In 2024, the common Nordic labour market celebrates its 70th anniversary. This has been emphasised by the Nordic Council of Ministers and by the Swedish Government, which holds the chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2024, and will be celebrated in Malmö on 18-19 June, 2024.
This report has been commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers Committee of Senior Officials for Labour (EK-A). The report is written by the Nordregio researchers Anna Lundgren, Debora Pricila Birgier, Nora Sánchez Gassen, and Gustaf Norlén.
We want to thank Nordic experts on labour market issues for sharing their knowledge on the Nordic labour market with us; Tapio Bergholm, University of Finland, Katrine von Simson and Johannes Sørbø, Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, Emilie Krogsgaard Larsen, Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment, Jóngeir Hjörvar Hlinason, Directorate of Labour Iceland, Dan Grannas, Ministry of Employment Sweden and Kenth Häggblom, Åland Statistics.
We also want to thank the Nordic Council of Ministers Committee of Senior Officials for Labour (EK-A), the Nordic Labour Market Committee, the Nordic employers’ organisations and Nordic trade unions, local and regional authorities, cross-border organisations and services, the labour market organisations EURES network, and the European Labour Authority for distributing our survey across their networks and sharing their knowledge on cross-border labour market mobility with us.
Finally, we thank our Nordregio colleagues, who at different stages in the process have helped us and contributed with their knowledge and comments, Maja Brynteson, Linnea Löfving, Ágúst Bogason, Hilma Salonen, Anna Sophie Liebst, Elin Slätmo, Anna Vasilevskaya, Anna Granath Hansson, and Rolf Elmér.
Stockholm, 7 June 2024