Sendiráð Íslands - London, Bretlandi

Frjálsleg dagskrá 17. júni gleðinnar sem haldin verður í Schiedam laugardaginn 20.júní

A Celebration of British Sculpture in The Harold Martin Botanic Garden, Stoughton Drive South, Leicester LE2 2NA

Saturday 27 June - 27 Sept

open daily 10.00am - 4.00pm - Free Admission

14.30       Svæðið opnar           

15.00       Hátíðarmessa - Fjallkona

Skemmtidagskrá í garðinum

Töfrabrögð – Trúður – hoppukastali- andlitsmálun

Sölutjöld – SS pylsur – íslenskt nammi  - drykkir

Íslenskar blöðrur – fánar 

Leikir fyrir börnin

Danskt “smörrebröd”

17.00        Skemmtidagskrá lokið

Hátíðin verður haldin í Dönsku kirkjunni, 4 st. Katharine´s Precinct, Regent´s Park, NW1 4HH. Næstu jarðlestarstöðvar eru Regents Park og Camden.

Við þökkum Icelandair og Góu fyrir stuðninginn á þessum degi.

Westergasfabriek

Polonceau-kade 10

1014 DA Amsterdam

Shlomo’s artistic residency at Southbank Centre continues with a concert matching his beatboxing with contemporary Icelandic collaborators. Featuring AMIINA, an all-female quartet of multi-instrumentalists (and the long-term string section for Icelandic post-rock gods Sigur Ros), plus VALGEIR SIGURDSSON, one of Bjork’s long-running studio collaborators, whom Shlomo first met whilst working on her all-vocal album ‘Medulla’.

More information and tickets →

Friday May 15 2009, 8:00pm

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

The Icelandic Society organises a Eurovision party at the Old Explorer, Saturday 16 May from 18.30.

Old Explorer, 23 Great Castle Street, W1G 0JA

Pétur Tryggvi, exhibits silver objets d'art, including the silver bowl "Core" at the Galleri Montan/Collect 2009.

Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, Kings Road, London SW3 4SQ

See: www.craftscouncil.org.uk/whats-on/view/collect-2009

2 June 2009, Sadler’s Wells
12, 20, 24 July 2009, Buxton Festival
Tickets: http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/The-Classical-Opera-Company

A new coalition government, formed by the Social Democrat Alliance and the Left-Green Movement, formally announced today at a press conference held at the Nordic House in Reykjavik, will continue the two parties’ partnership. Following the outcome of national elections two weeks ago, these parties now hold a majority of seats in the Icelandic parliament, Althingi.

Plus special guests

SAMILU
TAXI TAXI!

DOORS: 7PM
TICKETS: £8adv
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

Næsta pöbbakvöld Íslendingafélagsins verður haldið á Old Explorer næstkomandi laugardag. Stefnt er að því að fylgjast með fyrstu kosningatölum frá Íslandi upp úr kl 22:00 og þar til staðurinn lokar.

Old Explorer er á 23 Great Castle Street, Oxford Circus, London W1G 0HY. Næsta jarðlestarstöð er Oxford Circus.

Utankjörfundaratkvæðagreiðsla hófst 16. mars 2009 hjá sendiráðinu og ræðismönnum.

Opnunartími sendiráðsins fyrir utankjörfundar-atkvæðagreiðslu er alla virka daga frá 9:30 til 16:00 og/eða eftir samkomulagi. Jafnframt verður sendiráðið opið kjósendum laugardaginn 18. apríl 2009 frá kl. 10:00-15:00.

Vakin er athygli á að sendiráðið er lokað dagana 9., 10., 13. og 23. apríl 2009.

Kjósendur athugi að þeir þurfa sjálfir að annast sendingu atkvæða sinna til Íslands.

Allar frekari upplýsingar má finna á kosning.is

Maddid’s Nordic Festival is looking for submissions of work to take part in this year’s festival. This will be a taster Nordic Festival.

The festival will be held at the Space all day and eve on the 11th and 12th July 2009. Deadline for applications: 27th April. Final decision will be made by 4th May.

Óli G. Jóhannsson opens an exhibition in Opera Gallery, 134 New Bond Street, London W1S 2TF, 22 April 2009.

Further information on www.operagallery.com

The Chevening Programme provides scholarships for young international postgraduates to study in the UK. The aim is to attract and select candidates worldwide with the greatest potential to be future leaders.

Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson sings sailor in After Dido based on Dido and AEneas by Purcell. Premier at Young Vic, 15 April.

Click here for further information.

Northern Lights: Translation in the Nordic Countries has now been published. The articles collected in the volume were presented at the Nordic Translation Conference last March. Information about the book is available here.

Lög um breytingu á lögum um kosningar til Alþingis, nr. 24/2000, með síðari breytingum.

1. gr.

   Við lögin bætist nýtt ákvæði til bráðabirgða sem orðast svo:

    Þrátt fyrir ákvæði 2. gr. og 3. mgr. 27. gr. laganna skal umsókn um kosningarrétt skv. b- lið 2. mgr. 1. gr. sem berst Þjóðskrá í síðasta lagi 25. mars 2009 gilda frá dagsetningu bréfs hennar um að umsækjandi skuli tekinn á kjörskrá. Að öðru leyti fer um kosningarréttinn skv. 2. gr. laganna.

    Fullnægjandi umsókn um að verða tekinn á kjörskrá sem berst Þjóðskrá eftir 25. mars 2009 gildir frá 1. desember 2009.

    Umsókn um að verða tekinn á kjörskrá sem barst Þjóðskrá eftir 1. desember 2008 og var fullnægjandi skal nú gilda frá gildistöku þessa ákvæðis. Að öðru leyti fer um kosningarréttinn skv. 2. gr. laganna. Þjóðskrá tilkynnir umsækjanda þessa breytingu og hlutaðeigandi sveitarstjórn.

2. gr.

    Lög þessi öðlast þegar gildi.

3. gr.

    Lög þessi falla úr gildi 1. desember 2009.

Fara og Koma 2 / Coming and Going: 2
An Artist’s Journey in Iceland

12 MAR - 04 APR

CURWEN & NEW ACADEMY GALLERY
34 Windmill Street, London W1T 2JR

Dates: 4 - 15 March 2009

Location: DegreeArt.com at the Empire, 30 Vyner Street, London, E2 9DQ.

Icelandic photographer Maria Kjartansdottir presents her first UK solo at the DegreeArt.com Gallery, Vyner Street London.

Two Icelandic artists, Guðrún Benedikta and Helga Kristmundsdóttir, are exhibiting at the International Collective Exhibition of Contemporary Art to realize in "Chelsea Art Gallery", Old Town Hall, King's Road, London SW3 5EZ.

25 February to 6 March.

Hafdís Huld will be playing some new songs live for the first time at the following shows in the UK:

Feb 25th – The Cellars, Eastney, Hampshire
March 11th – The Slaughtered Lamb (Electro Acoustic Club), London

www.myspace.com/hafdishuld

St John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

Hið árlega Þorrablót verður haldið 28. febrúar í Cave Castle Hotel í South Cave (Hull).

For further information see:

The Ministry of Education

The University of Iceland

DATE: Friday 23rd January 2009
DOORS: 7.45pm
VENUE: Luminaire, London
TICKETS: £5 Concessions /£6 advance /£7 door

HJALTALíN

CITY REVERB

THE ARK PEOPLE

HALF STEP UNCLES

A cultural event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Icelandic independence will take place at 19:00 on Monday, December 1st, at London’s Cadogan Hall. This celebration is under the auspices of The Icelandic Church in London, The Icelandic Society and The Icelandic Embassy. Admission is free.

 Send a note to london.rsvp3@mfa.is  or

tel: 020 7259 3980 to sign up for the celebration.

Icelanders and friends of Iceland in Britain! Let us show solidarity and let us all attend.

Cadogan Hall is in Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ. Nearest underground station is Sloane Square.

A spine chilling suspense and gripping adventure directed by Ari Kristinsson.

Click here for further information.

Reykjavik, Iceland, 30 October 2008 - The Faroe Islands have offered Iceland a loan of DKK 300 million. The offer was presented at a meeting in Helsinki, Finland, where Icelandic, Faroese and other Nordic politicians and officials were attending the Nordic Council Session.

The Icelandic UK-based band, Blindfold, are playing at 93 Feet East in London on Monday, 27 Oct. For details see:

www.myspace.com/theblindfold
www.ampop.co.uk/blindfold

Monday 27 October @ The Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford. Coo presents a very special evening welcoming back to Oxford the mesmerising Icelandic musician OLAFUR ARNALDS plus his string quartet with tour support from emerging talent FINN and Oxford's breathtaking talent RICHARD WALTERS.

The Icelandic Government has reached an agreement ad referendum with a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a comprehensive stabilisation program.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has published the following basic facts about the Icelandic economy...

From the Icelandic Tourist Board: While Iceland and most other countries are currently dealing with a serious financial crisis, business in Iceland is being conducted as usual. All services - including banking services – are functioning as on any other day. Hotels, restaurants, airlines, car rentals, currency exchange facilities, offices, shops, etc. are all open for normal business. Visitors can be assured that they will be treated with same friendly hospitality that Icelanders have become known for throughout the travel world.

Due to the special circumstances on the Icelandic financial markets the Government of Icelandic has decided to open an information center for the public, businesses and the media, both in Iceland and abroad.

The Icelandic government appreciates that the British authorities are willing to step in and respond to the immediate concerns of depositors of Landsbankinn Icesave accounts.

The governments of the two countries will immediately review the matter in detail through official channels with a view to finding a mutually satisfactory solution.

It should also be highlighted that on Monday evening changes were made to the Act on the Depositors’ and Investors’ Guarantee Fund strengthening the position of depositors by giving them priority when allocating assets.

There is a good probability that the total assets of Landsbankinn will be sufficient to cover the deposits in IceSave.

The Icelandic government reiterates that if needed it will support The Depositors’ and Investors’ Guarantee Fund in raising necessary funds.

The government of Iceland is determined not to let the current financial crisis overshadow the long standing friendship between Iceland and the United Kingdom.

Writers, translators and scholars (not university students) in the field of humanities from outside Iceland, are eligible to apply for this fellowship which enables a stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society.

Applications by ordinary mail (no e-mail applications) should be sent no later than 31 October 2008 to the Sigurdur Nordal Institute in Iceland.

For further details see www.arnastofnun.is/english

An unconventional approach to such issues of development and the environment, Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation, powerfully combines personal reflection and investigative exposé in a unique and fascinating look into the conflicted national psyche of contemporary Iceland.

On October 2nd at 5pm the author is giving a lecture in the festival of ideas, in Bristol's Reynolds Theatre - G25
Wills Memorial Building
University of Bristol
www.ideasfestival.co.uk

The renowned Icelandic musician Björk writes an introduction.

Further information: www.citizen-press.co.uk

London, 16th-19th October

Kling & Bang, the artists collective from Iceland, will commemorate Sirkus, a Reykjavik bar, landmark, and hub of the alternative arts scene, which is due for demolition. Kling og Bang will save its facade and interior and re-erect it at the Frieze Art Fair, like a circus moving to another town. A zany nomadic act reflecting the drive of Icelandic art, producing a situation of one circus within another for artists to respond to.

Click here for more information

Project: Iceland is the first showcase of contemporary Icelandic art, fashion and musical talent and gives significant insight into this outstanding creative community through photography and interviews with key figures - a fantastic publication and intimate portrait of the vibrant scene in Iceland.

11th November

"Punk" club Soho Street, Soho Square, London W1

Click here for more information

NICE08 is the first Nordic Art and Culture Festival to take place in the UK. It sets the scene for long-term collaborations, exchanges, cultural and economic developments between the UK’s Northwest and the Nordic Countries.

Icelandic participants are Katrín Fridriks, Laufey Johansen and Hrafnkell Sigurðsson.

20th September - 30th November

Click here for more information

An exhibition of photography, felt pieces, oil, acrylics, egg tempera, printmaking and stained/fused glass influenced by Icelandic landscape will be on display at the following locations in Kent throughout September and October.

Deal Library, Kent: 31st August - 25th September
Ashford Library, Kent: 10th October - 30th October

A collection of short stories, elsewhere – stories from small town europe, has recently been published in the UK. It contains a story by the Icelandic author Gyrðir Elíasson among stories from other countries.

Publisher: Comma Press

The Icelandic comedian Snorri Kristjansson, freshly back from his Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut, is among the Nordic comedians performing in Leicester Square Theatre 5th-8th October, 7.30pm, as part of The Big Joke comedy festival (featuring household names such as Joan Rivers and Roseanne Barr).

Booking details are available on: www.leicestersquaretheatre.com and at www.smorgasbord.kaylascomedy.co.uk.

Sigur Rós released their fifth album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" ("With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly"), on June 23rd.

They will be following the release up with various shows in the UK and the Netherlands, among other countries, in November:

Nov 4th Tue - Wolverhampton, Wolves Civic SOLD OUT
Nov 5th Wed - Blackpool, Empress Ballroom
Nov 6th Thu - Glasgow, Academy

Nov 7th Fri - Bristol, Colston Hall SOLD OUT

Nov 8th Sat - Bournemouth, Solent Hall SOLD OUT

Nov 17th Mon - Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall

Nov 20th Thu - London, Alexandra Palace

Nov 21th Fri - London, Alexandra Palace

For tickets and furter info, visit http://www.sigurros.com

ÓLAFUR ARNALDS
Saturday 25 October, 8pm
Union Chapel

Ólafur Arnalds returns to London after his stunning headline concert at the Barbican in June and a summer of touring in the UK and America.

Every August, Charlotte Square in the heart of historic Edinburgh, the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, becomes the home to the Edinburgh International Book Festival. This year, from 9 – 25 August, the Book Festival will play host to authors, playwrights, poets, politicians, journalists and thinkers from around the world.

Upcoming Icelandic Londoners' Blindfold, whos' music has been likened to RadioHead and Sigur Ros, play an exclusive show featuring their upcoming album featuring singles 'Sad Face' & 'Faking Dreams' as well as tracks from their critically acclaimed debut album.

July 11th 2008 7.30pm
The Roundhouse. Camden. NW1
www.blindfoldmusic.co.uk

‘SEYDISFJ R U ’ is a site specific installation produced by artists Mhari Baxter and Melissa MacRobert as a result of their joint residency at Skaftfell Cultural Centre in Iceland last year.

Expanding from their previous exhibition in Edinburgh’s Old Town in March this year, the artists will present a series of light boxes in The Arches, Glasgow.

(http://www.thearches.co.uk/Seydisfj-r-u.htm)

The Embassy has published a newsletter for June 2008.

Ólafur Arnalds is a young Icelandic musician whose music has been described as “beautiful in the same way the arctic is”.

Mixing strings with loops, ambiance, electronics and beats Arnalds combines classical instrumentation with an indierock aesthetic that draws comparison to Sigur Ros.

Click here for more information.

Icelandic singers Gardar Thor Cortes and Olafur Sigurdarson will perform in the opera Carmen as part of the Hampton Court Festival, Thursday 5th June 2008.

www.hamptoncourtfestival.com

Following the spine-tingling, sell-out Metamorphosis, Iceland’s coolest theatre company return with a heart-warming love story. Set in an old people’s home – think Romeo and Juliet in reverse – Love is a romantic musical with a professional cast and a chorus of local senior citizens singing songs by popular artists. Who says romance has an age limit?

For further details and tickets, visit http://offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/1702

May 15-June 5, 2008

REYKJAVÍK ARTS FESTIVAL Announces New Visual and Performing Arts Programs for 2008 Including Experiment Marathon Reykjavík at the Reykjavík Art Museum curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist in collaboration with Ólafur Elíasson

Further information:

www.cia.is

www.artnews.is

The biggest ever Eurovision Song Contest party will take place at London's Scala nightclub on Friday 25th April. Paul Oscar, who previously represented Iceland at the competition will perform live and Iceland's current entry Euroband will also be there. www.ukeurovision.com

Britain’s first IceTölt competition (Icelandic Horses competing on ice) is to be held at Basingstoke’s Planet Ice on Saturday 19^th April 2008 at 6pm. Tickets are now on sale (Tel: 01256 355 266).  www.icetolt.co.uk

Icelandic author and poet Sjón will be speaking at the Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre on Saturday 12 April, as part of International PEN's celebration of world literature - Free the Word!

The Egill Skallagrimsson Fund is a registered charity in Britain under the auspices of the Embassy of Iceland, providing grants for artistic endeavours which promote the culture and art of Iceland in the UK. Click here for further details and application info.

Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes has been nominated for Album of the Year in the Classical BRIT Awards 2008. Click here to vote online for his album Cortes.

Icelandic singer-songwriter Eliza's new single Change my name / Return to me is out now on digital download and is available to buy from all major download stores. www.myspace.com/elizanewman

The well-known Icelandic troubadour KK and his sister Ellen Kristjánsdóttir will hold a concert at the Swedish Church in London on Sunday 9th of March.

The Icelandic Society in the Netherlands hosts its annual Þorrablót (Icelandic midwinter feast) on Saturday 8th March 2008, at De Amstelzaal in Amsterdam. For further information click here.

The Nordic Translation Conference will take place 6th-8th March 2008 at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London. The first conference of its kind, it will focus solely on the Nordic languages and their translation.

The Icelandic Society in London hosts its annual Þorrablót (Icelandic midwinter feast) on Saturday 1st March 2008, at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair. Please see www.ifelag.co.uk for further information.

The Icelandic mezzo soprano Sigridur Osk Kristjansdottir will be giving a recital at St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square London, on Friday 15th of February at 1pm. Entry is free of charge.

Icelandic Band Dýrðin plays at the Spice of Life Club in Soho on 1st February and at the Grosvenor on the 2nd of February 2008. www.myspace.com/dyrdin

Icelandic gold and silversmith Pétur Tryggvi exhibits his work at the Collect art fair at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 25-29 January 2008.

Icelandic tenor Jónas Guðmundsson, with young artists from the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto, celebrates Sir Georg Solti, Music for the Maestro, Sunday 20th January 2008, 7.30pm at Wigmore-Hall. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Renowned Icelandic tenor Finnur Bjarnason performs the role of Castor in the opera Castor and Pollux, a De Nederlandse Opera production, from Friday 18th January 2008 at the Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam.

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On the 23rd of December there will be a Christmas Service for the Icelandic congregation in London at 3pm in the Swedish church on Harcourt Street (nearest tube station Edgware Road). The Church's Christmas choir will be singing at the event and Rev. Sigurður Arnason will be preaching and leading the service.

Ólafur and his string quartet will be performing live on tour around the UK in December. www.olafurarnalds.com

Icelandic artist Katrín Friðriks’ exhibition FACEBOOKER is at the Design Centre Knightsbridge in London until 14th January 2008. Katrin, an Icelandic artist living in Paris, has received much praise for her work in France, Germany and Iceland and is now on show in the UK for the first time.

On Monday 3rd December 2007 at Leighton House Museum, Icelandic musicians of the Valley Group will preform Iceland´s most beloved romantic poems by Jonas Hallgrímsson set to music by the composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Mrs Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladótir, has delivered her first foreign policy speech to Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland. In her address, Ms. Gísladóttir discussed Iceland's foreign policy challenges with a special focus on Iceland's role in a globalized world.

Launching in Liverpool at the end of November as a prelude to the City's year-long 800th birthday celebrations, ICE 2007 will be a four day festival of Icelandic culture...

Icelandic singer Lay Low will be on tour in the UK, 20th-29th November 2007, along with Sapmi band Adjágas. Lay Low, who won Best Female Singer and Best Album at the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards, draws on the essence of blues, country and rock.

Promoting the UK release of her new album Empire Fall , Icelandic singer-songwriter Elíza Geirsdóttir performs at London's Heavenly Social on 12th November 2007. www.myspace.com/elizanewman

The Embassy has published its newsletter for October 2007.

The Snorri Sturluson grant is now open for application, the deadline for applications is the 1st of November 2007. for further info see: www.nordal.hi.is

Icelandic chefs and the country and western band Baggalútur will be special guests at the Aberfoyle International Mushroom Festival, held in Aberfoyle, Scotland Thursday 18.- Sunday 21. October 2007. More information at www.visitaberfoyle.com

Icelandic artist Elín Hansdóttir is one of six artists collaborating in the "Frieze Project", an annual event in relation with the Frieze Art Fair, 11-14 October 2007. Elín's work presents a light installation that transforms the entrance to the fair. The other artist's partisipating are Richard Prince, Kris Martin, Gianni Motti, Lara Faverotto og Janice Kerbel. For further information please visit www.friezeartfair.com

In the exhibition "The Thinnest Door I´ve ever Sold" Icelandic painter Anna Guðjónsdóttir collaborates with two other artists, painter Helen Appel from the UK and german sculptor Simon Logan. The exhibition is at Studio 1.1. for further info visit: www.naimad.co.uk/studio1-1

The Embassy has published its newsletter for September_2007.

Reykjavik Nights in London, featuring  Hafdis Huld, Jan Mayen and Motion Boys promotes the Iceland Airwaves festival to British music lovers, on Wednesday 26th September at Luminaire London.

The 18th Reykjavik Jazz Festival will be held in the Icelandic capital between August 29th and September 1st 2007. www.jazz.is

Icelandic baritone Olafur Sigurdarson will be performing the role of Manfredo in L’amore dei tre Re with the City of London Sinfonia and the Opera Holland Park chorus in July and August.

Launching in Liverpool this November, ICE 2007 will be a four day festival of Icelandic culture, as part of the City's year-long 800th birthday celebrations. The website www.ice07.org has now been launched.

Garðar Thór releases a new single Hunting High & Low on July 23rd. The song was originally released by A-ha. The single includes a previously unreleased track.

Björk will be holding a concert in Amsterdam on July 8th at the Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek. Further information can be found at www.mojo.nl Tickets: www.ticketmaster.nl