Nordek

Nordek (for Nordiskt ekonomiskt gemenskap in Swedish or Nordøk for Nordisk økonomi in Danish and Norwegian) was the name of a planned organisation for Nordic economic cooperation similar to the European Economic Community EEC, based on a proposal in 1968 by Danish Prime Minister Hilmar Baunsgaard. A treaty was negotiated to establish the new organisation, to be headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. Ultimately it was the case that Finland did not ratify the treaty due to its relationship with the Soviet Union. Then Denmark joined EEC and Sweden, Norway, Iceland could not ratify the new treaty.

See also

• Nordic Council

External links

• Europe: A Nordic Common Market TIME16 May 1969
• A Nordic Union (That Wasn't) European Tribune, 30 March 2008
• 3 Die Nordek-Verhandlungen (in German) Jan Stampehl: “Ist Finnland ein nordisches Land?” Der Nordek-Prozess 1968–70 als Fallstudie