{"id":65295,"date":"2026-08-25T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=65295"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:30:42","slug":"authors-evening-at-the-nordic-house-with-alex-schulman-and-sunna-dis-masdottir","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/authors-evening-at-the-nordic-house-with-alex-schulman-and-sunna-dis-masdottir\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the author with Alex Schulman and Sunna D\u00eds M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<p>Swedish author Alex Schulman is visiting Iceland to discuss his latest book, <i><u>A Day in June<\/u><\/i> (original Swedish title: <i>17 juni<\/i>), which has just been published here in Iceland. Sunna D\u00eds M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir translated the book into Icelandic and will be leading the conversation with the author.<\/p>\n<p><em>The conversation will be in Swedish.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><u>Alex Schulman<\/u> began his career as a blogger and journalist but is today one of Sweden&#8217;s most popular authors. Simultaneously, he co-hosts one of Sweden&#8217;s most successful podcasts, <i>Alex &amp; Sigges podcast<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">About the book:<br \/>\nVidar is a teacher who has reached a dead end in life. Suspended from work following allegations of professional misconduct, he spends his days in isolation. When he comes across an old phone number that used to belong to his family&#8217;s summer cabin, he decides to call it\u2014and his long-deceased father answers from a day in the past.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><i><u>A Day in June<\/u><\/i> is an incredibly powerful and gripping story about the formative experiences of childhood\u2014a poignant narrative of trauma and emotional neglect. Alex Schulman&#8217;s stories about children and broken families have reached audiences far and wide. His novel <i>The Survivors<\/i> (<i>Eftirlifendurnir<\/i>) was published in Icelandic in 2021.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Free admission and open to everyone.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Collaborators: Forlagi\u00f0 and The Swedish Embassy in Reykjavik<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-65488 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/F-lit-640x457.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for Forlagi\u00f0\" width=\"263\" height=\"188\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/F-lit-640x457.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/F-lit-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/F-lit.jpg 827w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 263px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 263\/188;\" \/><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-65451 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-640x173.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for &quot;Sveriges ambassad Reykjavik&quot;\" width=\"270\" height=\"73\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-640x173.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-1220x330.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-1536x415.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/REYKJAVIK_SVERIGES_AMBASSAD_RGB-2048x554.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 270px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 270\/73;\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish author Alex Schulman is visiting Iceland to discuss his latest book, A Day in June (original Swedish title: 17 juni), which has just been published here in Iceland. Sunna D\u00eds M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir translated the book into Icelandic and will be leading the conversation with the author. The conversation will be in Swedish. Alex Schulman began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65305,"template":"","event-categories":[60,8],"class_list":["post-65295","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-all-events","event-categories-literature","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/65295","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\/65305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=65295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}