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.
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.
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: April 9th and May 14th.
This year, the theme for the Nordic Council Environment Prize is initiatives that bring us closer to the waste-free society. Anybody can submit nominations. The winner will be announced in Helsinki on 1 November 2017, during the Session of the Nordic Council. Criteria for nomination The prize is awarded to a Nordic company, organisation, or […]
21 March at 8 pm “Live now, live in eternity” Helga Rós Indriðadóttir and Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir perform songs by Victor Ullmann and the composers who most influenced him, Arnold Schönberg and Alexander Zemlinsky. Admission fee is ISK 2.500, ISK 1.500 for the senior citizens ald the disabled; free for students and 20 years old […]
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.
On Tuesday 21. February at 8.00 pm Tríó Sírajón brings a colourful program of twentieth century music to Music in the Moorlands. Largo by Charles Ives, Trio by Gian Carlo Menotti, Three duos by Dimitri Shostakovich, Trio by Aram Kachaturian and La belle jardinière by Jónas Tómasson. Admission fee is ISK 2.500, ISK 1.500 for […]
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library.
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library. Next Story Hours for Finnish speaking children will be on and May 7th.
Finnish story hour for children, the first Sunday every month, January – May, at 13:00 in the Nordic House Library. Next Story Hours for Finnish speaking children will be on April 2nd and May 7th.
National Security – new perspectives in foreign policy Livestrem (In Icelandic). Bjarni Benediktsson prime minister will give a speech and answer questions in a meeting with Varðberg at The Nordic House, Thursday February 9th at 12:00. Language: Icelandic. Unnið er að því að setja á laggirnar þjóðaröryggisráð undir formennsku forsætisráðherra í samræmi við lög sem […]
Nominations for the Nordic Council’s Children and Youth Prize in Literature Nominations for the Nordic Council’s Children and Youth Prize in literature will be announced on Wednesday, 5th of April at 9 o’clock. For this occasion, the Nordic House offers a joint celebration at the library where the names of all nominated works are read […]
The Wagner company offers a lecture at the Nordic House on February 11. at 14:00. Lecture by Árni Blandon The lecture deals with what lead to the close friendship between the composer Wagner and the philosopher Nietzsche and what issues came up so that they became enemies. Árni Blandon has introduced Wagner´s operas at The State […]
The Nordic House participates in DesignMarch. Every spring, the festival fills Reykjavik with design. From fashion to furniture, architecture to food design, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene alongside exciting international names. Read more about Iceland’s annual design festival at www.designmarch.is. Note that some of the exhibitions will have longer duration […]
The 5th Nordic Film Festival 2017 Welcome to The Nordic House, March 8-15 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 […]
Danish Storyhour for Children Sunday, January 29th from 14:00- 15:00. Danish speaking children from (+/-) 2-7 years are welcome with their parents. We read, talk, sing and play together in danish. Susanne Elgum leads the Storyhour.
What do queer people, disabled people, people of foreign origin and fat people have in common? How can these groups work together and learn from each other? These questions and others will be examined at the conference Disturbing Existence on March 3-4, 2017. The keynote speaker will be Lydia XZ Brown, Autistic Hoya. They are an […]
Heroine WOD- at the Nordic House foyer by Victoria Cleverby. Welcome to the opening of HEROINE WOD in the Nordic House’s foyer 11.2. 2017 at 11 am. The Nordic house welcomes you with light refreshments. Victoria Cleverby introduces her pieces. How do we talk about women that are soldiers, and how are they remembered? Heroine WOD […]
AUKRA is an art electro duo from Sweden/Norway who has played since 2011 all around Europe. Consisting the vocalist and performance artist Amanda Varhaugvik, educated in The School of Fine Arts, that creates new costumes for each performance and who freely experiments between improvisation and intimate political text. Marius Varhaugvik, the brother, is a music […]
Interwoven The exhibition includes works by artists associated with four universities in the Arctic region; the University of Lapland, the Sámi allaskuvla/Sami University of Applied Sciences, Bergen University and Iceland Academy of the Arts. Sustainability, crafts and culture form the starting point of all the works in the exhibition. Open daily: 11-17 Wednesdays: 11-21 Easter: […]
Norwegian Storyhour for Children in the Nordic House Library, January 14th at 13:00. All children that understand Norwegian are welcome. Matja Steen leads the group.
Nordens Hus på Færøerne søger en projektleder Vil du arbejde med at afvikle møder og konferencer, udvikle Nordens hus som et fremragende konferencested og en spændende destination til rejsende på Færøerne og gå aktivt ind i arbejde med Nordens Hus’ hjemmeside og placering på de sociale medier? Er du interesseret i et dynamisk arbejde hvor […]
Sustainability in Nordic Design Seminar and workshops at the Nordic House Feb 2. In connection with the exhibition, Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today, the Nordic House will arrange a full-day program on February 2nd (Thursday) focusing on design, sustainability and the needs of the future. Registration The program […]
The Nordic Region in Focus and Bifröst University invite you to a open meeting with Eiríkur Bergmann about Nordic Nationalism and Right-Wing Populist Politics. The event is in Icelandic. Free entrance. Everybody is welcome. The Nordic House Livestream The Nordic Region in Focus is a project under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Welcome to the opening of Katrín Matthíasdóttir exhibition in the Nordic House’s foyer January 14´th at 3 pm. The Nordic house welcomes you with a glass of vine. The content of Katrín Matthíasdóttirs exhibition falls into two categories: portraits of the artist’s three sons and images of conflict, inequality, pollution and climate change. The […]