ASF + Scandinavia House

ASF + Scandinavia House Scandinavia House, home to the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF), presents a wide range of exhibitions, films, concerts, lectures & family programs dedicated to contemporary Nordic culture.
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Established in 1911 by Danish-American industrialist Niels Poulson and a group of other forward-thinking leaders from business and education, the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) was the first international non-governmental society to have as its sole purpose the development of goodwill through educational and cultural exchange. It was designed to meet the needs of its time through fellowships, scholarly exchange, exhibitions, and publications. These programs have grown over the years, and along with the cultural programs at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, have provided a comprehensive platform for ongoing international exchange between the United States and the Nordic countries. This international work is at the heart of the Foundation’s mission. Each year, ASF awards over $800,000 in fellowships and grants to individual students, scholars, professionals, and artists for study and research in the United States and abroad. To date, some 30,000 Americans and Scandinavians have participated in these and other ASF programs of study, research, or practical training. In October 2000, ASF opened Scandinavia House as a showplace for Nordic culture and life. Since its founding, it has welcomed over 1.5 million visitors, who have come to enjoy exhibitions, performances, lectures, and more. Scandinavia House was financed by the generosity of more than 300 donors from the U.S. and abroad, including individuals, corporations, and foundations, as well as the Nordic governments and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, the leading center for Nordic culture in the United States, offers a wide range of programs that illuminate the culture and vitality of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Scandinavia House offerings include diverse exhibitions and film series, as well as concerts and other performances, readings, lectures, symposia, language courses, and children’s activities. Designed by the internationally renowned Polshek Partnership Architects (now Ennead Architects) and inaugurated in October 2000, Scandinavia House is the headquarters of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) and the site of ASF’s cultural and educational programming.

"A sublime set of memoirs...the product of a terrifying talent" — see a review from The New York Times on Tove Ditlevsen...
01/24/2021
‘The Copenhagen Trilogy,’ a Sublime Set of Memoirs About Growing Up, Writing and Addiction

"A sublime set of memoirs...the product of a terrifying talent" — see a review from The New York Times on Tove Ditlevsen's "The Copenhagen Trilogy," now out in translation from Farrar, Straus and Giroux! We'll be holding a launch event on Tuesday at 7 PM ET with translator Michael Favala Goldman and authors Morten Høi Jensen (A Difficult Death), Rachel Kushner (The Mars Room), and Ben Lerner (The Topeka School); learn more in our Events page!

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Tove Ditlevsen’s three memoirs — “Childhood,” “Youth” and “Dependency” — recall her beautiful, cruel mother and the author’s headlong dive into addiction.

01/24/2021
MY FAVORITE WAR Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Check out our film talk with Best Animated Oscar Contender 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗥 (Latvia/Norway) director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, moderated by SVA Animation Department Chair of BFA Animation Hsiang Chin Moe. MY FAVORITE WAR is virtually screening across the U.S. until midnight on Sunday, Jan. 24 as part of the third & final installment of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
My Favorite War trailer: youtu.be/8BDB55OLUnM
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema

Nordic & Baltic shorts competing for this year’s Academy Awards are now virtually screening across the U.S. in our Oscar...
01/24/2021

Nordic & Baltic shorts competing for this year’s Academy Awards are now virtually screening across the U.S. in our Oscar Contenders series through tomorrow, Sunday, Jan. 24!
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
🇱🇹 Dummy/Atkūrimas (Lithuania, 2020; dir. Laurynas Bareiša)
🇪🇪 The Weight of All the Beauty/Süda Sõrve Sääres (Estonia, 2019; dir. Eeva Mägi)
🇳🇴 Ivo - short film (Norway, 2019; dir. Christina Lande)
🇪🇪 My Dear Corpses/Mu kallid laibad (Estonia, 2020; dir. German Golub)
🇳🇴 The Kicksled Choir/Sparkekoret (Norway 2020; dir. Torfinn Iversen)
🇳🇴 Njuokčamat -Shortfilm/The Tongues (Norway 2019; dir. Marja Bål Nango & Ingir Ane Bål Nango)
⚡️Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema is organized in coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.

01/24/2021
MY FAVORITE WAR Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Check out our film talk with Best Animated Oscar Contender 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗥 (Latvia/Norway) director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, moderated by SVA Animation Department Chair of BFA Animation Hsiang Chin Moe. MY FAVORITE WAR is virtually screening across the U.S. until midnight on Sunday, Jan. 24 as part of the third & final installment of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
My Favorite War trailer: youtu.be/8BDB55OLUnM
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema

01/23/2021
Race, Identity & Belonging in the Nordic Countries — Panel Discussion

On January 21, American-Scandinavian Foundation hosted a panel on “Race, Identity, and Belonging” in the Nordic countries with panelists Elizabeth Löwe Hunter (Ph.D. Candidate, African American Studies, UC Berkeley), Jasmine Kelekay (Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, UC Santa Barbara), and Susani Mahadura (journalist and filmmaker), with moderator and ASF Fellow Ethelene Whitmire (Professor/Chair, Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison). During the conversation, they explored issues related to the present-day realities of ethnic and national belonging in the Nordic countries.

Due to the high level of engagement during the chat for this panel, we invite interested viewers or audience members unable to attend to chat and discuss during the video's premiere. It will remain available to stream immediately afterward.

This panel continues a series on inclusion and ethnicity in the Nordic countries including the September 2020 discussion "Equity, Inclusion, and Immigration in the Nordic Countries" and January 2021 discussion "Race in the Colonial Past and Present," now available to stream.

01/23/2021
LIFE AFTER DEATH Q&A with dir. Klaus Härö

Join us for a virtual Q&A with 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 (Livet efter döden, Finland, 2020) director Klaus Härö, moderated by Scandinavian Film Festival LA director Jim Koenig. LIFE AFTER DEATH is virtually screening across the U.S. this weekend, Thursday, Jan. 21-Sunday, Jan. 24 as a new addition to the schedule for the third & final installment of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
LIFE AFTER DEATH trailer: youtu.be/kcN_RxPyJ78
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema
Elämää Kuoleman Jälkeen - Livet efter döden

The third and final weekend of our Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series starts today and is screening through Sunday,...
01/21/2021

The third and final weekend of our Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series starts today and is screening through Sunday, Jan. 24!
Best Animated Feature Oscar contender 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗥 (Latvia/Norway) is an animated documentary that tells the director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s personal story of growing up in the Cold War-era Latvia occupied by the USSR. It’s an exciting coming-of-age story about finding one’s own identity, truth and the courage to speak out, mirroring Latvia’s political awakening and fight for independence.
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
⚡️A live virtual film talk with the film's director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, moderated by School of Visual Arts Chair of BFA Animation Hsiang Chin Moe will take place on Zoom this Saturday, Jan. 23 at 2p ET!
𝗤&𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: bit.ly/3iHxUYx
My Favorite War trailer: youtu.be/8BDB55OLUnM
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema is organized together with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.

01/21/2021
LIFE AFTER DEATH Q&A with dir. Klaus Härö

Join us for a virtual Q&A with 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 (Livet efter döden, Finland, 2020) director Klaus Härö, moderated by Scandinavian Film Festival LA director Jim Koenig. LIFE AFTER DEATH is virtually screening across the U.S. this weekend, Thursday, Jan. 21-Sunday, Jan. 24 as a new addition to the schedule for the third & final installment of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders3
LIFE AFTER DEATH trailer: youtu.be/kcN_RxPyJ78
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Third Weekend — Virtual Cinema
Elämää Kuoleman Jälkeen - Livet efter döden

𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔 is “beautifully poker-faced… elegant, offbeat, relevant, meticulous, intelligent, engaging”–Variety.Check ...
01/17/2021

𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔 is “beautifully poker-faced… elegant, offbeat, relevant, meticulous, intelligent, engaging”–Variety.
Check out Lithuania’s official Academy Awards entry Nova Lituania (dir. Karolis Kaupinis), based on a 1938 true story about the efforts to create a “backup Lithuania” overseas for the country’s residents to escape to in case of danger. The film is streaming as part of our Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series through Sunday, Jan 17!
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Exclusive Q&A with director Karolis Kaupinis: fb.watch/33fvkYvcPm
Trailer: youtu.be/yU808YE4YSg
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings are organized in coordination with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. NOVA LITUANIA screenings supported by Lietuvos Generalinis Konsulatas Niujorke/Consulate Gen. of Lithuania in NY.

01/16/2021
NOVA LITUANIA Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Lithuania’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔’s director Karolis Kaupinis, moderated by film scholar/curator Lukas Brasiskis. NOVA LITUANIA is virtually screening as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. through Sunday, Jan. 17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Nova Lituania trailer: youtu.be/yU808YE4YSg
✨“An elegant, offbeat fiction that is both steeped in pre-war Lithuanian history and starkly relevant to our current moment.”—Variety
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings
Supported by the Lietuvos Generalinis Konsulatas Niujorke/Consulate Gen. of Lithuania in NY.

01/16/2021
TOVE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a Q&A with Finland’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗧𝗢𝗩𝗘’s director Zaida Bergroth and lead actor Alma Pöysti. TOVE is virtually screening across the U.S. this Sat.-Sun. (Jan. 16-17) as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
TOVE trailer: youtu.be/Pkck5wfdN3s
Moderated by NY Baltic Film Festival programmer Jūle Rozīte.
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings

“Mesmerizing. TOVE beguiles audiences into the world of its characters”—Variety.Don’t miss Finland’s official Academy Aw...
01/16/2021

“Mesmerizing. TOVE beguiles audiences into the world of its characters”—Variety.
Don’t miss Finland’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗧𝗢𝗩𝗘 (dir. Zaida Bergroth) about the Swedo-Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, portraying the iconic talent’s creative energy and her turbulent search for identity, desire and freedom. TOVE is exclusively screening for two days only – Sat., Jan 16 & Sun., Jan 17 – at our Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series organized with Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Trailer: youtu.be/Pkck5wfdN3s

01/16/2021
Njuokčamat / The Tongues Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a Q&A with the Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award contender 𝗡𝗷𝘂𝗼𝗸𝗰̌𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 (Norway) directors Marja Bål Nango & Ingir Bål Nango, moderated by Kyle Reinhart, Head of Programs at Scandinavia House. Njuokčamat is virtually screening with the Swedish feature CHARTER as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Njuokčamat -Shortfilm is in Sami with English subtitles.
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings
🏆Winner of Best International Short Film at the Palm Springs International ShortFest and Best Director at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
❄️The edge of the reindeers tongue holds all the lies and shall not be eaten. The one who eats it, will be a liar. When a Sami woman is attacked by a man during a blizzard on the tundra while she is herding reindeer, her sister senses that something is wrong, and sets off in search for her. Wrapped in fear and confusion, both women will unite in their fight for revenge.

01/16/2021
CHARTER Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Sweden’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥’s director Amanda Kernell and lead actor Ane Dahl Torp, moderated by Women & Hollywood founder & publisher Melissa Silverstein. CHARTER, along with the Norwegian Oscar short Njuokčamat / The Tongues, is virtually screening as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Charter trailer: youtu.be/aXQITD-MsLY
Presented with the Consulate General of Sweden in New York and the Embassy of Sweden in USA.

01/15/2021
NOVA LITUANIA Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Lithuania’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔’s director Karolis Kaupinis, moderated by film scholar/curator Lukas Brasiskis. NOVA LITUANIA is virtually screening as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. through Sunday, Jan. 17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Nova Lituania trailer: youtu.be/yU808YE4YSg
✨“An elegant, offbeat fiction that is both steeped in pre-war Lithuanian history and starkly relevant to our current moment.”—Variety
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings
Supported by the Lietuvos Generalinis Konsulatas Niujorke/Consulate Gen. of Lithuania in NY.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panel "Race in the Colonial Past & Present" this week with artists La Vaughn Be...
01/15/2021
Race in the Colonial Past and Present: Virtual Conversation with La Vaughn Belle and Jeanette Ehlers

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panel "Race in the Colonial Past & Present" this week with artists La Vaughn Belle & Jeanette Ehlers, creators of I AM QUEEN MARY! You can stream their full discussion on changing the narrative of Denmark's colonial history in the Caribbean at the link below; and check out the film "We Carry It Within Us" in our events panel, now through January 24.

On January 12, ASF presented a virtual conversation between artists Jeanette Ehlers and La Vaughn Belle on “Race in the Colonial Past and Present,” moderated...

01/15/2021
Njuokčamat / The Tongues Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a Q&A with the Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award contender 𝗡𝗷𝘂𝗼𝗸𝗰̌𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 (Norway) directors Marja Bål Nango & Ingir Bål Nango, moderated by Kyle Reinhart, Head of Programs at Scandinavia House. Njuokčamat is virtually screening with the Swedish feature CHARTER as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Njuokčamat -Shortfilm is in Sami with English subtitles.
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings
🏆Winner of Best International Short Film at the Palm Springs International ShortFest and Best Director at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
❄️The edge of the reindeers tongue holds all the lies and shall not be eaten. The one who eats it, will be a liar. When a Sami woman is attacked by a man during a blizzard on the tundra while she is herding reindeer, her sister senses that something is wrong, and sets off in search for her. Wrapped in fear and confusion, both women will unite in their fight for revenge.

01/15/2021
The Kicksled Choir Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a Q&A with the Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award contender 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗿 (Sparkekoret, Norway, 2020) director Torfinn Iversen, producer Julia Andersen & lead actor Benoni Brox Krane, moderated by the Scandinavian Film Festival LA director Jim Koenig. The short film is virtually screening with the Norwegian feature HOPE as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
The Kicksled Choir trailer: vimeo.com/482420021
🏆 Winner of the 2020 TIFF Junior–Tromsø International Children’s Film Festival Audience Award, the 2020 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Professional Jury’s Prize for Best Live-Action Short, and many other awards.

01/15/2021
HOPE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Norway’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 (Håp)’s director Maria Sødahl and lead actors Stellan Skarsgård & Andrea Bræin Hovig, moderated by Scandinavian Film Festival LA director Jim Koenig. HOPE, along with Norwegian Oscar short The Kicksled Choir (Sparkekoret), is virtually screening as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Hope - by Maria Sødahl trailer: youtu.be/hJtgsGOw81k
Supported by Norway in New York.

01/14/2021
TOVE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a Q&A with Finland’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗧𝗢𝗩𝗘’s director Zaida Bergroth and lead actor Alma Pöysti. TOVE is virtually screening across the U.S. this Sat.-Sun. (Jan. 16-17) as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
TOVE trailer: youtu.be/Pkck5wfdN3s
Moderated by NY Baltic Film Festival programmer Jūle Rozīte.
Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders: Second Weekend | Virtual Screenings

01/14/2021
CHARTER Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Sweden’s official Academy Awards entry 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥’s director Amanda Kernell and lead actor Ane Dahl Torp, moderated by Women & Hollywood founder & publisher Melissa Silverstein. CHARTER, along with the Norwegian Oscar short Njuokčamat / The Tongues, is virtually screening as part of the second weekend of the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series, available across the U.S. January 14-17, organized by ASF + Scandinavia House and Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 & 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: bit.ly/NordicBalticOscarContenders2
Charter trailer: youtu.be/aXQITD-MsLY
Presented with the Consulate General of Sweden in New York and the Embassy of Sweden in USA.

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Videos

MY FAVORITE WAR Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
MY FAVORITE WAR Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Race, Identity & Belonging in the Nordic Countries — Panel Discussion
Race, Identity & Belonging in the Nordic Countries — Panel Discussion

LIFE AFTER DEATH Q&A with dir. Klaus Härö
LIFE AFTER DEATH Q&A with dir. Klaus Härö

NOVA LITUANIA Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
NOVA LITUANIA Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

TOVE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
TOVE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Njuokčamat / The Tongues Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
Njuokčamat / The Tongues Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

CHARTER Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
CHARTER Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

The Kicksled Choir Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
The Kicksled Choir Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

HOPE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
HOPE Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

ANOTHER ROUND Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
ANOTHER ROUND Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

My Dear Corpses Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
My Dear Corpses Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

AGNES JOY Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)
AGNES JOY Q&A (Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders)

Virtual Cinema: Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders 2021
Virtual Cinema: Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders 2021

Virtual Studio Visit wtih Camilla Vuorenmaa
Virtual Studio Visit wtih Camilla Vuorenmaa

Virtual Nordic Holiday Cooking & Glögg: With Morten Sohlberg & Ulrika Bengtsson
Virtual Nordic Holiday Cooking & Glögg: With Morten Sohlberg & Ulrika Bengtsson

Virtual Nordic Holiday Cooking & Glögg: With Morten Sohlberg & Ulrika Bengtsson
Virtual Nordic Holiday Cooking & Glögg: With Morten Sohlberg & Ulrika Bengtsson

Yarn Tomte: Nordic Holiday Craft Workshop
Yarn Tomte: Nordic Holiday Craft Workshop

Virtual St. Lucia Celebration: Discussion & Performance with Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz
Virtual St. Lucia Celebration: Discussion & Performance with Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz

Danish Woven Hearts: Nordic Holiday Craft Workshop
Danish Woven Hearts: Nordic Holiday Craft Workshop

Giving Tuesday 2020
Giving Tuesday 2020

Virtual Studio Visit with Pekka and Teija Isorättyä
Virtual Studio Visit with Pekka and Teija Isorättyä

"A Year in Film Through Baltic Eyes" NYBFF Discussion Panel
"A Year in Film Through Baltic Eyes" NYBFF Discussion Panel

Wednesday Workshop: Fold-Over Paintings
Wednesday Workshop: Fold-Over Paintings

NY Baltic Film Festival: THE LAWYER Q&A with dir. Romas Zabarauskas
NY Baltic Film Festival: THE LAWYER Q&A with dir. Romas Zabarauskas

NY Baltic Film Festival: OLEG Q&A with Juris Kursietis & Valentin Novopolskij
NY Baltic Film Festival: OLEG Q&A with Juris Kursietis & Valentin Novopolskij

NY Baltic Film Festival: TRUTH AND JUSTICE Q&A with dir. Tanel Toom
NY Baltic Film Festival: TRUTH AND JUSTICE Q&A with dir. Tanel Toom

Monster Party Workshop with Satu Kettunen: Short Video
Monster Party Workshop with Satu Kettunen: Short Video

NY Baltic Film Festival: "Stress & Release: Thrillers" Filmmaker Discussion
NY Baltic Film Festival: "Stress & Release: Thrillers" Filmmaker Discussion

NY Baltic Film Festival: NEARBY Q&A with dir. Alise Zarina
NY Baltic Film Festival: NEARBY Q&A with dir. Alise Zarina

NY Baltic Film Festival: THE CASTLE Q&A with dir. Lina Lužytė
NY Baltic Film Festival: THE CASTLE Q&A with dir. Lina Lužytė

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Please share, we need all the help we can get! Jafet J. Rytkonen was born in Finland in 1879 and came to Negaunee MI to work in the iron mines in 1902. However, he quickly changed professions and became an entrepreneur. He built the Historic Vista Theater/PAAC in 1925-1926. This theater is well loved by its small community of Negaunee, Iron Town USA. Many updates had been completed and many more were on the cusp of happening until Covid-19 shut everything down. After recent heavy rains the roof drains clogged causing water to pool, the massive weight of the standing water took down the entire roof over the auditorium. The theater has been a home for so many struggling for a place to belong. Producing plays, musicals, readings, pageants, fundraisers, both showing and making movies, youth productions, concerts, workshops, and much more! Even producing and performing a traveling adaptation of the Kalevala back in 2009! Please help save the building before the winter snow hits! Any amount is helpful, thank you for your time and support, it's appreciated more than you know!
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Sharing this incredible opportunity to meet Zlatan Ibrahimović at LA Galaxy and raised money toward awareness and cure for ALS!
Hope you can join us next Monday at NYC's fave spot for music Joe's Pub at The Public for the US Debut of Spellemannpris winning Saami yoik artist Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson
Norwegian Sami artist Marja Mortensson, who was just awarded the 2019 Spellemannspris, will make her US Debut at Joe's Pub on June 10 in NYC. Marja is an extraordinary Saami yoiker and singer from Norway who was born into a reindeer herding family. Marja is part of a renaissance of Sami culture in Northern Europe, and she is dedicated to keeping her ancient and endangered language, culture and music alive. She is fluent in her Southern Sami language of which less than five hundred people speak. By studying historical recordings from multiple museums and archives she has relearned some of her people’s old, traditional yoiks – songs that have been silent for far too long. The unique soundscape created by the trio stems from a deep understanding and adherence to traditional yoiks and their melodies and brings in contemporary elements. The trio includes one of Norway’s most famous brass players and composers, Daniel Herskedal, on tuba/bass trumpet, and outstanding percussionist Jakop Janssønn. Joe's Pub https://joespub.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/Joes-Pub/2019/M/Marja-Mortensson/?SiteTheme=JoesPub Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/315708882474317/ Marja Mortensson http://www.marjamortensson.no/bio She will also be performing in Washington DC on June 14 at The Hill Center https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/global-sounds-on-the-hill-marja-mortensson/
Risky Play the Danish Way - Understanding the Many Benefits of Risky Play in the Outdoors. Relevant and exciting workshop for all parents and professionals who work with children. Hosted by Columbia Teacher's College April 16th 2019 10am-3pm https://www.facebook.com/events/2202947306435607/
Looking for an excuse to travel? Check out the iceland writers retreat to improve your writing and enjoy the beautiful icelandic landscape ✈️ Join us for a series of workshops and panels led by an esteemed team of international writers! Between intimate workshops and lectures tour spectacular Reykjavik https://www.facebook.com/IcelandWritersRetreat/photos/pb.574538279232974.-2207520000.1551388009./2217892478230871/?type=3&theater