This paper seeks to examine and discuss to what extent the Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland) and the Russia Federation have different perceptions of the Arctic, and the needs and values of a common understanding of the Arctic between them.

Arctic science diplomacy historically and today illustrates the potential of science for diplomacy to maintain track two dialogue during the Russian-West crisis and for regional governance to adapt to global change of power transition from West to East with the rise of China. Arctic international politics and security reflect the international system historically and today. The region is characterized ...

The first time I visited the Lenin Mausoleum was on an autumn day in 1971. Leaves blew over Red Square, and down in the sarcophagus Lenin was lying in dim illumination, immaculately dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and a red necktie. Despite his attire he made a dismal impression with his yellow, parchment-like skin. 20 years later Soviet society dissolved, without Lenin being offered a decent ...

The article describes German and Finnish treatment of Soviet prisoners of war in Norway and Finland, the death rates among Soviet prisoners of war in the two countries and why these prisoners can be described as a forgotten part of the national collective memory in Norway and Finland.

La obra poética más conocida de Juan del Valle y Caviedes1 (Porcuna, Jaén, 1645-Lima, 1698) es la que corresponde a sus composiciones satírico burlescas. Estas se caracterizan por su relación con personajes históricos, acontecimientos y hechos circunstanciales de la vida en Lima en las últimas dos décadas del siglo xvii. Si bien problemas de transmisión textual no permiten todavía definir la ...

The land management arrangement – the Finnmark Estate (FeFo) established in Finnmark County - the northernmost county of Norway, is built on indigenous right claims, which implies that particular values, norms and principles are constitutive for and underpin FeFo as an institution. Still, the involved actors - FeFo and the two appointing bodies of the FeFo board - the Sami Parliament and the Finnmark ...

The aim of this article is to offer a description and analysis of the changes at the parsonages and in the parsons’ material conditions during the process of the protracted Reformation. The parson lived at the parsonage, and following the Reformation, he lived together with wife and children – the clerical family. The parsonage served a variety of functions: revenue-generating farm, family dwelling ...

Sámi landscapes are pluralistic and contain traces of a variety of activities occurring in the past and present. This includes remains of medieval houses and hunting installations that are different from the ones used in later Sámi contexts. The Sámi have created their own interpretations of these enigmatic features in the landscape, relating, for instance, so-called ‘Stállo’ house grounds, reindeer ...

The longhouse has been a turning point for research on prehistoric farming societies in Scandinavia for several decades. Yet, no comprehensive study has been made of this house type and its context, variations and social implications in the Far North. In this chapter, we present the currently available longhouse material within the three northernmost counties of Norway. The 50 longhouses that have ...

In this article, we argue that the term dative can correspond to objects of a very different linguistic nature, even in typologically close languages. Specifically, in syntactic terms datives can be different from accusatives or identical to them at some point in the derivation; in the latter case, clashes between 3rd person clitics emerge. Our approach, then, argues that clitic incompatibilities ...