In the Press

New waterfront social sauna hopes to (literally) melt the Seattle Freeze
October 16, 2025
ArtSci Roundup: May 2025
ArtSci Roundup: May 2025
April 15, 2025
photo of Karin Filipsson from the SWEA prize announcement
Karin Filipsson Wins the International SWEA Prize in Literature
April 7, 2025
Majors to know: Norwegian major at UW fosters a place for cultural learning, identity
December 4, 2024
Marletta Iwasyk, 84, the longest-serving teacher in Seattle Public Schools (Courtesy of the Orca K-8 PTSA)
Scandinavian Studies Alum Retires from Orca K-8 as Seattle Public Schools' Longest-Serving Teacher
June 20, 2024
Seattle Public Schools’ longest-serving teacher retires from Orca K-8
June 14, 2024
Tiina Nunnally
Tiina Nunnally, Affiliate Faculty Member Earns Critical Acclaim
April 5, 2024
Crisis by Karin Boye translated by Amanda Doxtater
Fans of Young Royals discover UW professor's translation of Crisis  
December 5, 2023
Washington University Students Posing
New Huskies 2023 Arts and Sciences Events
March 3, 2023
Norse sea monster (l) Whale (r)
Assistant Teaching Professor Lauren Poyer Shares Her Knowledge Of The Kraken
March 2, 2023
The Occult Diary
Two Exciting New Book Publications By Scandinavian Studies Emeritus And Affiliate Faculty!
February 10, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!
ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!
February 3, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: LIVE from Space, History Lecture Series, Going Public Podcast Launch, and more!
February 2, 2023
Overlooked no more: Tove Ditlevsen, Danish writer of confessional autofiction
January 8, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more
ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more
October 21, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more
October 20, 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
Washington University Students Posing
New Huskies 2022 Arts and Sciences Events
March 1, 2022
Cover of Brev till Mannen
Karin Filipsson's translation of Brev till Mannen rights sold to Finnish and Korean publishing houses 
November 10, 2021
Elise Rainer
Affiliate Assistant Professor Elise Rainer publishes book From Pariah to Priority: How LGBTI Rights Became a Pillar of American and Swedish Foreign Policy
October 27, 2021
Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
Department Alumna Taylor Halverson awarded Jody Deering Nyquist Awards for Excellence In Undergraduate Research
June 18, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More
May 11, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Exhibitions at The Henry Art Gallery, From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor, and More
April 21, 2021
Karin Filipsson
Karin Filipsson awarded SASS 2021 Aurora Borealis Prize in Language and Literature
April 18, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series, Museums on a Mission?, and More
March 25, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series, Museums on a Mission?, and More
March 17, 2021
Affiliate Faculty Tiina Nunnally's translation of The Copenhagen Trilogy published 
February 16, 2021
Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē book cover
Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts)
January 24, 2021
The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 7, 2021
Six unique majors that may not be on your radar
January 7, 2021
The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
Six unique majors that may not be on your radar
January 5, 2021
UW Student selected as first Queen Silvia Nursing Scholar in US
December 23, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Set in Motion, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More
December 14, 2020
Andy Meyer
LISTEN: Norwegian concept of frifluftsliv offers insight to coping with pandemic
November 21, 2020
‘We belong out there’: How the Nordic concept of friluftsliv — outdoor life — could help the Pacific Northwest get through this COVID winter
October 23, 2020
Amanda Doxtater headshot
Translating a Crisis
August 17, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Re/frame Series, Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, #BurkeFromHome Trivia Night, and More
August 10, 2020
Science and story behind the Kraken, mythical sea monster, namesake for Seattle’s new hockey team
August 2, 2020
UW expert: Kraken are undefeatable; few who see the beast live to tell the tale
July 30, 2020
Who killed Sweden’s prime minister? 1986 assassination of Olof Palme is finally solved – maybe
June 11, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: School of Art + Art History + Design graduation exhibitions, [Here/Now] interview series, and more
June 5, 2020
22 UW students receive Fulbright awards
June 4, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more
April 15, 2020
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
Faculty/staff honors: Lithuanian state decoration; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute award; Google research awards
March 16, 2020
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
Karen Blixen
Prof. Stecher interviewed for Danish POLITIKEN feature article
February 5, 2020
Professor Christine Ingebritsen consulted for US News & World Report article on Europe and climate change.
January 21, 2020