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October 2023
THE RED BOOK OF FAREWELLS BY PIRKKO SAISIO
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On October 10, translator Mia Spangenberg joins us for a special talk on The Red Book of Farewells by Finnish author Pirkko Saisio, out now from Two Lines Press. Pirkko Saisio’s autofictional novel, in Mia Spangenberg’s tender translation, is a mesmerizing account of radical politics and sexual awakening in a series of farewells — to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends and lovers, and finally to her grown daughter. The…
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 1 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this beginner's course, you will build your Norwegian vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar skills, while also learning about Norwegian culture and life. By the course's end, you should be able to conduct simple conversations in Norwegian. You will get to practice conversations and reading in class, and there will be a focus on pronunciation, and Norwegian vowels and sounds, which may be new to your ear. Students are…
Find out more »MISS VIBORG
This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. On October 11, see Marianne Blicher’s Miss Viborg (Denmark, 2022). Former beauty queen and senior citizen Solvej (Ragnhild Kaasgaard) lives alone with her…
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »TILLIE THE TERRIBLE SWEDE A FAMILY PUPPET SHOW
On October 14, join us for Tillie the Terrible Swede, a show for the whole family featuring marionette puppets, live performers and most importantly — a bicycle! Based on the true story of pioneering sportswoman Matilda Anderson, the play shows us how Tillie emigrated from Sweden to Chicago in 1891, working as a seamstress to save money to buy herself a bicycle. And once she was riding, she became good — like, best female bicyclist in the world kind of good! Not everyone liked what…
Find out more »TILLIE THE TERRIBLE SWEDE A FAMILY PUPPET SHOW
On October 14, join us for Tillie the Terrible Swede, a show for the whole family featuring marionette puppets, live performers and most importantly — a bicycle! Based on the true story of pioneering sportswoman Matilda Anderson, the play shows us how Tillie emigrated from Sweden to Chicago in 1891, working as a seamstress to save money to buy herself a bicycle. And once she was riding, she became good — like, best female bicyclist in the world kind of good! Not everyone liked what…
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