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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course offered remotely via Zoom by Scandinavia House\, students will now be ready to work more in depth with structure in various sub-clauses. They will learn how to use the reflexive possessive pronoun and more specific ways to express future tense while slightly more fact-based texts are introduced. The course also includes cultural elements in regards to social and family life\, as well as education that will be discussed. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nIndirect speech\nReflexive possessive pronouns\nThe future tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their education and future plans\, and retell stories shared with them.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Advanced Beginner 1 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no classes on February 21 or February 28 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-2/2023-03-07/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T190000
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SUMMARY:Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer\, an Epic Journey\, a Lost Age
DESCRIPTION:Join best-selling author Reid Mitenbuler to learn about Danish Arctic explorer\, resistance fighter\, and environmentalist Peter Freuchen in a book discussion of Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer\, an Epic Journey\, a Lost Age\, out February 21 from Mariner Books! \nDeep in the Arctic wilderness\, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before\, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now\, as feeling drained from his body\, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard\, wet with condensation from his struggling breath\, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place\, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him… But if Freuchen could escape that\, he could escape anything. And now his story is finally being told. \nMeticulously researched and grippingly written\, Reid Mitenbuler’s vivid portrait of the “Most Interesting Man in the World” chronicles how the wildly eccentric Dane’s insatiable curiosity drove him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Golden Age of Hollywood\, and from the burgeoning field of climate research to the Danish underground during World War II. In today’s program\, Mitenbuler will discuss Freuchen’s jaw-dropping expeditions\, survival of a Nazi prison camp\, and recovery from a devastating injury\, as well as the explorer’s restlessness and ideals\, which were remarkably ahead of his time — championing Indigenous communities\, environmental stewardship\, and conversations that continue today. \nThis event will take place in-person at Scandinavia House. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \n“This adventure story is impossible to resist” (Publishers Weekly). \nAbout the Author\nReid Mitenbuler is the author of Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey and Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation. His writing has appeared in Air Mail\, The Atlantic\, Slate\, The Daily Beast\, and Whisky Advocate\, among other publications. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/wanderlust-an-eccentric-explorer-an-epic-journey-a-lost-age/
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-03-07/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T180000
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SUMMARY:W. A Novel by Steve Sem-Sandberg
DESCRIPTION:Read 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. On March 7\, we’ll be discussing W. A Novel by Steve Sem-Sandberg\, who discussed the novel with us last September in a virtual book talk streaming here. \nConsidered the first modern drama and based on true events\, Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck tells the story of a loyal soldier and survivor of the Napoleonic Wars who\, in a fit of jealous rage\, kills the woman he loves. In this literary reimagining of the text\, Sem-Sandberg’s W grippingly recounts the lovers’ relationship\, the murder case\, and the execution\, unfolding as the soldier W. struggles to recount the events of his life. \nBringing new light to this story from court documents from the original case\, Sem-Sandberg masterfully sustains a rich period atmosphere though poetic and controlled prose even down to the choice of pronouns\, as the soldier is held at a cold distance in court proceedings when addressed with the formal\, capitalized “You.” \nAgainst a landscape devastated by inhumanity and greed and\, yet\, which manages to sustain hope\, W. tells a ruthless\, moving\, and utterly relevant story of a soldier fighting to make something of the life given to him. \nAbout the Author\nSteve Sem-Sandberg’s novels include The Emperor of Lies\, winner of the August Prize; The Chosen Ones\, winner of France’s Prix Médicis étranger; and W.\, which was awarded the Eyvind Johnson Prize. His books have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into 30 languages. In 2020\, he was elected to the Swedish Academy\, the body that chooses the Nobel Prize for Literature.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/w-a-novel-by-steve-sem-sandberg/
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course for those who are still new to Swedish but have a basic knowledge of sentence structure\, greetings\, times and numbers\, and basic vocabulary\, students will learn sentence structure in sentences with more than one verb\, placement of adverbs\, plural endings\, conjugation of adjectives\, objective and possessive pronnounncs\, and the past tense. Various cultural aspects will also be highlighted during the course. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester students will know: \n\nHow to structure sentences with more than one verb\nThe conjugation of adjectives\nThe past tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their families and things they’ve done or do\, as well as make future plans and purchase items.\n\nPrerequisite: Beginner Swedish 1 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 20 & February 27 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-2/2023-03-06/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T130000
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SUMMARY:Billedvev
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of weaving through the use of humble materials and step-by-step instruction. A common picture frame\, with glass and backing removed\, becomes the ultimate structure with which to create upon. Learn how to wind it with cotton thread to create your warp\, and build up your piece weft by weft with a variety of yarns. Discover how color blocking\, thread patterns\, and textured effects can yield endless possibilities! \nSupplies:\n– 8×10 picture frame for your loom\n– Yarn in multiple colors\n– Cotton Crochet Thread\n– Tapestry needle (2)\n– Scissors\n– Tape \nIn this class\, visual artist Allyce Wood will demonstrate the principles of a loom\, the terms of weaving\, and how to utilize color. We will discuss concepts of tension and thread patterns\, elements that contribute to a polished\, lasting artwork. Wood will demonstrate techniques learned in her time living in Norway\, offering guidance as you create your own piece. Bring your creative spirit and unique perspective — together we will use a variety of techniques to create one-of-a-kind designs. \nAbout Allyce Wood\nAllyce Wood (she/her) is a visual artist living and working in Seattle. Through the use of digital and handmade processes\, Wood makes installations\, works on paper\, and textiles with a focus on digital Jacquard tapestries. To her\, the loom acts as a mediator between traditional and computerized technologies offering a way to combine online and offline experiences. \nWood lived and worked in Norway from 2015 – 2019\, where she received her MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2018). She has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in the Pacific Northwest\, Glasgow\, Milan\, Caracas\, and Oslo. \nHer work has been featured in Crosscut\, New American Painting\, The Stranger and reviewed by Kunstkritikk\, Subject\, and Dagsavisen. Wood is the gracious recipient of the Art Projects: Individuals program (4Culture)\, the GAP Grant (Artist Trust)\, the Diversestipend For Nyutdannede Kunstnere (Arts Council Norway\, 2018) and the 1-årig kunstnerstipend from Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond\, (Oslo\, 2020).
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/billedvev/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T200000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-03-02/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T185000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T195000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held in-person at Scandinavia House and offered remotely via Zoom\, students will continue to perfect their previous learned skills and pronunciation\, while also expanding into more complex sentence structure. Furthermore\, the students will be asked to express their opinions or beliefs in simple discussions related to Swedish life within the themes studied. The students will be required to read a literary book over the course of the semester. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow to connect main and sub-clauses\nAdverbs denoting position or destination\nThe concept of depiction\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about people\, computers\, food and things done and wished for in the past.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Beginner 3 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Monday\, February 27 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-1/2023-03-02/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T210000
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SUMMARY:Comedy Queen
DESCRIPTION:“A tender journey into the process of grief and how to manage it – more specifically\, if you’re a gutsy young gamine\, harshly and unfairly interrupted in the middle of your childhood” — see the critically acclaimed Swedish dramedy Comedy Queen (dir. Sanna Lenken\, Sweden\, 2022) at Scandinavia House! Sasha doesn’t want to cry — and she’s deeply angry at her mother for taking her own life. To escape a similar fate\, the 13-year-old compiles a survival list. First up: cut off her long hair. Second: don’t read any more books. Third: never take care of something that’s alive. And fourth: become a stand-up comedian to make her papa laugh again. As she sets off on her checklist — some of which prove more challenging than others — Sasha can count on support from her friends and family\, even when they don’t fully understand her. Based on the acclaimed novel by Jenny Jägerfeld and winner of awards including the Crystal Bear at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival\, Comedy Queen sensitively depicts an emotional journey of grief and anger transformed by humor. \n“Treading the fine line between the gutsy and the brittle\, Sanna Lenken’s return shines a ray of joy on the harsh process of grief management” (Cineuropa) \n \nAbout the Director\nSanna Lenken was born in Gothenburg\, Sweden in 1978. She studied at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm and the European Film College in Denmark. After making several successful short films\, including Eating Lunch\, and the series Double Life\, she directed My Skinny Sister\, her debut feature which won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale and the Audience Award at the Göteborg Film Festival. A Berlinale Talents alumna\, her most recent works are the popular series Thin Blue Line for Swedish television and the Viaplay series Thunder in My Heart.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/comedy-queen/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T201000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Intermediate 3
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course based on conversation and grammar\, students will now deal with finesse and formal language. Instead of expanding our writing\, we will focus on condensing. Discussions will span traditions\, Vikings and lore\, unwritten societal norms\, leadership\, work and family structures as well as poetry. This class will take place online only via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow adjectives and participles can function as nouns\nSub-class without som or har/hade\, and structure with unstressed objective pronouns\nIdiomatic expressions and the use of her or all\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nDiscuss poetry and literary writings\, various family structures through history and how to conduct work applications and interviews in Sweden.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Intermediate 2 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 15 or February 22 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-intermediate-3/2023-03-01/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T192000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T210000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course offered remotely via Zoom by Scandinavia House\, students will now be ready to work more in depth with structure in various sub-clauses. They will learn how to use the reflexive possessive pronoun and more specific ways to express future tense while slightly more fact-based texts are introduced. The course also includes cultural elements in regards to social and family life\, as well as education that will be discussed. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nIndirect speech\nReflexive possessive pronouns\nThe future tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their education and future plans\, and retell stories shared with them.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Advanced Beginner 1 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no classes on February 21 or February 28 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-2/2023-02-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T181000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T191000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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UID:10002769-1677607800-1677611400@www.scandinaviahouse.org
SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-02-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T192000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
CREATED:20221130T193345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221130T193345Z
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course for those who are still new to Swedish but have a basic knowledge of sentence structure\, greetings\, times and numbers\, and basic vocabulary\, students will learn sentence structure in sentences with more than one verb\, placement of adverbs\, plural endings\, conjugation of adjectives\, objective and possessive pronnounncs\, and the past tense. Various cultural aspects will also be highlighted during the course. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester students will know: \n\nHow to structure sentences with more than one verb\nThe conjugation of adjectives\nThe past tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their families and things they’ve done or do\, as well as make future plans and purchase items.\n\nPrerequisite: Beginner Swedish 1 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 20 & February 27 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-2/2023-02-27/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-02-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T185602Z
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand & Opus—The Grieg Concerto
DESCRIPTION:Music on Park Avenue returns this fall! The series presented by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes audiences back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in October for another season of its popular performances. Held monthly on Thursday evenings\, concerts will begin at 7:30 preceded by conversation by Tengstrand about the pieces and composer. \nIn tonight’s performance with Tengstrand accompanied by strings from Opus at Princeton University\, hear the crown jewel in Scandinavian classical music: Edvard Grieg’s beautiful piano concerto. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Music on Park Avenue will continue with performances on March 23 and April 20\, 2023. \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 Thanks to a generous loan by Victor Borge’s grandson Finn\, concerts will be performed on Victor Borge’s personal Steinway piano. \nSchedule & Ticketing\nSCHEDULE \nThursday\, October 13\, 2022\nBeethoven’s Waldstein & Appassionata\nJoin us for the first concert of three in the fall celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven following the 250th anniversary of his birth in 2020. Tonight’s performance includes two iconic sonatas — both popular but also so different. \nThursday\, November 17\, 2022\nTengstrand & Opus: Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto\nHear what is perhaps the most beautiful and original of Beethoven’s piano concertos\, with Per Tengstrand joined by musicians from Opus at Princeton University. \nThursday\, December 1\, 2022\nPremiere of Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will documentary\nFilm & Concert with Per Tengstrand and Hana Mundiya\, violin\nSee the World Premiere of Tengstrand’s documentary about the power of Beethoven’s music: during his days\, through historic events as well as its importance today; followed by a performance with violinist Hana Mundiya\, who is featured in the film. \nThursday\, January 19\, 2023\nThe romantic piano: Chopin\, Liszt and Schubert\nPer Tengstrand starts off the new year with the music of three romantic composers: the lyrical Chopin\, the virtuoso Liszt and the intimate Schubert. \nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\nTengstrand & Opus: The Grieg Concerto\nA crown jewel in Scandinavian classical music\, Edvard Grieg’s beautiful piano concerto\, with Per Tengstrand and strings from Opus at Princeton University. \nThursday\, March 23\, 2023\nMasterpieces for Cello and Piano: Per Tengstrand and Robin Park\nThe artistic director of Opus\, cellist Robin Park\, will join Per Tengstrand on stage to play some of the great works written for cello and piano by Beethoven and Rachmaninov\, both famed and less known discoveries. \nThursday\, April 20\, 2023\nTengstrand & Opus: The Tchaikovsky Concerto\nOne of the most famous works of music in history will end the season in a fascinating and dynamic arrangement for piano and string quartet. \nPASSES \nSERIES PASS\n$120/$96 ASF for members\nA ticket to all seven performances in the series. \nAbout Per Tengstrand\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.”Tengstrand 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. \nIn 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. During the pandemic\, Per started making music documentaries which were viewed and appreciated by people all over the world. As this line of work will continue\, the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will is planned to have its world premiere at Scandinavia House in 2022.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/music-on-park-avenue-with-per-tengstrand-opus-the-grieg-concerto/
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held in-person at Scandinavia House and offered remotely via Zoom\, students will continue to perfect their previous learned skills and pronunciation\, while also expanding into more complex sentence structure. Furthermore\, the students will be asked to express their opinions or beliefs in simple discussions related to Swedish life within the themes studied. The students will be required to read a literary book over the course of the semester. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow to connect main and sub-clauses\nAdverbs denoting position or destination\nThe concept of depiction\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about people\, computers\, food and things done and wished for in the past.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Beginner 3 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Monday\, February 27 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-1/2023-02-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T210000
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SUMMARY:So Damn Easy Going
DESCRIPTION:This February\, see the Swedish dramedy So Damn Easy Going / Så Jävla Easy Going (dir. Christoffer Sandler\, Sweden\, 2022). On the verge of adulthood\, 18-year-old Joanna’s mind is like an amusement park at peak season — only her ADHD meds help to keep her buzzing mind in check. But with a depressed father whose sick pay barely covers the rent\, money is tight\, leaving Joanna to scramble for creative ways to afford her medication. In the midst of all this chaos\, the charming and confident Audrey appears\, and soon Joanna has both a bursting mind and an exploding heart to deal with. Can she manage both without becoming an unfiltered version of herself? Based on the critically acclaimed young-adult novel by Swedish author Jenny Jägerfeld\, So Damn Easy Going captures the cacophony of light and sound of ADHD in a funny\, sweet coming-of-age drama about love and daring to be yourself. \n“Perfectly capturing the charm and chaos of first love\, So Damn Easy Going is a captivating adaptation”—QueerScreen \n \nAbout the Director\nChristoffer Sandler (born 1986) has worked in film and television since 2010. In 2018 he wrote and directed the comedy series “Sjukt Oklar (Ellen & Vera)” for the national Swedish public broadcaster\, SVT. The series was very successful within its target group 13-18 years old\, with half a million views. So Damn Easy Going is Christoffer’s feature debut.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/so-damn-easy-going/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T201000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Intermediate 3
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course based on conversation and grammar\, students will now deal with finesse and formal language. Instead of expanding our writing\, we will focus on condensing. Discussions will span traditions\, Vikings and lore\, unwritten societal norms\, leadership\, work and family structures as well as poetry. This class will take place online only via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow adjectives and participles can function as nouns\nSub-class without som or har/hade\, and structure with unstressed objective pronouns\nIdiomatic expressions and the use of her or all\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nDiscuss poetry and literary writings\, various family structures through history and how to conduct work applications and interviews in Sweden.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Intermediate 2 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 15 or February 22 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-intermediate-3/2023-02-22/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T192000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course offered remotely via Zoom by Scandinavia House\, students will now be ready to work more in depth with structure in various sub-clauses. They will learn how to use the reflexive possessive pronoun and more specific ways to express future tense while slightly more fact-based texts are introduced. The course also includes cultural elements in regards to social and family life\, as well as education that will be discussed. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nIndirect speech\nReflexive possessive pronouns\nThe future tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their education and future plans\, and retell stories shared with them.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Advanced Beginner 1 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no classes on February 21 or February 28 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-2/2023-02-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:EVIL FLOWERS
DESCRIPTION:This February\, join us for a book talk with award-winning Norwegian writer Gunnhild Øyehaug on her new book Evil Flowers. With moderator Catherine Lacey\, she’ll discuss her collection of playfully surreal stories about love\, death\, and metamorphosis. \nIn Evil Flowers\, a precise but madcap collection of short stories\, Gunnhild Øyehaug extracts the bizarre from the mundane and reveals the strange\, startling brilliance of everyday life. A section of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl\, removing her ability to remember or recognize types of birds — though she is an ornithologist. Medicinal leeches ingest information from fiberoptic cables\, and a new museum sinks into the ground. Across 25 stories\, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again\, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her every story is “a formal surprise\, smart and droll.” \nInspired by Charles Baudelaire\, a dreamer and romantic in the era of realism\, Øyehaug revolts against the ordinary\, reaching instead for the wonder to be found in fantasy and absurdity. Brimming with wit\, ingenuity\, and irrepressible joy\, these stories mark another triumph from a dazzling international writer. \nThis event will take place in-person at Scandinavia House. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. \nAbout the Author\nGunnhild Øyehaug is an award-winning Norwegian poet\, essayist\, and fiction writer. Her story collection Knots was published by FSG in 2017\, followed in 2018 by Wait\, Blink\, which was adapted into the acclaimed film Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts. Her novel Present Tense Machine was published in 2022. Øyehaug lives in Bergen\, where she teaches creative writing. \nAbout the Moderator\nCatherine Lacey is the author of the forthcoming novel Biography of X\, as well as the novels Nobody Is Ever Missing\, The Answers\, and Pew\, and the short story collection Certain American States. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Whiting Award\, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award\, and a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship. She has been a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award\, and was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper’s Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Believer\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/evil-flowers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T181000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T191000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-02-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T192000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230220T210000
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course for those who are still new to Swedish but have a basic knowledge of sentence structure\, greetings\, times and numbers\, and basic vocabulary\, students will learn sentence structure in sentences with more than one verb\, placement of adverbs\, plural endings\, conjugation of adjectives\, objective and possessive pronnounncs\, and the past tense. Various cultural aspects will also be highlighted during the course. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with classes offered at Scandinavia House and online via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester students will know: \n\nHow to structure sentences with more than one verb\nThe conjugation of adjectives\nThe past tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their families and things they’ve done or do\, as well as make future plans and purchase items.\n\nPrerequisite: Beginner Swedish 1 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 20 & February 27 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-2/2023-02-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T153000
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SUMMARY:Woman\, Captain\, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 18\, join us for a talk with Margaret Willson on her book Woman\, Captain\, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain\, out January 21 from Sourcebooks! \nA daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland’s most famous female sea captain who boldly defended men and women alike against injustice—and who also solved one of the country’s most notorious robberies. History would have us believe the sea has always been a male realm\, the idea of female captains almost unthinkable. But there is an exception\, so notable she defies any expectation. \nCaptain Thurídur\, born in Iceland in 1777\, lived a life that was both controversial and unconventional. Her first time fishing\, on the open unprotected rowboats of her time\, was at age 11. Soon after\, she audaciously began wearing trousers. She later became an acclaimed fishing captain brilliant at weather-reading and sea craft and consistently brought in the largest catches. In the Arctic seas where drownings occurred with terrifying regularity\, she never lost a single crew member. Renowned for her acute powers of observation\, she also solved a notorious crime. \nIn this extremely unequal society\, she used the courts to fight for justice for the abused\, and in her sixties\, embarked on perilous journeys over trackless mountains. Weaving together fastidious research and captivating prose\, author Margaret Willson reveals Captain Thurídur’s fascinating story\, her extraordinary courage\, intelligence\, and personal integrity. Through adventure\, oppression\, joy\, betrayal\, and grief\, Captain Thurídur speaks a universal voice. Here is a woman so ahead of her times she remains modern and inspirational today. Her story can now finally be told. \n“Meticulously researched and evocatively written\, Woman\, Captain\, Rebel provides not only a captivating insight into 19th-century Iceland\, but also introduces readers to the inspirational\, real-life fishing captain Thurídur\, a tough and fiercely independent woman who deserves to be a role model of determination and perseverance for us all.” — Eliza Reid\, internationally bestselling author of Secrets of the Sprakkar \nAbout the Author\nAnthropologist and writer Margaret Willson has traveled extensively\, in Brazil\, Papau New Guinea\, Mongolia\, Australia\, Europe and Iceland. Her eclectic nonacademic jobs have included abalone diving and being a deckhand on fishing boats off the south coast of Tasmania. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and is currently an Affiliate Associate Professor with the Departments of Anthropology and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington. \nShe is also a Senior Associate Scientist at the Stefánsson Arctic Institute in Iceland. Her previous books include Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge and Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond. She lives in Seattle with her partner and their cat Mister.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/woman-captain-rebel-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-a-daring-icelandic-sea-captain/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230218T140000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Painting with Wool
DESCRIPTION:Explore the magic of needle felting with a delightful Dala horse image and take your colorwork skills to a new level! Dala horses have been a Swedish icon for centuries\, and this class will take a new spin on the traditional wooden-painted form by recreating the image in wool. During this class held virtually via Zoom\, students will learn how to stretch a felt backing onto an embroidery hoop and keep it tight for ease of use. Plus\, they will learn to transform the beautiful array of hand-dyed roving from the instructor’s farm’s sheep into their own interpretation of the project. Focus will be given to shape creation\, colorwork\, and three-dimensionality. \nAt the end of the class\, the instructor will offer suggestions for using or mounting your finished piece. \nThis is a beginner-friendly course. Bring your creative spirit and love of wool! \nImportant note: This is an online course. Each student must supply their own embroidery hoop as specified in the materials section. \nRequired Tools \nAll students will be mailed a kit containing: \n\nTwo felting needles\nCraft felt backing with transferred design\,\nAmple wool to make the project such that any color could work in any of the design\nElements\n\nYou will need to supply: \n\nFoam work surface (or request one from instructor for $6 extra)\nAn 8-inch embroidery hoop (must be 8-inch)\nScissors\n\nOptional Tools \nNeedle felting multi-tool (or request one from instructor for $16 extra). ASF will contact you upon purchase of ticket to ask if you’d like to purchase the multi-tool or foam to come with your kit. \nAbout the Instructor\nLaura Berlage is a contemporary Renaissance woman living and working on her family’s century-old homestead farm outside Hayward\, WI. From fiber arts to creative writing\, music to storytelling\, she never tires of the magic of transforming idea into form and overlapping narrative and visual. Laura also loves working with the many beautiful natural materials from her farm — especially the wool from her sheep. \nCompleting her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College in 2011\, Laura continues her lifelong passion for learning with mentorships and intensives that offer engaged\, hands-on teaching with small groups to encourage creativity\, imagination\, and expression. Her business is Erindale Tapestry Studio.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/painting-with-wool/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Swedish Beginner 1 - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held both in-person and as remote learning for those completely new to Swedish\, students will learn the very basics of Swedish structure and pronunciation while also discussing cultural aspects of Swedish life. This class will take place as hybrid learning\, with Tuesday sessions online only (via Zoom) and Thursday sessions both online and in-person at Scandinavia House. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nStructuring statements and questions\nGreeting people\nNumbers and how to tell time\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about themselves and how they spend their days.\n\nNo prerequisites required. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Tuesday\, February 28 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-beginner-1-winter/2023-02-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book talk with author Lisa E. Bloom on her new book Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics: Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctica\, out now from Duke University Press! \nIn this new publication\, Bloom considers the ways artists\, filmmakers\, and activists engaged with the Arctic and Antarctic represent our current environmental crises and reconstruct public understandings of them. Bloom engages feminist\, Black\, Indigenous\, and non-Western perspectives to address the exigencies of the experience of the Anthropocene and its attendant Necosystem failures\, rising sea levels\, and climate-led migrations. As opposed to mainstream media depictions of climate change that feature apocalyptic spectacles of distant melting ice and desperate polar bears\, artists such as Katja Aglert\, Subhankar Banerjee\, Joyce Campbell\, Judit Hersko\, Roni Horn\, Isaac Julien\, Zacharias Kunuk\, Connie Samaras\, and activist art collectives take a more complex poetic and political approach. \nIn their films and visual and conceptual art\, these artists link climate change to its social roots in colonialism and capitalism while challenging the suppression of information about environmental destruction and critiquing Western art institutions for their complicity. Bloom’s examination and contextualization of new polar aesthetics makes environmental degradation more legible while demonstrating that our own political agency is central to imagining and constructing a better world. \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing at a discount for attendees. \n“Ever since the publication of Gender on Ice\, Lisa E. Bloom has been one of the most innovative scholars in the field of polar aesthetics and the cultural history of the polar regions… This is a book for dark times\, but it is hopeful\, resilient\, and socially just.” — Klaus Dodds\, Professor of Geopolitics\, Royal Holloway\, University of London \nAbout the Author\nLisa E. Bloom is the author of many feminist books and articles in art history\,  visual culture\, and  cultural studies including her book Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of Polar Expeditions (University of Minnesota Press\, 1993)\, the first critical feminist and postcolonial cultural studies book on the polar region\, and her anthology With Other Eyes: Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture (University of Minnesota Press\, 1999) that demonstrates that feminist\, postcolonial and antiracist concerns can be incorporated into the history of art. \nHer latest book\, Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics: Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctic (Duke University Press\, 2022) examines aspects of feminist and environmentalist art that conjoins issues routinely kept apart in climate change debates such as the fate of indigenous communities\, resurgent nationalisms\, globalizing capitalism as well as questions of gender\, race\, and persistent postcolonial relations. She has taught and had been a researcher at numerous universities and art schools over the years including the University of California\, Berkeley\, (2018-2022) where she is a scholar-in-residence at the Beatrice Bain Center in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/climate-change-and-the-new-polar-aesthetics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T185000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T195000
DTSTAMP:20260411T014701
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 1
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course held in-person at Scandinavia House and offered remotely via Zoom\, students will continue to perfect their previous learned skills and pronunciation\, while also expanding into more complex sentence structure. Furthermore\, the students will be asked to express their opinions or beliefs in simple discussions related to Swedish life within the themes studied. The students will be required to read a literary book over the course of the semester. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow to connect main and sub-clauses\nAdverbs denoting position or destination\nThe concept of depiction\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about people\, computers\, food and things done and wished for in the past.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Beginner 3 level or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 8 weeks. \n**There will be no classes from Thursday\, February 16 through Monday\, February 27 (winter recess); classes will resume on Thursday\, March 2.**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-1/2023-02-16/
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SUMMARY:Nothing to Laugh About
DESCRIPTION:“Warm\, heartfelt\, and offering surprisingly much to laugh about” — see the touching Norwegian dramedy Nothing to Laugh About /Ingenting å le av (dir. Petter Næss\, Norway\, 2021) this February at Scandinavia House. Successful stand-up comedian Kasper Berntsen has everything a man could ask for: a regular gig at the city’s top comedy club\, a beautiful girlfriend and a fabulous life as a public figure. Until suddenly everything crashes down around him — after losing his comedy gig and girlfriend on the same day\, he’s faced with the worst nightmare imaginable when a doctor informs him that he has incurable cancer. Left with life in shambles\, Kaspar must ask himself: give up or fight on? And in his search for identity he begins to discover new sides of himself — giving new life to his comedy as he uses humor as a disarming and life-giving force. Written by and starring Norwegian comedian Odd-Magnus Williamson (Kon Tiki)\, this heartwarming story explores how to gain newfound self-belief and find laughter again. \n“Nothing to Laugh About takes us on the journey of somebody who\, with nothing to lose\, proceeds to find himself and those aspects of his life most important to him”  (BMA Mag).
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nothing-to-laugh-about/
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SUMMARY:Swedish Intermediate 3
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course based on conversation and grammar\, students will now deal with finesse and formal language. Instead of expanding our writing\, we will focus on condensing. Discussions will span traditions\, Vikings and lore\, unwritten societal norms\, leadership\, work and family structures as well as poetry. This class will take place online only via Zoom. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nHow adjectives and participles can function as nouns\nSub-class without som or har/hade\, and structure with unstressed objective pronouns\nIdiomatic expressions and the use of her or all\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nDiscuss poetry and literary writings\, various family structures through history and how to conduct work applications and interviews in Sweden.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Intermediate 2 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no class on February 15 or February 22 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-intermediate-3/2023-02-15/
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SUMMARY:Swedish Advanced Beginner 2
DESCRIPTION:Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! In this course offered remotely via Zoom by Scandinavia House\, students will now be ready to work more in depth with structure in various sub-clauses. They will learn how to use the reflexive possessive pronoun and more specific ways to express future tense while slightly more fact-based texts are introduced. The course also includes cultural elements in regards to social and family life\, as well as education that will be discussed. \nAt the end of the semester\, students will know: \n\nIndirect speech\nReflexive possessive pronouns\nThe future tense\n\nStudents will be able to: \n\nTalk about their education and future plans\, and retell stories shared with them.\n\nPrerequisite: Swedish Advanced Beginner 1 or equivalent. Instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels\, please contact Malin Tybahl. Tuition is $499 ($449.10 ASF Members); 15 hours total class time over 9 weeks. \n**There will be no classes on February 21 or February 28 (winter recess).**
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/swedish-advanced-beginner-2/2023-02-14/
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