Announcements

Book cover of Nordic War Stories; WWII as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory. The cover depicts a single truck, carrying a coffin covered by the Norwegian flag, driving in a snowy forest landscape.
Faculty Publication
May 18, 2022
Letter From The Chair
April 15, 2022
Ukraine Flag
Statement on War in Ukraine
March 7, 2022
Picture of Embassy and Consulate buildings with program dates and locations.
Internship opportunity at the Norwegian Embassy or Consulate!
March 3, 2022
Connie Amundson
Connie Amundson Recognized with Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies for 2021-2022
June 28, 2021
Karin Filipsson
Karin Filipsson awarded 2021-22 Joff Hanauer for Excellence in Western Civilization Graduate Fellowship
June 11, 2021
Karin Filipsson
Karin Filipsson awarded SASS 2021 Aurora Borealis Prize in Language and Literature
April 18, 2021
Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē book cover
Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts)
January 24, 2021
Camille
Camille Witbeck Receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Study, 2020-2021
December 16, 2020
University man walking with bag, bag emblazoned with Swedish flag
Live & Learn: Grad School in Sweden Webinar
October 14, 2020
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Department of Scandinavian Studies Solidarity and Policy Statement
June 8, 2020
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
December 13, 2019
Hans Rosling
UW names population health building after Swedish physician and ‘very serious possibilist’ Hans Rosling
October 11, 2019
Marianne Stecher
Check out this week's Faculty Friday article on The Whole U - it features our very own Marianne Stecher!
September 30, 2019
Pétur Valsson
Pétur Valsson receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies, 2019-20, for Lars von Trier research
September 9, 2019
Steven Murray
In Memoriam: Steven T. Murray
April 12, 2019
Sons of Norway Logo
Sons of Norway Foundation Scholarships
December 27, 2018
Nov. 8th gathering to honor Kim Nesselquist (L-R) Rick Peterson, Andy Nestingen, Krystn Nesselquist, Kim Nesselquist, Eric Nelson, Kristiina Hiukka, and Terje Leiren
In Memoriam: Consul Kim Nesseqluist
December 17, 2018
Scandinavian30 Poster
Scandinavian 30 Renews Relationship With Nordic Museum
October 25, 2018
Kim Kraft
New Undergraduate Adviser Kim Kraft
October 23, 2018
Recognition ceremony for Georg and Nina Pedersen
Pedersen Endowed Faculty Fund for Danish is Established
October 22, 2018
Andrew Nestingen
Letter from the Chair
October 17, 2018
Alumni Story Project Head, Dr. Kimberly Earles
Alumni Story Project Led by Dr. Kimberly Earles
October 15, 2018
Jan Nielsen and members of his supervisory committee.
Jan Krogh Nielsen Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy
February 21, 2018
Andrew Nestingen
Letter from the Chair
October 27, 2017
Photo of Birthe Hoffmann
German Studies in Denmark: Obligations, Possibilities and Co-operations 
October 9, 2017
UW President Ana-Mari Cauce
President Ana-Mari Cauce's Statement of Commitment to Our DACA Dreamers
September 9, 2017
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Graduation Reception on June 8, 2017
May 4, 2017
Senator Patty Murray with Jon Hiskes, Lela Hilton, and Andrew Nestingen
Lobbying for the Humanities and Foreign Language on Capitol Hill
March 20, 2017
stig
Visiting Scholar: Stig Tenold
February 16, 2017
grad reception
Join us for the Scandinavian Studies Alumni Reception
October 14, 2016
Nordic Leaders and President Obama (WH Photo, C. Kennedy)
Nordic Leaders Meet with President Obama
May 14, 2016
Liina - Ly Roos
Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies
May 12, 2016
From Convergence to Conflict: Labor Markets and the Instability of the Euro
Alum Focus, Alison Johnston: Seattle, Stockholm, London, Corvallis
May 11, 2016
Karen Eriksson
Karin Eriksson Receives Antoinette Wills Endowed Scholarship, 2016-17
May 9, 2016
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Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Chester William Fritz Scholarship for 2016-17
May 9, 2016
Anna Ruhl
Anna  Rühl  Awarded Aurora Borealis Prize, 2016
May 9, 2016
Kristina Legangar Iversen
Reading Scand Guilt in Contemporary Poetry 
April 18, 2016
Ambassador Lyrvall and UW Scandinavian Studies Students
Swedish Ambassador Björn Lyrvall on Sweden in a Changing Europe
April 6, 2016
The Faroese drunnur (dried sheep's tail)
Patricia Conroy Memorial Lecture, April 14th, 3:30PM, Univ of Washington Club
April 5, 2016
Jarkko Sipilä Speaks to Scandinavian Crime Fiction Students
Jarkko Sipilä on Finland's Seamy Underside
March 23, 2016
Julianne Yang
Julianne Yang on Scandinavian Guilt
March 22, 2016
Evan Wright
Evan Wright Defends Dissertation on Comparative Ecocritical Approaches to Finnish and American Literature
March 22, 2016
Ilmari Ivaska
Ilmari Ivaska Wins Kotikielen Seura Dissertation Prize
March 22, 2016
Liina-Ly Roos
Estonian Independence and Song Festival Celebration
March 19, 2016
University Prep High School Students
Visiting University Prep Highschool Students
February 17, 2016
Jarkko Sipilä
Finnish Crime Writer Jarkko Sipilä in Seattle, March 10, 2016
February 9, 2016
Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn and PhD Student Liina-Ly Roos
Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn
February 9, 2016
Fulbright Fellow Julianne Yang and Professor Marianne Stecher
Sweden and the Holocaust in the films of Roy Andersson
February 9, 2016
Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe
Orientation Session -- Indigenous Sámi Culture and Connection to the Land in Arctic Europe
January 20, 2016