The Nordic Council

The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary co-operation. Formed in 1952, it has 87 members from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

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”Vi vill hindra viruset, inte människorna”

Hur kan man öka människors möjlighet att röra sig mellan de nordiska länderna under pandemin? Den frågan blir allt viktigare för de nordiska regeringarna. Statsministrarna var försiktigt positiva till idén om ett nordiskt covid19-pass, under debatten med Nordiska rådet på tisdagskvälle...

Here are the winners of the Nordic Council prizes for 2020

Monika Fagerholm, Jens Mattsson, Jenny Lucander, Dag Johan Haugerud, Yngve Sæther, Sampo Haapamäki, and Jens-Kjeld Jensen have been awarded the Nordic Council prizes for 2020 at a digital awards ceremony on Tuesday evening. COVID-19 meant that the planned awards ceremony could no longer...

Events

Session Week 2020

Dates

24-30.10.2020

09:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Type

Session

Presidium meeting with the foreign ministers

Dates

28.10.2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Type

Meeting of the Presidium

Presidium meeting with the defence ministers

Dates

28.10.2020

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Type

Meeting of the Presidium

Consultation meeting between the Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region and the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment and Climate (MR-MK)

Dates

28.10.2020

03:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Type

Committee meeting

Presidium meeting with the ministers responsible for contingency planning

Dates

28.10.2020

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Type

Meeting of the Presidium

Consultation meeting between the Committee for Knowledge and Culture in the Nordic Region and the Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture (MR-K)

Dates

28.10.2020

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Type

Committee meeting

Meeting of the Election Committee

Dates

28.10.2020

08:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Type

Other

Meeting of the Nordic Council Presidium

Dates

29.10.2020

10:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Type

Meeting of the Presidium

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Overblik over Plenum, Stortinget, Nordisk Råds Session 2018

The Nordic Council

First and foremost, the Nordic Council’s politicians are driven by the desire to make the Nordic region one that people want to live and work in. This is also the primary objective of the ideas and proposals for co-operation that are borne out of the Nordic Council.