The Master‘s thesis focuses on Scandinavian literature and analyses modern Scandinavian female novels. The beginning of the paper covers the history of Scandinavian literature, defines the ethical – esthetical human 'model' created by philosophers, artists and writers and describes the main trends and themes of their works.

The main aim of the thesis is to show the ethnic and esthetic level of 'Scandinavism' in a modern Scandinavian female novel. To achieve the aim it is essential to define the concept of 'Scandinavism', to describe Scandinavian literature in its cultural and social context, to define the ethical – esthetical human 'model' created by Scandinavian writers, to determine the discourse on values in a modern Scandinavian female novel, to show the relationship between 'Scandinavism' personality and personality in a modern Scandinavian female novel.

Analysis of modern Scandinavian female novels revealed that their central figure is man. It is a strong, northern, hardy, domineering, ambitious, charismatic personality similar to the one created by the Scandinavian writers and philosophers of the 19th century. Consequently, the ethnic and esthetic level of 'Scandinavism' formed in the 19th century influences the ethnic and esthetic attitudes in a modern Scandinavian female novel. Modern female writers find it important to write about true-life themes: family, human relationships, love for kin, for your country, sacrifice, achieving your aim, life stories of generations, life and death, suffering and mercy, eternal fear, immeasurable evil and inconceivable good, as well as social, moral and philosophical problems.

Raktažodžiai: modern Scandinavian novel, woman‘s world, personality‘s moral values, ethical-esthetical level of personality, sex