Performing Arts Collections In The Nordic Countries

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This book offers the first English-language overview of Performing Arts Collections across the Nordic Countries, presenting a comprehensive register of archives, libraries, museums, theatres, and institutions preserving performing arts records.

An essential guide to Nordic performing arts archives and collections for scholars worldwide.

Published by the Nordisk Center for Teaterdokumentation, this volume serves as a detailed directory of institutions holding performing arts materials throughout the Nordic region. It not only lists these collections but also provides descriptions of their contents, alongside mentions of key educational institutions.

For those unfamiliar with Nordic languages, navigating these archives can be challenging. This publication aims to broaden access, making these rich resources more reachable for researchers around the globe.

Marking a milestone, this edition includes Greenland and The Faroe Islands for the first time in over 40 years of Nordic performing arts collection overviews, which were previously available only in Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. The performing arts heritage of these two territories has been underexplored, and their inclusion here hopes to boost scholarly recognition of their cultural histories within the wider Nordic context.

In today’s digital age, many records are available online or in digital formats. However, since web links often become outdated, the editorial team has chosen to provide links only to each institution’s main webpage. While not all institutions offer English-language websites, the detailed descriptions included are designed to help users navigate and access the collections more easily.

The editorial team behind this publication represents a broad Nordic collaboration, including Marjaana Launonen (Finland), Sigríður Jónsdóttir (Iceland), Benedikte Berntzen (Norway), Magnus Blomkvist and Rikard Larsson (Sweden), Birgit Kleist Pedersen (Greenland), and Anna Lawaetz (Denmark and The Faroe Islands).

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