Author: Byron J. Nordstrom
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Keywords: scandinavia
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2000-10-09
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0816620989
ISBN-13: 9780816620982

Scandinavian Studies/History The most up-to-date account of this fascinating region. Though marked by certain geographical, linguistic, and cultural differences, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands are united by a common bond and a shared history. This history comes richly to life in this up-to-date, thorough, and readable account of modern Scandinavia. Structuring his history along the lines of traditional European chronology-Renaissance, Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary periods-Byron J. Nordstrom brings a distinctly twentieth-century perspective to

Authors:Sven H. Rossel, Bo Elbrond-bek,
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: scandinavia, christmas
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0803239076
ISBN-13: 9780803239074

Anyone aware of the magic in Christmas will recognize the inspiration in these stories. Readers will encounter robbers on a raid, a homeless stranger seeking kindness, excited children, and a talking Christmas tree, all under the spell of the season. Here and there appear Nissen, the capped and bearded imps of mischief familiar throughout Scandinavia. Christmas in Scandinavia includes writers from Denmark, the Faroese Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Among the many masterpieces of the Christmas story are Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Fir Tree" and stories by Nobel laureat

Author: Tytti Soila
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Keywords: frames, scandinavia, cinema
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 1904764223
ISBN-13: 9781904764229

Author: Gordon Walmsley
Publisher: Salmon Poetry
Keywords: scandinavia, north, poets, nine, ice, fire
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-08-19
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1903392373
ISBN-13: 9781903392379

This volume brings together poets from Scandinavia whose voices have not been widely heard in English translation. Denmark: Inger Christensen, Denmark’s most celebrated contemporary poet, Lene Henningsen, and Willum Peder Trellund. Sweden: Katarina Frostenson, Birgitta Lillpers, and Birgitta Trotzig, translated into English for the first time. Iceland: Einar Mar Gudmundsson, and Didda, who has collaborated with her musician/friends Bjork and Magga Stina. Norway: Stein Mehren. Gordon Walmsley’s latest poetry collection is Terebinthos.

Author: Grahame Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: scandinavia, settlement, stone, earlier
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 1975-01-31
List price: $59.50
ISBN-10: 0521204461
ISBN-13: 9780521204460

During the Ice Age Scandinavia was submerged under thick ice sheets, and it was only in the subsequent warmer conditions, as the ice receded, that colonisation by plants, animals and men became possible. In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into this area, with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion. The account is carried down to the time (3500-3000 BC) when mixed farming, including cereal agriculture, was being introduced into the area. The book is fully illustrated and documented by many maps and tables. It provides a r

Author: Noralv Veggeland
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: lessons, scandinavia, global, innovation, public, paths
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2007-12-30
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 184720449X
ISBN-13: 9781847204493

Following the traditional Scandinavian welfare state model, the Nordic/Scandinavian model has recently become popular as a basic concept for shaping future approaches to European social politics. Challenging the Anglo-Saxon model(s) and the Continental model(s), the Nordic/Scandinavian model is regarded as a compromise between the two. In the context of this model, this engaging and comprehensive book presents a comparative discussion of the pursuit of innovation in the public sector. The author provides extensive examples from contemporary shifting regulatory environments in Scandinavia and a

Author: T.K. Derry
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Keywords: finland, iceland, denmark, sweden, scandinavia, norway, history
Number of Pages: 447
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $21.54
ISBN-10: 0816637997
ISBN-13: 9780816637997