Anglo-Swedish Society

Impressionists beyond France attract attention in movement’s 150th anniversary year Overshadowed by French peers since 1874, artists from the UK, Sweden and elsewhere are gaining in prestige and price

https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/collect-2024

Collect 2024 Presented by Crafts Council and celebrating its 20th year, Collect is the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, representing the pinnacle of artistry and creativity.

DINA ÖGON AT ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL

Wednesday 4th September 2024

Airy Nordic pop merges with soul, bossa nova, and psychedelia through this four-piece Swedish group.

Warm and harmonic, their retro-pop evokes memories of the Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, and old Motown hits transplanted into bright Swedish summer nights.

Despite the Scandinavian sound, the band also draws solid inspiration from music worldwide, with threads to Brazil, Turkey, Nigeria, and many other places, gaining recognition far beyond Sweden’s borders. Tyler, The Creator himself declared their song “Tombola 94” to be his favourite song in 2022.
Adding their latest output ‘Orion’ to their string of critically acclaimed albums, these Swedish pop heavyweights take their jazz, RnB, and hip-hop-inflected musings to Islington Assembly Hall this September.

https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/dina-gon-islington-assembly-hall-tickets/13498873

https://swedeninnovationdays.se

Sweden Innovation Days | Free digital event Sweden Innovation Days is a free global, digital event, dedicated to fostering international collaboration. Welcome!

The acclaimed Swedish author Tone Schunnesson will be coming to the UK in February for a tour to talk about her book Days & Days & Days. Please click the link to see all dates and also details of a free online talk.
https://www.heloisepress.com/events

Beyond her role in the Danish Defence, Queen Margrethe II also shares a special connection with our own military. As a symbol of their friendship, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Her Majesty as Allied Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen's Regiment in 1972. Her Majesty was also appointed the same title in The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment in 1997. This is a testament to the enduring unity between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United Kingdom’s royal houses and their Armed Forces.

Queen Margrethe's distinction extends globally, having been adorned with many foreign decorations and honorary titles. On British shores, Her Majesty became an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Arts in 1975 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1992. A monarch celebrated not only in Denmark but also on the world stage.

Photo: Bax Lindhardt ©

Artist, activist, writer and eco-feminist. Monica Sjöö was unwavering in her advocacy for gender justice, eco-feminism, matriarchy and social equities. Discover her life, work, and their testament to the relationship between art, spirituality and politics in this new exhibition.


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Modern Art Oxford Artist, activist, writer and eco-feminist Monica Sjöö (1938-2005) was unwavering in her advocacy for gender justice, eco-feminism, matriarchy and social equities. This retrospective exhibition charts her life work and considers the relationship between art, spirituality and politics.

The Exeter Festival Chorus will be performing 'Northern Lights - a Scandinavian Christmas' on the 16th December at St. David's Church, Exeter. The concert will feature contemporary Swedish choral music. Please click on the link below for more details.
https://exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk/index.php/whats-on

The Swedish-English Literary Translators’ Association is inviting applications to its 2024 Mentorship and CPD Programme.

SELTA mentorship and CPD programme in 2024: Call for Mentees - SELTA SELTA is now inviting applications to its 2024 Mentorship and CPD Programme from prospective mentees. Applications are due by 20 December 2023.

https://youtu.be/GhDUkE3trfI?si=U1BUdMPyCMEek8GL

Professor David Goldsmith presented a gripping and entertaining talk on the "most famous Swede nobody ever talks about" to a packed audience in Mayfair. David spoke about the infamous "Match King" Ivar Kreuger, his life, work and dramatic downfall. With the use of slides and even original shares certificates from the period, David took us through Kreuger's life and how he ended up in the same rogue's gallery as the infamous fraudsters Ponzi and Madhoff. The society would like to thank Professor Goldsmith for generously giving up his time to talk to our members.

Ivar Kreuger A talk by Professor David Goldsmith26 September 2023

On 18 November, Monica Sjöö: The Great Cosmic Mother opens at Modern Art Oxford. The exhibition is co-curated with Moderna Museet, Stockholm. It is an exploration of the life and work of Monica Sjöö (b.1938, Härnösand, Sweden; d. 2005, Bristol UK) a prolific and visionary artist, writer, activist and eco-feminist.

https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/whats-on/monica-sjoo?fbclid=IwAR3gKLfDa8nJD5ErAxVHnsjTwKy1gGoHS3QQNmE_Z-9jzZ_-1hXzNhX0VwE

On Sunday 12th November the Barbican will be showing the classic Swedish Film Sven Klang’s Kvintett (Sven Klang’s Combo). The film is a 1976 musical drama directed by Stellan Olsson. In 2012 it was voted one of the 25 best Swedish films of all time. The film paints a vivid picture of the dynamics of a band both on and off stage on Stockholm’s jazz club circuit.

Sven Klang's Combo (12*) + Introduction by Ehsan Khoshbakht | Barbican Travel back to the late '50s and immerse yourself in the heart-warming tale of a small dance band striving to make a name for themselves by performing at local weddings and hops.

On 28 September the Anglo-Finnish Society will be hosting 'An Exploration of Nordic Noir' - A Talk by Pauliina Ståhlberg at 3.30 p.m. in the Community Hall, St Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 6AF.
“Nordic Noir” is a crime fiction genre that applies to a type of literature and film or TV drama characterised by plain language, unassuming lead personalities and bleak settings. However, this superficially uninspiring mix has, arguably, led to one of the Nordic region’s greatest cultural exports, appealing to audiences around the world and inspiring copyists in many other countries.
This event is organised and hosted jointly with the Anglo-Danish Society.
Please visit the Anglo-Finnish website for further details
https://www.anglofinnishsociety.org.uk/events/

The Anglo-Swedish Society would like to congratulate their patron HM King Carl XVI Gustaf on his 50th jubilee. The King ascended to the throne on 15 September 1973. He is Sweden's longest-reigning monarch of all time.

The King and Queen travel by horse and carriage through Stockholm On the afternoon of 16 September, The King and Queen travelled by horse-drawn cortège through central Stockholm in connection with The King's 50th jubilee. The final section of the cortège route to the Royal Palace took place on board the Royal Barge Vasaorden.

Congratulations to our 2022-23 Art Scholar, Mils Bridgewater, whose piece 'Stockholm 1' has been chosen to be part of the Royal Society of Marine Artist's exhibition. 'Stockholm 1' was inspired by the water around Stockholm while Mils was on her residency at Konstfack University sponsored by the Anglo-Swedish Society. You can see this beautiful piece from the 21st to the 30th September at the Mall Galleries.
Mils writes 'This piece speaks of the flow and movement of water and is a unique sculpture that I am genuinely proud of.'

The society recently sponsored UK author and filmmaker Michael Downey to travel to Fårö in June to take up his role as Writer-in-Residence at the Bergman Center. This is the Swedish foundation dedicated to Ingmar Bergman and his work. It is open to writers, artists, scholars and journalists from around the world. The estate is managed according to Ingmar Bergman’s ideals and in a manner that respects and promotes Fårö’s unique nature and culture, its history and inhabitants. Michael continued work on his Three Colours Istria Trilogy. Michael is also Chairman of the European Film Academy and spoke at the the opening ceremony of Bergman Week at the end of June on Fårö.

‘I felt Ingmar Bergman was looking over my shoulder, laughing at me’: my month writing at the maestro’s desk An invitation to be a writer-in-residence at the Swedish director’s remote Baltic island house seemed too good to miss. Would some of his genius rub off?

Congratulations to our 2017-2019 music scholar, who was presented a prestigious prize by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Drottningholm Palace Theatre on 7 June.

Mezzosopranen Amie Foon tilldelas Vännernas Operastipendium 2023 - Drottningholmsteaterns vänner Mezzosopranen Amie Foon får Vännernas Operastipendium 2023. Foto: Helgi Reynisson DD.MM. Konungen och Drottningen delar ut Drottningholmsteaterns Vänners opera- och utbildningsstipendier samt hedersteckenpå Vännernas årliga sammankomst den 7 juni 2023. Mottagare av Vännernas Operastipendium 2...

Swedish International Students and Alumni (SISA) are recruiting board members. Nominations must be received by 3 July, so hurry!

Styrelseansökan är öppen! Nu är årets styrelseansökan öppen. Att engagera sig är utvecklande, roligt och gör skillnad. Ansökan är öppen till den 23 juni! Läs mer och sök nedan. Rollbeskrivningar för SISA:s styrelse och operativa roller 2023/2024 SISA:s arbete leds av en styrelse bestående av åtta personer. Utö...

John Petrie OBE, Windsor Herald at the College of Arms, hosted a talk and supper at the College of Arms in the City of London. This is the corporation responsible for the granting of new coats of arms, genealogical research and the recording of pedigrees in England and Wales. The College is also the official body responsible for matters relating to the flying of flags on land, and it maintains the official registers of flags and other national symbols. Members and guests spent over an hour in the record room looking at medieval and later manuscripts, including successive grants of arms to Admiral Lord Nelson.

Dr. Jennie Nell, lecturer at Stockholm University and vice-chairman of the Swedish Bellman Society, gave an online talk about Sweden's most famous songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795) is often referred to as Sweden's national poet. His debut work was Evangeliska Dödstankar (Evangelical Death Thoughts) which was written in 1757 and was followed by a wealth of mainly but not exclusively satirical poems. Bellman quickly became highly popular. He was musically gifted, but when he performed his songs, he also assumed roles as one would in a theatrical performance. Sadly, Bellman suffered from financial troubles throughout his life became a severe alcoholic, and many then saw him then (and forever) as merely an alcoholic 'pub poet'. This was despite the fact that he had a close relationship with the then Swedish king Gustav III. His reputation is very high in the Nordic countries and Germany, but much less so in Anglo-American circles. We were pleased to be joined by the world-famous musician Martin Best.

We remember the late Duke with affection and gratitude for his nearly seven decades as our Patron. We wish HRH The Duke of Edinburgh a very happy birthday.

🎉 Wishing the new Duke of Edinburgh a very Happy Birthday today!

The King has conferred the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon his brother, Prince Edward, on his 59th birthday.

🔗https://www.royal.uk/dukedom-edinburgh

Another well-deserved award for our music scholar, Ami-Louise Johnsson

I söndags delades Thora Ohlsson-stipendier ut till fem unga kulturutövare ut: Klara Eriksson, dans,
Ami-Louise Johnsson, viola,
Axel Krogness, gitarr,
Johan Ulfsparre, counter tenor och
Emilia Utter, sång och opera projekt. Fyra av fem stipendiater var på plats och fick vara med på bild. Grattis till alla fem. 😃

Mae Heydorn (2009-10 Anglo-Swedish Society music scholar) is performing the role of Erda in the Regents Opera Ring Cycle at Freemasons' Hall in Covent Garden. Bookings are open now.

Regents Opera Regents Opera is one of London’s leading Fringe Opera Companies. A merging of Fulham Opera (established in 2011) and Regents Opera / Opera a la Carte, with its 25 year history, we tour operas and has the remit and history of doing very large operas!

Our music scholar, Ami-Louise Johnsson at the 2022 Copenhagen Summer Festival.

Bruch: Romanze op. 85 for viola og orkester - Copenhagen Summer Festival Max Bruch (1838-1920)Romanze op. 85 for viola og orkester- Allegro ma non tanto- Scherzo, Allegro molto- Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivaceLGT Young SoloistsA...

We look forward to getting to know Fredrik Warneryd and congratulate him on his new appointment as CEO of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the UK.

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Bringing Scandinavian Children’s Voices into English - Meet the Authors Kim Fupz Aakeson, Aina Basso and Kristina Sigunsdotter discuss the art of writing literature for children and young adults.

David Lagercrantz, the author of "The Girl in the Spider's Web", will be making a promotional appearance in the UK. His latest book, "Dark Music" (Obscuritas), has been translated from Swedish by Ian Giles.

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The talk and virtual tour of Åbo Svenska Theater by Maria Olintalk, the theatre’s head of Communications, is now available to watch on the Anglo-Swedish Society's YouTube channel.

This outstandingly beautiful theatre is the oldest in Finland, among the oldest theatres in Northern Europe and is still primarily in its original form. The first theatre in Finland was built in Åbo in 1817 and was destroyed in Åbo’s Great Fire of 1827. The current building opened on 21 January 1839, with its earliest productions being mainly touring groups of Swedish Actors.

Åbo (or Turku in Finnish) plays an integral part in the history of Swedish-speaking Finland. The City is officially bilingual and is the former capital of Finland. It has a magnificent castle (Turun Linna), a Medieval Cathedral founded in 1300, the seat of the Archbishop of Finland, the Åbo Akademi University, which is the only exclusively Swedish-speaking university outside Sweden and, of course, the magnificent Åbo Swedish Theatre.

Åbo Swedish Theatre A talk and a virtual tour of Åbo Svenska Theater by Maria Olintalk, the theatre’s head of Communications. This outstandingly beautiful theatre is the oldest ...