Winter and Spring 2025
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Tuesday February 25th 2025 at 8pm |
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Knitting Winter Ýr Jóhannsdóttir − ÝRÚRARÍ − will present her projects and artworks. Her project, Sweater Sauce, a collaboration with the Red Cross clothing collection, was nominated for the Iceland Design Award in 2020. That work has been developed further and presented widely around Europe. Along with the Stúdíó Flétta, ÝRÚRARÍ was awarded the 2023 Iceland Design Awards for the project Pítsustund. |
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Tuesday March 11th 2025 at 8pm |
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Knitting Winter Who is Vík Prjónsdóttir? This year marks the 20th year anniversary of Vík Prjónsdóttir. The design team collaborated with Víkurprjón, which was the oldest knitting factory in the country at the time. Modern designs, shapes and vibrant colors came like a breath of fresh air into the Icelandic design world and all of a sudden Icelandic knitwear design had become exciting and trendy. |
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Tuesday March 25th 2025 at 8pm |
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Knitting Winter Fashion designer Magnea Einarsdóttir will share her experience of working in Iceland as a knitwear designer. In recent years she has attracted well-deserved attention for her original approach to knitting and fabric treatment of Icelandic wool. Her clothing line MAGNEA - made in Reykjavík was nominated for the Iceland Design Award in 2021. |
| Weekends: 5−6 and 12−13 April 2025 |
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Knitting winter at Design March Knitted products that have been produced in Iceland for the last 20 years will be on display. The goal of the exhibition is to give visitors the opportunity to see high-quality products that have attracted attention and received worthy recognition for their design, implementation and production. The exhibition runs on the weekends of 5− 6 and 12− 13 April 2025 from 1pm to 5pm. |
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Tuesday April 8th 2025 at 8pm |
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Knitting Winter Seminar where individuals with experience of knitwear production in Iceland will come together and designers will shed light on the advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing in Iceland, what we could do better, but also what is important to preserve. There are still skilled individuals working in the Icelandic knitting industry with valuable knowledge that is at great risk of being lost. |
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Tuesday April 29th 2025 at 8pm |
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Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir presentation |
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Tuesday, January 14th 2025 at 8pm |
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The history of the Leprosy Hospital in Laugarnes
and the establishment of the Order of Odd Fellows
in Iceland Guðmundur Þórhallsson reviews the establishment of the Leprosy Hospital in Laugarnes (1898−1943) which the Danish Order of Odd Fellows built and gave to Iceland, and the foundation of the Icelandic Order of Oddfellows in 1897. Historian Erla Dóris Halldórsdóttir gives talk about life and work at the hospital and its role to overcome this disease.
Part of the program Protecting Laugarnes. Free admission. Press Release in Icelandic |
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Tuesday, January 21th 2025 at 8pm |
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Ingólfur Arnarson and his settlement in Laugarnes − the history reviewed Árni Árnason discusses his findings that the settler Ingólfur Arnarson built his farm in Laugarnes, not in downtown Reykjavík as currently claimed.
Part of the program Protecting Laugarnes. Free admission. Press Release in Icelandic |
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Tuesday, January 28th 2025 at 8pm |
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My Own Laugarnes Þorgrímur Gestsson talks about his personal relationship with the Laugarnes area. He discusses why and how he began to study the thousand-year history of the Laugarnes farm, the last centuries village of Laugarnes which was engulfed by the city of Reykjavík. The only thing currently remaining is the farm-hill which might disappear with the traces of thousands of years of human life.
Part of the program Protecting Laugarnes. Free admission. Press Release in Icelandic |
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Sunday February 2nd 2025 at 8pm |
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Salon Program Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Carl Philippe Gionet piano. Program with works by e.g. Fritz Kreisler, Edward Elgar Niccolo Paganini and Þórarinn Jónsson. |
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Tuesday February 2nd 2025 at 8pm |
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Concert Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Carl Philippe Gionet piano. Violin Sonata in B major nr. 32 K 454, Sonata in c minor op. 45 and Fratres by Arvo Pärt |
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Tuesday February 11th 2025 at 8pm |
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Concert This British chamber ensemble, Katrin Heymann flute, Rob Campkin violin and Evelina Ndlovu piano, presents the premiere of Barry Mills' trio "From Turmoil to Calm", written specifically for them, alongside masterful works by Bohuslav Martinů and Nino Rota. These 20th-century compositions are celebrated for their accessibility, originality and their exhilarating energy. The program is complemented by meditations on Icelandic folk melodies by Snorri Sigfús Birgisson; creating a bridge between the ensemble's British origins and their performance in Iceland. |
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Tuesday February 18th 2025 at 8pm |
 ‘This picture is directly conneted to the talk..’ |
Who were They? The story of a family that came to Iceland from Denmark in 1926 and brought a zoo with them. They settled in Laugarnes and attracted some attention in Reykjavík. It turned out that they were gypsies, but the knowledge of the Roma people was very little and the concept of gypsy was unclear. Historian Stefán Pálsson tells their story and asks the questions: Why did this family move to Iceland and what information − if any − can be found about them?
Part of the program Protecting Laugarnes. Free admission. Press Release in Icelandic |