IDR806-002 The Nordic Sports Models (Autumn 2026)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2.5
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
- Campus:
- Molde
- Course Leader:
- Solveig Straume
- Teaching language:
- English
- Study level:
- {code=HN, name=Second degree level}
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Contents
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the so-called Nordic sport models.
The aim of the course is to develop knowledge on the characteristic way of organizing sports in the Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The course will help students to understand and critically discuss contemporary issues concerning political, administrative, and financial aspects of Scandinavian sport organizations on local, regional, national, and international level. Students will learn about the application of organization theories in order to understand how the respective nation’s sport system affect child sport, youth sport and elite sport. Throughout the week, the students will develop an ability to map the most important stakeholders of Scandinavian sports, their roles, and their opportunities to influence sport policy and practice. During the course, the students will be tasked to reflect on prominent concepts such as volunteerism, representative democracy,systemic governance, and integrity management.
The seminar is one week long (Monday to Friday), and is followed by a written exam.
Detailed seminar topics and outline will be available in due course before the seminar.
The course is connected to the following study programs
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| IDR806 – Contemporary Issues in Sport Management. | 2.5 |
The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam
Completing this course the students are expected to be able to:
- Describe and understand the political structures governing voluntary,non-profit and membership-based club sport in Scandinavia.
- Recognize the fundamental organizing principles of voluntary, non-profit and membership-based club sport in Scandinavia.
- Critically assess key governance phenomena in voluntary, non-profit and membership-based club sport in Scandinavia and their implications for sport federations, sport clubs, and participants
Forms of teaching and learning
One-week seminar worth 2,5 ECTS given by internal and/or external experts.
The course will be taught through lectures, seminars, discussions, and student presentations and will involve a number of case studies. During the course, there will be time dedicated to the preparation of the assignment. Students are expected to engage during the lectures, seminars, and tasks-in-class
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Mandatory coursework: Attendance for teaching
- Courseworks given:
- Courseworks required:
- Presence: Required
- Comment: Attendance to all seminars is compulsory
- Mandatory coursework: Assignment(s)
- Courseworks given: 3
- Courseworks required: 3
- Presence: Required
- Comment: In each seminar there will be group and/or individual course work (not graded). Participation/contribution to the in-class course work is mandatory as it constitute a prerequisite for taking the exam.
Exam
- Form of assessment: Classroom/school exam
- Proportion: 100%
- Duration: 2 hours
- Grouping: Individual
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: -