Student Success

Karin Filipsson
Newly Minted PhD: Karin Filipsson
January 12, 2026
Ian Gwin among statues
Ian Gwin Named Nadia Christensen Scholar, 2025-6
June 17, 2025
Swedish study abroad student group
Swedish Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
Old Norse Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
Graduate and undergraduate students on the annual spring Norwegian retreat to Friday Harbor
Norwegian Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
Finnish Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
Danish Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
UW Baltic Program teachers, fall 2024: Gina Holvoet (Lithuanian), Fred Gregor Rahuoja (Estonian), Guntis Šmidchens (Baltic topics), Līga Miklaševiča (Latvian)
Baltic Program Holiday Letter
November 13, 2024
L to R - Top: Olivia Gunn, Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Inga Daraskiene; Bottom: Andrew Nestingen, Tapio Hokkanen, DUBS, Guntis Smidchens, Liga Miklasevica (not pictured: Lauren Poyer, Colin Conners, Amanda Doxtater)
2024 Graduation!
June 7, 2024
Helen Durst
Winner of this year's Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies
May 6, 2024
Mia Filardi
Mia Filardi, 2023 Graduate With A Finnish Major & Scandinavian Area Studies Minor, Awarded Fulbright!
June 8, 2023
Husky Giving Day badge
Husky Giving Day!
April 20, 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
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
Professors Lauren Poyer and Andy Meyer standing in seaweed, watching as students climb around on tidepool rocks. Photo taken on South Beach, San Juan Island.
Norwegian Retreat
May 20, 2022
$60,000 Awarded in Scholarships in Spring 2022
April 14, 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
Cover of Brev till Mannen
Karin Filipsson's translation of Brev till Mannen rights sold to Finnish and Korean publishing houses 
November 10, 2021
Connie Amundson
Connie Amundson Recognized with Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies for 2021-2022
June 28, 2021
Alumna Megan Penhoet awarded as Global Swede of 2021
June 19, 2021
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
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
Karin Filipsson publishes "They will change us forever" at the Henry Art Gallery 
February 11, 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
Camille
Camille Witbeck Receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Study, 2020-2021
December 16, 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
Department of Scandinavian Studies Solidarity and Policy Statement
June 8, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Colloquia Series lecture returns online, Ask Your Farmer, and more
April 15, 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
Andy, Ella, and Willa Nestingen
2019 Letter From the Chair
December 13, 2019
Baltic Studies 25th Anniversary
Baltic Studies Program celebrates 25th Anniversary
December 11, 2019
Ellen Rees
Ellen Rees - M.A., 1992, Ph.D., 1995
October 2, 2019
Sampo
The Myth of Sampo - an infinite source of fortune and greed
October 1, 2019
Pétur Valsson
Pétur Valsson receives Nadia Christensen Award for Excellence in Nordic Studies, 2019-20, for Lars von Trier research
September 9, 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
Sons of Norway Logo
Sons of Norway Foundation Scholarships
December 27, 2018
Statue of Henrik Ibsen
The Ibsen Society of America offers two student awards: apply in 2019!
December 11, 2018