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Guided tour in Land Beyond the Sea

The Nordic House offers free guided tours in our exhibition hall Hvelfing, which currently portrays the exciting exhibit Land Beyond the Sea which has been created by five Finnish contemporary artists. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams […]

CANCELLED Guided tour in Land Beyond the Sea

CANCELLED Guided tour in Land Beyond the Sea

CANCELLED Guided tour in Land Beyond the Sea

Guided tour in Land Beyond the Sea

Summer Concerts

The Nordic House reading club

Are you interested in Nordic literature but don’t know where to start? During summer, the Nordic House will start up a new reading club in the most beautiful library in Reykjavik, the Nordic House Library. The reading club will meet twice during the summer term, and possibly up-to four times during fall and winter. The […]

DesignMarch: Fire in the Earth

The artists of this show are five-year-old preschoolers from the department Eiði in Seltjarnarnes kindergarten. The exhibition is a result of an exploration based on the children’s interests and the theme; Earth. The children learned about the earth and created, what they thought was interesting from that experience. The final result includes 17 globes, a […]

Painting workshop for children

The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]

CANCELLED Painting workshop for children

The Nordic House offers free painting workshops for children of all ages. In connection with the exhibition Land Beyond the Sea, there will be a painting workshop for children. With inspiration from the exhibit’s theme about dreams, the children will learn how to paint with watercolors and use watercolor techniques. The exhibition hall Hvelfing, where […]

CANCELLED Painting workshop for children

Painting workshop for children

Painting workshop for children

DesignMarch: Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point by Ragna Ragnarsdóttir is a display of light devices that play with angles and viewpoints. Vanishing point is the result of researching with epoxy resin, pigment and light. Looking for interesting ways of mixing, pouring, color and layer clear resin to play with perspective. Here, experimental design methods meet, whose role is to […]

DesignMarch: Anna – A Prototype Chair

The anna chair was designed and handcrafted in 1986 by architect Anna Pála Pálsdóttir (b. 1953 IS) as part of her final project at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. Architects Inga Rán Reynisdóttir (b. 1993 IS), Pálsdóttir’s daughter, and Ulrike Marie Steen (b. 1978 DK) have now organized […]

Swedish agency for youth and civil society – Social inclusion of youth in Iceland

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Social inclusion of youth in Iceland

Nabo is a project launched under the Swedish Presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers 2018. Young people are asked to describe their everyday lives and how they perceive their opportunities and obstacles. From their stories, Nabo builds a framework of success factors for social inclusion in the Nordic region. We will talk about inclusion, […]

The Ocean – a discussion with youth on the future of biodiversity

The discussions are in English and will be streamed here and on Facebook. The Icelandic Youth Council invites you to an open conversation with West Nordic youth on the future of biodiversity and ecosystems. The conversation is held directly after the youth has arranged a workshop on this topic. The youth will give inside into their […]

The Nordic House is closed today

14. February, 2020

The Nordic House is closed today on Friday, February 14th because of the storm. We are open again on Saturday 10-17. Stay safe!

UNDERNEATH

UNDERNEATH is the main exhibition at The Nordic House in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2020. Subtly lurking, the common denominator for the themes and artistic practices presented in the exhibition is the pursuit of subversive avenues for exploring gender and sexuality in a variety of forms. The UNDERNEATH exhibition is an invitation to navigate the underbelly of the normative and […]

Surtsey – performance

One morning, the island shakes. The kids are on fire in their bedrooms. The shivers come from far below the sea. An underwater volcano wakes up. For the years coming, the volcano will be on fire on the ocean, and the kids shake away from the island, -little by little. The story of Surtsey goes […]

Nám í Danmörku

Meet the Author: Gunnar D. Hansson

The Success of Norwegian Literature

Norwegian literature has enjoyed great success abroad in recent years. About one thousand Norwegian titles are translated into another language every year. This was particularly evident at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the fall of 2019, where Norway was the Guest of Honour. The Icelandic Halldór Guðmundsson led the project on behalf of Norway. Halldór […]

Museum Night – Guided tour and Concert

Welcome to Museum Night at The Nordic House with a guided tour and concert. The events will take place in Hvelfing between 18 – 23 and offer an exciting musical program by the Finnish musician Olli Aarni and Korean musician Okkyung Lee. The design store will be open and offer special opening prices on beautiful […]

Writing one’s life story – how to get started?

Writing one’s life story – how to get started? Merete Mazzarella is a Finnish-Swedish author and former professor of literary science. She is best known for her essays on various phenomena of the time, where her own reflections and analyzes are often mixed in a slightly humorous way with examples from fiction. She has for […]

Classics in the Moorland – An evening with Strauss

Egill Árni Pálsson, tenor Kristinn Örn Kristinsson, pianist On the program are two song cycles by Richard Strauss, Op. 10 and Op. 19. His cycles are generally not in narrative form and they are rarely performed as a whole, but many have interesting stories behind them which give insight into the composer´s life and work. […]

Classics in the Moorland – Hearing I ask, from the holy races

Þórir Jóhannsson, double bass player, and Ingunn Hildur Hauksdóttir, pianist present works by Zoltán Kodály, Giovanni Bottesini, Max Bruch, Árni Egilsson, Karólína Eiríksdóttir, and Þórður Magnússon. The bass has gained momentum as a solo instrument in recent decades but still needs some introduction within the Icelandic music scene. Ingunn and Þórir began their collaboration in […]

Classics in the Moorland – Gunnarsdætur

Snæbjörg Guðmunda Gunnarsdóttir soprano singer and Þóra Kristín Gunnarsdóttir pianist both live abroad, Snæbjörg in Stuttgart and Thora in Zurich. The first concert as a duo is a tribute to their home country and their respective countries of residence. The first part of the repertoire contains some of the best of German and Swiss late […]

The Nordic House’s exhibition hall is open again

24. January, 20206. February, 2020

The Nordic House’s exhibition hall opened in 1971, three years after the house. The first director of The Nordic House, Ivar Eskeland, realized that there was no exhibition hall in Reykjavík, and he started a process in 1969 to open an exhibition hall in an empty space under the house. The Nordic countries participated in […]

Heiða Árnadóttir – Dark Music Days 2020

Heiða Árnadóttir performs works especially written for her by composers Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir, Birgit Djupedal, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson and Þórunn Björnsdóttir. These compositions travel to the self, through doubt, uncertainty, complications, simplicity and negotiations. Ragnheiður (Heiða) Árnadóttir graduated from the Music Conservatorium in Reykjavík and continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, […]

Siggi String Quartet – Dark Music Days 2020

Siggi String Quartet opens Dark Music Days Festival with Shostakovich String Quartet nr. 15, the one played opening the very first Festival Jan. 25th 1980. Composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson brought the score from Russia at the time. His fifth String Quartet will be heard here for the first time. Another pieces are the premiere of […]

Opening Ceremony – Dark Music Days 2020

The opening ceremony of Dark Music Days 2020 will be in Icelandic.

Visual music 1 – Dark Music Days 2020

Visual music 1 (Sjónsmíð 1) is a Video Installation and will open on the 25th of January at 7 pm during the Opening Ceremony of the Dark Music Days. It’s possible to see it until the 1st of February during opening hours at the Nordic House. Visual music: Colours and abstract shapes in constant motion, […]

Danish Story Time

Welcome to sögustund in Danish for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library. We will read from books and encourage the children to play and interact in Danish. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Norwegian is welcome to join us. This is a free event for parents and […]

Danish Story Hour

CANCELLED Danish Story Hour

Danish Story Hour

Finnish Story Time

Welcome to a Finnish story hour for children at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We will read from books, play, sing and encourage the children to play and interact in Finnish. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Finnish is welcome to join us. This is a free event […]

Finnish Story Hour

Finnish Story Hour

Suurenmoinen Rosabel: Story reading by author Malin Kivelä

Malin Kivelä (1974), born 1974 in Helsingfors, is a Finland Swedish author who has written a children’s picture book “Den Ofantaliga Rosabel”. It is a tale about Pony’s loneliness in a stable where the big horses dominate. The story drifts into a dreamworld where everything is possible, also for a little pony. The book is […]

Icelandic Story Time

Welcome to sögustund in Icelandic for children at the Nordic House Childrens Library. We will read from books and encourage the children to play and interact in Icelandic. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Icelandic is welcome to join us. This is a free event for parents and […]

Icelandic Story Hour

CANCELLED Icelandic Story Hour

Icelandic Story Hour

Norwegian Story Time

Welcome to sögustund in Norwegian for children at the Nordic House Children’s Library. We will read from books, sing songs and encourage the children to play and interact in Norwegian. The story hour is recommended for children age 2-10, but everyone that understands Norwegian is welcome to join us. This is a free event for […]