Scandinavia House

100 SEASONS | SCREENING
2024-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
“Skillfully blending fiction and real footage taken from his own life, Bucchieri has gifted viewers a powerful, moving melodrama” (Projektor)—on February 28, see a screening of 100 Seasons (dir. Giovanni Bucchieri, Sweden, 2023), a moving new drama centered on a chaotic, passionate first love. *Please note that due to travel issues director Giovanni Bucchieri will no longer be present at the screening.*
Inspired by real, 30-year-old video diaries of his first love affair, Swedish director Giovanni Bucchieri recalls a naive romance involving two artists who saw each other as soulmates. The intense relationship between these “twin flames” is challenged by a bipolar diagnosis, their ambitious personalities, and their insecure attachment styles. An inspiring and heartfelt film about dreams, failure and the kind of love that can never die, 100 Seasons is a tender look at the beautiful but chaotic tension between creative and romantic passion.
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SWEDISH BEGINNER 3
2024-02-28 19:50 - 20:50, 2024-03-04 18:10 - 19:10, 2024-03-06 19:50 - 20:50 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this semester at Scandinavia House! This course continues to build on our basic skills by deepening the work with adjective conjugation, prepositions, modality verbs and the past tense, while also introducing another verb tense. Various cultural aspects will be highlighted during the course. Students will also begin to read assigned easy-to-read books over the course of the semester.
This class will take place as hybrid learning on Mondays with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom, and online-only on Wednesdays.
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SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 2
2024-02-29 18:10 - 19:10, 2024-03-05 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-07 18:10 - 19:10 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this semester at Scandinavia House! In Swedish Advanced Beginner 2, students will now be ready to work more in depth with structure in various sub-clauses. They will learn how to use the reflexive possessive pronoun and more specific ways to express future tense while slightly more fact-based texts are introduced. The course also includes cultural elements in regards to social and family life, as well as education. Students will read assigned literary books over the course of the semester.
This class will take place as hybrid learning on Tuesdays with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom, and online-only on Thursdays.
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SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
2024-02-29 19:20 - 21:00, 2024-03-07 19:20 - 21:00, 2024-03-14 19:20 - 21:00 | NY
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! In this course held online only, the focus will be primarily on conversation. Students will discuss various subjects brought up in each chapter via the informative texts, with topics spanning subjects such as Swedish cultural and social life, wild animals, historical figures, politics and others. The grammar is overall a comprehensive repetition of the beginner levels, while also introducing a few new things like reflexive pronouns, the present participle and the conditional. Students will be required to read assigned books over the course of the semester. Intermediate 1 runs over three semesters and can be taken in any order.
This class will take place on Thursday evenings (online only).
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NYICFF | COCO FARM
2024-03-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Coco Farm /Coco Ferme, Max, an enterprising 12-year-old, is crestfallen when he must close up shop on his garage-based “business” and move to the countryside. Though he’s now closer to his cousins, the bustling life of a farm family is a shock to his quiet, city-kid existence. But not all hope is lost: when he discovers free range chickens in his cousin Charles’ abandoned barn, a new business plan is born. And with the help of their social media savvy neighbor, Alice, their animal-friendly egg farm takes off and brings the whole community together. (89 min. Ages 8+ | Dir. Sébastien Gagné | Canada, 2023 | East Coast Premiere, in French with English subtitles)
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NYICFF | SHORT FILMS 3
2024-03-02 15:45 - 17:15, 2024-03-16 16:30 - 18:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
The program SHORT FILMS THREE includes shorts for our older crowd — teens and grownups only. Shorts include the French animation Yuck! (dir. Loïc Espuche, 2024, 8 min., in French with English subtitles), and others; see the full lineup for this program here.
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SWEDISH BEGINNER 2
2024-03-04 19:20 - 20:20, 2024-03-06 18:40 - 19:40 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! This course is for those who are still new to Swedish but perhaps have studied some on their own using apps or through other means. Students will have a basic knowledge of sentence structure, greetings, know their numbers, how to tell time and already possess a small but basic vocabulary. This semester the students will move beyond themselves and explore how to buy and order things, talk about what they do in their spare time, and read about an historical figure. Grammatically they will expand into other tenses and learn how adjectives and nouns inform each other. Various facets of Swedish life may be discussed during the course.
This class will take place as hybrid learning on Mondays with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom, and online-only on Wednesdays.
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SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE
2024-03-05 18:10 - 19:50, 2024-03-12 18:10 - 19:50 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! This course is for students who are slightly more advanced in Swedish, and are able to speak the language without too much effort, as well as easily read novels. Students will engage in conversation and discussions, and themes will be of a more philosophical nature, involving global questions and fiction. Grammatically, various structures and conjugations will be reviewed so students can refine their speech and writing. Students will be assigned a book to read during the semester.
This class will take place as hybrid learning on Tuesday evenings with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom.
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MEMORY OF WATER | NEW NORDIC CINEMA
2024-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us for a screening of Memory of Water (dir. Saara Saarela, Finland, 2022), an explosive new Finnish dystopian thriller. Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Emmi Itäranta, “Memory of Water combines sci-fi and drama on a grand scale” (Aalto.fi).
In an apocalyptic near future of ongoing environmental catastrophe, the totalitarian Scandinavian Union has imposed severe rations on the peninsula’s dwindling water supply. Noria is a young woman apprenticing her father, the sage tea master of their water-scarce village. When her father unexpectedly dies, Noria becomes the new tea master, finding herself in a daunting position of great spiritual and political authority. Then, she makes a shocking discovery: a well-preserved source of clean drinking water, far out in the wilderness. As she investigates the mysterious oasis, it becomes clear that her military government is complicit in a conspiracy to dehydrate the masses. Will she risk her life to expose the truth? Can one person save the world from drought?
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MŪZA | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
2024-03-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On Friday, March 8 at 7 PM, join us for a screening of Lithuanian documentary Mūza (dir. Agnė Marcinkevičūtė, Lithuania, 2023)!

Director Agnė Marcinkevičūtė’s up-close portrait of esteemed Lithuanian pianist Mūza Rubackytė moves freely between the musician’s homes in Paris, Geneva, Budapest and her native Vilnius. But her life wasn’t always this free—like many Baltic artists of the late Soviet generation, Mūza languished behind the Iron Curtain for years before she was able to fully realize her dreams. This is a film about an artist and her life—one that brings the viewer into the beautiful, yet personally taxing world of art music. As the artist opens up about what independence, love and passion mean to her, the costs of her talents also reveal themselves.
The screening will be followed by a film talk with Agnė Marcinkeviciute.
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NYICFF | PUFFIN ROCK AND THE NEW FRIENDS
2024-03-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Puffin Rock and the New Friends, a new story for our youngest audiences from Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea), Puffin Rock, a small island off the coast of Ireland, is a warm community and habitat for all creatures big and small. An especially calm respite in the storm of migration, it’s here where we find puffin Oona, who looks after her baby brother, Baba, shielding him from any possible dangers the gorgeous flora or fauna may pose. When Puffin Isabelle and her step-brother Phoenix arrive on the Rock, Oona knows all the things to do and games to play to help fend off their homesickness; but there are still serious matters at hand, like protecting a puffin egg that brings the promise of a new generation. Their pals Flynn the Fox, May the Rabbit, and Mossy the hard-working Shrew are on the job. (80 min. Ages 3+ | Dir. Jeremy Purcell | Ireland, 2023 | In English
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NYICFF | DOUNIA – THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
2024-03-09 15:15 - 16:06 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Dounia – The Great White North,audiences might recognize the little girl with the big hair who made her way from Syria to Canada in NYICFF 2023’s poignant Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo. Now settled, Dounia and her grandparents slowly get to know Canada, the new home that welcomed them: its intense seasons, its special foods, its languages (three and counting!). Dounia’s grandparents are sure to keep their Syrian traditions alive at home, while her new friends share traditions of their own, like Rosalie’s French-Canadian lifestyle or Miguizou’s vast indigenous folklore. So while she still misses her dad who stayed back in Aleppo, Dounia now has new ways to keep him with her, especially when Miguizo’s grandmother Kukum teaches Dounia to call to her father with all of her heart. (51 min. Ages 7+ | Dir. André Kadi & Marya Zarif | Canada, 2023 | U.S. Premiere, in French with English subtitles)
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NYICFF | FRYBREAD FACE AND ME
2024-03-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Frybread Face and Me, it’s the summer of 1990 and Benny has been unceremoniously shipped from San Diego to his grandma’s on the Navajo Nation. Instead of seeing Fleetwood Mac with his mom, he’s thrust into the dusty daily life of sheep herding. Between insults from his uncle and unintelligible conversations with Grandma (she only speaks Navajo), he charts his escape back home. That’s until Frybread Face, his bossy cousin Dawn, is similarly ditched on the rez — but unlike Benny, Fry’s familiar with the ways of Diné, and what starts out as leeriness toward her city cousin soon gives way to genuine affection. And when it’s time for Benny to head back home, he’s bringing with him a proud connection to his cousin and his culture. Executive produced by NYICFF alum Taika Waititi, this hilarious and touching slice-of-life story is a warm portrait of cultural awakening and the adolescent summers that stay with us not because of what happened, but because of what they made us feel. (83 min. Ages 10+ | Dir. Billy Luther | United States, 2023 | In English and Navajo with English subtitles)
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NORDIC BOOK CLUB ONLINE: THIRTY DAYS OF DARKNESS
2024-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | NY
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On March 12, we’ll be exploring Thirty Days Of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen, an atmospheric, darkly funny and twisty debut thriller now out in translation by Megan E. Turney about a Danish author who must write a crime novel in 30 days — while solving a murder along the way.
Copenhagen author Hannah is the darling of the literary community and her novels have achieved massive critical acclaim — but no one ever actually reads them. When the acerbic and snobbish writer is publicly challenged to write a crime novel in the span of the month, her editor sends her to Húsafjöður for inspiration, a quiet, tight-knit village in Iceland filled with colorful local characters.
But two days after her arrival, the body of a fisherman’s young son is pulled from the water … and what begins as a search for plot material quickly turns into a messy and dangerous investigation that threatens to put everything at risk, including Hannah. Can she solve the murder and bring peace to the victim’s loved ones, while turning out a bestseller at the same time?
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UNRULY | NEW NORDIC CINEMA
2024-03-13 19:00 - 21:15 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On March 13, join us for a screening of Unruly (dir. Malou Reymann, Denmark, 2022), a new Danish historical drama about a woman’s struggle to escape forced institutionalization in the 1930s.
In conservative early twentieth-century Denmark, strong-minded Maren is widely considered to be ill-mannered and promiscuous. Amid growing concerns that her “unruly” behavior will infect others, she is sent away to a women’s institution on the small island of Sprogø, where she’s to learn to behave properly. Marin shares a room with Sørine, who has already accepted the conventional narrative that she is unwell and adjusted her behavior accordingly to fit in with society. Sørine is tasked with guiding Maren through Sprogø to help facilitate her rehabilitation, but Maren’s refusal to comply with the system leads to terrible consequences for both women. Inspired by real historical events, Unruly is a powerful reminder of misogyny’s psychic toll.
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NYICFF | ROSA AND THE STONE TROLL
2024-03-16 11:00 - 12:15 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Rosa and the Stone Troll /Roselil og stentrolden, Rosa is an adorable flower fairy who plays by the rules in her brightly colored, Marimekko-inspired world, where she happily gets by in her little rosebush. She’s also eager to spread her wings, but while she dreams of having a friend, going farther afield can be a little scary — and traversing Summerland would be a very tall order! But when she makes friends with the butterfly Silk, they hit it off immediately, even though Silk is as cheeky and curious as Rosa is timid and cautious. So when Silk is kidnapped by an evil Stone Troll, Rosa has to let go of her fears and set out on a dangerous journey to save her new best friend. (75 min. Ages 6+ | Dir. Karla Nor Holmbäck | Denmark, 2023 | New York Premiere, in English)
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NYICFF | MOOMINVALLEY
2024-03-16 13:00 - 14:06 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Moominvalley, rejoin our adventures with the adorable Moomintrolls and their whimsical and harebrained schemes! In Homecoming, the Moomins find the community at odds and under the spell of a charismatic leader denouncing all rules. The road to friendship is not always they straightest route when Moomintroll tries to help the valley’s latest resident, Snork (new character alert!), make friends in Inventing Snork. Finally, when Moomintroll learns of Moominmamma’s love of hot air ballooning, he’s determined to see her wildest dreams take flight in Moominmamma’s Flying Dream. Featuring the voices of Rosamund Pike, Matt Berry, Warwick Davis, Rhys Darby, and Bel Powley. (66 min. Ages 6+ | Dir. Jay Grace & Darren Robbie | United Kingdom, 2023 | North American Premiere, in English)
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NYICFF | TOBY ALONE
2024-03-16 14:45 - 16:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place March 2-17 throughout New York City in 2024, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House.
In Toby Alone /Tobi Lolness, 13-year-old Toby Lolness is only 1.5 millimeters tall, living in The Great Oak Tree with his father Sim, Treetop Village’s most promising inventor. When Sim discovers he can use the tree’s sap to power his latest contraption, he vows to keep it a secret in order to protect their beloved home — but when word gets out, wealthy bigwig Joe Mitch uses his influence to imprison Toby’s parents, sending Toby running for the Lower Branches. But though he might be tiny, don’t count Toby Lolness out just yet! Awash in beautiful water color foliage and based on the novel by Timothée de Fombelle, Toby Alone reminds us it’s the little ones who can protect our planet. (68 min. Ages 7+ | Dir. Camille-Elvis Théry & Florian Thoure | France/Germany/Belgium, 2023 | North American Premiere, in English)
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NORWEGIAN 1
2024-03-19 17:45 - 18:45, 2024-03-20 17:45 - 18:45 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this spring 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 welcome to bring personal experiences, anecdotes, and facts about Norway into class discussions. There will also be at-home assignments focusing on reading, writing, and grammar, as well as an optional end-of-semester presentation.
Outside of class, students are encouraged to watch Norwegian shows, and movies, read simple text, and have Norwegian podcasts on in the background.
The required text will be provided via pdf, before the first class.
Ideal for:

Absolute beginners
Those seeking a solid foundation in the Norwegian language
Those interested in traveling to Norway

You will develop:

Beginner-level conversational skills in Norwegian
Proficiency in basic Norwegian grammar

This hybrid class will be held both in-person and via Zoom; in-person attendance for the first four classes is highly recommended. Classes take place on Tuesday and Wednesday from 5:45-6:45 PM beginning Tuesday, March 19.
No prerequisites required; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels, please contact Marie-Therese Bjornerud. Tuition is $675 ($607.50 ASF Members); 20 hours total class time.
Required & Recommended Material
Required:
Textbook: PA VEI TEKSTBOK, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202340940
Workbook: PA VEI ARBEIDSBOK, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202343163
Highly Recommended:
Word List: PA VEI Norsk-Engelsk Ordliste, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202372255
CD-set: PA VEI ELEV-CD til tekstbok, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202371869
Also Recommended:
Online exercises (both oral and written) following the textbook
Notebooks for vocabulary as well as notes
Duolingo (Android, Apple) and other language apps to expand vocabulary and support the learning process
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CHOPIN AND LISZT: KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL
2024-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns this fall 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, and a short Q & A session. The engaging format both makes friends of classical music and enriches the listening experience for avid music lovers.
In tonight’s performance, Siegel performs gorgeous melodies with exhilarating virtuosity — Frédéric Chopin’s beloved “Etude in E Major (Op. 10, No. 3)” and “Grande Polonaise (Op. 22)” and Franz Liszt’s uplifting “Consolation in D Flat Major” and colorful “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13.”

The 2023/24 series will continue with “Three Great Romantics” on April 30, 2024.
Thanks to a generous loan by Victor Borge’s grandson Finn, concerts will be performed on Victor Borge’s personal Steinway piano.
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