AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION
58 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016 www.amscan.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION IS A PUBLICLY-SUPPORTED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NORDIC COUNTRIES (DENMARK, FINLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY AND SWEDEN). ASF OFFERS FELLOWSHIPS, CULTURAL GRANTS, TRAINING/INTERNSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS REINFORCING THE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS, AND HONORING THEIR SHARED VALUES AS WELL AS APPRECIATING THEIR DIFFERENCES.

TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING WITH EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS OF FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, INTERN/TRAINEE SPONSORSHIP, PUBLISHING, EDUCATIONAL AND MEMBERSHIP OFFERINGS.

TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP - FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FROM THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION WERE AWARDED ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO AMERICANS FOR STUDY OR RESEARCH IN DENMARK, FINLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN AND TO SCANDINAVIANS IN THE U.S. AND RECOMMENDED BY ASF'S COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES. THE RECIPIENTS REPRESENTED A VERY BROAD RANGE OF FIELDS AND UNIVERSITIES AND WERE AT THE GRADUATE, POST-GRADUATE, OR PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. IN ADDITION, THE ASF MADE PUBLIC PROJECT GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO BRING SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE AND IDEAS TO VENUES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. OVER THE YEAR, THESE GRANTS SUPPORTED NORDIC PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STATES. THE TRAINING AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HELPS YOUNG SCANDINAVIANS AND AMERICANS RECEIVE PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS - SCANDINAVIA HOUSE CONTINUES TO BE A VITAL CENTER FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE FIVE NORDIC COUNTRIES. MORE THAN 250 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR. PUBLIC PROGRAMS INCLUDED WEEKLY SCREENINGS OF SCANDINAVIAN FILMS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, LANGUAGE CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.

PUBLICATIONS - THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION PUBLISHES VARIOUS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BOTH ONLINE AND IN PRINT.

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