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📊 Nordic Statistics Database - fresh figures are out!

📈 The latest roll-out of new data covers updated figures across #economy, #demography, #environment, and more.

💡 Explore the #NordicStatistics Database and get easy access to timely, comparable, open data: nordregio.org/news/septemb...

🎉New Nordregio website!

🔎 Find research that guides policies for a thriving, sustainable Nordic Region

Our new website is live, making #research insights even more accessible & offering #knowledge and tools needed to tackle societal challenges.

👉 Explore it yourself: nordregio.org

🌍 How can remote Nordic #labour markets adapt to megatrends like ageing, digitalisation & climate change?

The #SUNREM project explores challenges & opportunities of the #GreenTransition through case studies in Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland.

👉 Learn more: nordregio.org/research/sus...

💡 Land-use & transport planning go hand in hand.

🚉🏙️ A new discussion paper reviews how Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden integrate land use & transport planning, sharing tools, lessons & opportunities for urban development and cross-Nordic learning.

👉 Read more: nordregio.org/publications...

New report: Recipe Book for #Regional #Development

✳️ Practical lessons & transferable strategies
✳️ Concrete examples & case studies
✳️ Nordic inspiration

Based on the results of the Nordic Cooperation Programme for Regional Development and Planning 2021–2024

📘 pub.nordregio.org/r-2025-11-re...

📢 We’re #hiring: Communication Advisor – Nordic Statistics

Can you turn complex data into clear, engaging insights?

Join our international team to strengthen our statistical & data-driven communication & dissemination.

📍 Location: Stockholm
🗓️ Apply by 3 Oct 2025
🔗 nordregio.org/about/career...

🚜🌱 Webinar: How can we support and inspire youth to shape the future of food?

Fewer young people are choosing careers in agriculture and food production - how to reverse this trend?

🗓️ Engaging youth in the future of food
🕐 2 October, 13:00-14:00 CET
💻 Online
🔗 nordregio.org/events/engag...

📊 🤝 Delegates from across the Nordics met in Tórshavn on 2-4 September for the Nomesco-Nososco plenary to discuss health and welfare statistics and future work plans.

But why is it essential to have reliable and comparable data on health and welfare?

See more 👉 nordregio.org/nomesco-noso...

📅10 September: What drives #returnmigration and what do people bring back with them?

Register to tune in for Wednesday's deep dive into new fieldwork on motivations, challenges, and policy blind spots—fresh from Poland, Austria, and Turkey.

Sign up here👉 premium-eu.org/news/webinar...

#PREMIUM_EU

📢 We’re #hiring!

Nordregio is looking for:

🔹1 Senior GIS Analyst/Cartographer
(PhD + 2 years of experience / Master’s + 5 years of experience)

🔹 1-2 GIS Analysts/Cartographers
(Bachelor’s or Master’s degree + 2 years of experience)

➡️ nordregio.org/about/career/

🗓️ Apply by 15 September 2025

Senior researcher Anna Lundgren presenting at Arendalsuka last week

Calendar of upcoming events

News from Arendalsuka 2025 and Nordic toolbox for a just green transition

Newsletter invitation to next week's webinar and tool launch

🔭On the lookout for research and policy inspiration with the new season?

📅Our newsletter is back with bite-sized insights and event invites every Thursday.

📮Subscribe to join the community: www.nordregio.org/about/subscr...

✉️Check out today's newsletter:
nordregio.ungapped.io/Issues/30220...

Visualising inequality: New data tool for digital inclusion | Nordregio As digital services become essential for everything from education to public health, it is more important than ever to understand who is being left behind.

🚨 How can data help tackle digital exclusion?

🖥️ Join us 26 Aug, 13-14 CEST, for a webinar launching a new tool that maps digital vulnerability in the Nordic-Baltic region.

🗺️ Live demo
🤝 Discuss data, strategy + solutions

🔗 Register: nordregio.org/events/visua...

#NordicBaltic #DigitalInclusion

📅 WEBINAR: Moving back or moving forward? Rethinking return migration

Join us on 10 Sept, 13-14:30 CEST for a dive into the motivations, challenges and policy blind spots around return migration.

🔗 Register: premium-eu.org/news/webinar...

#regionaldevelopment #migration @horizoneu.bsky.social

☀️ Summer data updates available in the #NordicStatistics Database

📊New #data on:
🧠 Patent applications
📈💶 Economy & trade
🎓 Education
👶 Population (births, deaths, urbanisation)
🧑‍💼 Labour market
🌱 Sustainability
- and more!

➡️ Easy access to Nordic data in one hub, see more: nordicstatistics.org

🌍 Rural areas in the Nordics emit more GHG per employee than cities:

📊 Urban municipalities: 13 tonnes
📊 Intermediate: 18 tonnes
📊 Rural: 24 tonnes

Policies for a just green transition need to address differences across regions.

🔗 nordregio.org/publications...

#GreenTransition #NordicRegion

Light yellow text on dark red background: We're hiring - Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellows - Apply by 15 August! - Nordregio logo

📢 We're #hiring! Are you interested in contributing your expertise to applied research on topics like:
🔎 #Regionaldevelopment & #planning
🔎 #Urban #governance
🔎 #Digitalisation & #AI

Apply here:
nordregio.org/about/career/senior-research-fellows-and-research-fellows/

#Nordic #researchjobs #career

🆕 Policy brief: Towards a Just Green Transition - 10 key messages for Nordic policymakers

🌿 Explore 10 evidence-based insights for a fair and inclusive #GreenTransition

💡 Nordregio’s new #PolicyBrief offers practical guidance for policymakers.

📘 Read more: nordregio.org/publications...

🌱 Green jobs are growing, but not equally.

🏙️ Urban areas lead in #Nordic green job growth.
🌲 Rural areas lag behind, but the trend is starting to shift.

How to ensure a just #GreenTransition?

See more:
🔹 Visual guide: nordregio.org/publications...
🔹 Policy brief: nordregio.org/publications...

🎲 Ready to roll the dice?

🗺️ Terra Nordica - a Nordic land-negotiation game is built on real regional research and invites you to test what fair, green development could look like and explore how local communities navigate the green transition.

📥 Get your game kit: nordregio.org/publications...

📢 New data available in the #NordicStatistics Database!

📊 Latest updates include new figures on #Education, #PublicFinance, #Economy, and #Vision2030 indicators

➡️ The Nordic statistics database offers easy access to regularly updated comparable Nordic data - see more: nordicstatistics.org

Website homepage, Nordic-Baltic Connectivity Hub

Nordic-Baltic map of 5G and 6G use cases and testbeds

🌐 New tool for 5G+ in the Nordic-Baltic region!
📡 Explore 5G coverage
💡 Share your use case
🤝 Find potential partners

Try the Nordic-Baltic Connectivity Hub:
🔗 experience.arcgis.com/experience/d...

#5G #6G #connectivity #NordicBaltic #smartcommunities

🏙️ vs 🏡 Nordic cities face growing income gaps

🔹 Urban areas show greater #income disparities
🔹 Highest #Gini coefficients are in the largest cities.

What does this mean for policy-making, planning and regional cohesion?

🗺️ See more Nordic snapshots in our map gallery: nordregio.org/maps/

👶 How do men and women share parental leave in the Nordic countries?

The share of #parental #leave days taken by #men varies widely across the Nordic countries.

#Women still take the majority of parental leave days, but the share of leave taken by men is increasing.

📊 See more: nhwstat.org

📚 How much do Nordic countries invest in education?

Historically, Nordic #education #expenditure has been above the EU average.

🧮 EU average: 4.7% of GDP (in 2023)
🔹 Sweden: 7.2%
🔹 Finland: 6.3%
🔹 Denmark: 5.5%
🔹 Iceland: 6.7%
🔹 Norway: 4.6%

💡 See more: nordicstatistics.org

🏙️ vs 🏡: Household income differences in the Nordics

Where you live shapes what you earn 👨‍👩‍👧

📈 Urban households tend to earn more than rural ones
📊 Norway has the highest incomes overall

🗺️ Explore more spatial divides: nordregio.org/publications...

#RegionalDevelopment #UrbanRural #NordicRegion

🎓 Nordic cities like Oslo & Stockholm top the list for tertiary education, while rural regions lag behind - except in Norway.

How to bridge the gap? How can policies address this urban-rural divide?

📊 See more: nordregio.org/publications...

#NordicRegion #Education #RegionalDevelopment #Skills

📢 New Nordic #data is available!

Did you know that the Nordic Statistics Database is continuously updated with comparable data across the Nordic Region?

📊 Latest updates cover population data, labour market, education, and economic indicators.

📈 See more: nordicstatistics.org

#NordicStatistics

Unemployment across the Nordics - regional disparities

Norway & Denmark have low rural unemployment rates, while parts of rural Finland see much higher levels. Sweden shows a mixed pattern.

👉 nordregio.org/publications...
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#NordicRegion #Unemployment #LabourMarket

Smart communities in the Nordic-Baltic region: A literature review | Nordregio Indicators and policies for bridging the urban-rural digital divide Past studies have identified a weak business case for 5G in the Nordic-Baltic region, often attributing this to the persistent…

#Connectivity powers everything from smart farming to remote healthcare. Yet #rural areas remain underserved and understudied.

💡Read our new review on indicators and policies for balancing business potential with social outcomes for #NordicBaltic #SmartCommunities:

📖 nordregio.org/publications...

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!