SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE

Scandinavian Culture

1. Society in general - what are your ideas on society as a whole? What is crucial?

The term society is used interchangeably to refer to communities of animals (ants, bees, monkeys) and humans. The essential difference between the animal and human societies is, beyond its complexity, the presence of culture as a feature of every human society. Although often used interchangeably, culture and society are two different concepts: the company refers to the group of persons while culture refers to all production and activity transmitted from generation to generation throughout history, including customs, languages, beliefs and religions, art, science, etc. Cultural diversity between different societies in the world is due to the cultural differentiation that humanity has experienced throughout history. This is mainly due to the regional factors, i.e., isolation and interaction between different societies (Saetre, Elvind, 2007).

By definition, human societies are entities population. Within the population, there is a relationship between the subjects (people), and environment, both perform common activities and this is what gives them their own identity. Otherwise, any society can be understood as a chain of knowledge from several areas, economic, political, cultural, sports and entertainment (Saetre, Elvind, 2007).

Societies are necessary for the survival of individuals and humans, as it can be perceived that no humans will be able to survive without the existence of a society. If a society does not exist the necessities of life will not be available, which in turn means that survival will not be possible (Olwig, Kenneth, 2005).

2. What function does nature have in Scandinavian culture?

Most of the Scandinavian languages (Danish in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Sweden, and Norwegian in Norway) are mutually intelligible. The Scandinavians may easily understand the languages of each of their neighbors as they appear daily in newspapers and are heard on radio and television. The Danish, the Swedish and Norwegian are traditionally seen as different languages, so they are more like dialects of a common language (Olwig, Kenneth, 2005). This language is related to other Germanic languages from the north, the Icelandic and Faroese descended from Old Norse. Since the middle Ages, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian have been influenced to varying degrees by the German. A substantial amount of this influence comes from economic activity managed by Hanses Germanophones (Saetre, Elvind, 2007).

The local architecture was subjected to the influence of French Gothic cathedrals evident in St. Knud (Odense), Roskilde, St. Olaf (Trondheim) and Uppsala. ...