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Literature and links

Further information on the history of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

  • Frantz Wendt: Nordic Council 1952-1978, Nordic Council 1979
  • Knud Enggaard, (red.): 50 years. Nordic Council 1952 – 2002. Til nordisk nytte? (Nordic Advantage?), Nordic Council 2002,
  • Claes Wiklund and Bengt Sundelius (red.): Norden i sicksack (The Nordic Countries Zigzag). Tre spårbyten inom nordiskt samarbete, Santérus 2000
  • Henrik S.Nissen (red.): The History of the Nordic Region 1397-1997, Nordic Council of Ministers, 1997.
  • Anker Jørgensen: Bølgegang/I smult vande/Brændingen (from diaries 1972-1982), Fremad 1989
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