SASS 2009 - Program

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SASS 2009 Program in PDF format

University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
Monona Terrace: Level 4 Meeting Rooms
99th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 30 – May 2, 2009

Thursday, April 30
1–4 PM Executive Committee Meeting The Madison Club
4–5 PM Society of Historians of Scandinavia Executive Meeting The Madison Club
7 PM Opening of the Conference Ball Room C Welcome: Ambassador Tom Loftus Keynote: Nils Gaup
8:30–10 PM Reception Ball Rooms B & C
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1
8–8:30 AM Registration, Refreshments & Coffee Grand Terrace-West

8:30–10 AM Session I
1-1: Ibsen I Room H
Chair: Joan Templeton, Long Island University
“Problems of Landscape and Representation in Ibsen’s Når vi døde vågner,” Ellen Rees, University of Oslo
“The Falk Villa: The Haunted Bird Cage,” Kyle Korynta, University of Washington
“The Master Builder’s Tragic Quotidian,” Olivia Gunn, University of California at Irvine
1-2: Old Norse: Philology Room I
Chair: Jackson Crawford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Beowulf: The Value of the Scandinavian Analogues,” Collin Olson, Middle Tennessee State University
“Centaurs, Aurochs, and the Names of the U-Rune,” Valentine Pakis, University of Minnesota
“Lokasenna and Old French Fabliaux,” Molly Jacobs, University of California at Berkeley
“Snorri’s ‘Republic’: Comparing the Rigsthula with Plato’s Republic and Indo-European Class Structure,” Thor Templin, Independent Scholar
1-3: Gender & Sexuality I Room J
Chair: John Eason, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Queering Åmål: Lesbianism and Rebellion in Lukas Moodyson’s Show Me Love,” Jenny Björklund, Växjö University
“The Disappearance of the Male in Ingmar Bergman’s Films,” Marilyn Blackwell, Ohio State University
“‘Han ser alt’: Photography, Hysteria, and the Clinical Gaze,” Ben Bigelow, Brigham Young University
“Breaking the Silence and Shaping an Identity in Camilla Collett’s Anonymous Essay ‘Nogle strikketøisbetragtninger,’” Donna H Stockton, University of Colorado at Boulder
1-4: Danish Art I Room K
Chair: Thor Mednick, Indiana University
“Greetings from Chicago: Tradition and the Future in JF Willumsen’s The Great Relief,” Jens Tang Kristensen, University of Copenhagen
“Is Irony as a Mimetic Project Possible?: Kierkegaard and the Question of Irony in Nineteenth-Century Denmark," Ragni Linnet, University of Copenhagen
“Danish Gothic Revival: A Search for National Identity,” Jens Fleischer, University of Copenhagen
1-5: Finnish Language Pedagogy Room L
Chair: Sirpa Tuomainen, University of California at Berkeley
“Enhancing Language and Culture Learning in the Finnish Language Classroom,” Karoliina Kuisma, University of Washington
“Enhancing Language and Culture Learning in the Finnish Language Classroom,” Lasse Suominen, Columbia University
“Enhancing Language and Culture Learning in the Finnish Language Classroom,” Sirpa Tuomainen, University of California at Berkeley
“The Influence of the Finnish Language Communicative Textbooks Used in Finland after 1950,” Marjut Vehkanen, Centre for International Mobility
Friday, May 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
1-6: Archival Records of Nordic American Music and Song Traditions Room M
Chair: Peter Gorman, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Lust, Labor, and Lawlessness: Performing the Bad Finn in Finnish-American Folksong,” Tim Frandy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Norwegian-American Folk Music: Creating a Virtual Archive,” Anna Rue, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Pienet punaiset laulukirjat: Finnish Americans and Their IWW Songs,” Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Yksi Suuri Union: Notes on a Finnish American Worker’s Song,” Jim Leary, University of Wisconsin–Madison
1-7: New Voices in Scandinavian Society Room N
Chair: B. Venkat Mani, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“In Denmark Was I Born: Natasja Saad and Transnationalism in Danish Popular Music,” Kimberly Cannady, University of Washington
“Not ‘Lost in Translation’: Contemporary Scandinavian Translingual Writers,” Ingeborg Kongslien, University of Oslo
“The Impossible Novel: Second-Generation Immigrant Tales from the Somali Community in Norway,” Gergana May, Indiana University
“An Emerging Polyvocal Norway: The Ghazals and Poems of Jamshed Masroor,” Elisabeth Sandberg, Woodbury University
1-8: Söderberg Room P
Chair: Rochelle Wright, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champagne
“’Ja, det kan man inte så noga veta, så långt efterat …’: Temporal Modality in Hjalmar Söderberg’s ‘Den brinnande staden,’” Kevin Karlin, Independent Scholar
“Doktor Glas’s Anti-Sacral Act (The Killing of Time),” Eric Kristensson, University of California at Los Angeles
“Madness and Murder: The Narrative Function of Voice in Söderberg’s Doktor Glas,” Amanda Sheffer, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champagne
1-9: Fantasy and Science Fiction Room Q
Chair: Peter Mortensen, Danish Ministry of Education
“Words as Creators of Identity: Svend Åge Madsen’s See the Light of Day and The Seventh Bond,” Nete Schmidt, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Stories Create Reality: To Narrate the Humans by Svend Åge Madsen,” Stine Marie Skou Nielsen, University of Texas at Austin
“In Praise of Dreaming: Adventurers, Fantasts and Dreamers in the Fiction of the Danish Contemporary Writer Hanne Marie Svendsen,” Marina Allemano, University of Alberta
“Searching for the Grail: Sigrid Combüchen’s Novel Parsifal (1998),” Bo Svensson, Lund University
1-10: The Gothic Body in Contemporary Norwegian Literature Room R
Chair: Pål Bjørby, University of Bergen
“Between Representation and Performance: Nora Simonhjell’s meat love (slaktarmøte, 1999),” Christine Hamm, University of Bergen
“Recollection and the Uncanny: Gro Dahle’s Huset i snøen (The House in the Snow, 2006),” Lars Rune Waage, University of Bergen
“Lars Saabye-Christensen’s Maskeblomstfamilen,” Pål Bjørby, University of Bergen
“Gender, Sexuality and Aesthetics in Mara Lee's ‘L'Leedies,’” Ellen Mortensen, University of Bergen10–10:30 AM Coffee Break Grand Terrace-West
Friday, May 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
10:30–12 PM Session II
2-1: Ibsen II: Ibsen and Aesthetics – The Ibsen Society of America Room H
Chair: Mark Mussari, Independent Scholar
“Ibsen’s Aesthetics,” Clarence Burton Sheffield, Jr., Rochester Institute of Technology
“Churches for People: Ibsen’s Architectural Aesthetic,” Mark Sandberg, University of California at Berkeley
“Ode on a Norwegian Urn: Toward a Modernist Aesthetic with Munch and Ibsen,” Joan Templeton, President, Ibsen Society of America
2-2: Nordic Colonialisms and Postcolonial Studies I Room I
Chair: Anna Stenport, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champagne
“A New Era in the Representation of Greenland? Kim Leine’s Novel Kalak (2007),” Kirsten Thisted, University of Copenhagen
“Northern Blackness: Bertrand Besigye’s Cultural Critique,” Helena Karlsson, Gustavus Adolphus College
“Mari Boine: Inner Transformation - A Re-evaluation of Colonization,” Kari Synnøve Morset, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2-3: Old Norse: New Approaches Room J
Chair: John Lindow, University of California at Berkeley
“Fastening, Fixing and Binding: Exploring the Transcendent through Norse Material Culture,” Carrie Roy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Scribbles with Potential: The Importance of Marginalia in Icelandic Manuscripts,” Susanne Fahn, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“ePhilology, Giants and Old Norse,” Zoe Borovsky, University of California at Los Angeles
“Clashes in the Classroom: The Old Norse Meets the Popular North,” Helga Hlaðgerður Lúthers, University of Colorado at Boulder
2-4: Danish Art II Room K
Chair: Thor Mednick, Indiana University
“Aurora Borealis in Harald Moltke’s Paintings,” Karen Benedicte Busk-Jepsen, Independent Scholar
“Good for Sleepy Copenhagen. From ‘Becoming Bored with Denmark’ to ‘Being Bored by Fluxus’ and Beyond. The Danish Branch of Fluxus and its Alliance with Boredom, 1962-1966,” Peter van der Meijden, University of Copenhagen
“America and Art in Denmark in the 1950s,” Karen Westphal Eriksen, University of Copenhagen
2-5: Developing Teaching Standards for the Nordic Languages Room L
Chair: Louis Janus (University of Minnesota) & Allison Spenader (College of St. Benedict/ St. John’s University)
Nete Schmidt (UW–Madison) & Karen Møller (UC–Berkeley): Danish
Gergana May (Indiana University) & Margaret O’Leary (St. Olaf College): Norwegian
Scott Mellor (UW–Madison) & Anne-Marie Andreasson-Hogg (North Park University): Swedish
2-6: Ghosts and Monsters Room M
Chair: Tracey Sands, Independent Scholar
“Crunchy Ghost Clusters,” Timothy Tangherlini, University of California at Los Angeles
“Der var en Gang” [en Trold?!]: the End of Proppian Beginnings,” James Massengale, University of California at Los Angeles
“The Role of Folk Traditions in Early Modern Scandinavian Natural History: Water Maids and Monsters in the Words of Reliable Men,” Hans Peter Broedel, University of North Dakota
2-7: Film Studies Room N
Chair: Marilyn Blackwell, Ohio State University
“Seducer and Aesthetic, or Pervert and Pedophile?” Claus Elholm Andersen, Independent Scholar
“Cinematic Literature and Literary Cinema: Film and Literature in the History of Nordic Literary Cultures,” Christopher Oscarson, Brigham Young University
Friday, May 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
2-8: Scandinavian Americans Room P
Chair: Ulf Jonas Björk, Indiana University–Indianapolis
“The Emigration to the New World: A Successful Advertising Campaign?” Ulfar Bragason, University of Iceland
“The Construction of an Ethnic Feminist Identity: Norwegian- American Support of American Women’s Suffrage,” Anna Peterson, University of North Dakota
“The Bunad, the Viking, and the Uff Da T-shirt: Nostalgia and the Ballard 17th of May Parade,” Heather Short, University of Washington
“Scandinavian Immigrant Fiddling in the United States,” Carl Rahkonen, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2-9: Finnish Christians and the Great Powers, the United States,
the Soviet Union, and the Vatican in the Post-WWII Era Room Q
Chair: Jason Lavery, Oklahoma State University
“The Finnish Lutheran Church as a Receiver of Western, Especially US, Aid in 1945-1950,” Juha Meriläinen, University of Helsinki
“Finnish Evangelical Christians and Bible Smuggling into the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s,” Piia Latvala, University of Helsinki
“Far from the Vatican? Finnish Catholicism Since the 1960s,” Mikko Ketola, University of Helsinki
2-10: Heibergs Revisited Room R
Chair: Niels Ingwersen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“JL Heiberg’s Breakthrough: Belief, Knowing, Bildung,” Finn Hauberg Mortensen, University of Copenhagen.
“Aesthetics and Politics in the Late Golden Age: A Reappraisal of Heiberg’s Position,” Lasse Horne Kjældgaard, University of Copenhagen
“The Ethics of Performance. Johanne Luise Heiberg’s Autobiographical Reflections Revisited,” Karin Sanders, University of California at Berkeley
“History and Ideology in Golden Age Denmark: Heiberg and the Drama of Modernity,” Leonardo Lisi, Johns Hopkins University12–1:30 PM Women’s Caucus Lunch Room E
Historian’s Lunch Room F
Art Historian’s Lunch Room G1:30–3 PM Session III
3-1: Ibsen III Room H
Chair: Leonardo Lisi, Johns Hopkins University
“Bulls, Bears and the Sick Wolf: Ibsen and an Ethics of Money,” Alina Romo, New York University
“Performance of Identity: The Staged Piece in Ibsen’s A Doll House and The Wild Duck,” Sandra Saari, Rochester Institute of Technology
“The Theatrical Agency Felix Bloch Erben and the Introduction of Ibsen in Germany,” Giuliano D’Amico, University of Oslo
3-2: Nordic Colonialisms and Postcolonial Studies II Room I
Chair: Pernille Ipsen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Re-crossing the Black Atlantic in Style: Danish Rap as Identity Design in a Welfare State,” Jon Helt Haarder, University of Southern Denmark
“Postcolonial Chick Lit? West Indian Women in Danish Popular Fiction,” Ursula Lindqvist, University of California at Los Angeles
“Danish Cartoons – Reflections on Political Caricature,” Marianne Stecher-Hansen, University of WashingtonFriday, May 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
3-3: Medieval Art History Room J
Sponsored by the Society of Historians of Scandinavia
Chair: Nancy Wicker
“Pictures without Words and Words without Pictures: A Case Study of the Niflung Legend,” Kaaren Grimstad (University of Minnesota) & Michelle Nordtorp-Madson (University of St. Thomas)
“The Norwegian Bolesølje: A Microcosm of Medieval Aesthetics and Belief,” Lori Talcott, Rhode Island School of Design
“National Culture by Stealth and Design: How a 19th Century Artist and a Secret Society Defined 20th Century Icelandic Cultural Tradition,” Karl Aspelund, Boston University
3-4: Nordic Landscape I Room K
Chair: Per Nordahl, Umeå University
“Landscape, Tourism and the 'Habit' of (Western) Aesthetics,” Dan Knudsen, Indiana University
“Theorizing the Danish Landscape,” Thor Mednick, Indiana University
“Theorizing the Swedish and Norwegian Landscapes,” Michelle Facos, Indiana University
3-5: Scandinavian Immigrants in Utah Room L
Chair: Nete Schmidt, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Scandinavian Influences on Anthroponyms and Toponyms in Utah,” Lynn Henrichsen, Brigham Young University
“Scandinavian Immigrant Folk Identity in 19th Century Utah,” Rachel Gianni Abbott, University of Alaska–Fairbanks
“Flugten til Amerika: The Making of Danish-American Mormons,” Julie K Allen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Midsommar in 1890s Salt Lake City,” Jennifer Eastman Attebery, Idaho State University
3-6: Nordic Music Room M
Chair: James Massengale, University of California at Los Angeles
“Allsång på Skansen: Sustaining, Creating and Amplifying Identity though Performance,” Chad Eric Bergman, North Park University
“Rites of Passage: Mythos and Liberation in Ingvar Lidholm's Riter,” Robert Quist, Ferris State University
“The Rhetoric of Song: Talking about Sung Words,” Alan Swanson, University of Groningen
“American Jazz and the Blues in Scandinavia,” Richard Vowles, University of Wisconsin–Madison
3-7: Werewolves, Neo-Pagans, Witches, and Vampires Room N
Chair: Lars Rune Waage, University of Bergen
“Black Metal, Kittelsen, and Romantic Revivalism,” Julian Knox, University of California at Los Angeles
“Pagan, not Nazi: Religious Revival and Racial Controversy among Modern-Day Nordic Pagans,” Michael Strmiska, SUNY–Orange
“Creepy Kids and Weird Stuff: The Influx of Scandinavian Horror Films,” Jeffery Sundquist, University of California at Berkeley
“Vampire in the Suburbs: Genre, Gender, and Ethnicity in Låt den rätte komma in,” Rochelle Wright, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne 
3-8: Finland-Swedish Outsiders Room P
Chair: BJ Epstein, Swansea University
“Necessity Made into Virtue: The Outsider Position of the Modernist Author Elmer Diktonius,” Kristina Malmio, University of Helsinki
“From the Finland-Swedish Margin toward Identifying the Female Bildungsroman,” Maria Lival-Lindström, Åbo Akademi University
“Beyond the Margins of Finland-Swedish Literature: Jac. Ahrenberg and the Carelian People,” Julia Tidigs, Åbo Akademi University
Friday, May 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
3-9: Interpreting Narrative Room Q
Chair: Mads Bunch, University of British Columbia
“The Postnational Novel and Peter Høeg's Forestilling om det tyvende århundrede,” Elisabeth Oxfeldt, University of Oslo
“Jacob Paludan’s Markerne Modnes,” Rudolf Jensen, Grand View College
“A Pact with the Devil and with Ethics: How Dinesen's Lovisa Came into Consciousness,” Elizabeth Stokkebye, University of California at Berkeley
3-10: Perspectives on Selma Lagerlöf’s Antikrists Mirakler Room R
Chair: Astrid Regnell, Lund University
“Textual and Inter-textual Italy: The Representation of Italian Spaces in Antikrists Mirakler,” Elettra Carbone, University College London
“Space and Gender in Lagerlöf's Antikrists Mirakler,” Kristina Sjögren, University College London

3–3:30 PM Coffee Break Grand Terrace-West

3:30–5 PM Session IV
4-1: Ibsen IV Room H
Chair: Tanya Thresher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“In the Pursuit of the American Dream: Peer Gynt at Guthrie in 2008,” Milda Ostrauskaite, Concordia College
“Men, Women, and Pistols: Staging Suicide in Mørk-Eidem's Hedda Gabler,” Peter Leonard, University of Washington
“Ibsen and Minimalism: Three Approaches,” Robert Greer, City University of New York
4-2: Nordic Colonialisms and Postcolonial Studies III Room I
Chair: Marianne Stecher-Hansen, University of Washington
“Anna Sophie and her Norwegian Husbands: A Story of Danish Colonialism in West Africa during the Slave Trade,” Pernille Ipsen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The Art of Seeing: Two Swedish Visitors in the Delaware Valley in the 18th Century,” Gunlög Fur, Växjö University
4-3: Swedish Crime Fiction in the Public Arena Room J
Chair: Laura Wideburg, STiNA
“Swedish Crime Queens and the Economics of Popular Culture,” Sara Kärrholm, Lund University
“Swedish Crime Fiction and (the Lack of) Science,” Kerstin Bergman, Lund University
“Crime Tourism and the Branding of Places: An Expanding Market in Sweden,” Carina Sjöholm, Lund University
“Out of Place: Geographical Fiction(s) in Håkan Nesser’s Inspector Van Veeteren Series,” Jennifer Jenkins, Pacific Lutheran University
4-4: Nordic Landscape II Room K
Chair: Clarence Burton Sheffield, Jr., Rochester Institute of Technology
“Theorizing the Finnish Landscape,” Maunu Häyrynen, University of Turku
“Landscape and Travel Writing on Finland,” Janet Rauscher, Indiana University
Panel discussion with Knudsen, Mednick, Facos, Häyrynen and Rauscher

University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
4-5: Contemporary Novel: Construction of the Self Room L
Chair: Ingeborg Kongslien, University of Oslo
“Subject to Change? Theorising Subjectivity with Reference to Recent Scandinavian Texts,” Helena Forsås-Scott, University College London
“Vigdis Hjorth: Creating the Child as Emotional Anchor,” Melissa Gjellstad, University of North Dakota
“The End Precedes the Beginning – and Someone Is Running: Merete Morken Andersen’s Novel Broren min løper,” Gurli Woods, Carleton University
“Per Olov Enquist's Ett Annat Liv: Autobiography and Novel,” Ross Shideler, University of California at Los Angeles
4-6: Digitizing Swedish-American Newspapers Room M
Sponsored by the Society of Historians of Scandinavia
Chair: Gordon Anderson, University of Minnesota
Erik Siira, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm
Mathias Nilsson, Emigrantregister, Karlstad
Anne Jenner, North Park University Library, Chicago
Christina Johansson, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Rock Island, Illinois
Robert Horton, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul
4-7: Modern Icelandic Room N
Chair: Ulfar Bragason, University of Iceland
“Oddur Gottskálksson's 1540 New Testament: Translated from Luther?” Jackson Crawford, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The Rise of Fiction in Eighteenth-Century Iceland,” Shaun F. D. Hughes, Purdue University
“Splitting the Atom,” Kendra Willson, University of California at Los Angeles
4-8: Historical Narrative and Politics Room P
Sponsored by the Society of Historians of Scandinavia
Chair: Jason Lavery, Oklahoma State University
“A Moral History of the Finnish Civil War of 1918: A Case Study in the Moral Evaluation of History,” Juha Sihvola, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
“Complimentary or Competing Alternatives? Nordic in the Finnish (New) Europe,” Pauli Heikkilä, University of Turku
4-9: Adaptation and Influence: Reprocessing of the Historical Room Q
Chair: Marina Allemano, University of Alberta
“The Swedish Odyssey,” Scott Richardson, St. John’s University
“Contemporary Transmedial Adaptations of H.C. Andersen Tales,” Rennesa Osterberg, University of Washington
“Rilke and Rurik," George Schoolfield, Yale University
4-10: Kierkegaard Room R
Chair: Finn Hauberg Mortensen, University of Copenhagen
“Reading Blixen in the Light of Kiekegaard,” Mads Bunch, University of British Columbia
“Realism and Antirealism in Kiekegaard and Rorty,” Kim Andersen, Washington State University
“What Sort of Aesthetician is Søren Kierkegaard?: Concepts of Aesthetic Valuation as Developed by the Critic Kierkegaard,” Karl Locher, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The Sanctification of the Aesthetic,” William Banks, University of Wisconsin–Madison
5:15–6:15 PM American Scandinavian Foundation Reception
7:00, 9:30, 11:15 PM Free Screenings of Nils Gaup’s Orpheum Theater
The Kautokeino Rebellion 1852 Friday, May 1
Saturday, May 2
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
Saturday, May 2
8–8:30 AM Coffee and Refreshments Grand Terrace-West
8:30–10 AM SASS Business Meeting Lecture Hall
10–10:30 AM Coffee Break Grand Terrace-West

10:30–12:00 PM Session V
5-1: Strindberg Room H
Chair: Ulf Olsson, Stockholm University
“Strindberg and Gauguin in Paris,” Lotta Gavel Adams, University of Washington
“Like Potatoes in a Sack: The French Peasant in Marx, Zola, and Strindberg,” Anna Stenport, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champagne
“Strindberg and the Modern Breakthrough,” Birthe Sjöberg, Lund University
“The Caterpillar Transforming into a Butterfly? The Images of Women in Strindberg’s Zones of the Spirit (En blå bok),” Astrid Regnell, Lund University
5-2: Mythic Narrative and Quiet Spaces: Topics in Modern Nordic Art Room I
Chair: Michelle Nordtop-Madson & Claire Selkurt, University of St. Thomas
“The Powerful Paintings of Harriet Becker,” Barbara Manthey, University of St. Thomas
“Frida Hansen: A Traditional Norwegian Tapestry Artist with International Style,” Lisa Ranallo, University of St. Thomas
“Power of Politics: The Tapestries and Moral Convictions of Hannah Ryggen,” Annie Kroshus, University of St. Thomas
5-3: Old Norse: Institutions in Sagas Room J
Chair: Scott Mellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Origin of a Political and Religious Elite: The Icelandic Goðar,” Verena Hoefig, University of California at Berkeley
“Finding the Moral of Hrafnkels Saga: A Study of Kinship,” Felicia Becerra, University of California at Berkeley
“Hákon Hákonarson’s Norway and Crusading as Institution,”Adam Oberlin, University of Minnesota
“Categorizing Otherness in the Kings’ Sagas,” Sirpa Aalto, University of Joensuu
5-4: Sámi Pathfinders Room K
Chair: Tom DuBois, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The South Sami Laahkoe (Kinship)-System: A Fruitful Approach to Analyzing an old Classic South Sami Epic Yoik Text, ‘The Reindeer on Oulavuelie’ by Nils Mattias Andersson,” Lena Kappfjell, University of Tromsø
“Johan Turi’s Description of the Old World and the New Era in Muitalus sámiid birra,” Mikael Svonni, University of Tromsø
“Lásságámmi: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää's Home in Skibotn in Nord-Troms, Norway, and How its Design was Inspired by Nils-Aslak's Book Layout Principles,” Harald Gaski, University of Tromsø
5-5: Pedagogy Room L
Chair: Karen Møller, University of California at Berkeley
“The State and Position of Scholarship on Second Language Learning in Scandinavian Studies in North America,” Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Cornell University
“The Delusion of Evil: Multifaith Concepts in the Finnish Education System,” Abraham Pournazaree, University of Jyväskylä
“The Authentic Language Teacher: Philosophy of Language – Teaching Methods – Choice of Materials – Tests (and Vice Versa). Thoughts about Teaching Danish as a Foreign Language in the USA,” Søren Riis, University of Minnesota
Saturday, May 2
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
5-6: Roundtable Discussion: Faculty-Student-Library Partnerships in
Support of Digital Research, Instruction, and Publication Room M
Natalie Van Deusen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peter Gorman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
5-7: Uses and Meanings of Poetry Room N
Chair: Leonie A Marx, University of Kansas
“The Cultural Radicalism as Expressed in the Songs and Poems of PH,” Jørgen Dines Johansen, University of Southern Denmark/University of California at Berkeley
“Decay and Rebirth: Apocalyptic Imagery in Sophus Claussen,” Anders Ehlers Dam, University of Copenhagen/Columbia University
“On Paths Old, Paths New: Erik Lindegren’s Mannen utan väg,” Kjerstin Moody, University of Wisconsin–Madison
5-8: Hamsun I Hall of Fame Room
Chair: Monika Zagar, University of Minnesota
“The Yankee and the Jew: America in Hamsun’s Markens grøde,” Troy Storfjell, Pacific Lutheran University
“Ship vs. Farm: Hamsun and Transatlantic Studies,” Peter Mortensen, Danish Ministry of Education
“Why Would a Man Wear a Yellow Suit Anyway? The Representation of Colors in Hamsun’s Mysterier,” Todd Michelson-Ambelang, University of Wisconsin–Madison
5-9: Folklore in the Eastern Baltic Area Room Q
Chair: Jim Leary, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Herder and the Letts of the 18th and 19th Century: Culture, Human Agency, and the Notion of Unboundedness,” Irene Elksnis Geisler & Andra Elksnis, University of Western Michigan
“Herder and Lithuanian (=Nordic?) Folksongs,” Guntis Smidchens, University of Washington
“Building a Latvian Folk Museum, Modeling from Skansen, Seurasaari, and Others in the 1920s and 1930s,” Aldis Purs, University of Washington
5-10: US-Swedish Relations Room R
Chair: Byron Nordstrom, Gustavus Adolphus College
“‘Meet Modern Sweden’: The Construction of an Image of Sweden in the United States in the Middle of the 20th Century,” Dag Blanck, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
“Those Illustrated Classics of my Childhood: The Rise and Persistence of an American Media Import in Sweden, 1956–2008,” Ulf Jonas Björk, Indiana University–Indianapolis
“Anti-Americanism in Europe in the Era of Détente and Vietnam: The Roots of Swedish Exceptionalism,” Carl-Gustaf Scott, Hamline University
“African-American Civil Rights Saga Published Only in Swedish,” Jay Lutz, Oglethorpe University
12–1:30 PM NORTANA Lunch Room E
Danish Lunch Room F
Finnish Lunch Room G
1:30–3 PM Session VI
6-1: Gender and Sexuality II Room H
Chair: Jenny Björklund, Växjö University
“Men and Masculinities in Finnish Tabloid Culture: The Case of Ilkka Kanerva,” Mia Spangenberg, University of Washington
“From Naughty Boys to Good Norwegians: Ethical Fatherhood in Contemporary Norwegian Film,” Margareta Dancus, University of Washington
“Christer Björkman: Profile of a ‘Schlager Queen,’” John Eason, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Negotiating the Family: Examples from the Media Discourse about Same-Sex Marriage in Norway,” Helle I Mellingen, University of Agder
Saturday, May 2
University of Wisconsin, Madison April 30 -- May 2, 2009
6-2: Old Norse: Myth Room I
Chair: Sirpa Aalto, University of Joensuu
“Odin Gets a Head: Mímir, Seiðr, and Völsa Þáttr,” Merrill Kaplan, Ohio State University
“If the Gods Can Do It, Why Can't I?: Cross-dressing in the Poetic Edda,” James L Frankki, Sam Houston State University
“Sacrifices in the Icelandic Eddas,” Céline Leduc, University of Ottawa
6-3: Contemporary Design Room J Chair: Julie K Allen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Danish by Design: Performing the National in Contemporary Danish Architecture,” Iben Falconer, Yale University
“Danish Modern: A Chair is Still a Chair—Or is it? Finn Juhl Meets Martin Heidegger—and Heidegger Sits Down,” Mark Mussari, Independent Scholar
“Betraying the ‘Soul of the North’ through Functional yet Aesthetic Arabia Design,” Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja, Independent Scholar
6-4: Sámi Studies Room K
Chair: Tim Frandy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Ethnographical Authorship and Authority,” Coppélie Cocq, Umeå University
“Lappskatteland and Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name: Place, History, and the Frozen North,” Suzanne Martin, University of California at Berkeley
“Drums, Drummer, and Drummaker: The Sámi Drum in the Modern Era,” Krister Stoor, Umeå University
“Sámi Prehistory Revisited,” John Weinstock, University of Texas at Austin
6-5: STiNA Room L
Chair: Barbara Lide, Michigan Technological University
“Not a Piece of (Sandwich) Cake,” BJ Epstein, Swansea University
“Swedish Swearing and Translating Trauma,” Laura A Wideburg, STiNA
“Translating Ulf Peter Hallberg’s The Messengers,” Erland Anderson, Independent Scholar
6-6: Themes in Danish Literary History Room M
Chair: William Banks, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Faces as Facts of Fiction: From Kierkegaard and Kidde to Ditlevsen and Borum,” Poul Houe, University of Minnesota
“Danish Gothic: B. S. Ingemann, H .C. Andersen, Karen Blixen, and Peter Høeg” Kirstine Kastbjerg, University of Washington
“From Jeppe to Flyttemand Olsen: A Study of a Comedic Character,” Inger M. Olsen, Portland State University
6-7: Hamsun II Room N
Chair: Ellen Rees, University of Oslo
“Marie Hamsun’s Many Truths,” Monika Zagar, University of Minnesota
“Hamsun on Film in Transnational Contexts,” Arne Lunde, University of California at Los Angeles
“Hamsun’s Fascism as Seen by Two Norwegian Fascist Writers,” Dean Krouk, University of California at Berkeley
6-8: Contemporary Public Policy Hall of Fame Room
Chair: Claus Elholm Andersen, Independent Scholar
“Mutual Integration and the Scandinavian Language Laws,” Levi Bjork, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Denmark the Outlier among the Nordic Drinking Cultures,” Mary F Ehrlander, University of Alaska– Fairbanks
“The Turn from Cultural Radicalism Towards National Conservatism. Cultural Policy in Denmark,” Kaspar Støvring, University of Southern Denmark
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6-9: Baltic-Scandinavian Studies Room Q
Chair: Guntis Smidchens, University of Washington
“Writing of History in Exile: The Estonian Learned Society in Sweden,” Olavi Arens, Armstrong Atlantic State University
“Preserving the New Ancient Homeland: Memory and Preservation among the Estonian-Swedish Community in Sweden,” Glenn Eric Kranking, Ohio State University
“Nordic Image in Latvia and Latvian Nordic Foreign Policy: 1918–1940,” Valters Ščerbinskis, University of Riga
6-10: Historical Perspectives on the Early Modern Period Room R
Chair: Terje Leiren, University of Washington
“Kristina of Sweden and the History of Reading in Europe: Crossing Religious and Other Borders,” Mara Egherman, University of Iowa
“Fashioning Death: Clothing, Memory, and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Swedish Funerary Practice,” Joseph Gonzalez, California State University at Fullerton
“Finland as a Frontier of Church Reform,” Jason Lavery, Oklahoma State University
3–3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30–5 PM Session VII
7-1: Contemporary Drama and Dramatic Fiction Room H
Chair: Chad Eric Bergman, North Park University
“Japan meets Sápmi: Noh and Sámi Scenography Semiotics in the Beaivváš Teáhter’s Production of Valkeapää’s The Frost-Haired and the Dream-Seer,” David Schuler, University of Wisconsin–Platteville
“Surveillance as Hallucination: Lars Norén’s Plays,” Ulf Olsson, Stockholm University
“Drama, Performance, and Carl Frode Tiller’s Prose,” Sarah Paulson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
“The Topographical Sublime: Space and Textual Action in Jon Fosse’s Fiction and Dramatic Art,” Lars Sætre, University of Bergen
7-2: Nordic Saints Room I
Chair: Natalie Van Deusen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The Miraculous Water of Gudmundr Arason and the Limits of Holiness in Medieval Iceland,” Joel Anderson, Independent Scholar
“Birgitta’s Visions in Context,” Thomas DuBois, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Olafr Geirstadaalfr and St. Olafr,” John Lindow, University of California at Berkeley
“Clothing and Bodily Adornment in the Revelations of Saint Birgitta,” Tracey R Sands, Independent Scholar
7-3: Norwegian Language Planning Room J
Chair: Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Cornell University
“The Collapse of the Social Democratic Dispensation and Its Consequences for the Organisation of Language-Planning in Norway,” Stephen J. Walton, Volda University College/University of Stavanger
“Why isn’t Nynorsk Considered a Minority Language – Or is it?” Bjørg Nesje Nybø, Volda University College
“History Repeating Itself? Norwegian Language Politics for a Global Age,” Andrew Linn, University of Sheffield
7-4: Negotiating the Visual in Literature Room K
Chair: Jon Helt Haarder, University of Southern Denmark
“One Thousand and One Danish Nights: Louis Jensen’s Square Story Project,” Lise Kildegaard, Luther College
“København and Comic Strips,” Melissa Lucas, University of Washington
“The View is Like an Etching: Pictorial Framing and Textual Boundaries in Marja-Liisa Vartio’s Fiction,” Elise Nykänen, University of Helsinki
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Saturday, May 2
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7-5: Translation Studies Room L
Chair: Helena Forsås-Scott, University College London
“Haiku Translations into Scandinavian Languages. A Word-Image Perspective,” Unni Langås, Agder University
“Sick is the New Gnarly: The Problems of Translating Slang,” Rachel Willson-Broyles, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“The Conservative Era: Trends in Translating Children’s Literature to Swedish,” B. J. Epstein, Swansea University
7-6: World War II Room M
Chair: Gergana May, Indiana University
“Sigrid Undset’s Writings in Exile,” Claudia Berguson, Pacific Lutheran University
“The Representation of the Holocaust and the Historical Culture in Sweden,” Anders Ohlsson, Lund University
“Striking a Delicate Balance: Nordmanns-Forbundet during the Early Years of Nazi Occupation, 1940–1941,” Daron W Olson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

7-7: Contemporary Images of Nation Room N
Chair: Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Looking at the New Finland as a European from the Margins,” Sirpa Tuomainen, University of California at Berkeley
“The Changing Image of Finland among Finnish-Americans,” Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
“Viking Tourism in the North Atlantic Region,” Maria-Claudia Tomany, Minnesota State University, Mankato
7-8: Topographies Hall of Fame Room
Chair: Nete Schmidt, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Nature, Mysticism, and Symbolism in Per Petterson’s Out Stealing Horses,” Hanna Zmijewska-Emerson, University of Minnesota
“Stolta stad – Heidi von Born’s Stockholm from Änglarnas stad to Ett bländande ljus," Rose-Marie Oster, University of Maryland
“Topography as Transgression in Hans Hergjørnsrud’s ‘Drenering 1963,’” Tanya Thresher, University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Where in the World is Hans Christian Andersen?” Nathaniel Kramer, Brigham Young University
7-9: Swedish History Room Q
Chair: Carl-Gustaf Scott, Hamline University
“The Tao of Lagom: A Middle Way for the Middle Kingdom,” John Hasselberg, The College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
“The Limits of Enlightenment Idealism: Religious Liberty and the Swedish Constitution of 1809,” David Jessup, University of Washington
“The Politics of Abstinence: Comparisons between the Swedish Temperance Movement and Contemporary Environmentalism,” Mark Säfström, University of Washington
“Are All Swedes God’s Children? Folkkyrkligheten, Swedish Jews, and the Boundaries of the Nation,” Carly Elizabeth Schall, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Philip K. Creswell, Umeå University
4:30–6 PM Nordic Heritage Museum Reception Olive Lounge, Hilton
6–7 PM Cash Bar Community Terrace
7–8:30 PM Banquet Community Terrace
8:30–11:30 PM Dance Community Terrace
Index
Paper presentations are listed first, panel moderation second and in parenthesis.

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Aalto, Sirpa 5-3 (6-2)
Abbot, Rachel Gianni 3-5
Allemano, Marina 1-9 (4-9)
Allen, Julie K 3-5 (6-3)
Alm, Cecilia Ovesdotter 5-5 (7-3)
Andersen, Claus Elholm 2-7 (6-8)
Andersen, Kim 4-10
Anderson, Erland 6-5
Anderson, Gordon (4-6)
Anderson, Joel 7-2
Andreasson-Hogg, Anne-Marie 2-5
Arens, Olavi 6-9
Aspelund, Karl 3-3
Attebery, Jennifer Eastman 3-5
Banks, William 4-10 (6-6)
Becerra, Felicia 5-3
Bergman, Chad Eric 3-6 (7-1)
Bergman, Kerstin 4-3
Berguson, Claudia 7-6
Bigelow, Ben 1-3
Bjork, Levi 6-8
Björk, Ulf Jonas 5-10 (2-8)
Björklund, Jenny 1-3 (6-1)
Bjørby, Pål 1-10 (1-10)
Blackwell, Marilyn 1-3 (2-7)
Blanck, Dag 5-10
Borovsky, Zoe 2-3
Bragason, Ulfar 2-8 (4-7)
Broedel, Hans Peter 2-6
Bunch, Mads 4-10 (3-9)
Busk-Jensen, Karen Benedicte 2-4
Cannady, Kimberly 1-7
Carbone, Elettra 3-10
Cocq, Coppélie 6-4
Crawford, Jackson 4-7 (1-2)
Creswell, Philip K 7-9
Dam, Anders Ehlers 5-7
D’Amico, Guiliano 3-1
Dancus, Margareta 6-1
DuBois, Tom 7-2 (5-4)
Eason, Jon 6-1 (1-3)
Egherman, Mara 6-10
Ehrlander, Mary F 6-8
Elksnis, Andra 5-9
Elksnis, Irene Geisler 5-9
Epstein, BJ 6-5, 7-5 (3-8)
Eriksen, Karen Westphal 2-4
Facos, Michelle 3-4, 4-4
Fahn, Susanne 2-3
Falconer, Iben 6-3
Fleischer, Jens 1-4
Forsås-Scott, Helena 4-5 (7-5)
Frandy, Tim 1-6 (6-4)
Frankki, James L 6-2
Fur, Gunlög 4-2
Gaski, Harald 5-3
Gavel Adams, Lotta
Gjellstad, Melissa 4-5
Gonzalez, Joseph 6-10
Gorman, Peter 5-6 (1-6)
Greer, Robert 4-1
Grimstad, Kaaren 3-3
Gunn, Olivia 1-1
Haarder, Jon Helt 3-2 (7-4)
Hamm, Christine 1-10
Hasselberg, John 7-9
Häyrynen, Maunu 4-4
Heikkilä, Pauli 4-8
Henrichsen, Lynn 3-5
Hoefig, Verena 5-3
Horton, Robert 4-6
Houe, Poul 6-6
Hughes, Shaun F. D. 4-7
Ingwersen, Niels (2-10)
Ipsen, Pernille 4-2 (3-2)
Jacobs, Molly 1-2
Janus, Louis (2-5)
Jenkins, Jennifer 4-3
Jenner, Anne 4-6
Jensen, Rudolf 3-9
Jessup, David 7-9
Johansen, Jørgen Dines 5-7
Johansson, Christina 4-6
Kaplan, Merrill 6-2
Kappfjell, Lena 5-4
Karlin, Kevin 1-8
Karlsson, Helena 2-2
Kärrholm, Sara 4-3
Kastbjerg, Kirstine 6-6
Ketola, Mikko 2-9
Kildegaard, Lise 7-4
Kjældgaard, Lasse Horne 2-10
Knox, Julian 3-7
Knudsen, Dan 3-4, 4-4
Kongslien, Ingeborg 1-7 (4-5)
Korynta, Kyle 1-1
Kramer, Nathaniel 7-8
Kranking, Glenn Eric 6-9
Kristensen, Jens Tang 1-4
Kristensson, Eric 1-8
Kroshus, Annie 5-2
Krouk, Dean 6-7
Kuisma, Karoliina 1-5
Langås, Unni 7-5
Latvala, Piia 2-9
Lavery, Jason 6-10 (2-9, 4-8)
Leonard, Peter 4-1
Leary, Jim 1-6 (5-9)
Leduc, Céline 6-2
Lee-Niinioja, Hee Sook 6-3
Leiren, Terje (6-10)
Lide, Barbara (6-5)
Linnet, Ragni 1-4
Lindow, John 7-2 (2-3)
Lindqvist, Ursula 3-2
Linn, Andrew 7-3
Lisi, Leonardo 2-10 (3-1)
Lival-Lindström, Maria 3-8
Locher, Karl 4-10
Lucas, Melissa 7-4
Lunde, Arne 6-7
Lúthers, Helga Hlaðgerður 2-3
Lutz, Jay 5-10
Index
Paper presentations are listed first, panel moderation second and in parenthesis.

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Malmio, Kristina 3-8
Mani, B. Venkat (1-7)
Manthey, Barbara 5-2
Martin, Suzanne 6-4
Marx, Leonie A (5-7)
Massengale, James 2-6 (3-6)
May, Gergana 1-7, 2-5 (7-6)
Mednick, Thor 3-4, 4-4 (1-4, 2-4)
van der Meijden, Peter 2-4
Mellingen, Helle I 6-1
Mellor, Scott 2-5 (5-3)
Meriläinen, Juha 2-9
Michelson-Ambelang, Todd 5-8
Moody, Kjerstin 5-7
Morset, Kari Synnøve 2-2
Mortensen, Ellen 1-10
Mortensen, Finn Hauberg 2-10 (4-10)
Mortensen, Peter 5-8 (1-9)
Mussari, Mark 6-3 (2-1)
Møller, Karen 2-5 (5-5)
Nielsen, Stine Marie Skou 1-9
Nilsson, Mathias 4-6
Nordahl, Per (3-4)
Nordstrom, Byron (5-10)
Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle 3-3 (5-2)
Nybø, Bjørg Nesje 7-3
Nykänen, Elise 7-4
Oberlin, Adam 5-3
Ohlsson, Anders 7-6
O’Leary, Margaret 2-5
Olsen, Inger M 6-6
Olson, Collin 1-2
Olson, Darin W 7-6
Olsson, Ulf 7-1 (5-1)
Oscarson, Christopher 2-7
Oster, Rose-Marie 7-8
Osterberg, Rennesa 4-9
Ostrauskaite, Milda 4-1
Oxfeldt, Elisabeth 3-9
Pakis, Valentine 1-2
Paulson, Sarah 7-1
Petersen, Anna 2-8
Pournazaree, Abraham 5-5
Purs, Aldis 5-9
Quist, Robert 3-6
Rauscher, Janet 4-4
Rahkonen, Carl 2-8
Rahkonen, Sharon Franklin
Ranallo, Lisa 5-2
Rees, Ellen 1-1 (6-7)
Regnell, Astrid 5-1 (3-10)
Richardson, Scott 4-9
Riis, Søren 5-5
Romo, Alina 3-1
Roy, Carrie 2-3
Rue, Anna 1-6
Saari, Sandra 3-1
Säfström, Mark 7-9
Sandberg, Elisabeth 1-7
Sandberg, Mark 2-1
Sanders, Karin 2-10
Sands, Tracey R 7-2 (2-6)
Ščerbinskis, Valters 6-9
Schall, Carly Elizabeth 7-9
Schmidt, Nete 1-7, 2-5 (3-5, 7-8)
Schoolfield, George 4-9
Schuler, David 7-1
Scott, Carl-Gustaf 5-10 (7-9)
Selkurt, Claire (5-2)
Sheffer, Amanda 1-8
Sheffield Jr., Clarence Burton 2-1 (4-4)
Shideler, Ross 4-5
Short, Heather 2-8
Sihvola, Juha 4-8
Siira, Erik 4-6
Sjöberg, Birthe 5-1
Sjögren, Kristina 3-10
Sjöholm, Carina 4-3
Smidchens, Guntis 5-9 (6-9)
Spangenberg, Mia 6-1
Spenader, Allison (2-5)
Stecher-Hansen, Marianne 3-2 (4-2)
Stenport, Anna 5-1 (2-2)
Stockton, Donna H 1-3
Stokkebye, Elizabeth 3-9
Stoor, Krister 6-4
Storfjell, Troy 5-8
Strmiska, Michael 3-7
Støvring, Kaspar 6-8
Svonni, Mikael 5-4
Sundholm, Erik 4-2
Sundquist, Jeffery 3-7
Svensson, Bo 1-9
Suominen, Lasse 1-5
Swanson, Alan 3-6
Sætre, Lars 7-1
Talcott, Lori 3-3
Tangherlini, Timothy 2-6
Templeton, Joan 2-1 (1-1)
Templin, Thor 1-2
Thisted, Kirsten 2-2
Thresher, Tanya 7-8 (4-1)
Tidigs, Julia 3-8
Tomany, Maria-Claudia 7-7
Tuomainen, Sirpa 1-5, 7-7 (1-5)
Van Deusen, Natalie 5-6 (7-2)
Vehkanen, Marjut 1-5
Virtanen, Hilary 1-6 (7-7)
Vowles, Richard 3-6
Waage, Lars Rune 1-10 (3-7)
Walton, Stephen 7-3
Weinstock, John 6-4
Wicker, Nancy (3-3)
Wideburg, Laura A 6-5 (4-3)
Willson, Kendra 4-7
Willson-Broyles, Rachel 7-5
Winters, Sandy 7-10
Woods, Gurli 4-5
Wright, Rochelle 3-7 (1-8)
Zagar, Monika 6-7 (5-8)
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Acknowledgements:
The organizers of the 99th meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study would like to thank our generous sponsors:
The Evjue Foundation
The Center for European Studies, UW-Madison
We would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions:
William Banks
Jackson Crawford
Tom DuBois
Tim Frandy
Peggy Hager
Scott Mellor
Todd Michelson-Ambelang
Kjerstin Moody
Carrie Roy
Anna Rue
Nete Schmidt
Jason Schroeder
Tanya Thresher
Hillary Virtanen
Rachel Willson-Broyles
and all the rest of the students and faculty of the Scandinavian Department who lent a hand.