Honors and Awards

Helen Durst
Winner of this year's Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies
(May 6, 2024)
Tiina Nunnally
Tiina Nunnally, Affiliate Faculty Member Earns Critical Acclaim
(April 5, 2024)
Birgitta Steene (1928-2023)
Birgitta Steene (1928-2023)
(November 14, 2023)
Dubs and Andrew Nestingen
Department Graduation Ceremony on June 8th
(June 12, 2023)
Mia Filardi
Mia Filardi, 2023 Graduate With A Finnish Major & Scandinavian Area Studies Minor, Awarded Fulbright!
(June 8, 2023)
Spring Scholarship Breakfast program
Spring Scholarship Breakfast
(April 18, 2023)
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Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies is awarded to Karin Filipsson
(October 20, 2022)
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 Maxine Savage awarded the Chester Fritz International Research Fellowship for 2022-2023
(October 4, 2022)
Inger-Kristine Riber (l) and Reidun Horvei (r) (Photo: Oddleiv Apneseth)
Performance of "RIT" - The Poetry of Olav H. Hauge, October 27, 2022
(August 8, 2022)
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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)
Photo by Joe Iano
Ian Gwin receives Aurora Borealis Award 
(April 14, 2022)
Picture of Embassy and Consulate buildings with program dates and locations.
Internship opportunity at the Norwegian Embassy or Consulate!
(March 3, 2022)
Karin Filipsson
Karin Filipsson wins Marna Feldt Graduate Publication Award
(March 2, 2022)
Katherine Hanson and Olav Hauge
Affiliate Associate Professor Katherine Hanson Honored with Anvil Award 
(September 21, 2021)
Connie Amundson
Connie Amundson Recognized with Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies for 2021-2022
(June 28, 2021)
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Alumna Megan Penhoet awarded as Global Swede of 2021
(June 19, 2021)
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Department Alumna Taylor Halverson awarded Jody Deering Nyquist Awards for Excellence In Undergraduate Research
(June 18, 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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UW Student selected as first Queen Silvia Nursing Scholar in US
(December 23, 2020)
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Camille Witbeck Receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Study, 2020-2021
(December 16, 2020)
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22 UW students receive Fulbright awards
(June 4, 2020)
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Faculty/staff honors: Lithuanian state decoration; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute award; Google research awards
(March 16, 2020)
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
(December 13, 2019)
Andrew Nestingen and Stefan Lindström
Prof. Andrew Nestingen awarded Finnish knighthood
(December 3, 2019)
Andrew Nestingen Scandinavian Studies Lion of Finland
UW Scandinavian Studies chair honored with Finnish knighthood
(November 21, 2019)
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University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients
(February 21, 2019)
Statue of Henrik Ibsen
The Ibsen Society of America offers two student awards: apply in 2019!
(December 11, 2018)
Recognition ceremony for Georg and Nina Pedersen
Pedersen Endowed Faculty Fund for Danish is Established
(October 22, 2018)
Finnish lecturer Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara Wins Kotikielen Seura Article Prize
(April 11, 2018)
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Swedish Major Elena Donaldson Awarded 2017 Dean's Medal in the Humanities
(June 13, 2017)
Mimi Nielsen
Mimi Nielsen awarded SWEA San Francisco Scholarship
(May 17, 2017)
Ilmari
Lecturer Ilmari Ivaska named Researcher of the Month by The Language Bank of Finland
(May 16, 2017)
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Ilmari Ivaska awarded Kari Sajavaara dissertation prize
(January 20, 2017)
Liina - Ly Roos
Liina-Ly Roos Awarded Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies
(May 12, 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)
Ilmari Ivaska
Ilmari Ivaska Wins Kotikielen Seura Dissertation Prize
(March 22, 2016)
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)
ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY HONORS PROFESSOR ANN-CHARLOTTE GAVEL ADAMS
(March 9, 2015)
President’s Medalist Mitchell Krawczyk studies Danish, Drama, and Neuroscience
(March 4, 2015)
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Michael Biggins named 2015 Janko Lavrin Laureate
(March 3, 2015)
PÉTUR VALSSON RECEIVES NADIA CHRISTENSEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NORDIC STUDIES
(January 26, 2015)
Mimi Nielsen Awarded Fellowship
(April 25, 2014)
Kielland-Løvdal Fellowship Awarded to Maren Anderson Johnson
(June 26, 2013)
Maren Anderson Johnson Appointed Nadia Christensen Scholar 
(June 26, 2013)
Guntis Smidchens receiving Order of the Crosss of Terra Mariana-4th Class
Guntis Smidchens Knighted by President of Estonia
(January 31, 2012)
Heather Short Recognized with Award from Nadia Christensen Endowment for Excellence in Nordic Studies
(November 2, 2011)