Each year, the Brittingham Viking Organization (BVO) invites students from UW-Madison to study abroad at universities in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and welcomes Scandinavian students from these countries to study at UW-Madison. For over 70 years, the BVO’s cultural exchange program has provided unique study abroad experiences and welcomed scholars into its active alumni organization. The BVO is recognized by UW-Madison as an independent scholarship program. 

The BVO offers study abroad opportunities for UW-Madison students during the spring and summer semesters. ​

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• During the spring semester, the BVO sends one student each to Finland, Sweden, and Denmark, for a total of three scholarship opportunities. Click here to learn more about the spring semester opportunities.
   

• During the summer semester, the BVO sends three students to the International Summer School in Oslo, Norway. Click here to learn more about the summer opportunities.

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All scholarships are designed to cover housing, tuition/program fees, roundtrip flights to Scandinavia, visas, insurance, and a generous living and travel stipend. Scholars travel together around the Nordic countries to visit Viking alumni and celebrate cultural holidays. 

All our scholars become lifelong members of our alumni network consisting of around 500 scholarship recipients from the last seven decades. Our alumni serve as a valuable support system for our scholars while they are abroad and can provide connections for academic and professional opportunities during and after the scholarship period has ended. The people you meet might become your lifelong friends, and the social, academic, and professional contacts you gain make the Brittingham Viking Organization unique. 

Hear a testimonial in the video below from past scholars.