Department of Scandinavian Studies | University of Washington

Washington and Scandinavia

With long-standing ties between Scandinavia and the Pacific Northwest, our department connects our state to Europe's most dynamic economic area, the home of Angry Birds and Skype, IKEA and Maersk, and the highest living standards in the world.
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Fulfill GE requirements this quarter with a course on Latvian history, Lithuanian history, world affairs, the Finnish epic Kalevala, masterpieces of literature or auteur filmmakers.
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Congratulations to Hanna-Ilona for winning the Kotikielen Seura Article Prize!

Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara Wins Kotikielen Seura Article Prize | Department of Scandinavian Studies | University of Washington
The Society for the Study of Finnish (Kotikielen Seura) has awarded its Outstanding Research Article Prize for 2018 to Finnish Lecturer Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara. Härmävaara has an ongoing research project on mutual intelligibility of Finnish and Estonian and on multilingual interaction between the...

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Today we had our Spring Quarter Meet and Greet with language students from across the department. These quarterly meetings are a great...

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