About the Info Norden information service

In the Nordics, we have a common labour market and other pan-Nordic agreements in areas such as social security and education.

Info Norden’s primary task is to make it easier for citizens to move around the Nordic Region. We achieve this by providing information about current Nordic regulations that apply to moving and commuting between countries and when studying in another Nordic country, as well as to identify issues problems and possible barriers to freedom of movement that people and businesses encounter when they move across a Nordic border. 

The Info Norden website provides general information about the regulatory frameworks in the different countries, contact information for public agencies, and practical information about relocating to or working, starting a business, or studying in another Nordic country. The information is available in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.

If you’re unable to find an answer to what you’re looking for, you can get in touch with Info Norden via a contact form. If you encounter a problem or barrier in another Nordic country, you can report this to Info Norden, which can be contacted in Danish, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.

In co-operation with organisations such as the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Freedom of Movement Council and regional border services, Info Norden makes relevant politicians and officials aware of the issues that Nordic residents face when crossing a Nordic border and the potential solutions that exist. In this way, Info Norden helps those wanting to take advantage of all the opportunities that Nordic co-operation has to offer.

Info Norden arranges information activities to highlight the issue of mobility in the Nordic Region, to provide information about Nordic regulations, and to create cross-border forums. These events are held in each of the Nordic countries and often in co-operation with other relevant stakeholders. The events are aimed at everyone from Nordic residents, case workers, and employees of the national authorities, to politicians and decision-makers. 

Info Norden collaborates with Nordic embassies, Nordic institutions, regional border services, national authorities, business organisations, and interest groups, among others.

Info Norden shall serve as a guide for which authority to contact in the different countries. Info Norden does not act as an ombudsman, lawyer, or case worker. Nor does it provide help with matters that require the use of names and civil registration numbers. Similarly, Info Norden cannot represent the enquirer in respect of public agencies. The information that Info Norden provides to enquirers is done so on a general basis.

Info Norden falls under the areas of responsibility of the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation. Organisationally speaking, Info Norden sits within the Secretariat for the Freedom of Movement Programme at the Nordic Council of Ministers. Additionally, Info Norden collaborates with the communications department of the Secretariat to the Nordic Council of Ministers in respect of websites and publications, among other things.

Info Norden is administered by various Nordic institutions in the different countries: 

• Denmark: Secretariat to the Nordic Council of Ministers

• Finland: Nordic Culture Point

• Faroe Islands: Nordic House on the Faroe Islands

• Greenland: NAPA - The Nordic Institute in Greenland

• Iceland: Nordic House on Iceland

• Norway: Nordic Innovation

• Sweden: Nordregio

• Åland: Nordic Institute in Aland