Nordic Horizons | Site-Wide Activity https://nordichorizons.org/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:18:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e3b0b8c0b18e4dd160f69fcc2fbcfbf6 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=7180 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:54:55 +0000 Podcast – Iceland, the fire island Iceland has a stunning landscape with glaciers galore … but is more properly fire island. Lava, earthquakes eruptions and volcanoes dominate life and w […]

]]> 0 29a2f4b4861682b99e7fadc035e5d29d Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=7177 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:07:46 +0000 10: Iceland – fire island Iceland has a stunning landscape with glaciers galore … but is more properly fire island. Lava, earthquakes eruptions and volcanoes d […]

]]> 0 047d6a2b181d7c6dfd39db90880c34d2 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=7159 Wed, 17 May 2023 21:25:57 +0000 Is Gothenburg Sweden's green capital? Gothenburg once boasted the world’s largest shipyards, but faced with Japanese and Korean competition, the oil crisis and a world economic […]

]]> 0 730856dc9e56ef9ca78e997f5a380b16 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=7166 Wed, 17 May 2023 21:16:32 +0000 9: Gothenburg – has this former shipyard city become Sweden's green capital? Gothenburg in Sweden once boasted the world’s largest shipyards, but in the face […]

]]> 0 7574291be1ab8fb1abf498c7adb9b363 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=7077 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:12:49 +0000 8: Bot-savvy Finns Finland has a particular source of propaganda to deal with in the shape of Russia. Misinformation attacks have focused on familiar […]

]]> 0 40edc224fdeea098b268ab8cffde1a04 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6967 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:25:18 +0000 PODCAST; Finland – the future is cooperative While Britain struggles with sky-high bills, and private water, electricity and oil companies make record profits, Finland relies on a unique […]

]]> 0 7b54b4888e46710deb3b353ebf6d2a2c Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6971 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:21:43 +0000 Finland has a 1300 km long land border with Russia, it fought two wars in the 1940s to defend then reclaim lost territory, and is now applying to join NATO. There, most knowledge of Finland ends.Which is a […]

]]> 0 f74e295fd84f8962817c11f46f0beb51 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6929 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:37:24 +0000 New – The Nordic Horizons Explainer Podcast It’s twelve years since Dan Wynn and Lesley Riddoch set up a think tank to focus on the policy successes of Scotland’s Nordic neighbours. Since then, […]

]]> 0 f55e6741d64940bcf29534c1f7105c7a Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6932 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:36:35 +0000 It’s twelve years since Dan Wynn and Lesley Riddoch set up a think tank to focus on the policy successes of Scotland’s Nordic neighbours. Since then, Nordic Horizons has organised almost 70 meetings – most of them […]

]]> 0 0ec3b7be50910c63462ebecd98a59a1a Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6922 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:00:29 +0000 Podcast – Finland's fight against Russian cyber attacks Fake news and cyber attacks are helping undermine democracy, legitimise extremist views, push groundless conspiracy theories and provide cover for […]

]]> 0 e3da38efa207a5643e2a53fd10dffd26 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6840 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:18:18 +0000 Podcast; Jean Sibelius – Finland's musical genius This is a Nordic Horizons podcast with a difference. It isn’t about policy, politics, climate change or kindergarten – it’s about culture. And the […]

]]> 0 d8ad5c50ac75e9baffcba50f64c95c48 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6853 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:11:21 +0000 ‘Finland doesn’t have a long history of Kings and castles. We have always been occupied. When we finally became free the country was built on language, literature, music, paintings. Sibelius created the d […]

]]> 0 de91efe9fa9f296baa91a09dd840c16a Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6916 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:52:05 +0000 Is Scotland set to follow Norway with a shift to kindergarten for the early years and a school starting age 6/7 not the present 4/5?Just 12 per cent of countries send five-year-olds to school. Almost all are […]

]]> 0 3f97c67b47e2948746501a948f60bfcc Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3930 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:06:51 +0000 4. Podcast: Get oot to play – school can wait How would you measure success in the early years of a child’s education? In the […]

]]> 0 e8df5fff73d2cd5a3b3c699274e8b183 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6468 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:44:11 +0000 Why did district heating start on farms in Denmark?Are the Norwegians wiser to depend on electrification?Could Scotland do something game changing with smart, local energy networks?Will nuclear help Sweden reach […]

]]> 0 c5b2c098c264100b13e6e8e1cb36d6ea Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6311 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:01:28 +0000 Since Scotland’s ‘local’ elections in May 2022, there’s been much debate about coalitions and control. But there’s a bigger question – are Scottish councils with an average of 175 thousand inhabitants really local […]

]]> 0 3f4778f476126c0d4e67207389674eb8 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6241 Thu, 19 May 2022 09:33:01 +0000 This is a podcast edited from the conversation between three Nordic experts talking about Russian aggression in Ukraine and the way it is unravelling 70 years of neutrality and non-alignment in Scandinavia. It […]

]]> 0 6278e624bfa1f603d6f79654163bc9d9 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5852 Tue, 10 May 2022 08:16:16 +0000 PODCAST: NATO membership for Finland & Sweden – the end of Baltic neutrality?? This podcast was produced after a fascinating online Nordic Horizons meeting in March 2022, eight weeks before the Swedish and Finnish premiers […]

]]> 0 9f6d0e53c6634446c169a17951895d56 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=6058 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 09:10:37 +0000 NEW PODCAST Powerful pint-sized Nordic democracy Scotland has the largest units of ‘local’ government in the developed world with just 32 councils for 5.3 million folk. Norway has almost 400 councils […]

]]> 0 95cdd4aa44ec771fc7245c0e8911f880 Untangled Web Support wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5552 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:52:12 +0000 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Lily Greenan is stepping down after a decade of organising many of the 60 in-person events we’ve held in the Scottish Parliament and other E […]

]]> 0 725f32afde92d0d149b25f7d4f5dd2ee Untangled Web Support wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5348 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:40:07 +0000 [vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Many thanks to everyone who helped us meet our crowdfunding target just before Christmas 2021. After 60 face-to-face events with Scandi […]

]]> 0 dea3c711414c0843e05145eca1743662 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5234 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:42:08 +0000 Heating homes without gas – the Nordic way None of Scotland’s Nordic neighbours depends on gas for heating – but 85% of homes in Scotland do. Why the big difference? How did Nordic nations jump […]

]]> 0 eb3e226f90fdd61b463ec557566b98af Untangled Web Support wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5178 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:55:50 +0000 People often wonder what happens to Nordic Horizons speakers – in the case of Samsø and Søren Hermansen – they just keep going from strength to strength. The tiny Danish island has just been made UN climate l […]

]]> 0 7218154877cff45105fff21c616b46ea Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=5017 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:28:02 +0000 October 2021 Event: Are the Nordics going left? [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A video of the event can be found below the introduction on this […]

]]> 0 fa9834af473bf64d672d1a422ef414e0 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4931 Sat, 17 Oct 2020 08:29:28 +0000 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nordic Horizons returns with a free Zoom event featuring six speakers for insights into the way Nordic nations are learning to live with Covid.
As Scotland re-imposes […]

]]> 0 e763c61222da2c33eea9edabc8b161d8 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4884 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:19:54 +0000 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 “showcase Sco […]

]]> 0 4d3ad314cfaadd04640861447b52d820 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4858 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:06:21 +0000 Film: Outdoor kindergarten in Arctic NorwayAt long last, outdoor nurseries and kindergartens are getting some official encouragement in Scotland. Pioneers like the Secret Garden in Fife and […]

]]> 0 dde5efaca1e6c6a59969d975d40c5aae Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4783 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:42:33 +0000 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 2010 Nordic Horizons has brought six Nordic experts a year to Scotland to share experience and ideas from some of the world’s most successful countries. We’ve covered iss […]

]]> 0 8688f0351417ac01874ef47bc656c861 Untangled Web Support changed their profile picture https://nordichorizons.org/activity/p/240/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:55:30 +0000 0 1c1700d23a9933a48d1003cfd0a62e5c untangledwebf wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4561 Wed, 29 May 2019 12:28:55 +0000 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, with a great […]

]]> 0 f9bdc88b7f1c4147435c8cf3a44e2357 untangledwebf wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4418 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:12:53 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 407c86bd8221ec02312db408eab72774 Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=4388 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:14:30 +0000 Podcasts [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Transistor Podcasts from Nordic Horizon events At last (well, we’re excited anyway) you can keep […]

]]> 0 e1a4c95d46900aa899f5f2c79ea0c2c7 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3921 Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:12:37 +0000 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, Director of […]

]]> 0 5daeb6b2042f62056c885d10be64be72 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3922 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:50:36 +0000 Danes 1 – Fox News 0 – Event Details
Sponsored by the Scottish Government
Chair: Lesley Riddoch, Writer & Broadcaster
Speaker: Dan Jorgensen MP, Danish Parliament
Wednesday 30 January 18.00- 20.00
50 George […]

]]> 0 36565b50a6502865712ffddf5d1ada6d Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3924 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:38:38 +0000 Charging Patients – managing demand for healthcare visits in Norway
Date and Venue

Tuesday 27 November 2018

Grassmarket Community Project

86 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh
EH1 2QA
Tor Ingebrigtsen is […]

]]> 0 630ec41acbfa62dae00b22429d3dcb06 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3926 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:30:44 +0000 Date and Venue

Tuesday 27 November 2018

Grassmarket Community Project

86 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh
EH1 2QA
Tor Ingebrigtsen is professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of Tromsø, the […]

]]> 0 d6397037270346444ca63475ae99f88e Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3927 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:47:12 +0000 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 – Grassmarket C […]

]]> 0 8db87d4a80e896411acd548dc5ff1233 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3933 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:14:31 +0000 Brexit, Norway and the EEA
‘Brexit, Scotland & the EEA: The Nordic half-way house option’
Tuesday 20th March 6pm to 8pm
Scottish Parliament
Sponsored by Ivan McKee MSP
 Brexit makes it more likely Scot […]

]]> 0 46f2fad26ba652ede50939ad44ab7981 untangledwebf changed their profile picture https://nordichorizons.org/activity/p/5/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:25:15 +0000 0 01a1767bf7b5751ff2f98ee9e5f12248 untangledwebf changed their profile picture https://nordichorizons.org/activity/p/4/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:23:56 +0000 0 a9cb2990ce51cf0b5217ec768078a2ea untangledwebf changed their profile picture https://nordichorizons.org/activity/p/3/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:23:05 +0000 0 970f8cefb4a55eb309af330ec54fbd88 untangledwebf posted an update: Anyone going to the FDM Alumni conference in London next week? https://nordichorizons.org/activity/p/2/ Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:14:27 +0000 Anyone going to the FDM Alumni conference in London next week?

]]> 0 db02780754275ba6bfec34a3637b6708 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3935 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:49:38 +0000 ‘Brexit, Scotland & the EEA: The Nordic half-way house option’
Tuesday 20th March 6pm to 8pm
Scottish Parliament
Sponsored by Ivan McKee MSP
 Brexit makes it more likely Scotland will soon be negotiating its […]

]]> 0 1af9fd86dbbd0ef641ff10f7a6d6536a Lesley Riddoch wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3937 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:04:10 +0000 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’s quite a […]

]]> 0 9539af2ccb219c03a0bea7afaae0ad27 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3941 Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:21:33 +0000 As a packed audience last Sunday at Edinburgh found out, the answer to the question “Is the Future Arctic?” is ‘yes’. You can view the proceedings in two videos from Democracy TV below to get a flavour of what the […]

]]> 0 39b6ee61213feaa3683838d05d20859c Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3943 Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:29:02 +0000 We invited the pupils of Pinkie St Peters Primary School in Musselburgh to record some questions for the “Is the Future Arctic?” panel. We showed the questions to the panelists. There was some surprise and general […]

]]> 0 2f9b8b93d487e600a13d16608b9bb494 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3945 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:13:39 +0000  

You can download and print off the poster as required.
Download V3.2 Arctic Circle Fringe Event Poster
Here is the link to your booking of FREE tickets
Book your tickets here.

]]> 0 82ba3e12cd418c760815a6afe8abed9b Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3946 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:22:12 +0000 Thanks to John Mckenzie, Alison Macleod and Maggie Fyffe for taking part in the Nordic Horizons break out session at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik in 2017. Thanks to Kristin Hannesdottir, the Icelandic […]

]]> 0 80803530950f33a7d635d3d85762b7e7 Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3947 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:43:06 +0000 The Pots & Pans Revolution, Re-heated; Iceland’s Constitutional Comeback

Supported by the Scottish Government

Speaker: Katrin Oddsdóttir – member of the Constitution Council of Iceland and political ac […]

]]> 0 c917b930f68285567a7972b7a671c0ea Chris Smith wrote a new post https://nordichorizons.org/?p=3948 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:37:39 +0000 The Scottish Government has released a detailed policy document . 

We, at Nordic Horizons, are delighted to see this vision from the Scottish Government of closer practical cooperation and collaboration […]

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