Scandinavia House

NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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 intermediate-level course building upon Norwegian 2 (or its equivalent), all four core skill areas (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are covered, with an emphasis on conversational Norwegian. Continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures, while enhancing your conversational abilities, and deepening your cultural knowledge of all things Norwegian, through study of themes related to daily life.
You will get to practice more in-depth conversations in class which will put your grammatical structures to the test, all the while building on your listening, and speaking skills. Focus will be given to pronunciation, Norwegian structure, tone, and flow. Students will have the opportunity to engage in discussion by bringing topics that interest them about Norway into class, including anecdotes, and personal experiences. There will also be weekly at-home assignments, and more, focusing on reading, writing, and grammar, as well as a recommend end-of-semester presentation.
Outside of class, students are encouraged to read Norwegian articles, listen to podcasts and/or audio books, and watch Norwegian shows and movies, weekly.
The required text will be provided via pdf, before the first class.
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SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
2023-11-28 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-30 18:10 - 19:10, 2023-12-05 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-07 18:10 - 19:10 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held in-person at Scandinavia House and offered remotely via Zoom, students will continue to perfect their previous learned skills and pronunciation, while also expanding into more complex sentence structure. Furthermore, the students will be asked to express their opinions or beliefs in simple discussions related to Swedish life within the themes studied. The students will be required to read a literary book over the course of the semester.
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GALLERY TOUR: NARRATIVE THREADS
2023-11-29 17:30 - 18:05 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On view from October 14, 2023 to February 17, 2024 at Scandinavia House, Narrative Threads presents multi-media artwork by eight Nordic artists, each distinguished by their innovative use of natural, synthetic, and digital materials. Exploring Nordic craft traditions through a contemporary lens, the works in the exhibition engage with material experimentation and digital technology; textile design, ceramics, stitching, painting, audio recording, and assemblage unleash diverse narrative expressions and perspectives. In this guided tour by Emily Stoddart, ASF’s Manager of Exhibitions & Community Programs, learn about the artists in this exhibition and their works.
These free, 35-minute public tours meet in the Gallery elevator lobby. Gallery tours are subject to change; please check with the Scandinavia House front desk or email info@amscan.org.
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NORWEGIAN 1 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
2023-11-29 17:45 - 18:45, 2023-12-05 17:45 - 18:45, 2023-12-06 17:45 - 18:45 | NY
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 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.
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SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
2023-11-29 18:40 - 19:40, 2023-12-04 19:20 - 20:20, 2023-12-06 18:40 - 19:40 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning, with Monday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House and Wednesday sessions online via Zoom.
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NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
2023-11-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this spring at Scandinavia House! Designed for intermediate learners who have taken Norwegian 3 or equivalent, this course continues to expand and refine your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, enabling grammatically correct conversations, and language structure. A stronger focus will be given to pronunciation, Norwegian structure, tone, and flow.
You will get the opportunity to hone in your knowledge of grammatical structures, thus engaging more confidently in conversations and discussions in class, expanding your vocabulary, and fine-tuning your listening skills. Students are actively encouraged to talk more in-depth about their own experiences in Norwegian.
There will also be weekly at-home assignments, and more, focusing on reading, writing, and grammar, as well as a strongly recommend end-of-semester presentation. Students are strongly encouraged to watch and read Norwegian news, and articles, watch Norwegian shows and movies, and listen to podcasts and audio books, as often as possible, on a weekly basis at a minimum. These classes are conducted in Norwegian, with the occasional English word/sentence.
Please note that in order to take this course, you should be comfortable using the simple past tense and present perfect, and have knowledge of regular and irregular verbs, as well as their irregularities and rules. You should also be able to use indefinite, definite, and plural forms of masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns; conjugate adjectives; and apply intermediate Norwegian sentence structure, including “inversion.”
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APOLONIA, APOLONIA | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
2023-11-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
“An impressively idiosyncratic, far-reaching work…” (Variety) — see Danish filmmaker Lea Glob’s fascinating portrait of an artist as a young woman, Apolonia, Apolonia (Denmark/Poland, 20223)! Returning this November and December, the New York Baltic Oscar Contenders series features films chosen for Oscar nominations at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. The director will be present for a talk about her film, which has been selected as a contender for Best Documentary Feature Film.
When Lea Glob first met (and filmed) Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented young painter was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community — the ultimate bohemian existence — later studying in her 20s at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the next 13 years, Glob continued to film the charismatic Apolonia, as a special bond developed between the two young women. In the resulting documentary, we see a young woman trying to find her place in the art world: one who is confident in her talent, but does not always find herself on an easy path. Apolonia soon learns that women painters have to make more sacrifices and overcome greater obstacles than their male counterparts do, a lesson that applies both herself and her longtime friend Oksana Shachko, one of the founders of the feminist action group Femen.
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SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
2023-11-29 19:50 - 20:50, 2023-12-04 18:10 - 19:10, 2023-12-06 19:50 - 20:50 | 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 INTERMEDIATE 1
2023-11-30 19:20 - 21:00, 2023-12-07 19:20 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
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.
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TWICE COLONIZED | SCREENING & FILM TALK WITH AAJU PETER
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us for a special screening and film talk of Twice Colonized (dir. Lin Alluna; Denmark, Canada and Greenland; 2023) with Inuk lawyer Aaju Peter! Returning this November and December, the New York Baltic Oscar Contenders series features films chosen for Oscar nominations at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. This screening features the Greenlandic winner of the Cannes Film Market’s Award for Best Doc-in-Progress and the Movies That Matter Festival’s Camera Justitia Award, which has been selected as a contender for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars.
Twice Colonized is a documentary profile of renowned Inuk lawyer Aaju Peter and a sober look at the social cost of forced assimilation. Peter was raised in Denmark, the land of her colonizers, where her parents sent her to receive a Western education when she was only a child. This traumatic separation from her home, family, and culture at a young age profoundly influenced Peter, inspiring her to devote her life to the pursuit of justice for Inuit people across Canada and Greenland. While launching an effort to establish an Indigenous Forum at the EU, Peter finds herself facing a difficult and deeply personal journey to mend her own wounds after the unexpected passing of her youngest son. Lin Alluna’s incisive and necessary film “begins with a childhood lost but expands into something much much more, where specters of an individual’s past bleed into the collective horrors of the present” (The Film Verdict).
Aaju Peter, who is featured in the film, presents a talk after the screening.
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SCANDINAVIAN FROM SCRATCH: CULINARY EVENT & BOOK LAUNCH
2023-12-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us on December 1 for a special culinary event with Björk Cafe & Bistro and renowned author Nichole Accettola to celebrate the release of Accettola’s cookbook Scandinavian From Scratch, out now from Ten Speed Press! In this exclusive collaboration, Björk will feature an array of items that showcase the authenticity and creativity found in Scandinavian From Scratch on their menu, including a cardamom wreath, saffron rusks, chocolate slices, and two kinds of smørrebrød sandwiches. Accettola will be on location for a meet-and-greet with signed copies of the books from 3-5 PM; the sampling menu will otherwise be available all day from 11 AM-7 PM.
This event promises a journey that captures the essence of traditional Scandinavian recipes presented with a modern twist!
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MY FREEDOM | NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS
2023-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us for a screening of My Freedom (dir. Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, Latvia, 2023) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House! The series returns this year with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film, including this year’s candidate for Latvia.
Based on historical events, My Freedom takes place in perestroika-era Latvia, a time when the winds of change are blowing. The freethinking and charismatic Alicija, a Latvian of Polish extraction, is blissfully married to Ilgvars, a conservatively minded professor of mathematics. Despite her husband’s concerns, Alicija becomes active in the anti-Soviet Popular Front, a movement still relegated to the underground. When her friends and peers encourage her to run for a seat in the Latvian Supreme Council, Alicija receives an anonymous letter threatening to upend her life and her marriage. Unsure of who to trust, she must consider the question: love or independence?
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SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
2023-12-05 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 held both online and in-person at Scandinavia House is aimed 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.
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SONGS OF EARTH | NORDIC & BALTIC OSCAR CONTENDERS
2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us for a screening of Songs of Earth (dir. Margreth Olin, Norway, 2023) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House! The series returns this year with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film, including this year’s candidate for Norway.
“A remarkable, poetic meditation” (Vox) — a stunning documentary about life, mortality, and humanity’s place within nature, Songs of Earth was made over the course of a year that director Margreth Olin spent with her elderly father in his ancestral home of Oldedalen. Olin’s father becomes our guide to the majestic fjord-carved river valley — having lived in Oldedalen for most of his 85 years, he shares his deeply felt connection to a landscape that we learn to be both bountiful and unforgiving. Executive produced by Liv Ullmann and Wim Wenders, Olin’s breathtaking footage of primordial elements — wild mountains, calving glaciers, and bustling wildlife — propels profound, existential conversations between parent and child.
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FABRIC STORIES — NARRATIVE THREADS ADULT ART WORKSHOP WITH MELKORKA HELGADOTTIR
2023-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us at Scandinavia House for an adult art workshop and tour of our current exhibition, Narrative Threads. Inspired by the work of featured artist Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, workshop participants will create their own watercolor landscape. Inspired by the work of artist Heidi Hankaniemi, workshop participants will create their own fabric and paper collages. Guided by teaching artist Korka, participants will use paper, textiles, and notions to create a collage in a relaxed atmosphere. All materials are provided.
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HOLIDAY JULMARKET AT THE SHOP
2023-12-09 10:00 - 19:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us this weekend for “Holiday JulMarket” shopping at Scandinavia House! The Shop will be open late on Saturday and Sunday in coordination with our upcoming Holiday Concert and Julbord for all of your gift needs. Highlights featured this year include a capsule collection of Nordic designer clothing, accessories and jewelry featuring one-of-a-kind artisan works ranging from original beadwork and fiber art to Norwegian rosemaling woodwork; and imported Scandinavian favorites such as handmade tomte and nisse, ornaments, angel chimes and candles, glögg, pepparkakor, sweets and more. Shoppers can also choose from many home accents of blankets, Swedish votives, candles and soaps; and for children, the many classics of Astrid Lindgren, Elsa Beskow, Tove Jansson, and H.C. Andersen are available with related collectible characters and tableware!
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HOLIDAY JULBORD 2023 — BEVERAGE SEATINGS ONLY
2023-12-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us at Scandinavia House on December 9 & 10 for a Holiday Julbord (Christmas Table) presented by Björk Cafe & Bistro! A traditional Christmas in Scandinavia is not complete without the traditional julbord, a holiday variation of the quintessential Smörgåsbord buffet-style meal in the Scandinavian countries that includes multiple staples of Swedish cuisine served on the table. The actual Christmas season in Sweden usually begins with the St. Lucia ceremony, around the 13th of December, and leads all the way to Christmas day.

Dining seatings are now sold out for Saturday at 1 PM; beverage seatings only are remaining. Please see all times here for alternate dining seatings.
The Björk Julbord will feature a long buffet table overloaded with the Scandinavian classics such as herring, gravlax, meatballs, Jansson’s temptations and more; each lunch and dinner seating will be accompanied by a traditional St. Lucia performance. One cup of glögg is included and will be served upon arrival, with additional non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks available for purchase.
Space is limited, so purchase tickets to reserve your table right away!
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HOLIDAY JULBORD 2023
2023-12-09 16:00 - 18:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us at Scandinavia House on December 9 & 10 for a Holiday Julbord (Christmas Table) presented by Björk Cafe & Bistro! A traditional Christmas in Scandinavia is not complete without the traditional julbord, a holiday variation of the quintessential Smörgåsbord buffet-style meal in the Scandinavian countries that includes multiple staples of Swedish cuisine served on the table. The actual Christmas season in Sweden usually begins with the St. Lucia ceremony, around the 13th of December, and leads all the way to Christmas day.
The Björk Julbord will feature a long buffet table overloaded with the Scandinavian classics such as herring, gravlax, meatballs, Jansson’s temptations and more; each lunch and dinner seating will be accompanied by a traditional St. Lucia performance. One cup of glögg is included and will be served upon arrival, with additional non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks available for purchase.
Space is limited, so purchase tickets to reserve your table right away!
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