Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy The consequences of the German invasion for the Scandinavian countries, then and now
The four Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and
Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940
in very different ways.
Today, we believe that it will be instructive to review the immediate
and long-term influences on each country’s self-image and national
identity as viewed today. This is the main purpose of the conference.
The conference has been structured to enable historians from each
country and Nordic scholars to review the last 70 years and to share
issues of interpretation and commemoration with each other and their
European counterparts.
Collaboration, resistance, concessions, and co-belligerency were only
some of the short term consequences.
Each Scandinavian country’s historiography of the period has undergone
enormous changes in the 70 years since the invasion to an extent which
is little appreciated and understood outside the countries involved.
The organisers intend to publish the papers from the conference in
order to make available the significant insights and debates that are
anticipated.
Conference Secretary:
Pauline Maclean, Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars (CSTWW)
+44 131 651 1254 (Monday: afternoon only; Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday: all day).
Email: cswws@ed.ac.uk
Visit the website at
http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/scandinavian_legacy/
Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940
in very different ways.
Today, we believe that it will be instructive to review the immediate
and long-term influences on each country’s self-image and national
identity as viewed today. This is the main purpose of the conference.
The conference has been structured to enable historians from each
country and Nordic scholars to review the last 70 years and to share
issues of interpretation and commemoration with each other and their
European counterparts.
Collaboration, resistance, concessions, and co-belligerency were only
some of the short term consequences.
Each Scandinavian country’s historiography of the period has undergone
enormous changes in the 70 years since the invasion to an extent which
is little appreciated and understood outside the countries involved.
The organisers intend to publish the papers from the conference in
order to make available the significant insights and debates that are
anticipated.
Conference Secretary:
Pauline Maclean, Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars (CSTWW)
+44 131 651 1254 (Monday: afternoon only; Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday: all day).
Email: cswws@ed.ac.uk
Visit the website at
http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/scandinavian_legacy/