Aarhus University

Listen to these two podcasts to find out more about the Nordic countries’ maritime connections: Why do the Nordic countries see themselves as maritime…

’Christian cultural heritage’ is widely discussed in public debates in Denmark and Norway, and often in polarising political discussions on…

Despite regularly ranking high up in global happiness indexes, the image of the Nordic people as extraordinarily suicidal has persisted since the…

There is a common understanding outside the Nordic countries that Nordic people can all understand one another’s languages, or at least the…

Watch a 10-minute film on why modern business people like to compare themselves to their vision of the Vikings.

Listen to a podcast on hot topics in current academic research on the Nordic region today include welfare, colonialism and heterogeneity.

Listen to a podcast on how we make sense of all the historical images that are fired at us all the time, and whether we ever stop to ask who is…

Danish nurses still receive 10-20% less in pay than male-dominated professions requiring a similar level of education. There are many contributing…

Listen to a podcast which takes contemporary, cultural case studies and traces them back in history to uncover important narratives that often go…

In this podcast, medieval historian from Aarhus University Richard Cole explores why the Viking era is ‘up for grabs’, and zooms in on why and how…