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Hej Scandinavian Studies students, friends and alums! Join the Department of Scandinavian Studies at its annual Student-Alumni Homecoming BBQ, which takes place after the football game on Homecoming Saturday at Professor Glenn Kranking’s home. It is a chance to get to know other students taking Scandinavian Studies and Swedish courses — and a way to…

The Department of Scandinavian Studies is gearing up for the start of the Fall Semester, putting final touches on course syllabi. We have an exciting year planned, and are thrilled to welcome David Jessup (not pictured) back as a colleague, so that we can continue to offer three sections of Swedish 101, making Swedish the…

A third section of Swedish 101 has been added for Fall semester 2015. The times and sections are as follow: SWE-101-001, 12:30-1:20 p.m., MTWF, Confer 333, Instructor: Ursula Lindqvist SWE-101-002, 1:30-2:20 p.m., MTWF, Confer 126, Instructor: David Jessup SWE-101-003, 12:30-1:20 p.m., MTWF, Confer 126, Instructor: Kjerstin Moody

SWE-101, Swedish I -001: Dr. Ursula Lindqvist, Confer 333 LEC MTWF 12:30PM – 01:20PM -002: Dr. Kjerstin Moody, Confer 126 LEC MTWF 01:30PM – 02:20PM This course introduces students to the Swedish language and important aspects of modern Swedish society. Students learn to speak, read, and write Swedish through pronunciation practice, conversation, and grammar study.…

The second annual Major/Minor Fair will be held today from 3:00-6:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the student union. The Majors/Minors Fair is an opportunity to explore the wide variety of academic majors and minors available at Gustavus. You can discover areas of interest you never knew you had and meet faculty members and…

The spring semester of 2015 is off to a wonderful start! Three new seminars are being offered in the Department: Dr. Ursula Lindqvists’s SCA-360: Nordic Colonialisms; Dr. Kjerstin Moody’s SCA-344: Nordic Poetry, as well as her SWE-344: Ingmar Bergman. Our department congratulates Dr. Glenn Kranking on his promotion to a tenured faculty member at Gustavus…

2015 NOBEL MUSEUM SCHOOL FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS A summer scholarship program in Sweden awarded to one Gustavus student WHO: One Gustavus student and 34 Swedish students (third-year gymnasiet). WHAT: One week of school in Karlskoga, Sweden. WHEN: Nobel Week is July 26-August 1, 2015 REQUIREMENT: A good grasp of the Swedish language is a necessity…

Gustavus’s 2015 Semester in Sweden Program is underway! This is the fourth time that the Program is offered and students’ experiences and impressions can be followed on their collective blog: https://cice.blog.gustavus.edu/category/semester-in-sweden/

This evening at 7:00 p.m. in 103 Olin Hall, Lindsay Rothschiller ’15 will join Magnus Fredricson from Lidköping, Sweden, to present their research findings on carbon lock-in. Rothschiller spent the summer of 2014 in Sweden as part of the Wallenberg Foundation Intern Award doing research for Fredricson on strategies to mitigate carbon lock-in. This event…

  Spring 2015 Courses in the Department of Scandinavian Studies Scandinavian Studies (SCA) Courses SCA-344-001 (34982) ST: Nordic Poetry Professor Kjerstin Moody CON 126 MWF 9:00-9:50am Description: This course, taught in English, will focus on the rich and varied Scandinavian poetic tradition, ranging from the Poetic Edda to the works of the 2011 Nobel Prize…