On June 21, translator Philip Roughton joins us with Doug McIntyre for a discussion on celebrated Icelandic novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate Halldór Laxness's novel Salka Valka, out June 7 in new translation from Archipelago! On a winter night, an 11-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is “lived […]
"With a sensitive attitude and impressive acting, captures...the conditions for a beautiful but problematic mother and daughter relationship" (Nöjesguiden) — On June 22, see the new Swedish drama Psychosis in Stockholm /Psykos i Stockholm (dir. Maria Bäck, Sweden, 2020) at Scandinavia House! A mother and daughter are on their way to Stockholm to celebrate the daughter's 14th birthday. When on […]
Nordic Summer Jazz continues on June 23 with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, an expatriot of Brooklyn, and her trio featuring Tag Jonsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums! The members have blended their voices as performers and composers to create music with a lyricism and subtlety that has taken them far beyond Iceland’s shores. Tickets to […]
Celebrate the longest day of the year Scandinavian-style! In our annual celebration for families, we’ll fashion flower wreathes, learn traditional Midsummer songs, and decorate the maypole. The program will take place in Volvo Hall featuring the music of Finnish singer/songwriter Ida Metsberg, and stories from acclaimed folk storyteller Bill Gordh. Enjoy the festivities with us […]
Screening on June 28, director Romas Zabarauskas' new film The Lawyer makes its theatrical New York debut at Scandinavia House! Life drifts by for an affluent gay corporate lawyer Marius (Eimutis Kvoščiauskas), his time spent hosting dinner parties, enjoying art, and chasing young lovers. One day, Marius’ estranged father dies. Mourning turns to love as the lawyer finds […]
"Middle-school memories interspersed with accurate humor" (Göteborgs-Posten) — On June 29, see the comedic new Swedish coming-of-age film My Life as a Comedian /En komikers uppväxt (dir. Rojda Sekersöz, Sweden, 2019) at Scandinavia House! At age 12 Juha is the class clown in the suburbs of Sävbyholm, Sweden in 1975. All he wants to do is fit into the social pecking […]
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On October 4, we'll be discussing Carnality by Swedish author Lina Wolff, out July 19 in translation by Frank Perry. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish […]
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On July 12, we'll be discussing The Land of Short Sentences by Danish author Stine Pilgaard, who recently joined us with translator Hunter Simpson in a virtual book talk streaming here. […]
On July 13, acclaimed Danish author Ida Jessen joins us with translator Martin Aitken for a virtual discussion on the new book A Postcard for Annie. With moderator Désirée Ohrbeck, they'll discuss the writing and translation of the prizewinning anthology hailed as an "insightful, original collection" (Kirkus Reviews) following the inner lives of several women on the brink, […]
