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2025 Spring Gala
Save the date for the 2025 ASF Spring Gala! This annual event will return on Thursday, May 22 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. H. E. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of the Republic of Iceland, the newest Patron of ASF, will be an honored guest. The evening will also feature the presentation of the ASF Cultural Award to acclaimed Swedish American artist, Helena Hernmarck. Additional honorees will be announced soon. The Gala promises to be a wonderful pan-Nordic evening, whose fundraising will provide important support for the educational and cultural programs or ASF. If you have questions or would like to receive the formal invitation, contact dev@amscan.org. Join us for a festive and memorable evening!
- May 22, 2025 7:00 pm
MetropolitianTickets Available
A Finnish Artist In New York: Human Encounters Across Cultures
Join the Consulate General of Finland and the Scandinavia House in cooperation with the Finnish & American Women’s Network, Inc. for an evening celebrating the work of Award-winning Finnish photographer Jaakko Heikkilä. In this artist talk, Jaakko Heikkilä will discuss his photographic process, which is rooted in meeting and getting to know people across cultures, from those of his youth in old fishing villages on the northern borders of Finland and Sweden, to the communities in Harlem in New York City, the subject of his recently published book, “Sweet Song of Harlem” (pub. Parvs, Finalnd.) Heikkila is also currently filming an autobiographical documentary, which is being produced by Swedish film director Bo Joan Sorensen of Brightnest Studios.
- Apr 22, 2025 6:00 pm
Volvo HallTickets Available
Children's Center Reservations
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED IN WITH YOUR EMAIL TO ACCESS ALL RESERVATIONS. Reservations for the 2-hour play sessions. ASF Family membership required, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. Thursdays and Saturdays, open to the public as well as members. A reservation ticket must be purchased for each participating child, caregivers do not need to purchase tickets for themselves. ASF Family members are limited to 3 reservation tickets per session. All sales are final, no refunds or exchanges. Please sign the ASF Liability Waiver on our website and bring to your first play session.
- Apr 10, 2025 10:00 am
Heimbold Family Children's Playing & Learning CenterTickets Available - Apr 10, 2025 2:30 pm
Heimbold Family Children's Playing & Learning CenterTickets Available - Apr 12, 2025 10:00 am
Heimbold Family Children's Playing & Learning CenterTickets Available - Apr 12, 2025 2:30 pm
Heimbold Family Children's Playing & Learning CenterTickets Available - Apr 17, 2025 10:00 am
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Coaster Weaving Workshop
Spend a (morning/afternoon) weaving your own vibrant and contemporary coaster in the rölakan flat weave style with textile artist, Chrtistine Novotny. Students will each create their own unique tapestry while touching on elements of color blending and design. Each student will leave with knowledge of the rölakan technique and a new coaster tailored to their aesthetic preferences! ABOUT CHRISTINE NOVOTNY Christine Novotny is a textile artist, designer and educator. She weaves vibrant textiles, all guided by her love for surprising color and design interactions. From rugs and blankets to fine art work, each of her pieces explore color nuance and relationships through materiality and traditional techniques. Her designs are guided intuitively by the physical practice of different woven processes, finding bold, graphic forms in tapestry and loom-controlled designs, and sensitivity and atmospheric movement in rya pile weavings. Christine's weavings explore not "if" colors work together, but how they interact, seeking unexpected color nuance and relationships in woven form.
- Jun 14, 2025 11:00 am
Volvo HallTickets Available
Dwight in Denmark: Saving Tune from Extintion.
See Dwight in Denmark, the marvelous story of Dwight Lamb, an old time Missouri Valley style fiddler who repatriated tunes learned from his father and grandfather that had gone extinct in Denmark, on Wednesday, June 18 at Scandinavia House! The screening will be followed by a film talk with Danish folk musician Kristian Bugge, a personal friend of Dwight’s. Held alongside our ongoing exhibition Nordic Echoes — Tradition in Contemporary Art, this program takes place during a week-long series of special folk events in honor of Midsummer.
- Jun 18, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Echoes Of The Fjords: The Timeless Music Of The Hardanger Fiddle
Join us on May 13 for a showcase on the legendary Hardanger fiddle, featuring a concert and discussion with Karen Rebholz and Lucy Jacobs! They will introduce you to the Hardanger fiddle and perform traditional tunes that were the musical accompaniment to life in the Norwegian countryside. These tunes mark important events in the lives of the people and serve as an aural repository of history and traditions unique to each valley.
- May 13, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Geometry Drawing Workshop
Explore the world of geometry with artist, Tia Keobounpheng. In this workshop, you will learn more about the significant role geometry plays in Tia’s mixed-media artwork and move through the 4th grade geometry lesson (during pandemic distance learning) that changed the course of her career. With pencil, compass, and ruler you will build repeating geometric patterns of squares, triangles, and hexagons by first starting with circles. Play with color to complete and accentuate your own distinct pattern!” ABOUT TIA KEOBOUNPHENG Tia Keobounpheng (b. 1977 Virginia, MN) is a multidisciplinary artist of Finnish and Sámi descent based in Minneapolis, MN. Her abstract “unwoven” tapestries break apart traditional craft methods as a means of processing generational patterns and imagining an expansive decolonized world. In 2000, she earned a BA degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota and has spent more than two decades exploring at the intersection of design, craft, and art. Keobounpheng earned Artist Initiative and Creative Support Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2017/2020/2021, Next Step Fund Grants from the McKnight Foundation through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council in 2018/2023, and a Folk Art and Cultural Traditions Grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation in 2023. Her solo exhibition REVEALING THREADS at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) was on view July-October 2023. Keobounpheng’s work is part of the permanent collections of Mia, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, The North Dakota Museum of Art, the University of St. Thomas, and numerous private collections in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York City, Washington DC, Miami, Albuquerque, Lake Tahoe, and Los Angeles. Keobounpheng completed a ten-by-twenty-foot permanent commission for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in August 2024.
- May 03, 2025 11:00 am
Volvo HallTickets Available
Gullat, Guldalit: To Hear, To Listen And To Act
Professor of literature at the Sámi University in Norway, Harald Gaski, and American visual artist of Sámi descent, Tia Keobounpheng, will engage in conversation about Sámi values, views, and understandings through the lens of “Gullat, guldalit”—to hear, to listen and to act accordingly—in literary and visual art.
- May 01, 2025 7:00 pm
Volvo HallTickets Available
Keyboard Conversations: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns this fall for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and a short Q & A session. The engaging format both makes friends of classical music and enriches the listening experience for avid music lovers. Tonight's program will consist of well-loved masterpieces by Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Chopin!
- May 01, 2025 7:30 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Kristian Bugge and Ruthie Dornfeld: Traditional Danish Music Showcase
Join fiddlers Kristian Bugge and Ruthie Dornfeld for an evening of traditional Danish folk music! Held alongside our ongoing exhibition Nordic Echoes — Tradition in Contemporary Art, this program takes place during a week-long series of special folk events in honor of Midsummer.
- Jun 17, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Leather Bracelet Workshop with KARLOTTA
Join the Leather Bracelet Workshop with KARLOTTA and create your own leather bracelet, personalized with your initials. In this hands-on session, we’ll guide you through the leather crafting process and help you add your personal touch. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, you'll leave with a bracelet that’s uniquely yours. It’s a great way to explore a new craft and make something special. Eva-Karlotta Tatar is the founder of KARLOTTA, a brand focused on sustainable leather accessories. With over 10 years of experience in both the US and European markets, she specializes in designing and creating custom luxury leather products. Eva-Karlotta prioritizes sourcing sustainable materials and managing the entire production process, always exploring new ways to design and produce sustainably. She has worked at a luxury brand in New York and launched a sustainable regenerative handbag collection, Farm to Arm, which was showcased at New York Fashion Week. Her newest collection focuses on upcycling leather, with the goal of reusing materials and redesigning them into new pieces. Eva-Karlotta holds a Master’s Degree in Accessory Design from Kolding Design School in Denmark.
- May 17, 2025 10:30 am
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Metal & Wood Work — Nordic Echoes Panel Discussion
Held alongside our exhibition Nordic Echoes — Tradition in Contemporary Art, the first major traveling exhibition of contemporary Nordic artist traditions from the Upper Midwest, join us for a panel discussion with three featured in the show: Talon Cavender-Wilson, Elizabeth Belz and Jess Hirsch. With exhibition curator Sally Yerkovich, they’ll discuss their works in the show and their respective metalworking and woodworking practices.
- Jul 19, 2025 3:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: A Happy Day
Three teenage friends stuck in a frozen, hopeless place come up with a plan to escape over the mountain to a world where their dreams can be fulfilled. But when one of them falls in love, their plan begins to unravel.
- May 21, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: Hunters on a White Field
Three friends decides to spend a long weekend in a remote cabin, deep within the Swedish woods to go hunting. However, one day all animals vanish without a trace and the forest turns eerily quiet. Obsessed with the idea of hunting, they decide to let the hunt go on, somehow.
- May 07, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: Stormskerry Maja
Maja and Janne move to the barren and remote island of Stormskerry, where survival is a daily struggle. Growing up in a world of old values, Maja becomes aware of a new era: a woman can be an equal partner instead of a mere bystander. The couple have children, and life is good until trouble sets in: war arrives on the island, Janne is forced to flee from the English troops, and Maja and the children are imprisoned. The family also faces many financial difficulties and death. Years pass, but Maja remains strong and stays in Stormskerry despite all the hardships and difficulties.
- Apr 16, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: The Kiss
A romantic drama set in Denmark in 1913, the story follows Anton, a noble and conscientious young man whose top priority is to complete his training as a cavalry officer. During a training session, he orders his platoon to help Baron von Løvenskjold and finds himself invited to a ball at the castle, where he meets the baron’s beautiful daughter Edith who has been in an accident and ended up in a wheelchair.
- May 14, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: The Missile
Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life and that of her small northern village.
- Apr 09, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: The Riot
In 1907, the miners in Sulitjelma in Fauske in Nordland made a famous rebellion against greedy mine owners.
- Apr 30, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
New Nordic Cinema: The Tundra Within Me
After living in Oslo for many years, Lena moves back to Sápmi in northern Norway with her young son, to explore Sami gender in an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she falls in love with reindeer herder Máhtte, whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of the relationship. As decisions from the past come to haunt her, Lena struggles to find out whether her and Máhtte’s lifestyles can ever be compatible.
- Apr 23, 2025 7:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
Spoon Carving Workshop
Carve a cook spoon! Learn how to carve a spoon from a fresh cut tree using traditional Nordic carving techniques. We cover tree anatomy, axing out a blank (roughed out spoon shape), knife holds for the hook & sloyd knife, drying, and finishing. This class is great for the beginner or the person wanting to learn “Sloyd style” carving. The class fee includes tool rental, materials, a finishing kit, and safety gloves. Please wear pants and close-toed-shoes, as we are going to make some wood chips. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR JESS HIRSCH Jess Hirsch is a maker, sculptor, and educator living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the founder of Fireweed Community Woodshop, a space to empower women and marginalized genders through the art of wood craft. Hirsch, as a lover of trees, studies Sloyd (Scandinavian hand craft) as a method to connect with the landscape through fresh cut wood. When she is not making bowls or furniture, she is chasing her toddler through fields while gathering wild herbs for medicine.
- Jul 19, 2025 11:00 am
Volvo HallTickets Available
Spring Design Showcase
Scandinavia House, in coordination with NYCxDESIGN week, is pleased to present the SPRING DESIGN SHOWCASE, a day-long event at Scandinavia House featuring Baltic and Nordic designers who work with upcycling, recycling, and sustainability. Following the morning's workshops, Scandinavia House will host a panel discussion with guests from the international sustainable fashion industry will touch on themes related to the UN’s sustainable Development Goals. Finally, an exhibition showcase will feature with wares for sale. More details will be added shortly, so please check back soon! Featured Designers Include: Reet Aus (Estonia) Kelpman Textiles (Finland) Hyti Design (Estonia) Sile Luik (Estonia) Kristel Kuslapuu (Estonia) Anneli Tammik (Estonia) Karlotta (Estonia) Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir (Iceland)
- May 17, 2025 2:00 pm
Volvo HallTickets Available
Swedish Folk Painting With Egg Yolk Workshop
Learn to make your own natural paint out of egg yolks in the style of folk paints from Southern Sweden! Historically paints were mixed from many different easily accessible bases, including egg yolks. In this intro level class, students will work alongside contemporary folk artist Pieper Bloomquist to mix multiple colors of paints and use them to paint some typical flowers found in older folk paintings in Southern Sweden. Suitable for any skill level, ages 12+.
- May 31, 2025 11:00 am
Volvo HallTickets Available
Working With Textiles — Nordic Echoes Panel Discussion
Held alongside our exhibition Nordic Echoes — Tradition in Contemporary Art, the first major traveling exhibition of contemporary Nordic artist traditions from the Upper Midwest, join us for a panel discussion with four artists featured in the show: Amber M. Jensen, Christine Novotny, and Lisa Wiitala. With exhibition curator Sally Yerkovich, they’ll discuss their works in the show and their respective practices as well as Nordic textile traditions.
- Jun 14, 2025 3:00 pm
Scandinavia HouseTickets Available
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About Scandinavia House
Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America is the leading center for Nordic culture in the United States. It 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.