New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House returns in a virtual format! Celebrate contemporary Nordic filmmaking with us from home by catching some of the best new films in weekend sessions of contemporary feature films and documentaries. The seventh session of the series from March 26 - April 1 features the film Beware of Children/ Barn (Norway, 2019; dir. Dag […]
THU—April 1—11 AM ET through MON—April 5 *The YouTube Premiere will air from 11-11:30 AM on April 1 and remain live on this page through April 5.* On Thursday, April 1 at 11 AM ET, join the Children's Center for an Easter-themed workshop exploring unique traditions and children's crafts from different Nordic regions! Easter in the Nordic […]
New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House returns in a virtual format! Celebrate contemporary Nordic filmmaking with us from home in week-long sessions of contemporary feature films and documentaries. The eighth session of the series from April 9 through 15 features the film Aalto (dir. Virpi Suutari; 2020, Finland), a documentary and love story of Finnish modern architecture/design masters Alvar and […]
FRI—April 9 through THU—April 15 $13 ($8 ASF Members) for double-feature *ASF Member discount will apply automatically after logging in.* New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House returns in a virtual format! Celebrate contemporary Nordic filmmaking with us from home in week-long sessions of contemporary feature films and documentaries. The eighth session of the series from April 9 through […]
FRI—April 9—7 PM ET Aalto is available as Virtual Cinema from April 9 through April 15. Click here for tickets.
On April 10, join us for a book talk with Laura Linstedt and translator David Hackston on My Friend Natalia, the author's U.S. debut, available from Liveright Publishing on March 23, 2021. My Friend Natalia is a linguistic sexual thriller centered on one woman’s potent affliction: Natalia cannot stop thinking about sex. The unnamed, ungendered therapist who narrates the […]
SAT—April 10—7 PM ET Fred Jüssi: The Beauty of Being is available as Virtual Cinema from April 9 through April 15. Click here for tickets. On Friday, April 9 at 7 PM ET, Scandinavian House will present a film talk with director Jaan Tootsen & author David Rothenberg (Nightingales in Berlin) on Fred Jüssi: The Beauty of Being, screening to virtual […]
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. Discussions have typically taken place the last Tuesday of the month at Scandinavia House but will now be taking place bi-weekly as an online meeting. […]
From April 15 through 18, see virtual screenings of the new film The County /Héraðið (Iceland, 2019), available to audiences throughout the U.S. Screenings are co-presented by Scandinavia House with National Nordic Museum & Scandinavian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Set in a small Icelandic farming community, The County tells the story of Inga, a middle-aged dairy farmer who rebels against […]
