Scandinavia category: 802 books
The state as master
Gender, state formation and commercialisation in urban Sweden, 1650–1780
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
We tend to think of state service as the typical male form of work. However, this notion does not do justice to the early history of states and their servants, and it obscures the role of women and gender entirely. Teasing out these entanglements, The state as master shows how early modern state formation...
by Rebecca Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Lapland is a region that stretches across Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden with nearly all of Lapland lying within the Arctic Circle. The largest part of Lapland is in Finland, and a quarter of the Finnish population is Lappish.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Overview - Culture -...
by Rebecca Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
For thousands of years people have been fascinated by the Aurora Borealis and its magical display of coloured lights dancing across the northern skies. These northern lights are caused by the earth’s magnetic field reacting with electrically charged solar particles. Tromsø in Norway is one...
by Tim Clarkson
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or 'Cumbrians', an ancient people whose kings ruled from a power-base at Govan on the western...
by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
An overview of life in Norway around 1911. Chapter titles include: The People and Their Industries, On the Farm, Manners and Customs, School and Play, Some Fairy Tales, Wild Nature, Laplanders at Home, and Winter in Christiana.
by Åke Daun
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1996
Is there a distinctly Swedish national character? Are Swedes truly shy, unemotional, conflict-avoiding, melancholy, and dour? Swedish Mentality, the English translation of the hugely successful book published in Sweden in 1989, considers the reality behind the myth. The author, Åke Daun, is a respected...
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
"11000+ Vocabulary German - Swedish" is a list of more than 11000 words translated from German to Swedish, as well as translated from Swedish to German. Easy to use- great for tourists and German speakers interested in learning Swedish. As well as Swedish speakers interested in learning German.
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
"7000+ Vocabulary German - Finnish" is a list of more than 7000 words translated from German to Finnish, as well as translated from Finnish to German. Easy to use- great for tourists and German speakers interested in learning Finnish. As well as Finnish speakers interested in learning German.
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 21, 2015
"1001+ Übungen Deutsch - Schwedisch" ist eine Sammlung von mehr als 1.000 Übungen für Deutschsprachige. Jede Übung besteht aus einem Begriff in deutscher Sprache und 5 Übersetzungsoptionen ins Schwedisch, zur Auswahl. Die Übungen sind in Bereiche wie Nummern,...
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 21, 2015
"1001+ Übungen Deutsch - Finnisch" ist eine Sammlung von mehr als 1.000 Übungen für Deutschsprachige. Jede Übung besteht aus einem Begriff in deutscher Sprache und 5 Übersetzungsoptionen ins Finnisch, zur Auswahl. Die Übungen sind in Bereiche wie Nummern, Farben,...
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 23, 2015
"7000+ Vokabular Deutsch - Finnisch" ist eine Auflistung von mehr als 7000 Wörtern, übersetzt vom Deutschen ins Finnisch und vom Finnisch ins Deutsche. Es ist einfach zu benutzen - ideal für Touristen und für deutsche Muttersprachler, die Finnisch lernen möchten. Natürlich auch für Finnisch Muttersprachler, die Deutsch lernen möchten.
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2015
"1001+ Einfache Sätze Deutsch - Schwedisch" ist eine Liste von mehr als 1000 Ausdrücke übersetzt von Deutsch auf Schwedisch. Einfach zu bedienen-ideal für Touristen und Deutsch-Lautsprecher in das Lernen Schwedisch. Sätze in Abschnitte wie Zahlen, Farben, Zeit, Tag,...
by Gilad Soffer
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: February 24, 2015
"11000+ Vocabulary German - Norwegian" is a list of more than 11000 words translated from German to Norwegian, as well as translated from Norwegian to German. Easy to use- great for tourists and German speakers interested in learning Norwegian. As well as Norwegian speakers interested in learning German.
Not So Barren or Uncultivated
British Travellers in Finland 1760–1830
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Part anthology, part history, Not So Barren or Uncultivated brings to life these forgotten journeys and gives a picture of Finland at a time when it was little known to the outside world. It also presents the familiar figure of the Englishman Abroad in very unfamiliar terms. Lurcock’s book is informative,...