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2021.07.26 | The Quick Read, Jan Eivind Myhre, Democracy
The emergence of Norwegian civil society in the 19th century
Voluntary organisations were a new and important phenomenon in Norway in the nineteenth century and included many different types of associations, unions and clubs. Among other things, they functioned as places to learn about democracy for the wider population.
2021.07.20 | The Quick Read, Helena Forsås-Scott, Culture, Literature
Drama in Finland
Theatre is a dynamic medium in the Nordic countries, and the many plays written and produced, especially since the 1960s, have been characterised by innovation and experimentation. This is the first Quick Read on drama in the Nordics which focuses on Finland. Articles on the other Nordic countries are to follow.
2021.07.19 | Biography, Kevin Hogg, Culture, Democracy
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, b. 1930
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic politician. She served as the country’s president for 16 years, using the office to promote Icelandic culture around the world, amongst other things. Since her retirement, she has served on various international organizations, has campaigned for women’s rights, and been recognized for her work in Icelandic…
![Front book cover of the book 'Det moderne gennembruds kvinder' (1983) [The Women of the Modern Breakthrough] written by Pil Dahlerup. Photo: Permission to use cover kindly granted by Gyldendal.](typo3temp/_processed_/csm_Det_Moderne_Gennembruds_Kvinder_a07de54c2d.jpg "Woman at a library looking down at a book that she is holding")
2021.07.13 | The Quick Read, Helena Forsås-Scott, Literature, Gender
Literary criticism in the Nordics, postwar to today
Literary work and issues pertaining to it were rooted in the historical-biographical tradition following the Second World War in the Nordics. Danish linguist Louis Hjelmslev's work helped paved the way for structuralism which came to prominence in the 1960s, when the wider debate on the role of literature in education and society also began to…
2021.07.06 | Biography, Anna Derksen, Minorities, The Nordics in the World
Niels Erik Bank-Mikkelsen (1919-1990)
Niels Erik Bank-Mikkelsen was a Danish policy reformer and advocate for the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. Working for the so-called ‘Danish Service for the Mentally Retarded’ (Statens åndssvageforsorg), a public organisation for the care of intellectually or developmentally disabled people, he was instrumental in developing key…
