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SUMMARY:Always Amber – NewFest 2020
DESCRIPTION:FRI–October 16 through TUE—October 27\n$12 ($10 ASF Members) \nASF Members receive a $2 discount in our weekly emails on October 16 & 23; sign up for the email list here. \n\nThis year\, Scandinavia House is pleased to co-present the new Swedish film Always Amber with NewFest — the New York LGBTQ Film Festival from Friday\, October 16 through Tuesday\, October 27! An invitation into the social-media-driven world of its titular genderqueer character Amber\, Hannah Reinikainen Bergeman and Lia Hietala’s feature directorial debut explores teenage trans/non-binary identity with tact\, compassion\, and clarity\, allowing Amber full agency in chronicling their story. Framed by professionally shot scenes at a doctor’s office and Amber’s own Snapchats\, Instagram Stories\, and DMs\, the directors capture queer and trans teenage angst and complicated relationships in their most authentic\, bold\, and transgressive moments. Throughout this singular cinematic experience\, Amber remains an awe-inspiring and unapologetically themself narrator\, co-cinematographer\, and star — demonstrating what can happen when filmmakers treat documentary “subjects” as participants in their own depictions. \nThe film will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\nThis year’s New York LGBTQ Film Festival runs October 16 through 27\, 2020\, and features 120+ new films available to view virtually throughout the United States\, topical conversations\, virtual events and more. Scandinavia House will also co-present the new Finnish documentary Kelet; click here to learn more. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/always-amber-newfest-2020/
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SUMMARY:New York Baltic Film Festival – Virtual Cinema
DESCRIPTION:THU—October 15 through SUN—November 15\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*This event will take place as virtual screenings; website will later be updated with ticketing links.* \n\n\n\n\n\nThe American-Scandinavian Foundation is pleased to present the third annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) as a virtual event taking place in three sessions: October 15-18\, October 29-November 1\, and November 12-15. This year\, the festival will expand beyond New York to offer a selection of the most exciting and relevant Estonian\, Latvian and Lithuanian films to audiences across the U.S.\, to view in the comfort of their own homes. Through the screening of the latest productions in three sessions of Baltic Comedies\, Baltic Thrillers\, and a Baltic Showcase\, the virtual festival offers an unprecedented opportunity to see the best in northern European film making. \nFestival films will be available to ticket holders all over the U.S.\, with one ticket giving the holder access to all films in a package. Each session is limited to 300 tickets in an effort to preserve the intimate and communal NYBFF experience. The sessions will take place over four days (Thursday — Sunday)\, and all films from the session will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period. Festival sessions will be accompanied by live and interactive virtual filmmaker Q&As and discussion panels. \n\n\nPlease check the website closer to the dates for more detailed information on the schedule and ticketing information. \nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented by Scandinavia House and organized by the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Consulate of Latvia in New York. Financial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, and Lithuanian Film Center\, with additional sponsorship by the Lithuanian Culture Institute\, American Latvian Association and LV-100.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/new-york-baltic-film-festival-virtual-cinema/
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SUMMARY:New York Baltic Film Festival — Virtual Cinema: Weekend One — Laugh & Cry: Comedies
DESCRIPTION:THU—October 15 through SUN—October 18\nSession pass (3 films) $25 ($22 ASF Members)\nFestival pass $60 ($55 ASF Members) \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nThis year\, the festival will expand beyond New York to offer a selection of the most exciting and relevant Estonian\, Latvian and Lithuanian films to audiences across the U.S.\, to view in the comfort of their own homes. Through the screening of the latest productions in three sessions of Baltic Comedies\, Baltic Thrillers\, and a Baltic Showcase\, the virtual festival offers an unprecedented opportunity to see the best in northern European film making. \nThis inaugural weekend\,  LAUGH & CRY\, will showcase Baltic comedies: Chasing Unicorns (Ükssarvik\, dir: Rain Rannu\, Estonia\, 2019); Nearby (Blakus\, dir: Alise Zariņa\, Latvia\, 2019); and The Castle (Pilis\, dir: Lina Lužytė\, Lithuania/Ireland\, 2019). \nFestival films will be available to ticket holders all over the U.S.\, with one ticket giving the holder access to all films in a package. Each session is limited to 300 tickets in an effort to preserve the intimate and communal NYBFF experience. The sessions will take place over four days (Thursday — Sunday)\, and all films from the session will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period. Festival sessions will be accompanied by live and interactive virtual filmmaker Q&As and discussion panels. \n\n\nEstablished in 2018\, the New York Baltic Film Festival is presented by Scandinavia House and organized by the Consulate General of Estonia\, Consulate General of Lithuania\, and Consulate of Latvia in New York. Financial support for the festival comes from the Estonian Film Institute\, National Film Center of Latvia\, and Lithuanian Film Center\, with additional sponsorship by the Lithuanian Culture Institute\, American Latvian Association and LV-100. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nFULL SCHEDULE\n\n\n\nLAUGH & CRY: BALTIC COMEDIES \nOctober 15-18 \nChasing Unicorns (Ükssarvik\, dir: Rain Rannu\, Estonia\, 2019) \nNearby (Blakus\, dir: Alise Zariņa\, Latvia\, 2019) \nThe Castle (Pilis\, dir: Lina Lužytė\, Lithuania/Ireland\, 2019) \nSTRESS & RELEASE: BALTIC THRILLERS \nOctober 29-November 1 \nPretenders (Teesklejad\, dir: Vallo Toomla\, Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania\, 2016) \nFoam at the Mouth (Ar putām uz lūpām\, dir: Jānis Nords\, Latvia/Poland/Lithuania\, 2017) \nInvisible (Nematoma\, dir: Ignas Jonynas\, Lithuania/Latvia/Ukraine/Spain\, 2019) \n\n\n\nLOOKING INWARD & FORWARD: BALTIC SHOWCASE \nNovember 12-15 \nTruth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus\, dir: Tanel Toom\, Estonia\, 2019) \nOleg (Oļegs\, dir: Juris Kursietis\, Latvia/Belgium/Lithuania/France\, 2019) \nThe Lawyer (Advokatas\, dir: Romas Zabarauskas\, Lithuania\, 2020) \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FILMS\n\n\n\nChasing Unicorns /Ükssarvik \nÕie is a recently unemployed young woman from a small town in Estonia – a country where founding start-ups is considered a national sport – with big dreams of creating… a pretty bicycle helmet. She accidentally stumbles across witless\, but jovial Tõnu who has not only bankrupted every company he has ever set up\, but has outright been advised never to start one again. Their chance meeting kicks off a series of events that take them on a journey from sleeping on a couch in Tallinn\, to sleeping in designer chairs and being waited on by robots in San Francisco. Õie’s enthusiasm and determination to make it in the hypermasculine world of start-ups is balanced out by Tõnu’s insider know-how as their pitches for funding become increasingly ambitious. Based on real stories and director Rain Rannu’s personal experiences in the tech industry\, Chasing Unicorns is a fast-paced and lighthearted look at a truly Estonian phenomenon. (2019\, Estonia. In Estonian with English Subtitles) 107 min. \n\n\n \nNearby /Blakus \nLuīze and Kaspars meet by chance on a road trip on their way to celebrate Līgo (Latvian Midsummer’s Eve). She is trying to escape her annoying neighbors and a nagging sense of malaise\, while he is trying to escape his failing marriage. They’re both young\, full of life\, and… lost. They both want to become artists\, but are unsure quite how to live their lives. The film spans three Līgo celebrations\, and maps three years of a relationship in which light banter mixes with honest arguments\, witty road trips with wild parties. Winner of Best Screenplay at the Latvian National Film Awards in 2019\, Nearby is an empathetic\, personal view of what it’s like to be young and in love today. Directed by Alise Zariņa (2019\, Latvia. In Latvian with English subtitles) 87 min. \n \nThe Castle /Pilis \nMonika is a 13-year old singer. She has just arrived in Dublin from Lithuania and lives in a small apartment on a bustling housing estate with her mother\, Jolanta\, and grandmother who has dementia. Even though Jolanta is a talented pianist\, she works hard at a local fish factory. Money is scarce\, and she ends up selling her daughter’s prized keyboard. Unlike her mother\, Monika refuses to give up on her musical dreams and is convinced that the mother-daughter duo will get their big break. After performing at a funeral\, Monika’s dreams finally seem to be answered when they are invited to play at a place enticingly called The Castle\, but Jolanta refuses instead accepting a promotion at the factory. With single-minded determination Monika embarks on an endless series of schemes to buy back her keyboard\, and ultimately get to The Castle. The Castle is a fresh look at economic migration\, and a heartwarming tale of three generations of women and their eclectic neighbors. Directed by Lina Lužytė (2020 Lithuania / Ireland. In Lithuanian and English with English subtitles) 90 min.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/new-york-baltic-film-festival-virtual-cinema-weekend-one-laugh-cry-comedies/
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SUMMARY:The Blinding Sea – Virtual Film Talk
DESCRIPTION:TUE—October 13—7 PM (EDT) \n\n\n\n\n\nIn coordination with our virtual cinema presentation of The Blinding Sea\, a new film exploring the life and loves of Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)\, director George Tombs joins us for a discussion on the film on Tuesday\, October 13. \nNorwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen hungered for ice-choked seas and desert places — but more than that\, he had a passionate interest in acquiring new knowledge. In leading the first expedition through the Northwest Passage\, the first to the South Pole\, the second through the Northeast Passage and the first confirmed to have reached the North Pole\, Amundsen transformed science into a great adventure\, while also building close relationships with the Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic Canada and Alaska as well as the Chukchi of Siberi. \n\n\nTombs will discuss the explorer as well as the making of this film\, which was shot on locations ranging from icebreakers in the Beaufort Sea to glaciers of Antarctica and Norway\, as well as his focus on incorporating a cross-cultural approach\, oral histories\, a focus on physical and psychological health\, and  eye-witness perspectives to the film. \nRegistration is required; please sign up at the link above. You can send questions in advance to info@amscan.org or share them with us during the chat at the event. Virtual Cinema tickets to the film will be on sale beginning October 9; please check back to the event page for a link closer to the date.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-blinding-sea-virtual-film-talk/
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SUMMARY:Finnish Authors You Should Know – Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:TUE—October 13—2 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNordic Authors You Should Know at Scandinavia House continues with a focus on Finnish literature with Selja Ahava\, Rosa Liksom\, Johanna Sinisalo\, and Antti Tuomainen\, moderated by author and translator Lola Rogers. The event will begin with short readings of each of the authors’ work in both English and in Finnish\, followed by interviews with the authors and a conversation on Finnish literature today. \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \n\n\nThe program will be presented live and will later be available to stream from YouTube and Facebook. Nordic Authors You Should Know will continue with more events throughout the fall. \nSupport by FILI-Finnish Literature Exchange. \n \nMedia support for the series is provided by the journal EuropeNow\, published by the Council for European Studies at Columbia University. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\n\n\n\nSelja Ahava is a fiction author and scriptwriter. Her debut novel\, The Day the Whale Swam through London (Eksyneen muistikirja) was awarded the Laila Hirvisaari Prize in 2010. Her second book\, Taivaalta tippuvat asiat (Things that Fall from the Sky) explores the unexpected and inexplicable nature of reality. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016\, its translation rights have been sold to 25 territories and the English version was published by Oneworld in April 2019 in translation by Emily and Fleur Jeremiah. Her autobiographical novel Before my Husband Disappears (Ennen kuin mieheni katoaa) came out in 2017\, followed by her latest novel The Woman who Loved Insects (Nainen joka rakasti hyönteisiä)\, which has just been published in Finland. The book examines metamorphoses\, both in insect life and the lives of fictional characters. \nRosa Liksom is an expert on people who live in unconventional circumstances\, on the borders of cultures. Born in Lapland\, Finland\, to parents who were farmers and reindeer breeders\, she moved to the capital Helsinki at the age of 17. She spent her youth occupying buildings and living in squats and communes throughout Europe. She is able to conjure up an entire human destiny with a few\, carefully chosen brushstrokes.Her unique writing has earned her awards such as the Finlandia Literary Prize and her books have been translated to 18 languages. Rosa Liksom is a writer\, photographer and filmmaker who\, in her own words\, sees all kinds of art as a way of life – simply because she enjoys it so much. \n\n\nJohanna Sinisalo is one of Finland’s most successful and internationally acclaimed authors. Praised by readers and critics alike\, she has won several literary prizes\, among them the Finlandia Prize in 2000 and the James Tiptree\, Jr. Award in 2004. Johanna Sinisalo has been nominated for the Prix Escapades 2012\, the Star Traveller (Tähtivaeltaja) award in 2014 and the Nebula Award in 2008. Her works have been translated into 19 languages. \nAntti Tuomainen is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writers. To date\, Tuomainen’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Crowned “The King of Helsinki Noir\,” Tuomainen’s piercing and evocative style has never stopped evolving. In The Man Who Died\, Tuomainen displays a new side of his authorship and unveils his multifaceted ability in full. The novel\, which combines Tuomainen’s trademark suspense with a darkly tinged humor\, has won the hearts of readers and critics alike\, and secured him the new title of King of Noir Comedy. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR\n\n\n\nLola Rogers is a full-time freelance  translator living in Seattle. She has translated literary and speculative fiction\, historical novels\, comic novels and crime novels\, and contributed translations of fiction\, non-fiction\, and poetry to a variety of journals and anthologies. \n  \n\n\nLola’s translations include works by Rosa Liksom\, Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen\, Johanna Sinisalo\, and Sofi Oksanen. Her translation of Oksanen’s novel When the Doves Disappeared was a nominee for the 2016 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize\, and Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun won the 2017 Prometheus Award. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/finnish-authors-you-should-know-virtual-panel/
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SUMMARY:The Blinding Sea – Virtual Cinema
DESCRIPTION:FRI—October 9 through THU—October 15 \n$12 ($7 ASF Members) \n50% of proceeds will support ASF + Scandinavia House \n**A ticketing link will be released closer to the date.** \nThis October\, Scandinavia House is excited to present virtual screenings of The Blinding Sea\, a new film by George Tombs that explores the life and loves of Roald Amundsen (1872-1928). The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen hungered for ice-choked seas and desert places — but more than that\, he had a passionate interest in acquiring new knowledge. In leading the first expedition through the Northwest Passage\, the first to the South Pole\, the second through the Northeast Passage and the first confirmed to have reached the North Pole\, Amundsen transformed science into a great adventure. And he left nobody indifferent: The Blinding Sea explores his close relationships with aboriginal people\, as a person who shared with the Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic Canada and Alaska as well as the Chukchi of Siberi\, while looking at his research agenda and his leadership style. \nShot on locations including an icebreaker wintering in the Beaufort Sea\, a tall ship on the Southern Ocean\, on dog-team in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic\, as well as the glaciers of Antarctica and Norway\, the film combines factual accuracy with bold story-telling\, a cross-cultural approach\, oral histories\, a focus on physical and psychological health\, and the refreshing eye-witness perspective of an acclaimed biographer. (108 min. In English and Norwegian with English subtitles.) \n\n\nDirector George Tombs will join us for a virtual film talk to accompany the release on October 13; click here to learn more and see how to register. \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nGeorge Tombs is an award-winning author and filmmaker. As a journalist he reported from six continents\, before serving as executive director of a medical association and then as university professor. He has a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science from McGill University. \n\n\nThe Blinding Sea is his first film.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Talk – Dispatches from the End of Ice
DESCRIPTION:WED—October 7—7 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to a virtual book talk with ASF Fellow Beth Peterson\, moderated by Sally Yerkovich\, on her new book Dispatches from the End of Ice. The future of the world’s ice is at a critical juncture marked by international debate about climate change and almost daily reports about glaciers and ice shelves breaking\, oceans rising\, and temperatures spiking across the globe. These changing landscapes and the public discourse surrounding them are changing fast. It is science wrought with mystery\, and for ASF Fellow Beth Peterson\, it became personal. \nA few months after Peterson moved to a tiny village on the edge of Europe’s largest glacier\, things began to disappear. The glacier was melting at breakneck pace\, and people she knew vanished: her professor went missing while summiting a volcano in Japan\, and a friend wandered off a mountain trail in Norway. Finally\, Peterson took a harrowing forty-foot fall while ice climbing. \nPeterson’s effort to make sense of these losses led to travels across Scandinavia\, Italy\, England and back to the United States. She visited a cryonics institute\, an ice core lab\, a wunderkammer\, Wittgenstein’s cabin\, and other museums and libraries. She spoke with historians\, guides\, and scientists in search of answers. Her search for a noted glacier museum in Norway led to news that the renowned building had set on fire in the middle of the night before and burned to the ground. \n\n\nDispatches from the End of Ice is part science\, part lyric essay\, and part research reportage–all structured around a series of found artifacts (a map\, a museum\, an inventory\, a book) in an attempt to understand the idea of disappearance. It is a brilliant synthesis of science\, storytelling\, and research in the spirit of essayists like Robert Macfarlane\, John McPhee\, and Joni Tevis. Peterson’s work veers into numerous terrains\, orbiting the idea of vanishing and the taxonomies of loss both in an unstable world and in our individual lives. \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nDispatches from the End of Ice is available for purchase from Trinity University Press here; ASF Members receive a 15% discount using the promo code ASF2020 through October 15. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\nBeth Peterson is an assistant professor of writing at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids\, Michigan. Her essays and poetry have appeared in Fourth Genre\, River Teeth\, Post Road\, the Mid-American Review\, the Pinch\, Newfound\, Passages North\, Flyway\, Sky Island Journal\, Terrain.org\, and other journals. \n\n\nShe has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Wyoming and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR\n\n\n\nSally Yerkovich is Director of Educational Exchange and Special Projects at The American-Scandinavian Foundation where she oversees all fellowships and grants programs. She created and implemented two new programs that support Scandinavian folk arts and cultural traditions in the Upper Midwest. A cultural anthropologist\, Dr. Yerkovich is also Professor of Museum Anthropology at Columbia University. \n\n\nAuthor of A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics\, her work\, which draws upon more than thirty years of leadership experience in museums and cultural institutions in New York and Washington\, D.C.\, is engaged with how cultural organizations are facing societal changes and current ethical challenges. \n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/virtual-book-talk-dispatches-from-the-end-of-ice/
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SUMMARY:The Family Clause by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
DESCRIPTION:**Nordic Book Club will take place as an online meeting** \n\nRead and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions have typically taken place the last Tuesday of the month at Scandinavia House but will now be taking place bi-weekly as an online meeting. Register here to sign up for the meeting; registrants will receive a web link to where the meeting will take place. \nBook club participants will all appear online at the start of the meeting when they log in so that they are able to take part in the conversation. For participants who would prefer not to be visible onscreen\, see an easy tutorial online here on how to set a profile image that will appear onscreen instead. \n\n\nOn October 6\, we’ll be discussing The Family Clause by Jonas Hassen Khemiri\, who joined us for an online conversation about the book on September 9. Per a longstanding family agreement\, a grandfather has maintained his Swedish residency while living abroad by coming to stay with his son every six months. On this visit\, in his mind\, the son is a failure; the daughter is having a baby with the wrong man; and only the grandfather is perfect—at least\, according to himself. But over the course of ten intense days\, as relationships unfold and painful memories resurface\, the grandfather is confronted by his past\, while the daughter is faced with an impossible choice\, and the son attempts to write himself free. Can this family clause be renegotiated\, or will it chain the family to its past forever? \nThrough a series of quickly changing perspectives\, Jonas Hassen Khemiri evokes an intimate portrait of a chaotic and perfectly normal family\, deeply wounded by the death of a child and the disappearance of a father. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-family-clause-by-jonas-hassen-khemiri/
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SUMMARY:Icelandic Authors You Should Know – Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:TUE—October 6—2 PM EDT \n\n\n\n\nNordic Authors You Should Know at Scandinavia House continues with a focus on Icelandic literature with The Imposter Poets\, a poetry collective made up of members Thórdís Helgadóttir\, Thóra Hjörleifsdóttir\, Fríða Ísberg\, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir\, Sunna Dís Másdóttir\, and Melkorka Ólafsdóttir\, moderated by author and translator Larissa Kyzer. The event will begin with short readings of each of the authors’ work in both English and in Icelandic\, followed by interviews with the authors and a conversation on Icelandic literature today. \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \n\n\nThe program will be presented live and will later be available to stream from YouTube and Facebook. Nordic Authors You Should Know will continue with more events throughout the fall. \nMedia support for the series is provided by the journal EuropeNow\, published by the Council for European Studies at Columbia University. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\n\n\n\nThora Hjorleifsdottir is an Icelandic writer\, based in Reykjavik. Thora is the coauthor three poetry collections with the Imposter Poets\, poetry collective. Her first novel Kvika (MAGMA) was published in Iceland in 2019 to critical and commercial acclaim. MAGMA is a poetic novel about love in the 21st century and how pornograhpy and abuse have been normalized in intimate relationships. MAGMA has been picked up by Grove Atlantic in the USA and Picador in the UK and will be published in March ´21. \nThordis Helgadottir is the author of acclaimed short story collection Keisaramörgæsir (Emperor Penguins) and co-author of two poetry collections with the Imposter Poets poetry collective. Her theatrical work has been staged at the Reykjavík City Theatre\, where she was the 2019-2020 playwright-in-residence. Her short fiction has appeared widely\, including in Iceland Review and Michigan Quarterly Review Mixtape (forthcoming). A former Fulbright scholar\, Thordis holds degrees in creative writing and philosophy. \nFríða Ísberg (1992) is an Icelandic author based in Reykjavík. Her short story collection Kláði (Itch) came out in 2018 and is currently nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Literary Prize\, one of the most prestigious awards a Nordic author can win. Other works include poetry collections Slitförin (2017) and Leðurjakkaveður (2019). Fríða has twice been shortlisted for The Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize 2019 for Fiction and won The Icelandic Booksellers Award for Poetry in 2017. Her short fiction is forthcoming in The Southern Review and The Iowa Review.  \nRagnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir is an author and artist. Her multidisciplinary practice spans the fields of performance\, visual arts and writing. Her acclaimed poetry book Sítrónur og náttmyrkur (Lemons and Nightfall) was published in 2019 and she is co-author of three poetry collections by Svikaskáld (Imposter Poets). Ragnheiður Harpa has been shortlisted for the Icelandic Performing Arts Award. Her work has been published in Turkey and staged in Reykjavik and in various festivals throughout Europe. She is intrigued by collaboration\, ephemerality and perception. Ragnheiður Harpa holds degrees in Creative Writing and Performance Making. \n\n\nSunna Dís Másdóttir is an author\, poet\, literary critic and writing instructor. Sunna has co-authored three poetry collections with poetry collective Impostor Poets. She is one of Iceland‘s representatives in the Prize Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Sunna‘s poetry has been published in online literary magazine Starafugl and her short story\, “Summer House\,” recently appeared in Iceland Review. She‘s published articles and literary reviews in numerous newspapers and magazines in Iceland. Sunna holds degrees in English and Creative Writing. \nMelkorka Ólafsdóttir is a flautist and works as the program manager for music at the Harpa concert hall. Melkorka has written poetry since she was a child and has published two poetry chapbooks Unglingsljóð (Teen Poems; 2000) and Ástarljóð (Love Poems; 2004) as well as various poems in the literary journal Starafugl and the three collections co-authored by the Imposter Poets. Melkorka graduated with a Master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Iceland in 2018. Her first full-length poetry collection\, Hérna eru fjöllin blá (Here the Mountains Are Blue)\, was published in 2019. \n\n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR\n\n\n\nLarissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic literary translator. She was Princeton University’s fall 2019 Translator in Residence and is a member of Ós\, an Iceland-based international literary collective\, as well as the American Literary Translators Association. \n\n\nHer translation of Kristín Eiríksdóttir’s A Fist or a Heart was awarded the American Scandinavian Foundation’s 2019 translation prize. She is co-chair of PEN America’s Translation Committee and runs the bi-monthly\, NYC-based Women+ in Translation reading series Jill! \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Talk — The Bell in the Lake with Lars Mytting
DESCRIPTION:On October 1\, Norwegian author Lars Mytting joins us for a virtual book launch event on The Bell in the Lake\, an engrossing epic novel and #1 bestseller in Norway about a young woman with a mystical fate\, available in English translation from The Overlook Press beginning September 29. \nFor as long as people can remember\, the stave church’s bells have rung over the isolated village of Butangen\, Norway: cast in memory of conjoined twins\, the bells are said to ring on their own in times of danger. When in 1879\, young pastor Kai Schweigaard moves to the village\, young Astrid Hekne  sees a way into a much yearned-for modern life on the arm of the new pastor\, who needs a tie to the community to cull favor for his plan for the old stave church\, with its pagan deity effigies and supernatural bells. But when the pastor makes a deal that brings an outsider — a sophisticated German architect — into their world\, the village and Astrid are caught between past and future\, as dark forces come into play. \nLars Mytting\, bestselling author of Norwegian Wood\, brings his deep knowledge of history\, carpentry\, fishing\, and stave churches to this compelling historical novel\, an international bestseller sold in 12 countries. With its broad-canvas narrative about the intersection of religion\, superstition\, and duty\, The Bell in the Lake  is an irresistible story of ancient times and modern challenges. \n\n\nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nBooks will be available in a new translation from Norwegian from Deborah Dawkin beginning on September 29 from The Overlook Press; visit the website to learn how to purchase the book. \n“Mytting has created something beautiful\, a perfect evocation of a place and a culture\, a melding of old Norse tradition with the encroaching modern world…every element of the setting and those who inhabit it is crafted with consummate skill. This first in a trilogy will have readers eagerly awaiting the next by this accomplished author.”—Booklist \n“Evocative…a beautiful example of modern Norwegian folklore”—The Guardian \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\nLars Mytting\, Norway’s bestselling novelist\, is the author of Norwegian Wood. His books\, which have sold more than 1 million copies in 19 languages\, have won the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and have been shortlisted for the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, among others. \n\n\nThe Bell in the Lake has been sold in 12 countries and was a #1 bestseller in Norway. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:Policing and Police Reform in the Nordic Countries – Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:WED—September 30—1 PM (EDT) \n\n\n\nIn contrast to the United States\, the Nordic countries have their own unique approaches to law enforcement that have evolved out of histories with different racial and economic politics. As calls for police reform continue to be debated at every level of government in the U.S.\, three panelists from the Nordic countries join us to discuss policing and police reform in those countries: Lars Holmberg (Professor of Law\, JUR Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law\,  University of Copenhagen)\, Kimmo Himberg (Senior Researcher\, the Police University College\, Tampere\, Finland)\, and Margrét Valdimarsdóttir (Assistant Professor of Police Science at the University of Akureyri). With ASF Fellow Vanessa Barker (Associate Professor of Sociology\, Stockholm University and Director of Border Criminologies) as moderator\, they’ll discuss Nordic policing systems\, public attitudes towards police\, and the ways in which debate has spurred reform over the years. They will contrast Nordic and U.S. policing policies as well as approaches to weapons use\, training\, and deployment.\n\n\nThey’ll also discuss how to regain and maintain trust between the police and the communities they serve\, current issues facing the police in the Nordic region\, and reform within the police structure in the past ten years. \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org or in the chat during the event. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nThe discussion will later be available to stream on YouTube. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PANELISTS\n\n\n\nVanessa Barker is Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University and currently serves as co-Editor in Chief of Punishment & Society with Alessandro De Giorgi. Her research focuses on questions of democracy and punishment\, borders\, mobility\, welfare states and immigration\, complex inequalities\, the criminalization and penalization of migrants\, and the role of civil society in social change. She is the author of Nordic Nationalism and Penal Order: Walling the Welfare State and The Politics of Imprisonment. She has been a visiting professor at the University Oslo\, visiting scholar at the Centre for Criminology\, University of Oxford\, a fellow at the Law & Public Affairs Program (LAPA) at Princeton University\, and associate director of Border Criminologies. She completed her doctoral degree at New York University\, worked at Florida State before moving to Sweden. \nDr. Kimmo Himberg graduated from the University of Helsinki with an M.Sc. and later completed his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry. He has studied Criminal Justice Management in the University of Birmingham\, UK. At an early stage of his professional career Dr. Himberg served as a research scientist and head of a laboratory unit at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland\, a governmental applied research organisation.  In 1991 he became the director of the National Bureau of Investigation Forensic Laboratory\, the Finnish national criminalistics unit.  Dr. Himberg has held expert positions e.g. with Interpol\, UNODC and CEPOL.  He was the chairman of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) in 1999-2000 and 2003-2005\, and worked for the Council of Europe in Istanbul\, Turkey in 2004-2006. Since 2011 Dr. Himberg has been the Rector of the Police University College\, the sole police education institution in Finland. He is an adjunct professor in quality management at the University of Helsinki\, and was the Chair of the Management Board of the European Union Law Enforcement Training Agency CEPOL in 2019-2020. \nLars Holmberg\, PhD\, holds the position of Associate Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark. He has done research in the field of juvenile delinquency and crime prevention\, while maintaining a keen interest in policing. For almost 30 years\, Lars has conducted extensive studies of community policing police discretion\, police reforms in the Nordic countries\, police use of force\, and police complaint systems. He has been a visiting scholar at American University in Washington\, DC\, and at School of Criminal Justice at University at Albany\, New York. \n\n\nDr. Margrét Valdimarsdóttir is an assistant professor of police science at the University of Akureyri\, Iceland. Margrét recently received a doctorate in criminology and criminal justice from the City University of New York (CUNY). In her doctoral dissertation\, Margrét focused on the contextual effects of racial profiling in the U.S. and the long-term impact of police interventions; specifically\, whether race/ethnicity impacted police interventions differently in different types of neighborhoods. Margret´s current work include research on citizens willingness to report crimes to the police. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:Danish Authors You Should Know – Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:On September 29\, Scandinavia House begins a special fall series of panels\, Nordic Authors You Should Know\, by focusing on Danish literature with Shadi Angelina Bazeghi\, Jonas Eika\, Maja Lee Langvad\, Dorthe Nors\, and Ursula Andkjær Olsen\, moderated by author and translator Katrine Øgaard Jensen. The event will begin with short readings of each of the authors’ work in both English and in Danish\, followed by interviews with the authors and a conversation on Danish literature today. \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \n\n\nThe program will be presented live and will later be available to stream from YouTube and Facebook. Nordic Authors You Should Know will continue with more events throughout the fall. \nMedia support for the series is provide by the journal Europe Now\, published by the Council for European Studies at Columbia University. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\n\n\n\nShadi Angelina Bazeghi is a poet and translator. A former Astronomy major at the University of Copenhagen\, she graduated from The Danish Academy of Creative Writing in 2007. Her debut poetry collection Vingeslag (Wingbeats) was published in Denmark in 2015. She has since published two volumes of poetry in Danish translation\, Kun stemmen bliver tilbage (Only the Voice Remains) by Forugh Farrokzhad and Der er ingen ærlige digte om døde kvinder (There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women) by Audre Lorde. In addition\, she serves as co-editor of the Nordic literary magazine Kritiker. Bazeghi’s second poetry collection FLOWMATIC\, as well as a selection of essays from Sister Outsider by Lorde in Bazeghi’s translation\, are forthcoming in Denmark in 2020. \nJonas Eika made his debut in 2015 with the novel Lageret Huset Marie (Marie House Warehouse)\, which was awarded the Bodil og Jørgen Munch-Christensen’s Prize for emerging Danish writers in 2016. In 2018 his collection Efter Solen (After the Sun) was published. In October 2019 Eika was awarded the prestigious Nordic Council Literature Prize for After the Sun. \nMaja Lee Langvad (b. 1980\, Seoul) is a writer and translator who lives in Copenhagen. She is the author of several books including Find Holger Danske (Find Holger Dane) and HUN ER VRED – Et vidnesbyrd om transnational adoption (SHE IS ANGRY – A testimony of transnational adoption). Her books explore themes such as transnational adoption\, national identity\, racism\, kinship\, and the act of writing. She has translated Fragebogen (”Questionnaires”) by the Swiss author Max Frisch into Danish. Together with her colleague Kristina Nya Glaffey she is currently translating Baby Precious Always Shines by the American author Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas. She is the co-editor of the Nordic literary magazine Kritiker. Website: leelangvad.dk \n\n\nDorthe Nors is one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish letters. She has written two celebrated short story collections\, Karate Chop and Wild Swims\, as well as one novella and five novels\, including the most recent: Mirror\, Shoulder\, Signal (2016)\, which was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2017. Nors’s short stories have appeared in countless publications\, including Harper’s Magazine\, Boston Review\,  AGNI\, and Guernica. She is the first Danish writer to ever have a story published in The New Yorker. In 2011\, she was awarded the Danish Arts Agency’s Three Year Grant for “her unusual and extraordinary talent.” In 2014\, her story collection Karate Chop won the prestigious P.O. Enquist Literary Prize. Nors’s latest novel\, Mirror\, Shoulder\, Signal\, was published to rave reviews in 2016. Mirror\, Shoulder\, Signal was a finalist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. Nors’s latest short story collection\, Wild Swims\, was published by Gyldendal in August 2018 and will be published in 2021 by Graywolf. \nUrsula Andkjær Olsen made her literary debut in 2000 and has since published nine collections of poetry and one novel\, in addition to several dramatic texts and libretti for operas such as Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s Sol går op\, sol går ned\, and composer Peter Bruun’s Miki Alone\, which was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2008. Olsen has received numerous awards for her work\, including the Danish Arts Foundation’s Award of Distinction in 2017\, the 2012 Montanaprisen award for Det 3. årtusindes hjerte (Third-Millennium Heart\, Broken Dimanche Press/Action Books 2017)\, and the 2015 Danish Critics Prize for Literature for Udgående fartøj (Outgoing Vessel\, Action Books 2021). Since 2019\, Olsen has served as head of The Danish Academy of Creative Writing. Her latest poetry collection\, Mit Smykkeskrin (My Jewel Box)\, was published by Gyldendal in January 2020. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR\n\n\n\nKatrine Øgaard Jensen is a writer and translator from the Danish. She is the recipient of several fellowships and awards\, including the 2018 National Translation Award in Poetry for her translation of Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s book-length poem Third-Millennium Heart (Broken Dimanche Press/Action Books 2017). A founding editor of EuropeNow\, she has served as a judge for several international literary awards\, including the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation and the Best Translated Book Awards. \n\n\nHer translation of Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s Outgoing Vessel\, a sequel to Third-Millennium Heart\, is forthcoming from Action Books in February 2021. She teaches in the School of the Arts MFA Writing Program at Columbia University\, where she currently serves as Acting Director of LTAC (Literary Translation at Columbia). \n\n\n\nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:The Artist's Wife
DESCRIPTION:Starting FRI—September 25\n$12 \n50% of proceeds will support ASF + Scandinavia House \n\n\n**A link to purchase tickets will be available on September 25.** \n\nScandinavia House is now hosting a virtual cinema presentation of the new film The Artist’s Wife\, starring the internationally acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Olin\, with Strand Releasing. Half of proceeds will go to support ASF and Scandinavia House. \n\nClaire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself\, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. But when Richards’ moods become increasingly erratic as he prepares for his final show and he is eventually diagnosed with dementia\, Claire must shield his condition from the art community as his memory and behavior deteriorate\, while working to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and a grandson from a previous marriage. \nChallenged by the loss of her world as she knew it\, Claire must now decide whether to stand with Richard on the sidelines — or step into the spotlight herself. Directed by Tom Dolby (U.S.\, 2019); 95 min. In English. \n\n\nLena Olin and director Tom Dolby will present a special virtual introduction to accompany the release; check back to this page for more details. \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nTom Dolby’s feature film writing and directing debut\, Last Weekend\, starring Patricia Clarkson\, was released in 2014 by IFC/Sundance Selects and called “Checkhovian” by The New York Times\, with Ms. Clarkson’s performance hailed as “terrifically nuanced\, heartbreaking\, and often very funny” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Tom is the founder of Water’s End Productions\, where he and his team have developed a slate of narrative features and documentaries with the goal of supporting provocative and challenging human stories. The company funded the development of the Academy Award-winning film Call Me By Your Name\, on which he served as an executive producer. \n\n\nTom and Water’s End have also produced the critically acclaimed films Little Men\, Regarding Susan Sontag\, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood\, and Little Woods\, among others. \n \nPhoto—Michael Lavine/Water’s End Productions \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT LENA OLIN\n\n\n\nLena Olin is an internationally acclaimed actress\, currently starring in the UK series Riviera opposite Julia Stiles for Sky Atlantic. Recently\, Lena wrapped a lead role opposite Bruce Dern in Tom Dolby’s upcoming independent feature\, The Artist’s Wife. She also portrayed the pivotal role of Dierdre in David Fincher’s Netflix series Mindhunter. Previously\, Lena was seen as a series regular in the half-hour NBC comedy series Welcome to Sweden created by Greg Poehler\, and currently appears opposite Logan Lerman and Al Pacino in Amazon’s highly anticipated series Hunters. \nThe former Miss Scandinavia began her career on the National Stage in Stockholm in Ingmar Bergman’s production of King Lear. She then went on to play the title role in Bergman’s rendition of Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Ingmar Bergman next cast her in Face to Face and soon after in the award-winning Fanny and Alexander. Olin’s debut in a lead role on film was in After the Rehearsal\, also directed by Bergman. In 1988\, Olin garnered international acclaim opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in her first English-speaking film\, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and in 1989\, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her work in Enemies: A Love Story. Olin and husband Lasse Hallström later collaborated on the critically acclaimed film Chocolat\, which received five Academy Award nominations\, and on the film Casanova. Olin also starred in Romeo Is Bleeding as the outrageous hit woman Mona Demarkov. \n\n\nHer additional film credits include The Reader\, starring Kate Winslet and directed by Stephen Daldry; Awake\, starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba; and Remember Me\, starring Robert Pattinson and Pierce Brosnan. Lena starred opposite Jennifer Garner on the second season of the American TV show Alias\, earning an Emmy Award Nomination\, and also appeared in the fourth season and series finale. \n \nPhoto: Michael Lavine/Water’s End Productions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n**A link to purchase tickets will be available on September 25.**
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SUMMARY:1\,001 Creatures: Virtual Storytelling & Workshop with Laura Merz and Aino Järvinen
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the upcoming launch of 1\,001 Creatures\, a new children’s book by Finnish author and illustrator duo Laura Merz and Aino Järvinen\, Scandinavia House presents a virtual storytelling event and workshop on September 24! From the dung-beetle to the blue whale\, no creature is too humble or huge for this gorgeously illustrated\, interactive exploration of the natural world. In today’s event\, author Aino Järvinen will introduce and read a chapter from the book looking at the zebra\, alongside a visual presentation. Next\, illustrator Laura Merz will discuss her career as an artist and the work behind the book\, followed by a creative workshop on her zebra illustrations. Viewers of all sizes are welcome to join us — including kids of all ages\, and adults interested in learning about bookmaking and illustration! \n\n\nThe video will take place as a Virtual Premiere on YouTube and will be available to stream after it airs. A link for where to view the video will be added to the website closer to the date; please check back for details. \n1\,001 Creatures will be out from Restless Books beginning on September 29. To read more about the book and learn how to pre-order a copy\, visit their website here.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Talk – Sweden's Response to the Coronavirus with Historian Lars Trägårdh
DESCRIPTION:WED—September 23—12 PM EST \n\nAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to a follow-up online discussion with Swedish historian\, author and social commentator Lars Trägårdh as he discusses the current situation in Sweden in controlling the coronavirus. Sweden adopted a controversial approach to the pandemic\, avoiding mandatory lock-down and instead stressing voluntary distancing and keeping the country open\, most importantly pre- and primary schools. Initially Sweden experienced higher numbers of infection and death rate than many of their Nordic counterparts; since June\, however\, both infection and mortality rates are radically down. \nHear how this strategy has evolved in Sweden as Europe at large is experiencing\, or bracing for\, a second wave. In conversation with ASF President Edward Gallagher\, Trägårdh will explore the nation’s current situation and the future going ahead. \n\n\nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. \nThe discussion will later be available to stream on YouTube. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\n\n\nLars Trägårdh is a historian who has mostly lived in the US since 1970\, while maintaining his personal and professional ties to Sweden. After many years as entrepreneur and businessman\, he returned to academic studies in 1986. He received his Ph.D. in history from UC Berkeley in 1993 after living and carrying out research for several years in both Germany and Sweden. He then took up at position teaching Modern European history at Barnard College\, Columbia University\, where he remained for ten years. \nDuring his years in the US\, he also served as a guest professor at the University of Linköping\, teaching graduate courses\, and he also conducted a research project at Södertörn University College\, which resulted in the celebrated book – Är svensken människa? Gemenskap och oberoende i det moderna Sverige (2006\, pocket 2009\, revised and extended edition 2015\, German translation 2016) – co-written with Henrik Berggren. \n\n\nIn 2010 he returned to Sweden where he now serves as professor oh history and civil society studies at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College where he in recent years have focused on projects concerning state/civil society relations\, individual right\, the juridification of politics\, the Nordic model and the Swedish social contract\, and a comparative project on children’s rights regimes in Sweden\, France\, and the United States. He currently heads a major research project on social trust works that involves a large quantitative survey measuring variation and change in level of social trust and confidence in institutions in 36 local communities across Sweden\, as well as historical and comparative analyses that rely on qualitative data. \nAside from his academic research and writing\, he has establishing a role as a public commentator on Swedish and American politics and society\, publishing  regularly in Swedish print media and appearing frequently on Swedish radio and TV. Between 2011 and 2013 he was an independent member of the Commission on the Future of Sweden\, headed by the then prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200920T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200920T160000
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SUMMARY:Army of Lovers in the Holy Land – Virtual Film Talk with Asaf Galay and Jean-Pierre Barda
DESCRIPTION:SUN—September 20—3 PM (EDT) \nDirector Asaf Galay and Army of Lovers frontman Jean-Pierre Barda join us for an online discussion on the new documentary Army of Lovers in the Holy Land\, available as virtual cinema from Scandinavia House beginning September 11. \nThirty years after the hit Swedish queer disco-pop band Army of Lovers launched into international stardom\,  Jean-Pierre Barda embarked on a new chapter as he uprooted his existence in Sweden to move to Israel at the age of 50. Director Asaf Galay joined him as he traded his lifelong home and community to begin a new adventure of rollerblading through the streets of Tel Aviv\, meeting passionate Israeli men\, and exploring his Jewish identity in a new context. \n\n\nIn tonight’s event\, they’ll discuss the making of the film as well as many of the topics explored within it\, such as home\, identity\, family\, and pull of Aliyah (immigration to Israel). \nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nGeneral admission Virtual Cinema tickets to the film are now on sale here. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\n\n\nAsaf Galay is an acclaimed international film director\, with a passion for stories on Jewish subjects that illuminate the human condition. His most recent documentaries include Army of Lovers in the Holy Land (2018) and The Adventures of Saul Bellow (for 2020 broadcast on American Masters). \nHis film The Hebrew Superhero (2015) was described by Tablet magazine as “supremely entertaining\,” on the subject of comics in Israel. The Muses of Bashevis Singer (2014) opened the New York Jewish Film Festival\, and his feature film on the Israeli poet Nathan Alterman (Sentimentality Allowed\, 2012)\, is used in schools throughout Israel. \nIn addition to his acclaimed film and television career\, Galay is museum curator at Beit Hatfutsot\, the Museum for the Jewish People located in Tel Aviv. He is head curator of exhibits on Bob Dylan (Forever Young)\, Jewish Humor (Laughing at History)\, Jewish fashion designers (Dream Weavers)\, and Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse – A Family Portrait). \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\nPURCHASE VIRTUAL CINEMA TICKET
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/army-of-lovers-in-the-holy-land-virtual-film-talk-with-asaf-galay-and-jean-pierre-barda/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200915T160000
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SUMMARY:Equity\, Inclusion\, and Immigration in Nordic Countries – Virtual  Panel
DESCRIPTION:*This event will take place online as a Virtual Panel.* \n\nNordic countries are often seen as models of equity\, equality\, and social justice. But what are the ways that the Nordic countries are approaching the inequalities that they still face? In this virtual panel\, four distinguished guests — Swedish hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité\, Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri\, Danish author Simon Pasternak\, and Swedish-Ethiopian chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson — will join us for a discussion on recent cultural contributions and voices who continue to discuss inequality both in the Nordic countries and the U.S. Topics will include race and diversity in the Nordic context\, their centrality to conceptions of equality in the Nordic countries\, the everyday inequalities that have surfaced and approaches to their mitigation\, and how immigration to and within the Nordic countries has complicated the discussion. \n\n\nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nThe discussion will later be available to stream on YouTube. \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/equity-inclusion-and-immigration-in-nordic-countries-virtual-panel/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200928
DTSTAMP:20200902T024036Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Cinema–Army of Lovers in the Holy Land
DESCRIPTION:$12 \n**50% of proceeds will support ASF + Scandinavia House** \n\n\nVirtual Cinema tickets will be available for sale beginning September 11; please check back then to purchase. \n\nBeginning September 11\, Scandinavia House will host a virtual cinema presentation of the new documentary Army of Lovers in the Holy Land.   \nThirty years after the hit Swedish queer disco-pop band Army of Lovers launched into international stardom\, its frontman\, Jean-Pierre Barda\, embarks on a new chapter when he uproots his existence to move from Sweden to Israel. In this new documentary examining home\, identity\, family\, and the pull of Aliyah (immigration to Israel)\,  director Asaf Galay joins Barda alongside his journey at the age 50\, while Army of Lovers (a blend of ABBA\, the B-52s and performance art) continues to rock pride celebrations and underground club parties with its mix of high camp\, daring music videos and a motto of “More is more\, less is a bore.” \nExploring why Barda’s Jewish identity has pulled him towards a change — even while co-members Alexander Bard and Dominika Peczynski remain his true family\, after a lifetime spent in Sweden — the documentary follows the salt-and-pepper-haired charmer as he gives up his luxurious apartment and fashionable clothes to settle into rollerblading through the streets of Tel Aviv\, meeting passionate Israeli men\, and enjoying hummus in the backyard. But is that enough for a former pop star? \n\n\nIn looking at the seeming paradox of Barda’s identity — flamboyant\, philosophical and religious all at once — the film explores what it means to never doubt oneself. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nAsaf Galay is an acclaimed international film director\, with a passion for stories on Jewish subjects that illuminate the human condition. His most recent documentaries include Army of Lovers in the Holy Land (2018) and The Adventures of Saul Bellow (for 2020 broadcast on American Masters). \nHis film The Hebrew Superhero (2015) was described by Tablet magazine as “supremely entertaining\,” on the subject of comics in Israel. The Muses of Bashevis Singer (2014) opened the New York Jewish Film Festival\, and his feature film on the Israeli poet Nathan Alterman (Sentimentality Allowed\, 2012)\, is used in schools throughout Israel. \n\n\nIn addition to his acclaimed film and television career\, Galay is museum curator at Beit Hatfutsot\, the Museum for the Jewish People located in Tel Aviv. He is head curator of exhibits on Bob Dylan (Forever Young)\, Jewish Humor (Laughing at History)\, Jewish fashion designers (Dream Weavers)\, and Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse – A Family Portrait). \n\n\n\n\nVirtual Cinema tickets will be available for sale beginning September 11; please check back then to purchase.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/virtual-cinema-army-of-lovers-in-the-holy-land/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200909T200000
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SUMMARY:The Family Clause — Virtual Book Talk with Jonas Hassen Khemiri
DESCRIPTION:*This event will take place online as a Virtual Event.* \n\nJonas Hassen Khemiri\, the acclaimed author of Montecore\, joins us for a Virtual Talk to discuss The Family Clause\, a novel about a family on the verge of collapse\, which will be released in English translation beginning on August 25. Author Joshua Furst (Revolutionaries\, 2019) will moderate the discussion. \nPer a longstanding family agreement\, a grandfather has maintained his Swedish residency while living abroad by coming to stay with his son every six months. On this visit\, in his mind\, the son is a failure; the daughter is having a baby with the wrong man; and only the grandfather is perfect—at least\, according to himself. But over the course of ten intense days\, as relationships unfold and painful memories resurface\, the grandfather is confronted by his past\, while the daughter is faced with an impossible choice\, and the son attempts to write himself free. Can this family clause be renegotiated\, or will it chain the family to its past forever? \nThrough a series of quickly changing perspectives\, Jonas Hassen Khemiri evokes an intimate portrait of a chaotic and perfectly normal family\, deeply wounded by the death of a child and the disappearance of a father. \n“Strung together\, engrossing\, minute-by-minute passages become layered\, and character arcs grows steeper by degrees . . . Depicting his characters’ perceptions of one another\, and themselves\, Khemiri (Everything I Don’t Remember\, 2016) points to universal truths: in this and any family\, roles change over time\, and\, with any luck\, so do the people in them.” —Annie Bostrom\, Booklist \n\n\nPlease send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org. Select questions will be chosen for a Q&A following the conversation. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nBooks will be available in a new translation from Swedish by Alice Menzies beginning on August 25\, 2020 from Farrar\, Straus and Giroux; visit the website to learn how to purchase the book. \nThis program is presented by The American-Scandinavian Foundation and The Embassy of Sweden in collaboration with the American-Swedish Institute in Minneapolis\, American Swedish Museum in Chicago\, American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia\, The Consulate General of Sweden in New York\, and The Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco . \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\nJonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of five novels\, six plays\, and a collection of essays\, plays\, and short stories. Among his many honors are the August Prize\, the highest literary award for Swedish literature; the Enquist Literary Prize; the Borås Tidning Award for Best Literary Debut Novel; and an Obie Award. \n\n\nHis novels have been translated into more than thirty languages\, and his six plays have been performed by more than one hundred companies around the world. He lives in Stockholm\, Sweden. The Family Clause will be published by Farrar\, Straus and Giroux on August 25\, 2020. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR\n\n\n\nJoshua Furst is the author of Short People and The Sabotage Café\, as well as several plays that have been produced in New York\, where for a number of years he taught in the public schools. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he’s the recipient of a Michener Fellowship\, the Chicago Tribune‘s Nelson Algren Award\, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Ledig House. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University. \n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-family-clause-virtual-book-talk-with-jonas-hassen-khemiri/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200908T180000
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SUMMARY:The Summer House by Philip Teir – Online Nordic Book Club
DESCRIPTION:**Nordic Book Club will take place as an online meeting** \n\nRead and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions have typically taken place the last Tuesday of the month at Scandinavia House but will now be taking place bi-weekly as an online meeting. Register here to sign up for the meeting; registrants will receive a web link to where the meeting will take place. \nBook club participants will all appear online at the start of the meeting when they log in so that they are able to take part in the conversation. For participants who would prefer not to be visible onscreen\, see an easy tutorial online here on how to set a profile image that will appear onscreen instead. \n\n\nOn September 8\, we’ll be discussing The Summer House by Philip Teir\, which follows the family of Finnish couple Erik and Julia as they set out on holiday to a seaside house on the west coast of the country. Despite their initial happiness\, issues lying just below the surface endanger their trip from the start\, including Erik’s very recent job termination. With the arrival of Julia’s childhood friend Marika — along with her charismatic husband Chris\, the leader of a group of extreme environmental activists — those hairline fractures increasingly threaten to split open their very family foundation. In this finely-tuned story about life choices and lies\, about childhood and adulthood\, Philip Teir poses the question: How do we live if we know that the world is about to end? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/miss-iceland-by-audur-ava-olafsdottir-online-nordic-book-club/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918
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SUMMARY:Virtual Cinema – Out Stealing Horses
DESCRIPTION:$12 \n**50% of proceeds will support ASF + Scandinavia House** \n**The film release will be coordinated with a special video introduction by actor Liam Neeson and a Q&A with director Hans Petter Moland and Tomris Laffly.** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeginning August 7\, Scandinavia House will host a virtual cinema presentation of Out Stealing Horses\, based on the award-winning novel by Per Petterson\, Norway’s contender for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.  \nIn November of 1999\, following the death of his wife\, 67-year-old Trond Sander (Stellan Skarsgård) has retired from Oslo to a small village in the east of Norway\, where he plans to wait out the end of the millennium in solitude. But his reverie is interrupted one winter night by a chance run-in with an acquaintance\, which evokes memories from a long-ago\, fateful summer in 1948 — spent in a simple wooden hut by the river with his much-admired father. Images of long afternoons in the forest with his close friend Jon\, rides on wild horses\, and hard work felling wood blur into a memory of carefree happiness\, but one fraught with the danger of impending events not quite in Trond’s control. For the summer of stealing horses and youthful adventures was also the summer of Trond’s first love; and one in which Trond’s father prepared him to carry the burden of a forthcoming betrayal. \n Filmed in the midst of a breathtaking landscape of mountains and rivers between Norway and Sweden\, Out Stealing Horses unfolds a tale of love and loss\, disappointment and guilt\, where oscillations between collaboration and resistance become an indelible part of childhood memory. Directed by Hans Petter Moland (Norway\, 2019) \nPlease note: customers who wish to cast the film to their TVs or require assistance should review Eventive’s FAQ and live chat support here: https://watch.eventive.org/help \n\n\nThe film release will be coordinated with a special video introduction by actor Liam Neeson and a Q&A with director Hans Petter Moland and moderator Tomris Laffly. Please check back to this page closer to the date for virtual ticket instructions and information on the special video event. \nImmediately following the film there will also be a pre-recorded discussion between Stellan Skarsgård and filmmaker Hans Petter Moland. This conversation is exclusive to Virtual Cinema and in-theater engagements. \nSpecial thanks to Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York and Magnolia Pictures. \n“Sweeping and elegiac”—Variety \n“A highly accomplished meditation on life\, guilt and responsibility”—The Hollywood Reporter \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nHans Petter Moland (b.1955\, Norway) graduated from Emerson College. His film Aberdeen (2000) premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary\, where Ian Hart won the Best Actor Award\, and later won awards at festivals in the U.S.\, Milan and at the European Film Festival. In 2004 his film The Beautiful Country starring Nick Nolte\, Tim Roth and Bai Ling competed in Berlin. His film A Somewhat Gentle Man won the Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Award at the Berlinale in 2010 and numerous prizes\, including the Special Jury Prize at Chicago International Film Festival. In Order of Disappearance (2014) was Hans Petter Moland’s third competition entry in the Berlinale. \nFor his adaptation of the famous Norwegian book Comrade Pedersen (2006)\, Moland won the award for Best Direction at the Montreal World Film Festival\, and his short film United We Stand won the Grand Prix in Clairmont Ferrand and an additional 23 awards worldwide. He has enjoyed a long collaboration with Stellan Skarsgård\, who plays the main role in Out Stealing Horses and also starred in the Competition entries En ganske snill mann and Kraftidioten (2013). \n\n\nFILMOGRAPHY \n1993 Secondløitnanten 1995 Kjærlighetens kjøtere 2000 Aberdeen 2002 Folk Flest Bor i Kina 2004 The Beautiful Country 2006 Gymnaslærer Pedersen 2010 En ganske snill mann (A Somewhat Gentle Man) 2012 When Bubbles Burst 2013 Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance) 2019 Ut og stjæle hester (Out Stealing Horses) \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nVirtual Cinema tickets will be available for sale beginning Friday\, August 7; please check back then to purchase.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/virtual-cinema-out-stealing-horses/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201004T235900
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SUMMARY:Virtual Cinema – A White\, White Day / Hvítur\, hvítur dagur
DESCRIPTION:$12 \n**50% of proceeds will support ASF + Scandinavia House** \n\n\nScandinavia House is now hosting a virtual cinema presentation of the hit Icelandic film A White\, White Day with Film Movement. Half of proceeds will go to support ASF and Scandinavia House. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing his wife’s tragic death in a car accident\, off-duty police chief Ingimundur struggles to cope with his grief two years later\, focused on renovating a new home in his remote Icelandic town while alienated from everyone besides his young granddaughter. But when an accidental discovery leads him to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife\, Ingimundur’s detective instincts click back into gear\, beginning an investigation that grows increasingly obsessive within their small community. As the extent of his wife’s betrayal grows more apparent\, Ingimundur’s descent into rage and grief may endanger both himself and his loved ones. \nIceland’s selection for the 2020 Academy Awards and winner of the NDR Film Prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck\, A White\, White Day is an emotionally complex exploration of the ravages of loss set across the hypnotic landscape of Iceland. 109 min. In Icelandic with English subtitles. Directed by Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland\, 2019) \n\n\n“Palmason engages in storytelling that’s both powerful and freshly thought out\, marking him as a talent to watch”—The Hollywood Reporter \n“A relatable and at times shocking depiction of grief”—Film Inquiry \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nHlynur Pálmason (b. 1984\, Hornafjörður\, Iceland) started out as a visual artist and evolved his career later into filmmaking by pursuing an education at the Danish National Film School\, which he graduated from in 2013 with the award-winning short A Painter. Pálmason‘s feature debut Winter Brothers made its world premiere in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival in 2017\, where it won four awards. \n\n\nSince then it has been sold to over 20 territories and continued its festival success\, winning over 30 awards. His second feature A White\, White Day (Hvítur\, Hvítur Dagur) has been selected at the 58th Semaine de la Critique. \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE VIRTUAL TICKET
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/virtual-book-talk-the-bell-in-the-lake-with-lars-mytting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T200000
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SUMMARY:Close Encounters of a Musical Kind - Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel
DESCRIPTION:Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel celebrates the thirteenth season of 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 accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. \nMr. Siegel will perform works by some of the great “B’s” of classical music! Tonight’s program includes Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata\,” Bach’s “D Major Toccata\,” and Brahms’ “Rhapsody and Intermezzi\, Opus 119.”  \n\n  \n\nABOUT JEFFREY SIEGEL\n  \n\n\n\nA renowned pianist and a Steinway artist\, Jeffrey Siegel has enjoyed an illustrious career. Born into a musical family\, Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago\, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and\, as a Fulbright Scholar\, with Ilona Kabos in London. \nHe has performed with some of the finest orchestras in the world\, including the Berlin Philharmonic\, London Symphony\, Moscow State Symphony\, the Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras\, and NHK Symphony of Japan\, among others. In the U.S.\, his engagements have included solo performances with the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, Boston Symphony Orchestra\, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. \nSiegel has also collaborated with many of pre-eminent conductors: Pierre Boulez\, Charles Dutoit\, Neeme Järvi\, James Levine\, Zubin Mehta\, Leonard Slatkin\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, and David Zinman\, as well as legendary maestros of the past\, including Claudio Abbado\, Lorin Maazel\, Eugene Ormandy\, Sir George Solti\, William Steinberg\, Klaus Tennstedt\, and Yevgeny Svetlanov. \nSiegel has also recorded The Power and Passion of Beethoven (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romanticism of the Russian Soul (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romance of the Piano (Random House Audio\, 2006); An American Salute (Random House Audio\, 2007); Music for the Young – and the Young at Heart (WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, 2008); and American Pianistic Treasures (WEDU\, Tampa)\, to name a few. \n\n\nThe ongoing Keyboard Conversations® series flourishes in major cities throughout the United States\, including New York\, Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Cleveland\, Phoenix\, Minneapolis/St. Paul\, Dallas\, Denver\, and Washington\, D.C. Some of these venues have presented Keyboard Conversations® for more than 30 years – testimony to Siegel’s artistry\, innovative format\, and loyal fans. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \nOnce you purchase your ticket(s)\, you will receive an order confirmation email from Eventbrite on behalf of Scandinavia House. Your e-tickets will be attached to your order confirmation email. Make sure to print them out and bring them to the event. Or go green and download the Eventbrite app on your smart phone! \nIMPORTANT: If you do not see your confirmation in your inbox\, make sure to check your junk/spam folder. If you still do not see your order confirmation\, click here to access the Eventbrite help center. If you are having any other ticketing-related issues with your order\, click here to contact Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/close-encounters-of-a-musical-kind-keyboard-conversations-with-jeffrey-siegel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T193000
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand with Opus 21: Chopin's First Concerto
DESCRIPTION:This season\, Swedish pianist Per Tengstrand returns to Scandinavia House for the Music on Park Avenue concert series with a special presentation of famous piano concerti performed with musicians from Princeton chamber music group Opus 21. \n\n\nThis evening\, Tengstrand and Opus 21 musicians Hana Mundiya and Michelle Yoon (violin)\, Nathan Rim (viola)\, and Leland Ko (cello) present Frédéric Chopin’s first concerto\, “Piano Concerto in E Minor\, Op. 11.” They will also perform the prelude from “Cello Suite in G Major” by Johann Sebastian Bach\, and “Violin Sonata in G Minor” by Claude Debussy. \nThe Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT PER TENGSTRAND \n\nPer Tengstrand has firmly established himself as one of today’s most exciting pianists. He has been described by The Washington Post as “technically resplendent\, powerful\, intuitively secure\,” and by The New York Times as “a superb Swedish pianist” whose recital “was rewarding\, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent\, technically polished performances.” \n\n\nTengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed Swedish documentary The Soloist\, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (Sweden\, 2003)\, which was featured at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York. In 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKET INFORMATION \nOnce you purchase your ticket(s)\, you will receive an order confirmation email from Eventbrite on behalf of Scandinavia House. Your e-tickets will be attached to your order confirmation email. Make sure to print them out and bring them to the event. Or go green and download the Eventbrite app on your smart phone! \nIMPORTANT: If you do not see your confirmation in your inbox\, make sure to check your junk/spam folder. If you still do not see your order confirmation\, click here to access the Eventbrite help center. If you are having any other ticketing-related issues with your order\, click here to contact Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/music-on-park-avenue-with-per-tengstrand-with-opus-21-chopins-first-concerto/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191213T203000
DTSTAMP:20200909T224412Z
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SUMMARY:Faithless /Trolösa – Liv Ullmann: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:FRI—December 13—6:30 PM\n$12 ($7 ASF Members)\n154 min. In Swedish with English subtitles. \nIn this film directed by Liv Ullmann from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman\, loosely based on the legendary Swedish director’s own experiences of adultery\, Faithless looks at an aging director named Bergman (Erland Josephson) as he conjures a character\, Marianne\, and imagines interviewing her about a life-changing affair. As Marianne begins her story\, we see the events as they unfold: happily married to the orchestra conductor Markus with a young daughter named Isabelle\, Marianne is close friends with the filmmaker David. When one day David proposes sleeping together\, Marianne refuses\, but soon finds herself growing attracted to him; and when separate opportunities bring both Marianne and David to Paris at the same time\, they begin an affair. \nAs the affair continues back home\, it becomes increasingly volatile and complicated by jealousy. And when their relationship is inevitably discovered by Markus\, leading to a bitter divorce and vicious custody battle\, its consequences have a devastating impact. \nSensitively and lucidly directed by Ullmann\, Faithless has a precision\, power\, and emotional weight worthy of Ibsen or Strindberg. (Sweden\, 2000) \n“With absolute faith in its own seriousness and that of its audience\, Faithless addresses the life of the mind\, and the erotic life\, with equal conviction – and searches the wound of existence unflinchingly. This is an unanswerably powerful film – a film for intelligent grown-ups.”—The Guardian \n“As luminous as it is shattering\, Faithless is complex\, challenging and richly rewarding\, and it glows with the kind of wrenchingly selfless portrayals that are the hallmark of the Bergman classics.”—Los Angeles Times \nABOUT LIV ULLMANN\nLiv Ullmann (b. 1938) is first and foremost known for her work as an internationally recognized and respected Norwegian actress. She made her acting debut on the theater stage as Anne Frank at the regional theater Rogaland Teater in 1957. Her acting-career has since encompassed countless leading roles on many international stages\, as well as in numerous film roles. Ullmann has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role twice (1973 and 1977)\, and has received over 40 other awards and accolades. She was widely acclaimed for her roles in Ingmar Bergman’s films\, which also opened the doors for her international career. \nAlso as a director Ullmann has worked in both stage and film productions. She made her debut as a feature film director with the award-winning Swedish production Sophie in 1992\, and has since directed another two feature films\, one film made for television\, and a documentary. The epic medieval drama Kristin Lavransdatter\, arguably Ullmann’s principal work as a film director\, premiered in 1995\, and was met with both critical acclaim and nearly 700\,000 tickets sold at the Norwegian box-office. The film had its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival\, where it was awarded the Special Grand Prix of the Americas. \nBesides directing for both stage and screen Ullmann has also continued her acting-career through the years\, although she has selected to play fewer roles\, and focus more on directing in later years. She has also written two best-selling books\, several screen- and stage plays\, and has devoted considerable amounts of her time as Goodwill ambassador to UNICEF. Ullmann is the recipient of numerous Norwegian and international awards and other accolades\, of both professional and civilian nature\, and has among other things been dubbed Honorary Citizen of Trondheim city and an Honorary Member of the Norwegian Actors Association. She has received both an honorary Norwegian National Film Award Amanda\, and the highest accolade an official industry body in Norway can bestow on a filmmaker; the Aamot statuette. In 1977 Ullmann was also appointed Knight\, 1st Class. \n\n\nLIV ULLMANN: A CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Liv Ullmann\, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal\, Scandinavia House presents a retrospective of the acclaimed actress and director’s roles and work with leading auteurs. \nThe Wayward Girl\nWED—November 13—6:30 PM \nMiss Julie\nTHU—November 14—6:30 PM \nAn-Magritt\nSAT—November 16—2 PM \nThe Emigrants / Utvandrarna \nTUE—November 19—6:30 PM \nThe New Land / Nybyggarna\nFRI—November 22—6:30 PM \nScenes From A Marriage / Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap\nSAT—November 23—2 PM \n\n\nZandy’s Bride \nWED—December 4—6:30 PM \nThe Abdication\nFRI—December 6—6:30 PM \nKristin Lavransdatter\nWED—December 11—6:30 PM \nFaithless / Trolösa \nFRI—December 13—6:30 PM \n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nPURCHASE SERIES PASS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/faithless-trolosa-liv-ullmann-a-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T203000
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SUMMARY:Kristin Lavransdatter – Liv Ullmann: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:WED–December 11—6:30 PM\n$12 ($7 ASF Members)\n188 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nIn the second film directed by Liv Ullmann (1995)\, based on the classic novel by Sigrid Undset\, Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway\, who has grown up in harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties\, social pride\, and devout Christianity. Arranged to be married to the son of another landowner\, a violent attack by a neighbor and other conflicts lead her to seek refuge in a convent. There\, as she awaits her impending marriage\, she becomes passionately attracted to the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn; an accomplished seducer\, he too falls hopelessly in love. \n\n\nCrossing both convent walls and social boundaries\, their affair quickly becomes public\, and the innocent Kristin becomes the center of a scandal — rejected by her fiance\, subjected to her father’s fury\, and\, finally\, the victim of a murder attempt by Erland’s former mistress. As their relationship becomes increasingly caught up in local politics\, some of the country’s most dignified leaders attempt to persuade Kristin’s parents to allow them to marry. But what will their happiness cost? \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT LIV ULLMANN\n\n\n\nLiv Ullmann (b. 1938) is first and foremost known for her work as an internationally recognized and respected Norwegian actress. She made her acting debut on the theater stage as Anne Frank at the regional theater Rogaland Teater in 1957. Her acting-career has since encompassed countless leading roles on many international stages\, as well as in numerous film roles. Ullmann has been nominated for an Academy Award  for Best Actress in a Leading Role twice (1973 and 1977)\, and has received over 40 other awards and accolades. She was widely acclaimed for her roles in Ingmar Bergman’s films\, which also opened the doors for her international career. \nAlso as a director Ullmann has worked in both stage and film productions. She made her debut as a feature film director with the award-winning Danish production Sophie in 1992\, and has since directed another two feature films\, one film made for television\, and a documentary. The epic medieval drama Kristin Lavransdatter\, arguably Ullmann’s principal work as a film director\, premiered in 1995\, and was met with both critical acclaim and nearly 700\,000 tickets sold at the Norwegian box-office. The film had its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival\, where it was awarded the Special Grand Prix of the Americas. \n\n\nBesides directing for both stage and screen Ullmann has also continued her acting-career through the years\, although she has selected to play fewer roles\, and focus more on directing in later years. She has also written two best-selling books\, several screen- and stage plays\, and has devoted considerable amounts of her time as Goodwill ambassador to UNICEF. Ullmann is the recipient of numerous Norwegian and international awards and other accolades\, of both professional and civilian nature\, and has among other things been dubbed Honorary Citizen of Trondheim city and an Honorary Member of the Norwegian Actors Association. She has received both an honorary Norwegian National Film Award Amanda\, and the highest accolade an official industry body in Norway can bestow on a filmmaker; the Aamot statuette. In 1977 Ullmann was also appointed Knight\, 1st Class. \n\n\nLIV ULLMANN: A CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Liv Ullmann\, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal\, Scandinavia House presents a retrospective of the acclaimed actress and director’s roles and work with leading auteurs. \nThe Wayward Girl\nWED—November 13—6:30 PM \nMiss Julie\nTHU—November 14—6:30 PM \nAn-Magritt\nSAT—November 16—2 PM \nThe Emigrants / Utvandrarna \nTUE—November 19—6:30 PM \nThe New Land / Nybyggarna\nFRI—November 22—6:30 PM \nScenes From A Marriage / Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap\nSAT—November 23—2 PM \n\n\nZandy’s Bride \nWED—December 4—6:30 PM \nThe Abdication\nFRI—December 6—6:30 PM \nKristin Lavransdatter\nWED—December 11—6:30 PM \nFaithless / Trolösa \nFRI—December 13—6:30 PM \n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nPURCHASE SERIES PASS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/kristin-lavransdatter-liv-ullmann-a-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191206T203000
DTSTAMP:20200909T224741Z
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SUMMARY:The Abdication – Liv Ullmann: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:FRI—December 6—6:30 PM\n$12 ($7 ASF Members)\n103 min. In English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBased on the powerful play by Ruth Wolff about Queen Christina\, who abdicated the throne to convert to Catholicism\, Liv Ullmann and Academy Award-winner Peter Finch (Network) star as a queen and cardinal who share a forbidden love in this compelling true story of lust and power. When Sweden’s Queen Christina decides in 1654 to give up her throne in order to convert to Catholicism\, she travels to Rome to embrace her new religion. \n\n\nHere\, she meets Cardinal Azzolino\, who has been charged with investigating her past — and the sincerity of her conversion. As they explore Christina’s lifetime of misspent passions and political intrigue\, a forbidden love is sparked between both queen and cardinal; one that tempts them to sacrifice their faith for the world’s freedoms. Directed by Anthony Harvey (U.S.\, 1974) \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nAnthony Harvey was born on June 3\, 1930 in London\, England as Anthony Harrison. He was an editor and director\, known for The Lion in Winter (1968)\, Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). \n\n\nHe died on November 23\, 2017 in Southampton\, New York\, USA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLIV ULLMANN: A CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Liv Ullmann\, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal\, Scandinavia House presents a retrospective of the acclaimed actress and director’s roles and work with leading auteurs. \nThe Wayward Girl\nWED—November 13—6:30 PM \nMiss Julie\nTHU—November 14—6:30 PM \nAn-Magritt\nSAT—November 16—2 PM \nThe Emigrants / Utvandrarna \nTUE—November 19—6:30 PM \nThe New Land / Nybyggarna\nFRI—November 22—6:30 PM \nScenes From A Marriage / Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap\nSAT—November 23—2 PM \n\n\nZandy’s Bride \nWED—December 4—6:30 PM \nThe Abdication\nFRI—December 6—6:30 PM \nKristin Lavransdatter\nWED—December 11—6:30 PM \nFaithless / Trolösa \nFRI—December 13—6:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nPURCHASE SERIES PASS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-abdication-liv-ullmann-a-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T203000
DTSTAMP:20200909T224836Z
CREATED:20200909T193329Z
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SUMMARY:Zandy's Bride – Liv Ullmann: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:WED—December 4—6:30 PM\n$12 ($7 ASF Members)\n97 min. In English. \n\n\n\nWhen the hardboiled late 19th-century rancher Zandy (Gene Hackman) decides to take a mail-order bride\, he isn’t especially interested in love; instead\, he wants a woman who can bear his child and aid him in the daily struggles of country living\, whether tending cattle or fighting off grizzly bears. But when his new bride Hannah (Ullmann) arrives by stagecoach from Minnesota\, she is anything but compliant\, with a headstrong attitude that immediately clashes with Zandy’s coarse personality\, and with a will of her own for a life out west. \nAs the pair struggles to negotiate their mutual disappointments\, Hannah is forced to endure Zandy’s mistreatment amid the hard life of the frontier\, while Zandy must learn to accept his new bride as a person\, rather than as a simple transaction. And though love was not part of the equation for either of them\, when hardship hits and they must struggle together for survival\, they build a grudging and fitful mutual respect. \n\n\nZandy’s Bride is based on Lillian Bos Ross’ novel The Stranger and adapted by screenwriter Marc Norman (winner of the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love). Directed by Jan Troell (U.S.\, 1974) \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR\n\n\n\nJan Troell (b. July 1931) is known as one of Sweden’s best directors and cinematographers for such internationally acclaimed films as \n\n\nHere Is Your Life (1966)\, The Emigrants (1971)\, The New Land (1972)\, and Il capitano (1991). He is married to Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLIV ULLMANN: A CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Liv Ullmann\, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal\, Scandinavia House presents a retrospective of the acclaimed actress and director’s roles and work with leading auteurs. \nThe Wayward Girl\nWED—November 13—6:30 PM \nMiss Julie\nTHU—November 14—6:30 PM \nAn-Magritt\nSAT—November 16—2 PM \nThe Emigrants / Utvandrarna \nTUE—November 19—6:30 PM \nThe New Land / Nybyggarna\nFRI—November 22—6:30 PM \nScenes From A Marriage / Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap\nSAT—November 23—2 PM \n\n\nZandy’s Bride \nWED—December 4—6:30 PM \nThe Abdication\nFRI—December 6—6:30 PM \nKristin Lavransdatter\nWED—December 11—6:30 PM \nFaithless / Trolösa \nFRI—December 13—6:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nPURCHASE SERIES PASS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/zandys-bride-liv-ullmann-a-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T190000
DTSTAMP:20191016T174351Z
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SUMMARY:Nordic Book Club: "Hotel Silence" by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions typically take place the last Tuesday of the month in the Halldór Laxness Library at Scandinavia House and online in our Goodreads group during the last week of the month. \nThis month\, we’re reading “Hotel Silence” by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir\, winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize. Compulsive to fix things\, 50-year-old Jónas Ebenezer finds himself unable to fix his own life — his divorce and discovery that he is not his daughter’s biological father has sent him into existential crisis. Armed with little more than his toolbox\, he flies to an unnamed and recently war-torn country\, where he books a room at the Hotel Silence. As he begins to build a community among the other hotel residents\, their own deep scars enable him to see his wounds in a new light.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-book-club-hotel-silence-by-audur-ava-olafsdottir/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T160000
DTSTAMP:20200909T225016Z
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SUMMARY:Scenes from a Marriage – Liv Ullmann: A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:SAT—November 23—2 PM\n$12 ($7 ASF Members)\n169 min. In Swedish with English Subtitles. \nScenes From A Marriage explores the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne (Liv Ullmann)\, a family lawyer specializing in divorce\, and Johan (Erland Josephson)\, spanning a period of 10 years. Despite seeming to have it all\, Marianne and Johan’s happiness is a facade for a troubled relationship\, one which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he’s been having an affair. Before long\, the spouses have separated and are moving towards finalizing their divorce\, throughout attempts at reconciling. As they each pursue other relationships\, Johan and Marianne realize that they still have a significant bond\, though one complicated by many issues that hinder their ability to connect. \nAt once monumental and intimate\, Scenes from a Marriage featured flawless\, soul-baring performances from Ullmann and Josephson throughout the years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne and Johan in stages of matrimony\, infidelity\, divorce\, and subsequent partnerships. Originally conceived as a six-part television miniseries\, the shortened theatrical release version was chosen as the best film of the year by critic Roger Ebert and one of the best 10 films of the year by dozens of leading critics. Directed by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden\, 1974) \n“Shattering\, touching\, exhaustingly honest\, with a sweep and candour that put American television — not to say movies — to shame.”—Newsweek \n\n\n“One of the truest\, most luminous love stories ever made.”—Roger Ebert\, Chicago Sun-Times \n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT INGMAR BERGMAN\n\n\n\nIngmar Bergman (1918-2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director\, writer\, theater manager\, dramatist and author. Bergman wrote or directed more than 60 films and 170 theatrical productions and authored over a hundred books and articles\, and is today considered to be among the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of all time. \n\n\nAmong his best-known works are the films The Seventh Seal\, Wild Strawberries and Persona\, as well as his autobiography The Magic Lantern. Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann appeared in nine of his films\, as well as the television film Saraband. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLIV ULLMANN: A CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Liv Ullmann\, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal\, Scandinavia House presents a retrospective of the acclaimed actress and director’s roles and work with leading auteurs. \nThe Wayward Girl\nWED—November 13—6:30 PM \nMiss Julie\nTHU—November 14—6:30 PM \nAn-Magritt\nSAT—November 16—2 PM \nThe Emigrants / Utvandrarna \nTUE—November 19—6:30 PM \nThe New Land / Nybyggarna\nFRI—November 22—6:30 PM \nScenes From A Marriage / Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap\nSAT—November 23—2 PM \n\n\nZandy’s Bride \nWED—December 4—6:30 PM \nThe Abdication\nFRI—December 6—6:30 PM \nKristin Lavransdatter\nWED—December 11—6:30 PM \nFaithless / Trolösa \nFRI—December 13—6:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\nPURCHASE SERIES PASS
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/scenes-from-a-marriage-liv-ullmann-a-celebration/
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