This February, join us for a book talk with award-winning Norwegian writer Gunnhild Øyehaug on her new book Evil Flowers. With moderator Catherine Lacey, she’ll discuss her collection of playfully surreal stories about love, death, and metamorphosis. In Evil Flowers, a precise but madcap
The Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House continues this season with a screening of the Danish documentary A House Made of Splinters (dir. Simon Lereng Wilmont, Denmark, 2022), which has now been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 95th
On February 4, please join ASF for a conversation with artists Marion Belanger, Clare Benson, and Steve Giovinco, whose works are currently featured in the exhibition, On the Arctic Edge: Artists Explore the Far North at Scandinavia House. Moderated by photographer Erika
The 5th Annual Sámi Film Festival returns this February exploring Sámi stories through film in a must-see hybrid event taking place both in-person and virtually! Presented as a partnership between the National Nordic Museum in Seattle and Scandinavia House in New York, the Festival
On Saturday, February 18, join us for a talk with Margaret Willson on her book Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain, out January 21 from Sourcebooks! A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland’s
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 April 4, we’ll be discussing the novel The Union of
This January, join us for a virtual book talk with Swedish author and psychologist Lydia Sandgren on her new book Collected Works. With moderator Emily Temple, she’ll discuss her compelling mystery and poignant bildungsroman about love, power, and art—and what leads us
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 March 7, we’ll be discussing W. A Novel by Steve Sem-Sandberg, who
On view through January 28, 2023 at Scandinavia House, On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North presents three contemporary photo-based artists whose work traverses the regions of the Arctic Circle to probe themes ranging from time and memory, to