Northern Europe and the Atlantic World

Introduction: The historiography of slavery in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies, c. 1950-2016.

“…This lack of institutional framework means that research initiatives instead depend on the interest of individual historians. 20 Nevertheless, Denmark is presently witnessing more intense public debates about the implications of its colonial past for contemporary life-ways and politics. 21 Indeed, a recurrent debate about the need for an official recognition of Denmark's historical role as a slave trading and slaveholding nation highlights that these questions are contested and important for contemporary conceptions of Denmark's political development.…”