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MARTIN A HANSEN’S THE LIAR

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 September 12, we’ll be discussing Martin A. Hansen’s The Liar, one of the greatest works of modern Scandinavian fiction, out now in new translation by […]

SICK OF MYSELF

This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) […]

MY SAILOR, MY LOVE

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

“A poignant and achingly moving tale of love and loss” — see Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö’s My Sailor, My Love.

SOLD OUT — REYKJAVÍK: A CRIME STORY

Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir and acclaimed author Ragnar Jónasson discuss their thriller "Reykjavik: A Crime Story."

THE ART OF MAKING PICTURE BOOKS

Join us September 26 for a discussion with award-winning author and artist Marika Mijala, translator Mia Spangbenberg, and Etana Editions children’s book publisher Jenni Erkintalo, in celebration of the release […]

THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT

This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” […]