Regional Development in the Nordic Countries 2010 Regional Development in the Nordic Countries 2010 Maria Lindqvist, editor Nordregio Report 2010:2 ISSN 1403-2503 ISBN 978-91-89332-76-8 © Nordregio 2010 Nordregio P.O. Box 1658 SE-111 86 Stockholm, Sweden
[email protected] www.nordregio.se www.norden.se Analyses & text: Maria Lindqvist, Lisa Hörnström, Petri Kahila, Moa Hedström, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Lisa Van Well, Jon Moxnes Steineke, Lisbeth Greve-Harbo, Peter Schmitt, Stefanie Lange, Johanna Roto, José Sterling, Lise Smed Olsen, Katarina Pettersson, Patrick Galera-Lindblom, Asli Tepecik Dis Dtp: Allduplo, Stockholm, Sweden Linguistic editing: Chris Smith Repro and print: Allduplo, Stockholm, Sweden Nordic cooperation Nordic cooperation takes place among the countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. The Nordic Council is a forum for cooperation between the Nordic parliaments and governments. The Council consists of 87 parliamentarians form the Nordic countries. The Nordic Council takes policy initiatives and monitors Nordic cooperation. Founded in 1952. The Nordic Council of Ministers is a forum of cooperation between the Nordic governments. The Nordic Council of Ministers implements Nordic cooperation. The prime ministers have the overall responsibility. Its activities are co-ordinated by the Nordic ministers for cooperation, the Nordic Committee for cooperation and portfolio ministers. Founded in 1971. Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Development works in the fi eld of spatial development, which includes physical planning and regional policies, in particular with a Nordic and European comparative perspective. Nordregio is active in research, education and knowledge dissemination and provides policy-relevant data.