The Danish jazzband, Dynamo, will give a concert at the Nordic House 3.march. The poets Peter Laugesen and Einar Már Guðmundson will read their poetry mixed with the jazz and Iben West videoartist creates a videopresentation during the concert. Ticketprice is: 1500 ISK.

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Haukur Ingvarson and Bergljót Kristjánsdóttir will discuss Haukurs recent book, Andlitsdrættir samtíðar.
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Welcome to the strange and peculiar world of books known as the artists books. 25 artists from the Nordic countries; Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark have congregated here to share their passion: Playing with and exploring the contept/media "The Boook".

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12:00-13:00 8. February.

Haukur Ingvarsson, radiojournalist, and Pétur Gunnarsson, writer, will discuss Gunnarsson's books about Þórbergur Þórðarson: ÞÞ í fátæktarlandi (2007) and ÞÞ í forheimskunnarlandi (2009).

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Nordic Jazz bands, Pelpo from Norway and POLP from Finland will give a concert at the Nordic House, 13th of February at 5pm. Tickets are sold at the entrance, price is 2000 ISK.

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Art in Translation seeks to address how arts discourse across linguistic borders affects the production, reception, and interpretation of art, music, film and literature in a globalized context.

The conference invites proposals from scholars, professionals, and graduate students from a wide range of disciplines (art, music, film, and literary history and theory, as well as linguistics, translation, anthropology, cultural studies, and other relevant fields). Equally welcome are proposals from practitioners in any field in the arts, whether in the form of conference papers or other types of presentations.

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During the dark days of the long Icelandic winter, music lovers have taken comfort in the annual contemporary music festival DARK MUSIC DAYS.   

Since 1980 the contemporary music festival, Dark Music Days, has celebrated the darkest days of the year with a new music festival where composers open their workshops to audiences.

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The Play, Orphans by Dennis Kelly, will premire 8/1. The Play is set up by a young group of actors: Hannes Óli Ágústsson, Stefán Benedikt Vilhelmsson and Tinnu Lind Gunnarsdóttir, that decided to buy the rights for the play. They have financed the whole production from their own pocket. Director is Vignir Rafn Valþórsson.

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The very first Nordic Knit & Wool Festival is held by the initiative of the Nordic house, Iceland.  Nordic Knit & Wool celebrates nordic knitting tradition and new-found popularity among the public. With this event we will capture the essence of knitting tradition and its roots in the nordic culture; unravel the mystery surrounding different knitting techniques; get inspired by knit artists and designers; share our collective knowledge and mediate it to the world; last but not least we will strengthen the bonds between vest-Nordic knit designers and knit enthuisists.

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 Writers visit the Nordic House in December on weekends and read for kids. This event is for kids from 0-14 years.
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The Nordic house Christmas Calendar is an art event that takes place from 1- 23 of December. Every day a new artist performs; the event can be music, dance, lecture performance or what ever the artist/speakers comes up with. Last year Björk was one of the performers. This year performers will be announced the 27th of November.

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Lápur, Skrápur and the Christmas-spirit is a play for the whole family to enjoy. The play is about Icelandic Christmas tradition and finding the true christmas- spirit to be able to enjoy the christmas.
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Innovit along with the Nordic House invites you to the opening of the Global Entrepreneure Week in Iceland 16/11. For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things.
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The exhibition Icelandic Printmakers Association 40th Anniversary will open Satuday 7th of November at the Nordic House. Around forty members are participating by showing new prints ranging from lithographs to digital prints. The curator is Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson. The exhibition runs to 5th of December. Free entrance. Read more

The Institute of International Affairs/Centre for the Study of Small States at the University of Iceland

In partnership with the Nordic House, Reykjavik and the Faroese Representation at Reykjavik

A TALK BY BEINTA Í JÁKUPSSTOVU , Introduced and moderated by Alyson JK Bailes, Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland.

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The Documentary Heima by Sigur Ros will be screened during The Icelandic Airwaves Festival this year. Heima was filmed 2006, in the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer, Sigur Rós played a series of concerts around their homeland. Combining both the biggest and smallest shows of their career, the entire tour was filmed, and now provides a unique insight into one of the world's shyest and least understood bands captured live in their natural habitat.
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Climate change. The lecture series start September 9^th at 15:00 in the Nordic house. First speaker will be Halldór Björnsson and his talk is named The scientific base of climate change. Read more

 A meeting-interview with  EMILIA LODIGIANI director of publishing house Iperborea: 

"The demanding work of translating: art or science?". Also with Silvia Cosimini, translator; chair: Ástráður Eysteinsson.

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celebrating The International Music Day On October 1. For the third time the concert series will take place in Iceland and the East Iceland. This time the main idea concerns associations of the artistic classical music and the traditional folk music in the context of cultural experiences of different countries.

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Diana Shearwood is a photographer who lives in Montréal. Her recent project Behind the Mall [Fête mobile] is a portrait of our everyday "food landscape" as depicted on the increasing number of transport vehicles which inhabit our streets and highways.

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Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) unites it all: Screenings at downtown venues of a wide range of fresh films from the international film scene, midnight movies, concerts, fabulous parties as well as uncannily hip bars.

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The festival, which runs from October 30th - November 7th 2009, exhibits cutting-edge performance art with its curators placing a special emphasis on the ephemeral nature of art with reference to stage arts, such as dance and theater.

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The Reykjavik International Literary Festival  is one of the major literary events in Iceland and is held bi-annually. This year's festival takes place 6-12 September 2009 in the Nordic House and a local theater, Iðnó.

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Consert 5. sept at 20:30

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It's all about making your own jam!

The Greenhouse cáfe at the Nordic House is having a harvest celebration this weekend, on sunday 30.august.

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Nanna Hermansson will give a lecture at the Nordic House this weekend at saturday 29th.august. The lecture is in Icelandic.

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A group of carol singers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark will visit us on Monday 31st. augst and give a concert at 20.00. The group calles them selves "Carol awakeners" and invite guests to take part in conversations about carol heritage after the concerts. There is no entry fee-everybody are welcome!

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