At The Nordic House, september 6.\u00a0at 7:30pm. \u00a0Free entrance.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe program will take place in scandinavian languages.<\/strong>\nLivestream\n <\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1471959387\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CARSTEN JENSEN (f. 1952) is a Danish author, journalist and debater. He has a degree in literary studies from the University of Copenhagen, and often appears in columns in the major Danish daily newspapers with acute social criticism, essays and news coverages. He is also known for his travel reports, not least the travelogue I Have Seen the World Begin (Jeg har set verden begynde, 1996), for which he received the Danish Booksellers\u2019 award, Boghandlernes Gyldne Laurb\u00e6r.<\/p>\n<p>Carsten Jensen\u2019s most famous novel is the work We, the Drowned (Vi, de druknede), which was published in 2006. It is a grand chronicle novel, set in Jensen\u2019s own hometown Marstal during the period from 1848 to 1945, when a significant part of the Danish merchant fleet was based in Marstal. His latest book, Den f\u00f8rste sten from 2015, is a story about how war affects a man who lives in constant danger, about friendship, betrayal and disasters. Carsten Jensen has, among other things, received the Olof Palme award (2009) and the S\u00f8ren Gyldendal award (2012).<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/\">AALTO Bistro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We recommend you make an evening out of it and book a table prior to the event at The Nordic House restaurant AALTO Bistro. The restaurant\u00a0is a friendly and exciting restaurant in Reykjavik under the leadership and vision of renowned TV chef Sveinn Kjartansson. \u00a0AALTO has an emphasis on unusual ingredients, flirting with Scandinavian cuisine with a Central-European influence.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/panta-boreth.html\">Book a table<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Author:\u00a0CARSTEN JENSEN At The Nordic House, september 6.\u00a0at 7:30pm. \u00a0Free entrance. The program will take place in scandinavian languages. Livestream CARSTEN JENSEN (f. 1952) is a Danish author, journalist and debater. He has a degree in literary studies from the University of Copenhagen, and often appears in columns in the major Danish daily […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4807,"template":"","event-categories":[8,92],"class_list":["post-4805","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-literature","event-categories-livestream-en","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/4805","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\/4807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The program will take place in scandinavian languages.<\/strong>\nLivestream\n <\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1471959387\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CARSTEN JENSEN (f. 1952) is a Danish author, journalist and debater. He has a degree in literary studies from the University of Copenhagen, and often appears in columns in the major Danish daily newspapers with acute social criticism, essays and news coverages. He is also known for his travel reports, not least the travelogue I Have Seen the World Begin (Jeg har set verden begynde, 1996), for which he received the Danish Booksellers\u2019 award, Boghandlernes Gyldne Laurb\u00e6r.<\/p>\n<p>Carsten Jensen\u2019s most famous novel is the work We, the Drowned (Vi, de druknede), which was published in 2006. It is a grand chronicle novel, set in Jensen\u2019s own hometown Marstal during the period from 1848 to 1945, when a significant part of the Danish merchant fleet was based in Marstal. His latest book, Den f\u00f8rste sten from 2015, is a story about how war affects a man who lives in constant danger, about friendship, betrayal and disasters. Carsten Jensen has, among other things, received the Olof Palme award (2009) and the S\u00f8ren Gyldendal award (2012).<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/\">AALTO Bistro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We recommend you make an evening out of it and book a table prior to the event at The Nordic House restaurant AALTO Bistro. The restaurant\u00a0is a friendly and exciting restaurant in Reykjavik under the leadership and vision of renowned TV chef Sveinn Kjartansson. \u00a0AALTO has an emphasis on unusual ingredients, flirting with Scandinavian cuisine with a Central-European influence.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/panta-boreth.html\">Book a table<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Author:\u00a0CARSTEN JENSEN At The Nordic House, september 6.\u00a0at 7:30pm. \u00a0Free entrance. The program will take place in scandinavian languages. Livestream CARSTEN JENSEN (f. 1952) is a Danish author, journalist and debater. He has a degree in literary studies from the University of Copenhagen, and often appears in columns in the major Danish daily […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4807,"template":"","event-categories":[8,92],"class_list":["post-4805","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-literature","event-categories-livestream-en","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/4805","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\/4807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}