Denmark: Danish Superliga: F.C. Copenhagen win 14th title | “Nordic Portraits” podcast | Danish/Italian movie ‘Toscana’ (Netflix) review | A brief introduction to Fyn
Danish Superliga: F.C. Copenhagen win 14th title
F.C. Copenhagen’s 3-0 victory over AaB at Parken Stadium secured the club’s 14th Danish Superliga title in 30 seasons
“Nordic Portraits is a series of one-on-one conversations with Scandinavian artists. Series One looks to explore Danish culture through the eyes of the nation’s leading artists.”
Danish/Italian movie ‘Toscana’ (Netflix) review
‘Toscana’ follows grumpy Danish cook Theo as he ventures from Denmark to Tuscany following the death of his father: he needs cash for his new restaurant back home, and cash he could get from the sale of the castle owned by his longtime estranged father, in Italy
National Geographic thinks Fyn’s Kerteminde is one of Europe’s best secret villages: Fyn archipelago is located between Zealand (Copenhagen’s home island) and mainland Denmark and is covered in gardens, woods, parks, castles
Finland: ‘Kersantin poika’: a novel by Veijo Meri | Q1/2022: Finnair launches savings programme | Labour shortage in Finland
‘Kersantin poika’: a novel by Veijo Meri
Published in 1971, ‘Kersantin poika’ is a novel by Finnish author Veijo Meri that won the ‘Nordic Council Literature Prize’ in 1973.
Q1/2022: Finnair launches savings programme
Finnair announced a new cost reduction programme that should secure 60m euros permanent savings thanks to the continuous improvement on operations, distribution and aircraft leases
150,000 unemployed people find themselves in an “inactivity trap” due to a situation where taxes would eat up a minimum of 75% of the additional income earned by returning to work
Iceland: ‘Iceland Noir’ 2022 literature festival | Breiðablik: Association Football, multi-sports club (Kópavogur) | Iceland: it’s whale watching season! | Fantasy, a genre for Icelandic writers?
‘Iceland Noir’ 2022 literature festival
‘Iceland Noir 2022’ literature festival will take place in Reykjavik from Wednesday 16th – Saturday 19th of November 2022 at various venues in the centre of the city
Breiðablik: Association Football, multi-sports club (Kópavogur)
Breiðablik is a multi-sports club from Kópavogur, a short distance south of Reykjavik (Iceland). The club was founded in 1950 and is the largest sports club in the country, as it counts on several sports divisions (both men’s and women’s)
Iceland: it’s whale watching season!
Skjálfandaflói bay is full of activity, as the whale watching season has begun: during this time of the year whales return from southern waters in search of food, and stay here until fall
Fantasy, a genre for Icelandic writers?
Reykjavik Grapevine published an interesting ‘state of the art’ article related to a genre that very few writers in Iceland have explored: fantasy. Which is weird, considering how rich in fantasy stories Icelandic history is…
Norway: United Airlines returned to Bergen | The Scandinavian History Podcast: ‘Commonwealth in crisis’ | Fjordkraftligaen: Norwegian ice hockey premier division | FHI: Norway and monkeypox infections
United Airlines returned to Bergen
United Airlines returned to Norway on May the 20th, with Bergen’s only long-haul flight, the first time that the Norwegian city is connected non-stop to the US since Oct.2018
The Scandinavian History Podcast: ‘Commonwealth in crisis’
“Fighting among the richest and most powerful clans in Iceland weakened the Commonwealth and opened the door for a Norwegian takeover”
Fjordkraftligaen: Norwegian ice hockey premier division
Organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF), Eliteserien is the Norwegian ice hockey premier league, known as ‘Fjordkraftligaen’ due to sponsorship, and it comprises ten clubs
FHI: Norway and monkeypox infections
Norwegian ‘Institute of Public Health’ (FHI) has begun searching for possible cases of monkeypox in Oslo
Sweden: ‘Seven Words on the Metro’: a poetry collection novel by Karl Vennberg | Monstrum Playground: ‘Surfer’s Paradise’ (Helsingborg) | ‘Roseanna’: a crime novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
‘Seven Words on the Metro’: a poetry collection novel by Karl Vennberg
Published in 1971, ‘Sju ord på tunnelbanan’ (‘Seven Words on the Metro’) is a poetry collection novel by Swedish poet Karl Vennberg that won the ‘Nordic Council Literature Prize’ in 1972
Monstrum Playground: ‘Surfer’s Paradise’ (Helsingborg)
The Surf Playground is situated on the beautiful promenade of Helsingborg, a great space for kids, families and other visitors to enjoy their freetime: the area is popular and many locals and tourists gather there
‘Roseanna’: a crime novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler. On a July afternoon, a young woman’s body is dredged from Sweden’s beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck begins an investigation not only to uncover a murderer but also to discover who the victim was
Scandinavia & Nordic Countries: Scandinavia leads the ‘Press Freedom Index’ 2022 | Defense ministers from Finland and Sweden discuss Nordic cooperation on border to Russia | May the Nordic Countries save the Arctic cooperation?
Scandinavia leads the ‘Press Freedom Index’ 2022
The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by ‘Reporters Without Borders’ since 2002 based upon the organisation’s own assessment of the countries’ press freedom records in the previous year
Defense ministers from Finland and Sweden discuss Nordic cooperation on border to Russia
The Nordefco (Nordic defence cooperation) defense ministers are convinced that a joint Nordic region within NATO will only strengthen cooperation between the countries
May the Nordic Countries save the Arctic cooperation?
Markku Heikkilä, Head of Science Communication with the Arctic Centre (University of Lapland, Finland) explains his view on how the Nordic Countries could save cooperation in the Arctic, now that none of the seven remaining Arctic Council nations (the five Nordics, plus USA and Canada) wants to cooperate with Russia