"A welcome lightness of touch" (ScreenDaily) — See Cecilie Debell and Maria Tórgarð's film Skál (Faroe Islands/Denmark, 2021), a documentary about youth, religion and love on the Faroe Islands, at Scandinavia House! Twenty-one-year old […]

"A dazzling and strikingly designed futuristic fairytale" (Variety) — screening at Scandinavia House ahead of its theatrical opening this September, see the gripping Lithuanian sci-fi drama Vesper (dir. Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper; Lithuania/France/Belgium, […]

Join us for a live storytelling and musical podcast performance this October with World Music Institute! Acclaimed folk storyteller Bill Gordh joins Finnish folk music group Kardemimmit for a series […]

Join us for a live performance by Finnish folk music group Kardemimmit this October with World Music Institute! Musicians Maija Pokela, Jutta Rahmel, Anna Wegelius and Leeni Wegelius are singers and players of the kantele (the national instrument of Finland) in its 15- and 38-stringed forms. Their repertory of modern folk music draws from both Eastern […]

This October in partnership with the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, Scandinavia House is pleased to present performances and a discussion by the celebrated artist-duo Lundahl & Seitl! In today's […]

This October in partnership with the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, Scandinavia House is pleased to present performances and a discussion by the artist duo Lundahl & Seitl! In today's program, […]

This fall, join us for a virtual literary series with the nominees of this year's Nordic Council Literature Prize! Awarded since 1962 alongside other prizes from the Nordic Council in […]

On Tuesday October 4th, Scandinavia House and Finnish Cultural Institute New York welcome you to Exercises in Togetherness, an intimate in-person program, with contributions by Helsinki-based artists Inari Sandell and Jaakko Pallasvuo, […]