Nordic added value in terminology planning: The Nordic case

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The Nordic countries have a long tradition of political and economic collaboration, and cultural exchange between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the autonomous regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and the Åland Islands. The fact that Nordic citizens have been able to understand each other has helped binding the region together culturally and promoting mobility. In the early 2010s, the expression nordisk nytte ‘Nordic added value’ emerged, referring to the notion of how Nordic collaboration enhances aspects such as mobility of citizens, energy cooperation, education, supported by programmes such as the Nordplus Nordic Languages Programme, cultural exchange and sustainability, exemplified through e.g. the Nordic Swan Ecolabel (Norden.org. Nordisk nytta för dig n.d.). As I will return to below, these benefits and advantages that come from Nordic cooperation have also strengthened Nordic terminology planning.

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