"Hygge, Health, and Happiness": In-Person Badger Talk in Mount Horeb, WI

This is a free, in-person event hosted on December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM CST by Mount Horeb Area Historical Society & Driftless Historium in Mount Horeb, WI. No registration necessary for this event.

What is hygge? And how does it relate to happiness and health? In this talk, Professor Andersen will introduce the concept of hygge, explain how it relates to the Scandinavian way of life, and show what Americans can learn from it.

Professor Andersen is a native Dane who came to Wisconsin in August 2017. He has been teaching in the field of Scandinavian Studies for more than 15 years at places like the University of Minnesota, UCLA, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Helsinki in Finland. He conducts research on Scandinavian culture, history, and literature. His current research focuses on the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard and his six-volume autobiography, My Struggle.

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