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Hydroelectricity is a significant source of energy particularly in Norway and Iceland. While Greenland has invested in hydroelectricity since 1990,…

Tax policy is a core instrument of public policy in the Nordic countries. Whilst popular media often criticise the high taxes in Nordic countries, the…

The Nordic region, or Norden, may be defined as consisting of the five sovereign states Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, plus the three…

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 principles and aims of the United Nations resonate in the Nordic countries, which are small welfare states with an appreciation of international…

There has been much more official involvement with the Nordic languages than with English. That is true even of the well-established Danish, Icelandic…

Quick overview:

• In Denmark the principal language is Danish, with about 5,750,000 speakers (in 2018), but varieties of German are spoken in…

The Nordic countries have a particular parliamentary culture characterised by consensus and working across party lines. Their parliaments remain…

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

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