Learning Nordic History

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

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.

Watch a film about the Nordic responses to the famine following the Biafra region in Nigeria claiming independence in 1967.

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

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

Faroese literature has almost two hundred years behind it, and despite a limited number of inhabitants, authors and publications, a multitude of…

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

Watch a film about the historical development of Copenhagen as a cycling city.

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

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

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

The concept of the Baltic Sea Region challenges the idea of history as being solely a national narrative. Far from being fixed, contested Baltic…

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

The Baltic Sea is on a faster trajectory of climate change than other sea areas. Already with the framework of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in…

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.