Nordic Countries

Election posters in front of the Parliament building in Stockholm ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election
Who's going down? Election posters in front of the Parliament building in Stockholm ahead of the 2026 parliamentary election
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Sweden’s 2026 Election on a Knife-Edge

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
This article was updated reflecting the results is the 13 September election After Sweden went to the polls,...
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Denmark Government Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Mette Frederiksen, Pia Olsen Dyhr and Martin Lidegaard, in center, after presenting a new government to the king at
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Denmark’s New “Four-Leaf Clover” Government

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
After a record 69 days of negotiations, Denmark has a new minority coalition government, dependent on...
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Denmark’s Election: Blurring Political Differences

Duroyan Fertl
Nordic Countries
On 24 March, Denmark goes to the polls in an early election that could reshape the Nordic...
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Donald Trump Jr visits Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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Licking Donald Trump’s Boots Won’t Save Greenland

Trine Pertou Mach, Pelle Dragsted
As the US president escalates his threats, Europe — and the world — must stand up for justice...
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Danish Social Democrats Shaken After Heavy Losses in Municipal Elections

Reinout Bosch, Karen Helveg Petersen
Nordic Countries
Substantial wins for the Danish Left, and for the hard-right, as the reigning...
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Resistance and Resilience in Sápmi

Gabriel Kuhn
Nordic Countries
The Sámi, spread out over the northern parts of the nation-state territories of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and...
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“Socialism Is Not a Utopia — It’s Alive and Thriving”

Duroyan Fertl, Pelle Dragsted
Pelle Dragsted of Denmark's Red-Green Alliance in conversation about his new...
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Per Clausen, Member of the European Parliament for Danish left-wing party Enhedslisten
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The Danish EU Presidency: disappointing and unambitious

Per Clausen
Per Clausen, Member of the European Parliament for Danish left-wing party Enhedslisten looks at...
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Stockholm, 15 April 1992, Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade Ulf Dinkelspiel, Prime Minister Carl Bildt and European Commission President Jacques Delors
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30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal stalwart

Jonas Elvander
30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal...
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The Finns Party's chairperson Riikka Purra and National Coalition Party's chairperson Petteri Orpo during a EU parliamentary elections debate in Helsinki,
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The Collapse of Finnish Right-Wing populism?

Robert Stark
Historic elections reveal deep public dissatisfaction with austerity, scandals, and a fading populist...
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