The Feral Icelander: Victor Hugo’s Depiction of the North in Han d’Islande
Find of the month: March 2026 by Ela Sefcikova In 1823, at the age of twenty-one, Victor Hugo published his first novel, Han d’Islande (Hans of […]
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01.03.2026
02.02.2026
The ultima thule of dress reform
Find of the month: February 2026 by Eline Elmiger For readers with a background in Scandinavian studies, Ultima Thule evokes the northern edge of the […]
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19.12.2025
“Eine Verfassung nach isländischem Muster”: Greenland, the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord and the second German Northpole expedition 1870–1871
Find of the month: December 2025 by Amrei Stanzel You have heard of isländischer Freistaat, Þjóðveldi or the Icelandic commonwealth period – but what about a grönländischer Freistaat? As […]
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18.12.2025
Show me your bookshelf, and I’ll tell you who you are
Find of the month: November 2025 by Lena Rohrbach How are your books arranged in your home? Have you placed them in the order in […]
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16.12.2025
“The little nation was the author.”
Find of the month: September 2025 by Lukas Rösli Eiríkur Magnússon was an extremely busy and creative individual, as Eline Elmiger already explained in the […]
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15.12.2025
The Sammelmappe You’ve Never Heard Of: Eiríkur Magnússon’s Forgotten Invention
Find of the month: August 2025 by Eline Elmiger Why do some inventions make history while others disappear? In the case of Eiríkur Magnússon, only […]
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