Events

The Norwegian film Limbo is the feature film debut for director Maria Sødahl. Its international premiere will be at the world competition in the 34th World Film Festival in Montreal, August 26th to September 6th this year. Read more

In 1960 the discovery and excavations in L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland started due to the meeting between Helge Ingstad of Norway and George Decker of L’Anse aux Meadows. Together they discovered the only authenticated Viking site in North America. Years of excavations and research followed. Today, 50 years later, it is time to celebrate this important historical discovery. Read more

The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is finally here – this time with a Norwegian artist playing two nights in a row. The Festival has already started and will continue to fill the streets of Ottawa with music until Sunday July 18. Read more

Arnt Håkon Ånesen is a Norwegian contemporary composer. His piece “Historicism” for sinfonietta will be performed by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt, in Québec on Thursday August 19 at 08:30 pm. Read more

Fribo is a Nu-Nordic group based out of Edinburgh in Great Britain. Their music can be defined as folk music which at the same time is experimental. Fribo will be playing at three Canadian festivals this summer, two in the Vancouver area and one in Calgary. Read more

From June 24 until July 4 jazz will fill the streets and different venues of Canada’s capital Ottawa. On two occasions there will be Norwegian artists playing at the festival. The female quartet Katzenjammer will be the first one playing on Monday June 28, followed by Tord Gustavsen Ensemble on Friday July 2. Read more

There will be several Norwegian lineups at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival on June 25 – July 4 and at the Montréal International Jazz Festival on June 25 to July 6. This is, without doubt, the perfect opportunity to enjoy a great variety of Norwegian jazzy rhythms in Canadian surroundings. Read more

On Sunday, June 13 at 8 pm the Chamber Players of Canada will play beautiful classical music from the Nordic countries. The artistic director is Julian Armour and the concert is sponsored by The Canadian Nordic Society and supported by the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Read more

On May 17th the Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, Else Berit Eikeland invited friends and colleagues to the Embassy’s annual celebration of Norway’s National Day. The sun was shining as kids and grown-ups dressed in bunad (the Norwegian national costume) and gathered to eat hot dogs, listen to speeches and to sing Norwegian songs. Read more

It is now 70 years since the Battle of Norway and the Battle of Britain and on that occasion there will be an exciting air show in Muskoka on 17-18 July. This is an excellent opportunity to see aircrafts such as the 1949 Boeing Stearman and 1942 Hawker Hurricane XII fly high above the ground. Read more

Norway and Canada have common concerns when it comes to circumpolar issues, international security, environmental protection and sustainable development. These common interests are the background for the upcoming Seminar about Canada’s and Europe’s Northern Dimensions. Arild Moe from Norway will attend the seminar to lecture on the Delimitation of the Russian continental shelf. Read more

Norway hosts a great variety of popular festivals during the summer months, extending across the entire music spectrum, from the more classically-based Bergen International Festival to the modern Øya Festival in Oslo. Read more

An exhibition of the internationally renowned architecture company Snøhetta opened at Design at Riverside, a part of the Cambridge Galleries, on June 17 2010. Ambassador Eikeland was there to open the exhibit and architect and co-founder of Snøhetta, Craig Dykers, was also attending the opening night and will give a guest lecture on July 15. Read more

Dans les Arbres is the name of a Norwegian quartet that will be playing in Toronto on May 19, 20 and 22. The Concert is put on in collaboration with roughidea and the Music Gallery. Read more

There will be several Norwegian lineups at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival on June 25 – July 4. Are you interested in knowing who the Norwegian artists are? Read more