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Almost all foreigners living in Scandinavia were either from a different Scandinavian country, or from elsewhere in Western and Northern Europe (most of them from Germany or Poland). Since Western and Northern Europeans share many similar cultural values as Scandinavians, it was simply assumed that they
Overall, the scientists found that people who lived in Scandinavia exhibited high levels of non-Scandinavian ancestry, pointing to a continuous exchange of genetic information across the...
- Similar Immigration (Policy) Histories
- Recent Decades of Divergence, 1990s to Today
- The Drivers Behind Policy Differences
- National Identity
- Party Political Dynamics
- Further Reading
In contrast to some other Western European countries (especially the major colonial powers with large industrial economies such as France and Britain), the Scandinavian countries had little experience of immigration prior to the 1960s. People have moved between the Nordic countries for centuries, not least as they were part of the same states in va...
Since the 1990s, the Scandinavian countries have diverged in their immigration and integration policies. While rankings vary depending on the policy indices used and areas examined, researchers generally consider Denmark among the most restrictive countries in Western Europe today. Sweden is considered the most liberal and Norway somewhere in-betwe...
Typical explanations for a country’s approach to immigration and immigrant integration, such as, the country’s economy and welfare state regime, its immigration history and dominant values cannot account for the divergence in this case as Denmark, Norway and Sweden are relatively similar in these areas. Researchers have suggested two alternative ex...
Although the Scandinavian countries share some of the same basic values and norms, the way in which these values are understood and prioritised differ. In particular, social cohesion and conceptions of integration differ in significant ways, which are consequently reflected in policy developments. For instance, based on analyses of parliamentary de...
Party political dynamics can also help to explain the differences in the immigration and integration policies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. One significant factor is the presence of a successful extreme right-wing party. Both Denmark and Norway have had long-standing experience with such parties. Initially named ‘the Progress Party’ in both countr...
Christopher Green-Pedersen & Jesper Krogstrup. ‘Immigration as a Political Issue in Denmark and Sweden’, European Journal of Political Research(2008) Vol. 47. Issue 5., pp. 610-634Karin Borevi, Kristian Kriegbaum Jensen, and Per Mouritsen, 'The Civic Turn of Immigrant Integration Policies in the Scandinavian Welfare States', Special issue inComparative Migration Studies(2017...Kristian Kriegbaum Jensen, Scandinavian Immigrant Integration Politics: Varieties of the Civic Turn (Aarhus: Politicas PhD-Serie, 2016)Kristina Bakkær Simonsen eds., 'Integration af indvandrere i Danmark',Special Issue in Politica49, 3 (2017) (includes Bech et al. study on refugees’ eligibility for Danish citizenship compared to S...People also ask
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Mar 20, 2020 · Among these factors, are there some in which the Nordic countries perform especially well, which could explain why Nordic countries are so happy? To examine this issue, we take a look at the Gallup World Poll data as regards these factors.
Pushed by economic hardships, social restrictions, political unrest, and drawn by tales of vast lands and opportunities in the New World, a significant number of Scandinavians set out for North America.
Sep 13, 2022 · Therefore, you can see why so many non-Scandinavians naturally connect Scandinavia to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.
Dec 21, 2017 · More recently, a 2017 anthology, “Embraced by the welfare state?” argues that much of the literature both inadequately theorizes the pivotal concept of the “welfare state” and frequently overlooks the limitations on individual rights inherent in the Scandinavian systems of government and punishment (Smith and Ugelvik, 2017; see also ...
