Svavar Knútur (ISL) • Jólatúr/ Weihnachtstour 2026

In the organizer's words:

The evening combines Icelandic Jól songs, winter stories, myths and dry humor into a concert between folk, storytelling and Nordic festive culture.

Svavar Knútur is one of those musicians who don't need much effort to fill a room. A voice, guitar or ukulele, plus that special blend of warmth, wit and openness. His concerts are approachable, sometimes quiet, sometimes absurdly funny, often touching and rarely the way you expect them to be. Anyone who has ever experienced him at the Schwanen may remember this peculiarly beautiful alternation of laughter, melancholy and great closeness.

For the Christmas tour, Svavar Knútur opens the door to Icelandic Jól traditions. He sings traditional and newer songs about winter, darkness, cold and the festival of light. In between, he tells of the Jólasveinar, of Grýla and Leppalúði, of the bad-tempered Christmas cat and other characters who roam through the Advent season in Iceland in a rather weird, eerie and wonderfully stubborn way. This is no slick and smooth Christmas evening, but a program with corners, heart and a subtle shiver.
This is precisely its strength. Svavar Knútur does not look at the dark season with pathos, but with humanity, self-irony and an open view of the small cracks and bright moments. His songs tell of life on the rugged Icelandic Westfjord and of everything that holds people together when it gets cold outside. The result is an evening that can be comforting without being sentimental and funny without being light.

Price information:

Solidarity pricing system at Schwanen With us, everyone decides for themselves what ticket price they can pay - whether they have a small, normal or generous purse. And thanks to donations from our "Obendrauf" jar, we can subsidize individual tickets or pay for them in full while stocks last. Simply quote the code word "Ticket Obendrauf" at the box office or on admission.