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Arctic Policies of the Nordic Countries

- Kat Hodgson

Approaches to the Arctic reveal wider geopolitical trends as well as the Nordic countries' domestic concerns.

Nordic Parental Leave Policy: The case of Iceland

- Ásdís A. Arnalds

Use-it-or-loose-it leave scheme for fathers was introduced in 2000 and has shaped parenting and policy ever since.

Iceland’s Constitutional Revision and the “New Constitution”

- Jón Ólafsson

The promise of political renewal that followed the country’s currency and economy collapsing has stalled in political quagmire.

Childcare Infrastructure in the Nordic Countries

- Yvette Lind

How key infrastructure can mitigate gender segregation in the labor market.

The Nordic Embassies in Berlin

A photo of a big square brown brick building. In the middle are a row of windows. In front of the building are many bikes.
- Architecture & design

The Nordic Embassies site in Berlin – 'Nordische Botshaften' – allows Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark to work closely together on shared…

Children’s Broadcasting in the Nordic Region, 1960-1990

- Helle Strandgaard Jensen

A comparison between the Nordic countries’ and the USA’s approach to the TV programme Sesame Street from 1960-1990.

Democracy in the Scandinavian 1990s

The Danish parliament "Christiansborg" viewed from a frog-eyed perspective with a blue sky in the background.
- Jesper Vestermark Køber

Nordic conceptions of democracy are challenged and change over time.

Populism and the growth of the radical right in the Nordic countries

- Anders Widfeldt

An overview of right-wing parties and political polarisation in the Nordic countries in the twenty-first century.

Freedom of the press in Iceland during the Napoleonic wars

A drawing of several people inside a house. A man is reading from a book, with a woman standing behind him, looking down on the book. Everyone is gathered around a fire, and several other people are both standing and sitting down, listening to the story.
- Margrét Gunnarsdóttir

An international current affairs publication in Iceland (Minnisverð tíðindi or Noteworthy News) ran for eight years at the turn of the nineteenth…

Nordic architecture: a continuing modernism, post-war to 2000

Inside of a church/a chapel, very white coloured. Looks quite closed with not much space since the walls on the sides are arching in.At the back theres an organ. There are also rows of benches to sit.
- Architecture & design

Since the Second World War, Nordic architecture has been informed by a dialogue between modernity and tradition and a sustained respect for local…

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