SKANDINÁV HÁZ ALAPÍTVÁNY
(Nordic House Foundation)

The Nordic House Foundation was established in 2003 by some Scandinavians living in Hungary and some Hungarians who have special interest for Scandinavia. The foundation started its permanent activity in autumn 2006, and from February 2009. it has a place of its own, in Budapest VII. district, Klauzál tér 4.
The aim of the Foundation is to organize cultural activities and to promote the development of cultural relations between Hungary and the Nordic countries by acting as an initiator, organizer and connecting link.

Further aims of Nordic House Foundation are:

• To enrich and spread its knowledge and experience about the cultural, social and economic conditions of Hungary and the Scandinavian countries
• To support cultural cooperation between the Scandinavian countries and Hungary
• To render help to Scandinavian institutions in creating projects in Hungary
• To support cooperation between institutions, offices, civil organizations, artists and private persons in Hungary and in the Scandinavian countries.
• To help in distributing the know-how, knowledge and technology originating from the Scandinavian countries
• To lend a hand in integrating Scandinavian companies, their colleagues and relatives in Hungary

Actual and planned activity areas:

• Library (issuing and sales, translations, popularization of publications, organization of book presentations)
• Cultural programs (music, dance, theatre, films, exhibitions, literature, conferences, clubs, workshops)
• Children’s Club (playhouse, song, music, theatre, family events)
• Lectures and courses (language courses, culture, history, politics, economy, linguistics)
• Thematic festivals, weekend programs
• Organization of programs for Scandinavians living in Hungary
• Information about Scandinavian cultural programs held in Hungary, program review sent by electronic newsletteR

Nordic House Foundation is a non-profit organization and maintained by the donations of companies, private persons and financed by applications and the income of courses. At present the co-workers of the foundation are volunteers, it does not have paid employees.

The foundation is under the direction of a board of six members:
Chairman:Péter Eszterhás, translator
Members:Marie Brolin-Tani, ballet choreographer
Fáskerti Mária, chairwoman of Circle of Friends of Hungarians Living in Norway
Heine Sveistrup Jensen, Hungarian honorary consul-general of Jutland and Fyn
Kiss János, director of Győri Balett
Galambos Attila, media expert

Representative of the Foundation: Götz Andrea

Address:
Skandináv Ház Alapítvány
H-1072 Budapest, Klauzál tér 4.
Phone: + 36 1 225 0329
Fax: + 36 1 225 0328
Web: www.skandinavhaz.hu
E-mail: info@skandinavhaz.hu

Scandinavian music evenings in Budapest

Nordic House Foundation is proud to present you the highlight of this year's events: the Scandinavian Music evenings in Budapest.

Consisting of 8 lectures and concerts, this musical project aims to introduce the history of Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and - with the contribution of Finnagora - Finnish music, and to emphasize the variety and diversity of these nation's music by presenting the less known composers as well as the world-famous ones.

The first four concerts of the series focus on the history of classical music in Scandinavia. These concerts will be held at the prominent Ferencsik Hall of Bartók Béla Conservatory. Besides the well-known masters like Edvard Grieg, Carl Nielsen or Jean Sibelius, the audience will get the chance to hear works by composers like Carl Ludvig Lithander, Geirr Tveitt or Gösta Nyström, whose art is almost unknown in Hungary.

The host, narrator and one of the participants of the concerts is Anastasia Razvalyaeva, a young harpist who is a determined populariser of Scandinavian music. The participants of the concerts are all young and talented musicians, graduated from the Franz Liszt Music Academy, and the outstanding Amadeus Choir.

The dates of the concerts are the following:

October 31st             History of Swedish classical music
November 28th History of Norwegian classical music
December 19 th         History of Finnish classical music
January 16th             History of Danish classical music

The second four concerts of the series focus on the history of other genres. While the autumn/winter concerts feature Hungarian musicians, the performers of the spring concerts are coming from Scandinavia.

In February, the history of Scandinavian folk music will be presented by a Norwegian lecturer, who will be accompanied by folk musicians and dancers, also coming from Norway. Ballad and song/visa singing is very popular in Scandinavia. A young group from Sweden will introduce it to the Hungarian audience in March. In April, the history of Scandinavian jazz will be lectured on by a Danish jazz player, and additionally demonstrated by a Danish jazz trio. The closing concert of the series will be in May, a young Finnish DJ is coming to present the history of the Scandinavian popular music. The spring concerts will be held in different places. The choice of the location will always try to fit with the appropriate genre.

Budget
The Nordic Cultural Foundation are supporting the concerts with          2.500.000 HUF
Nordic House Foundation financially supports the events with              1.750.000 HUF
Expected sales of admission tickets                                                 1.000.000 HUF
Finnagora, supporting the Finish concerts by                                     130.000 HUF
Sponsorship by Skagerrak Tours, Budapest                                      1.500.000 HUF
Sponsorship opportunity for company X                                                1.500.000 HUF

Budget all in all                                                                                            8.380.000HUF

The Nordic House Foundation offers the sponsor:

• Displays the sponsor's logo at the foundation's website, including the starting page and all sub-pages related with the concerts, as well as 8 newsletters related with the concerts
• Provides facility for free advertising at the foundation's website, as well as in 8 newsletters related with the concerts.
• Displays of the sponsor's logo at all advertising media (posters, flyers, etc.) promoting the concerts.
• Displays of the sponsor's advertising media at the concert hall.
• A chamber music concert, at any location and time appointed by the sponsor, performed by the contributing Hungarian musicians, offering a selection of Scandinavian pieces from the program.

Scientific Evenings

What comes in our mind when we hear the word: SCANDINAVIA: Snow, sauna, order, clean, endless forests, welfare, Vikings, H.C. Andersen, and Santa Claus. Scandinavia is an entirely different world. The scientific evenings’ goal is to introduce a piece of this culture once in a month from October till May, focusing more on its society, identity and economy. We would be glad if the people attracted by Scandinavia could learn more about this area, could ask their questions, and practice the examples they find useful.
Our evenings are going to be held by foreign performers (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish). We are having negotiations with Henning Dochweiler – the former director of Askov Folkehøjskole, the editor in chief of the Swedish EXPO newspaper (formerly led by Stieg Larsson), the Gothenburg-award – Environmental Nobel-prize winner of 2009 Søren Hermansen, and other Hungarian lecturers.

The topics of the series are the following:

20th October 2010             the Scandinavian model
17th November 2010           Black gold on North – economical development of Norway after discovering the oil
15th December 2010           Then and Now – the Scandinavian welfare state
12th January 2011              NGOs – the civil culture in Scandinavia     
16th February 2011            CSR
16th March 2011                Liberty of the Press – the Danish cartoon crise
20th April 2011                  Scandinavian identity
18th May 2011                   the Swedish Radical Right

The advanced budget of these programs is 500.000HUF which contains the rental of the rooms, the performers’ (Hungarian and foreign) honorary and the travelling costs of the foreign ones. For these we are looking for sponsors. It is possible to sponsor the series itself or the events you like.

For sponsoring the events the Foundation can offer:

• Displaying the logo and/or banner of the supporter on the Foundation’s website, and on the sites in connection with the scientific evenings, and along the newsletters about the series.
• Free advertising possibility on the Foundation’s website, and in the newsletters in connection with the scientific evenings series
• Displaying the supporter’s logo on the flyers and posters of the scientific evenings
• Displaying the supporter’s logo and advertising material during the evening
• Other possibilities suggested by the supporter

Exhibitions at the Nordic House

November – December 2010
Photo exhibition of Dr.Végh Károly
Norway through the eyes of a Hungarian artist
Végh Károly passionately searches in photography the chance of seeing something more and finds the endlessness of the experience.
He is discovering more deepening context in the forms, tones, colours, lights and shadows.
For him this is the knowledge, or at least a way of perception.
It is a great honour for us to perform his arts, and showing his view all those who are interested in Scandinavia and especially Norway.
At the opening of the exhibition the famous saxophonist Borbély Mihály will perform.
Cost of the exhibition: 60 000 Ft

At the end of December 2010
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
Advent could be a perfect time to remember the famous Danish writer H. C. Andersen and his children loved fairy tales.
Although he was born 205 years ago his stories still impress both the older and the younger generation.
Besides that we are presenting by the exhibition the life and work of H.C. Andersen, we are trying to remember the atmosphere of story-telling. We are trying to tune to the Christmas together with the children.
Cost of the exhibition: 60 000 Ft.

January – February 2011
Bokor Botond
Exhibition of a Hungarian painter living in Gothenburg
The Foundation's first art exhibition was presented by Ann Lundin with a great success. Ann Lundin recommended us the young artist living in Gothenburg educated in Hungary. He gladly accepted our invitation and he prepares new pictures especially for this exhibition.
Cost of the exhibition: 100 000 Ft.

March – April 2011
Hungarian Karma
Poster Exhibition
An exhibition named „Hungarian Karma” opened in 2009 organized by the Hungarian honorary consul general Heine Sveistrup Jensen assisted by the Central Denmark Region and the Poster Museum in Aarhus. The exhibition presents the work of three graphic designers: Ducki Krzysztof, Orosz István and Pócs Péter. The exhibited works are from the last twenty years in connection with social and political issues.
After the exhibition was presented in Denmark and other Hungarian cities finally can be viewed in Budapest, too.
Cost of the exhibition: 80 000 Ft.

May – June 2011
Czabán Samu
Photos and Memories from Sweden
Photo Exhibition
During the high-school years the young artist studied one year in Sweden. We are exhibiting some selected pictures from this period. We are trying to get closer to the Scandinavian feeling with the help of his pictures which was taken of a very youthful point of view both in coloured and black-and-white style.
Cost of the exhibition: 30 000 Ft.

The total cost of the season of 2010-11: 330 000 Ft
It is possible the support either the whole season or an individual exhibition.
What the foundation offers to the sponsors is listed out below:

• Display the logo and the banner of the sponsor on the homepage – in connection with the exhibition
• place the bulletin board orthe advertisingof the sponsor during the time of the event at the location of the event
• place the sponsor's logo on the event's posters and leaflets
• free advertisement in the homepage's job-box

Film Club

Nordic House Foundation asks for assistance for its Scandinavian film club. The programs will be held in autumn 2010.

Nordic House Foundation undertakes

• To ensure a place for the film club (Budapest, VII. Klauzál tér 4.)
• to inform inquirers about the time and place of screenings
• to ensure the necessary technical conditions for film screenings
• to take charge of the professional standard of talks held after screenings
• to obtain the rights of projection of the films from the owners

Budget

Rental of technical equipment necessary for the screening of 8 films and the fee of the technician for 8 occasions + fee for film-aestheticians for professional guidance of talks after screenings for 8 occasions: 160.000HUF  

Nordic House can offer the following to the sponsor of film club:

• The film club is named after the sponsor.
• On the homepage of Nordic House the sponsor’s logo will be displayed in connection with the film club.
• In the electronic newsletter the sponsor’s logo will be displayed in connection with the film club.
• On posters and flyers about the film club the sponsor’s logo will be displayed.
• During the film screenings we display the name of the sponsor the way it is required.

Scandinavian Literary Evenings

The Foundation wholeheartedly supports the promotion of Scandinavian culture. As part of it a series of Scandinavian Crime Stories have already been introduced with authors – such as the world famous Stieg Larsson or Jo Nesbo – whose books have been published in Hungarian.

In the current season the Foundation is planning to organize a monthly event – from October 2010 until May 2011 – dedicated to contemporary Scandinavian literature.

These literary evenings would consist of a moderated talk with a guest (translator, publisher, author), an actor/actress contributing to the event as well. Among the authors we may find Morten Ramsland, Carl Östergren, Per Petterson or Knud Romer.
Depending on available sources and other facilities presenting a newly published book is also in accordance with our plans. We are also planning to invite one of the authors for a discussion.

Budget:
Expenses pr. event                                                               25.000HUF
Expenses for participation of a Scandinavian author
(1 occasion only):                                                              150.000 HUF

8 events a year: 350. 000HUF

For sponsoring the event the Foundation can offer the followings:

• The series be named after the sponsor (’X’ Literary Evenings or Literary Evenings sponsored by ’X’)
• Displaying the sponsor’s logo and banner together with the news of the series on the homepage of the Foundation and in newsletters.
• Promoting the sponsor during the events with the sponsor’s advertising materials.
• Displaying the sponsor’s logo on the events’ posters and flyers.

Library

The Foundation would like to promote the Scandinavian Culture in various ways. A main field of that kind of promotion would be an establishment of the library. We have already organized many literary events. Furthermore now it is possible to buy some Hungarian translated works of many Scandinavian authors at the office of the Foundation. Based on these successful activities, we would like to take a more central position in the promotional field of Scandinavian languages, literatures and cultures, by making a library.

The collection of the library will be based on some selected works by the following topics:

• Scandinavian Literature
• Scandinavian History
• Scandinavian Culture, Scandinavian Studies
• Handbooks in the fields of literature and history, reference works and dictionaries

The acquisition process would be maintained by some volunteers (by Hungarian origin) living in the Scandinavian countries. The management and service tasks related to the library holding would be based on the activities by some volunteers that are working for the Foundation in Hungary.
Budget Plan for the Library:

• Shelf-system at the Foundation Office:                                            100.000HUF
• Document delivery from Scandinavia into Hungary:                             150.000HUF
• Integrated Library system for document service and management:        100.000HUF

Total: 350.000HUF

Offers for Library Sponsors by the Foundation

The Library gets the name of the sponsor (for example: Scandinavian Library by the promotion of XY-Sponsor’s name)
We can advertise the sponsor logo on the library related offline posters, bulletins, newsletters, and using its ad banner by the online library promotional work.

Theatre programs

One of our planned programs is a series of theatre visits. One of the Foundations most popular events was a common theatre visit (Knut Hamsun: Hunger, November 2009) followed by a talk with the creators of the performance. Fortunately Budapest abounds in theatres and in a number of them there are always some dramas of Nordic authors performed - both classic ones like Ibsen or Strindberg and modern ones like Lene Knutzon.
The plan is to arrange 3 theatre events a year. After an agreement with the hosting theatre the Foundation is offering discount on the ticket price and promotes the performance through its newsletter to the people interested. After the performance some of the creators (dramaturge, director, actors etc.) are asked to stay and have a talk about the play with the audience, while refreshments are served.

Budget:
Pr event app. 115.000 HUF

Counting with 3 events a year app. 350.000 HUF/year

Extraordinary cost - inviting one of the authors
From Scandinavia app. 150.000 HUF

For sponsoring the event the Foundation can offer the followings:

• The series be named after the sponsor (’X’ Theatre Evenings or Theatre Evenings sponsored by ’X’)
• Displaying the sponsor’s logo and banner together with the news of the series on the homepage of the Foundation and in newsletters.
• Promoting the sponsor during the events with the sponsor’s advertising materials.
• Displaying the sponsor’s logo on the events’ posters and flyers

SPONSORS OF SKANDINÁV HÁZ ALAPÍTVÁNY (NORDIC HOUSE)

Dr. Horváth Béla Ügyvédi Iroda
Konstantia Bt.
Skagerrak Bt.

PARTNERS

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Data and bank account number of the foundation

Skandináv Ház Alapítvány
1192 Budapest, Nádasdy utca 11.
Tax number: 18111208-1-41

Bank account: CIB Közép-Európai Nemzetközi Bank Rt. 10700079-27837900-51100005
IBAN number: HU47 10700079 27837900 51100005