Russian fans interacting with Nordic television series (the case of Shame)
- Saara Ratilainen
This presentation is from a transdisciplinary research workshop entitled Nordic Noir, Geopolitics and the North held at Aarhus University in October…
Translation in the Nordic countries
- B.J. Epstein
From a global point of view, few people speak the Nordic languages. Translation is therefore an everyday necessity for many Nordic people who do…
Official bodies overseeing the Nordic languages
- Michael P. Barnes
There has been much more official involvement with the Nordic languages than with English. That is true even of the well-established Danish, Icelandic…
Linguistic variety in the Nordics
- Michael P. Barnes
Quick overview:
In Denmark the principal language is Danish, with about 5,750,000 speakers (in 2018), but varieties of German are spoken in…
Parliamentary culture in the Nordic countries
- Norbert Götz
The Nordic countries have a particular parliamentary culture characterised by consensus and working across party lines. Their parliaments remain…
Civil society in the Nordics
- Norbert Götz
The Nordic experience is characterised by an upward spiral of development resulting from a close interconnection between a strong civil society and a…
Corporatism and the Nordic countries
- Norbert Götz
Corporatism is about the influence of organisations and interest groups on policy making. The Nordic countries are societies with strong interest…
Arctic Council
- Ann Legreid
The Arctic Council was established in 1996 by the Ottawa Declaration with the intent of fostering “cooperation, coordination, and interaction between…
Labour movement in the Nordic countries
- David Redvaldsen
The 'labour movement' refers to the network of political, industrial, voluntary, educational and recreational organisations with a socialist or labour…
Political approaches to immigration in Scandinavia since 1995
- Kristina Bækker Simonsen
Immigration has been described as one of the policy areas where Denmark, Norway and Sweden have differed most since 1995. In 2018, Denmark was amongst…