Content on Finland

The Nordic experience is characterised by an upward spiral of development resulting from a close interconnection between a strong civil society and a…

Corporatism is about the influence of organisations and interest groups on policy making. The Nordic countries are societies with strong interest…

The Arctic Council was established in 1996 by the Ottawa Declaration with the intent of fostering “cooperation, coordination, and interaction between…

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…

The feminist movement that flourished in the Nordic countries during the 1970s had strong roots in anti-capitalist, socialist ideology. It was powered…

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

A member of the Finno-Ugric language group and thus related to Finnish, Sami consists of three branches, sufficiently different from each other to be…

Because of the emphasis on social planning and the strong state prevalent in the Nordic region throughout the twentieth century, the social sciences…

Linguistic minorities have existed for centuries, such as the Finns and Sami in Sweden. Since 1960s minority languages have often been associated with…