Here you will find all the content related to the category 'nation building'.
Podcast: History of Iceland
- Podcast
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
- 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…
The colonialism of Denmark-Norway and its legacies
- Niels Brimnes
Overshadowed by British and French Imperialism, the small-scale colonialism of some of the Nordic countries can all too easily be downplayed. From the…
Christian IV and the use of history
- Nation building
Christian IV (1577-1648), who ruled Denmark and its possessions from 1588-1648, is probably the most famous - and infamous - king in the history of…
Christian II's legacy in Sweden and Denmark
- Martin Alm
Christian II (1481-1559) ruled Denmark and Norway from 1513 to 1523 as well as Sweden for some of that time, from 1520 to 1521. In Sweden he has been…
The Golden Age of social democracy in Norway
- Even Lange
The Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) was in power when the country was transformed into a wealthy society with modern welfare in the decade…
The development of the Norwegian welfare state, 1945-1970
- Even Lange
The vision of a welfare community that provided the people with social security from ‘cradle to grave’ was largely realised in the period between 1945…
Film: The Nordic Model: A Complex Concept
- Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen
The Nordic Model’ is a concept that appears frequently in scholarship, media reports, and public debates to refer to the socio-political organization…
Podcast: The Nordics and Identity
- Anders Ravn Sørensen
From the outside, it is assumed that the populations of the Nordic countries are fairly homogeneous and that there is a relatively high level of…
Podcast: The reunification of Denmark, 1920
- Jørgen Fink
Listen to a potted history of the reunification of Denmark in 1920 in either English or Danish! This is the first of several podcasts where existing…