Nordic House, 1st September 12.00-13.00. With its five and a half million people, Finland still counts as a small country by European standards. It lies in an exposed position next to Russia and has faced challenges ranging from open war to multiple economic crashes. ...

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An exhibition that looks at the climate issue from new angles. In conjunction with the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009, a group of 25 Nordic newspaper cartoonists provided some amusing and alarming reflections on climate change.

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The Folk-Music Trio Gáman gives a concert at The Nordic House 1/9. The house opens at 20.00. Ticket price is 1000 isk. Gáman aimes to reinvent nordic folk music heritage - give it a new meaning at modern times. Come and experience Gáman!
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DOVILĖ TOMKUTĖ is well known in Lithuania as a graphic artist and curator of numerous art exhibitions and cultural projects. 

The opening of the exhibition is at 3 p.m. Saturday 28th of August. It will be open until 12th of september.

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IKI is a free improvisation band with nine singers from four Nordic countries: Iceland, Finland, Norway and Denmark. The band works with melodies, sounds, harmonies, language and rythm, only by using their voices. IKI performs in the nordic house on Culture night at 20:00. Welcome!

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1.- 5. 9. 2010

This time we´re introducing some of the finest theatregroups working in the Nordic countries today. Theatre artists in Scandinavia are cooperating as never before and some wonderful examples of their cooperation and partnership can be seen at this year´s festival.        

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Jazzhátíð í Reykjavík í Norræna húsinu.

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The Nordic House will be open on Saturday 31. July from 12:00-17:00 as usual but closed on Sunday 1. and Monday 2. of Agust. Welcome!

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This exhibition is a collection of presents to the Nordic house.

All the items are all related to music. One of the items is the instrument “Lur” which the Nordic House received in 1975 from the Mora Ungdomsspelmanslag in Sweden.

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Stefan Boulter and Bente Elisabeth Endresen will open their exhibitions in the Nordic House Installation Rooms. 

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Mbomyo and Marija Murillo have put together an Exhibition displaying his design and her artwork. The exhibition puts design in new and more artistic context. The Exhibition is from the 10th of july - 30th of August.

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Karen Bit Vejle is famous for her papercutart. She will open her exhibition on the 10th of July. There you can experience her art in the whole Nordic House.

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The band Nanook (GRL) plays at the Nordic House 31st of august. Nanook made their first official track together called "Inuup Tarraa", which means "Shadow of Man" and is a track produced for Christian's short film titled with the same name. http://www.myspace.com/nanooksite

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Silfurberg consists of six members, a singer and five instrumentalists who have been playing together in various projects while studying at FÍH School of Music. This summer the band will play Nordic folk songs in their own arrangements all around Reykjavík. The arrangements will be in a nice, jazzy style so it should appeal to a broad audience.  So be on the look-out and listen for Silfurberg this summer! They will play at the Nordic House th 30th of june at 12.00. 

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Friday June 25, at 5 o'clock: Interview with Sara Blædel, a crime novelist from Denmark

 

To celebrate the publication of an Icelandic translation of Sara Blædel's crime novel, Aldrig mere fri, the author will be interviewed at the Nordic House in Reykjavik on Friday, June 25 at 5. Sara Blædel was nominated the best Danish author in 2009 by Danish readers and her novels have been published to a great critical acclaim.

 

 

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Elokuu-ensemble (August Ensemble) is versatile and openminded chamber music group with 10 years experience of playing together. It's members have been succesful in several national and international competitions. This particular year we celebrated the 10 years anniversary of summer concerts! 

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Friday June 4 2010, 3 pm

 Árni Heimir Ingólfsson will give an open lecture on Friday June 4 2010 on music and psalm tradition in post-reformation Iceland.

 This is the opening lecture of a conference organized by The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies and Skálholt where the main focus is on seventeenth century Nordic literature.

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Like so many nations historically on the cultural and geographical fringes of globalized society, Iceland has seen tremendous growth in its presence on the international arts scene in recent years. Check out the program, entrance is free.

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Workshop and courses Thursday to Friday, at the Textile Centre in the old Womens College in Blönduós (Northwest Iceland). Blönduósi. In northwest Iceland is a deep tradition of sheep farming and working with the wool. The courses are aiming at exploring the tradition of working with wool fibers and the roots of the knitting/crocheting techniques. The Wool-washing factory of Istex (Icelandic Textiles – the Lopi manufacturer) will be visited as well as the Textile Museum.(www.simnet.is/textile). Read more

A spatial light installation by Happy Space, Sweden www.happyspace.se

 

The sculpture was first put up in Stavanger, Norway.

Landscape by Happy Space, in collaboration with architect Katrín Ragnars

 

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Nils Erik Forsgård, direktør for Magma – Finlands-svensk tanketank diskuterer tanketankens virksomhet med dosent Gauti Kristmannsson. 

Nordens hus-12. mai-kl. 12.15-13.30

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Icelandic Dutch filmmaker Kris Kristinsson is showing his latest two filmsin the Nordic House 6/5  at 19.30. The premiere of the first two chapters of his new feature film "Hearts Know" filmed this year in Morocco and Iceland (32 min), and his debut film Ruta del Jaca (73 min) which is currently playing in movie theaters around Holland.

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The up and coming elections in the United Kingdom on the 6th of May will affect Iceland as well as Britain. For those of you with a political eye, the Nordic House will be showing the results live on a big screen from 10.30 pm until a winner is announced. All are welcome to attend what is guaranteed to be an exciting and interesting evening.

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There is a thin thread connecting the four movies of the festival: meeting the other - other people, other cultures different from one's own. 

Nordic House, 20.00, English subtitles, free entrance

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This year The Nordic House pays extra attention to the younger
generation. Throughout the year there will be lots of varied programs and activities, directed especially towards children.

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May 27–29, 2010

University of Iceland and the Nordic house, Reykjavik

This conference 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, among other questions of art in translation.

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1-24.maí
Art without boundaries is an yearly art program where the diversity in our capabilities blossom. People that are socially disabled work together with artist and create a unique exhibition and programs all over Reykjavík.
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Birna Bjarnadóttir's a book of fragments is a collection of illustrated texts on life and literature. George Toles writes the foreword, and the illustration is by Cliff Eyland, Haraldur Jónsson and Guy Maddin. Cliff Eyland is the designer of the book. Read more