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2020.09.14 | The Quick Read, Byron J. Nordstrom, Governance
Nordic monarchies
The political systems in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have evolved over centuries of development as hereditary, ‘democratic,’ constitutional monarchies. (Finland and Iceland are presidential republics.) Today the powers of the crown in these countries are strictly circumscribed, and the duties of the Nordic monarchs largely involve public relations…
2020.09.07 | Article, Even Lange, Nation building
The Golden Age of social democracy in Norway
The Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) was in power when the country was transformed into a wealthy society with modern welfare in the decade following the Second World War. However, the other parties supported major parts of the social democratic project as well. Reform-driven policy, planned modernisation and rapid economic growth were key…
2020.09.03 | Biography, Petra Broomans, Literature
Preview: Dorrit Willumsen (b. 1940)
Danish writer Dorrit Willumsen excels in historical, biographical novels.
2020.09.01 | Article, Beate Sløk Andersen, Gender, Culture, Education
Humor in the military professions: a case study on exclusion in the Nordics
In principle, all levels of the male-dominated professions in the Nordic countries are accessible to men and women alike. But, informal processes of exclusion may interfere with gender integration; an extensive use of humor can, for example, interfere with women’s attempts to become part of the military profession. While military organizations are…
2020.08.26 | Video, Pei Sze Chow, Media, Nordic Noír
Film: Danish Regional Film Funds
Since the late 1990s, the Danish regional film funds have been successful in encouraging the development of audio-visual production and talent outside the capital Copenhagen, where the industry predominantly existed before then. They have contributed to the small nation punching above its weight in the film industry and at the same time have…
