwegian story hour for children in the Nordic House children library, Saturdays at 13:00, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th and April 14th 2018. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Finnish story hour Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 11:00 in the Nordic House children library. Tervetuloa!
Finnish story hour Finnish story hour for children, om chosen sundays every month. This time, we meet on Sunday 16th at of September at 12 PM in the Nordic House’s Children Library. Next story hours will be on Sundays October 21th, November 18th and December 9th. Tervetuloa!