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On this page you will find content which will help you in educational contexts to do with Danish, including the subject of Danish at Nordic high schools. It is for both teachers and students.

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Content on Media Studies

Cross-country Skiing as a Nordic Media Spectacle

- Martin Johansson

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

Cross-country Skiing and Nordic Identity before the Second World War

- Martin Johansson

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

The Eurovision Song Contest and the Nordic Bloc

- Lisanne Wilken

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

Film: Ski Wax and Nordic Identity

- Kristian Lutro

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

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…

Access to Justice and Digitalisation – a Nordic perspective

- Bettina Lemann Kristiansen

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

Contemporary Perspectives on the Vikings

- Anna Bark Persson

Vikings in popular culture shed light on contemporary society.

Children’s Broadcasting in the Nordic Region, 1960-1990

- Helle Strandgaard Jensen

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

Freedom of the press in Iceland during the Napoleonic wars

A drawing of several people inside a house. A man is reading from a book, with a woman standing behind him, looking down on the book. Everyone is gathered around a fire, and several other people are both standing and sitting down, listening to the story.
- Margrét Gunnarsdóttir

An international current affairs publication in Iceland (Minnisverð tíðindi or Noteworthy News) ran for eight years at the turn of the nineteenth…

Television and Geopolitics: A Conversation on the Nordics

Dark photo, evening. Big buildings placed close to the harbour. Windows from the buildings light up.
- Robert A. Saunders

Listen to a podcast on interplay between popular culture and the ’real’ world.

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