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Edvard Munch’s Photography: The Experimental Self
The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography, an exhibition organized by American-Scandinavian Foundation with The Munch Museum in Oslo that first brought the photographic work of the master painter to NYC in 2017/18 before traveling worldwide, returns to Scandinavia House this winter with a newly conceived design and a section including vintage camera equipment alongside the […]
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CELEBRATE LASKIAINEN WITH SCANDINAVIA HOUSE!
CELEBRATE LASKIAINEN WITH SCANDINAVIA HOUSE!
On March 1 at 11 AM, celebrate Laskiainen with Scandinavia House Online in a virtual event with Ida Metsberg! Laskiainen (Shrovetide) is often described as a “mid-winter sliding festival”. Associated with Shrove Tuesday, it is a celebration of the beginning of Lent that takes place before Easter, but includes both pagan and ecclesiastic traditions. These days, Finns […]
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Quake Book Talk with Auður Jónsdóttir & Meg Matich
Quake Book Talk with Auður Jónsdóttir & Meg Matich
Join us for a book talk on March 1 with Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir and translator Meg Matich on the new novel Quake, out on February 8 from Dottir Press! This event will take place at Scandinavia House at 7 PM ET and will also be live-streamed to virtual audiences. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about […]
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Against the Ice with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Against the Ice with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
On March 2 in celebration of the global release of Against the Ice (Peter Flinth; Iceland/Denmark, 2022), see an exclusive screening of the Netflix film with a talk by leading actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones"; Oblivion) at Scandinavia House! In 1909, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim […]
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Calendar Girl
Calendar Girl
On March 4, see the World Premiere of Calendar Girl, a new documentary about Fashion Calendar founder Ruth Finley from Danish director Christian D. Bruun, at Scandinavia House! Following the screening, the director will present a film Q&A. In this quintessential New York story, Christian Bruun looks at the 70-year history of the influential Fashion Calendar, with its iconic pink pages […]
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The Land of Short Sentences
The Land of Short Sentences
Join us on March 5 for a virtual book talk with Danish author Stine Pilgaard and translator Hunter Simpson to celebrate the release of The Land of Short Sentences, out March 1 from World Editions! A young woman relocates to an outlying community in West Jutland, Denmark, and is forced to find her way, not only in the […]
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Nordic Literature in Translation — The ASF Prizewinners
Nordic Literature in Translation — The ASF Prizewinners
On March 5, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with this year's American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizewinners, Hunter Simpson & Randi Ward, and the authors of the works in translation, Stine Pilgaard & Kim Simonsen! Now in its 43rd year, ASF's Annual Translation Competition awards prizes for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose […]