Learning Nordic Languages

Ensuring equal treatment for the different religious communities in Norden is challenging.

Approaches to the Arctic reveal wider geopolitical trends as well as the Nordic countries' domestic concerns.

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

Respresentations of cross-country skiing since the 1800s reveal that the sport has been an important cultural marker for Nordicness.

Human rights violations require meaningful responses, but whether "sorry" is significant depends on the context

Use-it-or-loose-it leave scheme for fathers was introduced in 2000 and has shaped parenting and policy ever since.

New ways of using photography in and outside research can help decolonisation in Svalbard and beyond.

Approaches to this supposedly apolitical, European cultural event can shed light on alliances and deep-seated conflicts the world over.

The impact of making workplaces greener and more digitalized will be unequal and affect social cohesion.

Individual stories expose the contradiction between a nation built on equality and a law that continues to restrict citizens' bodily freedom.

For high school students, keeping your options open can mean hard work and added stress - in Denmark as well as elsewhere.

How key infrastructure can mitigate gender segregation in the labor market.

Finding the past by constructing gendered and Nordic identities in the present.

Evocative term found in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, with a focus on politics in Denmark.

Research on schools can shed light on the experiences of racially minoritized children, with a focus on Denmark.

Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society.

There are pros and cons of using data to monitor and predict mental health problems - in the Nordics as well as elsewhere.

A comparison between the Nordic countries’ and the USA’s approach to the TV programme Sesame Street from 1960-1990.

Danish political banner and stigma word during the COVID-19 crisis.

Listen to 'A brief history of Sámi literature' in English or Finnish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read…

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

Sexual understanding in different contexts is an integral part of a person’s formation and education.

The efforts of pioneering women writers gained momentum during this well known literary movement.

Watch a film about the significance of winter sports for Nordic identity, and how narratives about the Winter Olympics have reflected and constructed…

Listen to two podcasts in Swedish and Norwegian about the climate, how we talk about it and our different responses to climate change.

Watch a film about the significance of winter sports for Nordic identity, and how narratives about the Winter Olympics have reflected and constructed…

Listen to two podcasts in Swedish and Norwegian about the climate, how we talk about it and our different responses to climate change.

Shame and climate change with a focus on Sweden.

Professional childcare influences upbringing at home, with a focus on Denmark.

Digitalisation can challenge fundamental principles of the rule of law, with a focus on Denmark.

Responses to the pandemic challenge local autonomy.

The national implementation of the International Labour Organization's 1951 Equal Remuneration Convention led to significant political disagreements…