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This is a list of all 'Quick Reads' in the order they were published. Quick Reads are intended to provide quick, evidence-based information on a particular topic. They are generally short, encyclopaedic entries of about 1000 words on, for example, specific, named companies, brands, organisations, themes within a subject area etc, or entries on particular terms used in Nordic languages which are not necessarily easily to translate without further discussion. To customise your search, use the 'category' buttons, or the search function.

Comparative Literature and Decoding the Complexities of the Baltic Sea Region

- Karolina Drozdowska

The concept of ‘narrative’ (as opposed to ‘reality’) is prevalent in the press, particularly with respect to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The…

Participation Income: Lessons from Finland and beyond

- The Quick Read

Participation Income is an innovative model of social security which aims to tackle not only social problems but also the climate emergency.

Economic retrenchment and liberalization in the Nordic countries

- Davide Orsitto

Read about economic tendencies and policy examples that point towards the liberalization of the Nordic countries over recent decades.

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…

Writing the Norwegian constitution, 1814

- Odd Arvid Storsveen

In 1814, Denmark lost the territory of Norway in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, and this provided a window for the Norwegian constitution to be…

Drama in Denmark

Photo taken in the evening of a large building that lights up.
- Helena Forsås-Scott

While the Royal Danish Theatre was founded in back in 1748, this overview of drama in Denmark extends from after World War II to the beginning of the…

Drama in Norway

A large bulding in a light beige colour. Has the title 'NATIONALTHEATER' engraved into the building. There is a sculpture of two men standing to the right and left of the building.
- Helena Forsås-Scott

While Ibsen cannot go unmentioned in a discussion on Norwegian theatre, developments in other areas have also been varied and interesting. Regional…

Building the Norwegian state in the early 1800s

A man dressed in very royal and formal attire. His clothes are predominantly crem white and he wear a long white and red cape. His white hair is styled upwards.
- 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…

Nordic non-fiction in the twentieth century

Ink pen writing on a notepad
- Helena Forsås-Scott

Non-fiction can include essays, reports, memoirs and biographies, and travel writing, although the boundaries of what constitutes 'non-fiction' - or,…

Drama in Sweden

Inside of a theatre, large round shaped seatings with a large crowd looking at the scene. The hall is filled with lights and colours.
- Helena Forsås-Scott

This is the third Quick Read on drama in the Nordics and this time it focuses on Sweden.

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