Tag Archives: Sweden

In the Nordic Literary Salon online in November, we will focus on Nordic design. Hana Švolbová, translator from Swedish, will talk about the book The Furniture Handbook, written by Frida Ramstedt. The Czech translation was released in 2024 by Metafora … Read More

What is fika, how much coffee is drunk in Sweden every year and can pancakes be baked? The Scandinavian House Brno together with the Partnership Foundation Open Garden invite you to a unique culinary and literary experience where we will … Read More

Triangle of love and sadness A compelling Swedish drama in three timelines about Karin Stolpe’s complicated marriage to her husband Sven and her love affair with journalist Olof Lagercrantz. Karin, a young translator, spends the summer in Sigtuna with her … Read More

In February we will have the Nordic Literary Salon online with Swedish literature. With translator Lucie Olešová, we will present the novel My Brother by Swedish author Karin Smirnoff (published by Kniha Zlín, 2024). This raw family drama full of … Read More

In the Nordic Literary Salon online in March, we will once again visit Sweden. With translator Karolina Kloučková we will present the detective novel I Shall Find the Key by Alex Ahndoril. Under this pseudonym is the married couple Alexandra … Read More

In October, the Nordic Literary Salon takes a look at Sweden and its history. Our guest speaker will be Ela Doležalová, a budding literary translator from Swedish, who has translated the book Půjdu s tebou (I Follow You) by Lina … Read More

No panic on the Titanic! The Scandinavian House and Brno’s Polárka Theatre organise an accompanying event to the perfomance Gorilla and Me as part of the festival Děti, čtete?!, namely a family quest game following the footsteps of Swedish writer … Read More

Selfies, celebrity impersonation or sexuality as an object of consumerism… Swedish author Liv Strömquist, comics superstar and insightful glossator of the modern world, tackles these topics in her punk history of beauty called In the Hall of Mirrors. The Scandinavian … Read More

Our guest in March will be Petra Hesová – a Czech translator from Swedish. Together, we will discuss Sven Lindqvist’s book originally published in 1992: Exterminate All the Brutes. The recent publication of a translation (2022) further reinforces the text’s … Read More

On the last Sunday of April, we will stream the psychological horror movie Hour of the Wolf as a part of a small festival dedicated to Ingmar Bergman. The screening will be followed by a short debate with Zbyněk Černík, … Read More

The Scandinavian House in Prague in cooperation with Studio DAMÚZA put on the stage Astrid Lindgren’s famous story Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter on 3 April 2022 from 15:00. The length of the play is two hours. An educational trail about … Read More

The Scandinavian House in Prague in cooperation with Švanda Theatre put on the stage John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel Let the Right One In as a part of the Nordic Theatre Evenings project. A moderated debate will follow after the performance … Read More

The Scandinavian House in Prague in cooperation with Studio DAMÚZA put on the stage Astrid Lindgren’s famous story Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter on 17 October 2021 from 15:00. The length of the play is two hours. An educational trail about … Read More

Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold 150 million copies and she is one of the world’s ten most read authors. But who was she and where did her stories come from? Using unique archive materials, … Read More

The life and death of the legendary Swedish politician On a Friday night in February 1986, Olof Palme was shot dead on the streets of Stockholm, changing Sweden forever overnight. Palme is the film about his life and times as … Read More

This spring brings an event centred on Swedish culture and literature. Karin Bojs, a Swedish journalist (My European Family: The First 54,000 Years), will pay Prague a visit, and so will Niklas Natt och Dag (1793), an author of historical crime … Read More

Dark Swedish comedy on inheritance and growing old   We invite you to the very last Nordic Fim Thursday this year. Richard Hobert’s A One-way to Antibes is a dark and dramatic comedy about a widower called George who unexpectedly gets … Read More

Journey to the soil where xenophobia and fear have their roots The Scandinavian House in Prague in cooperation with Absynt publishing house and DOX Centre for Contemporary Art are inviting you to a discussion with the Swedish author Gellert Tamas … Read More

Historical drama based on a true story A celebrated movie directed by Jan Troell tells the story of a seemingly ordinary (and definitely a poor) woman. Marie Larsson has seven kids and works from dawn to dust, while her husband … Read More

“They’ll have to carry me feet-first from the theatre!” Ingmar Bergman Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in cooperation with Kolowrat-Krakowský family, the Embassy of Sweden, the Czech Radio, the Scandinavian House and Film Europe Media Company are … Read More

Come and celebrate the Swedish Midsommar with us! We will meet in Lužánky Park to dance traditional dances, decorate the maypole, make head wreaths, eat and drink well, listen to the songs performed by Chamber choir SIST or enjoy playing … Read More

Every real movie fan knows Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The famous director’s name was a synonym for Swedish cinematography for several decades of the 20th century. But even though he was well known as a capable director in moviemaking, Bergman … Read More

Maria Kyrkokör, a mixed choir from the city of Halmstad on Sweden’s west coast, is coming to Prague to perform three times during the last weekend of April, at the time of the Swedish and Czech Walpurgis Night celebrations. The … Read More

Swedish black & romantic comedy about one summer spent at undertaker‘s Summer 1958. Two orphaned children Mårten and Annika are getting ready for their summer holiday. Their summer foster-father is a rather bad-tempered bachelor that makes his living as undertaker. … Read More

Since the focus of this years is Swedish cinematography, 43. Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště  and The Scandinavian House are organizing an afternoon with playing kubb on Saturday 29/7. Kubb is a lawn game of Viking origin (Gotland) where … Read More

Pippi Longstocking, a girl with freckles and extraordinarily large shoes. The Six Bullerby Children, restless and playful. Karlsson on the Roof, a mischievous fellow with his head in the clouds. Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter, whose adventures would always take our … Read More

Pippi Longstocking, a girl with freckles and extraordinarily large shoes. The Six Bullerby Children, restless and playful. Karlsson on the Roof, a mischievous fellow with his head in the clouds. Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter, whose adventures would always take our … Read More

The Scandinavian House in cooperation with Přístav 18600 invite you to a unique Swedish sour herring eating competition and tasting. Some people say that surströmming (sour herring) tastes better than it smells. Truth be told, you should know that it … Read More