The Norwegian-Icelandic performance production Surtsey (2020) kicks off in Reykjavik, with an open lecture-performance by prize-winning director Jon Tombre. After his performance lecture, there will be discussions and the possibility of taking part in a creative workshop. The producers invite young writers (19+) to participate. The lecture and workshop will be in English. Free entrance. […]
The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation led by writer Hanne Højgaard Viemose will be in Danish. Free entrance. Livestream Theis Ørntoft (1984) is a poet and novelist. He has studied literature, graduated from Forfatterskolen and has received prestigious Danish awards: Munch-Christensen’s Culture Grant, the Michael […]
This evening, the Faroe Islands’ most talented literature researchers will tell us about the islands’ exciting writers and literary history.The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Gísli Magnússon, Associate Professor in Danish at the University of Iceland, will be in Danish. Free entrance. […]
Tickets Inger Christensen’s collection of poems Alphabet reinterpreted as sound works by composer Hannah Schneider. The event begins at 19:30. Entrance is 2000 Isk. Inger Christensen’s best-known poetry collection, Alphabet (1981), is presented in a completely new form, namely as a sound piece by the composer Hannah Schneider, who, together with Danish musicians and Icelandic […]
The event in the auditorium begins at 15:00 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Sofie Hermansen Eriksdatter, Head of Secretariat for the Nordic Council Literature Prizes, will be in Norwegian and Danish. After the conversation, the Norwegian Embassy serves wine and music in the library. Free entrance. […]
Join us for a family-friendly birthday celebration, Sunday 11 August from 12- 17. Free entrance! Program 12:00-13:00 Storyhour in the auditorium for children and their families (Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Faroese). 13:00-16:00 Art workshop 13:00-15:00 Facepaint for children 14:00-15:00 Magic show with Jón Víðis 15:00-16:00 Picnic Concert in the greenhouse with Elín Harpa […]
The event in the auditorium begins at 15:00 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Silje Beite Løken, Culture and Information Associate, Embassy of Norway, will be in Norwegian. After the conversation, the Norwegian Embassy serves wine and music in the library. Free entrance. Welcome! In 2019, Norway […]
The event begins at 19:30 and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by Gísli Magnússon, Associate Professor in Danish at the University of Iceland, will be in Danish. Free entrance. Welcome! Pia Tafdrup (1952) is an MA, poet and author. She made her debut in 1981 and has since […]
Weather Original songs by Icelandic singer/songwriter Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. Ingveldur sings and plays the guitar. The name of the show comes from the realisation Ingveldur had that almost every single song she had written mentions weather or nature in some way. This performance is a part of the Youth Fringe program at RVK Fringe, where young […]
Weather Original songs by Icelandic singer/songwriter Ingveldur Samúelsdóttir. Ingveldur sings and plays the guitar. The name of the show comes from the realisation Ingveldur had that almost every single song she had written mentions weather or nature in some way. This performance is a part of the Youth Fringe program at RVK Fringe, where young […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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