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Embassy Culture Newsletter: Norwegian Highlights

Dates for your diary: our round-up of what to look out for including art, music, theatre, literature and more.

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Dates for your Diary: Norwegian culture listings in the UK

Happening now

'Girl, 1983' by prolific writer Linn Ullmann is now available in the UK, published by Penguin's Hamish Hamilton imprint. Set in Oslo, New York and Paris, Girl, 1983 is a raw and haunting exposure of beauty and forgetting, desire and shame, power and powerlessness.

Kari Steihaug and Lise B. Linnert are among the artists included in the exhibition Soft Power: Lives told through textile art at the RWA in Bristol. Until 10 August.

Born in Stavanger in 1988, Linda Lamignan is one of the artists showing at this year's Liverpool Biennial. Through video, sound and objects, Lamignan explores notions related to storytelling and translation, transformation and love. Until 14 September.

 

▶ 29 June, Glastonbury

girl in red is playing The Park Stage at Glastonbury.

▶ 4 July, Colchester & 5 July, Lytham St Anne's

Dagny is playing as support for Justin Timberlake at Chelmsford City Racecourse and Lytham Festival.

▶ 4 July, London

After sold-out shows at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, Naughty Cabaret is coming to Jackson's Lane Clown Festival.

▶ 7 July, London

Three of Scandinavia's foremost artists, violinist Johan Dalene, cellist Andreas Brantelid, and pianist Christian Ihle Hadland are in concert at Wigmore Hall, playing music by Korngold and Ravel.

▶ 11 July, London

Bendik Giske, Carmen Villain and Eivind Lønning are performing as part of the Smalltown Supersound Label Night at Cafe OTO.

▶ 11 July, Cheltenham

Blood Command are playing 2000Trees Festival.

▶ 1-25 August, Edinburgh

The world's largest performance arts festival Edinburgh Fringe sees a number of Norwegian acts. More info and tickets here.

▶ 2 August, London

As part of the BBC Proms, Soprano Mari Eriksmoen is performing with the Hallé in Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.