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Íris Ellenberger

 

Íris is Assistant Professor at the University of Iceland's School of Education, Faculty of Subject Teacher Education at the University of Iceland. She specializes in history of migration, transcultural history and sexual history with an emphasis of all things queer in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can read more about her by clicking here.


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Uncovering intra-Nordic queer migration in the 20th century

Black and white picture of people running along hand in hand with trees in the background
30 March 2020 - Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir

The view of the Nordic countries today as a place where LGBTIQ individuals and communities can enjoy equality overlooks intra-Nordic variation as well as the complicated histories found in the region. This variation has been a motivation for migration within the Nordics. Much migration, such as from Finland to Sweden and Iceland to Denmark, occurred for already well-documented economic, cultural and historical reasons. However, migration of people seeking freedom to live their lives according to their sexuality and gender identity has often been overlooked. These aspects have been little documented in empirical historical studies, as well as in the popular imagination and literature.

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