{"id":71510,"date":"2026-09-03T14:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.is\/?p=71510"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:10:13","slug":"alexander-skarsgard-heidursgestur-riff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/alexander-skarsgard-heidursgestur-riff\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest of Honour: Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nordic Premiere of Wicker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd will attend the Nordic premiere of Wicker at RIFF and will give a short address to the audience before the screening. The screening will take place at H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3 on Tuesday, September 29 at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skarsg\u00e5rd will also receive the RIFF 2026 Honorary Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement and will address the audience at the screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a unique opportunity to see Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s latest film on the big screen and experience the acclaimed actor in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd is one of Sweden\u2019s best-known and most highly regarded actors. Over the past two decades, he has built a diverse and international career, working both in Swedish cinema and in major international productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Stockholm on August 25, 1976, Skarsg\u00e5rd began acting at a young age, appearing in Swedish films and television productions. He studied at Leeds Metropolitan University in England before moving to New York to pursue further studies in acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, Skarsg\u00e5rd has demonstrated remarkable range in his choice of roles, appearing in numerous acclaimed films and television productions. His credits include Lars von Trier\u2019s Melancholia (2011), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), and Robert Eggers\u2019 The Northman (2022), co-written by Eggers and Icelandic author Sj\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00ed\u00f0an \u00fe\u00e1 hefur Skarsg\u00e5rd s\u00fdnt mikla breidd \u00ed hlutverkavali og komi\u00f0 fram \u00ed fj\u00f6lm\u00f6rgum eftirtektarver\u00f0um kvikmyndum og sj\u00f3nvarps\u00fe\u00e1ttum. \u00dear m\u00e1 nefna Melancholia<\/em> (2011) eftir Lars von Trier, The Diary of a Teenage Girl<\/em> (2015), The Legend of Tarzan<\/em> (2016) og The Northman<\/em> (2022) eftir Robert Eggers, sem skrifa\u00f0i handriti\u00f0 \u00e1samt Sj\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his role as Perry Wright in Big Little Lies, Skarsg\u00e5rd received both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He also drew widespread acclaim for his portrayal of billionaire Lukas Matsson in Succession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his commanding screen presence, diverse body of work, and unconventional choice of roles, Skarsg\u00e5rd has established himself as one of the most distinctive actors of his generation. Today, he is undoubtedly one of Sweden\u2019s best-known, most respected, and most versatile actors on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Wicker<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A fisherwoman lives on the fringes of a seaside village; she is unmarried, stinky, and constantly teased. One day, sick of her stuffy, narrow-minded neighbors, she orders a wicker husband for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this conservative community, such an unconventional liaison is bound to spark jealousy, outrage and upheaval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker is directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson and stars Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki in the leading roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicker will be screened at H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3 on September 29 at 7:00 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for Wicker <\/em>here<\/a>. Limited availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nor\u00f0urlandafrums\u00fdning Wicker Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd ver\u00f0ur vi\u00f0staddur Nor\u00f0urlandafrums\u00fdningu Wicker \u00e1 RIFF og heldur stutta t\u00f6lu fyrir gesti \u00e1\u00f0ur en myndin hefst. S\u00fdningin fer fram \u00ed H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00ed\u00f3i \u00feri\u00f0judaginn 29. september kl. 19. Skarsg\u00e5rd tekur jafnframt vi\u00f0 hei\u00f0ursver\u00f0launum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":71513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71547,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71510\/revisions\/71547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}