“A pagan goddess, a saint, and an empowering symbol of female leadership ... looking like ancient Viking boats as they passed by the crowds. There were no corporate buses, no brass bands ...

One may be tempted to transpose the knowledge of pre-Christian pagan cult sites in Nordic regions to the rest of the Germanic-Nordic world. However, Nordic paganism is not universal, and the ...

Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, has been a popular genre since the 1990s, but it’s the streaming boom of the 2010s that really helped make it an international favorite. Gritty ...

Besides Finland and Iceland, Disney’s “Inside Out 2” dominated the Nordic charts. Across the region, audiences chose safe movie bets, either sequels or adaptations of well-known IP or tried ...

With the Nordic Soundscapes Festival, Thomas Sondergard puts his stamp on the Minnesota Orchestra (and its interior spaces). Thomas Sondergard, outside of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis ...

The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship, or “high places.” It outlines how he “removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones” and “did ...

The Netherlands, northern Germany and Britain have yielded fewer cult sites compared to the Nordic world, whose pre-Christian rituals are much better understood. Findings from pre-Christian pagan ...

Similarly Göteborg market’s head of TV Drama Vision Cia Edström and Josef Kullengård, head of industry and Nordic Film Market, were determined to bring “good energy and hope” to their ...