Events

Screening virtually from Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 17, see the new film Helene, based on true events in the life of Finland’s most acclaimed painter Helene Schjerfbeck, at Scandinavia House! Virtual screenings will […]

On April 13, join us for a presentation of the new film Helene, based on true events in the life of Finland’s most acclaimed painter Helene Schjerfbeck, at Scandinavia House! This theatrical screening […]

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, […]

From April 15 through 24, see an animated documentary based on the life of acclaimed Danish author Tove Ditlevsen, A Writer Named Tove /Tove i stykke, screening virtually from Scandinavia House Online! The film […]

On April 20, see an advance screening of the new Finnish thriller Hatching at Scandinavia House! A fascinating portrait of the nature of maternal instinct, Hatching opens theatrically in New York on April 29 and has been acclaimed as […]

Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. […]

On April 23, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with author Marie Silkeberg and translator Kelsi Vanada on Silkeberg's 2021 book Damascus, Atlantis, which was recently longlisted for the 2022 PEN Award […]

"A gripping, superbly acted account" (Variety) — on May 4, see the gripping new Danish autobiographical film Held for Ransom (Denmark, 2019; dir. Niels Arden Oplev) at Scandinavia House! In  2013, Danish photojournalist Daniel […]

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, […]