Nordic Spirit Classics Second Friday Series – Friday, November 11
The Role of Scandinavia in World Politics By Professor Christine IngebritsenUniversity of Washington, SeattleDepartment of Scandinavian Studies The speaker discusses the subject of the global influence of the Scandinavian states going well beyond their relatively small size.
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West of the Moon and Other Places You Can’t Get Get to With GPS By Margi Preus An old family diary, true immigrant stories, and Scandinavian folk and fairy tales combine to tell the story of West of the Moon, a “mesmerizing tale of Astri’s treacherous and harrowing mid-19th century emigration to America.” (Booklist, starred…
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Trolls: A RetrospectiveEpisode IV: “Trolls of the Millennium” By Britte Rasmussen Marsh As Scandinavian immigrants set sail for new beginnings on the North American continent, so too do their troll stowaways. Trolls globalized and commercialized in the new Contemporary Era. Sometimes their shape and form resurged as nostalgically Nordic, other times they were redefined to reflect the…
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