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How Nordic is Scotland?

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- Sebastian Linderdahl

A Scottish-Nordic commonality and kinship has been invoked at a political level by Scottish – and sometimes Nordic – politicians and commentators.…

Iceland’s Constitutional Revision and the “New Constitution”

- Jón Ólafsson

The promise of political renewal that followed the country’s currency and economy collapsing has stalled in political quagmire.

Finland in (Popular) Geopolitics – An Overview

- Robert A. Saunders

Meaningful themes from national and world history resurface in modern film and culture.

The Events of 1814: A Scandinavian and European Story

- Ruth Hemstad

The end of a 434-year political union between the kingdoms of Norway and Denmark.

NNL Pod 8+9: Culture and Security after the Invasion of Ukraine

- Birgitte Beck Prinsted

Listen to two podcasts in Danish on the changing political and cultural landscape since the invasion of Ukraine, both in Russia, Europe and Norden.

Norway in 1800: A half-Danish nation?

- Odd Arvid Storsveen

Denmark lost the territory of Norway during the Napoleonic wars in 1814. Prior to that, Norway had been in union with Denmark from as far back as 1380…

Greenland: Uncovering Art History with Nivi Christensen

- Nivi Christensen

Listen to an interview with Director of Nuuk Art Museum Nivi Christensen and learn about two key Greenlandic artists and how they have informed her…

Building the Norwegian state in the early 1800s

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- Odd Arvid Storsveen

Norway had little means of governing itself in 1800 as it was part of the Danish realm and ruled from Denmark. This changed in 1807 when the outbreak…

Podcast: History of Iceland

The website nordics.info is based at Aarhus University and is a part of the University Hub Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World (ReNEW).
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Listen to an overview of the history of Iceland in either English or Danish! / Lyt til en podcast om Islands historie på engelsk eller dansk!

"I’ve come to buy Tivoli”: Colonial desires and anxieties in Iceland in a new millennium

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- Kristín Loftsdóttir

The economic boom in Iceland in the early 2000s reflected how colonial memory can linger on and become mobilized. During this period, Iceland became…

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