Tag: Nordic

Free Download Charlotte Kofoed Westh, "Nordic Baby Crochet: Assembly-free models for the little ones"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1849948062 | 240 pages | PDF (conv) | 9.1 MB
Easy crochet patterns for beautiful clothes and accessories for babies and toddlers.

Free Download Susanna Søberg, "Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life"
English | ISBN: 1529417465 | 2023 | 255 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 7 MB
A beautifully illustrated exploration of cold-water traditions in Scandinavia and around the world, and a thorough account of why it provides such a boost to body and soul.

Free Download Marianne Stecher-Hansen, "Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory "
English | ISBN: 1789209617 | 2021 | 362 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Situated on Europe’s northern periphery, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden found themselves caught between warring powers during World War II. Ultimately, these nations survived the conflict as sovereign states whose wartime experiences have profoundly shaped their historiography, literature, cinema and memory cultures. Nordic War Stories explores the commonalities and divergences among the five Nordic countries, examining national historiographies alongside representations of the war years in canonical literary works, travel writing, and film media. Together, they comprise a valuable companion that challenges the myth of Scandinavian homogeneity while demonstrating the powerful influence that the war continues to exert on national identities.

Free Download Christer Bakke Andresen, "Norwegian Nightmares: The Horror Cinema of a Nordic Country "
English | ISBN: 1474457843 | 2022 | 200 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Since the early 2000s, Norway has produced a regular stream of horror cinema including Cold Prey, Troll Hunter, Thelma and The Innocents. Norwegian Nightmares investigates the origins of this horror wave and charts its unique characteristics in relation to the chiefly American influences that inspired it. Norwegian nature and wilderness, in particular an obsession with dark and deadly water, give shape and national identity to Norway’s tradition of horror cinema. Andresen studies the cinematic journey to the dark side of a wealthy, ostensibly peaceful and harmonious social democracy on the fringes of the Arctic.

Free Download Pietari Kääpä, "Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas: From Nation-building to Ecocosmopolitanism "
English | ISBN: 1441192794 | 2014 | 272 pages | EPUB | 430 KB
Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas challenges the traditional socio-political rhetoric of national cinema by providing an ecocritical examination of Nordic cinema. The author uses a range of analytical approaches to interrogate how the national paradigm can be rethought through ecosystemic concerns, by exploring a range of Nordic films as national and transnational, regional and local texts, all with significant global implications. By synergizing transnational theories with ecological approaches, the study considers the planetary implications of nation-based cultural production.