Announcements

Finnish Program Holiday Letter
November 28, 2022
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
Statement on Genocide in Ukraine
November 7, 2022
Author Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Jonas Hassen Khemiri: Linguistic Revenge. 
November 3, 2022
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Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies is awarded to Karin Filipsson
October 20, 2022
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Book-Launch Lecture: The Swedish Theory of Love
October 6, 2022
We are hiring!
July 19, 2022
Announcing 2021-22 Graduate Student Awards
June 30, 2022
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Maxine Savage awarded the Arlene Hunter Scholarship for 2022-2023
June 24, 2022
Office Service Hours
June 21, 2022
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
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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
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Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts)
January 24, 2021
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Camille Witbeck Receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Study, 2020-2021
December 16, 2020
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Live & Learn: Grad School in Sweden Webinar
October 14, 2020
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
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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
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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
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
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Visiting Scholar: Stig Tenold
February 16, 2017
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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