The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis

This article analyzes the connection between the economic crisis in Iceland in 2008 and the role of Viking imagery in the collective self-image of Iceland. This connection is informed by Iceland’s status as a Danish dependency for centuries – a condition that deeply affected the development of Icela...

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Main Author: Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2010-12-01
Series:NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien
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Online Access:http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2010-1/nielsen-gremaud-ann-sofie-87/PDF/nielsen-gremaud.pdf