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“Everyone speaks English”: on the use of English in the Nordic countries

five young people walking together and chatting in different languages
- Elizabeth Peterson

Proficiency in English is both widespread and high-level in the Nordic countries, and there are legitimate historical and socio-political reasons for…

Heritage languages in and from the Nordic Region

- Eeva Sippola

Maintaining the language and identity associated with heritage languages in the Nordic countries can be challenging: Official policies and economic…

The role of the autonomous territories in Nordic cooperation

Three flags, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Åland Islands
- Sara Kurki-Suonio

There are three autonomous regions in the Nordic countries: Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark, and the Åland Islands are part of…

Karl-August Fagerholm, 1901-1984

Black and white portrait of a man with glasses sitting in a chair in a suit
- Hanna Vehmas

One of the most influential figures in Finnish politics during the post-war period, Karl-August Fagerholm was a social democrat who served as a Prime…

How Nordic is Estonia?: An overview since 1991

A birds view of a european city
- Mauri Vidović

Given Estonia’s history and its geographical location, it is not surprising that it is an obvious trade and cultural partner for the Nordic countries.…

Red Norden: Scandinavian communist cooperation in the 1920s

- Andreas Hansen

The Scandinavian Communist Federation was the Nordic Communist Parties' attempt to establish a climate conducive to revolutionary movements in their…

The many faces of Nordic civil security cooperation

Blurred image of a health worker dressed in red running towards an air ambulance.
- Vilma Ristikangas

The Nordic countries collaborate around civil security in order to try to prevent and deal with disasters, accidents, crises and emergencies caused by…

Public opinion on the EU in Iceland since 1980

The logo of the EU
- Ragnar Auðun Árnason

Back in the 1980s and 90s, support for joining the European Union in Iceland was split into three, a bit like it is today: for, against and undecided.…

Overview of Nordic defence and security cooperation

The Saab Gripen E-series fighter jet in the Swedish Air Force livery.
- Aleksi Topias Tanttu

Post-war attempts to formalise Nordic security and defence cooperation in the late 1940s floundered and were overtaken by Norway, Denmark and Iceland…

The Three Kings Meeting in 1914

A photo card with the words 'Kungamötet i Malmö 18 Dec 1914' which means The Kings' meeting. There are three portraits next to each other of each the Kings along with their names. At the bottom, you can see the building in which they met.
- Alexandre Kubala

After World War I had been raging for six months and the pressure to choose a side was mounting, the kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden met to find a…

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