Terje LeirenTerje Leiren is professor emeritus of Scandinavian Studies and History at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1977. A former president of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, he has publihed several books and numerous scholarly articles on Norwegian and Norwegian-American history and culture, including Marcus Thrane: A Norwegian Radical in America. Jan Sjåvik is professor emeritus of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1978. He is the author of several books and articles on Norwegian literature and literary theory, including the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Theater and Drama. Read More Read Less