COVID-19 triggered the most severe economic crisis ever in the Nordic countries – but also the shortest Researchers have studied the success of the Nordic countries in their economic management of the crisis.
Coronavirus measures are dividing Scandinavia. What is going on with the Swedish border? OPINION: For people living near the border between Norway and Sweden, moving between the two countries was part of everyday life. The border was something they rarely – if ever – thought about. Coronavirus measures have changed this, dividing families and causing unemployment in Swedish border municipalities .
The border between Norway and Sweden is closed for the first time since 1954. Will the pandemic ruin their special friendship? The Nordics were supposed to be the most integrated region in the world. But along came the coronavirus.
Norwegian elite support immigration The social elite in Norway are more supportive of immigration than the rest of the country’s population. The elite are also very supportive of the welfare state, but not everyone with lots of money is thrilled with the redistribution of wealth.