Scandinavist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: For the ideology, from Scandinav(ism) + -ist; in the meaning scholar of Scandinavian studies, Scandinav(ia) + -ist with analogy with earlier Romanist, Germanist, Anglist; likely reinforced by German Skandinavist.
Senses: examples: text: The "Scandinavist" movement aiming at greater intimacy between the three northern countries, made great progress during the war along political, scientific, and cultural lines and "Scandinavist" Congresses were held in each of the three capitals.
ref: 1919, Stockholm Office, European Bureau, Standard Statistics Co., “Scandinavian Cooperation”, in Standard Daily Trade Service, volume 9, Standard Statistics Company, page 145:
text: [The mål question] arose at a time when the Union with Sweden was already being severely criticized in Norway and it continued during the Scandinavist movement, which politically failed when neither Norway nor Sweden was willing to aid Denmark against Prussia and Austria in 1864.
ref: 1956, L. F. Smith, “The Language Debate in Norway”, in Books Abroad, volume 30, number 2, →DOI, page 169:
text: Another common stereotype links this characteristic to modern socialism, but actually, it dates back to monarchy, was endorsed by the Scandinavist movement in the 19th century and was naturally included in the social-democrat discourse in the 20th century.
ref: 2013, Nathalie Blanc-Noel, “Resolving the dilemma between equality and liberty: the Swedish political system”, in Eastern Journal of European Studies, volume 4, number 1, Iasi: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, →ISSN:
text: Here we see the pan-national or Scandinavist scope of the New Nordic Food Movement, which invites a new theory for understanding nationalism.
ref: 2019, Cecilia Cassinger, Andrea Lucarelli, Szilvia Gyimóth, editors, The Nordic Wave in Place Branding: Poetics, Practices, Politics, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 184:
text: Celebrating the establishment of the NC [Nordic Council], Hans Hedtoft argued that the Scandinavist movement had an unfortunately poor reputation as it was remembered particularly for its failure to produce a united Scandinavian kingdom or a more formal union.
ref: 2021, Jani Marjanen, Johan Strang, Mary Hilson, editors, Contesting Nordicness: From Scandinavianism to the Nordic Brand (Helsinki Yearbook of Intellectual History), volume 2, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Pertaining to Scandinavism.
examples: text: With him the pendulum is swinging away from the Germanist-Scandinavist tradition of the older generation as it is doing also in the University of Surrey [...]
ref: 1975, Elias Bredsdorff, editor, Scandinavica, volume 14, Academic Press, page 99:
text: The study will, of course, be valuable reading for those interested in Swedish orthography, and for the Scandinavist scholar, but certainly not only for them.
ref: 1998, Anne-Marie Andreasson, “Orthographic Codes and Code-Switching: A Study in 16th Century Swedish Orthography, by Alexander Zheltukhin [Book Review]”, in Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 97, number 4, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, →ISSN, page 614:
text: Nevertheless, despite the continuity in staff, the new structures resulted in increased attention being paid to modern Scandinavian literature, which accompanied the establishment of Scandinavist curricula.
ref: 2022, Roland Scheel, “Scandinavian Studies in Germany”, in Humanities, volume 11, number 4, Basel: MDPI, →DOI, page 88 (4):
qualifier: humanities
glosses: Pertaining to Scandinavian studies.
Related terms: Scandinavia
Scandinavian
Scandinaviansm
Scandinavian studies