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The term wage earner fund refers to different models of redistributing profit amongst workers of individual employers or sectors. It is often…

From a global point of view, few people speak the Nordic languages. Translation is therefore an everyday necessity for many Nordic people who do…

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…

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…

Playwrights Kent Andersson and Bengt Bratt were instrumental in developing group theatre, an anti-establishment genre promoting radical social…