Culture

The Habima National theatre performs a modern adaption of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler". Read more

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The Ibsen Scholarships award innovative projects in the field of drama and performing arts and projects that act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen and his plays. Read more

Norwegian author Roy Jacobsen comes to Israel to take part in the 26th Jerusalem International Book Fair. Jacobsen will meet with editor, translator and writer Alit Karp (Israel) in the Literary Café on Tuesday 12 February at 17:00-17:45. Read more

For years, Norwegian filmmakers have drawn crowds to the cinema theatres, and have achieved great recognition at home. Presently, Norwegian films make an increasing impact on the international arena - both with international critics and at festivals and cinemas all over the world. In the Norwegian film programme in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv, we have the pleasure of screening new films from... Read more

The current residency in Machol Shalem Dance House (MSDH) in Jerusalem is the first rehearsal period of this process. Read more

Edvard Munch: ‘Encounters in Edvard Munch’s space’ is set to open 26 July 2012 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Read more

Jo Nesbø will attede two events at the 3rd International Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem. Read more

Norway Cup is the world’s largest football tournament for youth and children, and is being held this year for the 34rd time. The tournament will be taking place from July 29 to August 4. Read more

Karl Seglem, musician, composer and poet, plays the tenor saxophone and the goat horn (the Jewish traditional Shofar). His original tunes derive from the abandunt traditional Norwegian folk music carrying the scents of breathtaking landscapes and turquoise fiords. Seglem (40) creates musical worlds that equally emphasize composition and improvisation. He presents a combination of jazz with the... Read more

The musical ‘Bridges’, an international music and art project, will be performed by pupils of the Jerusalem bilingual Jewish-Arab Rayne-School, run by ‘Hand in Hand - Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel’, together with students from the Norwegian lower secondary high school ‘Fjære Ungdomsskole’ in Grimstad and Swiss students from Zug, Hochdorf and Huneberg. Read more

Norwegian films became the big winner at Europe's largest film festival of Nordic Cinema taking place in Lübeck. Marius Holst's King of Devil's Island about a rebellion on a prison island in the Oslofjord in 1915, starring Stellan Skarsgård, won both the renowned NDR Award for Best Feature Film and the much coveted Lübecker Nachrichten Audience Award. Coming Home by Anders Øvergård received the... Read more

Anna’s House, a book about the American Colony Hotel through the eyes of its founder Anna Spafford, has recently been published into English. Read more

Motsol will perform at ‘Uganda’ in Jerusalem on Monday 7 November at 21:00, ‘Tichon Awsat’ in Haifa on Wednesday 9 November at 21:00, and at ‘Levontin 7’ in Tel Aviv on Thursday 10 November at 20:30. Daniel Sarid and Harold Rubin will be guest performers at the last part of the concert in Tel Aviv. Read more

The Norwegian national rugby team will play the Israel national team in the European nation's cup (ENC) Saturday 29 October at 13:30 at the Wingate sports institute.   Read more

Three Norwegian films, ‘Twigson Ties the Knot’, ‘Rafiki’ and ‘The Liverpool Goalie’ will be screened during the Tel Aviv 7th International Film Festival 26-29 October 2011 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. The festival is dedicated to quality cinema for children and teens and will present movies from Israel and abroad. Read more

The Norwegian Verdensteatret preforms “And All the questionmarks started to sing” at the Herzliya Contemporary Art Biennial in Herzliya 13 – 18 October 2011. The work will be both exhibited as an electromechanical installation and played as a live performance/concert. Read more

Herzliya Contemporary Art Biennial, Herzliya 10 - 13 October 2011 Read more

The semi-final matches for group 3 in the Velux EHF Champion League Qualifying Tournament, will take place in Rishon Lezion, Maccabi Handball House 3-4 September 2011. Read more

The Norwegian band The Hungry Hearts Pin-Up Performance Band performs at TLV Fest 2011, at the LGBT Community Center in Tel Aviv 13 June, at 20:00. The band will present short films, perform old and new songs, create live art and talk about everything from art to politics. Read more