{"id":11993,"date":"2017-10-02T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/hofundakvold-med-tom-buk-swienty\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:35:20","slug":"hofundakvold-med-tom-buk-swienty","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/hofundakvold-med-tom-buk-swienty\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the author &#8211; Tom Buk-Swienty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"ls_embed_1506957598\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/7768527\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"> <\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1506957598\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Buk-Swienty<\/strong> (1966) is a Danish writer and journalist and holds a Master\u2018s degree in History and American Studies. A former correspondent in the United States for Weekendavisen, he is now Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Buk-Swienty had his debut as a writer with AMERIKA MAXIMA in 1999, about a road trip through the USA.\u00a0 Among the books he wrote since is DEN IDEELLE AMERIKANER (2005), a biography of the photographer Jacob A. Riis. In 2008, Tom Buk-Swienty released SLAGTEB\u00c6NK DYBB\u00d8L about the Battle of Dybb\u00f8l in 1864. Two years later, DOMMEDAG ALS came out \u2013 a book about the Danish defeat of Als in 1864 and the subsequent bitter peace closure. In 2013, KAPTAJN DINESEN \u2013 ILD OG BLOD came out and in 2014, CAPTAIN DINESEN \u2013 TIL D\u00d8DEN OS SKILLER was released, the second of the three-volume biography on the adventurer,\u00a0 officer, politician and writer Wilhelm Dinesen. In 2016, the third volume: TOMMY AND TANNE was released \u2013 about two of Wilhelm Dinesen&#8217;s children, his son Thomas Dinesen and his daughter Karen Blixen.<\/p>\n<p>The event begins at 19.30, and everyone is welcome as long as there is room. The conversation, led by G\u00edsli Magn\u00fasson, Associate Professor in Danish at the University of Iceland, <strong>will be<\/strong> <strong>in Danish<\/strong>. <strong>Free entrance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>AALTO Bistro in the Nordic House is open for dinner guests before the event and offers a delicious dinner menu and light meals, all made with first-class ingredients. During the break, it is possible to enjoy light refreshments from AALTO Bistro.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Image:<a class=\"_ZR irc_hol i3724\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.is\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjnntjGmNLWAhWMvRoKHUwsBdMQjB0IBg&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristeligt-dagblad.dk%2Fbagsiden%2Fangrebet-11.-september-fik-tom-buk-swienty-til-sadle-om-i-livet&amp;psig=AOvVaw2cZrz2e5HIoJpzVGHZYV4M&amp;ust=1507042384921340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-noload=\"\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwjnntjGmNLWAhWMvRoKHUwsBdMQjB0IBg\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk\/bagsiden\/angrebet-11.-september-fik-tom-buk-swienty-til-sadle-om-i-livet\"><span class=\"irc_ho\" dir=\"ltr\">Kristeligt Dagblad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Buk-Swienty (1966) is a Danish writer and journalist and holds a Master\u2018s degree in History and American Studies. A former correspondent in the United States for Weekendavisen, he is now Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Tom Buk-Swienty had his debut as a writer with AMERIKA MAXIMA in 1999, about a road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11991,"template":"","event-categories":[7,8,92],"class_list":["post-11993","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","event-categories-literature","event-categories-livestream-en","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/11993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=11993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}