Chris Smith

‘Nurturing nature’
Comparing land quality and land use in South West Norway and Scotland
Dr. Duncan Halley, Research Ecologist, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA
Sponsored by Rob Gibson M […]

Women’s Quotas and The Norwegian Experience – meeting notes
Women’s Quotas – The Norwegian experience
NORDIC HORIZONS with Mai-Lill Ibsen and Arne Selvik
Lecture Theatre Moray House,  EH8 8AQ    6pm  2nd  De […]

Restaurant Day – Event Details

Restaurant Day – Timo Santala  

Lecture Theatre Moray House, EH8 8AQ  –
6pm  22nd October 2014  

This year Nordic Horizons theme is democratic renewal – we thought […]

Small is Powerful – Event Notes
Small is Powerful
Åland Prime Minister, Ms Camilla Gunnell
Sponsored by Mike Mackenzie MSP
Scottish Parliament 6pm November 25th 2014
How does home rule in the tiny Åland I […]

The story of a ‘cultural trawler’ from Chris Smith on Vimeo.

The Nordic Phoenix Rises – Digital Notes

Harpa and the cultural revival of Iceland
Halldór Guðmundsson — Director Harpa concert hall and conference centre, publisher & biographer of Nobel winning writer H […]

Next season's NH (after the indyref) will be themed Renewing Democracy. Proposals for speakers are very welcome – though we have a fair rake of great surprises already. Here's one excellent […]

The Finnish New Wave – Event Details
Wednesday 19 March – Finnish New Waves
Helsinki Waterfront Regeneration
Wed 19 March Members Restaurant, Scottish Parliament 6-8pm
Speaker Heikki Mäntymäki, City Planning H […]

 
Places are free but must be reserved on Facebook or by email to Dan via [email protected] We’ll confirm places via Facebook message or email (and let those who have registered too late know th […]

Finns can only get better – Helsinki Waterfront Regeneration
Wed 19 March Members Restaurant, Scottish Parliament 6-8pm
Speaker Heikki Mäntymäki, City Planning Helsinki.
Sponsored by Kezia Dugdale MSP
Chaired by […]

Takk for Trams – Digital Notes

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Oslo –public transport Nirvana
Hanne Bertnes Norli from Ruter
Weds January 15th 2014
Members Restaurant, Scottish Parliament 6-8pm
Hosted b […]

You've seen 'The Killing' Christmas jumper Save the Children appeal, yes? Well, we're inspired. And it's about time that we at Nordic Horizons arranged some Christmas drinks! So, come along in […]

Sandy Miller's photos

Sandy's photos regularly appear on the Nordic Horizons' Facebook page and offer a good incentive to join this group, if you haven't done so already.

 
Details here.

There are no more events planned for 2014. However, there will be a full programme planned for 2015 – details to be released soon.
 
Past Events 

 
Women’s Quotas – The Norwegian experience
NORDIC HORIZO […]

Copenhagen Greenest City – Meeting Notes
 
Copenhagen – the world’s greenest capital city
Klaus Bondam
Monday 2nd
December 2013
Venue Old College,
Edinburgh University
Lecture Theatre
175 (far right corn […]

Nordic Cooperation – Event Details

Nordic Co-operation  

Members Restaurant Scottish Parliament 5th November 6-8.30pm  

Hosted by Helen Eadie MSP 

Chaired by journalist and NH Direc […]

The world’s greenest offices – people-heated Stockholm
Is Stockholm’s “people-heated” office the world’s greenest commercial building?
And can Scotland have one?
Monday 28th October 2013
Venue Old College, Ed […]

This event was excellent and a packed audience, judging from Facebook and Twitter, enjoyed a lively debate of the ideas raised.
Graham Hogg and Alex Hobday presented a vison of a 'Nordic Scotland' which […]