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  • Duodji Reader — Virtual Book Talk

    On February 9, ASF invites you to a virtual panel on the Duodji Reader: A Selection of Twelve Essays on Duodji by Sámi Duojárat and Writers from the Past 60 Years, […]

  • The Burning Sea

    On February 16, see a new disaster epic from the team behind the hit films The Quake and The Wave, The Burning Sea (dir. John Andreas Andersen; Norway, 2022), screening exclusively at Scandinavia House ahead of its […]

  • Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand & Opus

    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. Beginning February 17, 2022, the chamber music group Opus @ Princeton University will return for the final three concerts of the season, continuing their popular performances […]

  • Nordic Literature in Translation: What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium

    On February 26, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with this year’s American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizewinner, Randi Ward, and the author of the work in translation, Kim Simonsen! Now in its 43rd year, ASF’s Annual Translation Competition awards prizes for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose written by a 20th- or 21st-century […]

  • CELEBRATE LASKIAINEN WITH SCANDINAVIA HOUSE!

    On March 1 at 11 AM, celebrate Laskiainen with Scandinavia House Online in a virtual event with Ida Metsberg! Laskiainen (Shrovetide) is often described as a “mid-winter sliding festival”. Associated with Shrove Tuesday, it is a celebration of the beginning of Lent that takes place before Easter, but includes both pagan and ecclesiastic traditions. These days, Finns […]

  • Quake Book Talk with Auður Jónsdóttir & Meg Matich

    Join us for a book talk on March 1 with Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir and translator Meg Matich on the new novel Quake, out on February 8 from Dottir Press! This event will take place at Scandinavia House at 7 PM ET and will also be live-streamed to virtual audiences. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about […]

  • Against the Ice with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

    On March 2 in celebration of the global release of Against the Ice (Peter Flinth; Iceland/Denmark, 2022), see an exclusive screening of the Netflix film with a talk by leading actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones"; Oblivion) at Scandinavia House! In 1909, Denmark’s Arctic Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim […]

  • Calendar Girl

    On March 4, see the World Premiere of Calendar Girl, a new documentary about Fashion Calendar founder Ruth Finley from Danish director Christian D. Bruun, at Scandinavia House! Following the screening, the director will present a film Q&A. In this quintessential New York story, Christian Bruun looks at the 70-year history of the influential Fashion Calendar, with its iconic pink pages […]