NORDIC NATURE Exhibition in Reykjavik

The physical exhibition is on display in the National and University Library in Reykjavik until 1st of September 2025. Please note that the library will be closed for two weeks’ summer holiday beginning Monday 21st of July and will reopen again Tuesday 5th of August. 

Take a look the bindings at nordicnature.online and read about the exhibition and visit to Iceland in the blog.

Read more about it: Nordic Nature >

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25TH OF JUNE 2025

Glenn Malkin is a multi-award winning bookbinder from Yorkshire in the UK and is a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders. www.glennmalkin.com
The invite and a link to the meeting with Glenn will be sent in the next members’ mail. Make sure your membership is active not to miss this great opportunity to learn new tricks!

In May Kathy Abbott held a very inspiring talk about Shakespeare’s First Folio, Islamic manuscripts, Tomorrow’s Past and the inspiration she gets for her Fine Bindings from her love of the written word. Kathy Abbott has also written the book Bookbinding: A step-by-step guide.

Read our latest newsletter or look in our archive. Newsletter archive page >

Read about the exhibtion and events that took place at Iceland in April 2025:
Opening of the Exhibition NORDIC NATURE 2025. By Kristine Novika
Nordic Nature binders gathering in Reykjavik 23rd to 25th of April 2025 by Pii Topio
Resedagbok Island 21-26 april 2025 av Anna-Karin Oleschak (also in English).

Bookbinding has been a great part of some of Icelands biggest treasure. Read Einar Sveinn Ragnarsson’s article!

We would like this blog to develop into an place for stories (in any of our Nordic languages or in English) about bookbinding, bookarts, letterpress, marbling, bookbinders; book craft in our Nordic countries; historically and contemporary.

If you have a subject you would like to talk about (or hear about), send an email to info@nordicbookbindingsociety.com

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This is where the society’s exciting work happens! All members who would like to be actively involved are warmly welcomed to join a committee in the field of their interest: Communication, Education or Exhibitions. Committees >

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2024 We met under the cherry blossoms in Lund, Sweden to network, talk about and look at books. Read about our visit to Lund, April 2024 >

2023 Congress and founding of the Society in July in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read about it in newsletter archive or download pdf: 07_NewsletterJuly2023 >

2022 Bookbinders and book artists were invited to Leksand to talk about the future of handbookbindery, book-craft, artist’s books and the concept of our countries’ previous collaboration; the exhibition Nordic Bookbindings. The meeting proposed a working group that began the work of forming the Nordic Bookbinding Society.

Education

How to become a bookbinder or a book artist >

One of our society’s core issues revolves around education and the cultural heritage within the art of handbound books.

We have collected links to longer educations, shorter courses and ways to become an apprentice, journeyman or master in our Nordic countries. This is an ongoing project.

We encourage you to contact us if you have other or new information about education opportunities! info@nordicbookbindingsociety.com

News & Events

WELCOME TO VISIT THE NORDIC BOOKBINDING EXHIBITION, NORDIC NATURE!

The exhibition is organised by Nordic Bookbinding Society in cooperation with the Icelandic bookbinders JAM group and the National and University Library of Iceland where the exhibition will be displayed throughout the summer 2025.

Take a look the bindings at nordicnature.online

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Newsletter 13 | December 2024

Dear Fellow Bookbinders,

The registration for the Nordic Bookbinding Society’s exhibition Nordic Nature 2025 is now officially closed and we are very happy to announce that there are 65 participants, from all the Nordic countries and even further away. Warmest welcome to all of you! We are excited and looking forward to seeing everyone’s contributions!

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Membership

A membership gives you the possibility to engage and take part in our work for bookbinding and artists’ books. We will also strive to encourage non-members to participate in our society’s activities. We are a non-profit membership-based society and dependent on support to achieve our goals.

If you would like to support a specific cause or initiative please let us know.

This year 50 SEK of the membership fee goes directly to the PA prize fund and it is included in these fees.

If you do not want to pay through our website: use following bank-account and then e-mail to info@nordicbookbindingsociety.com. Write your name, email and what you have paid for.

Nordic Bookbinding Society
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB
IBAN: SE12 5000 0000 0538 5115 4916
SWIFT/BIC: ESSESESS
When paying from Sweden: Bankgiro 5939-1912

If you have any problem with payment on internet please e-mail us so that we can help. THANK YOU!

Welcome to take part in the society’s work!

Committees

Committees will work to achieve the society’s goals: disseminating knowledge, bookbinding education and the next Nordic Bookbinding Exhibition. Committees plan their own activities and members can choose the amount of work and time they can and wish to spend. This is where the society’s exciting work happens! All members who would like to be actively involved are warmly welcomed to join a committee in the field of their interest: Communication, Education or Exhibitions.

To join in please contact the contact persons of the committees by email:

Exhibitions: Kristine Novika Svensson: kristine(at)nordicbookbindingsociety.com
Education: Johanna Svenonius: johanna(at)nordicbookbindingsociety.com
Communication: Johanna Svenonius: johanna(at)nordicbookbindingsociety.com

Funding — Biggest thank you for support!

The founding congress and some of our future work has been made possible by support from following organisations:

Nordisk Kulturfond
Grafisk Almenvelgørende Fond, Denmark
Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapet, Sweden
Espoon Kirjansitojat ry — Esbo Bokbindare rf, Finland
De grafiske fags legatfond, Denmark
Ida Petrons minnesfond, Sweden