The Scandinavian Association for Artists and Scientists, in Italian Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati and in Swedish officially known as Skandinaviska föreningen för konstnärer och vetenskapsmän eller Skandinaviska föreningens konstnärshus i Rom is an association and artists residency located in Trastevere, Rome, providing short-term residencies for Nordic artists. Circolo Scandinavo was founded by Scandinavian artists in Rome in July 1860, when the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian libraries in Rome united to create a space for their countrymen in Italy.
There was a strong Nordic presence, starting with the sculptor Thorvaldsen, and the Danish library had been established in 1833. The first location of the association was in the now demolished Palazzo Correa next to the Mausoleum of Augustus, and has had 12 different locations since. Between the late 19th century to the Second World War, Circolo Scandinavo was visited by many of the greatest artists in Scandinavian history, including Henrik Ibsen, Carl Bloch, Selma Lagerlöf and Sigrid Undset. Henrik Ibsen was one of the more active members of the 1870s, and is credited for opening the association to women. In 1879, while working on A Doll's House, he protested against women not being allowed as members of the association, and in 1882, Circolo was opened to women as well. Circolo Scandinavo was more like a meeting point for Scandinavians than it was a working space until the end of the Second World War. In 1962, the association started a residency programme, and in 1975 was transformed exclusively into an artists residency. This was done with financial help from the Nordic Council of Ministers, which is still today the main sponsor of Circolo Scandinavo.
Scandinavian Club
Address: Via della Lungara, 231, 00165
Phone: 06 9558 1862
Site:
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