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Unleashed: Bringing Nordic Leaders Together

Unleashed is a premier summit designed to unite top decision-makers from business, politics, and civil society across the Nordics. This year, Lise Bach Hansen was invited to join a high-profile panel discussion titled “Quality of Life for the Next Chapter“, alongside:

Andrew Tuck, Editor-in-Chief, Monocle
Emily Birkin, Country Retail Manager, IKEA Sweden
Morten Albæk, Founder & CEO, Voluntās

As part of the summit, Lise shared her insights on NORD 55° and explored her vision for the future of the Nordics.

Lifts National Debates into a Nordic Debate

It has been many years since Nordic perspectives have been elevated as significantly as they will be in the fall of 2025 and 2026 with the initiative Nord 55°. Major media corporations and communications agencies aim for a more unified Nordic region.

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What is there in the Nordic region worth fighting for?

NATO membership puts Nordic security policy in focus and raises the question of what exactly in the Nordic region should be defended. In the Swedish news magazine FOKUS, the main idea behind NORD55 is elaborated and given historical perspective.

Read more here www.fokus.se/aktuellt/har-norden-nagot-vart-att-slass-for

“Is there such a thing as a Nordic ‘we’?” This was the question posed as Hilde Sandvik moderated a conversation between Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Stig Kirk Ørskov, and Lisa Don Santos. The discussion underscored the increasing significance of Nordic cooperation in addressing numerous shared societal challenges in the years ahead. Naturally, NORD 55° was also introduced during the proceedings. This event unfolded at the Nordic Media Days in Bergen on Friday, May 3rd, 2024. Watch the live stream for more details.: https://nordiskemediedager.no/sesjoner/aarebrotsamtalen-2024

On Tuesday, a new Nordic initiative named Nord 55° was launched in JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen with Norwegian Amedia and Swedish Bonnier News as media partners, as well as the Nordic Culture Foundation and Have Kommunikation as partners.

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During the visit of Parisa Liljestrand, Sweden’s Minister for Culture, to Denmark on 5 March 2024, Lise Bach Hansen was asked to present NORD 55° to the minister and her delegation, including political advisor Anders Rönmark. It took place at the Swedish Embassy in Copenhagen in the presence of Ambassador Charlotte Wrangberg, Johan Wessmann from the Øresund Institute and press officer Wivi-Anne Hult

The knowledge gaps between the Nordic countries must be filled. Biblioteksbladet has met Lise Bach Hansen who, in addition to her job at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, is one of the initiators of a new Nordic collaboration that they hope will lead to a breakthrough for a stronger Nordic consciousness.

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