Welcome to UCL Scandinavian Studies
The UCL Department of Scandinavian Studies offers a full range of undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes in Scandinavian Studies. We teach courses from beginners to
degree level in all the Scandinavian languages: Danish, Icelandic,
Norwegian and Swedish. Courses are also available in Finnish language,
culture and society through our links with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
The Head of Department is at present Dr Claire Thomson. The ten full-time members of faculty teach and research on a wide range of specialisms in Scandinavian language, culture and history from the Viking Age to the present day. We also contribute to interdisciplinary degrees within UCL's Centre for Intercultural Studies, and host a thriving programme of events and research seminars. We welcome enquiries from members of the public interested in taking our beginners' language courses. Please contact the Departmental Administrator, Karin Charles, for more information. Please use the links on the left to find out more about the Department.
Students from UCL's MA in Film Studies,
Jessica Mulvogue and Ethan Stocks, have made a short film about life in
the Department of Scandinavian Studies. The film was inspired by the
Danish director Jørgen Leth's classic of 1967, Det perfekte menneske (The Perfect Human). You can read more about Jørgen Leth in the Danish Film Institute's Film Magazine. You can also watch a sequence from Det perfekte menneske on youtube.
Click on the image to the left to watch the film in RealPlayer (or click here for a version that will open in Quicktime).
