Autonomy and heteronomy of the judiciary - a historical approach by Pia Letto-Vanamo

“…I will argue that during the era of non state law and in circumstances without an authoritative judiciary (like in rural areas in the Nordic Countries) the participation of the conflicting parties and the local community played an important role for guaranteeing legitimacy and acceptance of conflict resolution and judicial decision making in local courts. …”
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Overview Chapter 2: Parity distribution and completed family size in Europe: Incipient decline of the two-child family model by Tomas Frejka

“…In CEE mainly the progression ratios to second births are declining. In the Nordic countries progression ratios to first and to second births were relatively stable and even more so in France. …”
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Thinking relationally: Disability, families and cultural-historical activity theory by Jóna G. Ingólfsdóttir, Rannveig Traustadóttir, Snæfríður Þóra Egilson, Dan Goodley

“…Developing ways to fulfil the welfare states’ promise of equality and human rights for all is particularly relevant now when all the Nordic countries are currently striving to meet the demands of the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. …”
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Does group size matter in preschool teacher’s work? The skills teachers emphasise for children in preschool groups of different size by Pia Williams, Sonja Sheridan, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson

“… In recent years there has been a debate in the Nordic countries about group size in preschool and how it affects preschool teachers’ work and children’s wellbeing and learning. …”
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Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influencesA European and inter-Nordic comparison by Hovden Jan Fredrik, Väliverronen Jari

“…Restricting the analysis to the Nordic countries (N = 3,246) finds that Swedish and Danish journalists stand out by their stronger adherence to monitorial roles. …”
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Náttúra by Kitchen Theory: An immersive multisensory dining concept by Youssef, J, Spence, C

“…It was inspired by the New Nordic Cuisine Manifesto which has influenced not only cuisine in the Nordic countries but international gastronomy more broadly for a number of years now. …”

Inaugural Editorial by Rolf Rønning, Anne Marie Berg, Noralv Veggeland, Hans Wiggo Kristiansen, Inger Haug

“…We do not think this will be a difficult limitation, since comparative works including the Nordic countries also will be accepted. The ‘Nordic-window' approach is also our reason for inviting scholars to offer critical reviews in English of important works written in the Nordic languages for an international audience. …”
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Education and Coloniality in the Nordics by Kristin Gregers Eriksen, Mari Kristine Jore, Kristín Loftsdóttir, Pia Mikander, Louise Sund

“… Current research maintains that the Nordic countries, despite their contextual differences, are prone to amnesia and sanctioned ignorance in relation to their colonial histories, legacies, and structures (Eriksen, 2021; Fjellheim, 2023; Höglund & Andersson, 2019; Jore, 2022; Keskinen et al., 2019; Kuokkanen, 2023; Loftsdóttir & Jensen, 2012; Mikander, 2016; Pashby et al., 2020. …”
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Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries by Aknin, LB, Andretti, B, Goldszmidt, R, Helliwell, JF, Petherick, A, De Neve, J-E, Dunn, E, Fancourt, D, Goldberg, E, Jones, SP, Karadag, O, Karam, E, Layard, R, Saxena, S, Thornton, E, Whillans, A, Zaki, J

“…Additionally, we analysed data from a sample of Nordic countries, to compare Sweden (that pursued a mitigation strategy) to other Nordic countries (that adopted a near-elimination strategy). …”

Nordic game subcultures: between LARPers and avant-garde by Mathias Fuchs

“…A similar observation can be made for the communities that engage with live action role playing games (LARPs) in the Nordic countries. The Turku manifesto and the Dogma 99 manifesto influenced directly and indirectly how the Nordic LARP subculture framed defined itself and presented itself to the world. …”
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Caring Economics and the Nordic Model by Silvia Hedenigg

“…The concept of caring economics was developed alongside feminist positions, mainly from a United States angle, based on the welfare state systems of the Nordic countries. The study presented in this article focused on the underlying understanding of caring economics from a Nordic perspective. …”
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Recent Nordic Research in Mathematics Education Illustrated by Examples from NORMA17 by Barbro Grevholm

“…The closeness and cooperation between researchers in the Nordic countries is characteristic as well as the breadth and variation in the choice of questions, theories, and methods. …”
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The space of media usage in Finland, 2007 and 2018: The impact of online activities on its structure and its association with sociopolitical divisions by Purhonen Semi, Leguina Adrian, Heikkilä Riie

“…In Nordic countries and beyond, there exists a lack of longitudinal, population-level research focused on sociopolitical polarisation and the proliferation of new online activities in the context of changing media usage. …”
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Growth and Economic Performance of the Norwegian Wind Power Industry and Some Aspects of the Nordic Electricity Market by Johannes Idsø

“…This paper is a survey of the growth, development of production and economic performance of the Norwegian wind power industry and some aspects of the electricity market in the Nordic countries.…”
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Who are the users of Danish alternative media? A survey study on the prevalence of alternative news use in Denmark and profiles of the users by Brems Miriam Kroman

“…Nordic countries have experienced an upsurge of partisan alternative media positioning themselves as correctives of the mainstream, but only little is known about how many and who uses them. …”
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Real Humans?: 'Affective imaginaries of the human and its Others in the Swedish TV series Äkta människor' by Ingvil Hellstrand, Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Sara Orning

“…Against the backdrop of current debates about immigration and citizenship in the Nordic countries, this article does a close, contextual reading of the series, exploring how the hubots influence work and family life. …”
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Employees as Individually and Collectively Acting Subjects—Key Contributions from Nordic Working Life Research by Peter Hasle, Ole Henning Sørensen

“…The Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—are societies that share many features among themselves that also distinguish them from other industrialized countries. …”
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Imported Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Sweden by Mikael Stenhem, Åke Örtqvist, Håkan Ringberg, Leif Larsson, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Sara Hæggman, Mats Kalin, Karl Ekdahl

“…Risk for MRSA in returning travelers ranged from 0.1 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.01–0.4) per 1 million travelers to Nordic countries to 59.4 (95% CI 44.5–79.3) per 1 million travelers to North Africa and the Middle East. …”
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Economic crisis in the Baltic states : Focusing on Latvia by Koyama Yoji

“…Thanks to the Single Market of the EU, workers in this country became able to migrate to advanced EU countries, especially the UK, decreasing the unemployment rate and at the same time causing a sharp increase in wages due to a tightened labour market. Banks from Nordic countries came to operate in Latvia and competed for market shares, stirring a consumption boom. …”
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