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Passing Down The Rolling Pin: Lefse, Memory, And A Norwegian-American Identity, Rebecca Garbe Apr 2020

Passing Down The Rolling Pin: Lefse, Memory, And A Norwegian-American Identity, Rebecca Garbe

Scandinavian Studies Student Award

This paper explores the intersections between memory and food-making and how they inform a Norwegian-American cultural identity. Based on fieldwork done in June and July of 2019 in Fosston, Minnesota, I use lefse, a Norwegian potato-based flatbread, as a focal point, for analysis. I argue that lefse-making in Fosston acts as a medium through which residents engage with a collective memory of an immigrant heritage. This traditional food-making, I assert, relies on knowledge passed down through and across family lines allowing food-makers and eaters to experience an embodied connection to their cultural past. Investigating my own Norwegian heritage, I draw …


Marching Straight In Sweden: The Parade Of A Queer Swedish Utopia Or False Hope?, Ainslie Lounsbury Apr 2020

Marching Straight In Sweden: The Parade Of A Queer Swedish Utopia Or False Hope?, Ainslie Lounsbury

Scandinavian Studies Student Award

Sweden is considered to be one of the most open, welcoming countries in the world. Often, the country is viewed as a shining example of inclusion, especially in regards to their support of the LGBTQ+ community. When analyzing various media from the country, however, many questions arise. Are the groups creating these advertisements doing so for the benefit of the LGBTQ+ community? Or are they for boosting sales, tourism, and recruitment? What if these advertisements actually harm the LGBTQ+ community through stereotyping? Through the analysis of Swedish military and corporate images supporting the LGBTQ+ community, Lounsbury explores possible ideas about …


The Swedish Welfare State And Women: Is Sweden The Feminist Society The United States Imagines?, Amanda Schar Jan 2019

The Swedish Welfare State And Women: Is Sweden The Feminist Society The United States Imagines?, Amanda Schar

Scandinavian Studies Student Award

This paper discusses several aspects of the Swedish welfare state and whether or not they represent a successfully feminist form of government. It compares these aspects of the Swedish government to the United State’s government.


The Environmental History Of Swedish America, Dr. Brian Leech Jan 2019

The Environmental History Of Swedish America, Dr. Brian Leech

Swenson Center Faculty Research Stipend Reports

In August of 2019 I had the privilege of spending a week doing research at the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center. The goal for this research was to locate resources for new courses on environmental history that I’m teaching under the re-formed semester curriculum at Augustana College.


Latin America And The Swedish Diaspora: The Case Of Cuba And Argentina, Dr. Oleski Miranda Navarro Jan 2019

Latin America And The Swedish Diaspora: The Case Of Cuba And Argentina, Dr. Oleski Miranda Navarro

Swenson Center Faculty Research Stipend Reports

I spent a week at the Swenson Swedish Immigration Center to explore materials that would highlight the history and cultural influence of Swedish and Scandinavian immigration in Latin America. Before beginning my research, I pinpointed a few texts and publications at the Center that I thought would help to develop further connections between race and immigration for Latin America. My intention was to include the subject in the delivery of my Latin American Studies courses at Augustana College and eventually pen a journal article on the research findings. Once I began working at the Swenson Center, I was happy to …


Disappearing Swedes, Case 2: Carl Anders Carlsson, Martha J. Garrett Phd, Cg Dec 2018

Disappearing Swedes, Case 2: Carl Anders Carlsson, Martha J. Garrett Phd, Cg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Who Is The New Sag Editor?, Geoff Morris Dec 2018

Who Is The New Sag Editor?, Geoff Morris

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


News From The Swenson Center: The Swedish Immigrant Trail Game, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

News From The Swenson Center: The Swedish Immigrant Trail Game, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Example #57 Dec 2018

Handwriting Example #57

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Vol. 38 No. 4 Dec 2018

Full Issue Vol. 38 No. 4

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


What Happened In Sweden In The 1600s?, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

What Happened In Sweden In The 1600s?, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A New Genealogical Society In Sweden, Annelie Jonsson Dec 2018

A New Genealogical Society In Sweden, Annelie Jonsson

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A Little Sag History, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

A Little Sag History, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Bits & Pieces Dec 2018

Bits & Pieces

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Literal Heritage Of The Vikings, Ebba Wallin Fogelqvist Dec 2018

The Literal Heritage Of The Vikings, Ebba Wallin Fogelqvist

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Australian And U.S. Family Connections, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2018

Australian And U.S. Family Connections, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Coat Of Arms -- A Symbol Of The Family, Nils William Olsson Phd, Fasg Dec 2018

The Coat Of Arms -- A Symbol Of The Family, Nils William Olsson Phd, Fasg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Sag Workshop Group Picture 2018 Dec 2018

The Sag Workshop Group Picture 2018

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Solution #57 Dec 2018

Handwriting Solution #57

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Dec 2018

Book Reviews

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Genealogical Queries Dec 2018

Genealogical Queries

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Last Page Dec 2018

The Last Page

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Interesting Web Sites Dec 2018

Interesting Web Sites

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Example #56 Sep 2018

Handwriting Example #56

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum, Jill Seaholm Sep 2018

Swedish-American Church Records -- An Addendum, Jill Seaholm

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Catastrophe In The Mountains, Monica Fogelqvist Sep 2018

The Catastrophe In The Mountains, Monica Fogelqvist

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work, Shelby Jensen Sep 2018

News From The Swenson Center: Summer Intern Shelby Tells About Her Work, Shelby Jensen

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Bits & Pieces Sep 2018

Bits & Pieces

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Solution #56 Sep 2018

Handwriting Solution #56

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Disappearing Swedes, Case 1: J.F. Waestrom, Martha Garrett Cg Sep 2018

Disappearing Swedes, Case 1: J.F. Waestrom, Martha Garrett Cg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.