Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Acknowledgments
Reader’s Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Bibliography
About the Authors
John Sundholm, who organized the production of this volume, is
professor in film studies at Karlstad University in Sweden. He has
written extensively on experimental cinema and is the co-author of
several books including A History of Swedish Experimental Film
Culture.
Isak Thorsen teaches film studies at the University of Copenhagen,
in Denmark. He has contributed to leading international journals
such as Journal of Scandinavian Cinema and Film History.
Lars Gustaf Andersson, also from Sweden, is professor in film
studies at Lund University. His main research interests are
experimental cinema and alternative production and distribution of
film. He is the other author of the book above.
Olof Hedling, also from Sweden, is associate professor in film
studies at Lund University. For some time, he has been working on
the phenomena of European film policy, regional film funds, and
regional film and television production. He is the co-editor of the
collection Regional Aesthetics: Locating Swedish Media.
Gunnar Iversen is professor in film studies at the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He has published
essays on film history, early cinema, and technology and several
books including co-authorship of Nordic National Cinema.
Birgir Thor Moller is an independent scholar and translator of
Icelandic literature as well as film curator at the North Atlantic
House in Copenhagen. He has written extensively on Icelandic cinema
and is also a contributor to Transnational Cinema in a Global
North: Nordic Cinema in Transition.
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have been the source
of some of the world’s greatest films, directors, actors, and
actresses. Including works like Ingmar Bergman’s haunting The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo, Scandinavian cinema dates back to 1897.
Five film studies professors have here combined their talents to
produce 400 cross-referenced entries covering the industry’s
people, films, themes, and studios. These are preceded by detailed
cinematic histories of each country and a list of acronyms and
followed by a detailed bibliography arranged by country and then by
topic.
*Library Journal (Reference)*
A welcome addition to the literature....Since the authors seek to
accommodate readers at all levels of familiarity with Scandinavian
film, the book serves as an excellent starting point as well as an
ongoing reference for further study.
*American Reference Books Annual*
Scandinavian cinema has a rich and varied history but, aside from a
handful of names and titles, is
relatively unknown in America. This dictionary of directors,
actors, films, genres, film companies, studios, and governmental
institutions associated with cinema in Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden attempts to remedy that. It includes a
chronology and detailed bibliography (though many of the cited
titles are not in English) and a 35-page introduction to provide
context....Most appropriate for academic and public libraries with
comprehensive film collections.
*Booklist*
[T]his is a very good single-volume introduction to the history of
Scandinavian cinema. Its passages are longer than dictionary
entries, shorter than encyclopedic essays, and more browser
friendly than either, making it well suited for general readers and
lower-division undergraduates.
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