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ONLINE: Nordic Spirit Symposium
January 29, 2022 - January 30, 2022
From Northern Lights and Winter Nights:
A Symposium of Nordic Stories and Culture
The 23rd annual Nordic Spirit symposium will be a free, two-day virtual program of live presentations from Scandinavia and the United States on diverse topics including the history of trolls; stories of Finnish immigrant women; the Poetic Edda – stories of Norse gods and heroes; control of Norway’s maritime traffic during and before the Viking Age and King Harald Fairhair; and animal allies and enemies of Sámi.
SATURDAY: 9:30 a.m. Viking Age Roads to Power: King Harald Fairhair and the Control of Maritime Traffic in Western Norway, by Christopher Fredrik Kvæstad, M.A., Norway and Håkon Reiersen, Ph.D., Norway
Forming the Poetic Edda: Poems About the Norse Gods and Heroes, by Jackson Crawford, Ph.D., Colorado
1 p.m. The Way She Told Her Story: Stories of Finnish Immigrant Women, by Diane Jarvi, Minnesota
Dogs, Wolves, and Bears: Sámi Non-Human Allies and Enemies, by Thomas DuBois, Ph.D., Wisconsin
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