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Russian fans interacting with Nordic television series (the case of Shame)

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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…