Strongest bear in the world
May 15, 2012
'Bamse' created by "the Disney of Northern Europe," Rune Andreasson, becomes animated. READ MORE »
Mind games in a relationship
May 15, 2012
Strindberg East and West: play premieres in NYC this Friday, May 18, the Cutting Ball Theater's series in SFO continues and a Strindberg Film Festival in LA. READ MORE »
Paul Simon and Yo Yo Ma win 2012 Polar Prize
May 08, 2012
Sweden’s most prestigious music award goes to American singer-songwriter READ MORE »
August Strindberg's 'Playing With Fire' in New York
May 08, 2012
A great cast with actors from The Negro Ensemble Company tackles August Strindberg's comedy "Playing With Fire" and does so marvelously. READ MORE »
Reluctant El Saadawi receives Stig Dagerman Prize
May 08, 2012
Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi has been awarded this year's Stig Dagerman Prize. READ MORE »
New York based Sophie at Confidencen
May 04, 2012
Dellert and Ahlsted's darling READ MORE »
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Ghostly gas stations
May 02, 2012
Call them bone-chilling - the abandoned gas stations from eras past. READ MORE »
Shop til you drop in a culture of fear
May 02, 2012
In 2001 Swedish American conceptual artist Michele Pred worked as a limo driver in San Francisco. After 9/11 she noticed a change.. READ MORE »
Film director Levan Akin
April 30, 2012
The swedish film director Levan Akin and his first feature film "Katinkas Kalas" (Certain People) in New York.
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Swedish student won Google prize
April 28, 2012
24-year-old Viktor Johansson won the Google Photography Prize 2012 for his photos of elite diver Christofer Eskilsson. READ MORE »
Review of 'Katinkas kalas'
April 27, 2012
Niclas Goldberg takes a closer look at Levan Akin's "Certain People" READ MORE »
Swedish folk music brought to life in Chicago
April 25, 2012
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Mikael Persbrandt, theater owner?
April 24, 2012
The Swedish actor partners up with Agneta Villman who took over Maxim in Stockholm in June, 2011. READ MORE »
Abba's album 'Gold'
April 18, 2012
A British bestseller and third most sold album in England's history. READ MORE »
'A Quiet Persistence'
April 13, 2012
A new photographic exhibit opens tonight, 6:30 p.m. at the Swedish Church, Manhattan. READ MORE »
Screened in NYC this week:
March 20, 2012
'Oslo, August 31st' Norwegian films glow these days, and one of the brightest directors in Norway's New Wave is Joachim Trier. READ MORE »
'Teddy Bear' one of three Nordic Films showing at MoMA.
March 20, 2012
Based on the short film "Dennis," "Teddy Bear" explores the story of Dennis (Kim Kold), a body builder who is quite shy and has trouble making conversation, especially with women. READ MORE »
Images of Sweden
March 16, 2012
Swedish humanitarians display passions and experiences in a new exhibition at the Swedish American Museum. READ MORE »
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Emma begins in style
March 14, 2012
Emma Eriksson Carlström comes to New York for her first ever photo exhibition, which opens at FIKA on March 16. READ MORE »
Winner of the 2012 Hasseblad Award
March 12, 2012
Paul Graham, a self taught photographer, who discovered photography through the books of great American pioneers. READ MORE »
Hej, Monika Knutsson.
March 09, 2012
Monika Knutsson left her job at the fashion giant Isabel Marant in Paris, to start her own fashion company in New York. Today, she visits flea markets around the world in the hunt for vintage lace pieces which she turns into jewelry. READ MORE »
Local Swedish New York artist at Volta NY:
March 07, 2012
Galleri Jan Wallmark picked New York based artist Mats Pehrson for the prestigious show in New York. READ MORE »
Nordic and Swedish Art in Focus
March 06, 2012
Arguably one of the world's most elite clubs, the art community, descended upon Manhattan this week for two influential shows. READ MORE »
Out of the Burrows
March 04, 2012
A look at the exhibition currently on view at Svenska Kyrkan in New York City. READ MORE »
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