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Renewed speculation about Nordic federal state

The Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg has been commissioned to expand upon his vision of a new Nordic federal state in the Nordic Council of Ministers' and Nordic Council's Yearbook 2010, which will be published in the autumn.

Mar 16, 2010

Gunnar Wetterberg proposes a new federal Nordic state. Photo: Jenny Lundberg, SACO

Wetterberg published two articles about a new Nordic union in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter last autumn. They caused such a stir and attracted so much attention that he has now been asked to elaborate upon his thinking in the yearbook.

On Friday 19 March, the historian will take part in a debate staged in the Danish parliament, where he will account for his ’realistic utopia’ of a Nordic federal state in relation to the Øresund Region.

The meeting is being arranged by the Öresund Committee and the Nordic Region in Focus to mark the 10th anniversary of the Øresund Bridge and the Øresund Region. He will be joined by Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, the Swedish Minister for Nordic Co-operation, and several other politicians and business representatives from the Øresund Region.

Article in Dagens Nyheter

Registration

If you wish to attend the seminar, please register to Henrik Killander at email: heki@norden.org

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Louise Hagemann
Phone +45 33 96 03 31
Email loha@norden.org

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