Scandinavia House

MIDSUMMER FAMILY CELEBRATION
2026-06-20 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Attention, NYC families! The Heimbold Children’s Center invites you to join us for a Family Midsummer Celebration. Midsummer marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and is a time for lively celebration of light, abundance, and the beauty of the summer season.
Bring your family and join us for an afternoon of art, music, flowers and more! From 1:00-4:30pm, learn to craft traditional flower crowns using real florals, make your own printed textile bandana, add a wish to our community garland, enjoy seasonal refreshments, and create your own Swedish candy Pick-n-Mix!
This workshop is intended for children from ages one to ten. Every participant—adults and children alike—must buy their own ticket to attend. Reservations are strongly encouraged.
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MIDSUMMER PRIX FIXE | BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
2026-06-19 11:00 - 20:00 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Glad Midsommar! Celebrate the solstice on June 19 with a special prix-fixe at Björk Cafe & Bistro. The menu features a special Midsummer Plate of Scandinavian favorites: Gravlax, pickled herring, Matjes herring, Jansson’s Temptation, red beet salad, Skagen, Swedish meatballs, Lingonberry preserve, pickled cucumbers, & fingerling potato. The menu also offers a welcoming drink course and a summertime dessert of fresh strawberries, whipped cream, rhubarb crumble, and more!
We’ll also be offering a special carryout deal ahead of the Swedish Midsummer Celebration in Rockefeller Park on Saturday, June 20; learn more here!

$55/PP
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OSKAR STENMARK | NORDIC SUMMER JAZZ
2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Our popular Nordic Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House, with performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians, composers, and singers in Victor Borge Hall!

On June 18, join us for a night of the past, present, and future as horn player Oskar Stenmark takes the stage. A 10th-generation musician originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, Oskar presents a journey where centuries of music and stories come together—thanks to his grandmother, Elsie Börjes who has kept these traditions alive. Elsie went on tour in the U.S. (including New York City) with a group of fiddlers from Rättvik, Dalecarlia, back in 1956. Seventy years later, the music is still going! The performance will feature footage captured on the 1956 tour, creating a multisensory experience where tradition meets innovation.

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GALLERY TOURS | INSIDE VOICES, OUTSIDE LIGHT
2026-06-17 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-06-10 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-05-27 17:30 - 18:00, 2026-05-20 17:30 - 18:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On view from April 18 to June 20th, 2026 at Scandinavia House, Inside Voices, Outside Light is a group exhibition featuring 21 contemporary artists from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and Norway. The show highlights the unique perspective of these North Atlantic territories, who share cultural and historic ties while each possessing distinct identities and communities. With works ranging across photography, paintings, textiles, film, and sculpture, including three site-specific installations, the exhibition also showcases the diversity and complexity of the region.
In these guided tours, led by Emily Stoddart, ASF’s Manager of Exhibitions and Community Programs, and the curator of the exhibition, and Eve O’Shea, ASF’s Exhibitions and Cultural Programs Assistant, learn about the artists in this exhibition and their work.
These free, 30-minute public tours meet in the Gallery elevator lobby. Gallery tours are subject to change; please check with the Scandinavia House front desk or email info@amscan.org.
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IN OUR PLACE | STAGED READING WITH THE SATC
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
In celebration of Scandinavia House’s 25th anniversary, SATC is proud to present a staged reading of In Our Place by acclaimed Norwegian playwright Arne Lygre, the winner of 2026’s honorable Hedda Award (Heddaprisen)! The reading will feature special guest actor Rakel Benér Gajdusek, who has worked regularly at Dramaten (The Royal Dramatic Theatre) in Stockholm since 2015.
Astrid has shared a long and intimate friendship with Eva—a bond that has shaped them both. But when Astrid meets Sara, a fragile new connection begins to form, challenging the boundaries of their worlds. Who can they be to one another? Is it possible for them to hold a greater and more meaningful place in each other’s lives? In Our Place is a piercing exploration of the human need for connection: our desire to be seen, to hold space for one another, and to find our own identities reflected in the eyes of others. Beneath its delicate surface lies a quiet, universal fear: the dread of being left out, of being replaceable, and of ultimately ending up alone.
Produced in Norway at Nationaltheatret in Oslo in 2023, at Den National Scene, Teaterkjelleren, Bergen in 2024 and as a touring production with Riksteatret in 2025, In Our Place also had a successful run at Stadsteatern, Stockholm in 2025.
SATC has a long-standing history with Lygre’s work. In 2013, SATC produced a staged reading of his play Then Silence at Scandinavia House, which successfully developed into a full Off-Broadway production at Theatre Row in 2016. SATC is thrilled to bring Lygre’s latest powerful work to our audiences.
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPER
2026-06-13 12:00 - 14:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
This adult workshop series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper, pastel, paint, graphite, and ink. Open to all levels, including new students, the series focuses on exploration, play, and the process of making rather than finished outcomes. Participants will experiment with a range of techniques across sessions, including acrylic and watercolor painting, pastel work, ink practices, drawing with graphite and charcoal, and creating sculptural forms from paper, while also engaging with relevant art history and contemporary art. Each class invites a meditative and attentive approach, encouraging students to discover inspiration from both inner and outer worlds. Sessions conclude with supportive group reflections that honor each participant’s process and discoveries. As part of the experience, students will also explore the 3rd floor gallery exhibition “Inside Voices, Outside Light: Perspectives on West Nordic Art.”
In this course, students will explore and experiment with making sculptural forms out of paper.
The series can be taken as a full progression or as individual, standalone classes, with participation limited to 12 students aged 20 and above.
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THE LAST VIKING
2026-06-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
“The best kind of straight-faced absurdism”—see Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in the outrageous black comedy The Last Viking from Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen!
Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has been released from prison following a 15-year sentence for robbery. Back then, the money from the heist was buried by Ankers’ brother Manfred—and only he knows where it is. Unfortunately, Manfred has since developed a mental illness causing him to forget all. Together, the brothers embark on an unexpected journey to locate the money and discover who they really are.
“A perceptive take on men’s mental health—not through struggles, but a delightful mix of genre, meta-textuality, and positive affirmation masked as a Beatles song”—Film Threat
Photo: Anders Overgaard
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OLE MATHISEN | NORDIC SUMMER JAZZ
2026-06-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Our popular Nordic Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House, with performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians, composers, and singers in Victor Borge Hall!

On June 9, join us for a night with Norwegian-born saxophonist and composer Ole Mathisen. Mathisen has been a celebrated figure on the New York and international jazz scenes for over three decades. Renowned for his technical brilliance, adventurous compositions, and remarkable versatility across genres—including classical, jazz, electronic, and experimental music—Mathisen returns with his group to Scandinavia House to perform his latest work Majorana Zero Modes.

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NORDIC BOOK CLUB ONLINE | BEASTS OF THE SEA
2026-06-09 18:00 - 19:00 | NY
Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! Nordic Book Club meets monthly via Zoom to discuss contemporary literature in translation. On June 9, 2026, we’ll be discussing Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen.
“Turpeinen matches the heights of Andrea Barrett” in this sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans (Publishers Weekly starred review).
In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering’s Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller’s sea cow. In 1859, the governor of the Russian territory of Alaska sends his men to recover the skeleton of the massive marine mammal rumored to have vanished a hundred years before. Two years later, a revered Helsinki professor hires a talented illustrator—a woman!—to make precise drawings of a set of bones sent from afar.
The ill-fated beast will help introduce to a skeptical public the concept of human-caused extinction. Finally, in 1952, the Museum of Zoology assigns its most talented restorer the task of refurbishing the antique skeleton, a testimony to the sea cow’s fate that will fire the imaginations of future generations.
A breathtaking literary achievement and an adventure that crosses continents and centuries, Beasts of the Sea is a tale of grand ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the urge to resurrect what humankind has, in its ignorance, destroyed.
Beasts of the Sea is available in paperback and e-book from Hachette Book Group and from Bookshop.org and other retailers.

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THE JENNY LIND BOWL: A SWEDISH NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION
2026-06-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Celebrate Swedish National Day with us on June 6 with a tasting, design and learning event based on the legendary Jenny Lind bowl! In this event with AO Glass, Björk Cafe & Bistro and BonBon Candy, participants will learn the history behind the design work inspired by “The Swedish Nightingale,” one of the most famous opera singers of the 19th century. The event will also feature a performance by soprano Sara Beth Pearson of Jenny Lind’s signature aria “Casta Diva,” and will be accompanied by Swedish drinks, snacks and treats from Björk and BonBon.
All ticketholders will receive their own AO Glass bowl (retail $45), with a special engraving marking the day!
When Rich Arentzen & Tove Ohlander at AO Glass purchased their giant hydraulic press from Fenton Glass Factory in West Virginia, they were given an old metal mold to practice their technique of pressed glass. Unknowingly, they had stumbled across a piece of Swedish-American operatic history—after discovering the opera singer’s name etched onto the mold, they discovered that it had been created in the 1940s in her audience. Since then, they went on to launch their own line of glass bowls designed on the historic mold.
This event will share the history and design work behind creating the bowls, bringing together glass, food, music, history, and Swedish culture. It will also honor the significance of this year’s Swedish National Day, as Sweden celebrates 250 years of American independence and the deep, enduring ties between Sweden and the United States—including those of the famed “Swedish Nightingale,” whose 1850-52 tour of America launched her worldwide fame while introducing Nordic music traditions to the U.S. and shaping the future of American entertainment.
Treats will include food and drinks from Björk and treats from BonBon—New York’s own Swedish candy maker, who will introduce two new Moomin candy variations! The event will also highlight how Swedish candy and Swedish glass are part of the same larger story: traditions that continue to evolve, travel, and find new audiences.
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SWEDISH NATIONAL DAY PRIX FIXE | BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
2026-06-06 11:00 - 20:00 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Glad Nationaldag! Celebrate Sweden’s National Day on June 6 with a special prix-fixe at Björk Cafe & Bistro. The menu features a winning combination of traditional Swedish Princess Cake (Prinsesstårta) and a Nordic Frozen Mimosa.

$29/PP
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DANISH CONSTITUTION DAY PRIX FIXE | BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
2026-06-05 11:00 - 20:00 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Glædelig Grundlovsdag, Danmark! Celebrate Denmark’s Constitution Day this June 5 with a special prix-fixe at Björk Cafe & Bistro, featuring Danish specialties like Smørrebrød (traditional open-faced sandwiches) and Carlsberg Pilsner with a shot of our in-house Aquavit blend.

$30/PP
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CHI WESTFELT | NORDIC SUMMER JAZZ
2026-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Our popular Nordic Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House, with performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians, composers, and singers in Victor Borge Hall!

On June 4, join us for an evening with Swedish-Vietnamese vocalist Chi Westfelt. Deeply influenced by blues and soul, her work draws from a wide harmonic language with an emphasis on form, melody, and vocal expression.

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THE LOVE THAT REMAINS | NEW NORDIC CINEMA
2026-06-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On June 3, see Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason’s tender, quirky family drama The Love That Remains!
Charting the gradual evolution of a family in the midst of an irreparable fracture, The Love That Remains is a poignant, crisply pointillistic domestic drama that observes life’s changes with humor and whimsy, set against the majestic, ever-shifting Icelandic landscape. Visual artist Anna (Saga Garðarsdóttir) and fisherman Magnús (Sverrir Guðnason) were teenage sweethearts but have recently grown apart, and Magnús has moved out of the house. As long as the newly estranged parents put on a good face, the children—and their adorable sheepdog Panda (who won the prestigious Palme Dog award at Cannes)—seem to take the split in stride. Yet as Magnús becomes increasingly alienated from his domestic life, harsh reality can’t help but bubble to the surface.
Hlynur Pálmason’s follow-up to his austere 19th-century drama Godland is a “constantly surprising” film with an immaculate sense of framing and pacing—and an evocative, dulcet piano score by Harry Hunt—dotted with idiosyncratic flights of fancy that never detract from the central emotional authenticity.
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GRAPHITE AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER
2026-06-03 17:00 - 19:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
This adult workshop series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper, pastel, paint, graphite, and ink. Open to all levels, including new students, the series focuses on exploration, play, and the process of making rather than finished outcomes. Participants will experiment with a range of techniques across sessions, including acrylic and watercolor painting, pastel work, ink practices, drawing with graphite and charcoal, and creating sculptural forms from paper, while also engaging with relevant art history and contemporary art. Each class invites a meditative and attentive approach, encouraging students to discover inspiration from both inner and outer worlds. Sessions conclude with supportive group reflections that honor each participant’s process and discoveries. As part of the experience, students will also explore the 3rd floor gallery exhibition “Inside Voices, Outside Light: Perspectives on West Nordic Art.”
In this course, students will explore and experiment with using graphite pencils and charcoal on paper.
The series can be taken as a full progression or as individual, standalone classes, with participation limited to 12 students aged 20 and above.
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THE FINNISH FRONT LINE | GORDON F. SANDER AND CONSUL GENERAL OF FINLAND JARMO SAREVA
2026-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Join us on June 2 for a discussion and presentation on The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Khrushchev’s Cold War Showdown with author Gordon F. Sander and Consul General of Finland Jarmo Sareva!
The Finnish Front Line is a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland. The most controversial as well as the most misunderstood figure in Finnish history, Kekkonen governed Finland for 25 years from 1956–81.
Gordon F. Sander focuses on Kekkonen’s pivotal first term as president, which was bracketed by two crises that together formed the template for both Finland’s relationship with the Soviet Union from 1956 through the fall of the USSR, and Kekkonen’s own “special” relationship with Moscow: the Night Frost crisis of 1957, which derived from the Kremlin’s desire to exert greater influence on Finnish politics, and the Note Crisis of 1961, which coincided with the great Berlin crisis of 1961, and occurred when Moscow suddenly invoked the clause in the 1948 Finnish-Soviet treaty that entitled the Kremlin to call for mutual discussions between the Finnish and Soviet militaries and was perceived as a threat to Finnish independence. Thinking this might presage a Soviet invasion of Finland, a distressed Kekkonen was able to resolve the crisis by flying to Siberia to meet with his erstwhile friend Nikita Khrushchev—who may well have precipitated the crisis in order to insure Kekkonen’s reelection.
Out now from Cornell University Press, The Finnish Front Line centers an overlooked chapter of the Cold War as well as a revealing if forgotten chapter of the presidency of John Kennedy and his secret offer to help Kekkonen, which the latter rejected, ultimately to avoid making Finland into next front of the Cold War.
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TWO PROSECUTORS | NEW BALTIC CINEMA
2026-05-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
On May 27, see the enthralling, Baltic-produced historical drama Two Prosecutors! Based upon a long-unpublished novella by Soviet gulag survivor Georgy Demidov, Two Prosecutors paints a hypnotic, chilling, blackly comic portrait of the mechanisms of Great Purge-era tyranny, with a potent contemporary resonance.
Summoned with a blood-written note smuggled out of a prison block, an idealistic state lawyer (Alexander Kuznetsov) pushes past the prison’s leery authorities to interview an elderly, broken-down Bolshevik (Aleksandr Filippenko). The young attorney, determined to expose the miscarriages of justice that landed the man in confinement, finds the eye of the state turned on him instead, as an ever-tightening net encircles his investigation. Set at the height of the Great Purge and drenched in the paranoia of Stalin’s police state, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s latest triumph is a chilling, Kafkaesque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism.
“Loznitsa holds you rapt with brutal faces, restless camera work, meticulous filmmaking, shivers of bitter wit, and scenes of characters just talking that set your heart to racing. This is the kind of international title that enriches American moviegoing life.” (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times)
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INK AND WATER
2026-05-27 17:00 - 19:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
This adult workshop series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper, pastel, paint, graphite, and ink. Open to all levels, including new students, the series focuses on exploration, play, and the process of making rather than finished outcomes. Participants will experiment with a range of techniques across sessions, including acrylic and watercolor painting, pastel work, ink practices, drawing with graphite and charcoal, and creating sculptural forms from paper, while also engaging with relevant art history and contemporary art. Each class invites a meditative and attentive approach, encouraging students to discover inspiration from both inner and outer worlds. Sessions conclude with supportive group reflections that honor each participant’s process and discoveries. As part of the experience, students will also explore the 3rd floor gallery exhibition “Inside Voices, Outside Light: Perspectives on West Nordic Art.”
In this course, students will explore and experiment with using ink and water on paper across various techniques.
The series can be taken as a full progression or as individual, standalone classes. Participation is limited to 12 students aged 20 and above.
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HOLIDAY CLOSURE
2026-05-25 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Scandinavia House will be closed on Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. This includes Björk Café and Bistro and all other building spaces.
We will reopen with normal hours on Tuesday, May 26.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Image by Kevin Graham from Pixabay

HOLIDAY EARLY CLOSURE | BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
2026-05-23 11:00 - 16:00 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Björk Café and Bistro will be open for brunch only on Saturday, May 23 from 11 AM – 4 PM. It will be open with regular hours (brunch only) on Sunday, May 24.
Björk and Scandinavia House will be closed on May 25 for the Memorial Day Holiday.
The Cafe will return with normal hours after the holiday.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Image by Kevin Graham from Pixabay

SEX
2026-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
“A playful, insightful character study”—On May 20th, see SEX, Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s second installment of the widely acclaimed Oslo Trilogy!
An ambitious trilogy from Norwegian novelist/filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud, LOVE–SEX–DREAMS are three distinct feature films linked by their themes of nontraditional intimacy, but need not be seen in any particular order. In SEX, two male-identified colleagues who are happily married to women share candidly their secrets: one reveals his unprecedented recent sexual encounter with another man; the other is haunted by a recurring dream featuring David Bowie and his own gender fluidity. Both men — shockingly yet with great sensitivity — seek transparency and understanding with their wives. SEX thus envisions honest, warm-hearted possibilities for gender expansiveness within heterosexual monogamy, while also enacting the intricacy of an authentic and generous love.
“Superbly acted. The film is laced with dry humor but also poignancy and notes of melancholy. [Turns] the male character study on its head with a gentle subversiveness.” (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter)
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PASTEL CHALK ON PAPER
2026-05-20 17:00 - 19:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
This adult workshop series offers a gentle introduction to the tactile qualities of materials such as paper, pastel, paint, graphite, and ink. Open to all levels, including new students, the series focuses on exploration, play, and the process of making rather than finished outcomes. Participants will experiment with a range of techniques across sessions, including acrylic and watercolor painting, pastel work, ink practices, drawing with graphite and charcoal, and creating sculptural forms from paper, while also engaging with relevant art history and contemporary art. Each class invites a meditative and attentive approach, encouraging students to discover inspiration from both inner and outer worlds. Sessions conclude with supportive group reflections that honor each participant’s process and discoveries. As part of the experience, students will also explore the 3rd floor gallery exhibition “Inside Voices, Outside Light: Perspectives on West Nordic Art.”
In this course, students will explore and experiment with using various pastel chalks on paper.
The series can be taken as a full progression or as individual, standalone classes. Participation is limited to 12 students aged 20 and above.
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HAND IN HAND | STAGED READING
2026-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
In celebration of Scandinavia House’s 25th anniversary, SATC is proud to present a staged reading of Sofia Fredén’s black comedy, Hand in Hand. This performance marks a special homecoming—the play was first performed on this very stage in 2011 as part of SATC’s debut Contemporary Reading Series.
In Sofia Fredén’s dark comedy Hand in Hand, a group of desperate urbanites navigate the cold, unforgiving landscape of Stockholm’s housing market. Forced together by the basic need for shelter, five young adults and one misplaced father find themselves entangled in a web of absurd negotiations, transactional love, and biting humor.
The play has been translated by Edward Buffalo Bromberg.
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BEGINNERS' KNITTING WITH HILARY SNELL
2026-05-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Learn the knitting basics in a workshop led by Scandinavia House’s veteran knitter Hilary Snell!
The long-term benefits of knitting are widely recognized. Once you know the basics, knitting can create what’s called a “flow state,” similar to meditation. Knitting uses both sides of the brain, making it a healthy way to focus while also stretching your brain muscles. And there are only two stitches in knitting — by combining those, you can create hundreds of designs and patterns!
In this class designed for those who have never knit before, or beginners who would like to practice their stitches, you’ll learn to cast on, knit and purl. After learning these skills, you’ll be able to practice independently to make any projects you wish. Participants should bring size 9 US straight needles and some worsted weight yarn — we’ll provide a safe and friendly atmosphere to learn a new life-long skill!
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REPORTING FROM GREENLAND | DISCUSSION WITH JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
2026-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 | NY
Join us for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and global correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman on his experiences reporting in Greenland over the past year for The New York Times, including his on-the-ground impressions and insights into the complex dynamic between competing global interests.
A global correspondent specializing in conflict and crisis, Gettleman has written for The New York Times for over two decades, reporting on topics ranging from the famine in Somalia, to terrorism in Iraq, to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Beginning in early 2025, his correspondence has focused on the Nordic region, most prominently on unfolding events in Greenland. Since then, he has reported on topics including the Greenlandic response to threats of the U.S. acquisition, political counteractions by Denmark and implications for NATO, as well as how the situation has affected everyday life in Kalaallit Nunaat.
The discussion will take place via Zoom; advance registration recommended.
BIO
Jeffrey Gettleman is London-based international correspondent for The New York Times, covering global events. He previously served as the New York Times East Africa bureau chief from 2006-2017 and South Asia bureau chief from 2018-22. A global correspondent specializing in conflict and crisis, he has reported on topics ranging from the famine in Somalia to terrorism in Iraq, and has recently the war in Ukraine, with journalistic honors including three Polk Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2012. He previously worked for The Los Angeles Times and the St. Petersburg Times and has also written for National Geographic, The New York Review of Books and GQ. He is the author of the memoir Love, Africa.
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NORWEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY PRIX FIXE | BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
2026-05-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Celebrate Syttende Mai, Norway’s Constitution Day, at Björk Cafe & Bistro at Scandinavia House! The prix-fixe menu features Norwegian specialties including eggs benedict, Norwegian “Speke” ham with scrambled eggs, and a fresh berry pavlova, as well as a sparkling Nordic mimosa (lingonberry, elderflower or black current).
MENU
Sparkling Nordic Mimosa (Lingonberry, Elderflower or Black Currant)

Choice of:
Norwegian “Speke” Ham with Scrambled Eggs
or
Norwegian Eggs Benedict
Fresh Berry Pavlova

$40/pp
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NEXT IN NORDIC AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: RESILIENCE MEETS WELLBEING
2026-05-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Reflecting on Nordic design’s pivotal role in Modernism in America during the 20th century, we turn again to the Nordic tradition for its resilient building strategies for climate action and wellbeing that offer tools for today and into the future. The four-part architecture series Nordic American Connections: Conversations on Architecture and Design engages contemporary Nordic and American architects and designers, highlighting their sustainable design approaches with an emphasis on award-winning projects that shape the American landscape.
The fourth panel of the series, marking Scandinavia House’s 25th Anniversary, will close the series with contemporary Nordic American architects focusing on the challenges they face as designers in a rapidly changing environment—AI and technology, economic volatility, climate vulnerability—and what’s next for future practice.
These design leaders will highlight their firms’ approaches to innovation, research and collaboration, and cross-cultural influences used in their work. They will share strategies embodied in Nordic design for resilience and wellbeing: use of mass timber and natural materials, alternative methods of construction, community building and ‘complete design’.
Participants include Daniel Baumann, Principal and Design Director at Henning Larsen; Daniel Sundlin, partner at BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group; and Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Director of Architecture for Communities Los Angeles (ACLA). The program will be moderated by Susan Chin of DesignConnects.
The panel is organized by ASF with Susan Chin in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects New York, and American Institute of Architects Continental Europe.
Tickets are now available HERE.
AIANY Continuing Education Credits are approved for this session; attendees receive 1.5 Learning Units | 1.5 HSW credits. To receive the credits, please ask to sign the AIANY student form at check-in.
