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)