October 2023
NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® WITH JEFFREY SIEGEL: MOZART AND FRIENDS
The cross-pollination of three musical geniuses produced masterpieces that continue to enthrall after more than two centuries. This upbeat evening features Haydn's Gypsy Rondo, Beethoven's God Save the King, and Mozart's dazzling, infinitely inventive Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star—to name a few! Hailed by the New York Times for "an achievement of a sort seldom heard," internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns to Scandinavia House for his ever-popular series of Keyboard Conversations® —a brilliantly polished concert-with-commentary in which captivating remarks precede world-class…
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »EDVARD MUNCH: TRANSFORMING NATURE
On October 7, join us for the discussion Edvard Munch: Transforming Nature. Jay A. Clarke, who received a grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation to conduct research for the current exhibition and publication Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth on view now at the Clark Art Institution through October 15, is Rothman Family Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. In today’s discussion, Clarke will examine how Munch animated nature to bring meaning to his work. Known primarily as a figure painter, Munch’s…
Find out more »HOLIDAY BUILDING CLOSURE
Scandinavia House will be closed for the holiday on Monday, October 9, 2023.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »MISS VIBORG
On October 11, see Marianne Blicher’s MISS VIBORG (Denmark, 2022) in our ongoing series "Svart Humor: 'Comedies' From the North"!
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »TILLIE THE TERRIBLE SWEDE A FAMILY PUPPET SHOW
On October 14, join us for Tillie the Terrible Swede, a show for the whole family featuring marionette puppets, live performers and most importantly — a bicycle!
Find out more »TILLIE THE TERRIBLE SWEDE A FAMILY PUPPET SHOW
On October 14, join us for Tillie the Terrible Swede, a show for the whole family featuring marionette puppets, live performers and most importantly — a bicycle!
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »THE CHIEFTAIN AND THE CHAIR
Join us October 17 for a discussion of The Chieftain and the Chair: The Rise of Danish Design in Postwar America with art historian and ASF Fellow Maggie Taft! She will discuss how Danish design rose to prominence in the postwar United States, becoming shorthand for stylish modern comfort, as explored in her book out now from University of Chicago Press. Today, Danish Modern design is synonymous with clean, midcentury cool. During the 1950s and ‘60s, it flourished as the furniture choice for…
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »DAY BY DAY
This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. On October 18, see the Day By Day (Sweden, 2022), the newest film from The 100-Year-Old-Man director Felix Herngren! In this life-affirming tale about it…
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »GRETA MAGNUSSON GROSSMAN: MODERN DESIGN FROM SWEDEN TO CALIFORNIA
On October 19, join us for a book talk with Harriet Harriss and Naomi House on Greta Magnusson Grossman: Modern Design from Sweden to California, out now from Lund Humphries! They’ll discuss their definitive book on Swedish designer, whose significant contributions to design and architecture have largely been ignored until recently. Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906-1999) was a prolific designer working within the male-dominated world of mid-century modern design, whose status and influence has been largely ignored. Grossman was the ultimate polymath —…
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK 2023
Scandinavia House opens its doors once again for Open House New York on October 21 & 22.
Find out more »OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK 2023
Scandinavia House opens its doors once again for Open House New York on October 21 & 22.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »SAUNA: THE POWER OF DEEP HEAT
On October 24, join us for a book discussion with author Emma O’Kelly on Sauna: The Power of Deep Heat! With moderator Eero Kilpi (President, the North American Sauna Society), she’ll discuss her book exploring the new wave of sauna culture spreading throughout the world, out September 19 from Welbeck. Saunas are now being built in unique settings providing tech-free spaces in which to gather, share stories and enjoy nature. The tradition has a rich history, filled with rituals that encourage us to…
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »GALLERY TOUR: NARRATIVE THREADS
Join us for free guided gallery tours of NARRATIVE THREADS, presenting multi-media artwork by eight Nordic artists.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »THE WOODCUTTER STORY
This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. On October 25, see the Finnish dark comedy The Woodcutter Story (Metsurin Tarina, dir. Mikko Myllylahti, Finland/Netherlands/Denmark/Germany, 2022)! Pepe (Jarkko Lahti ) is a woodcutter in…
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »WATERCOLOR WEAVE: ADULT ART WORKSHOP WITH MELKORKA HELGADOTTIR
Join us at Scandinavia House for an adult art workshop and tour of our current exhibition, Narrative Threads.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »November 2023
GALLERY TOUR: NARRATIVE THREADS WITH MARGRETHE AANESTAD
Join us for free guided gallery tours of NARRATIVE THREADS, presenting multi-media artwork by eight Nordic artists.
Find out more »SOLD OUT: THE PROMISED LAND
On November 1, join us for a special screening and film talk of the new epic The Promised Land, selected as Denmark’s contender for Best International Feature for the 2024 Academy Awards, with director Nikolaj Arcel.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »NINJABABY
This fall at Scandinavia House, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark, someone is going to make a joke about it,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. The series concludes November 9 with “an uncompromisingly brilliant comedy about unwanted pregnancy,” Ninjababy (dir. Yngvild Sve Flikke, Norway, 2021)!…
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SOLD OUT: REMEMBER TO BLINK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Join us for the Opening Night Celebration of the New York Baltic Film Festival with REMEMBER TO BLINK.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE?
On Thursday, November 9, 6th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) will present a special evening in support of Ukraine. The program will feature a screening of the short documentary What Would You Take? (Mille Sina võtaksid, dir. Heilika Pikkov, Estonia, 2023, 23 min.), followed by a panel moderated by Andrew Horodysky (Ukrainian Institute of America) with director Heilika Pikkov, painter Lesia Khomenko, and Katherine Carl, and will conclude with a concert by Estonian musician Maria Faust. Home. Your home. Your place.…
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »MACHINA FAUST — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see MACHINA FAUST, an unfiltered documentary about Estonian saxophonist and composer Maria Faust.
Find out more »COLLECTIVE — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see COLLECTIVE, an anthology of films from six of Latvia's groundbreaking and visionary filmmakers.
Find out more »REMEMBER TO BLINK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Join us for the Opening Night Celebration of the New York Baltic Film Festival with REMEMBER TO BLINK.
Find out more »MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY: THE EXECUTIONER’S DAUGHTER — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY: THE EXECUTIONER'S DAUGHTER, based on the bestselling novels of Indrek Hargla.
Find out more »SOVIET MILK — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see SOVIET MILK, based on the bestselling novel by Nora Ikstena.
Find out more »SLOW — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see SLOW, Lithuania's contender for Best International Feature Film at next year's Academy Awards.
Find out more »CRIME SOLVING FOR BEGINNERS — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see the International Premiere of Armands Zvirbulis's CRIME SOLVING FOR BEGINNERS.
Find out more »THE POET — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see THE POET (dir. Giedrius Tamoševičius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis), set in post-war Lithuania.
Find out more »SOLD OUT: SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD — NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
In this year's NYBFF, see the poignant documentary SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD, Estonia's contender for next year's Academy Awards.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »OPPONENT — SCREENING & FILM TALK
See the Swedish social thriller OPPONENT (Motståndaren, dir. Milad Alami, Sweden/Norway, 2022) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series!
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »GALLERY TOUR: NARRATIVE THREADS
Join us for free guided gallery tours of NARRATIVE THREADS, presenting multi-media artwork by eight Nordic artists.
Find out more »GODLAND: SCREENING & FILM TALK WITH HLYNUR PÁLMASON
See the psychological epic GODLAND (dir. Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland, 2022) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SWEDISH INTERMEDIATE 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Intermediate Swedish 1 classes will take place on Thursday evenings.
Find out more »SOLD OUT: ROSE — SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
See the moving new Danish drama Rose (France/Denmark, 2023), with a film talk and Q&A by director Niels Arden Opley!
Find out more »ECHOES OF THE UNIVERSE: THE MUSIC OF KAIJA SAARIAHO
Join us for a special screening of ECHOES OF THE UNIVERSE: THE MUSIC OF KAIJA SAARIAHO, followed by a Q&A with Saariaho's family.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »HOLIDAY CLOSURE — CHILDREN’S CENTER, GALLERIES, SHOP
Scandinavia House will be closed for the holiday on Monday, October 9, 2023.
Find out more »THANKSGIVING FEAST AT BJÖRK CAFE & BISTRO
Celebrate Thanksgiving at Scandinavia House with a special prix-fix menu from Björk Cafe & Bistro!
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered at Scandinavia House! Advanced Intermediate Swedish classes will take place on Tuesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 3 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 3 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »SWEDISH ADVANCED BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Advanced Beginner 1 classes will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Find out more »GALLERY TOUR: NARRATIVE THREADS
Join us for free guided gallery tours of NARRATIVE THREADS, presenting multi-media artwork by eight Nordic artists.
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 1
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 1 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Find out more »NORWEGIAN 4 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn Norwegian 4 in hybrid classes this semester from Scandinavia House.
Find out more »APOLONIA, APOLONIA | SCREENING & DIRECTOR TALK
"An impressively idiosyncratic, far-reaching work..." (Variety) — see Danish filmmaker Lea Glob's fascinating portrait of an artist as a young woman, APOLONIA, APOLONIA!
Find out more »SWEDISH BEGINNER 2 — HYBRID LANGUAGE CLASSES
Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered this winter at Scandinavia House! Swedish Beginner 2 classes will take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
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