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Pictures that demonstrates how to say Norden/Nordic using signlanguage

16 February 2022 - Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen

Sweden was the first country in the world to recognise deaf people as bilingual in 1979, and the other Nordic countries eventually followed suit. But…

Three flags, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Åland Islands

11 February 2022 - Sara Kurki-Suonio

There are three autonomous regions in the Nordic countries: Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of Denmark, and the Åland Islands are part of…

Black and white portrait of a man with glasses sitting in a chair in a suit

10 January 2022 - Hanna Vehmas

One of the most influential figures in Finnish politics during the post-war period, Karl-August Fagerholm was a social democrat who served as a Prime…

28 December 2021 - Mauri Vidović

Given Estonia’s history and its geographical location, it is not surprising that it is an obvious trade and cultural partner for the Nordic countries.…

15 December 2021 - Andreas Hansen

The Scandinavian Communist Federation was the Nordic Communist Parties' attempt to establish a climate conducive to revolutionary movements in their…

Blurred image of a health worker dressed in red running towards an air ambulance.

23 November 2021 - Vilma Ristikangas

The Nordic countries collaborate around civil security in order to try to prevent and deal with disasters, accidents, crises and emergencies caused by…

11 November 2021 - Ragnar Auðun Árnason

Back in the 1980s and 90s, support for joining the European Union in Iceland was split into three, a bit like it is today: for, against and undecided.…

The Saab Gripen E-series fighter jet in the Swedish Air Force livery.

27 October 2021 - Aleksi Topias Tanttu

Post-war attempts to formalise Nordic security and defence cooperation in the late 1940s floundered and were overtaken by Norway, Denmark and Iceland…

A photo card with the words 'Kungamötet i Malmö 18 Dec 1914' which means The Kings' meeting. There are three portraits next to each other of each the Kings along with their names. At the bottom, you can see the building in which they met.

30 September 2021 - Alexandre Kubala

After World War I had been raging for six months and the pressure to choose a side was mounting, the kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden met to find a…

30 August 2021 - Carolin Schütze

Working with migrants can challenge the usual expectations and routines of the workforce in welfare institutions. Bureaucrats respond differently…

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Signed languages in the Nordic countries

The role of the autonomous territories in Nordic cooperation

Karl-August Fagerholm, 1901-1984

How Nordic is Estonia?: An overview since 1991

Red Norden: Scandinavian communist cooperation in the 1920s

The many faces of Nordic civil security cooperation

Public opinion on the EU in Iceland since 1980

Overview of Nordic defence and security cooperation

The Three Kings Meeting in 1914

Workplace challenges in a shifting world

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