Here you will find online meeting dates and selections from Nordic book clubs across the country. Selections include children’s literature, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, crime fiction, memoirs, short stories, and nonfiction. Do you know of a Nordic-themed online book club that might be of interest to readers? Please share the details in the comments or via email.
NOVEMBER Selections
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Scandinavia House’s Nordic Book Club
- November 3: Queen by Birgitta Trotzig, translated from the Swedish by by Saskia Vogel (meeting details)
- December 8: The Strongest Woman in the World by Steinunn G. Helgadóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Larissa Kyze (meeting details)
- January 12: After the North Pole by Erling Kagge, translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson (meeting details)
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center in Illinois
- November 10: A Woman in the Polar Night by Austrian adventurer Christiane Ritter, translated by Jane Degras (meeting details)
- December 8: The Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf, translated from the Swedish by Paul Norlen (meeting details)
Vesterheim’s Bokprat (Must preregister)
- November 11: Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen (meeting details)
- December 16: The Bell in the Lake (The Sister Bells #1) by Lars Mytting (meeting details)
- January 20: The Wife (Kristin Lavransdatter #2) by Sigrid Undset (meeting details)
- February 17: The Reindeer Hunters (The Sister Bells #2) by Lars Mytting (meeting details)
- March 10: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (meeting details)
Nordiska’s Book Club
- November 19: Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson (meeting details)
Swedish American Museum
- November 21: The Colony by Annika Norlin, translated from the Swedish by Alice E. Olsson (meeting details)
- January 2: The Road to Jerusalem by Jan Guillou, translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray (meeting details)