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What can 64 butterflies teach us about the meaning of life? 🦋On a dark winter morning, the Danish media executive Lea Ko...
15/10/2026

What can 64 butterflies teach us about the meaning of life? 🦋

On a dark winter morning, the Danish media executive Lea Korsgaard made a list of all the butterfly species in Denmark and set out on a quest: to find them all before the end of the year. This project brought her face to face with nature, with the human impact on nature, and with how we pay attention to the world around us.

The book “The Butterfly Season” details her journey. Just last month, it was published in the US by Knopf. Yesterday, Consul General Helle Meinertz hosted an intimate literary salon to celebrate the book’s US release together with Danish and American literary professionals.

Interviewed by writer, translator, and Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Katrine Øgaard Jensen, Lea Korsgaard shared her experience with a year of butterfly hunting and how it became an exercise in paying attention. In today’s attention economy, designating a task and staying focused felt particularly resonant. “The butterfly hunt became a secular prayer,” she explained, an opportunity to be grateful and aware of her surroundings in a new way.

At the same time, the hunt served to concretize the human impact on nature and how our actions contribute to what has been called the 6th mass extinction: “It’s not supposed to be this hard to find butterflies”.

Thank you to Lea, Katrine, and to our guests for interesting conversations and reflections on butterflies and beyond.

Over a decade of cultural connections across the Atlantic 🖼️The Danish National gallery of art is home to Denmark’s larg...
09/10/2026

Over a decade of cultural connections across the Atlantic 🖼️

The Danish National gallery of art is home to Denmark’s largest collection of art and it receives more than half a million visitors every year. American Friends of SMK (Statens Museum for Kunst) has played a key role in connecting the museum to audiences in the United States and strengthening the cultural ties between our two countries.

Over the past years, we have seen many ambitious projects connecting the SMK and New York. From the exhibition “Matisse: The Red Studio” in collaboration with MoMA The Museum of Modern Art and to the “Beyond the Light” exhibition in collaboration with the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the ongoing podcast series “Danish Originals”, these are just a few of the highlights from a remarkable journey.

Over the summer, it was announced that the AFSMK will conclude its activities and formally dissolve at the end of the year. The organization’s successful work advancing Danish art and culture was honored with a final celebration.
Here’s to over a decade of creativity, collaboration, and connections across the Atlantic.

08/10/2026

Danish architecture on the big screen 🎥🇩🇰

On October 12-17 at Architecture & Design Film Festival: New York, two films explore Danish architecture from very different perspectives. From a Copenhagen housing experiment to the stories and ideas embedded in a public square.

🇩🇰The Tingbjerg Experiment
🇩🇰 The World in a Square

But why put architecture and design on the big screen? And what can film tell us about the spaces we live in?
We spoke with Kyle Bergman, Founder and Director of the Architecture & Design Film Festival, to find out.

Two films. Two perspectives. One conversation about architecture and design. 🏛️

Welcoming Danish parliamentary delegation to New York 🤝Over the past week, the Consulate General of Denmark in New York ...
01/10/2026

Welcoming Danish parliamentary delegation to New York 🤝

Over the past week, the Consulate General of Denmark in New York and the Danish Mission to the UN had the pleasure of welcoming a Danish parliamentary, civil society and youth delegation to New York during UNGA81.

As part of their programme, the delegation has gained insight into the work of the Consulate General and the Danish Mission to the UN, as well as the many areas where Denmark and the United States work together. The programme included briefings and meetings on Danish interests in New York, international cooperation at the UN, responsible AI, climate and sustainable development, as well as Denmark’s work on peace, security, human rights, and gender equality. The delegations additionally had the opportunity to participate in the high-level evening receptions of the Danish Climate Week platform, Partnerships for the Future.

The delegation meet with representatives from the Danish community in New York, including Dansk Industri (DI), Dansk Erhverv and Sømandskirken at a dinner hosted by Consul General Helle Meinertz.

Welcoming Danish Parliamentarians to New York is an important part of our work. These visits provide an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of the political, economic and societal ties between Denmark and the United States and to experience first-hand how Danish interests and partnerships are advanced in New York.

Thank you to the delegation for conversations, meetings and exchanges.

Celebrating Nordic art at The Armory Show 💫This weekend the Consulate General of Denmark in New York, the Norwegian Cons...
29/09/2026

Celebrating Nordic art at The Armory Show 💫

This weekend the Consulate General of Denmark in New York, the Norwegian Consulate General and JOHS Gallery came together to celebrate Nordic artists Mie Olise Kjærgaard and Morten Slettemeås participation in The Armory Show 2026.

A cornerstone of New York’s cultural landscape since 1994, the Armory Show brings leading international galleries and contemporary and modern art to the Javits Center each year, marking the beginning of New York’s fall art season. Mie and Morten’s large-scale paintings bring together distinct perspectives, stories, and artistic expressions from Denmark and Norway.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening celebrating Nordic art and creativity in New York.

28/09/2026

Each country is unique and each global region is special – but what makes the Nordic region distinctive?

As part of the Danish-Faroese Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, eight young people from across the Nordic region has been asked to share some of the values and everyday aspects that have shaped them as Nordic citizens 🇩🇰 🇫🇴 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇦🇽​

Over the coming weeks, Frederik 🇩🇰, Andrias 🇫🇴, Filip 🇫🇮, Pipaluk 🇬🇱, Atli 🇮🇸, Frida 🇳🇴, Irma 🇸🇪 and Jack 🇦🇽 will share their perspectives on some of the is​sues that matter in their everyday lives – from community and trust to mental wellbeing, technology and the green transition.

Follow along on as the microphone travels across the Nordic region 🎤​

​📸MFA/Denmark

A color study from Climate Week 🎨It’s been a week filled with events, high-level discussions, political announcements, a...
26/09/2026

A color study from Climate Week 🎨

It’s been a week filled with events, high-level discussions, political announcements, and partnerships across countries and industries.

Our camera roll is filled with colorful memories. Keep swiping to discover the color palette of our .

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