About this publication

Editors: Gustaf Norlén, Timothy Heleniak, Karen Refsgaard

Authors: Gustaf Norlén, Timothy Heleniak, Nora Sánchez Gassen, Mats Stjernberg, Eva Maersk, Karina Berbert, Sigrid Jessen, Karen Refsgaard, Carlos Tapia

Maps and figures: Gustaf Norlén, Timothy Heleniak, Nora Sánchez Gassen, Anna Vasilevskaya, Karina Berbert, Maria Bobrinskaya, Kamila Dzhavatova

Nordregio report 2024:13
ISBN 978-91-8001-102-0 (ONLINE)
ISBN 978-91-8001-103-7 (PDF)
ISBN 978-91-8001-104-4 (PRINT)
ISSN: 1403-2503
http://doi.org/10.6027/R2024:13.1403-2503

© Nordregio 2024

Layout: Mette Agger Tang
Communication: Miia Itänen, Annika Östman, Marija Zelenkauske
Cover photo: iStock
Illustrations and icons: Knud Andersen
Print: Allduplo

Printed in Sweden

The State of the Nordic Region 2024 report has been developed by Nordregio with Gustaf Norlén as the project leader. Gustaf and his colleagues Timothy Heleniak and Karen Refsgaard coordinated the writing process with authors from Nordregio. Miia Itänen and Annika Östman oversaw the communication activities related to the report.  Mette Agger Tang and Marija Zelenkauske contributed to the layout process.

In addition to the editors and authors from Nordregio, Rolf Elmér and a reference group consisting of Michael Sterner, Jenny Valind, Andreas Bojsen, Cecilie Bekker Zober, Jenny Pentler, Eeva Mielonen, Laura Rømer Weirøe, Kjell Nilsson, Bull Hans Henrik and Kenth Häggblom gave valuable inputs throughout the process. We also want to thank the Nordregio’s board, others at the NCM secretariat and committees for the insightful feedback and comments.

Nordregio is a leading Nordic and European research centre for regional development and planning, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 1997. We conduct solution-oriented and applied research, addressing current issues from both a research perspective and the viewpoint of policymakers and practitioners. Operating at the international, national, regional, and local levels, Nordregio’s research covers a wide geographic scope, with an emphasis on the Nordic and Baltic Sea Regions, Europe, and the Arctic.

Nordic cooperation is one of the world’s most extensive forms of regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. Nordic co-operation has firm traditions in politics, the economy, and culture. It plays an important role in European and international collaboration and aims at creating a strong Nordic community in a strong Europe. Nordic cooperation seeks to safeguard Nordic and regional interests and principles in the global community. Common Nordic values help the region solidify its position as one of the world’s most integrated and sustainable.

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