Mart Kuldkepp is a professor and researcher of Estonian and Nordic history at University College London, where he specializes in the political history of the Baltic and Nordic regions in the twentieth century. He has also translated numerous books, poetry and short stories, mainly from Icelandic and Old Icelandic into Estonian. He lives in London.

• PrefaceWhat Is Scandinavia?Prehistorical ScandinaviaThe Viking AgeThe Rise of StatehoodThe High Middle Ages: Centralization and EuropeanizationThe Late Medieval Crisis and the Kalmar UnionWars and Politics: 1500s–1600sThe Early Modern Period: Absolutism and ParliamentarianismEconomy, Trade and Colonialism in the 1700sThe Napoleonic Wars and the Swedish–Norwegian UnionRomantic Nationalism, Liberalism and ScandinavianismEconomic and Social Modernization: Late 1800s – Early 1900sModern Parliamentarism and the End of the Swedish–Norwegian UnionWorld War I: Neutrality and Political RenewalThe Interwar Period: Crisis and RecoveryWorld War II: Resistance and AcquiescenceThe Cold War and the Nordic BalanceThe Classic Era of the Welfare StateEuropean Integration and Post–Cold War TransitionPolitical Developments in the 1990s and 2000sNordic Cultural Exports and “Scandimania”Scandinavian Successes and FailuresAcknowledgmentsSelect BibliographyImage CreditsIndex

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