Minorities

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Bengt Pohjanen: Creating collective memory in Meänkieli

Elder man standing beside two road signs. The first sign says Suomi and the other sign says Ruotsi
- Enikő Molnár-Bodrogi

Bengt Pohjanen is a multilingual author and translator best known for his work in Meänkieli, which has been vital in establishing a literary and…

Nordic Disability Rights

Black and white photo of demonstrators.
- Anna Derksen

Following the social and economic transformations after World War II and the ambitious promises of the Nordic welfare model, Nordic disability rights…

Kalle Könkkölä (1950-2018)

Portrait of Kalle Könkkölä sitting at a desk (seems like he is in the middle of being interviewed for a podcast)
- Anna Derksen

Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä was an environmental activist, politician and key figure of the Finnish disability rights movement. Having been…

Niels Erik Bank-Mikkelsen (1919-1990)

Black and white photo portrait of Niels Erik Bank-Mikkelsen on his 75th birthday
- Anna Derksen

Niels Erik Bank-Mikkelsen was a Danish policy reformer and advocate for the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. Working for the…

Finland: Uncovering Nordic Myths of Homogeneity with Miika Tervonen

Headshot of man with beard in shirt and jacket.
- Miika Tervonen

Listen to a podcast on commonly held assumptions about state, homogeneity and migration in Finland.

Transnational interactions of Nordic disability activism, 1980-2000

People of all ages walking on a bridge together. Two elderly people on wheelchairs.
- Anna Derksen

In 1981, the United Nations International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) shed new light on the global situation of people with disabilities with the…

Racism in classic pieces of Nordic children's literature

Chess board with a single black piece in the middle of all the white pieces.
- Vibeke Sofie Sandager Rønnedal

Racial prejudice in many Nordic children’s classics can be overt or more subtly embedded. The republishing of some of these controversial books in…

Finnish Jewish intermarriage since 1917: intertwining religions and cultures

Jewish prenuptial agrement in Yiddish.
- Mercédesz Czimbalmos

International research has highlighted intermarriage as a key issue for Jewish communities and other minorities globally, particularly as it is clear…

Podcast: A brief history of Sámi literature

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- Lill Tove Fredriksen

Listen to 'A brief history of Sámi literature' in English or Finnish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read…

Interview: Living history in the borderlands of Germany and Denmark: 1864

Caroline Elisabeth Weber chairperson of the German-Danish Association in Kiel
- Caroline Weber

In this short video, Caroline Elisabeth Weber (M.A.) provides an account of the rich histories in the border area between Germany and Denmark that…