Folklore, defined as the informal customs, beliefs, verbal art, and vernacular crafts of any particular folk group, is an indelible part of human cult…

In Trust, political scientist Gert Tinggaard Svendsen explores how to cultivate trust and why it’s important for maintaining a happy, stable, and econ…

In the mid-19th century, intrepid explorers began to shine a light on the darkness of the deep. The mystique of what lay beneath the surface of the va…

This book examines consensual policy-making in the Scandinavian countries and shows how strong relations were built between the state and different in…

In high-income countries, energy is foundational for industry, daily living, transportation, entertainment, and more. But, like other critical resourc…

What do we mean when we say "the people"? In a Nordic context, the word "people" was historically associated not with members of a sovereign nation bu…

Urban planning was a keystone in the materialization of the Nordic welfare states. The post-war urban landscape was characterized by division of funct…

Nordic children’s books and media have changed greatly over the past 250 years. Form and content, materiality, concepts of childhood, and media techno…

In 1919, the Ford Motor Company – the world’s largest automobile manufacturer – decided to make a small Nordic country its bridgehead to continental E…

Stories of gods, heroes and monsters permeated discourses of national selfhood in the nineteenth century. During this tumultuous time, Europe’s modern…

By most measures, the Nordic countries regularly rank among the best in terms of equality and business friendliness. Political scientist Carsten Jense…

The Nordic model rests on two pillars: the social safety net and the provision of services like education, childcare, and healthcare for all. It can a…