Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/Études Scandinaves au Canada is a journal published by the AASSC (Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada/L’Association pour L’Avancement des études Scandinaves au Canada). It expresses in concrete—and more recently virtual—form the Association’s conviction that there is much to be learned from peoples of Scandinavia, not least by Canadians, who share a comparable geopolitical situation, as well as social and cultural histories and values. Articles and reviews, which may be published in either English or French, deal with a wide range of subjects: translation, indigenous studies, postcolonialism, politics, film, contemporary literature, Scandinavian immigration to Canada, Icelandic sagas, and so on. The first volume was published in 1983.
Vol. 1 (1983): SCANDINAVIAN-CANADIAN STUDIES/ÉTUDES SCANDINAVES AU CANADA Vol. 1 (1983)
THE SCANDINAVIAN PRESENCE IN CANADA
Mauri A. Jalava. The Scandinavians as a Source of Settlers for the Dominion of Canada: The First Generation, 1867-1897, page 3
Jørgen Dahlie. The Ethnic Press as a Cultural Resource: Canada Skandinaven and the Norwegian-Swedish Community in B.C., 1910-1930, page 15
Christopher S. Hale. Aksel Sandemose and Ross Dane: A Scandinavian's Perception of Western Canada, page 27
David Martin. Folk Technology Retention: Finnish Folk Tools and Procedures in Mid-Canada and Central Finland, page 35
SCANDINAVIA AND THE WIDER WORLD
H. Roe. The Origins and Spread of Literacy in Early Scandinavia, page 49
Bernadine McCreesh. Ghosts and Pagans in the Family Sagas, page 55
William Sayers. The Irish Bóand-Nechtan Myth in the Light of Scandinavian Evidence, page 63
Deborah J. McGinnis. The Vikings in the East: ingvars saga viðförla, page 79
Anthony B. Chan. Scandinavian Arms Traders in Warlord China, page 87
M. N. Matson. The Theatre's Approach to Strindberg: Four Productions in the Strindberg Festival, Stockholm, May 1981 – Brott och brott; Fadern; Fadren, en opera; Il padre, page 97
DETECTIVE NOVELS AS SOCIAL CRITICISM AND OTHER VARIATIONS ON SCANDINAVIAN THEMES
Dieter K. H. Riegel. Society and Crime in the Novels of Hans Scherfig, page 109
Peter Ohlin. The Ideology of the Martin Beck Novels, page 115
Charles Leland. Daniel Haakonsen's View of Ibsen, with Special Reference to His Last Book, page 123
W. S. W. Nowak. A Contribution to the Understanding of the Biogeography of a Sub-Arctic Lake: The Case of Mývatn, Iceland, page 129
Ingunn Norderval. The Norwegian Prime Minister, page 143
Elin Elgaard. No Time for Timelessness? A brief look at the trio: Tove Ditlevsen (1918-76) Frank Jaeger (1926-77) Ole Sarvig (1921-81) who all died by their own hand, page 161
