All Things Nordic #12
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Summary: Finnish P.M. met Estonian counterpart | Canneseries: Norwegian & Danish productions selected | Stockholm gallery Nordlings | Play Wordle in Icelandic | Denmark will hold referendum in June to overturn EU defence opt-out | Play Wordle in Swedish | Denmark apologises to Greenlandic children | Kempower enters North American market | Play Wordle in Faroese | Nordic Art Agency Podcast
Finnish Prime Minister met Estonian counterpart
Finnish Prime Minister S.Marin met K.Kallas, her Estonian counterpart, in Tallinn: in the light of the current Ukraine-Russia crisis, the latter promised a very quick ratification of Finland’s potential request to join Nato
Canneseries: Norwegian & Danish productions selected
Norwegian production Afterglow (Etterglød) and Danish period drama The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen (Drømmeren – Karen Blixen bliver til) have been selected for the main competition programme
Swedish design: Stockholm gallery Nordlings
Magazine “The Bruno Effect” interviews Alexander Nordling of Stockholm gallery ‘Nordlings’, one of Sweden’s leading dealers of vintage Nordic design
Play Wordle in Icelandic: ‘Orðill’
You can now play Wordle in Icelandic: Orðill
Denmark will hold referendum in June to overturn EU defence opt-out
“Historic times call for historic decisions” Danish P.M.Frederiksen stated on Sunday. Following Ukraine’s invasion by Russia, Denmark will increase defence spending by 7bn kroner (940m€) over the next two years.
Play Wordle in Swedish: ‘Ordlig’
You can now play Wordle in Swedish on Ordlig.se
Denmark apologises to Greenlandic children abducted in 1950s social experiment
Denmark’s prime minister Frederiksen apologised to six surviving victims of a “social experiment” of the 1950s: 22 Greenlandic children aged between 4 and 9 were taken from their families, sent to Denmark to be re-educated and were never sent back
Kempower enters North American market
Finnish EV charging technology provider Kempower has launched its C- and S-Series product range to the North American market
Play Wordle in Faroese: “ð.fo”
You can now play Wordle in Faroese
Podcast of the week
Bi-monthly podcast exploring international artists and art influencers hosted by British Art Historian, Art Advisor and Gallerist Juliet Rees-Nilsson, based in Scandinavia