On June 21, translator Philip Roughton joins us with Doug McIntyre for a discussion on celebrated Icelandic novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate Halldór Laxness's novel Salka Valka, out June 7 in new translation from Archipelago! On a winter night, an 11-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is “lived […]

"With a sensitive attitude and impressive acting, captures...the conditions for a beautiful but problematic mother and daughter relationship" (Nöjesguiden) — On June 22, see the new Swedish drama Psychosis in Stockholm /Psykos i Stockholm (dir. Maria Bäck, Sweden, 2020) at Scandinavia House!  A mother and daughter are on their way to Stockholm to celebrate the daughter's 14th birthday. When on […]

Nordic Summer Jazz continues on June 23 with Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, an expatriot of Brooklyn, and her trio featuring Tag Jonsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums! The members have blended their voices as performers and composers to create music with a lyricism and subtlety that has taken them far beyond Iceland’s shores.  Tickets to […]

Celebrate the longest day of the year Scandinavian-style! In our annual celebration for families, we’ll fashion flower wreathes, learn traditional Midsummer songs, and decorate the maypole. The program will take place in Volvo Hall featuring the music of Finnish singer/songwriter Ida Metsberg, and stories from acclaimed folk storyteller Bill Gordh. Enjoy the festivities with us […]