Nordic Actresses: Pernilla August
Posted On Thursday, November 8, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under News from Sweden, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema, Swedish Cinema Tags: Pernilla August, Swedish actress
Pernilla August (before Pernilla Wallgren) is one of the most internationally recognized Swedish actresses. Also playwright and filmmaker, this veteran actress has just released in Sweden her latest film, "Callgirl" in which she worked under the direction of Mikael Marcimain.
August began her career with small roles in the seventies. Her ...
“The Hypnotist” by Lasse Hallström, Sweden’s Wager for the Oscar Awards
Posted On Monday, October 22, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Sweden, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema, NORDIC CULTURE, Swedish Cinema Tags: "The Hypnotist", Lasse Hallström, Swedish film for the Oscar, Swedish movie
In the month of September was released in Sweden, coinciding with its screening at the 60th International Film Festival of San Sebastian, "The Hypnotist", the latest film of the Swedish director Lasse Hallström, based on the bestselling novel of the same title by the writer Lars Kepler, pseudonym of the ...
Nordic Actors: Mikael Nyqvist
Posted On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Sweden, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema, Swedish Cinema Tags: Michael Nyqvist, Millenium saga, Swedish actor
Mikael Nyqvist is one of Sweden's most international actors at the moment.
He became famous in Sweden for his role in the television series "Beck" in the nineties, playing afterwards several roles in Swedish films during the 2000s, including titles like "Together", "Earth of Angels" or the Finnish "Mother of Mine ...
New Swedish Cinema: “Easy Money 2” by Babak Najafi
Posted On Friday, September 28, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Sweden, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema, Swedish Cinema Tags: Babak Najafi, Daniel Espinosa, Easy Money 2, Jens Lapidus, Swedish films, Swedish movie
The past August was released in Sweden "Snabba Cash II", (Easy Money II) the sequel to the hit Swedish film "Snabba Cash" (Easy Money), directed by Daniel Espinosa in 2010.
With Espinosa and now as producer and under the direction of Swedish-Iranian Babak Najafi, "Snabba Cash II", like the first part, ...
The Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki will shoot his next film in Spain
Posted On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Finnish Cinema, News from Finland, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema Tags: Aki Kaurismäki, Kaurismäki to shoot in Spain, The Barber of Vigo
The Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki will shoot his next film in Spain. After the change of scenery he did with his latest film "Le Havre" shot in the French Normandy, the director who regularly used to do his films in Finland seems to have embarked on a journey of international ...
The Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen Visits Spain to discuss the crisis with Mariano Rajoy
Posted On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy, Economy in Finland, Finland, News from Finland Tags: Finnish Pime minister, Jyrki Katainen, Mariano Rajoy
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy met yesterday the Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen at the Moncloa Palace to discuss the latest developments in the euro crisis, the stability of the markets and the development of European economic and monetary union.
Katainen's visit coincides just after the decision by the European ...
Headhunters – The latest bet of Nordic Cinema
Posted On Monday, September 10, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Norway, Nordic Art, Nordic Cinema, Norwegian Cinema Tags: Headhunters, Morten Tyldum, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nordic Film, Norwegian film
In the last month of April was released in the U.S. and UK the nordic thriller "Headhunters" ("Hodejegerne" in Norwegian).
Of Norwegian and German production, the film is now being released in worldwide distribution and is filling the movie theaters this summer in Europe and North America. Based on the novel ...
Denmark Olympic Gold in Rowing and Cycling Omnium
Posted On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, DENMARK, News from Denmark, Nordic Sports, Nordic Sports, Sports in Denmark Tags: London olympics, olympic rowing, olympics denmark
Denmark has already won two gold medals at the London Olympics 2012.
On Saturday the Danishrowing couple Mada Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist won gold in Men's lightweight double sculls at the Lake Eton bringing to Denmark its first gold medal in these games. The Danes left behind the British and New ...
Nokia in talks with operators: a new Strategy with Windows Phone 8
Posted On Monday, July 23, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy, Economy in Finland, News from Finland Tags: Nokia negociates with european operators, Nokia Windows Phone 8, Nokias new marketing strategy
According to the newspaper Financial Times, the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia is considering this fall the renewal of its traditional marketing strategy that consisted in the idea of selling the Nokia phones to "everyone, everywhere."
The company's new approach would be related to the idea of forming a specific support group to sell and promote their phones ...
One of the smallest horses in the world lives in Finland
Posted On Monday, July 23, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Finland Tags: Horses in Finland, Nordic Horses, The smallest horse in the world
The mini horse MICRA who lives in the Finnish town of Kirkkonummi in Helsinki, is one of the smallest horses in the world.
Micra weighs 20 kilos and measures 50 centimeters and belongs to the horse breed Falabella.
Even for his race, Micra is especially small and was born with a motor impairment due to a ...