Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) is a non-profit membership society with 400 members (1998) aiming to advance the study, teaching and research in America of the languages, literature, history, culture and society of the Scandinavian or Nordic countries

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

 and to foster closer relationships between people interested in the field of Scandinavian studies

Scandinavian studies

Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies that covers topics related to Scandinavia and the Nordic countries, including their languages, literature, history, culture and society, in countries other than these. As described in the article on Scandinavia, that name...

. The society was founded in 1911 and has its address at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

in Provo, Utah. It publishes the quarterly journal Scandinavian Studies (ISSN 0036-5637) and the newsletter SASS News and Notes (ISSN 0891-7477) and arranges an annual conference; the April 2010 conference in Seattle will mark its 100^th anniversary.