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 […]

"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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

"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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

"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. […]