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Cross-country Skiing as a Nordic Media Spectacle

- Martin Johansson

Since the Second World War, the Nordic media have clung on to images of hardy Northern skiiers despite challenges from other countries.

An Overview of Faroese literature

- Malan Marnersdóttir

Faroese literature has almost two hundred years behind it, and despite a limited number of inhabitants, authors and publications, a multitude of…

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…

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