Skollaleikur: saga um glæp [2021). (original) (raw)

»Iceland« (2013)

The latest political developments in Iceland have been marked by the general elections in April 2013, changing the country’s political constellations considerably. Further negotiations on EU membership have been halted during the election campaign. With a change in government, accession negotiations could be postponed and their continuation referred to a referendum. Iceland has begun to recover from the financial crisis, but finding a solution to the problem of homeowner debt remains the dominant election topic. The future of the króna is undecided, while capital controls remain in place. The potential reform of the fisheries management system and of the Icelandic constitution have gotten stuck, while Iceland’s bilateral dispute with the UK and the Netherlands on the repayment of Icesave account holders was resolved in Iceland’s favour. Iceland’s involvement in the Baltic Sea Region continues along traditional lines.

Swedish contemporary cinema

Lund University, 2022

Swedish contemporary cinema is full of different attempts to present the Swedish culture and landscape through different genres. many of those films found their way to European and even the global market. However, the majority remains under local or regional exposure especially since they are not targeting a global audience and using the Swedish language which makes them less appealing to the international audience except in some cases. In this essay, I will discuss how three different films were perceived differently at the global and local box offices and what are the mutual elements that can be found in these films. And what are the differences when it comes to the representations of society?

Nordic Noir: Shedding Light on the Darker Side of Scandinavian Nature.

2020

This dissertation investigates agency of character and environment in Scandinavian crime fiction. Close reading of Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow (Høeg, 1992), The Ice Princess (Lackberg, 2003), and Snow Angels (Thompson, 2010) shows that environment contains an unexpected level of agency in murder. My framework is influenced by theories of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and psychology. My work therefore reveals a link between the agency of environment and the Nordic setting.