On May 10, curators Markús Þór Andrésson of the Rekyjavik Art Museum, Jaime DeSimone of the Portland Museum of Art and Anders Jansson of the Bildmuseet will join art writer Gregory Volk for a conversation about the North Atlantic Triennial, currently on view at the Portland Museum of Art until June 5, in a virtual program produced […]
"A clever, engaging and often electrifying feature" (ScreenDaily) — On May 11, see the gripping new supernatural arthouse thriller The Innocents /De uskyldige (dir. Eskil Vogt, Norway, 2021) at Scandinavia House! A pre-recorded film Q&A with Eskil Vogt follows the screening. During the bright Nordic summer, four children meet on a Norwegian estate and begin to play together away from the gaze of […]
Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. In the third concert in the series, Tengstrand will be joined by Katie Liu on viola in a performance of Schubert's "Arpeggione Sonata." *This event was originally […]
On May 17, attend a virtual book talk with Danish author Signe Gjessing and translator Denise Newman on Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus, an exquisite, lyrical reimagining of Wittgenstein’s philosophical work of 1922. With moderator Rosie Ellison-Balaam, they'll discuss the book and its translation, out now from Lolli Editions. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, often noted as the most important philosophical work of the 20th century, […]
"Powerful and immersive" (Los Angeles Times) — On May 18, see the gripping Norwegian Holocaust drama based on the story of the Braude family, Betrayed /Den største forbrytelsen (dir. Eirik Svensson, Norway, 2021) at Scandinavia House! When German troops invade Norway during World War II, despite the millions of Jewish people across Europe who have been deported and killed in German concentration camps, […]
Join us on May 19 for The American-Scandinavian Foundation 2022 Spring Gala at the Metropolitan Club in New York City, honoring Lena Biörck Kaplan, recipient of this year’s ASF Niels Poulson Award, and James Stewart Polshek, recipient of this year’s ASF Cultural Award. All proceeds from the Gala will benefit ASF’s initiatives to promote cultural and […]
Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic, interactive exploration of her life as an actress, director, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide, the audience will encounter Liv — her work, her passions, her loves, her life. One of Scandinavia's most celebrated stars of stage and screen, Liv's artistic […]
Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic, interactive exploration of her life as an actress, director, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide, the audience will encounter Liv — her work, her passions, her loves, her life. One of Scandinavia's most celebrated stars of stage and screen, Liv's artistic […]
Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic, interactive exploration of her life as an actress, director, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide, the audience will encounter Liv — her work, her passions, her loves, her life. One of Scandinavia's most celebrated stars of stage and screen, Liv's artistic […]
