Scandinavia

A key battle in the Great Northern War was fought on November 29th, 1700.

Finland's longest-serving president was born on September 3rd, 1900.

Christian V died in Copenhagen on August 25th, 1699, following a riding accident.

An international exhibition run by the Swedish Royal Armoury on Tournaments and the Dream of Chivalry.

Ragnhild Hatton on her memories - and the perspective of other historians - on Wartime Norway.

David Kirby discusses how Sweden's sudden rise to prominence in 17th-century Europe provoked much soul-searching both within and without the country on its nature, its culture and its destiny.

Ann Hills on excavations in the Arctic and displays in the Tromso Museum.

An exploration of the heroic period of 17th-century Sweden through a new Royal Academy exhibition.

John Burrows presents this month’s Today's History feature to coincide with the birth of N.F.S. Grundtvig, the Danish political reformer and father of further education.

Sakari Sariola looks at the relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union.