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Translating a Crisis
August 17, 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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Science and story behind the Kraken, mythical sea monster, namesake for Seattle’s new hockey team
August 2, 2020
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UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
July 30, 2020
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Who killed Sweden’s prime minister? 1986 assassination of Olof Palme is finally solved – maybe
June 11, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: School of Art + Art History + Design graduation exhibitions, [Here/Now] interview series, and more
June 5, 2020
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22 UW students receive Fulbright awards
June 4, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more
April 15, 2020
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UW-created podcasts: ‘Crossing North’ by Scandinavian Studies — also College of Education, Information School’s Joe Janes, a discussion of soil health
April 1, 2020
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Faculty/staff honors: Lithuanian state decoration; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute award; Google research awards
March 16, 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
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Prof. Stecher interviewed for Danish POLITIKEN feature article
February 5, 2020
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Professor Christine Ingebritsen consulted for US News & World Report article on Europe and climate change.
January 21, 2020
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
December 13, 2019
Andrew Nestingen Scandinavian Studies Lion of Finland
UW Scandinavian Studies chair honored with Finnish knighthood
November 21, 2019
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ArtsUW Roundup: New Burke Opening, Marianne Stecher lectures for Scandinavian 30, Composite Gestures closing soon, and more
October 3, 2019
Baltic Way 2019
30 years later, the human chain that 'unshackled' the Baltic nations still matters
August 23, 2019
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‘Seattle Freeze’: Forget making friends — half of Washington residents don’t even want to talk to you
May 28, 2019
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ARTSUW Roundup: Peruvian Textiles, This Moment, Innovation the Nordic Way, International Experimental Music Ensemble, MFA Concert, and more!
May 8, 2019
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University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients
February 21, 2019
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Faculty Friday: Lotta Gavel Adams
December 7, 2018
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Trolls
December 5, 2018
Amanda Doxtater (r) and colleague Elizabeth Howard in Washington DC at the House of Sweden, Oct 2017
Amanda Doxtater Featured on Swedish National Radio 
November 1, 2017
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Department Professor and Chair Andrew Nestingen defends funding for the humanities in Seattle Times op-ed
March 29, 2017
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Undergraduate Danish minor Gabriela Capestany discusses Hygge for KCTS9
February 17, 2017
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Kristian Næsby Cracks the Code to Making Danish Friends in  The Murmur. 
December 1, 2016
Graduate Student Maxine Savage moderating a literature discussion at Taste of Iceland
Members of UW Scandinavian Studies moderate literature discussion in KEXP radio broadcast for Taste of Iceland
October 27, 2016
Professor Christine Ingebritsen
Christine Ingebritsen: Understanding Scandinavian Small States Helps Us Understand Brexit
July 25, 2016
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Britain leaves the EU: A small state of mind | The Seattle Times
July 22, 2016
Nordic Leaders and President Obama (WH Photo, C. Kennedy)
Nordic Leaders Meet with President Obama
May 14, 2016
Finnish Lecturer Ilmari Ivaska (Photo: Turun yliopisto)
Star Wars and Finnish
December 10, 2015
Professor Christine Ingebritsen appears on King 5 News 
September 19, 2014
Guntis Šmidchens Interview in The Daily
January 22, 2014
Professor Christine Ingebritsen
Christine Ingebritsen in TIME Magazine
January 14, 2014
Andrew Nestingen
Professor Nestingen Interviewed about Nordic Lights Film Festival
January 10, 2014
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The Secret to Finland's Success With Schools, Moms, Kids—and Everything
July 17, 2013
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To Really Understand Hevibändi, It Helps to Know the Language (Wall Steet Journal)
June 7, 2013
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Recent Nordic Literature in the News
March 13, 2013
Norwegian American Weekly: Special Education Issue
February 26, 2013
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 Nordic Cultural Festival at the Kennedy Center is in the news!
February 20, 2013
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Should America try to be like Scandinavia?
December 17, 2012
Pasi Sahlberg Lecture available on KUOW.ORG's Speakers Forum
November 15, 2012
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Newseek Article Names Finland the World's Best Country
September 20, 2010
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Ingebritsen & Nestingen on Finnish Nobel Winner
December 16, 2008
Historical photo of Scandinavian Studies department members
University Week covers department's centennial
November 8, 2008
House designed by Peter Cohan
Cohan's Architecture Spotlighted in Seattle Times
October 14, 2008
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Boston Globe Praises Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter
January 5, 2006
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Tiina Nunnally interviewed on KUOW
May 2, 2005
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UK Newspapers Laud Nunnally's Andersen
December 3, 2004
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