Danish

The Danish program at UW hosts a variety of classes, showcasing the beauty of the Danish language and offering unique insight into Scandinavian studies. With Denmark's rich history of folklore, art, and literature, you'll find no shortage of opportunities to be immersed in this corner of European culture.

Program Overview

Degree availability: Major/Minor

Years offered: 3 years

Contact: Marianne Stecher-Hansen
(marianne@uw.edu)

Course Information

Course Catalog (Danish)
Course Catalog (Scandinavian)

Modern Language Courses

  • DANISH 101/102/103: First-Year Danish
  • DANISH 201/202/203: Second-Year Danish
  • DANISH 411: Danish for Professionals

Literature

    • DANISH 310: Topics in Danish Short Prose
    • DANISH 311: Topics in Danish Literature and Culture
    • DANISH 312: Topics in the Danish Novel

Culture

  • SCAND 155: Danish Literary and Cultural History
  • SCAND 232: Hans Christian Andersen and the Fairy Tale Tradition
  • SCAND 270 A: Sagas of the Vikings
  • SCAND 335: Scandinavian Children’s Literature
  • SCAND 360:  Scandinavian Cinema
  • SCAND 427: Scandinavian Women Writers in English

Foreign Study

  • DANISH 199: Elementary Danish
  • DANISH 299: Intermediate Danish
  • DANISH 395: Danish Area Studies
  • DANISH 399: Topics in Danish Literature and Culture

Faculty Research

Publications

 

Other related research topics from faculty of Danish:

  • Aesthetics
  • Historiography
  • Media studies
  • Philosphy
  • Labor and literature
  • Postcolonialism
  • Memory studies

Global

  • Spoken by around 6 million people worldwide.
  • Official language in Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Learning

  • Danish uses a glottal stop (“stød”), a difficult sound, setting it apart from many other languages.

Culture & Diplomacy

  • Danish, a Scandinavian language, began developing into its modern form around the Viking Age.

Airplane IconTravel & Career

  • Denmark consistently ranks within top five countries to live in according to the World Happiness Report.
  • Opens doors to study abroad opportunities, scholarships, and careers in design and architecture, medicine, technology, and sustainability.

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Danish Homepage

  • Copenhagen buildings, river, and boats,

    Copenhagen buildings, river, and boats

  • Copenhagen view of plane and sunset between buildings,

    Copenhagen view of plane and sunset between buildings

  • Odense, Denmark. Brick street with house and trees.,

    Odense, Denmark. Brick street with house and trees.