Ruth Solveig Hemstad

• Hemstad, Ruth (2026). Nærmere forbindelser: Transnasjonale foreninger og vedtektsfestet skandinavisk fellesskap i det lange 1800-tallet. In Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (Ed.), Foreningsvedtekter og sivilsamfunn etter 1800: Historiske og rettslige perspektiver. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253044903. p. 97–129. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2025). Historical narratives as political arguments: Leif Erikson as usable past in transatlantic perspective. In Hemstad, Ruth & Rasmussen, Terje (Ed.), Nordic Transatlantic Crossings : Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945. Routledge. ISSN 9781003682110. p. 129–149. doi: 10.4324/9781003682110-11. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The historical narrative of Leif Erikson as the first white discoverer of America in the year 1000 was a usable past for and a central element in the homemaking mythology of Norwegian and Scandinavian Americans. It made it possible to create a linkage between the Norse, freedom-loving and law-abiding society in the Viking age and the contemporary American democracy. This chapter examines how America’s Norse heritage was reinterpreted, disseminated and culturally recreated through a range of means by Norwegian Americans and the broader Scandinavian immigrant community, mainly from the 1870s to the 1930s. The Viking legacy could also serve as a usable past for the Protestant New England elite, seeing it as a counter-narrative to the southern European Catholic promotion of Columbus. The narrated and commemorated Norse past of America is an interesting example of boreal medievalism and provides an opportunity to position the Scandinavian diaspora in a hierarchical ethnoracial landscape of emerging importance in contemporary North America. It could also serve to strengthen transatlantic ties and identities. In this chapter, the Leif Erikson narrative is discussed in a transnational and transatlantic perspective, focusing on historical writings, the erection of monuments, Norwegian representation at the World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and the celebration of Leif Erikson Day until its initial breakthrough with the first, although singular, official national celebration in 1935 (annually marked since 1964).

• Hemstad, Ruth (2025). Leiv Eiriksson og oppdagerens rett. Historiebruk og minnekultur i transnasjonalt og transatlantisk perspektiv. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 24(1), p. 5–27. Full text in Research Archive
• Krake, Kristina & Hemstad, Ruth (2025). Labour Scandinavianism and cooperation of Nordic labour organisations. In Græger, Nina; Hemstad, Ruth; Nedergaard, Peter & Stadius, Peter (Ed.), Handbook of Nordic Cooperation. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781035319725. p. 128–139. doi: 10.4337/9781035319725.00019. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2025). Pragmatic Scandinavianism: cultural, scholarly and practical cooperation. In Græger, Nina; Hemstad, Ruth; Nedergaard, Peter & Stadius, Peter (Ed.), Handbook of Nordic Cooperation. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781035319725. p. 2–13. doi: 10.4337/9781035319725.00008. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2024). A Networked Scandinavia: Scandinavian Associations and Transnational Cooperation. In Engh, Sunniva; Hemstad, Ruth & Mordhorst, Mads (Ed.), Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800. Routledge. ISSN 9781032785165. p. 175–198. doi: 10.4324/9781003488286-13. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  A main feature of civil society development and the growth of associational life in the Nordic region is the comprehensive transnational cooperation within and across the region. This transnational experience, evolving since the late eighteenth century and expanding throughout the nineteenth century and beyond, included at times pan-national activistic elements related to Scandinavianism and Nordism. It facilitated the emergence and strengthening of regional identities and a sense of community and laid the ground for what became a widespread practice of Nordic cooperation. The rise, expansion—and setbacks—of this associational practice reflect contacts as well as confrontations between the Nordic neighbours. It is a history of regional and transnational developments with a global dimension and, furthermore, often accompanied and facilitated by a normative discourse. Not least, however, is the broader development of transnational associational ties driven by pragmatic and practical motivations and solutions. This chapter aims to map, categorize and suggest a taxonomy of important features of the historical formation of regional civil cooperation, mainly during the long nineteenth century. Of particular interest are inter-Nordic transnational associations and organizations that contributed to shape structural transnational relations, vital to the growth of what may be termed a networked region and a Nordic subsystem of civil society.

• Engh, Sunniva; Hemstad, Ruth & Mordhorst, Mads (2024). Introduction: Experiences of Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies. In Engh, Sunniva; Hemstad, Ruth & Mordhorst, Mads (Ed.), Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800. Routledge. ISSN 9781032785165. p. 1–12. doi: 10.4324/9781003488286-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter introduces central concepts of civil society and asks what may be seen as particularly Nordic about civil society in the region, and whether and how the Nordic countries stand out in terms of civil societies’ roles and impact. The chapter argues that civil society developments in the Nordic region from 1800 until today may be studied in relation to a pair of interconnected tensions. The first tension pertains to the cooperation but also competition between civil society and the state in the Nordic countries, while the second tension is found between the national boundaries imposed by states, and transnational civil societies of various kinds, which extend across the borders. These two dimensions—the close state–civil society nexus and civil society transnational encounters, are central to understanding Nordic civil societies, as are the blurred boundaries between civil society, the state and the market. Here, we also introduce the twelve chapters of the volume, which address and empirically examine Nordic experiences of civil society from different geographical, theoretical and chronological perspectives.

• Hemstad, Ruth (2024). Et større Norge. Landsmenn ute som nasjonal ressurs og utfordring i nordisk perspektiv. In Steine, Bjørn Arne; Brandal, Nikolai & Ottosen, Morten Nordhagen (Ed.), Fra Barks til Quisling. Festskrift til Øystein Sørensen. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282657297. p. 81–99. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). From Peace on the Scandinavian Peninsula to Nordic Peace. Geopolitical Rhetoric and Pan-Scandinavian Reconciliation. In Browning, Christopher S.; Lehti, Marko & Strang, Johan (Ed.), Nordic Peace in Question. A Region of and for Peace. Routledge. ISSN 9781003319115. p. 38–54. doi: 10.4324/9781003319115-4. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  ‘Peace on the Scandinavian Peninsula’ was the powerful geopolitical slogan utilised by the Swedish Crown Prince Charles John towards the Great Powers, as well as to a Norwegian audience, around 1814. He managed to secure diplomatic support for his contested plans of a Scandinavian Union, a restructuring of the Nordic region confirmed and concluded in Vienna. In spite of Norwegian opposition, the loose Swedish-Norwegian Union, 1814–1905, in fact contributed to decisively turning the region from a community of war to a region of peace. The backdrop of centuries of intra-Scandinavian warfare also played an important role in the pan-Scandinavian rhetoric of peace and reconciliation, although the second German-Danish war of 1864 put an end to Danish plans of a common union. Scandinavianism as a cultural project continued, however, to inspire closer Nordic cooperation. When the union broke up in 1905 through the peaceful means of negotiation, the old catchphrase of ‘Nordic peace’ was revitalised. The international political community was supportive of a peaceful solution, thus contributing to make the events of 1905 to the “first Nordic non-war”. The intra-Nordic peace, dating back to 1814, it is argued in this chapter, must be understood by taking both the broader international context and the pan-Scandinavian ideas of reconciliation during the nineteenth century into account.

• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). Emigrant Colonialism and Transnational Communities: Scandinavian Cultural Diplomacy through Nationals Abroad. In Cronqvist, Marie; Norén, Fredrik & Stjernholm, Emil (Ed.), Media Tactics in the Long Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISSN 9781032618326. p. 19–36. doi: 10.4324/9781032618326-3. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Shortly after 1905, cultural diplomacy organisations directed at emigrants and expatriates abroad were founded in the Scandinavian countries: the Norse Federation in Norway in 1907, the National Association for the Preservation of Swedishness Abroad in Sweden in 1908 and the Danish World Association in 1912. This chapter explores the relationship between the long-term strategy of strengthening the connections between the homeland and their nationals abroad, as defined by these organisations, and the tactical means employed in achieving these aims. Of special interest is publishing initiatives and the perceived role of journals as constituting the central link between nationals at home and abroad. Transnational journals, printed in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, respectively, were seen as central vehicles to achieve the overarching goal of building transnational communities across borders. National cultural and economic ‘colonies’ abroad could, it was argued, serve as hubs promoting national interests.

• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). An Inspiring Model from the Periphery. The Transnational Circulation of the Norwegian 1814 Constitution, Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer. ISSN 9781783277797. p. 201–219. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change.

• Hemstad, Ruth; Kaasa, Janicke Stensvaag; Krefting, Ellen Marie & Nøding, Aina (2023). Introduction, Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer. ISSN 9781783277797. p. 1–19. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change.

• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Organised into existence. Scandinavianism and pan-Scandinavian associations within and beyond the region. In Hemstad, Ruth & Stadius, Peter (Ed.), Nordic Experiences in Pan-nationalisms: A Reappraisal and Comparison, 1840-1940. Routledge. ISSN 9781032444444. p. 158–179. doi: 10.4324/9781003372202-12. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In developing and disseminating Scandinavian culture and identity, associations with pan-Scandinavian purposes and measures played an important role. Associations promoting a transnational cultural community were founded not only within the region but also beyond, among Scandinavians abroad, and may be seen as a means to organise Scandinavia into existence. This chapter examines this associational development driven by pan-Scandinavian ideas during the long nineteenth century. It will especially focus on associations founded abroad, their bonds to Scandinavia as an imagined homeland and the role of this associational life in the broader pan-Scandinavian discourse – not least connected to its culmination around 1905. This is essentially a history of a rise and fall − although also of new beginnings. The disputes concerning the Scandinavian associations abroad after 1905 led to an organisational reconfiguration along new (pan-)national lines, with cultural diplomacy organisations based in Sweden, Norway and later Denmark. The Scandinavian associational practices re-emerged, however, on a Nordic scale in the interwar period, especially within the region, continuing the associational construction of Norden as a transnational region.

• Hemstad, Ruth & Stadius, Peter (2023). Introduction: Scandinavianism and Nordism in a Europe of Pan-national Movements. In Hemstad, Ruth & Stadius, Peter (Ed.), Nordic Experiences in Pan-nationalisms: A Reappraisal and Comparison, 1840-1940. Routledge. ISSN 9781032444444. p. 1–18. doi: 10.4324/9781003372202-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This introduction reviews the history of Nordic pan-nationalism, from Scandinavianism to Nordic cooperation, in the broader context of contemporaneous European pan-national movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It further engages with existing and recent scholarly discussions of pan-nationalism and its relation to nation-building and region-building, and outlines the “low political” and civil society dimension of pan-national movements. Moreover, it briefly presents the contributions and the main lines of investigation.

• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2022). Literature as Auxiliary Forces: Scandinavianism, Pan-Scandinavian Associations and Transnational Dissemination of Literature. In Krogh, Sine; Mednick, Thor & Grand, Karina Lykke (Ed.), Culture and Conflict. Nation-Building in Denmark and Scandinavia, 1800-1930. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788772194349. p. 229–243. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2022). Promoting Norden and Nordic Cooperation in the 1930’s: Social Democratic Visions and Transmedial Manifestations. In Norén, Fredrik; Stjernholm, Emil & Thomson, C. Claire (Ed.), Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783031051715. p. 31–54. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_2. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The 1930s represent a pivotal period for reinventing and consolidating Norden as a distinct region, characterized by increasing inter-Nordic cooperation. This chapter examines how modern mass media, in particular radio, was combined with older communication channels, from public mass meetings to newspapers, posters and pamphlets, in successfully promoting and propagating Nordic ideas to broader segments of the population. Two interrelated transnational and transmedial events are of particular interest: The public meeting of the Scandinavian social democratic leaders in Copenhagen in 1934 and the massive and spectacular celebration of Nordic Day 27 October 1936. This manifestation of Nordic cooperation was a joint effort by the Social Democratic parties, building on a longer tradition of what was termed labour Scandinavianism and the transnational network of the Norden Associations.

• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2022). Scandinavian Sympathies and Nordic Unity: The Rhetoric of Scandinavianness in the Nineteenth Century. In Marjanen, Jani; Strang, Johan & Hilson, Mary (Ed.), Contesting Nordicness. From Scandinavianism to the Nordic Brand. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110735017. p. 35–57. doi: 10.1515/9783110730104-003. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2021). Organizational Scandinavianism Abroad: Literature, Sociability, and Pan-Scandinavian Associational Life in German-speaking Europe 1842–1912. Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik. ISSN 0933-4009. 31, p. 281–305. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2021). ’En skandinavisk Nationalitet’ som litterært prosjekt: 1840-årenes transnasjonale offentlighet i Norden. In Bohlin, Anna Mariana & Stengrundet, Elin (Ed.), Nation som kvalitet. Smak, offentligheter och folk i 1800-talets Norden. Alvheim og Eide Akademisk forlag. ISSN 9788293690085. p. 311–332. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (2019). Frie ord i Norden? Offentlighet, ytringsfrihet og medborgerskap i Norden, 1814-1914. In Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (Ed.), Frie ord i Norden? Offentlighet, ytringsfrihet og medborgerskap 1814-1914. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253041179. p. 11–35. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2019). Nordisk offentlighet etter 1814. Grenser og grenseoverskridelser. In Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (Ed.), Frie ord i Norden? Offentlighet, ytringsfrihet og medborgerskap 1814-1914. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253041179. p. 59–86. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). The United Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden and the United Kingdom ofthe Netherlands 1814-1830: Comparative perspectives on politics of amalgamation and nation building. Scandinavica - An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies. ISSN 0036-5653. 58(2), p. 76–97. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2019). I ‘Tidens Fylde’. Panskandinaviske publisister og transnasjonale tidsskrifter. In Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie Bjorvand; Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Nøding, Aina & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Ed.), Litterære verdensborgere: Transnasjonale perspektiver på norsk bokhistorie 1519–1850. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISSN 9788279654148. p. 377–404. Full text in Research Archive
• Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie Bjorvand; Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Nøding, Aina & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (2019). Transnasjonale perspektiver på norsk bokhistorie 1519-1850. In Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie Bjorvand; Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Nøding, Aina & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Ed.), Litterære verdensborgere: Transnasjonale perspektiver på norsk bokhistorie 1519–1850. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISSN 9788279654148. p. 10–27. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Writing Scandinavianism. The Public Sphere and the Scandinavianist Movement, 1815-48. In Broers, Michael; Caiani, Ambrogio & Bann, Stephen (Ed.), A History of the European Restorations. Culture, Society and Religion.. Bloomsbury Academic. ISSN 9781788318051. p. 119–129. doi: 10.5040/9781788318068.ch-010. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). The Congress of Vienna and the Scandinavian Press. In Olechowski, Thomas; Mazohl, Birgitte & Schneider, Karin (Ed.), Der Wiener Kongress 1814/1815. Vol I: Internationale Politik. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISSN 9783700181828. p. 87–94. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2018). ’Skandinavismens’ tilkomst som samtidig og omstridt begrep. In Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Møller, Jes Fabricius & Thorkildsen, Dag (Ed.), Skandinavismen. Vision og virkning.. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788740831214. p. 21–43. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Thorkildsen, Dag & Møller, Jes Fabricius (2018). Skandinavismen som visjon og påvirkningskraft. In Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Møller, Jes Fabricius & Thorkildsen, Dag (Ed.), Skandinavismen. Vision og virkning.. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. ISSN 9788740831214. p. 9–20. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). The Propaganda War Regarding the Cession of Norway to Sweden, 1813‒1814. Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era. ISSN 0093-2574. 2014, p. 108–127. Full text in Research Archive

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• Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (2026). Foreningsvedtekter og sivilsamfunn etter 1800: Historiske og rettslige perspektiver. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253044903. 301 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth & Rasmussen, Terje (2025). Nordic Transatlantic Crossings : Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945. Routledge. ISBN 9781003682110. 246 p. doi: 10.4324/9781003682110. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Adopting a broad and transnational Nordic approach, this book highlights the interconnected, transatlantic and reciprocal processes of migration and democracy with Nordic crossings. It illuminates the connections, challenges and the broader democratic context, of transatlantic crossings of various kinds and explores the intertwined practises and experiences of Nordic mass migration and American democracy. By examining episodes, reflections and trends related to inter-Atlantic encounters that challenged established norms and policies, the book brings fresh insight into the significance of transatlantic connections at certain moments in time and helps describe the development of a transatlantic public sphere and a transcultural space. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of Nordic and Scandinavian studies, American-Scandinavian studies, North American history, political theory, history of political ideas, migration studies, and more broadly to history, political science, political sociology, and literature.

• Græger, Nina; Hemstad, Ruth; Nedergaard, Peter & Stadius, Peter (2025). Handbook of Nordic Cooperation. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781035319725. 390 p. doi: 10.4337/9781035319725. Full text in Research Archive
• Engh, Sunniva; Hemstad, Ruth & Mordhorst, Mads (2025). Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800. Routledge. ISBN 9781032785165. 296 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth; Kaasa, Janicke Stensvaag; Krefting, Ellen Marie & Nøding, Aina (2023). Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781783277797. 330 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change.

• Hemstad, Ruth & Stadius, Peter (2023). Nordic Experiences in Pan-nationalisms: A Reappraisal and Comparison, 1840-1940. Routledge. ISBN 9781032444444. 288 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This book seeks to reassess and shed new light on pan-nationalisms in general and on Scandinavianism/Nordism in particular, by seeing them as possible futures and as interconnected ideas and practices across and beyond Europe. An actor- and practice-oriented approach is applied at the expense of more essentialist categorisations of what pan-nationalism is, or is not, to underline both the synchronic and diachronic diversity of various pan-national movements. A range of expert international scholars discuss encounters, transfers, similarities and diferences among pan-movements in Norden and Europe based on a broad empirical material, focusing on Scandinavianism/Nordism, pan-Slavism, pan-Turanism, pan-Germanism and Greater Netherlandism, and the position of Britishness in Great Britain.

• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Den dansk-norske skilsmisse 1814. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. ISBN 9788775970735. 100 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie Bjorvand; Hemstad, Ruth Solveig; Nøding, Aina & Rønning, Anne Birgitte (2019). Litterære verdensborgere: Transnasjonale perspektiver på norsk bokhistorie 1519–1850. Nasjonalbiblioteket. ISBN 9788279654148. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (2019). Frie ord i Norden? Offentlighet, ytringsfrihet og medborgerskap 1814-1914. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253041179. 492 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (2026). Introduksjon: Vedtekter, normer og sivilsamfunn på 1800-tallet. In Hemstad, Ruth & Michalsen, Dag (Ed.), Foreningsvedtekter og sivilsamfunn etter 1800: Historiske og rettslige perspektiver. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253044903. p. 9–25. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth; Engh, Sunniva; Saxi, Håkon Lunde & Rom-Jensen, Byron Zachary (2026). Nordisk samarbeid: Historiske erfaringer, kritisk samtid. doi: https:/www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/konferanser/2026/norske-historiedager-2026.html. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sesjon. Ordstyrer: Sunniva Engh (UiO/IAKH) Innlegg 1: Ruth Hemstad (NB/IAKH): Nordisk samarbeid og skandinavisme: En sammenfiltret og ambivalent historie Innlegg 2: Sunniva Engh (UiO/IAKH): Felles nordisk bistand: Vekst og fall 1960−1989 Innlegg 3: Håkon Lunde Saxi (Forsvarets høgskole): Nordisk forsvarssamarbeid: Makter Norden å stå sammen? Innlegg 4: Byron Z. Rom-Jensen (UiO/IAKH): Nordic financial cooperation: the Nordic Investment Bank

• Nørgaard, Anne Engelst; Hemstad, Ruth & Ottosen, Morten Nordhagen (2025). Skandinavisme og nordisk samarbeid – Basta 2025 - Litteraturhuset i Trondheim. doi: https:/litteraturhusetitrondheim.no/studio/skandinavisme-og-nordisk-samarbeid-basta-2025/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Norden og nordisk samarbeid er igjen på dagsordenen, både på politisk nivå og innen forskningen. De siste årene har det blitt utgitt flere bøker som fremhever skandinavismens betydning, både som politisk unionsprosjekt på 1800-tallet og som kulturell impuls for et praktisk samarbeid som strekker seg fram til vår tid. I denne samtalen trekker historikerne og forfatterne Ruth Hemstad og Morten Nordhagen Ottosen linjene fra 1800-tallets skandinavisme til dagens nordiske samarbeid. Interessen for det felles nordiske har alltid gått i bølger og ikke minst blitt påvirket av internasjonale forhold, der ytre trusler har styrket samholdet i Norden. Hvorfor har kulturelt og praktisk skandinavisk samarbeid historisk sett framstått som vellykket, mens forsøk på politisk integrasjon og militært samarbeid har vært mislykket? I hvilken grad foranlediget skandinavismen dagens nordiske samarbeid, og hvorvidt er dagens sikkerhetspolitiske situasjon en mulighet eller en ulempe for et nordisk samarbeid?

• Guttormsen, Torgrim Sneve; Sjåstad, Øystein; Hemstad, Ruth & Tromp, Carline Anna Marije (2025). Leiv Eiriksson: myten om den hvite mannen i Amerika. doi: https:/www.nb.no/hva-skjer/leiv-eiriksson-myten-om-den-hvite-mannen-i-amerika/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Den 9. oktober er Leif Erikson Day i USA, og denne dagen proklameres hvert år av den amerikanske presidenten. Dagen ble etablert som nasjonal merkedag i 1964 og er en festdag for amerikanere med nordisk opphav. Interessen for Leiv Eiriksson strekker seg fra middelalderen og frem til dag. Den politiske bruken av fortellingen om ham har fått mye oppmerksomhet – her hjemme og i USA. Christian Krohgs maleri «Leiv Eiriksson oppdager Amerika» (1893) og maleriets kolonialistiske historie ble senest diskutert i avisspaltene i 2023 etter uttalelser fra Nasjonalmuseets daværende samlingsdirektør Stina Högkvist. I denne samtalen skal vi bli klokere på hvorfor fortellingen om oppdageren Leiv Eiriksson har blitt så viktig. Myten om vikingen kommer til uttrykk i alt fra minnesmonumenter til lekeplasser og festivaler, og fungerer som identitet for mange norskamerikanere. Historiker Ruth Hemstad, kunsthistoriker Øystein Sjåstad og arkeolog og kulturminneforsker Torgrim Guttormsen har valgt seg ut et bilde hver, av propaganda, et sted eller et kunstverk som på ulike måter belyser tolkinger og bruk av historien om Leiv Eiriksson. Ordstyrer er journalist og forfatter Carline Tromp.

• Hemstad, Ruth & Rasmussen, Terje (2025). Introduction: Emigration, interaction and democracy in a Scandinavian-American perspective. In Hemstad, Ruth & Rasmussen, Terje (Ed.), Nordic Transatlantic Crossings : Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945. Routledge. ISSN 9781003682110. p. 1–12. doi: 10.4324/9781003682110-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This introductory chapter discusses the general aspects of transatlantic encounters related to the massive emigration from the Nordic countries, particularly Norway and Sweden, and how migration and the increasing traveling across the Atlantic created numerous ties, influencing both the new and the old worlds. Of particular interest is the emerging American democracy, not only representing new possibilities and a model of inspiration but also causing debates and criticism. The multidimensional transatlantic experiences, networks and encounters, it is argued, have influenced the Nordic countries in several interrelated and often underexplored ways. This chapter positions the volume within a broader and expanding field of transatlantic and transnational research literature and also gives an outline of the chapters in this volume.

• Guttormsen, Torgrim Sneve; Sjåstad, Øystein; Hemstad, Ruth & Tromp, Carline Anna Marije (2025). Leiv Eiriksson: myten om den hvite mannen i Amerika | Nasjonalbiblioteket. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Den 9. oktober er Leif Erikson Day i USA, og denne dagen proklameres hvert år av den amerikanske presidenten. Dagen ble etablert som nasjonal merkedag i 1964 og er en festdag for amerikanere med nordisk opphav. Interessen for Leiv Eiriksson strekker seg fra middelalderen og frem til dag. Den politiske bruken av fortellingen om ham har fått mye oppmerksomhet – her hjemme og i USA. Christian Krohgs maleri «Leiv Eiriksson oppdager Amerika» (1893) og maleriets kolonialistiske historie ble senest diskutert i avisspaltene i 2023 etter uttalelser fra Nasjonalmuseets daværende samlingsdirektør Stina Högkvist. I denne samtalen skal vi bli klokere på hvorfor fortellingen om oppdageren Leiv Eiriksson har blitt så viktig. Myten om vikingen kommer til uttrykk i alt fra minnesmonumenter til lekeplasser og festivaler, og fungerer som identitet for mange norskamerikanere. Historiker Ruth Hemstad, kunsthistoriker Øystein Sjåstad og arkeolog og kulturminneforsker Torgrim Guttormsen har valgt seg ut et bilde hver, av propaganda, et sted eller et kunstverk som på ulike måter belyser tolkinger og bruk av historien om Leiv Eiriksson. Ordstyrer er journalist og forfatter Carline Tromp.

• Græger, Nina; Hemstad, Ruth; Nedergaard, Peter & Stadius, Peter (2025). Preface. In Græger, Nina; Hemstad, Ruth; Nedergaard, Peter & Stadius, Peter (Ed.), Handbook of Nordic Cooperation. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781035319725. p. xi–xii. doi: 10.4337/9781035319725.fm6. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2024). Scandinavianism in the 19th Century. nordics.info. ISSN 2597-016X. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2024). Skandinavismen i det 19. århundrede. nordics.info. ISSN 2597-016X. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). «Da 17.mai ble ulovlig: - Flere ble skadet». [Journal]. https://forskning.no/. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). “Sveriges nøytralitet, hvor stammer den fra?”. [Journal]. NRK-P2. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). “The Events of 1814: A Scandinavian and European Story”. nordics.info. ISSN 2597-016X. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2024). «Nasjonens hukommelse digitaliseres – hva gjør historikerne?». Historikeren. ISSN 1891-6600. 1, p. 24–28. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Introduction of Book panel: Nordic Experiences in Pan-nationalisms: A Reappraisal and Comparison, 1840−1940. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Den svære dansk-norske skilsmisse i 1814. "Politiken". København.. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). ’Et større Norge’. Nordmands-Forbundet i nordisk og internasjonalt perspektiv. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Scandinavianism and the Rhetoric of Scandinavianness in the Nineteenth Century. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Fra union og krig til skandinavisme og samarbeid, 1319-1919. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Den dansk-norske skilsmisse i 1814. Danmarkshistorie.dk. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2023). Fra skilsmisse til skandinavisk forsoning. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2022). Tim van Gerven: Scandinavism. Overlapping and Competing Identities in the Nordic World, 1770–1919. Scandia: Tidsskrift för historisk forskning. ISSN 0036-5483. 89(2). Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2022). Hverken union eller undergang. Nordisk Tidskrift för vetenskap, konst och industri. ISSN 0029-1501. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2022). Skandinavismen og konstruksjonen av Norden. Minervanett. p. 43–47. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2021). Drømmen om Norden. [Radio]. Ekko, NRK P2 . Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2021). Skandinaviske diasporaforeninger og sammenbruddet etter 1905. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth Solveig (2021). Et større Skandinavia: Skandinaviske foreninger i og utenfor Norden i det lange 1800-tallet. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2021). Slaget på Stortorvet. [Internet]. Nasjonalbiblioteket Gamle Greier (podcast). Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2021). Skandinavisme og skandinaviske sympatier. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2021). Nordic associations within and beyond the Nordic region: Transnational cooperation, pan-national ideas and civil society in the 19th century. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth & Carbone, Elettra (2020). Foreword. Scandinavica - An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies. ISSN 0036-5653. 54(2), p. 5–10. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2020). "Sverige balancerer på kanten af det nordiske fællesskab". [Journal]. Kristeligt Dagblad. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2020). Hvorfor lyktes det ikke å samle Norden/Skandinavia? Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2020). Fra storebror til utestengt. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2020). “Nordiske Riger” og “Skandinaviske Symphatier”. Begrepsendring og adjektivhistorie belyst gjennom digital fjern- og nærlesing. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2020). Norwegian professors weigh in: Why do we say “Scandinavia” and the “Nordics”? [Journal]. Norway Today. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Nordens fælles, frie svaneflugt fylder 100 år. [Journal]. Kristeligt Dagblad. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Litteratur og skandinavisk nasjonalitet. Skandinaviske foreninger, litterære forbindelser og utveksling over landegrensene. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Scandinavianism, transnational dissemination of literature and the role of Scandinavian associations - a German-Scandinavian perspective. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Studio 2: Intervju om foreningene Norden. [Radio]. NRK P2. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Kampen om Norden. [Journal]. Apollon. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Skandinavisk enhet gjennom nordiske foreninger. Transnasjonalt sivilsamfunn i og utenfor Norden. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Ludvig Kristensen Daa og den panskandinaviske bevegelsen. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Frie ord i Norden? Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Negotiating Scandinavian identity: Scandinavianism and the transnational dissemination of literature. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Nordic Cooperation and Civil Society: 19th C. Experiences in a European Context. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2019). Nordic associations within and beyond the Nordic region: Transnational cooperation, pan-national ideas and civil society in the 19th century. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Political Utopia and Associational Mania. Pan-Scandinavian Visions of Political Representation in the 1830s and 1840s. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Images of the mundane North. Samuel Laing’s political travel accounts on Norway and Sweden in a transnational perspective. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Skandinavismens ambisjoner og grenser 1843–1918. Island og skandinavismen. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Skandinavisk offentlighet? Nasjonale grenser, transnasjonale muligheter etter 1814. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth; Larsen, Eirinn & Hommerstad, Marthe (2018). Framtidens historie. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth; Larsen, Eirinn & Hommerstad, Marthe (2018). Framtidens historie. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Bokanmeldelse: «Allmenningen. Historien om norsk offentlighet. Red. Jostein Gripsrud». Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 97(4), p. 352–356. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Amalgamation, unification and national identities. Comparing the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden, 1814-1830. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Kampen om "Skandinavien". Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 54–64. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Images of ‘Scandinavia’ and ‘the Nordic’ in textbooks and maps after 1814”. Session: National and Nordic Narratives – Tensions and Transfers in Nineteenth Century Scandinavian Schools. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth; Roos, Merethe & Edgren, Henrik (2018). "Nordisk utdanningshistorie 1814-1905". Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2052. 102(2), p. 97–100. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2987. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Fra Skandinaviens til Nordens historie – nasjonens historie og geografi i transnasjonal skoleoffentlighet. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Mapping Scandinavia – transnational symbolic and conceptual struggles in the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Nordic Unity’ and ‘the Scandinavian Idea’ – Nordic and Scandinavian as Rhetorical Concepts in the Nineteenth Century. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Images and narratives of Scandinavia and Scandinavianism. Competing national aspirations in mid-19tC Scandinavian countries. Full text in Research Archive
• Hemstad, Ruth (2018). Natural borders and national tensions – descriptions of Scandinavia in textbooks and maps after 1814. Full text in Research Archive

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