Old Icelandic, 7.5 credits

Academic year 2023/2024

  • Autumn 2023, 50%, Campus

    Start date: 30 October 2023

    End date: 14 January 2024

    Application deadline: 17 April 2023

    Application code: UU-55608 Application

    Language of instruction: Swedish

    Location: Uppsala

    Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)

    Registration: 16 October 2023 – 29 October 2023

  • Spring 2024, 50%, Campus

    Start date: 25 March 2024

    End date: 2 June 2024

    Application deadline: 16 October 2023

    Application code: UU-05608 Application

    Language of instruction: Swedish

    Location: Uppsala

    Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)

    Registration: 11 March 2024 – 24 March 2024

Entry requirements: 22,5 credits in language subject

Fees:

If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.

Application fee: SEK 900

Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 11,250

Tuition fee, total: SEK 11,250

About the course

Love, poetry, adventure - the Icelandic sagas have it all. The Old Icelandic language provides access to Scandinavia's possibly greatest contribution to world literature: the Icelandic sagas, the Prose Edda and the Eddic poems. This course provides an introduction to Old Icelandic and the saga literature.

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Contact

Department of Scandinavian Languages

Thunbergsvägen 3L, hus 16, plan 2 Institutionen för nordiska språk

Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk, Box 527, 751 20 UPPSALA

Telephone: 018-471 1271

Email: info@nordiska.uu.se

Study Counsellor

Email: studievagledningen@nordiska.uu.se

Telephone: +46 18 471 12 76