Lost in the North – Ep.7 Nordics.info

🌍🔎 In this week’s episode we are join joined by Nicola Witcombe, Gaëtan Gamba and Rosanna Farbøl as we discuss Nordics.info and the New Nordic Lexicon, an ongoing research dissemination project at Aarhus University. To hear more about looking beyond the clichés of the Nordics and learn more about the Nordics countries, check out the episode on Spotify!

Lost in the North – Ep.5 Språk och språkbad

🗣🇫🇮 In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Siv Björklund, expert in linguistics and the Finnish ‘språkbad’. Learn more about the Finnish and Swedish languages in Finland, different methods to learn a language and the benefits of growing up bilingual! The latest #LostInTheNorth episode is available on our Spotify page.

Finnish elections, Stockholm students awarded for journalism investigation, environmentalists sue the Swedish state

The Nordic Studentradio News podcast for week 14, 2023.

‘Eduskuntatalo (Parliament of Finland)’ by Jorge Láscar

After the Finnish parliamentary elections, outgoing Social Democratic PM Sanna Marin gained more seats, but she still lost the vote. What happens next?

 ‘Studentpriset’ by Astrid Einarsson/Nordljud

Stockholm students win prestigious journalistic award Guldspadan for their investigation into ‘conversion therapy’.

‘The houseboat at Naturbyn’ by Martin Edström/imagebank.sweden.se

Environmental activists sue the Swedish change for not doing enough to tackle climate change.


Icelandair is in trouble on data integrity for use of “Crew App” amongst its staff

News Presenter: Harry S. Roll

Reporters: Mira Kokko – Finland; Astrid Einarsson in Karlstad – Sweden; Alva Rosengren – Sweden.

Producer: Alexander Maxia

Published on: 4th of April 2023

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Trondheim’s Student Union keeps fossil fuel sponsorship – despite denouncing ‘climate emergency’; 72.000 took högskoleprovet in Sweden; Salmon farming conference in Bergen & Students are already stressing for Valborg festivities

Photo credits: Hanna Steringer in Uppsala, Wikimedia Commons in Trondheim and Högskoleprovet

Trondheim’s SU keeps fossil fuel sponsorship – despite ‘climate emergency’; 72.000 took högskoleprovet in Sweden; Salmon fish-farming conference in Bergen and Students stress ahead of Valborg festivities

The Nordic Studentradio News podcast for week 13, 2023.

  • The Student Union in Trondheim voted to keep the sponsorship deal with oil giant Equinor, despite having previously declared a “climate emergency”
  • 72.000 Swedes took högskoleprovet last Saturday, a difficult test important for getting the right grades for studying at university.
  • ‘Salmon City’ conference took place in Bergen
  • Students in Uppsala have waited in line for up to 20 hours to buy tickets, ahead of the upcoming Valborg festivities at the end of April.

News Presenter: Emma Chailloux

Reporters: Sara Ek in Trondheim – Norway; Astrid Einarsson in Umeå – Sweden; Morten Stene in Bergen – Norway; Axel Lundström in Uppsala and Lund – Sweden.

Soundmix: Axel Lundström

Producers: Alex Maxia and Emma Chailloux

Published on: 28th of March 2023

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Nordic Countries Vote No to Climate Change Cooperation, Nordic day, do young Danes and Swedes feel ‘Nordic’?

Jan-Rune Smenes Reite; Wikicommons; Visit Oulu

The Nordic Studentradio News podcast for week 12, 2023.

  • The Nordic Council’s annual meeting discussed the joint action to phase out the production of fossil fuels – to help the region become the world’s most sustainable region.
  • The motion to phase out fossil fuels was turned down by a narrow margin, with opponents arguing that energy uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine required delaying the goal.
  • Residents of the Nordic countries are sceptical that the current political actions will be enough to fulfil the goals of the Paris Agreement.
  • What do young Swedes and Danes know about the Nordic Council and what is the first thing they think of when they hear the word ‘Nordic’?

News Presenter: Harry Roll

Reporters: Sara Ek in Reykjavik – Iceland; Petter Myrenberg in Aarhus – Denmark; Gianluca Grasselli in Gothenburg – Sweden.

Producer: Alexander Maxia

Published on: 21st of March 2023

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International students will start paying fees in Norway, Interview to Finnish minister on Covid borders and Loreen wins Melodifestivalen

Photo credits: Sofia Sabel/imagebank.sweden.se;Johannes Frandsen/Government Offices of Sweden; WikimediaCommons

The Nordic Studentradio News podcast for week 11, 2023.

  • International students will start paying tuition fees to study in Norwegian universities
  • Interview to a professor at the University of Bergen and to a fee paying student in Sweden
  • ‘Lessons learnt’ from covid-19 pandemic, interview with Finnish minister Ville Skinnari, about the boarder bewtween Sweden and Finland during the hight of the pandemic.
  • Norwegian twins Marcus & Martinus got to the final but the winner of Melodifestivalen 2023 was Loreen.

News Presenter: Elvira Hodzic

Reporters: Morten Stene in Bergen, Norway and Javad Maleki in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Producer: Alex Maxia

Published on: 14th of March 2023

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– Nordljud, The Nordic Studentradio Network –

Sami protests in Oslo, challenges for newly graduated social workers in Sweden and EYP takes place in Tromso

Sami protesting in Oslo by Sandre Jordbakke, Radio Nova. Picture of suburban Stockholm and of Tromso by night from Wikicommons.

The Nordic Studentradio News podcast for week 10, 2023.

  • Sami and environmental activists protested in Oslo against the Norwegian government for 8 days
  • Nordljud and Radio Nova interviewed Lars-Bjørnar Nøstan Knutdsen from Sami organisation Noereh and actress turned activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen.
  • European Youth Parliament is meeting in Tromso, Arctic Norway, this week.
  • New graduates in Social Service often work in ´problematic areas´ with little or no experience

News Presenter: Morten Stene

Reporters: Morten Stene and Sigrid Solheim Haugen in Oslo, Norway and Alva Rosengren in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Producer: Alexander Maxia

Published on: 7th of March 2023

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– Nordljud, the Nordic Studentradio Network –