Dictionary of Scandinavian History

by Byron J. Nordstrom

Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. Choice

724 pages, Hardcover

First published February 13, 1986

About the author

Byron Nordstrom is professor emeritus of Scandinavian studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. He received his B.A. from Lawrence University in 1965, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1968 and 1971 respectively. Nordstrom's research focuses on neighborhood development and the role of organizations in creating and maintaining identities in Swedish America and on Scandinavia in the 1920s and 1930s.