Join us for a virtual book talk on Present Tense Machine with award-winning Norwegian author Gunnhild Øyehaug! With author Jennifer Offill as moderator,Øyehaug will discuss the exquisite, wistful, and slyly profound new novel, out January 11 in translation by Karl Dickson from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. On an ordinary day in Bergen, Norway, in the late 1990s, Anna is reading in the […]
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 January 11, we'll be discussing Dog Park by acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen, who recently joined us for a virtual panel now streaming here. A captivating story of intrigue, betrayal, […]
This year, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series returns to Scandinavia House in a hybrid format! In coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. with BalticFilmExpo@SFFLA, Scandinavia House is pleased to offer virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film, available to viewers […]
The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with select in-house and virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film. As a special, limited screening Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, January 23, see the film President (dir. Camilla Nielsson; […]
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 January 18, we will discuss We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen Hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of […]
The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with select in-house and virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film. On Thursday, January 20 through Sunday, January 23, see the Swedish documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the […]
This year, the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series returns to Scandinavia House in a hybrid format! In coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. with BalticFilmExpo@SFFLA, Scandinavia House is pleased to offer virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film, available to viewers […]
Join us on January 22 at 2 PM ET for a Virtual Danish Literary Panel with Copenhagen-based authors Ida Marie Hede, Ursula Scavenius, & Steven Zultanski moderated by editor and writer Tom Conaghan! The authors will discuss their newly translated books each exploring themes of the body and intimacy from unique sci-fi perspectives. Adorable by Ida Marie Hede (translated […]
On Tuesday, January 25th, ASF invites you to a discussion on refugee support and community creation in Scandinavia. In this panel highlighting the work of local people supporting incoming refugees in Norway and Sweden, we'll hear from a Norwegian asylum center director, a Swedish community organizer, and two resettled refugees to Norway who have made it […]
