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Studia Scandinavica
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ISSN (Print) 1230-6053
Published by Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

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Słowem wstępu
- Authors: Redakcja
  First page: 7
  PubDate: 2022-01-19
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Saamowie i ich kultura codzienna w filmie i reportażu z pierwszej połowy
XX wieku – rekonstrukcja tożsamości w tekstach kultury
- Authors: Maja Chacińska
  First page: 15
  Abstract: The Saami people are indigenous people and ethnic minorities living in Sápmi, which encompasses
  the northern areas of Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. At the
  beginning of the twentieth century, interest in Saami began to grow among Swedish researchers,
  journalists, writers, and film-makers (Jordahl 2014). The aim of this article is to compare the
  depiction of the attributes of Sami identity as reconstructed in cultural texts from the first half of
  the twentieth century. The main subject of the analysis is the Swedish feature film Midnattssolens
  son (The Son of the Midnight Sun) directed by Rolf Husberg and Thor L. Brooks from 1939 and
  the non-fiction book by the Swedish journalist Ester Blenda Nordström Kåtornas folk (People
  of the Cots) from 1916.
  PubDate: 2022-01-19
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.01
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Hvem var Olaf Malm' Er det levende modeller bak denne figuren i
romanen Fra Piazza del Popolo av Vilhelm Bergsøe'
- Authors: Åse Markussen
  First page: 33
  Abstract: Based on the Nordic sculptor community in Rome around 1860, the article discusses candidates
  that served as inspiration for the fictional Olaf Malm from Telemark, the protagonist in the
  chapter “Malms historie” in Vilhelm Bergsøe’s key novel Fra Piazza del Popolo (1866). Some of
  the clues in the text are Malm’s sculptural works. A study of different sources and earlier research
  together with the candidates’ personality, biography, and travel patterns point in a new direction
  and strengthen the probability of the Norwegian sculptor Hans Johnsen Budal as being the main
  model, whereas some traits hint at the Danish sculptor Herman W. Bissen. The candidacy of
  the sculptor Olaf Glosimodt, which is established in Norway, however, is no longer credible.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.02
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Human and Non-human Representations in Maja Lunde’s Fiction: A New
Materialist and Post-Speciesist Approach
- Authors: Călina-Maria Moldovan
  First page: 51
  Abstract: The article focuses on Maja Lunde’s “climate quartet,” read from the perspective of post-speciesist
  theory and new materialism. Apart from dealing with climate change and dystopian futures,
  Lunde’s fiction also tackles the poetics and politics of the non-human (be it non-human animals
  or the non-human environment), which is no longer perceived as inherently submissive
  and dependent on the human, but possesses a life of its own. In new materialism’s terms,
  non-human (organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate) bodies are self-generative and self-sufficient,
  able to affect and influence other bodies.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.03
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Vejen over Lemberg: A Dane’s Impressions of Lemberg/Lviv in 1711: Just
Juel and His Travels through the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Authors: Iryna Papa
  First page: 63
  Abstract: This article analyzes an excerpt from the travel diary of Just Juel, who was a Danish envoy to Peter
  the Great in 1709–1711. Particular attention is paid to Juel’s travel through the Polish–Lithuanian
  Commonwealth and his visit to Lemberg/Lviv in 1711, its historical context, and possible
  interpretations based on approaches of cultural history.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.04
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Norwegian Experimental Literature in Dag Solstad’s Svingstol and Jan
Erik Vold’s BusteR brenneR
- Authors: Raluca-Daniela Duinea
  First page: 74
  Abstract: This paper aims to present Norwegian experimental literature in the 1960s with respect to the profilister’s
  literary orientation and to the concept of nyenkelhet (new simplicity). It begins with
  a presentation of the Norwegian literary context, the accent being placed on Profil and the new
  generation of young Norwegian writers who formed both the Literary Circle Profil and founded
  the literary magazine of the same name. The first section of the paper entitled “Norwegian Literature
  in the 1960s and the ‘Profilister’ Vold and Solstad” is an introduction to a newly formed
  literary sphere which includes not only experimental poems and fiction but also critical essays
  and book reviews. To present the new ideas of these young writers, we have used appropriate
  theoretical articles selected from Profil regarding Norwegian fiction, the role of the writer
  in society, and Norwegian Modernism of the 1960s. A new type of Norwegian literature is also
  characterized by the concept of nyenkelhet (new simplicity) introduced to Norway by Jan Erik
  Vold’s experimental poems. The two following sections approach the concept of nyenkelhet
  (new simplicity) from two different literary perspectives: as they are reflected in Dag Solstad’s
  collection of short stories entitled Svingstol (Swivel Chair; 1967) and Jan Erik Vold’s volume
  of prose poems BusteR brenneR (1976). In addition, the article outlines the concept of nyenkelhet
  (new simplicity) as it is presented by the Norwegian writer Dag Solstad in the article “Tingene
  og verden” (Things and the World), published in Profil in 1967.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.05
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Anledningen til å jobbe fritt
- Authors: Karolína Stehlíková
  First page: 93
  Abstract: Milada Blekastad (1917–2003) was a translator, writer, and university lecturer. She was born
  in Prague; however, she spent most of her life in Norway. She translated books from Czech
  to Norwegian and vice versa. Blekastad was also a scholar focusing on the work of Jan Amos
  Comenius (1592–1670), a leading humanist, theologist, philosopher, and pedagog.
  Norway helped Blekastad to develop her full potential. In return, she worked hard to introduce
  Czech (or wider European) cultural values to Norway through her work. What circumstances
  shaped the mutually enriching relationship between Blekastad and the Norwegian intellectual,
  academic, and cultural environments' What drove her rising social trajectory' To answer these
  questions, one must look at the social fields she operated in, at her habitus, and at the cultural
  and economic capital she managed to turn into symbolic capital in a country that was not her
  homeland.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.06
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
«Han har da ei Lærebygning» Aasmund Olavsson Vinje sitt syn på Knud
Knudsen i Dølen
- Authors: Evy Beate Stykket
  First page: 102
  Abstract: Knud Knudsen (1812–1895) and Aasmund O. Vinje (1818–1870) were two prominent Norwegian
  figures in the nineteenth century. Although they are both frequently mentioned in various books
  and texts about Norwegian language history, there are no studies focusing on a comparison of
  the two of them. They had strong opinions on various topics and often participated in public
  debates. In addition to this, they are intertwined with the early development of what later became
  the two Norwegian written languages: bokmål and nynorsk. Vinje is usually associated with
  what later became nynorsk, while Knudsen is a part of the history of bokmål. This dichotomy,
  however, obscures some of the details in the relationship between these two very complex men.
  The aim of this article is to share some nuances in the relationship between the two of them and
  to discuss their differences and similarities.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.07
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
What is Conspicuous about the Nordic Countries in Poland' Past and
Present Constructions of Norden in the Polish Press
- Authors: Maja Chacińska, Kazimierz Musiał
  First page: 121
  Abstract: From being regarded as an insignificant and relatively poor region of the continent and on the outskirts
  of European affairs in the beginning of the twentieth century, a hundred years later
  the Nordic countries have gained a reputation for being some of the most advanced, prosperous,
  progressive, and happy nations in the world. The real and palpable achievements of the Nordic
  economies and societies notwithstanding, the changing image of both the individual countries
  in the region, and of the Nordic community as a whole, has been constructed by the international
  print media in relation to their political affiliation or current political and social developments.
  This analysis looks at the Polish press and demonstrates that the Nordic stories, especially
  those concerning the present, tend to be constructed as utopian and progressive, rather than
  as dystopian ones that would be more characteristic of Western European discourse. Accordingly,
  the Nordic exceptionalism that is covered by the term the Nordic or Scandinavian model still
  serves more often as inspiration rather than a bogeyman in the general discourse of western-style
  modernization in Poland.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.08
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Nature and Culture Meld: The Complexity of Arctic Indigenous Language
Preservation from an Integrated Ecolinguistic Perspective
- Authors: Marta Skorek
  First page: 138
  Abstract: As the importance of preserving indigenous languages has been highlighted in different
  fora and numerous contexts, the Arctic appears to be no exception in this regard.
  The vitality and sustainability of Arctic indigenous languages pervade the discourse on the polar
  region and lie at the core of the Arctic Indigenous Language Vitality Initiative. To explore
  the complexity of the endeavor, this conceptual paper analyzes the framing of Arctic indigenous
  language preservation in selected academic publications as well as institutional documents.
  Since the use of biomorphic metaphors in the context of language preservation raises numerous
  doubts regarding their socio-political implications, this paper attempts to address this issue from
  the perspective of ecolinguistics perceived as both analytical and conceptual lenses to demonstrate
  that its three complementary strands of research may help bridge the nature-culture
  divide in general and provide an integrated approach to the preservation of Arctic indigenous
  languages in particular.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.09
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Islandzka reforma konstytucyjna w latach 2010–2020
- Authors: Anna Wszołek
  First page: 150
  Abstract: The Icelandic constitution was passed on June 17, 1944. Amendments were passed in 1959, 1984,
  1991, 1995, and, 1999. None of them introduced any significant changes to the original document.
  The financial crisis of 2008 caused a decline in public trust of politicians and the existing
  political system in Icelandic society. Icelanders began to demand a review of the constitution.
  Constitutional reform began in 2010 and continues to this day.
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  DOI: 10.26881/ss.2021.25.10
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Jens Andersen, Żyje się tylko dziś. Nowa biografia Astrid Lindgren,
transl. W.K. Pessel, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademickie SEDNO, 2021, 479
pp.
- Authors: Hanna Dymel-Trzebiatowska
  First page: 167
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Helena Březinová, Slavíci, mořské víly a bolavé zuby, Pohádky
- Authors: Viola Parente-Čapková
  First page: 173
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Karolina Drozdowska, Magdalena Podlaska, Przekład współczesnej prozy
nordyckiej to nie problem, to wyzwanie!, Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu
Gdańskiego, 2019, 114 pp.
- Authors: Joanna Cymbrykiewicz
  First page: 177
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Marit Eikemo, Anders Heger, Kim Hiorthøy, Egil Halmøy, Erlend Loe, Finn
Skårderud, Smilefjes: Fem samtaler med Erlend, Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2019,
166 pp.
- Authors: Paul-Daniel Golban
  First page: 183
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Polsko-skandynawskie stosunki kulturalne, naukowe i polityczne od XVI do
XX wieku, pod red. A. Kłonczyńskiego, G. Majewskiej, Gdańsk:
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2021, 156 ss
- Authors: Maria Sibińska
  First page: 192
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Dzieje przedstawicielstw Królestwa Danii w Gdańsku i Gdyni, pod red. A.
Kłonczyńskiego, P. Paluchowskiego, Pelplin: Wydawnictwo Bernardinum,
2019, 223 ss.
- Authors: Michał Przeperski
  First page: 194
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Piotr Wawrzeniuk, Med polska ögon. Försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring
Östersjön i polsk militärrapportering 1919–1939, Lund: Nordic
Academic Press, 2020, 264 ss.
- Authors: Marta Grzechnik
  First page: 197
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Obszary fennistyki. Język – kultura – naród, ed. K. Wojan, Series:
Studia Północnoeuropejskie, Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu
Gdańskiego, 2019, 346 pp
- Authors: Ewelina Bator
  First page: 199
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)
Sprawozdanie z sympozjum „Fließende Grenzen / Flydende
grænser”
- Authors: Józef Jarosz
  First page: 205
  PubDate: 2022-01-25
  Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2022)