Scandinavian Review back issues from July 2001:
War and peace: Lessons from the 20th century: The Hoirup Inaugural lecture
Jul 01, 2001; ... The Mogens and Karin Hoirup Lectures are intended to focus on topics related to conflict resolution, moral courage, tolerance, human rights, and world peace. Sponsored by the Kulin Family Fund, the annual lecture series is named in honor of Mrs. Kulin's parents, Mogens and Karin Hoirup, who ran ...
The beat of a different drummer
Jul 01, 2001; ... The American musician Peter Kates had been traveling to Norway on and off since 1989, filling in as principal percussionist for the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Meanwhile, the management looked for a more suitable player - preferably Norwegian - to fill the prestigious post on a permanent ...
Iceland, land of contrasts: A personal view
Jul 01, 2001; ... The author, who hails from Scotland, first visited Iceland four years ago. She has since relocated to Reykjavik, from which she writes for international publications. Dubbing Iceland, her "Patchwork Island," she endeavors to explain the country's special allure. At every corner of this ...
"Living history" in medieval visby
Jul 01, 2001; ... It was only our first morning on the Swedish island of Gotland, but our seven-year-old son Evan was already breathless with excitement. He had previously taken an overnight ferry from the mainland, sipped tea under the skylight alcove of a medieval street, and climbed the stone walls of two ...
Bergen: Hub of the Hansa
Jul 01, 2001; ... The Hansa Ever since the Vikings ventured down the fjords in their longships a thousand years ago, this city on Norway's west coast has been an important trading center. For a while in the 13th century Bergen was also the country's capital, and by the year 1600 it had become the largest ...
Roskilde Cathedral, Marvel of the north
Jul 01, 2001; ... It seems logical that a traveler would visit a nation's capital city to find its greatest cathedral - St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Notre-Dame in Paris, Westminster Abbey in London, for example. Yet Denmark's most interesting cathedral is not to be found in its modern capital, Copenhagen. It ...
Our Nordic Heritage: World Heritage Sites in the Nordic Countries
Jul 01, 2001; ... Our Nordic Heritage: World Heritage Sites in the Nordic Countries by Leif Anker with photographs by Ingalill Snitt Translated from the Norwegian by VF Stokke and Melody Favish Kristiansund, Norway: Kom F6dag, 1997. UNESCO's World Heritage Convention seeks to safeguard ...
The Slave
Jul 01, 2001; ... The Slave by Ham Kirk translated from the Danish by Marc Linder Iowa City: Fanpihua Press, 2000 160 pages. Introduction. Paper $7.50 Distributed by Prairie Lights Books 1-800-295-2665 or info@prairilights.com ...
The Day Laborers and the New Times
Jul 01, 2001; ... The Day Laborers and The New Times by Hans Kirk translated from the Danish by Marc Linder Iowa City: Fanpihua Press, 2001 601 pages. Introduction. Notes. Paper. $15.00 Distributed by Prairie Lights Books 1-800-295-2665 or info@prairielights.com Now available in English ...
Viking Age Iceland
Jul 01, 2001; ... Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock New York City: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 2001 447 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Paper. $15 Another revisionist history of the Viking Age, this volume corrects the "popular" image of the Vikings as a marauding ...
The Unknown Sigrid Undset: Jenny and Other Works
Jul 01, 2001; ... The Unknown Sigrid Undset: Jenny and Other Works Edited with an introduction by Tim Page with new translations by Tiina Nunnally South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press, 2001 406 pages. Cloth. $30 The Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) won the Nobel Prize for ...