Join us on August 31 for a virtual book talk with Nancy Marie Brown on her new book The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women, out today from St. Martin's Press! With moderator Anna Dís Ólafsdóttir, she'll discuss the compelling new novel bringing the world of valkyries and shield-maids to vivid life. In 2017, […]
Join us on September 8 for a virtual book talk on the new novel After the Sun with author Jonas Eika and translator Sherilynn Hellberg! With moderator Katrine Øgaard Jensen, they'll discuss the author's American fiction debut, winner of the 2019 Nordic Council Literary Prize and out in translation by Hellberg on August 24 from Riverhead Books. After the Sun introduces a constellation of […]
This September, join us for a virtual book talk on The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World with Arthur Herman, out on August 3 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. But when they finally left their homeland in […]
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 September 14th, we will discuss our first selection over Zoom, Helle Helle’s This Should Be Written in the Present Tense translated by Martin Aitken. Helle Helle […]
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. […]
Join us for a panel discussion on the current prospects of architecture and design learning in K-12 education and hear compelling case examples from Finland and the U.S. How do you build a better world? How can your creativity improve your community? What does it take to bring bold ideas to life? These are just […]
In Scandinavian folklore, the forests are full of trolls and little gnomes, and in Norwegian puppeteer and sculptor Marte Ekhougen a.k.a. Doctor Superhelga’s home in Norway, they abound in puppet and marionette form! In this online workshop for families and adults, we’ll learn how to make whimsical expressionistic troll "stuffies" using found and recycled materials. […]
On September 22, see the story of one of the world’s greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating in Sonja — The White Swan (Norway, 2019; dir. Anne Sewitsky)! In 1936, Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie (Ine Marie Wilmann), a three-time Olympic ladies’ singles champion famed worldwide for her athleticism, decided to move to Hollywood to become a […]
On September 22, see the story of one of the world’s greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating in Sonja — The White Swan (Norway, 2019; dir. Anne Sewitsky)! In 1936, Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie (Ine Marie Wilmann), a three-time Olympic ladies’ singles champion famed worldwide for her athleticism, decided to move to Hollywood to become a […]
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, […]
