News and updates from the UCLA Scandinavian Section. The Scandinavian Section is fortunate to be housed in UCLA's landmark building, Royce Hall.
Since its inception in 1972, the Scandinavian Section has been one of the premiere programs in the country for the study of Nordic languages and literatures on the undergraduate and graduate levels. Along with a sister department at UC Berkeley, the Scandinavian Section provides members of the University of California community, and the citizens of California, with up-to-date, scholarly informatio
02/04/2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/world/europe/iceland-disney-language.html
Iceland Has a Request for Disney+: More Icelandic, Please Disney brought its streaming service to Iceland last year. Now, the country’s education minister has sent a letter of complaint over the lack of Icelandic dubbing and subtitling.
05/31/2020
Fall asleep to the IKEA catalog, narrated by Swedes!
This new IKEA podcast is designed to make you fall asleep 35 minutes of Swedish people listing the names of IKEA products will surely have you drifting off.
05/22/2020
05/09/2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/us-denmark-economy.html
Opinion | McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.
04/29/2020
h/t Peter Nedergaard--different statistics for the Nordic countries, each with different strategies.
03/18/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu6OJE8xl-8&fbclid=IwAR3PG6cl1v4WYU2pJP0dmwzTVBaXd8Xgi8MKehgWu7wXBplpdyT1SnNp97k
Danish Covid-19 response
MAGT - I Danmark er jeg født Vi bliver hjemme. Men vi synger stadig. Ikke på altanen, men til kameraet. Budskabet er enkelt: Bliv hjemme for fan’
03/09/2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51803195
Actor Max Von Sydow dies aged 90 The actor appeared in more than 100 films and TV series, from The Exorcist to Game of Thrones.
02/05/2020
William Jackson Harper Performs Chidi's Kierkegaard Rap - The Good Place William Jackson Harper spits the rest of Chidi's Kierkegaard rap from Season 2. » Subscribe for More: http://bit.ly/NBCTheGoodPlace » Stream Anytime: http://...
12/17/2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/science/ancient-gum-dna.html
What a 5,700-Year-Old Wad of Chewed Gum Reveals About Ancient People and Their Bacteria Scientists dig into the diet, health and history of Danish hunter-gatherers in a new study.
09/30/2018
RIP Kim Larsen (Danish pop singer extraordinaire)
Gasolin' - Pas På Svinget I Solrød (Live 1978) Live Stockholm 1978
09/28/2018
Scandinavian Section and Nordic language learning on Bruin Walk! Come learn Nordic languages and explore the cultures of the North!
