Culture

Founded in 1940, the Danish Cultural Institute aims to foster intercultural understanding both at home and abroad, and has branches in seven countries…

A comprehensive infrastructure caters to both domestic and foreign demand for outdoor activities in the Nordic countries, a demand resulting from…

With a low population density in all Nordic countries barring Denmark, nature has taken on a central feature of everyday life for many in the region.…

Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are among the few countries in the world that still permit limited whaling.

Second homes are used as holiday and weekend getaways in the Nordic countries by many people, not just the elite, probably due to widespread…

Even before Norway banned smoking in public arenas in 2004 and the other Nordic countries followed suit, the percentage of the population who smoke…

The Nordic mobile telephone network Nordisk MobilTelefoni (NMT) opened in 1981 quickly becoming the world’s largest until the early 2000s when it was…

Jantelov or the Law of Jante refers to a disdainful attitude to extraordinary achievements and is often mockingly used to exemplify unflattering…

The use of folk costumes is widespread in, for example, Åland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Sami areas and their social importance varies,…

Yoik is the native Sami musical expression which is reminiscent of singing. It has layers of meaning as it holds identity markers and was…