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Nordic Studies Guide: Film

About This Guide

This guide offers resources on Scandinavian film, including books, articles, and online materials covering the region’s rich cinematic history. From classic Nordic cinema to contemporary directors, it provides insights into key films, themes, and cultural influences in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian filmmaking.

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Finding Films at UIUC

The Main Stacks Media Collection has films in many different Scandinavian languages, including Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish.

To find them,  use the following search strategies.

1. Use the library catalog's Advanced Search and search by subject. To locate Scandinavian films, search for Motion Pictures, X as subject, replacing X with the desired language, e.g., Motion Pictures, Danish.

2. Search for the particular country or language as a keyword (e.g., Norway). In the language box, select the language of the film you are interested in (for instance, Norwegian). This will narrow your search results to only items in Norwegian. Then, use the "Material Type" drop-down menu to select Video/Film.

Example subject searches:

  • Motion pictures -- Swedish
  • Motion pictures --Swedish --History --20th century
  • Motion pictures --Social aspects --Danish
  • Motion pictures --Political aspects --Norwegian

Explore the rest of this page for examples of relevant films held by the library.

Scandinavian Cinema: General Resources

Books at UIUC

Resources on the Web

Prominent Scandinavian Film Directors

Additional Links

Norway

Iceland

Additional UIUC Resources

Film/Video Databases

Sweden

Finland

Denmark