Peter Thaler
Peter Thaler, PhD, PhD, JD, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Denmark. His areas of research include national, ethnic and religious identities, with a particular focus on northern and central Europe as well as North America.
Contributions to nordics.info
2019.05.06 | Article, Peter Thaler, Minorities, Multiculturalism
The German Minority in Southern Denmark
The historical duchy of Schleswig was divided following two plebiscites in 1920. Ever since, South Schleswig has formed the northern section of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, whereas North Schleswig forms the Danish border region of South Jutland. National minorities were left behind on both sides of the border. Thus, a minority…
2019.02.25 | Article, Peter Thaler, Governance
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar) consist of 18 main islands situated halfway between Scotland and Iceland in the North Atlantic. Their combined landmass of 1399 square kilometres is as of 2018 populated by approximately 50,000 inhabitants, of whom more than one-third live in the capital of Tórshavn. While part of the realm of Denmark, the Faroe Islands…