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In the Nordic region

Kaius Tuori (NES): The Theory and Practice of Indigenous Dispossession in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Saami in the Far North of Europe and the Legal History of Colonialism. Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Ulrik P Gad (Copenhagen): Postimperial Sovereignty Games in the Nordic Region. Janne Holmen (Sodertorn): A Small Separate Fatherland of Our Own: Regional History Writing and Regional Identity on Islands in the Baltic Sea. Thomas Ugelvik (Oslo): “Be a Man. Not a Bitch”: Snitching, the Inmate Code and the Narrative Reconstruction of Masculinity in a Norwegian Prison. The two faces of extremism: Hugh Eakin reviews One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad (and more), Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia by Sindre Bangstad, and A Norwegian Tragedy: Anders Behring Breivik and the Massacre on Utoya by Aage Borchgrevink. Ben Teitelbaum on rap, reggae, and white minoritization in Nordic radical nationalism. A Norwegian man got fined for not keeping his promise to murder someone. The introduction to Small States and Status: Seeking Norway’s Quest for Higher Standing, ed. Benjamin de Carvalho and Iver B. Neumann. Did the Vikings get a bum rap? Yale historian Anders Winroth wants us to rethink the terrible tales about the Norse. Northern lights: Do the Scandinavians really have it all figured out? You can download Perceptions and Strategies of Arcticness in sub-Arctic Europe, ed. Andris Spruds and Toms Rostoks.