Melissa Gjellstad

Listen to two podcasts about the history and identity of the Baltic Sea Region and what has changed since the invasion of Ukraine.

An overview of perspectives on the epic poem.

Elias Lönnrot was a philologist and a collector of Finnic-Karelian traditional poetry, which he compiled in order to create the Kalevala.

Contemporary approaches to heritage in the autonomous regions shed light on old and new traditions.

Research on schools can shed light on the experiences of racially minoritized children, with a focus on Denmark.

Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society.

There are pros and cons of using data to monitor and predict mental health problems - in the Nordics as well as elsewhere.

Responses to the pandemic challenge local autonomy.

Denmark and the other Nordic countries pride themselves on being safe and secure societies and there has been much talk of ‘tryghed’ by Danish…

How the Nordics and Denmark are perceived in Spain is influenced by the existing connections between the countries, including Viking history, joint…