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Cultural Calendar

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  • JANUARY
    M T W T F S S
    29 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
    09 10 11 12 13 14 15
    16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    30 31 01 02 03 04 05
  • FEBRUARY
    M T W T F S S
    30 31 01 02 03 04 05
    06 07 08 09 10 11 12
    13 14 15 16 17 18 19
    20 21 22 23 24 25 26
    27 28 29 01 02 03 04
    05 06 07 08 09 10 11
  • MARCH
    M T W T F S S
    27 28 29 01 02 03 04
    05 06 07 08 09 10 11
    12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    26 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
  • APRIL
    M T W T F S S
    26 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
    09 10 11 12 13 14 15
    16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    30 01 02 03 04 05 06
  • MAY
    M T W T F S S
    30 01 02 03 04 05 06
    07 08 09 10 11 12 13
    14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    21 22 23 24 25 26 27
    28 29 30 31 01 02 03
    04 05 06 07 08 09 10
  • JUNE

    M T W T F S S
    28 29 30 31 01 02 03
    04 05 06 07 08 09 10
    11 12 13 14 15 16 17
    18 19 20 21 22 23 24
    25 26 27 28 29 30 01
    01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Cultural Events

01 March

Žemyna – Earth Goddess – an international archaeological project with the participation of the world cities of Odense and Kaunus

01.01.2012 - 30.06.2012

The archaeology club Harja from Odense Museum in Denmark is launching a 3 year project for seniors, professional archaeologists and volunteers to promote archaeological activities in both Denmark and Lithuania.

  • Location: Lithuania

Danish bike design and city planning

05.01.2012 - 01.03.2012

Danish bike design and city planning are the elements in the exhibition and dialogue project in the Nordic common house in Berlin, where the photo exhibition ‘Monumental Motion – A Cycling Life in the Capital of Denmark’ will be one of displays.

  • Location: Germany

Ida Ferdinand and Ane Vester exhibit at Aloft Hotel in Brussels

11.01.2012 - 27.04.2012

Ida Ferdinand exhibits at Aloft Hotel in Brussels from January 11th to April 27th and Ane Vester exhibits at the same hotel May 9th to August 31st.

  • Location: Belgium

The National Museum in Warsaw opens up the Jewellery Box and exhibits Danish jewellery

12.01.2012 - 04.03.2012

Explore the Danish Jewellery Box Collection. The Jewellery Box Collection includes examples of the finest and most interesting artistic jewellery created by some of Denmark's most prominent jewellers.

  • Location: Poland

Letter to H.C. Andersen – essays by children and youngsters

15.01.2012 - 02.04.2012

In an essay competition across the whole nation, children and youngsters will give their perspective on the creations of H.C. Andersen, and thereby extend their knowledge of the famous Dane. The final event of the competition will take place in 'Panevėžys Puppet Wagon Theatre', which itself has been awarded the H.C. Andersen prize.

  • Location: Lithuania

"A Modern Royal Household" – The Danish Royal Residence

19.01.2012 - 20.03.2012

Through photos and video, "A Modern Royal Household" tells about the restoration and artistic decoration of Frederik VIII’s wonderful Palace in Amalienborg, Copenhagen - the new residence of the Danish Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

  • Location: Belgium

SPATIUM - Contemporary Danish Art

19.01.2012 - 13.05.2012

The exhibition SPATIUM at the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn takes its point of departure in the young, emerging Danish contemporary art scene and includes new site specific as well as some older works.

  • Location: Estonia

Christiania in art – an exhibition across art forms

21.01.2012 - 01.04.2012

Artist from Christiania and Užupis exhibit living works in the fields of visual art, photography and design. The exhibition also offers a programme of documentaries and creative workshops.

  • Location: Lithuania

100 years anniversary for the father of Danish design – Finn Juhl

30.01.2012 - 12.03.2012

The world famous Danish furniture designer Finn Juhl would have celebrated 100 years 30th January 2012. To celebrate this, the Embassy and One Collection has gone together to produce an exhibition about his life and his furniture in the big flashy windows of the embassy at Jakobs Torg.

  • Location: Sweden

Fabulous Iceland – from Sagas to novels

31.01.2012 - 29.04.2012

In a series of conversations, the journalist Pétur Blöndal asked contemporary Icelandic authors about their relationship with the literary tradition and the influence exerted on them by the past. The result is an Icelandic literary history of sorts, distilled into brief, individual stories

  • Location: Belgium

Art Exhibition: Per Kirkeby – A Creative Dialogue with the Byzantine Style

01.02.2012 - 08.04.2012

This exhibition offers a unique insight into the influence of Byzantine art on highly renowned Danish artist Per Kirkeby’s imagery.

  • Location: Greece

Denmark in transition - A photographic snapshot

01.02.2012 - 31.03.2012

A major photo project with some of the best photographers in Denmark creates an overall picture of Denmark from 2008 to 2009.

  • Location: Germany

Hammershøi and Europe

04.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

The major spring exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark presents the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). The exhibition takes a new approach to Hammershøi by having his art enter into a dialogue with fellow European artists of his day.

  • Location: Denmark

Per Kirkeby and the ’forbidden paintings’ by Kurt Schwitters at BOZAR

10.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, shows a major exhibition by the internationally acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. Works by Per Kirkeby are displayed in conjunction with the German landscape painter Kurt Schwitters.

  • Location: Belgium

Life’s adventures versus life’s tales

15.02.2012 - 30.05.2012

Families and individuals from all generations enter a competition in Lithuanian storytelling on the topic of "Life’s adventures versus life’s tales: from H.C. Andersen up till today".

  • Location: Lithuania

Film Y – make your own movie

26.02.2012 - 30.03.2012

The CFA education department presents the project "Film Y on the road", a project iinspired by the Danish Film Institute. It is a unique and high-level entry for youngsters in the process of filmmaking.

  • Location: Belgium

Best of Danish Film

01.03.2012 - 31.03.2012

The Barbican Centre and the British Film Institute show some of Danish film history's best films, documentaries, films for children and young people, and Danish classics.

  • Location: United Kingdom

Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival

01.03.2012 - 09.03.2012

From 1.-9 of March 2012 Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival is held with, among others, a great Nordic focus and several Danish movies.

  • Location: Luxembourg

Asger Jorn and Triolektisk football

01.03.2012 - 31.05.2012

Fundación Athletic Bilbao and the Danish Embassy in Madrid present a documentary on Danish painter Asger Jorn and triolektic football during the conference series "Thinking Football".

  • Location: Spain

Movie night at the Danish Embassy in Rome

01.03.2012 - 01.03.2012

The Royal Danish Embassy in Rome has the great pleasure to invite to a movie night at the embassy, where we show the award winning film by Susanne Bier, In a better world.

  • Location: Italy
02 March

Žemyna – Earth Goddess – an international archaeological project with the participation of the world cities of Odense and Kaunus

01.01.2012 - 30.06.2012

The archaeology club Harja from Odense Museum in Denmark is launching a 3 year project for seniors, professional archaeologists and volunteers to promote archaeological activities in both Denmark and Lithuania.

  • Location: Lithuania

Ida Ferdinand and Ane Vester exhibit at Aloft Hotel in Brussels

11.01.2012 - 27.04.2012

Ida Ferdinand exhibits at Aloft Hotel in Brussels from January 11th to April 27th and Ane Vester exhibits at the same hotel May 9th to August 31st.

  • Location: Belgium

The National Museum in Warsaw opens up the Jewellery Box and exhibits Danish jewellery

12.01.2012 - 04.03.2012

Explore the Danish Jewellery Box Collection. The Jewellery Box Collection includes examples of the finest and most interesting artistic jewellery created by some of Denmark's most prominent jewellers.

  • Location: Poland

Letter to H.C. Andersen – essays by children and youngsters

15.01.2012 - 02.04.2012

In an essay competition across the whole nation, children and youngsters will give their perspective on the creations of H.C. Andersen, and thereby extend their knowledge of the famous Dane. The final event of the competition will take place in 'Panevėžys Puppet Wagon Theatre', which itself has been awarded the H.C. Andersen prize.

  • Location: Lithuania

"A Modern Royal Household" – The Danish Royal Residence

19.01.2012 - 20.03.2012

Through photos and video, "A Modern Royal Household" tells about the restoration and artistic decoration of Frederik VIII’s wonderful Palace in Amalienborg, Copenhagen - the new residence of the Danish Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

  • Location: Belgium

SPATIUM - Contemporary Danish Art

19.01.2012 - 13.05.2012

The exhibition SPATIUM at the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn takes its point of departure in the young, emerging Danish contemporary art scene and includes new site specific as well as some older works.

  • Location: Estonia

Christiania in art – an exhibition across art forms

21.01.2012 - 01.04.2012

Artist from Christiania and Užupis exhibit living works in the fields of visual art, photography and design. The exhibition also offers a programme of documentaries and creative workshops.

  • Location: Lithuania

100 years anniversary for the father of Danish design – Finn Juhl

30.01.2012 - 12.03.2012

The world famous Danish furniture designer Finn Juhl would have celebrated 100 years 30th January 2012. To celebrate this, the Embassy and One Collection has gone together to produce an exhibition about his life and his furniture in the big flashy windows of the embassy at Jakobs Torg.

  • Location: Sweden

Fabulous Iceland – from Sagas to novels

31.01.2012 - 29.04.2012

In a series of conversations, the journalist Pétur Blöndal asked contemporary Icelandic authors about their relationship with the literary tradition and the influence exerted on them by the past. The result is an Icelandic literary history of sorts, distilled into brief, individual stories

  • Location: Belgium

Art Exhibition: Per Kirkeby – A Creative Dialogue with the Byzantine Style

01.02.2012 - 08.04.2012

This exhibition offers a unique insight into the influence of Byzantine art on highly renowned Danish artist Per Kirkeby’s imagery.

  • Location: Greece

Denmark in transition - A photographic snapshot

01.02.2012 - 31.03.2012

A major photo project with some of the best photographers in Denmark creates an overall picture of Denmark from 2008 to 2009.

  • Location: Germany

Hammershøi and Europe

04.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

The major spring exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark presents the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). The exhibition takes a new approach to Hammershøi by having his art enter into a dialogue with fellow European artists of his day.

  • Location: Denmark

Per Kirkeby and the ’forbidden paintings’ by Kurt Schwitters at BOZAR

10.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, shows a major exhibition by the internationally acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. Works by Per Kirkeby are displayed in conjunction with the German landscape painter Kurt Schwitters.

  • Location: Belgium

Life’s adventures versus life’s tales

15.02.2012 - 30.05.2012

Families and individuals from all generations enter a competition in Lithuanian storytelling on the topic of "Life’s adventures versus life’s tales: from H.C. Andersen up till today".

  • Location: Lithuania

Film Y – make your own movie

26.02.2012 - 30.03.2012

The CFA education department presents the project "Film Y on the road", a project iinspired by the Danish Film Institute. It is a unique and high-level entry for youngsters in the process of filmmaking.

  • Location: Belgium

Best of Danish Film

01.03.2012 - 31.03.2012

The Barbican Centre and the British Film Institute show some of Danish film history's best films, documentaries, films for children and young people, and Danish classics.

  • Location: United Kingdom

Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival

01.03.2012 - 09.03.2012

From 1.-9 of March 2012 Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival is held with, among others, a great Nordic focus and several Danish movies.

  • Location: Luxembourg

Asger Jorn and Triolektisk football

01.03.2012 - 31.05.2012

Fundación Athletic Bilbao and the Danish Embassy in Madrid present a documentary on Danish painter Asger Jorn and triolektic football during the conference series "Thinking Football".

  • Location: Spain

EKKO - a site-specific installation at Namur Station Square

02.03.2012 - 19.04.2012

EKKO is a comprehensive site-specific installation project produced in collaboration between two Danish artists Ida F. Ferdinand and Ane Vester, who both have a connection to Belgium.

  • Location: Belgium

"The Killing" marathon screening - Danish crime series

02.03.2012 - 03.03.2012

A large part of the world has been tied to their screens to watch the exciting unravelling of Danish crimes in a series like "The Killing". The 20 sections of 55 minutes duration are produced by The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, and can now be seen at BOZAR in Brussels.

  • Location: Belgium
03 March

Žemyna – Earth Goddess – an international archaeological project with the participation of the world cities of Odense and Kaunus

01.01.2012 - 30.06.2012

The archaeology club Harja from Odense Museum in Denmark is launching a 3 year project for seniors, professional archaeologists and volunteers to promote archaeological activities in both Denmark and Lithuania.

  • Location: Lithuania

The National Museum in Warsaw opens up the Jewellery Box and exhibits Danish jewellery

12.01.2012 - 04.03.2012

Explore the Danish Jewellery Box Collection. The Jewellery Box Collection includes examples of the finest and most interesting artistic jewellery created by some of Denmark's most prominent jewellers.

  • Location: Poland

Letter to H.C. Andersen – essays by children and youngsters

15.01.2012 - 02.04.2012

In an essay competition across the whole nation, children and youngsters will give their perspective on the creations of H.C. Andersen, and thereby extend their knowledge of the famous Dane. The final event of the competition will take place in 'Panevėžys Puppet Wagon Theatre', which itself has been awarded the H.C. Andersen prize.

  • Location: Lithuania

"A Modern Royal Household" – The Danish Royal Residence

19.01.2012 - 20.03.2012

Through photos and video, "A Modern Royal Household" tells about the restoration and artistic decoration of Frederik VIII’s wonderful Palace in Amalienborg, Copenhagen - the new residence of the Danish Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

  • Location: Belgium

Art Exhibition: Per Kirkeby – A Creative Dialogue with the Byzantine Style

01.02.2012 - 08.04.2012

This exhibition offers a unique insight into the influence of Byzantine art on highly renowned Danish artist Per Kirkeby’s imagery.

  • Location: Greece

Per Kirkeby and the ’forbidden paintings’ by Kurt Schwitters at BOZAR

10.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, shows a major exhibition by the internationally acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. Works by Per Kirkeby are displayed in conjunction with the German landscape painter Kurt Schwitters.

  • Location: Belgium

Life’s adventures versus life’s tales

15.02.2012 - 30.05.2012

Families and individuals from all generations enter a competition in Lithuanian storytelling on the topic of "Life’s adventures versus life’s tales: from H.C. Andersen up till today".

  • Location: Lithuania

Film Y – make your own movie

26.02.2012 - 30.03.2012

The CFA education department presents the project "Film Y on the road", a project iinspired by the Danish Film Institute. It is a unique and high-level entry for youngsters in the process of filmmaking.

  • Location: Belgium

Best of Danish Film

01.03.2012 - 31.03.2012

The Barbican Centre and the British Film Institute show some of Danish film history's best films, documentaries, films for children and young people, and Danish classics.

  • Location: United Kingdom

EKKO - a site-specific installation at Namur Station Square

02.03.2012 - 19.04.2012

EKKO is a comprehensive site-specific installation project produced in collaboration between two Danish artists Ida F. Ferdinand and Ane Vester, who both have a connection to Belgium.

  • Location: Belgium

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