THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Please check back here for updates on a new date for the AGM. Join us for our 2026 Annual General Meeting. Review last year’s events, business, and financials. Contribute ideas to the upcoming year. Get involved. Welcome the incoming 2026-27 Club Executive. This year’s AGM will be held in […]
Session Two: OCT 20, 2026 Under the Glacier, Halldór Laxness, 1990 Fiction A mysterious government emissary arrives beneath an Icelandic glacier to investigate strange occurrences surrounding a charismatic pastor. Blending satire, philosophy, folklore, and absurdity, Laxness explores faith, modernity, and the search for meaning.
Our next Nordic Nights feature is The Squirrel (2026) a Finnish film by Markus Lehmusruusu. Synopsis A sci-fi comedy drama which also happens to be Finland’s entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming Oscars. In the distant future, ordinary life is gently and peacefully regulated and the living environment optimized and […]
Session Three: NOV 17, 2026 In Valhalla’s Shadows, W.D. Valgardson, 2019 Mystery/Noir Set in Manitoba’s Icelandic community, this atmospheric mystery follows a retired police officer investigating a decades-old disappearance. Valgardson combines Nordic noir elements with prairie history, memory, family secrets, and questions of identity.
Session Four: DEC 15, 2026 Animal Life, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, 2022 Fiction During a snowy Christmas season in Reykjavík, a lonely middle-aged woman unexpectedly becomes connected to a young pregnant immigrant and her child. A tender and often humorous novel about family, belonging, aging, and human connection.