Regional Cooperation in Scandinavia

It has been said that the northern nations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, personify unity within diversity. Ties of ethnographic and cultural kinship give these northern peoples a sense of unity and a desire for working together. At the same time, the varying outlooks and aspiratio...

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Published in:International Organization
Main Author: Padelford, Norman J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020818300024309
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0020818300024309
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Summary:It has been said that the northern nations of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, personify unity within diversity. Ties of ethnographic and cultural kinship give these northern peoples a sense of unity and a desire for working together. At the same time, the varying outlooks and aspirations which the five countries have come to hold as a result of their differing geographic, economic and political conditions and experiences, have produced a strong desire for independence and the preservation of their own ways of life.