Nordic day supplement

Nordic Day strengthening the bond of Scandinavian countries

By Jacky Achan

Nordic Day is celebrated in honour of the basic agreement on Nordic cooperation, referred to as the Helsinki treaty.

The governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden reached this agreement to promote and strengthen the close ties existing among the Nordic people.

This was particularly in matters of culture, legal and social philosophy. They agreed to attain uniformity of regulation throughout the Nordic countries in as many respects as possible under this treaty.

It included appropriate division of labour and extending the scale of cooperation among the Nordic countries.

H.E Mogens Pedersen, the ambassador of Denmark to Uganda, H.E Stefán Jón Hafstein, Chargé d'Affaires (Head of Mission of the Embassy of Iceland), H.E Urban Andersson, the former ambassador of Sweden to Uganda and H.E Susan Eckey, ambassador of Norway to Uganda

Signed on March 23, 1962, the treaty defi nes the tasks and composition of the Nordic council and the Nordic Council of ministers, as well as methods of practical co-operation.

The Nordic countries are a geographical and cultural region in northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It is made up of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including their associated territories Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Aland Islands.

Benefits of the Nordics co-operation

Nordic Day celebration refl ects on the longstanding tradition of close collaboration between the Nordic countries. It as well reflects on shared values, including democracy, rule of law, gender equality, human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Countries belonging to the Nordic bloc have for more than 60 years enjoyed free movement of labour and the Nordic region is the world's 11th largest economy.

Celebrating Nordic Day is a happy and sociable reminder of the Nordic identity and Nordic values, as well as of the diversity of the modern Nordic way of life today. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THIS STORY 

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