Join us for a book talk on the new novel Awake with Danish author Harald Voetmann & translator Johanne Sorgenfri Ottosen, out in translation September 21 from New Directions! In a shuttered bedroom in ancient Italy, the sleepless Pliny the Elder lies in bed obsessively dictating new chapters of his Natural History to his slave Diocles. Fat, wheezing, imperious, and […]
"A film that couldn't have come at a better time" (Cineuropa) — on September 29, see the new film A Perfectly Normal Family /En helt almindelig familie (Denmark, 2020; dir. Malou Reymann) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Eleven-year-old Emma (Kaya Toft Loholt) has a perfectly normal family until one day she learns that her dad, Thomas, is transgender, […]
"A film that couldn't have come at a better time" (Cineuropa) — on September 29, see the new film A Perfectly Normal Family /En helt almindelig familie (Denmark, 2020; dir. Malou Reymann) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Eleven-year-old Emma (Kaya Toft Loholt) has a perfectly normal family until one day she learns that her dad, Thomas, is transgender, […]
On October 6, see the hit new Finnish art mystery and redemption thriller One Last Deal (Finland, 2019; dir. Klaus Härö) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Elderly art dealer Olavi (Heikki Nousiainenis) has always put business and art before everything – even his family – and on the brink of retirement, cannot imagine life without work. […]
On October 6, see the hit new Finnish art mystery and redemption thriller One Last Deal (Finland, 2019; dir. Klaus Härö) in New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House! Elderly art dealer Olavi (Heikki Nousiainenis) has always put business and art before everything – even his family – and on the brink of retirement, cannot imagine life without work. […]
Nordic countries are surrounded by water and long coastlines, which means boats have been important to Nordic livelihoods since the ancient times. (Just think about the Vikings and their longboats!) In today's workshop, we'll have fun applying ideas from Nordic boating culture in a classic origami craft! Follow along with us to see how to […]
On October 10, join us for a virtual book talk with acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen on her new novel The Dog Park. With moderator Bethanne Patrick, she'll discuss the writing of the novel, an international bestseller out in translation by Owen Frederick Witesman from Knopf on September 21. A captivating story of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global […]
Explore a selection of Danish literature in English translation with a new nationwide virtual book club! Organized as part of the new National Danish Book Club and Literary Event Series on October 12, we will discuss Olga Ravn's The Employees (De anisette) translated by Martin Aitken. Structured as a series of witness statements compiled by a workplace commission, The […]
On October 13, catch a special screening of the new film Bergman Island (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve; France/Belgium/German/Sweden, 2021), a 2021 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, at Scandinavia House! A filmmaking couple living in America, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth) retreat to the mythical Fårö island for the summer. In this wild, breathtaking landscape where Bergman lived and shot his most […]
