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7 best short stories - Iceland

By: Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,August Nemo

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7 best short stories - Iceland

By: Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,August Nemo

Icelanders have the highest literacy rates in the world. This is largely due to the rich literary tradition developed in this region. In this book, August Nemo brings seven short stories from different authors and periods so that you have an interesting overview of the story in Iceland. - The Story Of Audunn And The Bear by Anonymous. - A Dry Spell By Einar H. Kvaran. - The Old Hay by Guðmundur Friðjónsson. - When I Was On The Frigate by Jón Trausti. - Father And Son by Gunnar Gunnarsson. - The Fox Skin by Gudmundur G. Hagalin. - New Iceland by Halldor Kiljan Laxness. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

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7 Best Short Stories: Iceland

By: Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Guðmundur Friðjónsson,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Gudmundur G. Hagalin,Halldor Kiljan Laxness

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7 Best Short Stories: Iceland

By: Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Guðmundur Friðjónsson,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Gudmundur G. Hagalin,Halldor Kiljan Laxness

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8577773760

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Economic Crisis and Mass Protest

The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland

By: Jon Gunnar Bernburg

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Economic Crisis and Mass Protest

The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland

By: Jon Gunnar Bernburg

Although the triggering effect of economic crises on revolt is a classic sociological topic, crises have until recently mostly triggered large-scale collective action in developing countries. The antigovernment protests that occurred in several European countries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis brought crises to the forefront of collective action research in democratic societies, as well as provide important opportunities for studying how crises can trigger large-scale collective action. This volume focusses on Iceland’s ’Pots and Pans Revolution’, a series of large scale antigovernment protests and riots that took place in Iceland in autumn 2008 and January 2009. The Icelandic case offers a rare opportunity to study processes that can trigger political protest in an affluent, democratic society. The protests took place in the aftermath of a national financial collapse triggered by the global financial crisis in early October 2008. While having almost no tradition of mass protest, Iceland was among the first countries to respond to the global crisis with large-scale protest. The level of public mobilization was exceptionally high (about 25 percent participation rate) and the protests did not stop until they had brought down the ruling government of Iceland. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this volume situates the protest in historical-cultural context and applies social movement theory to explore how the economic crisis ended up triggering the protests, thus providing a step toward understanding why the global financial crisis has triggered public unrest in other countries.

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Routledge

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1317146255

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9781317146254

Nordic National Cinemas

By: Tytti Soila,Astrid Söderbergh-Widding,Gunnar Iversen

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Nordic National Cinemas

By: Tytti Soila,Astrid Söderbergh-Widding,Gunnar Iversen

Nordic National Cinemas explores the film histories and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The authors examine each country's domestic film production, social and political context and domestic audiences from the beginning of this century to the twentieth century. The authors not only explore the work of internationally renowned figures such as Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjostrom, Carl Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman, directors of such classics as Vampyr, Ordet, Wild Strawberries and Cries and Whispers , but also nationally important film makers such as August Blom, Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen and Nils Malmros, they also discuss contemporary film makers including Gabriel Axel, director of Babette's Feast , the Kaurismaki brothers, directors of The Match Factory Girl and The Leningrad Cowboys and the recently acclaimed Lars von Trier, director of Breaking the Waves .

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Psychology Press

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0415081947

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9780415081948

The History of Iceland

By: Gunnar Karlsson

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The History of Iceland

By: Gunnar Karlsson

Iceland is unique among European societies in having been founded as late as the Viking Age and in having copious written and archaeological sources about its origin. Gunnar Karlsson, that country's premier historian, chronicles the age of the Sagas, consulting them to describe an era without a monarch or central authority. Equating this prosperous time with the golden age of antiquity in world history, Karlsson then marks a correspondence between the Dark Ages of Europe and Iceland's "dreary period", which started with the loss of political independence in the late thirteenth century and culminated with an epoch of poverty and humility, especially during the early Modern Age. Iceland's renaissance came about with the successful struggle for independence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and with the industrial and technical modernization of the first half of the twentieth century. Karlsson describes the rise of nationalism as Iceland's mostly poor peasants set about breaking with Denmark, and he shows how Iceland in the twentieth century slowly caught up economically with its European neighbors.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816635897

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Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits

Military Procurement as Innovation Policy

By: Gunnar Eliasson

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Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits

Military Procurement as Innovation Policy

By: Gunnar Eliasson

This book examines the historic role of professional and demanding military customers in industrial development. Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the civilian commercialization of military technologies (from gunpowder and cannons to submarines, missiles and aircraft) is documented by many case illustrations that show how macro-level productivity advance has been generated. A complementary volume to Advancing Public Procurement as Industrial Policy (2010), which focused on the spillover effects of the Swedish combat aircraft, Gripen, in this book Gunnar Eliasson widens the perspective to cover product development across the Swedish defense industry, with an emphasis on regional economic development and macro-economics, inter alia through the involvement of Saab (aircraft) and Kockums (submarines) in partnership ventures in Australia, Norway and Brazil. The volume is organized into four parts. Part one examines the historical transformation of the Swedish economy over the past three centuries from agriculture and raw materials to an advanced industrial economy. Part two presents detailed case studies to illustrate the spillover effects of procurement projects and military-industrial partnerships. Part three explains the spillover phenomenon theoretically within a dynamic micro- to macro-economic perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the empirical credibility of model-based economy-wide and dynamic cost-benefit calculations. The book concludes with a section on fostering industrial development through public procurement. The result is a book that will appeal to economists in the industrial economics and management fields; to technical, marketing and purchasing executives in business; and to policy makers in public procurement concerned with innovation and long-run industrial development.

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Springer

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3319669931

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The United Nordic Federation

By: Gunnar Wetterberg

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The United Nordic Federation

By: Gunnar Wetterberg

The Nordic Region 2030: The five Nordic countries have formed a federal political entity - the United Nordic Federation. The new federation, with its joint constitution, joint government and population of 25 million, is a brand-new and major player on the European stage - well it would be if the countries have the courage to make it happen. The controversial historian Gunnar Wetterberg provides objective and detailed arguments for a new Nordic federation. A real federation, with responsibility for foreign and defence policy, the economic framework and all of the key legislative areas, from immigration to social policy. Last year, Wetterberg breathed new life into the debate about the rebirth of the Kalmar Union. The emotional, hard-hitting debate resonated all the way to Germany, Spain and Italy. He now presents his vision of the United Nordic Federation in theNordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers' Yearbook 2010. His highly controversial proposal is expected to reignite the debate in all five of the Nordic countries.

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289321326

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Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care

Final Report

By: Urban, Mathias,Reikerås, Elin,Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus,Guevara, Jennifer,Saegø, Janken,Semmoloni, Carolina

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Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care

Final Report

By: Urban, Mathias,Reikerås, Elin,Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus,Guevara, Jennifer,Saegø, Janken,Semmoloni, Carolina

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-512/ Policy makers, educators, and scholars observe with interest how Nordic countries organise services for the education and care of the youngest children. The ‘Nordic model’ of ECEC has become synonymous with a holistic, children’s rights-based approach to pedagogy, grounded in democratic values. But as societies keep changing, what exactly characterises the ‘Nordic model’ today? Given the diversity between and within countries, are there common principles?We investigated the values and principles that underpin the evaluation of early childhood education and care in five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). We found that a ‘Nordic’ approach to evaluation still exists, although it is changing, not least under the influence of wider international developments. An important aspect of the ‘Nordic’ approach is the central role given to the local and municipal context.

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9289372737

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

By: John Sundholm,Isak Thorsen,Lars Gustaf Andersson,Olof Hedling,Gunnar Iversen,Birgir Thor Møller

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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

By: John Sundholm,Isak Thorsen,Lars Gustaf Andersson,Olof Hedling,Gunnar Iversen,Birgir Thor Møller

Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best known of all times, including The Seventh Seal, Dancer in the Dark, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And Scandinavian directors are also among the best known, just to mention Ingmar Bergman and Lars von Trier. But there is much more to the cinema of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland than that, and this book shows us what they have been accomplishing over more than a century from the beginnings of cinema until the present. The Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema shows just how long and busy this history has been in the chronology, starting in 1896. The introduction then describes the situation in each one of the component countries, all of which approached and developed the field in a similar but also slightly different manner. The dictionary section, with over 400 substantial entries, looks at the situation in greater detail, with over 400 substantial entries on major actors, directors and others, significant films, various genres and themes, and subjects such as animation, ethnicity, migration and censorship. Given its contribution to world cinema it is good to finally have an encyclopedia like this which can meet the interests of the scholar and researcher but also the movie fan.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810878992

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7 best short stories - Iceland

By: Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,August Nemo

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By: Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson,Einar H. Kvaran,Jón Trausti,Gunnar Gunnarsson,Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson,August Nemo

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How To Live Icelandic

By: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir,Edda Magnus

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How To Live Icelandic

By: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir,Edda Magnus

This ultimate guide to one of the world's most beautiful and fascinating island nations is packed with travel tips, cultural and historical facts, and insights from Icelanders into how we can all make our lives a little more Icelandic. Known as ‘The Land of Fire and Ice’, Iceland is a country of contrasts, from the enormous glaciers to the active volcanoes, the summer midnight sun to the briefest of winter days, the ancient language to the modern technological innovations. This is a nation with a rich and diverse culture as unique as its stunning landscapes. How to Live Icelandic is the ultimate insider’s guide to this northerly nation. You may have already tried skyr for breakfast and listened to Sigur Rós on your daily commute, but how much do you know about the real Iceland; the locals’ take on this one-of-a-kind island? Icelanders Nína Björk Jónsdóttir and Edda Magnus have put together the highlights of Icelandic music, literature, cultural attitudes, food traditions and celebrations so the rest of the world can benefit from the special blend of old Norse wisdom with liberal modern attitudes. This beautiful book is full of inspiration and insight into this progressive and peaceful nation that has freedom, community and equality at its core, revealing why Iceland remains one of the happiest countries in the world. From the How To Live... series of insightful guides to some of the most intriguing cultures and locations on the planet, other books available include How To Live Japanese, How To Live Korean and How to Live North.

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White Lion Publishing

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0711267391

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7 best short stories - Iceland

7 best short stories - Iceland

7 Best Short Stories: Iceland

7 Best Short Stories: Iceland

Economic Crisis and Mass Protest

Economic Crisis and Mass Protest

Nordic National Cinemas

Nordic National Cinemas

The History of Iceland

The History of Iceland

Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits

Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits

The United Nordic Federation

The United Nordic Federation

Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care

Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care

Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

7 best short stories - Iceland

7 best short stories - Iceland

How To Live Icelandic

How To Live Icelandic

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