Alumni

Marletta Iwasyk, 84, the longest-serving teacher in Seattle Public Schools (Courtesy of the Orca K-8 PTSA)
Scandinavian Studies Alum Retires from Orca K-8 as Seattle Public Schools' Longest-Serving Teacher
June 20, 2024
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Seattle Public Schools’ longest-serving teacher retires from Orca K-8
June 14, 2024
L to R - Top: Olivia Gunn, Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Inga Daraskiene; Bottom: Andrew Nestingen, Tapio Hokkanen, DUBS, Guntis Smidchens, Liga Miklasevica (not pictured: Lauren Poyer, Colin Conners, Amanda Doxtater)
2024 Graduation!
June 7, 2024
Birgitta Steene (1928-2023)
Birgitta Steene (1928-2023)
November 14, 2023
Laura Simeon, Mia Spangenberg, Lotta Gavel Adams, and Elizabeth DeNoma
National Nordic Museum Panel on September 9th
September 5, 2023
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Department Alumna Mia Spangenberg Reads 'Rosie Runs' at the National Nordic Museum next Thursday!
September 1, 2023
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Husky Giving Day!
April 20, 2023
Husky Giving Day graphic
Thank you to everyone who helped make Husky Giving Day a success!
April 7, 2023
Husky Giving Day graphic
Husky Giving Day is April 6th!
March 24, 2023
Georg and Nina Pedersen with Professor Marianne Stecher-Hansen
The Georg and Nina Pedersen Endowed Professorship
January 23, 2023
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Swedish Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
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Norwegian Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
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Finnish Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
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Danish Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
Eglė Žurauskaitė, Inga Daraškienė, Aušra Valančiauskienė, Eglė Vaisėtaitė
Baltic Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
twelve graduates of 2021-22
Scandinavian Department Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
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Statement on Genocide in Ukraine
November 7, 2022
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Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies is awarded to Karin Filipsson
October 20, 2022
Inger-Kristine Riber (l) and Reidun Horvei (r) (Photo: Oddleiv Apneseth)
Performance of "RIT" - The Poetry of Olav H. Hauge, October 27, 2022
August 8, 2022
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Alumna Megan Penhoet awarded as Global Swede of 2021
June 19, 2021
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Department Alumna Taylor Halverson awarded Jody Deering Nyquist Awards for Excellence In Undergraduate Research
June 18, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More
April 21, 2021
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Affiliate Faculty Tiina Nunnally's translation of The Copenhagen Trilogy published 
February 16, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Set in Motion, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More
December 14, 2020
Andy Meyer
LISTEN: Norwegian concept of frifluftsliv offers insight to coping with pandemic
November 21, 2020
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‘We belong out there’: How the Nordic concept of friluftsliv — outdoor life — could help the Pacific Northwest get through this COVID winter
October 23, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Re/frame Series, Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, #BurkeFromHome Trivia Night, and More
August 10, 2020
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ArtsUW Roundup: a Valentine’s Day concert with Mark and Maggie O’Connor, Money can’t buy you HYGGE Presented by Kristian Næsby, and more
February 6, 2020
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
December 13, 2019
Baltic Studies 25th Anniversary
Baltic Studies Program celebrates 25th Anniversary
December 11, 2019
Christopher Morris
Christopher Morris - B.A., 2013
October 7, 2019
Line Liblik Larsen
Line Liblik Larsen - B.A., 2010
October 2, 2019
Tiia Iles
Tija Iles - B.A. & Minor, 2016
October 2, 2019
Melissa Gjellstad
Melissa Gjellstad - M.A., 2000, Ph.D., 2004
October 2, 2019
Randall Johnson and mother
Randall S. Johnson - B.A., 1983
October 2, 2019
Nicholas Richter
Nicholas Richter - B.A., 2006
October 2, 2019
Mia Spangenberg
Mia Spangenberg - Ph.D., 2009
October 2, 2019
Mark Mussari
Mark Mussari - Ph.D., 1999
October 2, 2019
Lola Rogers
Lola Rogers - B.A., 1997, M.A., 2005
October 2, 2019
Syrene Forsman
Leanna Syrene Staaf Forsman - B.A., 1962, M.A., 1964
October 2, 2019
Lauren Mills
Lauren C. Slauson Mills - B.A., 1988
October 2, 2019
Kristianna Anderson
Kristianna Anderson - B.A. & Minor, 2015
October 2, 2019
Johanna Hansen
Johanna Hansen - B.A., 2018
October 2, 2019
Indigo Trigg-Hauger
Indigo Trigg-Hauger - B.A. & Minor, 2015
October 2, 2019
Kirsten Mandt
Kirsten Mandt - B.A., 2010
October 2, 2019
Jerry Wingren
Jerry Wingren - B.A., 1962, M.A., 1963
October 2, 2019
Eric Stavney
Eric Stavney - B.A., 1983
October 2, 2019
Ellen Rees
Ellen Rees - M.A., 1992, Ph.D., 1995
October 2, 2019
King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, and Elizabeth Weise
Elizabeth (Beth) Weise - B.A., 1984
October 2, 2019
Ed Egerdahl
Ed Egerdahl - B.A., 1977
October 2, 2019