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 June 7, we'll be discussing Quake by Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga, a woman who […]
"A riveting homage to a unique literary sensation" (Observer) — On June 8, see the engrossing new Karen Blixen biopic The Pact/Pagten (dir. Bille August, Denmark, 2021) at Scandinavia House! In 1948, 63-year-old Out of Africa author Karen Blixen (also known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen) is a lonely literary sensation, devastated by syphilis and mourning her lost love, until she […]
Our popular Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House, with live concerts! This summer we’re presenting performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians, composers, and singers on Thursday evenings in June. On June 9, see flute player, composer and educator Elsa Nilsson perform her work Thyme in a celebration of our ecosystem with fellow musicians Santiago Leibson (piano), Marty Kenney (bass), […]
Learn to create wonderful paper-cut beings with celebrated Danish paper-cutting artist Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen in a class held via Zoom! Clausen, who has held paper-cutting workshops in Denmark, Japan and the U.S., has created a magical paper-cut universe inhabited by beings previously confined inside the paper. "I can sense that the beings are in the […]
This June at Scandinavia House, see a live reading of the Scandinavian-American Theater Company's new production My Name Is Susan /Jeg Hedder Bente. In a life-affirming story by Rikke Wölck about four women and their strong and loving friendship, at the age of 55, Susan is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Her group of girlfriends gather around her until her […]
"A film that celebrates imperfection in an age that increasingly, impossibly demands perfection" (Eye for Film) — On June 15, see the Norwegian coming-of-age film Psychobitch (dir. Martin Lund, Norway, 2019) at Scandinavia House! Fifteen-year-old Frida is the misfit at her middle school in the small city of Gjøvik, a class outsider that all the other kids agree is "so weird." Martin, […]
Our popular Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House, with live concerts! This summer we’re presenting performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians, composers, and singers on Thursday evenings in June. On June 16, join us for a performance by the Joonas Haavisto Trio, featuring Joonas Haavisto (piano), Antti Lötjönen (bass), and Joonas Riippa (drums). "World-class […]
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 […]
