Reputation

The different faces of the region and its constituent parts are reflected in the changing meaning of the ‘Nordic model’ over time

Iceland is a good testing ground for climate policies

How the development of overseas aid led to the Nordic countries perceiving themselves as humanitarian “great powers”

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

Watch a webinar covering an overview of recent research on Norden within the humanities and social sciences in the Scandinavian languages.

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

A Scottish-Nordic commonality and kinship has been invoked at a political level by Scottish – and sometimes Nordic – politicians and commentators.…

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

Despite regularly ranking high up in global happiness indexes, the image of the Nordic people as extraordinarily suicidal has persisted since the…

Watch a 10-minute film on why modern business people like to compare themselves to their vision of the Vikings.