For almost a year after Asne Seierstad, a Norwegian journalist, published "The Bookseller of Kabul," her unblinking account of the inner workings of an Afghan family, she was the toast of the Scandinavian publishing world.
Iceland is a Scandinavian country, the world's oldest democracy but modern in nearly every respect.
And this history, so rich in details about the past — so alive with wonder at the golden ages of Scandinavian silents, third world militancy, Hong Kong action and Technicolor spectacle — is perhaps most notable for its refusal to be nostalgic.
As compared with other Scandinavian countries, post-World War II developments lagged.
NEW YORK — Iceland and three other Scandinavian countries lead the world in gender equality, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.
He conceded that, with the success of Scandinavian crime writing, the world had moved on – but he wrote Suspect, the first of his Joseph O'Loughlin crime novels, with the words ringing in his ears.
This participation in the Finnish struggle for independence created close ties with Germany, but after the German defeat in the World War, Scandinavian relations became more important and the main goal of the Finnish foreign policy.
An engraved ring has suggested evidence of close contact between Viking Age Scandinavians and the Islamic world, more than a century after it was discovered.
Page A15 Seattle Journal Something About the Seattle Fans The Seattle Sounders attracted a world-class Scandinavian soccer player, Freddie Ljungberg, to their ranks with promises that the fans were special.
Scandinavian countries have a world-leading record when it comes to global development, at least in relation to their size, and many citizens have been directly and indirectly engaged in this.
