In the Press

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
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

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

‘Seattle Freeze’: Forget making friends — half of Washington residents don’t even want to talk to you

May 28, 2019

ARTSUW Roundup: Peruvian Textiles, This Moment, Innovation the Nordic Way, International Experimental Music Ensemble, MFA Concert, and more!

May 8, 2019
the quad with cherry blossoms

University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients

February 21, 2019

Faculty Friday: Lotta Gavel Adams

December 7, 2018

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
andy

Department Professor and Chair Andrew Nestingen defends funding for the humanities in Seattle Times op-ed

March 29, 2017

Undergraduate Danish minor Gabriela Capestany discusses Hygge for KCTS9

February 17, 2017
Kristian

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

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

The Secret to Finland's Success With Schools, Moms, Kids—and Everything

July 17, 2013

To Really Understand Hevibändi, It Helps to Know the Language (Wall Steet Journal)

June 7, 2013

Recent Nordic Literature in the News

March 13, 2013

Norwegian American Weekly: Special Education Issue

February 26, 2013
Nordic Cool Logo

 Nordic Cultural Festival at the Kennedy Center is in the news!

February 20, 2013

Should America try to be like Scandinavia?

December 17, 2012

Pasi Sahlberg Lecture available on KUOW.ORG's Speakers Forum

November 15, 2012

Newseek Article Names Finland the World's Best Country

September 20, 2010

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

Boston Globe Praises Nunnally's Kristin Lavransdatter

January 5, 2006

Tiina Nunnally interviewed on KUOW

May 2, 2005

UK Newspapers Laud Nunnally's Andersen

December 3, 2004