On March 1 at 11 AM, celebrate Laskiainen with Scandinavia House Online in a virtual event with Ida Metsberg! Laskiainen (Shrovetide) is often described as a “mid-winter sliding festival”. Associated with Shrove Tuesday, it is a celebration of the beginning of Lent that takes place before Easter, but includes both pagan and ecclesiastic traditions. These days, Finns […]
Join us for a book talk on March 1 with Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir and translator Meg Matich on the new novel Quake, out on February 8 from Dottir Press! This event will take place at Scandinavia House at 7 PM ET and will also be live-streamed to virtual audiences. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about […]
On March 2 in celebration of the global release of Against the Ice (Peter Flinth; Iceland/Denmark, 2022), see an exclusive screening of the Netflix film with a talk by leading actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones"; Oblivion) at Scandinavia House! In 1909, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim […]
On March 4, see the World Premiere of Calendar Girl, a new documentary about Fashion Calendar founder Ruth Finley from Danish director Christian D. Bruun, at Scandinavia House! Following the screening, the director will present a film Q&A. In this quintessential New York story, Christian Bruun looks at the 70-year history of the influential Fashion Calendar, with its iconic pink pages […]
Join us on March 5 for a virtual book talk with Danish author Stine Pilgaard and translator Hunter Simpson to celebrate the release of The Land of Short Sentences, out March 1 from World Editions! A young woman relocates to an outlying community in West Jutland, Denmark, and is forced to find her way, not only in the […]
On March 5, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with this year's American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizewinners, Hunter Simpson & Randi Ward, and the authors of the works in translation, Stine Pilgaard & Kim Simonsen! Now in its 43rd year, ASF's Annual Translation Competition awards prizes for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose […]
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 March 8, we'll be discussing Adorable by Ida Marie Hede, out in translation by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg, which was recently discussed by the author in the virtual panel […]
Presented by Scandinavia House with The Consulate General of Denmark in New York and The New Yorker on March 9, join us for a special screening and Q&A of the 2022 Oscar-nominated short film On My Mind with director Martin Strange-Hansen and producer Kim Magnusson! When a man (Rasmus Hammerich) walks into a bar and begs to sing one special song on […]
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and a short Q & A session. The accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. In tonight's concert […]
