Museum-night in The Nordic House - Opening 7 – 12 PM
Nordic jazz – PELbO from Norway
A band with an instrumentation that is quite original: vocals, tuba and the drums. The band moves in between rock, pop, jazz and world music. The band is known for their fantastic live-performances. Ine Kristine Hoem, vocals and keyboards, Kristoffer Lo, tuba, and Trond Bersu, drums. PELbO made it to the finals in the competition Young Nordic Jazz Comets.
Exhibition Hall in the Basement
Exhibition of posters made by Helgi Hoseason. Helgi, who died last year, was well-known all over Iceland for his protests from 1962 and onwards. He was often called “Icelands demonstrator”. He protested against the state, the courts of law and the church. He was also known for having thrown “skyrrøre” at Icelands president, bishop and members of Parliament when Alltinget opened in 1972.
The Hall
The Exhibition 52 Caps
Edda Lilja Gudmundsdottir set herself the task of crocheting or knitting one cap a week during the whole of 2009. On one condition: all caps should be different from each other, and all should be made of yarn she had in her house.
The Library
Master Alvar Aalto
The library has set up a special exhibition of books on Alvar Aalto, the architect of The Nordic House.
