Faculty and Staff

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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
Ilmari Ivaska
Ilmari Ivaska Wins Kotikielen Seura Dissertation Prize
March 22, 2016
Professor Lotta Gavel Adams at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies (r)
Professor Lotta Gavel Adams on Forbidden Publication
March 9, 2016
Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn and PhD Student Liina-Ly Roos
Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Olivia Gunn
February 9, 2016
Olivia Gunn
Olivia Gunn on the Tragic Quotidian in Ibsen and Maeterlinck
January 15, 2016
Special Guests Lola Rogers and Johanna Sinisalo
Finnish Program 25th Anniversary Celebration
October 27, 2015
Ambassador David O'Sullivan speaking to Professor Christine Ingebritsen's class
EU Ambassador To the United States Visits the Department of Scandinavian Studies
October 19, 2015
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Faculty Spotlight
June 23, 2015
Marianne Stecher invited Keynote Speaker for AASSC at Congress 2015 for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, June 2nd.
June 8, 2015
Professor Andrew Nestingen Appointed Department Chair Effective July 1, 2015
April 30, 2015
ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY HONORS PROFESSOR ANN-CHARLOTTE GAVEL ADAMS
March 9, 2015
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Michael Biggins named 2015 Janko Lavrin Laureate
March 3, 2015
DANA (Danish Academic Network in America) Launches its New Website and Membership Drive.
February 3, 2015
Hilmar Thor Hilmarsson's Small States in a Global Economy Book Cover
Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Book on Small States
January 13, 2015
Professor Jan Sjåvik Retires
December 4, 2014
Four Mariannes
"Four Mariannes" Celebrated Together at the Annual BOGFORUM (Book Fair) in Copenhagen Nov. 8th
November 18, 2014
New Freshman and Sophomore Collegium Seminar Course taught by Professor Ingebritsen
November 18, 2014
Barbro Osher
Scandinavian Studies Announcements
September 24, 2014
Jan Sjaavik
Message from the Chair
September 24, 2014
Professor Christine Ingebritsen appears on King 5 News 
September 19, 2014
Ia Dubois
Faculty Spotlight
September 13, 2014
POLITIKEN awards a five-heart review to book on Blixen by UW Professor of Scandinavian Studies
September 9, 2014
Barbro Osher ProSuecia Foundation upgrades Professorship in Swedish to an Endowed Chair in Swedish Studies
June 18, 2014
Professor Smidchens Honored by Latvian Government 
April 30, 2014
Faculty and Grad Students Contribute to New Book on Hans Christian Andersen
March 11, 2014
Marianne Stecher Explores the Essays of Karen Blixen in New Book
March 3, 2014
Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Lucas Defends Dissertation
March 3, 2014
Guntis Šmidchens Interview in The Daily
January 22, 2014
Professor Christine Ingebritsen
Christine Ingebritsen in TIME Magazine
January 14, 2014
Guntis Šmidchens' New Book Explores "The Singing Revolution"
December 10, 2013
Danish Ambassador  Peter Taksøe-Jensen Visits Seattle's Danish Community
November 26, 2013
Andrew Nestingen Presents on Aki Kaurismäki and the Finnish Tango
November 21, 2013
Professor Andrew Nestingen's book on Aki Kaurismäki published
June 24, 2013
Karen Blixen
New book on Karen Blixen 
February 7, 2013
Guntis Smidchens receiving Order of the Crosss of Terra Mariana-4th Class
Guntis Smidchens Knighted by President of Estonia
January 31, 2012
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Scandinavian Crime Fiction - Published and Available
February 11, 2011
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Department Scholar and Soccer Coach featured in University Week
June 4, 2010
Jan Sjavik
Jan Sjåvik Appointed Department Chair - July 1, 2010
May 10, 2010
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Fulbright Hildeman Scholar Teaches Course on Sustainability in Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
April 5, 2010
Vladis Zatlers with UW faculty and graduate students
Latvian President Visits
May 18, 2009
Andrew Nestingen
Profile of Andy Nestingen
April 26, 2009
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Ingebritsen & Nestingen on Finnish Nobel Winner
December 16, 2008
House designed by Peter Cohan
Cohan's Architecture Spotlighted in Seattle Times
October 14, 2008
Marianne Stecher-Hansen
Stecher-Hansen Appointed Scan|Design Professor
November 14, 2007
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Three New Books from New Directions in Scandinavian Studies in 2008
October 15, 2007
Gavel Adams Appointed Osher Professor
October 10, 2007
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Praise for Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter
February 23, 2006
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Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide
December 1, 2005
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Fourth International Andersen Conference
August 4, 2005