Welcome to the Scandinavian School in New Jersey!
August 30, 2010
On a calm and attractive little street in Jersey City there’s a corner building with huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and on one sunny, sleepy Sunday, I peeked in through those windows and what I saw made my heart melt: Cubbies in yellow and blue, standing easels and rows and rows of Swedish books. It’s the new Scandinavian School in Jersey City. READ MORE »
Swedish woman joins UN sustainability panel
August 14, 2010
Gunilla Carlsson joins UN group to study climate, global sustainability READ MORE »
The Forsbergs are leaving New York.
August 02, 2010
It’s time to say goodbye to Lage and Ellen Forsberg who have been musical director and assistant at the Swedish Church in New York for the past two years. It is, as Ellen herself states, a bittersweet goodbye. Lage and Ellen have had a happy love affair with New York and with all Swedish-American New Yorkers as well. READ MORE »
Scandinavian stories in New York City
August 02, 2010
Scandinavian Storytelling was a project that recently took place in New York City, allowing 11 lucky kids with Scandinavian roots to explore and document their heritage. READ MORE »
37th Grand Lodge Convention
July 13, 2010
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The Funk Unit thumps into Boston
July 12, 2010
Nils Landgren Funk Unit of Stockholm swung into the U.S. Northeast with their boisterous funk in June as part of a worldwide tour to promote Funk for Life - a newly released album and project inspired from a humanitarian trip to Africa. READ MORE »
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Anders Holst at Feinstein's
June 28, 2010
Soulful Swedish singer/songwriter Anders Holst performs in New York on June 30. Hailed as the "prince of contemporary romantic music," he returns to Feinstein's for one evening. READ MORE »
Journey with a Dream Team
June 24, 2010
A new exhibition in New York opened on June 24: Seven female artists from different parts of Sweden have gone on a journey together, a journey for art, for life, and for friendship. How do they prepare and what do they bring with them? At the non-profit all-women’s gallery A.I.R. in Dumbo, Brooklyn, Nordstjernan met the seven brave women as they were hanging their artwork. Fasten your seatbelts and come join them on their expedition. READ MORE »
Sweden Day Couple of the year
June 12, 2010
Ken and Susan Olson surrounded by the Swedish Folkdancers of New York at Sweden Day 2010 on June 12. READ MORE »
A 'Harvard toast' to Stieg Larsson’s latest
June 11, 2010
Harvard Square travel bookshop toasts Stieg Larsson’s latest with mini smörgåsbord READ MORE »
IT smart pen for home care
May 23, 2010
Swedish technology inside mobile pen that records and saves home health care facts. READ MORE »
Metropia: A Dystopian Outlook.
May 12, 2010
The enthusiastic film crowd in New York raced to see the much talked about Swedish film Metropia at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival where it made its US premiere. Tickets sold out quickly and an extra screening was added. READ MORE »
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Eco Chic Sweden
May 06, 2010
A new exhibition titled “Eco Chic – Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion” has opened at Scandinavia House in New York. The symposium held in conjunction with the opening of “Eco Chic” gave us all something to think about. READ MORE »
SATC – Bringing contemporary Scandinavian theater to NYC.
May 05, 2010
Look around you in New York and you’ll see contemporary Scandinavian design, architecture, music, film, and visual arts – but where is the theater? READ MORE »
A Taste of SATC
April 29, 2010
The Scandinavian American Theater Company (SATC) is giving a staged reading of “Hand in Hand” a dark, fast-paced comedy by Sofia Fredén at Scandinavia House May 3. READ MORE »
Siri Berg at Pelham Art Center.
April 29, 2010
Swedish-born New York based artist Siri Berg is exhibiting at the 40th anniversary of the Art Center. READ MORE »
Swedish singer Anders Holst nominated for Smooth Jazz Award.
April 28, 2010
"..an inspiring nomination just in time for more studio work on my next CD—I'm honored to be in such good company, it feels great after all the hard work I've put in," said Holst from Stockholm. READ MORE »
Swedish Eco Chic in New York.
April 27, 2010
An upcoming exhibition at New York’s Scandinavia House called “Eco Chic—Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion” showcases Swedish fashion designers who take an environmentally-friendly and ethical approach to their work, without sacrificing any style. READ MORE »
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Greener search: New Thinking
April 14, 2010
Going green is in many ways common sense, in other cases good business sense. SACC-Georgia is not alone to focus on going green but the local Swedish Chamber of Commerce found an interesting new partnership in Sweden along the way, Growyn. READ MORE »
Swedish Film in the U.S.
April 09, 2010
Sweden at Lincoln Center, Tribeca Film Festival, NYC, and the Newport Beach, Cal Film Festival. READ MORE »
Swedish cellist Jakob Koranyi to Lincoln Center.
April 08, 2010
The celebrated Swedish cellist has concerts scheduled in New York City. READ MORE »
Glada Hudik Theater to New York
April 06, 2010
If you’re in the tri-state area you will not want to miss Glada Hudik Theatre when it visits BAM in Brooklyn on June 5, with a performance of “A Tribute to Elvis,” the story of Elvis Presley’s life and career. READ MORE »
Jonka—a Swedish American Duo
March 30, 2010
Meet married couple Jon Neufeld and Annika Kaye—also known as the duo Jonka, scheduled to perform live at New York's Canal room on May 21. While they are both New Yorkers to the core, Annika was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and an American father.
“I was born there, but I was just a couple of months old when I came to New York." READ MORE »
The Jet Set turns a corner.
March 28, 2010
DATELINE: March 7, 1980—Ken Olson (PDM, PGLO) & Gail Olson (PDM, DS) are sitting in their kitchen with a few friends and they decide: Yes! We can start a Vasa Lodge right here in ROCKland County, and READ MORE »
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