The West-Nordic Day will be celebrated in the Nordic House this year with a varied program Wednesday, September 23rd.
\nThe purpose of the West Nordic Day is to strengthen and show the cultural cooperation between the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland.<\/p>\n
The focus will be on languages, identity, and the future vision of youth. Amongst the participants in the debate taking place at 17:00 in Salur you will find researchers on the topic, the artist Kristinn \u00d3li Haraldsson (Kr\u00f3li) and a Lithuanian High School-student who has lived in Iceland for four years. In the debate taking place during lunch-time, Silja D\u00f6gg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, president for the Nordic Council, and Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, minister for Nordic Collaboration, discuss the importance of the West-Nordic collaboration. In the evening there will be a micro concert with the Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen, who is one of the nominees for the Nordic Council Music Award.<\/p>\n
Due to the current rules surrounding public gatherings we can only allow a limited number of guests. The event will be streamed live on the Nordic House web- and Facebook-page.<\/p>\n
12.30-13.30<\/strong> \u2013 Debate about the importance of West Nordic collaboration. The speakers are Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, Minister for Nordic Collaboration, and Silja D\u00f6gg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, President of the Nordic Council. The moderator will be Bogi \u00c1g\u00fastsson, a journalist. Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n 17.00-18.30<\/strong> – Seminar on the connection between language, identity, and future vision of youth. See speakers and participants in the panel discussion below. The rappers J\u00f3i P & Kr\u00f3li will perform at the end.<\/p>\n – Greetings from the West-Nordic Council \u2013 Gu\u00f0j\u00f3n S. Brj\u00e1nsson, president of the West-Nordic Council<\/p>\n – Video greetings from young people in Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands<\/p>\n – Talerum the computer game and linguistic meetings in the West-Nordics \u2013 Au\u00f0ur Hauksd\u00f3ttir, professor emerita in Danish at H\u00e1sk\u00f3li \u00cdslands<\/p>\n – Use Icelandic without hesitation \u2013 Kristinn \u00d3li S. Haraldsson (Kr\u00f3li), artist<\/p>\n – Almannar\u00f3mur and samr\u00f3mur ungmenna \u2013 J\u00f3hanna Vigd\u00eds Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, director for Almannar\u00f3mur \u2013 center for linguistic technology<\/p>\n – Poetry about Icelandic \u2013 Fr\u00ed\u00f0a \u00cdsberg, author and nominee for the Nordic Council Literary Award 2020<\/p>\n – To be an immigrant in Iceland: speculations about a linguistic acquisition, identity, and attitudes \u2013 Stefanie Bade, PhD-student at H\u00e1sk\u00f3li \u00cdslands<\/p>\n – What do I have to say after four years in Iceland? \u2013 Gedvinas \u0160varnas Gedminas, 16 years old High School-student<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Nordic House library offers a range of books and artworks<\/a> by Faroese and Greenlandic artists available for lending, which will be given special focus this day.<\/p>\n