Electric Cars / Headline / Norway / Transport

Electric Dreams

Lesley Riddoch January 4, 2021 Comments Closed 2126 views

Electric cars in Norway have risen to a record 54% market share, making this Nordic country the first in the world where the sale of electric cars has outstripped any other type for a full year. It...Read More

Headline

How are Nordic neighbours managing Covid?

Lesley Riddoch October 17, 2020 Comments Closed 730 views

Events / Featured News / Finland / Headline / Music / Norway

Nordic Horizons guide to Celtic Connections 2020

Lesley Riddoch November 22, 2019 Comments Closed 19945 views

So many fabulous Nordic performers are appearing at Celtic Connections in January 2020, it seemed a good idea to list them. Each year, Scotland’s largest traditional music festival presents a “showcas...Read More

Events / Headline / Nordic Model

Nordic Horizons takes a one year break

Lesley Riddoch November 12, 2019 Comments Closed 2856 views

Childcare / Headline / Norway / Outdoor Kindergartens / Outdoors

The Nordic future of Scots childcare?

Lesley Riddoch August 27, 2019 Comments Closed 3535 views

At long last, outdoor nurseries and kindergartens are getting some official encouragement in Scotland. Pioneers like the Secret Garden in Fife and about a dozen others have offered an alternative to i...Read More

Featured News / Finland / Homelessness / Podcasts / Videos

Have the Finns Ended Homelessness?

Chris Smith August 21, 2019 Comments Closed 2546 views

Have the Finns Ended Homelessness? – Event Details Have the Finns ended homelessness? ..and can Scots follow their lead? Speaker – Juha Kaakinen CEO of the Y-Foundation in Helsinki Venue –...Read More

Arctic / Environment / Headline

On Thin Ice – is the Arctic safe?

Lesley Riddoch July 16, 2019 Comments Closed 1393 views

Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant has left Murmansk for its 4700 kms trip to a remote Siberian port – according to Arctic Today. News agencies suggest China is building another 20 floa...Read More

Environment / Headline / Land Use / Norway

If trees grow along Norway’s fjords why not in Highland glens?

Chris Smith July 4, 2019 Comments Closed 2674 views

It seems some folk are sceptical about how well trees would grow in the Highlands or on the fifth of Scotland’s landmass currently covered with grouse moors. There’s wind and rain and the ...Read More

Arctic / Regeneration

Is the Future Arctic?

Chris Smith May 29, 2019 Comments Closed 1795 views

Is the Future Arctic? The Arctic Circle Forum, a roaming regional offshoot of the annual Arctic Circle Assembly, came to Scotland in November 2017 and Nordic Horizons ran a packed out Fringe event, wi...Read More

Videos

Vimeo Videos

Chris Smith April 25, 2019 Comments Closed 2911 views

Videos from Nordic Horizon events Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir Interview from Nordic Horizons on Vimeo. Brexit, Scotland and the EEA from Nordic Horizons on Vimeo. Electric Dreams – Norway and the fu...Read More

Podcasts

Soundcloud Podcasts

Chris Smith April 25, 2019 Comments Closed 4213 views

Soundcloud Podcasts from each Nordic Horizon event. 

Democracy / News / Trade Unions

Why do Nordic countries have three times more trade union members than Scotland?

Chris Smith January 12, 2019 Comments Closed 2527 views

Nordic Workplace Democracy This event on 20th February 2019 marked a rare trip outside Edinburgh for Nordic Horizons. Hosted by the University of Glasgow and introduced by Professor Chris Chapman, Dir...Read More