Mythical Creatures of Scandinavian Folklore - Lena Heide-Brennand - LIVE

The Absinthe Parlour at The Last Tuesday Society is an award-winning cocktail bar offering a range of tastings, lectures, and workshops blending the worlds of magick & mixology.The Viktor Wynd Musem of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary Wunderkabinnet stuffed with natural and unnatural wonders, from Dodo Bones & Extinct Bird Feathers to Two Headed Lambs, Piglets & Kittens;  Old Master Etchings, Occult Paintings, Taxidermy, Magical Soap, Giant Crabs, Strange Creatures of the Deep, Broken Children's Toys, Entomology, Fairies, Mermaids, Unicorns, Giants, Human Hair, Erotica and more.   Please note this museum will not appeal to all and some may find the contents disturbing or even  upsetting.  We are a very small museum, we are not for everyone.

The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum

Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture, tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe

The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities

Scandinavian Folklore - Lena Heide-Brennand

The Scandinavian Folklore consists of a large number of different creatures- good and evil. The trolls, the Nisse, Huldra and Nøkken all have fascinated and frightened the Scandinavian people throughout centuries

Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture, tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany AbsintheDoors open at 6:30pm and lecture starts at 7pmThe Scandinavian Folklore consists of a large number of different creatures- good and evil. The trolls, the Nisse, Huldra and Nøkken all have fascinated and frightened the Scandinavian people throughout centuries and in tonight’s illustrated lecture, Norwegian born lecturer Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand will tell the stories that all Scandinavian children have grown up with since the beginning of time. Prepare yourself for a captivating journey through the deep Scandinavian forests where you will encounter the monstrous, dim-witted, man-eating Trolls, the sly and cheeky Nisse, the seductive, fairy-like Huldra and the most legendary creature of them all: Nøkken, the water spirit who plays enchanted songs on his violin, luring women and children to drowning in the hidden ponds on those magical Scandinavian summer nights.Speaker BioLena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experienceMain Image "Huldra ved Matbrunnen" (Huldra at Matbrunnen) - Theodor Kittelsen, 1892We are unable to give refunds for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances