Sweden's Social Democratic Workers' Party has registered the trademark 'The Nordic Model’. This has triggered a debate in the Nordic countries on the talking point: who has the monopoly on the 'Nordic model'?
In the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Council there is no doubt: ”The Nordic model” is a joint Nordic cultural heritage, and cannot be tied to one particular political group.
Therefore, on 9 March, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council objected to this Nordic trademark registration in a joint letter to the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.
The matter has attracted a great deal of attention in the Nordic and international media, and the debate continues - from Dagens Nyheter to the Washington Post.