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.
MARCH & APRIL Selections
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Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center in Illinois
- April 8: Big in Sweden by Sally Franson (meeting details)
- May 13: The Singularity by Balsam Karam, translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel (meeting details)
- June 10: Notes from a Summer Cottage: The Intimate Life of the Outside World by Nina Burton, translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles (meeting details)
- July 8: Embroidery by Sigrún Pálsdottir, translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith (meeting details)
- August 12: Emily Forever by Maria Navarro Skaranger, translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken (meeting details)
Scandinavia House’s Nordic Book Club
- April 8: Sun City by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal (meeting details)
Vesterheim’s Bokprat
- April 16: Muus vs. Muus: The Scandal that Shook Norwegian America by Bodil Stenseth, edited by Kari Lie Dorer, translated by Kari Lie Dorer and Torild Homstad (meeting details)
- May 28: The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens by Barbara Sjoholm (meeting details)
- June 25: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Miller (meeting details)
Nordiska’s Book Club
- April 24: The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson (meeting details)
Swedish American Museum
- April 26: The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken (meeting details)
- May 31: The Couples Trip by Ulf Kvensler (meeting details)
- June 28: Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot (meeting details)
- July 26: Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir (meeting details)