Latest Past Events

Virtual Studio Visit with Shoplifter Hrafnhildur Arnardottir

Online

Join us on Saturday, February 6 at 2 PM ET for a Virtual Studio Visit with the artist Shoplifter in Reykjavik, Iceland, to hear about her latest projects! One of Iceland’s leading contemporary artists Shoplifter (Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir) represented the country at the Venice Biennale in 2019, and her installation Chromo Sapiens opened at the Icelandic Pavilion in May 2019 in Venice, Italy, before…

Nordic Book Club Presents: Miss Iceland by Audur Ava

Online

Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online. This bi-weekly online meeting will feature novels from the best Nordic literary voices.

Online — Iceland’s Response to the Coronavirus With Dr. Gudrun Aspelund

Zoom

THU—April 23—3 PM EST American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to an online discussion with Dr. Gudrun Aspelund, Head Physician at Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control at the Directorate of Health in Iceland, regarding the nation’s response to the coronavirus. With ASF President Edward Gallagher as moderator, Dr. Aspelund will discuss measures that Iceland has taken to prevent the…