Labour markets

Emigration has been a part of population mobility in the Nordic region for centuries. The numbers were generally very small until the mid-nineteenth…

Along with their trade union counterparts, employer federations have been key players in the negotiation of nationwide agreements on wages and working…

Since the 1960s the Nordic countries have been renowned for their high level of gender equality as they have amongst the world’s highest employment…

The 'labour movement' refers to the network of political, industrial, voluntary, educational and recreational organisations with a socialist or labour…

Trade unions play a more important role in Nordic politics and economics than they do in most other countries. This is largely a result of their…

Solidaristic wage policy refers to the practice, noticeably carried out in Sweden during the 1950s, of limiting wages in the most profitable sectors…

National labour markets in the Nordic countries reflect trade union and Social Democratic principles of full employment and solidarity, while…