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Scandinavian Studies

Some of these titles are a part of the Nordic World series.

 

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Social Trust in the Nordic World: pink cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Social Trust in the Nordic World
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen and Christian Bjørnskov
Fall 2022

Energy in the Nordic World: lime green cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Energy in the Nordic World
Mogens Rüdiger and Anna Åberg
Fall 2022

The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph: cover depicting a black and white photograph of a crowd at a movie theatre. A woman and a man sitting beside each other take of the foreground of the photo. The woman has her eyes closed, seemingly asleep, but the man stares intently forward. The title text is written in an art deco font in the bottom right corner of the page within a gilded square.
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The Life and Afterlife of Swedish Biograph
From Commercial Circulation to Archival Practices
Jan Olsson
Fall 2022

Peoplehood in the Nordic World: pink cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Peoplehood in the Nordic World
Ove Korsgaard
Spring 2022

Urban Planning in the Nordic World: yellow cover displaying black title text and white author text.
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Urban Planning in the Nordic World
Ellen Braae
Spring 2022

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The Making of an Antifascist
Nordahl Grieg between the World Wars
Dean Krouk
Spring 2022

Migration and Multiculturalism in Scandinavia: cover showing a person with their back towards the viewer looking at two walls meeting in a corner, each covered in graffiti. The title and author text are written in white font upon small red strips towards the right side of the page.
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Migration and Multiculturalism in Scandinavia
Edited by Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, and Markus Huss
Fall 2021

Children's Literature in the Nordic World: sea foam cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Children's Literature in the Nordic World
Charlotte Appel and Nina Christensen
Fall 2021

Happiness in the Nordic World: pink cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Happiness in the Nordic World
Christian Bjørnskov
Spring 2021

Economic Performance in the Nordic World: an olive cover displaying the title text in black font and the author text in white font.
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Economic Performance in the Nordic World
Torben M. Andersen
Spring 2021

Equality in the Nordic World: blue cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Equality in the Nordic World
Carsten Jensen
Spring 2021

Laughter and Civility: Cover showing three scenes dividing the page horizontally. The first, at the top, is difficult to make out because of how thin it is, and the photograph is tinted pink. The second, which takes up most of the page, is a photograph of a street filled with people riding bicycles and horse drawn carriages. This photo is tinted blue. The third photograph is tinted green and contains four people acting on a stage. The title text is proclaimed in contrasting white font on top of the blue photo.
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Laughter and Civility
The Theater of Emma Gad
Lynn R. Wilkinson
Fall 2020

Echoes: Cover showing a small, red illustration of Emma Gad wearing a dress with large sleeves and her hair pulled back into a traditional updo, stamped upon a white, paper-like background. On the right side of the page, a blue, satin curtain is pulled back, revealing the illustration along with the title and author text.
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Echoes
A Dramatic Bagatelle
Emma Gad
Fall 2020

Ole Hendricks and His Tunebook: Close-up of a figure wearing a black vest and bow tie and holding a brown-red violin to their chest with both hands. We only see the figure from collarbone to hip in front of a blue-gray background.
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Ole Hendricks and His Tunebook
Folk Music and Community on the Frontier
Amy M. Shaw
Spring 2020

Songs of the Finnish Migration: Cover art resembles a stamped image of a ship at a harbor upon a blue background, with a cream border and a row of red stars, that match the red font of the title, towards the bottom of the cover.
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Songs of the Finnish Migration
A Bilingual Anthology
Edited by Thomas A. DuBois and B. Marcus Cederström
Sping 2020

A Cinema of Obsession: Cover showing a black and white photograph of Mai Zetterling looking out from behind a camera.
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A Cinema of Obsession
The Life and Work of Mai Zetterling
Mariah Larsson
Fall 2019

Human Rights and Oppressed Peoples: Cover showing a man looking directly at the viewer, with one hand propping up his head, wearing a tuxedo, all in black and white. He is sitting at a desk with a book open before him.
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Human Rights and Oppressed Peoples
Collected Essays and Speeches
Georg Brandes, Edited and translated by William Banks
Fall 2019

Inari Sámi Folklore: cover depicting an internally lit Lavvu-a temporary dwelling made by the Sámi-under a night sky, the aurora borealis waving in the distance. Snow covers the foreground and dark, deciduous trees line the skyline. The title text is written in light green font across the sky.
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Inari Sámi Folklore
Stories from Aanaar
August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen, revised by Lea Laitinen; Edited and translated by Tim Frandy
Spring 2020 (paperback)

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Black Fox
A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer
Barbara Sjoholm
Fall 2017

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Eat Smart in Denmark
How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure
Carol Schroeder
Fall 2014

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Wisconsin My Home
Thurine Oleson, As told to her daughter Erna Oleson Xan
Fall 2012

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Kallocain
Karin Boye, Translated by Gustaf Lannestock
Spring 2002

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Wisconsin Folklore
Edited by James P. Leary
Fall 1998

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Folklore Fights the Nazis
Humor in Occupied Norway, 1940–1945
Kathleen Stokker
Spring 1997

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Ole Bull
Norway's Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot
Einar Haugen and Camilla Cai
Spring 1992

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Between Memory and Reality
Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin, 1870–1970
Jane Marie Pederson
Fall 1992

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Between Memory and Reality
Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin, 1870-1970
Jane Marie Pederson
Fall 1992

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A Community Transplanted
The Trans-Atlantic Experience of a Swedish Immigrant Settlement in the Upper Middle West, 1835–1915
Robert C. Ostergren
Fall 1989

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Norsk, nordmenn og Norge 1
Textbook for Beginning Norwegian
Kathleen Stokker and Odd Haddal
Fall 1981

 

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