Vegan Holiday food!

Vegan Holiday food! Be inspired and get good tips how to make vegan food!  The Evening’s host is Guðrún Sól­ey Gests­dótt­ir and the workshop will be led by Sveinn Kjartansson (AALTO Bistro). A meditation will be led by Thelma Bjarkar and Systrasamlagið.   We welcome everyone who is interested in making alternative Christmas food and […]

IT WON’T STOP UNTIL WE TALK

  IT WON’T STOP UNTIL WE TALK THE PARENTS CIRCLE- FAMILIES FORUM Wajih Tmeizi and Nir Oren from the Peace NGO The Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) will give a talk at an open meeting in the Nordic House on November 30th at 20:00 as guests of The Association Iceland-Palestine. No entrance fee and […]

Christmas play for children – Þorri and Þura

The Nordic House – Saturday 16th Dec. 13:00 //Fully booked*// The play is performed in Icelandic and lasts 30 minutes. Suitable for children from 2 years and up. Free entrance. Limited seating, free tickets can be reserved here on TIX.is. ABOUT Þorri and Þura find out that the Christmas cat has decided that there will […]

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Green Christmas at The Nordic House The Nordic House hosts a cosy and eco-friendly Christmas with sustainable solutions and Nordic influence. We welcome you and your family to various entertaining events. *Free admission to all events except for the vegan cooking workshops, for which the registration fee is 2.000 kr. PROGRAMME Friday, 1 December: Exhibition […]

NORDIC HOUSE CHRISTMAS MARKET

Welcome to The Nordic House Christmas market  December 2nd at the Nordic House, 14:00 – 17:00 HIGH-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 desired product. Welcome to a cosy and sustainable […]

Christmas Arts & Crafts Workshop

Christmas Arts & Crafts in Black Box 02.12–20.12 Every Wednesday (10:00 – 21:00), Saturday (11:00 – 17:00) and Sunday (11:00 – 17:00).  Our Black Box in the basement will turn into a Christmas cave where you can visit the workshop and make your own Christmas decorations from recycled material, find, wrap and give away things that […]

Information meeting about bachelor studies at Nord University

Open presentation of bachelor studies at Nord University (Norway). Tuesday 14th November, 18.30 – 20:00 The university offers three international courses taught in English: * Animation, 3D art and VFX * Games and Entertainment Technology * Film & TV production More information Facebook event

The Árni Magnússon lecture

The Árna Magnússon lecture will be on his birthday, for the fifth time, November 13th at 5 pm Marjorie Curry Woods: Emotions Between the Lines Why I love Ugly Manuscripts When I met the director of rare books and manuscripts at Princeton University, I asked him if his collection had any medieval manuscripts of classical texts. He […]

Illegal housing – is it acceptable?

Illegal housing – is it acceptable? An acute shortage of rental housing along with high rents has led to a sharp increase in the number of people living in illegal or informal housing in office or factory buildings outside residential areas. Studies have shown two main groups living under such conditions, foreign workers and Icelanders […]

The Nordic countries between Hilter and Stalin

The Nordic countries between Hilter and Stalin Valur Gunnarsson will hold a lecture at the Nordic House on November 29th at 7 pm The event is open to everyone and access free of charge The Nordic countries managed -for the most part- to stay outside of the First World War. But the nation states, which […]

Kynning á skýrslu í plastbarkamálinu

Skýrsla nefndar í plastbarkamálinu kynnt 6. nóvember Skýrsla nefndar í plastbarkamálinu sem skipuð var af rektor Háskóla Íslands og forstjóra Landspítala hinn 27. október 2016 verður kynnt í Norræna húsinu 6. nóvember 2017,  kl. 14:00-15:30.   Allir velkomnir meðan húsrúm leyfir. Húsið opnað kl. 13:45. Í kjölfar viðamikilla rannsókna í Svíþjóð á hinu svokallaða plastbarkamáli skipuðu forstjóri […]

The Silence Meal – Performance

The Silence Meal is a performative dining experience hosted by the Finnish artist Nina Backman. The performance experiments with a series of steps revolving around senses and silence. The meal follows a specific frame and is officially opened when the artist sits down. Attending to the rituals of a meal in a way that is […]

Silent Space – Exhibition

Welcome to the opening of Silent Space at The Nordic House, Tuesday, November 7th at 5 PM with a guided tour and an introduction from Nina Backman. Also present at the opening are Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir, Sigurður Guðmundsson and Sari Palosaari. Silent Space – showcases works of seven Nordic artists whose positions address the interference of environment and […]

Livestream lectures in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Livestream lectures in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY from Denmark are in Danish only.    Med foredragsserien Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab har du mulighed for at komme tættere på de nyeste opdagelser og erkendelser inden for naturvidenskab. Engagerede forelæsere holder foredrag om alle grene af naturvidenskaben. Niveauet er højt, og du vil blive udfordret, men du kan […]

Classic in the Moorlands – Dayspring and eventide

Classic in the Moorlands – Dayspring and eventide Concert at the Nordic House April 11. at 8 pm Here you can buy tickets to all the concert for a special price Special price for seniors and disabled  The soprano Auður Gunnarsdóttir and pianist Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir bring us Sieben Frühe Lieder by Alban Berg, songs by […]

Classic in the Moorlands – The world in tune

Classic in the Moorlands – The world in tune Concert at the Nordic House March 21. at 8 pm Here you can buy tickets to all the concert for a special price Special price for seniors and disabled  Trio Túnfífill (e. Dandelion) María Konráðsdóttir, soprano, Erla Dóra Vogler, mezzosoprano and Svanur Vilbergsson, guitarist, invite to an […]

Classic in the Moorlands – French connection

Classic in the Moorlands – French connection Concert at the Nordic House February 21. at 8 pm Here you can buy tickets to all the concert for a special price Special price for seniors and disabled  Duo Ultima, is Guido Bäumer on alto saxophone and Aladár Rácz on piano. Their program is a colourful and […]

Yfirbókavörður (100%) 

Norræna húsið í Reykjavík er norræn menningarstofnun með áherslu á bókmenntir, tungumál, arkitektúr, hönnun, börn og ungmenni og sjálfbæra þróun. Markmið hússins eru að koma norrænni menningu á framfæri og styrkja tengsl við hin Norðurlöndin. Norræna húsið er leiðandi afl í íslensku menningarlífi og húsið er eitt af meistaraverkum Alvars Aalto. Árið 2018 fagnar Norræna […]

Nordic Innovation House – New York 

Nordic Innovation House – New York Are You Looking for Opportunities in the United States? Join us to learn more about the Nordic Innovation House in New York at the Nordic House in Vatnsmýri on Tuesday 24th October between 9 – 11 a.m.   AGENDA:  Opening: Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs […]

Head Librarian

Overbibliotekar til Nordens Hus i Reykjavík Er du den, vi leder efter? Nordens Hus søger en beslutningsdygtig og nytænkende leder til husets bibliotek. Du vil få stor indflydelse på bibliotekets fremtidige udvikling og skal sikre dets relevans i samfundet for både eksisternede og nye målgrupper.  Du skal sikre, at biblioteket er en integreret del af […]

Voices of victims: Women discuss sexual offenses

  ​ Voices of victims: Women discuss sexual offenses Seminar at the Nordic House Wednesday October 25th  at 8 pm   Program: Júlía Birgisdóttir, baráttukona og gjaldkeri Snarrótarinnar – samtaka um borgaraleg réttindi, heldur erindi um stafrænt kynferðisofbeldi. Kristín I. Pálsdóttir formaður Rótarinnar – félags um málefni kvenna með áfengis- og fíknivanda, talar um rannsókn […]

Green, human-friendly cities

Seminar on sustainable city planning / free entrance/ languages: Scandinavian  Friday 27th of October we welcome Marc Jørgensen, Team leader at Centre for Urban Development in the City of Copenhagen and Rainer Stange, Professor of Landscape Architecture at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, to talk about their experience in the field. More information in Danish […]

Airwaves – Family Program

Airwaves for the young people and their parents will be held at The Nordic House on Sunday, November 5th from 13:00-15:00. Everyone is welcome. Free entrance! It is with great pleasure to invite you all to the only children’s program during the Iceland Airwaves festival. Come join us and experience the old traditional children’s songs […]

NEW LANDSPÍTALI AT A BETTER LOCATION – IS IT TO LATE? – LIVESTREAM

NEW LANDSPÍTALI AT A BETTER LOCATION – IS IT TO LATE? Thursady the 19th af October at 16:30 – 18:00 at the Nordic House  Open meeting by The Federation of a better hospital at a better location (I: Samtök um betri spítala á betri stað) with members of the political parties Should the location of […]

15:15 concert series –Daggardropar í grasinu

  Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Bartók & Kodály: folk arrangements Snorri Sigfús Birgisson: New songs Performing: Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, mezzo soprano and Snorri Sigfús Birgisson, piano   Tickets are sold at the entrance. Ticket price is 2000 kr. but 1000 kr. for elderly, disabled and students.

15:15 concert series – Leikandi ljóð

John A. Speight: 6 songs A. Copland: 4 songs D. Argento: 2 songs from 6 Elizabethan songs S. Barber: 4 songs from Hermit songs op. 29 O. Resphigi: 3 songs E. Granados: 3 songs from Tonadillas Flytjendur: Sólrún Bragadóttir, soprano singer and Anna Málfríður Sigurðardóttir, piano. Tickets are sold at the entrance. Ticket price is 2000 kr. but […]

15:15 concert series – Aríur og þrjú hjörtu á aðventu

The Nordic House F. Mendelssohn: Höre Israel og Lied ohne Worte op. 109 N. Boulanger: 3 verk, G. F. Händel: Piangero la sorte mia S. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise op. 34 nr. 14, Ingibjörg Azima: Chrismas Sigursveinn D. Kristinsson: Jólanótt og Hallgrímur J. Jakobsson: Christmas poem Performing: Margrét Hrafnsdóttir, sopran Ólöf Sigursveinsdóttir, chello og Agnieszka Bryndal, piano […]

cycling around the world

I’m Jonathan, an Englishman cycling around the world. When I left my home in London in January 2015 I had never cycled further than 15km. I had no idea I would end up cycling for so long but now, two and half years later, I have pedalled over 45,000km across 40 countries. I have just […]

Open call for Christmas art

Open call for Christmas art! Do you have a good idea on how the Nordic House can be decorated for Christmas? Do you have something that can be this year´s Christmas art at the Nordic House? Do you have the perfect Christmas decoration but no space in your living room? We will put together a […]

Environmental policies of Icelandic political parties? – Livestream

The Icelandic Nature Conservation Association, BirdLife Iceland and the Iceland Environment Association organize a meeting about the environmental policies of Icelandic political parties in connection with the elections on 28 October. The meeting will be held at the Nordic House on Tuesday, October 16th at 8 pm   The political parties will be asked to give their […]

Classic in the Moorlands -Noble Nobel

Classic in the Moorlands -Noble Nobel Concert at the Nordic House November 22. at 8 pm Here you can buy tickets to all the concert for a special price Special price for seniors and disabled  Bylgja Dís Gunnarsdóttir soprano and pianist Hrönn Þráinsdóttir perform a program dedicated to two Nobel prize winners, Halldór Laxness and […]

“Islandske Indtryk” Solo Piano Concert

“Islandske Indtryk” “Islandske Indtryk” – Solo Piano Concert by Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen at the Nordic House November 23.  at 8 pm. This concert will consist of 8 new pieces of music for acoustic piano, written and performed by the Danish jazz pianist and composer Benjamin Nørholm Jacobsen who is currently residing in Reykjavik. Glimpses of a […]

Tom of Finland – Black Box

Black Box / Free entrance / Parental Advisory Exhibition of the drawings of Tom of Finland  TOM OF FINLAND is the artist name of Finnish Touko Laaksonen, 1920 – 1991. He signed his erotic work “Tom” and when his drawings were first published in 1957, now world-famous “Tom of Finland” was born. The exhibition was recently in […]

Concert in memory of Cornelis Vreeswijk

Concert in memory of Cornelis Vreeswijk November 1. at 8 pm  Cornelis would have turned eighty years old on August 8 this year. On that occasion, the band Spottarna is throwing a concert in his memory. As well it is commemorated that 30 years are from the death of Cornelis on November 12th. The show starts at […]

Paunkholm – CONCERT

Paunkholm – Kaflaskil Album release concert October 22nd, 2107 in the Nordic house Tickets are available on tix.is and at the reception at The Nordic House;  Ticket price: 2.500 ISK Paunkholm is the artist name for Franz Gunnarsson who is best known for his work with his bands Ensími and Dr. Spock. Paunkholm is a […]

Watercolour Music – Concert

Watercolour Music. 11th November 2017. Free entrance. During the opening of the exhibition Watercolour Connections on 11th November, the renowned Welsh harpist Eira Lynn Jones will be giving a recital in which her performance is inspired by the watercolour paintings in this international exhibition. Eira is a versatile musician, who has a passion for creativity and originality. Her career […]

Å blåsa kvitt – Exhibition

  Klara Sofie Ludvigsen presents a photographic work called “Å blåsa kvitt” in the foyer. In this body of work, she explores the improvisational potential of photography and how form can claim more space in the photographic language. The exhibition contains eight small and two large works, all presenting different techniques and methods used in […]

Seminar on sustainability, design and fashion

Sustainability – design, fashion, price and quality Welcome to a seminar at the Nordic House 9th October 1-4pm Representatives from Sweden Fashion Council, H&M, IKEA and SGS  will discuss the issue with the Icelandic Minister for the Environment and Sweden’s ambassador. Entrance is free and discussions will be in English. Organized by the Swedish embassy […]

Films from the Arctic

Films from the Arctic Under an Arctic Sky Kaissi-U’lljan-Mä’rjj-U’lljan – Heidi Gauriloff Great Northern Mountain Under Two Skies

Icelandic Shorts IV

Icelandic Shorts IV Habituation Óli Pétur – With Spirit In His Hand Shelter in the North Icelandic Revolutions

Icelandic Shorts III

Icelandic Shorts III Lost in This Little World Of Ours Soul Cry Rabbits Atelier Come back!

Icelandic Shorts II

Icelandic Shorts II See ya Mother will sleep No Ghosts The Heath Dögun Laughter prolongs life Salvation

DÓRA – ONE OF THE GUYS

Section: Icelandic panorama Director: Árni Gunnarsson Iceland, 2016 Dora is unemployed and her family is facing financial difficulties. She gets an unexpected offer to become a chef on a freezing trawler from Greenland. The ship will leave the port in an hour, she says goodbye to her husband and children and goes on a fishing tour in […]

Be My Star

Be My Star / Mein Stern / Stjarnan mín Section: Valeska Grisebach, Emerging master Director: Valeska Grisebach Austria, Germany, 2001 14-year-old Nicole and her new boyfriend Christopher, the most popular boy in the neighbourhood, model their actions, attitudes and even dialogue on what they have observed from their parents, presenting a tragicomic take on the world of adulthood […]

Masterclass – Olivier Assayas

Reykjavik International Film Festival is proud to present Olivier Assayas as one of RIFF’s honorary guests in 2017. Assayas was awarded as Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival last year (2016) and has for many years been one of the most prominent film makers in France, making dozens of films that have received various […]

Golden Egg II

This screening includes the following short films: The Sea / Hafið Tasos Giapoutzis. 8:00 min. Lithuania, 2017 Distance / Fjarlægð Rikke Louise Schjødt. 12:00 min. Denmark, USA, 2016 Pink Trailer / Bleikt hjólhýsi Mary Neely. 9:00 min. USA, 2017 Örmagna Arnaud Siad. 13:00 min. Iceland, 2017 Walk for Me / Gakktu fyrir mig Elegance Bratton. 11:00 min. USA, 2017 […]