You are here: Homepage Tag Northern Europe Articles Looking back: Finnish writer Pirkko Saisio (center) in Helsinki Foto: privat Fiction | Finland “We constantly rewrite history” “The Red Book of Farewells” by Pirkko Saisio is a creative big bang. It explores love and loss in Finland in the seventies Interview with Pirkko Saisio 01/06/2024 Photo: Emil Malmborg Family life | Sweden “Your children are who they are” In her graphic novels, illustrator Liv Strömquist explores the everyday absurdities of being a mother — and the funny side of parenthood Interview with Liv Strömquist 10/16/2023 Urban life | Sweden Talk of the town in Gothenburg Why pizza is more important to people in Gothenburg than the NATO accession negotiations By Ruben Dieleman 07/01/2022 The entrance to the Svalbard Seed Vault Photo: Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photos Seed vault | Norway “Frozen, for good” Plant seeds from all over the world are stored in Norwegian permafrost. Biologist Åsmund Asdal explains how important these seeds are for our future. A conversation Interview with Åsmund Asdal 01/07/2022 The Sámi build their traditional huts, the goahtis, from material found on site Photo: imago / alimdi Make it yourself! A hut made out of wood The Sámi from Scandinavia know how to build a house. For 4,000 years they have been building goahtis to withstand the harsh climate By Joar Nango 10/01/2021
Looking back: Finnish writer Pirkko Saisio (center) in Helsinki Foto: privat Fiction | Finland “We constantly rewrite history” “The Red Book of Farewells” by Pirkko Saisio is a creative big bang. It explores love and loss in Finland in the seventies Interview with Pirkko Saisio 01/06/2024
Photo: Emil Malmborg Family life | Sweden “Your children are who they are” In her graphic novels, illustrator Liv Strömquist explores the everyday absurdities of being a mother — and the funny side of parenthood Interview with Liv Strömquist 10/16/2023
Urban life | Sweden Talk of the town in Gothenburg Why pizza is more important to people in Gothenburg than the NATO accession negotiations By Ruben Dieleman 07/01/2022
The entrance to the Svalbard Seed Vault Photo: Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Photos Seed vault | Norway “Frozen, for good” Plant seeds from all over the world are stored in Norwegian permafrost. Biologist Åsmund Asdal explains how important these seeds are for our future. A conversation Interview with Åsmund Asdal 01/07/2022
The Sámi build their traditional huts, the goahtis, from material found on site Photo: imago / alimdi Make it yourself! A hut made out of wood The Sámi from Scandinavia know how to build a house. For 4,000 years they have been building goahtis to withstand the harsh climate By Joar Nango 10/01/2021