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 […]
On April 17, American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to a virtual talk with photographer Anne Helene Gjelstad on her documentary book Big Heart, Strong Hands, out now from Dewi Lewis Publishing. She will be joined by moderator & photographer Erika Larsen (Sàmi: Walking with Reindeer). Big Heart, Strong Hands is the story of the women on the Estonian islands […]
FRI—April 23 through THU—April 29 Film tickets $13 ($8 ASF Members) ***ASF Members can use their New Nordic Cinema discount code or log in to Elevent using the email address associated with their member account.** New Nordic Cinema at Scandinavia House returns in a virtual format! Celebrate contemporary Nordic filmmaking with us from home by catching some of […]
WED—April 28—1 PM (ET) *This event will take place online as a Virtual Panel.* On April 28, please join ASF for a virtual round-table discussion on Indigenous Activism in the Nordic Countries, with Sámi artist Sofia Jannok, Inuk anthropologist and Indigenous rights activist Qivioq Nivi Løvstrøm, & Sámi activist Beaska Niilas, moderated by Iñupiaq Inuit wildlife […]
FRI—April 30 through THU—May 6 Film tickets $13 ($8 ASF Members) **ASF Members will receive their discount by logging in to Elevent using the email address associated with their member account.** 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 […]
TUE—January 26—7 PM REGISTER American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to a virtual panel discussion on Tove Ditlevsen's The Copenhagen Trilogy, in celebration of its publication in English translation by Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman beginning January 26. In this event, translator Michael Favala Goldman and authors Morten Høi Jensen (A Difficult Death), Rachel Kushner (The Mars Room), and […]
