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

A number of peace research institutes emerged in the Nordics from around 1960. They were initially seen as politically radical and interdisciplinary…

The internet facilitates social relations and participation in society in the Nordics which is a thinly populated region excepting Denmark. State…

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 Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl was internationally renowned for leading expeditions across vast oceans in rudimentary vessels.

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,…

Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø is well known in- and outside the Nordic region for his many books on crime, some of which have been adapted for film.

The scientific study of language form and meaning, including the specialised branch of runology, has been a prominent academic pursuit in the Nordics…