Christina of Sweden

Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes, Modern Sweden keeps its Viking heritage alive by maintaining the same sense of solidarity within their community that the Vikings created. This started when the Swedes revolted against their Danish king, Christian II. After the king’s brutal rebuttal to the beginning of an uprising resulted in over eighty opposing noblemen murdered at a feast known as the “Stockholm Bloodbath,” the people of Sweden agreed to join together to help future king Gustav…

along with the industrialization and modern lifestyles that accompany them. As previously mentioned, the Sami people can be found in tribes across Sweden (14,600), Finland (9,350), Norway (37,890), and Russia (1,991), and even in the United States (30,000), including actress Renee Zellwegger. The largest concentration, however, is in a region known as…

Sweden is the third biggest country in Western Europe with a population of about 9.7 million people. The official language of Sweden is Swedish, although most of the population there actually speak English. This is very good if you don’t want to have to learn another language in order to visit. The average life expectancy in Sweden is eighty years for men, and eighty three years for women. Sweden’s climate is usually temperate because of the Gulf Stream. The winters there are usually mild and…

The Heorot Beowulf is the story of a hero who aides King Hrothgar in his quest to defend his prized possession, the Heorot. This origins of the Heorot are relatively unknown, only that Hrothgar built it in order to display his immense wealth and power. Questions have been raised as to who influenced the Danish architecture of the Heorot and where the Heorot could have potentially been located. The Heorot had many grand exterior features to display its importance and significance. The building…

Mohmed 1 Alharth Mohmed Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT - 2306 April 25, 2017 Local Control Local Control is playing a significant role in benefit and secures the citizens, and it benefits the citizens more than the state government does. 1 As Rinaldi says, "Local governments are far superior to state governments in their ability to communicate with, aggregate feedback from and respond to issues raised by local constituents in areas like public education, zoning, fire codes and traffic…

It had been a particular wretched winter when3 Beowulf had had begun his kingship. The Geats looked up to him greatly after his incredible defeat of Grendel and his mother. As Beowulf prepared to address the Geats in Highmoon, they gather anxiously awaiting the news. Beowulf’s clear voice reverberated around the whole hall, as the people quieted. “Today we shall discuss what is to be done in the upcoming moon. I want only the hardiest men to take the task of hunting. This winter has made wise…

The epic poem "Beowulf", translated by Burton Raffel, tells of the many great kings encompassed in Denmark and Geatland. It describes the loyalty and profound bond relation between the king and his followers. Yet, malice can still find a way to the king's power and destroy all he has ever stood for. When everyone stands hopeless and frightened Beowulf comes to restore the kingdom's peace. In "Beowulf", the ambitious mentality, courageousness, and confidence of Beowulf grant him a distinct and…

Indexicality of language and style-shifting in Kebab Norwegian “Kebab Norwegian” is traced to “Kebab Svenska” (Kebab Swedish, now “Rinkebysvenska”) and was imported to Norway in the mid-1990s. Kebab Norwegian was rapidly adopted by the media and by word of mouth, and generally refers to the vernacular, the most relaxed and least conscious way of speaking, Norwegian amongst young people with and without immigrant background in the multilingual urban spaces of Oslo. The term was first coined in…

Scandinavia is a nation of around 27 million people who come from many cultures (Harrison). Primarily, they are a liberal democracy which places its values in being a welfare state. The state is currently recovering from a war with a country that was previously their largest trading partner, Germany. Because they are recovering from this war their economic priorities have shifted to helping take care of citizens affected by the war in Denmark as well as reparations to the land itself…

Stieg Larsson’s novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is an intense thriller that concentrates on the systematic violence against women in Sweden. The original Swedish title translated to Men Who Hate Women, the story revolves around solving the forty-year-old disappearance of Harriet Vanger. While looking into what seemed as a murder, Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist, and research assistant, Lisbeth Salander, began to uncover a series of violent murders of women from the past and…