7 events found.
Week of Events
On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North
Opening October 21 at Scandinavia House, On the Arctic Edge — Artists Explore the Far North presents three contemporary photo-based artists whose work traverses the regions of the Arctic Circle to probe themes ranging from time and memory, to landscape and the built environment, to science and mythology, to our changing climate: Marion Belanger, Clare Benson, and […]
New York Baltic Film Festival 2022
The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13. Theatrical screenings and events including director talks and Q&As will take place at Scandinavia House in New York from November 2-6. The […]
My Father the Spy
The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York, presented in accordance with […]
Rocks in My Pockets
The Fifth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings on November 2-13! From November 2 through 6, in-person screenings and events will take place at Scandinavia House in New York, presented in accordance with […]
New York Baltic Film Festival — Virtual Cinema
The Fourth Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America returns in 2022 as a hybrid festival with both in-person and virtual screenings! Virtual films in the festival will once again be available to viewers all across the U.S. via the Elevent streaming platform November 4-13. Virtual screenings of […]
Monday, November 7, 2022
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November 7, 2022 –Beginner Swedish 2 & 3
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November 7, 2022 –Norwegian I
Beginner Swedish 2 & 3
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall both remotely and in-house at Scandinavia House! In this combined course of two levels, students who already have some exposure to Swedish via apps or other means will continue to develop their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills within a cultural context. At the end of […]
Norwegian I
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this beginner's course, you will build your Norwegian vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar skills, while also learning about Norwegian culture and life. By the course's end, you should be able to conduct simple conversations in Norwegian. You will get to practice conversations in class, […]
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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November 8, 2022 –Advanced Beginner Swedish 1
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November 8, 2022 –Norwegian II—Hybrid Language Classes
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November 8, 2022 –RIT: The Poetry of Olav H. Hauge
Advanced Beginner Swedish 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this course held as remote learning, 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 […]
Norwegian II—Hybrid Language Classes
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In course building on Norwegian I (or equivalent), continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures, while enhancing your conversational abilities, and deepening your cultural knowledge of all things Norwegian. You will get to practice conversations in class which will put your grammatical […]
RIT: The Poetry of Olav H. Hauge
Join us for a musical program featuring the poetry of Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge! “RIT” is performed by Norwegian artists Reidun Horvei (voice) and Inger-Kristine Riber (keyboard and composition). The poems in this song cycle follow the seasons of the year while they mark developments in Hauge’s poetry and in his personal life. Olav […]
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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November 9, 2022 –Intermediate Swedish 3
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November 9, 2022 –Quake
Intermediate Swedish 3
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall at Scandinavia House! In this course based on conversation and grammar held as remote learning, 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 […]
Quake
"A powerful and emotive work which digs deep into the effects of trauma” (Backseat Mafia) — see the moving new Icelandic thriller Quake (Skjálfti, dir. Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Iceland, 2022) at Scandinavia House! When Saga, a single mother in her late 30s, is hit by a fierce epileptic attack while walking in a public park with her six-year-old son, she suffers […]
Thursday, November 10, 2022
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November 10, 2022 –Beginner Swedish 2 & 3
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November 10, 2022 –Afro-Sweden
Beginner Swedish 2 & 3
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall both remotely and in-house at Scandinavia House! In this combined course of two levels, students who already have some exposure to Swedish via apps or other means will continue to develop their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills within a cultural context. At the end of […]
Afro-Sweden
Join us for a talk with author and ASF Fellow Ryan Thomas Skinner on his new book Afro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country, out September 22 from University of Minnesota Press! Contemporary Sweden is a country with a worldwide progressive reputation, despite an undeniable tradition of racism within its borders. In the face of this contradiction of […]
Friday, November 11, 2022
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November 11, 2022 –The Emigrants
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November 11, 2022 –Beginner Swedish 1
The Emigrants
"A fresh, honest take" (The Guardian) — from internationally acclaimed Norwegian director Erik Poppe, see the epic period drama The Emigrants (Sweden, 2021) at Scandinavia House! This program has now been rescheduled from October 19. Based on Vilhelm Moberg's much-loved suite of novels — previously adapted in 1971 by Jan Troell into an Academy Award-nominated classic — The Emigrants tells the story […]
Beginner Swedish 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this fall 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. At the end of the semester, students will know: […]
Saturday, November 12, 2022
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November 12, 2022 –The Emigrants
The Emigrants
"A fresh, honest take" (The Guardian) — from internationally acclaimed Norwegian director Erik Poppe, see the epic period drama The Emigrants (Sweden, 2021) at Scandinavia House! This program has now been rescheduled from October 19. Based on Vilhelm Moberg's much-loved suite of novels — previously adapted in 1971 by Jan Troell into an Academy Award-nominated classic — The Emigrants tells the story […]
Sunday, November 13, 2022
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