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Since 1950
Linking and supporting Scandinavian societies
Since 1950
Linking and supporting Scandinavian societies
Since 1950
Linking and supporting Scandinavian societies
Since 1950
Linking and supporting Scandinavian societies
Since 1950
Linking and supporting Scandinavian societies
Since 1950
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Established in 1950, CoScan is the umbrella organisation for Nordic societies, organisations and groups in the UK, and the majority of such societies, organisations and groups are members. All societies, organisations and groups, as well as individuals, interested in Scandinavia and matters Nordic are most welcome to become CoScan members.
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Did you know, in his youth, physicist Niels Bohr was a keen football player alongside his brother Harald?
They both played for the Danish team Akademisk Boldklub. In 1908 Harald also represented Denmark at the Olympics, bringing home a silver medal 14 years before Niels received his own gold Nobel Prize medal.
🐑 Looking Ahead: The Ancient Traditions of Réttir
As we cross the mid-August mark, farmers across Iceland are preparing for Réttir—the annual late-summer/early-autumn sheep round-up. For centuries, sheep have spent the summer grazing completely free in the wild highlands.
Soon, communities will head out on horseback and on foot to herd thousands of sheep back down into circular wooden sorting pens. It’s one of the oldest communal traditions in the country, followed by a massive celebration (Réttirball).
Norway's oldest known ship burial predates the Viking Age
The ship burial is older than the famous Oseberg and Gokstad Viking ships. Find out more below
Norway's oldest known ship burial predates the Viking Age
The ship burial is older than the famous Oseberg and Gokstad Viking ships.📜 History Corner: The Day the Hanseatic League Humiliated Denmark (1370)
In mid-August, we mark the historical anniversary of the Treaty of Stralsund. For those with Danish ancestry, this is a bittersweet one! It ended a grueling war between King Valdemar IV of Denmark and the Hanseatic League. The merchant league won so decisively that they gained a 15-year monopoly on the Baltic herring trade and the right to veto future Danish kings!It’s a fascinating reminder of how intertwined Nordic history is with merchant power.
Have any of our history buffs visited the old Hanseatic trading posts in Bergen or Visby?
A Viking woman covered her hair, and one of her caps still survives in the mud of York. A cap was not only about custom. This one was cut from silk, a cloth carried all the way from the far east and worth a small fortune in a muddy northern town. So it covered her hair and showed her wealth at the same time.
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122119892600916002&set=a.122093497340916002&type=3#A Viking woman covered her hair, and one of her caps still survives in the mud of York.
Diggers found the little cap under a street called Coppergate. The wet ground there keeps the air out, so cloth and wood do not rot away. Soft linen ties once knotted under her chin to hold the cap in place.
Grown women across the Norse world often kept their hair covered. A married woman bound hers up and tucked it under a cap. A young unmarried girl was more free to let hers show. No one can be fully sure of the rule, because the graves say less than we wish. The caps that survive are the best clue we have.
A cap was not only about custom. This one was cut from silk, a cloth carried all the way from the far east and worth a small fortune in a muddy northern town. So it covered her hair and showed her wealth at the same time.
We picture Viking women with wild loose hair. The real ones often hid it away.
Why do you think they covered it?
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