- Foreningen Norden
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Foreningen Norden (Norwegian and Danish), Föreningen Norden (Swedish), Norræna félagið (Icelandic), Norrøna Felagið (Faroese) or Pohjola-Norden (Finnish), The Nordic Association, is an organization in the Nordic countries which exists to promote civil cooperation between the Nordic countries. It was established in 1919, and has sections in Sweden, Norway, Denmark (inclusive Southern Schleswig), Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. Since 1965 these national branches are grouped in an umbrella organization Foreningene Nordens Forbund.
Fields of cooperation include the job exchange program Nordjobb and town twinning between Nordic countries.
It was a proponent for the establishment of the Nordic Council, a political cooperation organization.
The sections publishes quarterly magazines linke Magasinet Norden in Norway, Nordens Tidning in Sweden, or Norden Nu in Denmark.
External links
- Foreningerne Nordens Forbund
- Foreningen Norden in Denmark
- Norræna félagið in Iceland
- Foreningen Norden in Norway
- Föreningen Norden in Sweden
- Pohjola-Norden in Finland
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